Re: Turn on DMA on boot
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 12:23:06PM -0400, Dan Collis Puro wrote: > Hey folks, hi dan, > Long time linux user, recent Debian convert. I like it. I like it a lot. > All my redhat servers are going the way of the dodo to be replaced by > Debian, slowly but surely. > > Anyway: What would be the most "Debian" way to turn on DMA (essentially > run "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda") on boot? I could (probably) add something in > /etc/rc2.d, but that just seems dirty. i've put my DMA settings in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh. this script will also be executed in single user mode (and runlevel 2, too). - regards, turrican -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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how to use rpm in debian
hi, first of all, i'm not subscribed, so please cc me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks. i need to install the db2 v8.1 personal edition on debian. the tar-file i got on ibm.com only produced some rpms that are installed via install-skript, so i can't use alien. does anybody know how to install the rpm package database on debian or how to install db2 somehow else? thank u -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel compile problems with gcc 3.3
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 06:26:46PM +, Matthias Leopold wrote: > hi hi, > i tried to recompile my 2.4.20 kernel with make-kpkg (as i have > successfully done > before) incorporating the xfs and ck patches. this time the process stopped > with the > following error message: > > net/network.o(.text+0xe117): In function `rtnetlink_rcv': > : undefined reference to `rtnetlink_rcv_skb > > in google i found one reference to this problem (but no solution) which > linked the > problem to the newly introduced gcc-3.3. how do i avoid this? use an older gcc. i got the same problems in the same object files as you. using 2.95 did solve the problem. - regards, turrican -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server side ftp
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:22:33PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > > i need ftp installed so i can ftp to the box > > > > any ideas > > apt-cache search ftpd a slightly better solution for this would be apt-cache search ftp-server "ftp-server" is the default in the Provides: section for ftp daemons and thus this search should list all ftp servers in debian. similar works for "httpd", "mail-transport-agent", "mail-reader" etc. HTH. HAND. - turrican -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FHS, Policy, /var/local, places to put multiple CVS repositories
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 03:34:14PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Hi all, hi there, > By default the cvs package places a repository in /var/lib/cvs. Great, > I'm using it. Now I want to provide a completely different CVS > repository to a workgroup here. Where should I put it? my guess for complete FHS compliance is to put it into /var/local to accord to the /usr/local rule for everything put into a local directory which is specific to your machine. /home may be right also, but is usually linked to existing users. > Can I put the new repositories in /var/local? What the heck is > /var/local for anyway? for variable data belonging and linked to /usr/local. here a snippet from FHS v2.2: 5.2 Requirements The following directories, or symbolic links to directories, are required in /var. "/var" local Variable data for /usr/local my bet is, to put it into /var/local/lib/cvs - regards, turrican -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: biff replacement
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:34:34PM -0500, Justin Miller wrote: > Does anyone know of a good replacement? I would like to be notified of > new mail but biff does this in a very inelegant way. For example, if I > am in vi it will spam my screen. Also, when I get new mail biff only > lets me know what folder it is in. I would like to be able to find out > who sent it, when, and what the title is. Check the man pages of bash, more specifically for the MAILPATH variable and their options. For example, this is in my ~/.bashrc file: export MAILPATH="~/Mail/inbox" The shell shows a one line message, only when a program exits and gives controll back to the shell. I don't think it's possible to show more information about emails though. I would think about a nifty perl script, but from a first glance through the manpage, it seems it's not possible to trigger an external program when new mail is detected, so you'll have to look for other programs if you want such behavior. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia drivers
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:16:47AM -0500, Gianfranco Berardi wrote: > Recently I tried to add USB support, but borked my system. > I think I have everything working. About the only thing that wasn't > working was the nvidia drivers. If you changed kernels to `make it working again', then you also need to recompile the nVidia drivers. When you compile them, they're made for the current running kernel, and won't work on any other kernel you try them on. Alternatively, you may check with lsmod to see if the module NVdriver is still loaded. If you didn't make it autoload on boot, you won't have the NVdriver module integrated in your kernel, and hence, your nVidia drivers won't work. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mozilla and Java Plugin
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:44:29AM +1000, bob parker wrote: > "This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that can > only viewed with the appropriate Plug-in" > What package should I install http://www.blackdown.org/ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/blackdown/JDK-1.3.1/i386/FCS-02b/INSTALL-j2re Basically, you'll need to add something like this to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and do an apt-get update and apt-get install j2re1.3 to install a Java Runtime Enviroment and the appropriate plugins (installed automatically for all Mozilla-based browsers): deb ftp://ftp.easynet.be/blackdown/debian woody main non-free -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gdm - adding windowmanagers
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:43:19PM +0200, Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote: > I just cant figure how i add different windowmanagers to gdm. Have a look at /usr/share/doc/gdm/html/C/index.html. To add windowmanagers, you basically make a script in the /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ directory. I'm a bit puzzled as to why you want to manually add things: most debianized packages already add an entry to the gdm config through their postinstall script. At least, that has always been my experience. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian equivalent of .login file?
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:33:54PM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > .bashrc and .bash_logout respectively. .bashrc should be sourced > > from .bash_profile. > > Is there any similar things for KDM? I want some stuff ran when I log > in on the machine, and some stuff on logout. I'm sorry, but I really have no idea. I don't run KDE, so I'm also not the person to ask to. Perhaps you should rephrase your question again in the debian-kde mailing list if you don't get feedback here ? OT: I really like the pictures about your orienting ski trips. Too bad .no is so expensive as a vacation country :/ -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting gnome up
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 07:42:44AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now my problem is that I cannot (or better, I've completely forgot how > to) set gnome up with sawfish. Put something like "exec gnome-session" in your ~/.xinitrc file. Using Sawfish is just a matter of selecting the proper window manager in the Gnome Control Center then. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X behaving wierdly after last SID upgrade
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 09:34:47AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > I upgraded my toybox to the latest SID last night and now X is behaving > very strangley. I noticed that it asked if I wanted debconf to rewrite > my XFree86-4 file and I said NO! as this usually screws up the system. I > prefer to manage it by hand. Any other similar experiences before I > start messing around with it? I don't run SID to avoid such problems entirely :) A friend of mine who does run Sid on all his machines though, told me that XFree4.2 has been added to the unstable branch recently. Normally, you should be able to use your current configuration file. If your X server won't come up, examine its log file and check your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) file for errors. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel Panic Error from new installation by newbie
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:13:24AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Every so often (roughly about 15 minutes) I get the following error > screen. You're using a fairly recent computer. Try a new kernel image, "apt-cache search kernel-image" to get a list of kernel images you can try out. If those don't work, then you probably have faulty/unsupported hardware. -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian equivalent of .login file?
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 01:27:36PM -0400, Levi Waldron wrote: > What's the Debian equivalent of Unix's .login and .logout files? Any > user can place these files in their home directory and their commands > will be run at login/logout, without having to do anything as root? .bashrc and .bash_logout respectively. .bashrc should be sourced from .bash_profile. If you want to set certain defaults for new users, you can place your tweaked config files in /etc/skel -- Mathias De Belder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NFS-mount in Woody
Hi everybody! I'm having a bit of trouble with NFS exports in a standard Woody-dist. with the standard CD-image kernel named 2.2.20-idepci. I'm trying to export the directory ns1.knorca.se:/test (rwxrwxrwx) with the owner nobody.nogroup to the computer ns1 (that is export the directory to the computer who "owns" it) with read/write access. My exports-file looks like this on the computer "ns1": /test ns1(rw) When booting the ns1-computer I get this message: [cut] Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...ns1.knorca.se:/test: Function not implemented. done. [cut] and this in syslog nfsd[214]: nfssvc: Function not implemented Trying to mount the exported directory results in the following message: mount: ns1:/test failed, reason given by server: Permission denied with syslog saying: rpc.mountd: Authenticated mount request from ns1.knorca.se:853 for /test rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Function not implemented The hosts.allow and hosts.deny files are both completely empty, except for the standard comments. Even if I set exports-permission to * it does not do the trick. I suppose that the reason for this is that the nfsd-module is not compiled into the kernel. Therefore I tried to compile a new fresh 2.4.18-kernel, but it won't boot. I think I read something about inserting some parameters into lilo.conf to boot 2.4.x-kernels but I am not sure. Anyone interested to give me a hand? I am currently in Kenya without the possibility to connect my computer to any debian-mirror (I'm writing this at an Internet-cafe), so I would be grateful for any help not involving apt-getting some certain package. :) Kind regards, Mathias Friman/Sweden _ På MSN hittar du det roliga, intressanta och användbara på internet: http://www.msn.se -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SELL Domain name "www.HitFuck.com"
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 02:31:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 02:57:57AM -0400, DU wrote: > > Now www.stopnfuck.com might have been a good choice. > > Or fuckstop.com... fuckofffuck.com SCNR :) -- "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." -- Bill Waterson, cartoonist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XF86Config-4 (sid)
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 08:50:12PM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > I tested /root/XF86Config.new with XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new > successully, well done. > I think, but startx still tries to start with the wrong config > file. Should I rename this to XF86Config-4, and if so where do I put it, and > what do I do to get Gnome to start on boot? o put it into /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 o apt-get install gdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian is not GNU (at least current GNU)
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 11:01:47AM -0300, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > Looks fine to me. As basic user I don't even know what GNU is so I am > not too concerned about it. if you ever used ls, find or grep, you are already a user of GNU. the chances are big, that you use such basic tools. debian embraces GNU but is, thank to the DFSG, not limited to it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel panic... :-(
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 05:46:41AM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Thank's for the information Mathias! np. > Yes, and modprobe ide-scsi. > I also wonder which init file I can put the line: > /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi > would /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh be the right place? nope. the modutils package have a great range of helper scripts and config files. for loading modules automatically from startup, you could 1. install an initital ramdisk and load the driver from there. needed if the driver has to be loaded for accessing the root partition. i dont' recommend it, unless it's necessary. 2. if it's not needed for accessing root, just but the name of the module to /etc/modules. just the name of the module (without .o) on one line there. it will be auto-loaded at startup. 3. if you want an automatically loading and unloading of module, for e.g. if a device is accessed, you'll need to do an alias of the specified device at the proper place below /etc/modutils. see examples already there. never tested it out with ide-scsi, but you could try to alias the /dev/sg0 device to ide-scsi. don't forget to run update-modules after change. dont's know if this works with ide-scsi, never tried it out -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel panic... :-(
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:46:07PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Now I just have these left to config: > Sound: Creative Audigy Platinum eX apt-get -f install alsa-modules-2.4.18-686 alsaconf and alsaconf it. > CD-burner: HP cd-writer 9500 "hdX=ide-scsi" into append line of lilo.conf cdrecord -scanbus should print the scsi-generic ID of your device. > TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV here is my /etc/modutils/bttv -[snip]- # # TV # alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 bttv alias char-major-89 i2c-dev pre-install bttvmodprobe -k msp3400; modprobe -k tuner options i2c i2c_debug=0 verbose=0 scan=1 options i2c-corei2c_debug=1 options i2c-algo-bitbit_test=1 #options bttvradio=0 card=10 pll=2 triton1=1 tuner=5 options bttvradio=0 card=10 options msp3400 debug=0 options tuner debug=1 -[snip]- update-modules and "modprobe bttv". be sure to adjust above driver options to your fit. above setup ist for my hauppauge wintv pci with a BT878 chipset. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH stopped working
> ssh_exchange-identifiaction: Connection closed by remote host > It appears to die just when the SSH protocol negotiation is starting > (1.0/1.5/2.0). do you have an old ssh version? just protocol v1? try to specify the protocol with -1 or -2. some server don't allow access to v1.x anymore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: insmod in /etc/module file?
On Die, Jun 04, 2002 at 07:22:23 +0200, prover wrote: > CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT? ohh my dear, you hopelessness ;) http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ and follow instructions there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing servers' UID/GIDs
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 11:43:02PM +0300, Imre Oolberg wrote: > I try to keep two machines running Debian v 3.0 the same, essentially > mirrors of one another. But stupid me, i probably messed up the order and > installed Heartbeat, Postfix and MySQL with different sequence on each > computer. Now i have same system users postfix, haclient and mysql with > different UID/GIDs. I think it would be good to have systems the same > down to its users' UID/GIDs. daemons which depend on hard-coded nummerical UIDs are the apt-get not worth of it. > I believe i could quite easily just find files belonging to specific > user/group and change them appropriately. But are there some hidden rocks > i could run into doing so? What about Debian package management, for > example? locate the nummeric UID (e.g. 100). find -uid 100 I'd be very grateful for any opinions on that matter. Sorry if this > question is already answered somewhare and you can kindly point me to that > resource. just let the users be. glibc provide some functionality to lookup usernames to UIDs (cuserid and getlogin). hardcoded UIDs are not portable (beside root account) and should be avoided everytime you design a daemon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: insmod in /etc/module file?
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:33:39AM -0400, Jule Slootbeek wrote: > >> Hey i'm trying to add : "insmod ide-scsi" during start-up do i put ^^ > >> this in the "/etc/modules file"? > OK thanks, i just wasnt sure if running insmod "ide-scsi" was the same > as running "modprobe ide-scsi", cuz i knew that modprobe ide-scsi qould > go in "/etc/modules/ simply put the modules name into /etc/modules. you can (should) left out modprobe/insmod statements. so just ide-scsi into /etc/modules. the module will be loaded automatically on startup, if there isn't any mapping for a device nor autodetection of the module. modutils should automagically search for the correct path/version of the module, corresponding to your kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mpg123 playing to both file and speakers (stdout)
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:09:33PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > mpg123 file.mpg --cdr /dev/stdout | tee file.cdr | programm-to-handle-cdr > > > > OK, changing things up a bit: > > mpg123 --wav - file.mpg | tee file.wav | wavp /dev/stdin > > appears to record a wav file but it will not play. In addition, > not sound comes from the speaker while processing the commands. you can still start two running processes of mpg123. with '&' you can but a job into background and start the next (in the sense of shell scripting) so, try the following: mpg123 -q file.mpg & mpg123 --wav - file.mpg | tee file.wav | wavp /dev/stdin this first play the file and suppress the output so it doesn't fill up your screen. with '&' the job get's into the background, but is still running. if a program doesn't support this option, redirect the output to /dev/null. the rest behind the '&' is as you now. well this is not exactly what you want. i guess you want one instance of mpg123 to do two jobs at once, but it should work too. if file.mpg is opened read-only, you shouldn't have problems with the above solution. if it works', try to put it into a shell script. if you need a tutorial about this topic, let me know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mpg123 playing to both file and speakers (stdout)
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 04:40:01PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Is there a way to have mpg123 play a file and record it to a file at once? > > One can play mpg123 file.mpg or > mpg123 file.mpg --cdr file.cdr > > but can I do both at once? well, doing two functions to the same time ist not un*x like in the sense of a process. every programm does one job at once. you can hardcode the opposite, but it's not our way of doing things. daemons are (well, not the only) execption. but there's a big "but" if you come across I/O handling: for e.g., if you have an output to /dev/stdout you can redirect the output via traditional dup,dup2. this connects the file descriptors to two or more ouput operations (in this theoretical example) the program tee(1) is not actually an example of this, but does a similar thing. so, you can do the following stuff: mpg123 file.mpg --cdr /dev/stdout | tee file.cdr | programm-to-handle-cdr this does the following: ouput file.mpg with cdr format to /dev/stdout. /dev/stdout is linked to the stdout of the calling process. now the magic. tee does write the input to file.cdr *and* also redirect (duplex) the data to it's own stdout. see the manual page. the next program does finally handle the original output and operate on the data, while the tee in the middle save the data to a file. conclusion: you can redirect output as you want, but seldom a un*x/linux program does more than one thing at once. GUI programs have other paradigms. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Assembly Compiler
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:10:54AM +0100, Marlon Viado wrote: > Mom, hi, > I'm ICE of the Philippines and i really need the assembly language > compiler,can you help me regarding to my problem. Thanks. this depnds, in what style what you are used to code in asm. if you want a cross-plattform macro assembler with intel style notation, try installing 'nasm'. for converting existing code to GNU assembler, install and use 'intel2gas'. this is probably what you want, if you have an ms-doggy-dos background. if you're new and want to follow the GNUies with it's SYSV/un*x style notation, 'as' (aka gas) is probably for you. try the standard binutils package which it's included. it's used a lot under unices. for assembling 8086 code, install bin86. it's required for e.g. translate LILO with it's 8086 boot loader code (BIOS 16bit limitations). every major editor, like vim and emacs) comes hooks and modes for your codings. probably there's also a nice IDE included in debian, but i can't remember the name. anyone? HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SCSI Transfer rate
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 05:54:05PM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > Hi all, hiho, > sym53c876-0-<3,*>: FAST-5 WIDE SCSI 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) > SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8380080 [4091 MB] [4.1 GB] > > which states that it is only 10 MB/s. Is there something I need to > change to correct this or is this normal?? i noticed similar behaviour if i had connected *slower* SCSI devices to the same bus as your fast disk. for e.g., mixing SCSI-II and UW-SCSI devices is allowed per defintion, but the whole bus does throttle down to your slowest device. for e.g. if your controller does loop through external and internal devices (for termination), so do you have an external scanner or tape device or such a like connected to your SCSI bus? if yes, try connecting them to a different channel on the same controller or buy a cheap (or old if you want) controller and connect them your slower devices to that. beside that, termination is always the first thing to check if SCSI anomalies happens. else, follow the tipps alvin oga gave you already in a previous post. HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: syslog
On Mit, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:18:31 +0200, Pauwel Demeyer wrote: > hello hiho, > Apr 2 15:01:51 kurdtje kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= > MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:00:e0:0c:c6:13:f4:08:00 SRC=10.95.3.82 ^^ from here it originated. > DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=30985 PROTO=2 ^ this is a ipv4 multicast destination. > Is there someone who knows what this is? (it came I think since I > upgraded from 2.2 kernel to 2.4, but I could be wrong) And please do > not only say what it is, but also how to remove the source of this > message. try disabling the IP multicasting in your kernel and deinstall mrouted. disable CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST and CONFIG_IP_MROUTE in your kernel config. and do apt-get remove mrouted HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian boot without X?
Hello. I have just installed my debian. While I experiment with different configurations I would like to boot up without X. Is there a text file I can edit in order to disable automatic start up of X? I have tried to look in /etc/inittab but nothing there seemed to have anything to do with X. Regarding configuration of X: My Logitech Marbleman is connected to the serial port via an PS2->serial adapter. What is wrong when I can use graphic login but I am unable to move the cursor in X? Thanks. Mathias. -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: testing + some unstable packages
On Son, Mär 31, 2002 at 12:38:28 -0800, Alan Su wrote: > in order to do this, i'm manually using dpkg to install packages that > i download from the unstable distribution. however, for this to work, > i need to upgrade a bunch of other packages on which these few > packages depend. is there a way to determine the set of packages > which must be installed (from the unstable distribution) before i go > about installing the packages i want? thanks for any ideas you might > have! the way i usaually do, to work with mixed debian systems: 1. point 'deb' to your "stable" branch and "deb-src" to your branch which you want to mix (in sources.list) 2. do apt-get update 3. apt-get -b source it will fetch, patch, compile and build a debian package for your environment from the deb-src branch. if something fails (which is very usual in unstable), patch for yourself (and report bugs) and try building manually with dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc if everyhting goes well, you have a binary .deb which is suited for your environment. i usually don't mess around with binary packages for different branches. building up from source is the way i learned to like. the aftermath with it is, you probably have to update some other stuff like libs if they doesn't contain a requested feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Unix with NT mounting NT
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 04:29:47 -0800, Rodney Agha wrote: > I am having troubles mounting a NT work station > It can ping this station perfectly, > but is not mounted for backups, how would be the correct way to mount an > NT workstation on a unix box?? smbclient -L //boxname , to check if there are shares available and basic NBT (name resolution and basic connect as IPC$) does work. mount -t smbfs //boxname/share /dosc -o username=user,password="password" > would it be a samba config? nope, not only. many SMB tools refer to the samba config for their configuration, but this can be overriden. you should have configured the name resolution and authentification stuff already there. enter the above information into /etc/fstab: //boxname/share /dosc smbfs username=user,password=password 0 0
Re: open source snmp manager ???
On Fre, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:40:48 -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Is there an open source snmp manager -- something like netview or > openview? http://www.opennms.org could be probably the one that your're looking for.
Re: OT: how to extract meta data of rpm, need to understand how alien
> convert the package since I need to hack the deb package generated but > it would be nice to actually look at the rpm in more detail. rpm -qpi packagename.rpm. You may drop the -i option. You can always 'visit' the RPM archive in case using midnight commander or a similar tool...
Re: Quake III
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:21:29PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > > what about the FSF? > > Can I get Tribes 2 from them? :) sorry, i was dreaming. some of these games have of course contracts to not releasing the source code for it. but the idea would be nice, if the FSF could provide free and quality games. but i live in another universe ;)
Re: Quake III
On Fre, Jan 25, 2002 at 06:12:15 -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > Where does it say that? And if that's true, are the any other > distributers of games for Linux? what about the FSF?
problem with installing debian
please forgive me if these are bad questions, but I'm new in Linux in general! I've got a powerbook 190cs i've downloaded debian from the FTP Mirror in Austria and I've started the installation! mac OS shuts down and linux starts, it checks several things. And then it hangs! the last outputs are: RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K loop: registered device at major 7 ide0: Macintosh Poerbook IDE interface and thats the point where it still hangs! I've tried it serveral times every time the same thing Please help me! thanks a lot! Mathias Tradinik
Re: 3c59x.c compile
On Die, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:08:35 -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > the switch your suggested didn't work. I think this is because in the > /usr/src/linux/include doesn't exist any modversions.h file. How can I > generate the modversions.h file? the headers for your current kernel should be in /usr/src/linux/include linux/modversions.h is generated during the kernel compile. it's needed by lkm, even if you try to compile it later. you need the kernel headers for your current kernel and it's respective compiled modversions.h
Re: 3c59x.c compile
On Die, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:12:46 -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototype -O6 -c 3c59x.c -I/usr/src/linux/include
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
> no, not yet. it's on my todo list, but since i am pretty comfortable > as root and my users are trusted users, it is not prime importance. if you have remote daemons, you don't have anything like "trusted users". every daemon has it's associated UID.
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
On Mit, Dez 05, 2001 at 08:43:01 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am just a little confused now on the libsafe / openwall / dietlibc > stuff. Is it recommended to do all 3? don't install stuff you don't understand what it does. go step by step and understand what these do. libsafe is a preloader lib and can be deactivated fast and painless, e.g. something doesn't work. openwall is a kernel patch for proactive security in the kernel. dietlibc is a glibc replacement. not yet stable for production use. > From what I can see, there doesn't seem to be an openwall patch yet > for 2.4 kernels and dietlibc seems to be providing a cut-down libc to > create smaller binaries by statically linking etc. openwall isn't yet available for 2.4. last time i checked, the non-exec-stack patch was obviously not so easy to port it to 2.4. on the lids homepage is a link for a LIDS, openwall, stealth and kerneli patch that's integrated into one. i use this one on 2.2. dietlibc does securing of insecure functions like gets() into something more secure (which is by design not so easy), but it could break things. > I was just going to install libsafe and LIDS. Are you recommending > more? i could recommend you host based, network based intrusion detection systems, proactively deactivating security risks, hardening scripts, conceptual planing, automatic upgrading and on and on. there are a lot of scripts, patches and programs to thing more secure. the only thing i recommend is to read a lot of background stuff, stay up-to-date and test things out. > When you mentioned that you were going to set up a computer with LIDS > and hand-out root passwords to everybody for a challenge to try and > crack it; What will you have installed on this computer? Will it be > LIDS and libsafe for the protection or more? LIDS will protect my kernel from root. libsafe does protect normal user daemons from root. from this point, i don't need libsafe. basically, it will be a minimum debian with full root access for everybody. i'll protect the basic things, but the system will run from an encrypted loopback image, so i can reset the whole machine in seconds.
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
On Son, Dez 02, 2001 at 08:47:41 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You have really inspired me to give this a go. It sounds as though I > have nothing to lose except time. And in my opinion this may be time > well spent as at least I will learn much about the root daemons. Yes, you will. Definitely. If you deactivate every capability and have running it on a fully-featured system, it will give you a lot of stuff the daemons need and you have to configure. One reason because LIDS is great, you don't have to rewrite any source code to use it and every program uses it by default and it's mandatory. One thing i forgot (and found before): If a daemon can't run properly, it could, but it doesn't have to, that you could lose data (e.g. the daemon can't write to harddisk and it don't get handled properly). I never found myself in this situation, but be prepared if the system if fully loaded. Don't forget to protect lidsadm binary. This is the interface for supplying a password to deactivate the features in the kernel. The password can't be cracked directly (brute force or either) because of a trojaned lidsadm binary. But they [the attackers] could intercept the password with a trojaned interface. > Prior to doing this though, I am going to re-write my iptables firewall > to include NAT (masquerading) for my internal LAN and install libsafe. Give the openwall non-exex-stack patch a thrill. Many buffer-overflows (yet not every flavour is protected) will not work any more. Libsafe IIRC is good for the format string vulns, but if you can, protect it in the kernel. Fefe did a start on writting diet libc for a better protected libc: http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/ > Then after setting up a DNS server on this box and squid, I will give > LIDS a go. If you have problems and need help, contact the lids-user mailing list or ask here. > So I guess I have a bit of work to do first. And lots of learning :-) As said, you don't have to rewrite any programs. One hint further: if something [like a daemon] really doesn't work anymore, deactivate LIDS globally, restart and activate LIDS. Also don't forget to reload configuration and to update the inode/dev table if something doesn't work. > Thanks for all the time you have put into educating me. Much > appreciated. np.
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
On Sam, Dez 01, 2001 at 03:32:51 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sounds as though I may need a little more knowledge than I currently > have. But on the other hand, if I do go down this path of installing > and configuring LIDS and manage to get it to work then I will have > learnt LOTS about all the daemons that I run on this box. yes. but the alerting will help you. if the daemon need something which is not allowed by the kernel, an alert will be generated. this looks like this: Nov 26 20:03:07 \ date time tucan kernel: LIDS: mount ( 8 1 inode 1163318) pid 20114 \ host kernelprocess dev inode nr PID # user (0/0) \ user/group (root here) on NULL tty: \ which TTY CAP_SYS_ADMIN violation: Try to mount /dev/sda1 on / capability what it tried to do > Is it easy to get rid of it, if it causes me more trouble than it is > worth? run an unpatched kernel, disable it with kernel option "security=0" (e.g. lilo boot option) or disable it on runtime with "lidsadm -S -- -LIDS_GLOBAL" (replace - by + to reactivate it) > What I mean is: If I have trouble and decide that I don't want > LIDS anymore, can I boot into single user mode with LIDS deactivated and > then reinstall a previous kernel without LIDS? sure you can. replace the kernel and /etc/lids and the whole thing's gone. > For example: If I make a boot floppy with a kernel without LIDS, can I > just boot from this and everything will run as it was before I > installed LIDS? yes, it will. no daemon or anything else on the storage media get changed. the only thing on the storage is /etc/lids with default capabilities (lids.cap), LIDS password (lids.pw), remote alert configuration (lids.net) and the LIDS configuration file (lids.conf). > Or, will some of the changes that LIDS does to the filesystems or > files render them unreadable by other non-LIDS kernels? no. the ACLs are handled fully by the kernel. they are loaded at sealing time. the ACL extensions in ext2 are not used (there are patches for activating them, interface like solaris). LIDS works on the VFS layer which mean, it should work on every filesystem VFS can handle (i guess as long they provide an usable inode nr.) > > Thanks for all the information. Much of what you said has inspired me > to give it a go. I was just going to go with Tripwire / AIDE but LIDS > seems to add quite a lot of functionality. it could be too much security (if this ever could happen). not because you get too much security, but because it's somewhat time expensive to configure it and could not be worth it (when you can spend time on other hardening stuff) , but you learn a lot about your root daemons. > ps. In terms of overall security, I do have a fairly decent iptables > firewall - with currently no ports open to the outside. I haven't even > allowed SSH yet - but I will (on a non standard port). It seems to me > that the next steps for me to take for my security are to install LIDS > and libsafe. LIDS is good for a true multiuser system, where root is the single point of attack and people have basic access. a true network OS (i mean e.g. for a router) probably doesn't need this security cause it can run independently from the other [users] and the main security stuff (e.g. paket filtering) is already handled by other means (directly by the kernel) and not that of a normal user concept. this good, this is evil.
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
On Fre, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:38:00 +0100, Christian Jaeger wrote: > LIDS really makes use of the capabilities stuff that is in the kernel > anyway. Capability support is in since 2.2.11 i guess. http://pw1.netcom.com/~spoon/lcap/ > Well it complements it with file access control lists (and > maybe some other stuff, I don't have much experience with LIDS), but > not everything in LIDS is it's own invention. Of course not. But it's the first implementation that enforces policies and have extensive logging facilities. > I think really it should be the software (the deamons running as root) > itself which should make use of the capabilities, instead of leaving > this task to the administrator. Of course. Normal root doesn't have any capabilities in his login shell. Only the daemons have specified prviliges. This is fixed on a per exec*() basis which load the specific daemon from a fixed place (inode nr) from the media. > > Also it's probably generally not that a good (well thought out) idea > to transfer the security border from root_space <-> normal_user_space > to lids_protected_space <-> root_and_normal_user_space; there will be > security holes in LIDS too.. there are 3 stages, not 2. root is still living for the normal user. Of course there could be security holes, but check out the sources. This is a simple #ifdef CONFIG_LIDS ... if(!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) ... /* and the logging support */ ... #endif return -EPERM; LIDS itself is not a monstrous patch which real hardware-low-level changes. It operates (mainly) cleanly on the kernel-userland interface and the VFS. Capability support has been there a long time, but not mandatory.
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
> Then David Spreen contacted me. He creates the inofficial debian LIDS > packages at http://netzwurm.cc/computer/lids.html One thing, i forgot: I plan to do deb packages for daemons with preconfigured LIDS setup. So you get automatic a configuration, when LIDS is installed and running e.g. for samba, ssh and exim etc. It's some time ago since i was engaged in debian development can this be done easily? You can imagine that the initial configuration is like a ipchains rule. So i have to define several lidsadm rules which get added on package installation. postinst?
Re: Is LIDS a good idea?
On Fre, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:31:08 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just wanted to know if anyone is using this and what they think of > it. I think it's a good protection that bring's a linux system a step further in the direction of having a finer tuneable system that doesn't depend too much on a single user. > Is it hard to set up? It would be *very* nice to have labor to test this stuff out. To effectively configure it, you must have a real world load on the machine where many users try to access their data. This was, for me, a hairy step. First, you download the patch. You patch the kernel and set configuration options. Then the usual compile run. After you setup up a LIDS protected kernel, you boot the system without LIDS enabled. This is option "security=0" (e.g. at lilo stage). Then you boot it. Set the password which protect your kernel from root. Then you set which capabilities should be enabled/disabled by the kernel. Then you set basic configuration. First, imagine what capabilities a daemon should have for the daemons that need additional access. This will never work from just imagine it. In the FAQ/HOWTO there are several examples of configurations for specific daemons and/or programs. If you wann be on the secure way, disable every capability that you don't need and don't configure any capabilties further. Configure it later on a per-need basis. Second, you set up basic mandatory ACL. Protect /etc, /bin, /usr and so on. This is well documented on the homepage and the LIDS distribution comes with good basic configuration. After you have a mini LIDS configured system, with basicly configured filesystem and daemons, you boot the system. Many daemons will fail to boot at this step (because e.g. they could not bind to port 80 'cause lack of access the capability CAP_NET_SYS_BIND_SERVICE). Try to login (hope, you have configured /bin/login properly). If something goes wrong, you can reboot with LIDS disabled and do admin stuff as usual. Setup LIDS logging (important). Perhaps remote or via printk/klogd (stuff goes to /var/log/kern.log) Now you can try to access some files/directories which you have protected or you try someting you disabled (e.g. try ping to access raw sockets). LIDS should generate an alert, even for root. Then you do a LFS (LIDS free session). Check documentation (as you should already really have at this stage). Start every daemon that could not be started at boot stage. Activate LIDS and monitor where the daemons fail to do their job. Configure the daemons with lidsadm. After the daemons run smootly in a configured LIDS, you set up them so they can start automatically. In my setup, i changed start sequence so every daemon which e.g. have to bind to a privileged port in single user mode. LIDS will be sealed at the finish of single user mode boot stage. Background: don't give daemons to much access if they don't need it really for daily business operations. Run the system with maximum protection and change perms on a per-need basis. After things go well, you protected filesystem and capabilites and the system runs with required security, you can fine tune it. "Does this daemon really need it for running? Can this file/directory be secured and everything runs well?" If you do it the first time, it will be a time consuming process to monitor it and to configure it properly. After experience grow, it will be easier and easier to secure your machine. The main purpose i use LIDS, is to protect the person who administrate the machine from the root user wich have to run service daemons. Cause in a properly setup system, these are not the same (with LIDS), i can sleep well bacause they [the attacker] will bite into stone, even they get root access. One very cool feature is to terminate session on violation. On thing access even which root should not have and you have your session terminated. > What happens when you do an apt-get > dist-upgrade - will it refuse to change the binaries you want to > upgrade? This depend. In an activateed environment, you login as root and upgrade, it will fail. The filesystem is in this situation protected even for root. If you disable it locally, say your current shell and child-processes have LIDS deactivated, it will work. With my version (i used it on 2.2) it will update the files without problems. Problems could occur on restarting the daemons. I had to disable it globally and restart the daemons by hand (and of course ractivate it later, say it's insecure). > Is something like Tripwire / AIDE better because it doesn't > stop root from changing/deleting files but will tell you later which > ones have changed. I use both. The access control lists are mandatory. This means they're compulsory even for root. In an normal kernel, discretionary control is used, which mean root can evade it. LIDS protect from actually restricted access and, this is very nice, have a logging facility wich report every policy violation. So, a
Re: ulimit -n problem
On Don, Nov 15, 2001 at 11:31:00 +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello, lilo, > I'd like to test an overloaded apache with 2000 httpd processes running > as nobody on it. However, I can't ulimit the maximum number of open > file descriptors for "nobody" as well as common users. Is there any way > to achieve this? man 5 initscript
Re: upgrading kde?
> Which package should I apt-get install to get the newest kde? (kde?, > kdebase?, etc...) apt-get install task-kde
Gnome colors
:-) Hi! I have installed the newest potato and ximian gnome 1.4. Does anybody know what i have to do, to get another color then grey for all windows and menus of gnome? TIA -- Please don't support monopolys like M$-Windows! Look at Tux and try Linux! It's great to use open source! General Public License is free!
Re: MS-questin
> Dear Friends, > > I would like to know if I can run MS terminal server > on Debian 2.2. > Thanks and best regards/David Liu Hey David! You should write a text into your object line! And pleas don愒 send in HTML format. Some linux users will send it to /dev/null without reading it (securety and viruses!) I think it is better to run a linux server on a linux system. Do you know WINE? This is the best open source WINdows Emulator i think. But i don愒 know whether WINE and MS terminal server will work. You should try to get infos about this. http://www.winehq.com is the hompage of this project. Mathias
Re: KDE
> I was wondering how others are installing KDE with Debian. I select apt-get > install kde, and it can't find it. Do I have to add a line to my > /etc/apt/sources.list file? Or, do I have to go and download the KDE files > myself and manuallly install them? if you add deb http://tdyc.com potato main crypto optional to your sources.list you can get the newest but not very stable packages. for more stable packages look at mirrors on kde.org. There are much ftp directorys you can add into your sources.list. Mathias
Re: newbie Qs about Debian 'Potato'
> What kernel comes on the offical debian Potato release? I know it doesn't > matter that much, bit I would like to know. :-) > I heard the installation CD is not bootable? Any reason for this? > Thanks for the info :-) I had never hered that this CD´s are not bootable. My first debian CD set workes well. The standard kernel of debian2.2r0 is 2.2.17. The current 2.2r2 could have kernel 2.2.18. And you can use the kernels 2.4.x. It will not be very easy to update to the newst kernel, but i did it with success. The only important thing is to upgrade the packages ppp and modutils from the unstable woody release to get a fine running kernel 2.4.x. And you need to compile this packages from the debian sources (using dpkg-buildpackage), cause woody use another glibc then potato. Mathias
Re: package removal
> need command for removing a package dpkg --purge
Re: whereis code for telnet?
> Where do I find the code for telnet? If telnet is a part of your debian system you can type # grep -n ´Package: telnet´ /var/lib/dpkg/available to find the position of this package in your available list. If you then edit this file with # vi + /var/lib/dpkg/available and source package has another name then the deb file, you will find there a line beginning with : Source : Then you know the name of the source package. If it´s not on you available list you can look at www.freshmeat.net and www.tuxfinder.com to search in these great databases. Mathias
Re: dpkg can't find ldconfig?
> Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Note, selecting ldso instead of ldconfig > Sorry, ldso is already the newest version > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not > upgraded. Hmm, this looks like a dependence problem. You should make shure that the packages you like to install are build for your system (potato/woody). There are some differents like glibc-2.1.3 in potato and glibc-2.2 in woody that makes ist impossible to merge these packages, except you like to compile those packages for your system. Mathias
Re: do you know what may cause depmod: unresolved symbol?
> When I dpkg -i kernel-image242.deb > I got error about depmod : Unresolved symbol > > Do you know how to fix that? Hi Eric! This error means that depmod is not shure whether it can use this symbol (part of a module like parameters). It can have much causes. I think you should give a more detailed report of your trouble. Mathias
Re: ppp question [*]
> is ppp 2.3.11 work with linux kernel 2.3.11 ? Could be possible! I needed an upgrade to ppp 2.4.0 to use it with kernel-2-4.0.
Re: Kernel Compile Fails
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.2-k7/kernel/drivers/net/wan/comx.o > /boot/initrd does not exist. Installing from scratch, eh? My meaning for this is: The kernel image is not axactly working on your system. That something like this happens is normal if you try to run software that is not really ready to call it stable. I mean the most problems of kernel 2.4 will be overcomed at version 2.4.10. you should look whether you need comx.o. If not, try modconf to delete this module in your configuration. Typing # grep -n COMX .config in kernel-sourcetree will give you the position of this in .config file which you can edit with # vi +123 .config 123 means the number of line which grep showed. Then you can look at config file in which menu section you can select this module where you can go to read the help text. If you will try again to compile the kernel you should use first a minimal configuration. Some supports in Lodable module support, Processortype, General setup, Block devices, Networking options, ATA/IDE or SCSI support and Character devices should be enough to get a bootable kernel. And then you can add step by step all others, you need for your hardware. Mathias
Re: error in downloading the base2_2.tgz
> I am getting this error "nf_http_fetchfile :: file download failed, > content-length is 15698691 bytes, file size is 14026752 bytes." when the > installation process is up to download the base2_2.tgz. Why? There is surely a wrong entry in the file base2_2.dsc if exists. Or in your /var/lib/dpkg/available is a wrong entry. But i think you should try another mirror server
Re: which file is deb packages installed database
> Which is the deb packages 's database state which package is installed > now? /var/lib/dpkg/status
Re: Kernel-2.4.2 with AMD Duron(K7) : big problem !
> If you are running potato, perhaps you should try using > kernel-package, it runs fine, is well documented and easy to understand. I > haven't tried it with a Duron based box though... Hi Daniel, thanx for your suggestion! I will try kernel-package in future. For now it is to late cause i have a very god running kernel yet. Mathias
Re: Kernel-2.4.2 with AMD Duron(K7) : Part II
> Are you sure that's a bug Mathias? I have a Duron, and I've been running 2.4.2 since it was released. I can't remember my exact kernel configuration (not sitting at linux box), but I'm pretty sure I chose K7. How can that be possible? Do you used another compiler? Or do you youse a slower Duron then 850mhz? There are much possibilities. And i think it bust be a bug when i can compile with kernel 2.4.0 and not with a higher version by using the same configuration. Mathias
Re: ati rage 128
> I'm using an ati rage 128 video card with a 2.4.2 kernel and xfree 4.02 > I'd like to know whch packages or drivers I got to install in order to take > the best of my card, mainly openGL drivers Hi Fred, this is a part of a german magazine (Linux computing) which i read, cause i have the same card : Like this report you need AGP support and the ATI 128 driver in your kernel configuration. This is possible since kernel 2.4.0 ! You shold check if the module r128.o is loaded correctly. Then you need to made the entries : load glx load dri into your /etc/X11/xf86Config file. For Matrox cards you can get this DRI-drivers on the Matrox hompage. But it was not clear reported where this drivers are available for ATI cards. And in the same config file it must be the entry Driver "r128" in section Devices. If you have done this correct, you should have best 3D performance! Mathias
Re: Compiling a new kernel
> bash-2.03# insmod ./es1371.o > ./es1371.o: kernel-module version mismatch > ./es1371.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.18pre21 > while this kernel is version 2.2.17. Hi Kaloyan! I think you shold look whether your new kernel is booting. The new vmlinuz should be in /boot or if you made no changes in sourcetree/Makefile in /, your root directory. If vmlinuz is in /boot you have to make shure that your /etc/lilo.conf lokes like mine : default=Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 label=Linux read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 label=old read-only other=/dev/hda2 label=dos Then you can be shure that your new kernel will be used at boottime. Note that the default label (default=Linux) will be loaded if you use the Enter key or do nothing while LILO is comming! And don´t forget to type # lilo on console. With this, your new lilo configuration will be written into MBR. Mathias
Re: Kernel-2.4.2 with AMD Duron(K7) : Part II
Dear Linux-User! I could find my comiling problem. There must be a bug in kernel >2.4.0! I could compile the kernel by using version 2.4.0 without error and wrote the kernel maintainers about this : > Does anybody else tried to compile the kernel-2.4.x by using an AMD Duron > and had the same problems like me? I tried much versions of kernel source > (2.4.1 - 2.4.2) and get allways the same error. Also if i anable only the > needed supports in `Processor type and features´ and let all other disabled. > I used the support for Athlon processors and get the same error by trying > the 386 setting instead of K7. Who has an idea what goes wrong here? > > This is the error message of # make bzlilo : > > init/main.o: In function `check_fpu': > init/main.o(.text.init+0x63): undefined reference to > `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > Mathias
Re: Kernel Panic after complilation
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01 > Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root FS on 08:01 Hi Erik, this looks like you have not anabled one or two importand things in your configuration. Look if you selected Networking option --> Unix domain sockets and Character devices --> Unix98 PTY support. You need this two supports to mount the root file system. Mathias
Potato / Woody ; What is the different?
Hi people, i know that potato is stable and woody not. But what is woody, will it become the stable debian in future to take the place of potato, or will it be the test system for every time? Does anybody here know that, and can give me more information which have to do with this question? Mathias
Kernel-2.4.2 with AMD Duron(K7) : big problem !
Does anybody else tried to compile the kernel-2.4.x by using an AMD Duron and had the same problems like me? I tried much versions of kernel source (2.4.0 - 2.4.2) and get allways the same error. Also if i anable only the needed supports in `Processor type and features´ and let all other disabled. I used the support for Athlon processors and get the same error by trying the 386 setting instead of K7. Who has an idea what goes wrong here? This is the error message of # make bzlilo : init/main.o: In function `check_fpu': init/main.o(.text.init+0x63): undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 Mathias
Re: ASUS A7V Promise Ultra 100
> Here´s what i wrote this morning to the list: > Hi! > > I´ve the same board installed. > You just can boot either Windows or from your Debian CDs. In windows use > the Systeminformation programm (win98) to finds out the E/A and IRQ > Values > the controller uses. The same things can be looked up under Linux ind > the > /proc/pci file, which i find is more clear to see. I use the biggest > and > the > third biggest E/A numbers. When you have got these numbers you type into > the > linux boot prompt: > linux ide2=0x, 0x, > (at my system linux ide2=0x8800, 0x8000, 10) > after that the kernel should be able to find the hdd. You can append > this > line to your lilo.conf. > Take care with new PnP devices. I installed a new soundcard after linux > was running, and the E/A values of the Promise controller had been > changed, > and i couldn´t boot linux again until deinstalling the card, booting > linux, > disabling or changing the append line in lilo.conf and booting with the > new > values. > > HTH > > Mathias -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: ppp-Problem
No, noauth is set. I really don´t know, sice this isn´t the first time i´m connecting a linux machine to the internet. > have you set noauth ? > or have you set auth and you are requesting the remote peer to authorize > ? > > Michael > > -- > Michael Steiner, Minorgasse 35, A-1140 Vienna, Austria > -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: ppp-Problem
Sorry, i gave too less information. I tried the noipdefault option, and also 0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0. I also tried nodefaultroute, but all that didn´t change anything. What options do i have to fill into hots.allow? I even tried ALL: ALL, but i suppose that isn´t very safe, is it? Thanks Mathias > I don't know if I am right with this now since I don't know very much > about the rest of your configuration, but reading the error messages it > seems that you are running your system with trying pppd to create a > connection while requesting a default IP address (10.0.49.1) which > obviously is not supported / not allowed for dial-up users on your > providers systems. Same way, it's possible that your provider doesn't > allow to set default IP addresses at all, being in Germany I haven't so > far seen a 'normal' dial-up provider doing right this... Anyhow, try to > set your dial-up configuration to not request an IP address.. When using > pppconfig for setting up connections, this should be working after > entering "Advanced options" and set "Ipdefault" explicitely to > "noipdefault". I am not sure if this is the *only* configuration issue > causing your problem, but it's 'first thought' and it is all I probably > can tell you without knowing more about your configuration... Hope it > helps, anyhow! :) > > Regards, > Kristian -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: ASUS A7V problem
Hi! I´ve the same board installed. You just can boot either Windows or from your Debian CDs. In windows use the Systeminformation programm (win98) to finds out the E/A and IRQ Values the controller uses. The same things can be looked up under Linux ind the /proc/pci file, which i find is more clear to see. I use the biggest and the third biggest E/A numbers. When you have got these numbers you type into the linux boot prompt: linux ide2=0x, 0x, (at my system linux ide2=0x8800, 0x8000, 10) after that the kernel should be able to find the hdd. You can append this line to your lilo.conf. Take care with new PnP devices. I installed a new soundcard after linux was running, and the E/A values of the Promise controller had been changed, and i couldn´t boot linux again until deinstalling the card, booting linux, disabling or changing the append line in lilo.conf and booting with the new values. HTH Mathias > onboard Promise ATA-100 controller. Now I can't install Debian, because > it > isn't find any hard disk, it isn't find the controller (Windows reads it > as > SCSI-controller). > > > Thanks, > > Sipi -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
ppp-Problem
Hi everybody! I´m running potatoe and now i´m facing a problem with pppd. I got the scripts working, but when i try to connect i get this output: Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x7c ] sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x7c ] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x7d ] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x7d ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 ] sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x478840dd] sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="gast" password=] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x7f ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x7f ] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 ] sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x2c94ffee] rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0xc3 , name = "bundle" ] sent [CHAP Response id=0xc3 , name = "gast"] rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x2290ffae] rcvd [CHAP Success id=0xc3 ""] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x6e ] sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x6e ] rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 ] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x80 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 ] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 ] rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 ] Peer is not authorized to use remote address 10.0.49.1 sent [IPCP TermReq id=0x4 "Unauthorized remote IP address"] rcvd [IPCP TermAck id=0x4] sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3 "No network protocols running"] rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x3] Connection terminated. Connect time 0.2 minutes. Sent 431 bytes, received 451 bytes. What does this mean? The kernel is compiled with ppp and TCP/IP. And what do i have to fill in hosts.allow? Thank you. Mathias -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: Netscape
I run "Netscape® Communicator 4.75" on my Machines abd it works fine for me at that page. /Mathias Timothy Bedding wrote: > > Is anyone using version 4.6 of Netscape? > > I get a crash when downloading > http://www.ishipress.com/chess.htm > > Do anyone else get that? If so, can you > email me with your version of Netscape? > > Does Netscape 6 have this problem? > > I am considering upgrading, particularly if > crashes have been fixed. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NIS / NIS+?
Hi! I want to knew if there are anyplans to add NIS+ to Debian? I want help to configure NIS for my network. For the moment I have this computers in my net at home that I want to use NIS for. ComputerNIS TypeOS == miranda master File server, mail serverDebian aj slave workstation (i some times move it) Debian mikeslave workstation ( " --- ) Debian tux client Web server , firewall Debian dustclient DNS server, DHCP server, fileserver Debian vax client workstation NetBSD How do I configure the diffrent computers and how do I get it to work together with NetBSD? I have tried my self but didn't succsed so I want help if there is someone who cna help me. /Mathias
Harddisk controller _almost_ solved!
Hi! Sorry, i'm late, but i haven't had time to try. Here' is how i worked out. I also use the Asus A7V. I plugged the Harddisk into hda, booted from CD, installed Linux and checked the I/O of the Promise controller. Then i replugged the hd back into the ATA-100 controller and booted like you described with the actual numbers from my board. The next thing i'll try is to use the patch from www.linux-ide.org. Is the speed the system accesses the hd now the same as when I use the driver from the patch? Thanks to everybody for all the help. Mathias >Take a look at www.linuxnewbie.org and look for an NHF (newbieized >help file) on ATA-66 this will tell you how to work out the memory >range for your promise controller. Then to install debian all you >will need to do is type the following at the initial boot screen >prompt: > >linux ide2=0x9400,0x9002,10 > >your numbers may vary, the third number is the irq. If your board is >an ASUS A7V then these numbers are probably correct as this is the >board I use. >Once you have installed, you will need to boot the same way otherwise >the drive won't be found. Once you have booted you can put this line >in the lilo.conf file and run lilo as root to have it work >automatically: > >append="ide2=0x9400,0x9002,10" > >To use the secondary controller you will need an ide3= with >(obviously) different mem/irq values. > >HTH >Barney
Harddisk controller
Hi everybody! I've got a problem with my new computer, which has a Promise Ultra 100 harddisk-controller built in. My debian 2.2 Distribution doesn't recognize it, so I can't use the harddrive. I've got some kernel Patches for Red-Hat which were delivered witch the machine. So now i wonder how i can get this working. I have linux already running on another computer. Should I try to patch the kernel from my debian system, and try to boot with this one from a floppy, and then start the CD-installation? I hope anyone can help me. Thanks. Mathias
Re: C2 Certification
from http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/rainbow/5200.28-STD.html "The Trusted Computing Base (TCB) of a class (C1) system nominally satisfies the discretionary security requirements by providing separation of users and data. It incorporates some form of credible controls capable of enforcing access limitations on an individual basis, i.e., ostensibly suitable for allowing users to be able to protect project or private information and to keep other users from accidentally reading or destroying their data. The class (C1) environment is expected to be one of cooperating users processing data at the same level(s) of sensitivity." and "Systems in this class enforce a more finely grained discretionary access control than (C1) systems, making users individually accountable for their actions through login procedures, auditing of security-relevant events, and resource isolation." Orange booke certification is a testing process of a hardware and software combination - the whole system has to interact to provide all of the required security of the rating. This means that the kernel and drivers cannot allow direct interaction between a user and hardware, things like that. The requirements are all at that website, in techno-bureaucratic. Hardware and software can be tested independantly, but not OSes or complete boxes. lots more on the site... Mathias
Re: sloooooow apache
Well, I don't know apache, but you might want to see about placing these restrictions in tcp wrappers rather than in apache - if you have tcp wrappers installed, read the man for hosts.deny and set up an http deny for all but those 30 clients. You're only moving the overhead around rather than eliminating it, but it could be that tcp wrappers deal with the overhead more efficiently. Like I said though, I don't know apache, this is just a guess Mathias
Re: Basic networking
> I gather I need a HUB or a switch for anything more than two hosts? > connected to. Is there any advantage to a switch in a small home > network? Money, at this level, really isn't the issue, but I don't > want to spend extra money on a switch if it's overkill for a small > network and doesn't really buy me anything. Getting a basic 100Mbit/s hub will be pretty cheap for a 4-8 port nertwork. Going with a switch, even the most basic, will start to run to the thousands. It's far more efficient with the traffic, but unless you plan on having a very busy network sending huge chunks of data around in a hurry, a hub should work fine. Mathias
Re: Securing system
> > The standard things people will tell you to do are: > > - turn everything off > > What is "everything"? I've downloaded the lasg and have been reading > through it...but so far I have only disable things in > /etc/inetd.conf. Are there other locations that I need to be concerned with? You should also look at the output of ps aux and make sure that you have no network daemons running on their own. If there are network daemons running without being told to by inted, find out where they're starting up and keep them from starting up. Another useful thing is a port sentry. Just something to watch to see it you're being portscanned. There's one called Abacus (IIRC) that's pretty nice and will throw potential intruders into wrappers. Good luck with securing your box, Mathias
Re: bash functions
| more
The "|" is the pipe command, which will pipe the ourput of the first
command into the input of the second command. More is a program which
will display things one screen at a time. Less is actually a better
program that more, because you can scroll back up using the arrow keys or
pageup/pagedown. q exits from less.
Mathias
On Sat, 8 May 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote:
> Does bash contain a pause feature other than control-z?
>
> When I type 'help' the screen scrolls past and control-z doesn't stop the
> top few lines from scrolling away before I can read them. with dos I'd
> just type 'dir /p' or type ' |more'
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> Are there equivalent set of commands for bash?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andre'
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> >While doing some reading, I came across a section regarding adding functions
> >to .bash_profile like this
> >tarc () { tar -cvzf $1.tar.gz $1 }
> >but whenever I try to source the .bash_profile I get syntax error, unexpected
> >EOF messages. The article was old and I assume that bash no loger supports
> >this syntax, I messed around with this quite a bit and can't seem to make it
> >work. Can anyone offer me advice on this subject? I think these functions
> >would be quite handy.
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can't load library
Hi! My problem is the following: I tried to install XFree86 on my linux. Now I've got all files but I can't set up the XWindows because when I run "XF86Setup" I get the error message "can't load libXaw.so.6". Can anybody help me? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: baskspace and delete keys under XFree86?
On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > What is the deal with my delete key acting as a backspace key under X? > How can I fix this. According the the Netscape help page I should try the > xkeycaps or xloadkeys program... and not to use the *XmText*translations.. > xkeycaps reports that my BS and DEL keys are correct.. but they don't work > correctly in any programs under X > > -Paul Try xmodmap -e " keycode 22 = BackSpace " xmodmap -e " keycode 107 = Delete " --- Mathias Feiler Am Ried 6 88637 Illmensee 0049 (0)7558/94388 (Privat) [EMAIL PROTECTED]RZ (620) 0049 (0)711/459-3949 (Uni) --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
NCR scsi problems with buzz boot kernel
Hi! I got that "Debian Linux 1.1" CD from iConnect when I returned from my summer vacation... I have an ASUS SP3G Motherboard with an ISA ET4000 video card (which already brought me lots of trouble in the past with the Setup preset value of the NCR Chip's IRQ being the same as the ET4000's IRQ). Changing the NCR Chip's IRQ to 11 solved this in the end... OK. The "buzz" stock boot kernel seemed to have no NCR SCSI support. I then discovered the MAKE_FLOOPIES script and choose "NCR53C7/8xx" from the MAKE_FLOPPIES menue. Booting that kernel gives: scsi0: bus busy, attempting abort and the kernel hangs/waits after that. This is more than nothing, but... I had (and still have) no trouble booting the 1.2.13 kernel from my former Slackware installation. Any suggestions, then? Thank you very much. Best wishes Mathias Bartsch
