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Help I was try to get ld-linux to point to an earlier version and so I deleted ld-linux.so.2 in an attempt to get star office and java working, and instead I cannot run any program!!! Is there an easy way to fix this? Help Trev
Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...
I had that before, but then it complains about lilo everytime it boots up. So I had to turn it off again... Arcady Genkin wrote: > debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > > > partition table. > > Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the > motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but > I can't remember the arguments. > > FWIW, I have an ABIT BX6 MB. > -- > Arcady Genkin > "I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _
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>On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 01:08:44PM -0400, Jan >Muszynski wrote: >> So even if you do have a data backup your BIOS is >probably fried. >> >> For more information see: >> http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/cih.htm > >It was only a matter of time before a virus came along >which could >flash >your BIOS. I'll tell you what scares me even more >though -- Western >Digital >have published firmware updates for IDE drives on >occasion, which leads >me to assume they have flash BIOS in there too. My >video card >(Diamond Viper V330+) is software upgradable too. Most >Rockwell modems >are software upgradable too. (AT** then Xmodem >upload.) >Lots of motherboards have socketed ROM chips, so you >can fix them with >a ROM programmer. Not so on video cards and hard >disks. Most motherboards (at least the ones I have seen) won't let you run the software to re-program the flash unless you first throw a hardware switch, or move a jumper block to enable the HW write on the bios chip. Compaq uses a password protection scheme. I would hope that both methods are enough to keep a virus from frying anything. I have a serial modem that can be upgraded. I think that the protocol it uses for that is propriety to the maker so a virus couldn't get in (unless someone who worked for them wrote the virus). === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 01:08:44PM -0400, Jan Muszynski wrote: > So even if you do have a data backup your BIOS is probably fried. > > For more information see: > http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/cih.htm It was only a matter of time before a virus came along which could flash your BIOS. I'll tell you what scares me even more though -- Western Digital have published firmware updates for IDE drives on occasion, which leads me to assume they have flash BIOS in there too. My video card (Diamond Viper V330+) is software upgradable too. Most Rockwell modems are software upgradable too. (AT** then Xmodem upload.) Lots of motherboards have socketed ROM chips, so you can fix them with a ROM programmer. Not so on video cards and hard disks. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD. CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Richard Harran wrote: > Wasn't there a 'how to make a machine really secure' thread on this list > a little while back (probably around the last time one of these data > viruses exploded)? > > If I remember correctly suggestions started with using 'tripwire' > software, progressed through not using any floppies at all, then > disconnecting from any network access, and ended up with a linux box > encased in concrete in a secret underground bunker with automatic > sentries, and switched off. Yeah... it was an enjoyable thread to read too.. :) Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - If NT is the answer, you didn't understand the question. (NB: Stolen sig) - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
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> Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the > motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but > I can't remember the arguments. > > FWIW, I have an ABIT BX6 MB. > -- > Arcady Genkin Hi Doesnt seem it will work. The virus destorys only Flash BIOS which could be prevented by setting jumpers in ur mboard. U can consult ur mboard manual for that. I feel the antivirus option in the BIOS is for warning against Boot sector modifications or some thing of that sort. Regards de Ajith Peter VU3EMX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Keeping up the spirit of Amateur Radio and free computing <<<
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In a message dated 4/28/99 10:25:05 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > > > partition table. > > Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the > motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but > I can't remember the arguments. > > On my latop, I have the same setting... and it controls whether or not I can overwrite the MBR on my HD. Assuming I don't plan on partioning my drive, I can set this switch to prevent anyone else from doing so. Unfortunately, it doesn't protect the BIOS itself. -Jay
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debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > > partition table. Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but I can't remember the arguments. FWIW, I have an ABIT BX6 MB. -- Arcady Genkin "I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE
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Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > raymond rote, > [snip] > > 2. If you're going to run Windows, get at least decent freeware > > antivirus software. > > This is what pentiums are for. Safe computing dictates that you should > draw one around your computer before loading windows or otherwise > trafficcing in demons :) > Isn't that "pentagrams"? The Pentium is what's inside... ;-)
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Richard Harran wrote: *snip* > Having said all that, I'm absolutely useless at keeping backups, so I'm > probably heading for a complete loss of data. Rich I'm that way as well, and I'm sorry you are. I quite sympathize! I have a W95 OS on my disk, the warranty requires it. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (Thanks guys!)
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > I'm curious about virii and Linux... > > > > Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii [...] [...] > If you want a real safe machine, make it linux only. No dos > partition, no dos emulator. And set it up so it won't try booting > from the floppy drive. (You can always change that back if you ever > need to boot a floppy.) Such a machine will be immune until a > linux virus is written. And a linux virus wouldn't be able > to do much damage other than destroying the user's personal files. There have been two known Linux viruses. The first was called "Staog", and the second was called "Bliss". They haven't really made it far in the wild, but they have been written. I don't know much about Staog, but apparently it does try to subvert root. Unless it's been updated the vulnerabilities probably have been patched (it appeared in the fall of 1996). More info on Staog at "http://infosec.navy.mil/TEXT/virus.html"; and "http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/staog.htm";. Bliss is a less malicious virus that doesn't try to subvert root. It even has a disinfect option; if you invoke an infected file with "--bliss-disinfect-files-please", it will try to disinfect itself. More information on Bliss is at "http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/bliss.htm";, "http://www.njh.com/latest/9702/970204-06.html";, and "http://www.tbtf.com/resource/bliss.html";. Information on these viruses and Unix viruses in general is at "http://www.csn.net/~bediger/virefs.html";. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Something can be comprehensible, even comprehended, and still be marvelous, wonderful, and valuable." - Me
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, debian wrote: > > > In actual fact this virus deletes your FLASH BIOS rendering motherboard > > useless unless of course your got a bios chip around. > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > partition table. Actually, only some chipsets are vulnerable to getting their BIOS trashed. If your disks are toasted, that's small consolation, but at least the thing will boot tomsrtbt and you can try fixing things. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, George Bonser wrote: > Actually, Emacs is a very good vehicle for viruii I have the following in my .emacs file to prevent such things: ;;; For security reasons, to prevent odd little inclusion in files from ;;; causing harm... (setq enable-local-eval nil) (setq enable-local-variables nil) I *think* recent versions of emacs have these off by default. When set, you can embed Lisp code in documents that is executed when you open it up. Considering that Emacs is practically an operating system unto itself, there isn't much you can't do with an Emacs macro. Unless you actually use this feature, it's much better to turn it off. Sincerely, Ray Ingles(248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Is knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know this?" -- Woody Allen
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Wasn't there a 'how to make a machine really secure' thread on this list a little while back (probably around the last time one of these data viruses exploded)? If I remember correctly suggestions started with using 'tripwire' software, progressed through not using any floppies at all, then disconnecting from any network access, and ended up with a linux box encased in concrete in a secret underground bunker with automatic sentries, and switched off. The point is that it is impossible to completely protect your computer from some sort of 'foreign' interference without rendering it useless. Thus the sensible thing to do is to make regular back-ups, and also to have some way of detecting when your integrity has been compromised (excuse the lapse into pseudo-military jargon, I've been watching too many war movies on the news), so that you don't back up corrupted data over older but intact data if you use incremental back-up. Having said all that, I'm absolutely useless at keeping backups, so I'm probably heading for a complete loss of data. Rich Helge Hafting wrote: > > > I'm curious about virii and Linux... > > > > Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if > > virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Obviously the security > > features of Linux can prevent some virii from affecting certain files on > > your > > system... but what about the boot sector? And what if you happen to be su'd > > or logged in as root when you get (and heaven forbid) execute an infected > > program? > > Viruses activate when infected files or bootsectors are executed. Some > dos viruses also "take over" certain system calls. > > Viruses can be written for linux, but it haven't happened yet as far as I > know. > Dos/windows viruses are usually incompatible and can't work with linux, > just as dos programs don't run in linux (unless a suitable emulator is used). > > So a linux-only machine is very safe. It can be vulnerable to booting > with a boot-virus infected diskette in the drive, because such a thing > may obliterate the harddisk before linux is loaded. These viruses will > usually only mess with lilo though, possibly making the machine unbootable > but no damaged files. > These viruses may install their own int 13 handler (bios disk access) > but linux doesn't use that after the kernel is loaded, so it is > effectively isolated. > > dos-Viruses that affect files doesn't understand ext2 or the various > linux executable formats, so no danger there. The only way to activate > such a virus is by running some dos program in an emulator. The emulator > will stop the virus from obliterating the disk (i.e. dos fdisk activities > don't work in linux) The virus will only be able to mess with > files that the user is allowed to mess with, and it won't find dos/windows > executables among those. It can only spread to other dos files. > It may crash the dos emulator only, not linux. > > A dual-boot system is worse. The viruses can do anything when dos/windows > is running, but they don't understand ext2. Infection can spread to > the boot sector of the linux partition, not the files. > Of course the virus may do damage enough by interpreting the ext2 > partition as a FAT partition and write to it in this manner. Virus > writers don't bother testing for such mistakes. Also, overwriting > random disk sectors is a common way to to damage when the virus > pull the trigger. > > If you want a real safe machine, make it linux only. No dos > partition, no dos emulator. And set it up so it won't try booting > from the floppy drive. (You can always change that back if you ever > need to boot a floppy.) Such a machine will be immune until a > linux virus is written. And a linux virus wouldn't be able > to do much damage other than destroying the user's personal files. > > Helge Hafting > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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Mitch Blevins wrote: > > As you pointed out, the smaller market share makes it less of a target > for the virus writers slaving away in the backrooms of antivirus software > companies. I've always suspected this, hmmm...? > > Win9x is like > a 10-generation, inbred, backwoods, hillbilly family where a common > cold can be introduced and wipe out the whole clan. GNU/Linux has a much > more robust gene pool. ROTFLMAO! > > Because of the Unix security model, spreading of virii is harder. Notice > how many more viris warnings you see for Win9x than for NT. > Data files in GNU/Linux tend to be common ascii text. This would be much > harder for a virus to hide in than the corfortable, dark and damp interior > of a MSWord file. (data files are a common way for virii to spread) Yeah, my boss has managed to pass along a nice little macro virus to just about everyone in the office. But hey, she sure has the nicest collection of jokes, .avi's, etc. > > Since GNU/Linux users are not conditioned to blindly run binary-only > programs, they are less likely to comply when they get that fateful > email with an attached executable and the spiffy subject line of > "Cool... run me. Fwd to your friends" I am surprised by how many people I know who blindly open e-mail from people/sources unknown to them. I've warned them, so one of these days... > > Also, I would hope that if antivirus software does become necessary > for Debian users, some smart people would step up and put the virus-cleaners > under a Free license, so we can use apt's auto-web-update capabilities > to sleep well at night. > and that's the beauty of Linux. Mark, chained to a windows machine :(
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So does it make the disk usable? or can if simply be reformatted? - Original Message - From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 1999 13:37 Subject: Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please... > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, debian wrote: > > > In actual fact this virus deletes your FLASH BIOS rendering motherboard > > useless unless of course your got a bios chip around. > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > partition table. > >
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Hi there, Seems ur sys is infected by the CIH virus and this will destroy ur HDD as well as ur BIOS. Many computers in our locality is infected. Their BIOS had to be replaced and the data in the HDDs could not be recovered. I have got a scan for the virus. U can have more details on the virus from http://www.cert.org. This virus will only infect Windows machines and not Linux. Thanks Ajith Peter VU3EMX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Keeping up the spirit of Amateur Radio and Free Computing <<<
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In actual fact this virus deletes your FLASH BIOS rendering motherboard useless unless of course your got a bios chip around. - Original Message - From: Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 1999 2:38 Subject: Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please... > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday > > evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable > > to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of > > virus destroyed boot sector with partition table. > > > > i can remember approximate partition sizes and order. > > > > Is there any way to recover partition table and the system > > as well ? > > You got hit with the CIH virus. It was well publicized at least > a week prior to the detonation date (yesterday). All reports that > I have seen don't hold much hope for recovering without a full reinstall. > (hope you backed up your data..) > > It is an unfortunate fact that if you want to run Windows on a machine > nowadays, you must pay tribute to the antivirus gods or suffer their > wrath from time to time. > > -Mitch > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
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> I'm curious about virii and Linux... > > Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if > virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Obviously the security > features of Linux can prevent some virii from affecting certain files on your > system... but what about the boot sector? And what if you happen to be su'd > or logged in as root when you get (and heaven forbid) execute an infected > program? Viruses activate when infected files or bootsectors are executed. Some dos viruses also "take over" certain system calls. Viruses can be written for linux, but it haven't happened yet as far as I know. Dos/windows viruses are usually incompatible and can't work with linux, just as dos programs don't run in linux (unless a suitable emulator is used). So a linux-only machine is very safe. It can be vulnerable to booting with a boot-virus infected diskette in the drive, because such a thing may obliterate the harddisk before linux is loaded. These viruses will usually only mess with lilo though, possibly making the machine unbootable but no damaged files. These viruses may install their own int 13 handler (bios disk access) but linux doesn't use that after the kernel is loaded, so it is effectively isolated. dos-Viruses that affect files doesn't understand ext2 or the various linux executable formats, so no danger there. The only way to activate such a virus is by running some dos program in an emulator. The emulator will stop the virus from obliterating the disk (i.e. dos fdisk activities don't work in linux) The virus will only be able to mess with files that the user is allowed to mess with, and it won't find dos/windows executables among those. It can only spread to other dos files. It may crash the dos emulator only, not linux. A dual-boot system is worse. The viruses can do anything when dos/windows is running, but they don't understand ext2. Infection can spread to the boot sector of the linux partition, not the files. Of course the virus may do damage enough by interpreting the ext2 partition as a FAT partition and write to it in this manner. Virus writers don't bother testing for such mistakes. Also, overwriting random disk sectors is a common way to to damage when the virus pull the trigger. If you want a real safe machine, make it linux only. No dos partition, no dos emulator. And set it up so it won't try booting from the floppy drive. (You can always change that back if you ever need to boot a floppy.) Such a machine will be immune until a linux virus is written. And a linux virus wouldn't be able to do much damage other than destroying the user's personal files. Helge Hafting
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H C Pumphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Yike. That is a nasty thought. I have Debian and W98 on separate physical | discs at home and W98 refuses to acknowledge the existence of the Debian | disc. Hopefully a W98 virus would trash W98 on hda and leave my Debian | setup on hdb alone, except that I would need a boot floppy to get going. | Does this sound plausible? Depends on what you mean by Win9x refusing to see the disk and what the virus is. Are you saying your Linux disk is not visible in Win/DOS fdisk? In all likelihood Win9x doesn't see it because it doesn't recognize the partition type. That doesn't mean you can't get to it, via Win/Dos fdisk. At any rate, a virus could easily be written to wipe out the partition tables on any and all disks it has access to. The only way to get marginal assurance that this won't happen to you is by running a virus scan utility under Win9x. | I think I might just go home and make a boot floppy or two. That's only part of the story, if the virus wipes out your partition table you'll likely need a full backup to recover from it. In addition it doesn't hurt to do "fdisk -l |lpr" and keep the prinout around. This is a good idea even if you're not worried about a virus. Gary
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[Tale of W9x virus rubbing out both W95 and Debian by trashing boot sector snipped] Yike. That is a nasty thought. I have Debian and W98 on separate physical discs at home and W98 refuses to acknowledge the existence of the Debian disc. Hopefully a W98 virus would trash W98 on hda and leave my Debian setup on hdb alone, except that I would need a boot floppy to get going. Does this sound plausible? I think I might just go home and make a boot floppy or two. Hugh == Hugh C. Pumphrey, Dept. of -| Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-650-5780 Meteorology, Univ. of Edinburgh | Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside U.K EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, Scotland | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==P=l=e=a=s=e==N=o=t=e==t=h=e==N=e=w==F=A=X==N=u=m=b=e=r==
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm curious about virii and Linux... > > Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if > virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Jay, Linux is immune to most viruii :) that affect LOSE 95/8 because most virii are specific to a particular kind of executable and operating system, and depend on the total anarchy of the environment. However, if the virus infects a LOSE 95/8 OS that is resident on the same system where Linux is resident, and eats the partition table and boot sector, Linux cannot see the disk anymore, since Linux depends on the boot sector to boot. Linux depends on the partion table to know where to look on the disk for the data. > Obviously the security features of Linux can prevent some > virii from affecting certain files on your system... but what > about the boot sector? And what if you happen to be su'd or > logged in as root when you get (and heaven forbid) execute an > infected program? Yes, Linux also provides disk, file, and memory protections that Lose 95 does not (I understand that OS/2 does provide these protections, and I really don't know about NT.) Programs can only affect files and other programs that have a specific set of permissions. I guess if the virus got in during boot, and functioned with root permission, it could play heck with your system. Is there a need for a virus scannner for Linux? I don't really know but I suspect not. > Is there a need for virus scanning software on Linux? My guess is Linux > isn't a targe right now because of it's lack of market share - but as more > users realize that Linux is better than Windows (imho), I would imagine that > virus software will start appearing in our beloved OS as well. I sure as heck hope this doesn't happen. -- David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support should be free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (Thanks guys!)
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raymond rote, > On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > i can remember approximate partition sizes and order. > > Is there any way to recover partition table and the system > > as well ? > Well, *maybe*. If it's only approximate, you could be in trouble. I'd > advise looking for a disk editor and start perusing disk blocks. Look for > filesystem boundaries around where you think they are. I *think* they have > signatures - FAT has aa55, and I forget what ext2's is. I'd see if you can > find something on the web about that. I have recovered ext2 partitions, and ext2 extended partitions, by using fdisk in this manner on multiple occasions. But I did know the *exact* way that I'd created them. Important note: create them in the same order as you originally did. Otherwise minor (but fatal) misallignment occurs. Also, "findsuper" will help you find the superblocks, which may be of help. > 2. If you're going to run Windows, get at least decent freeware > antivirus software. This is what pentiums are for. Safe computing dictates that you should draw one around your computer before loading windows or otherwise trafficcing in demons :) --
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In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > I'm curious about virii and Linux... > > Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if > virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Obviously the security > features of Linux can prevent some virii from affecting certain files on your > system... but what about the boot sector? And what if you happen to be su'd > or logged in as root when you get (and heaven forbid) execute an infected > program? > > Is there a need for virus scanning software on Linux? My guess is Linux > isn't a targe right now because of it's lack of market share - but as more > users realize that Linux is better than Windows (imho), I would imagine that > virus software will start appearing in our beloved OS as well. Of course Linux is not immune from virii, but it does have many advantages. As you pointed out, the smaller market share makes it less of a target for the virus writers slaving away in the backrooms of antivirus software companies. Virii are written to be small, stealthy, and to spread without much helpful human interaction. This becomes easier when you have a consistant environment to operate in, such as that offered by the millions of binary equivalent versions of Win95 and Win98 that clutter the desktops of the world. With the diversity of the different GNU/Linux distributions that exist, it becomes harder for the virii to hide/spread. Win9x is like a 10-generation, inbred, backwoods, hillbilly family where a common cold can be introduced and wipe out the whole clan. GNU/Linux has a much more robust gene pool. Because of the Unix security model, spreading of virii is harder. Notice how many more viris warnings you see for Win9x than for NT. Data files in GNU/Linux tend to be common ascii text. This would be much harder for a virus to hide in than the corfortable, dark and damp interior of a MSWord file. (data files are a common way for virii to spread) Since GNU/Linux users are not conditioned to blindly run binary-only programs, they are less likely to comply when they get that fateful email with an attached executable and the spiffy subject line of "Cool... run me. Fwd to your friends" Also, I would hope that if antivirus software does become necessary for Debian users, some smart people would step up and put the virus-cleaners under a Free license, so we can use apt's auto-web-update capabilities to sleep well at night. -Mitch
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I'm curious about virii and Linux... Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Obviously the security features of Linux can prevent some virii from affecting certain files on your system... but what about the boot sector? And what if you happen to be su'd or logged in as root when you get (and heaven forbid) execute an infected program? Is there a need for virus scanning software on Linux? My guess is Linux isn't a targe right now because of it's lack of market share - but as more users realize that Linux is better than Windows (imho), I would imagine that virus software will start appearing in our beloved OS as well. -Jay
Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...
Assuming it was the CIH virus (and there's an excellent chance it was) here's an extract from DataFellows web site about this virus: > What makes the CIH case really serious is that the virus activates > destructively. When it happens the virus overwrites most of the > data on the computers hard drive. This can be recovered with recent > backups. > > However, the virus has another, unique activation routine: It will > try to overwrite the Flash BIOS chip of the machine. If this > succeeds, the machine will be unable to boot at all unless the chip > is reprogammed. The Flash routine will work on many types of > Pentium machines - for example, on machines based on the Intel > 430TX chipset. On most machines, the Flash BIOS can be protected > with a jumper. By default, protection is usually off. So even if you do have a data backup your BIOS is probably fried. For more information see: http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/cih.htm Good luck On 27 Apr 99, at 12:38, Mitch Blevins wrote about Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...: > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday > > evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable > > to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of > > virus destroyed boot sector with partition table. > > > > i can remember approximate partition sizes and order. > > > > Is there any way to recover partition table and the system > > as well ? > > You got hit with the CIH virus. It was well publicized at least > a week prior to the detonation date (yesterday). All reports that > I have seen don't hold much hope for recovering without a full reinstall. > (hope you backed up your data..) > > It is an unfortunate fact that if you want to run Windows on a machine > nowadays, you must pay tribute to the antivirus gods or suffer their > wrath from time to time. > > -Mitch == Jan M.- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint:397D 093C E802 964E 5316 B90A 93CE 6696 Thought for the day: Concerto (n): a fight between a piano and a pianist.
Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
> after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday
> evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable
> to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of
> virus destroyed boot sector with partition table.
You almost certainly got hit by the CIH ("Chernyobl") virus. Depending on
the version, it triggers on June 26th, April 26th, or every 26th. It kills
the first 14 (?) sectors of the drive (blasting the partition table) and
then tries to trash the CMOS and/or Flashable BIOS. It sounds like you're
lucky - it only got the disk, otherwise your computer wouldn't boot at
all. :-/
More information at:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/kill_cih.html
http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/cih.html
or do a web search.
> i can remember approximate partition sizes and order.
> Is there any way to recover partition table and the system
> as well ?
Well, *maybe*. If it's only approximate, you could be in trouble. I'd
advise looking for a disk editor and start perusing disk blocks. Look for
filesystem boundaries around where you think they are. I *think* they have
signatures - FAT has aa55, and I forget what ext2's is. I'd see if you can
find something on the web about that.
Once you think you've got it, mount read-only at first to help prevent
further corruption.
In the future, I'd advise three things. :->
1. Spank your kid, or whoever got the computer infected.
2. If you're going to run Windows, get at least decent freeware
antivirus software.
3. Go buy some kind of backup system and use it.
I know, I know, easier said than done. :-/
Sincerely,
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Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday > evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable > to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of > virus destroyed boot sector with partition table. > > i can remember approximate partition sizes and order. > > Is there any way to recover partition table and the system > as well ? You got hit with the CIH virus. It was well publicized at least a week prior to the detonation date (yesterday). All reports that I have seen don't hold much hope for recovering without a full reinstall. (hope you backed up your data..) It is an unfortunate fact that if you want to run Windows on a machine nowadays, you must pay tribute to the antivirus gods or suffer their wrath from time to time. -Mitch
Hit by virus !? Help, please...
Hi, All after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of virus destroyed boot sector with partition table. i can remember approximate partition sizes and order. Is there any way to recover partition table and the system as well ? thanks a lot in advance OK
linux router poject help!please tell me!
I just used idiot.image-2.9.3-1.44MB,and my computer is a pentium 166 with ne2000 card. 1. I insert a disk (with idiot.image-2.9.3-1.44MB )and reboot my computer. 2. After I login with root,I setup ip addrress ,subnetmask and setup ne2000 in modules. 3. Then I reboot. I found systerm prompt not found ne.o (mybe ne2000 drv) 4. when I login with root,I can only ping 127.0.0.1 success and ping (self ipaddr or other ipaddr) ret -1. What's wrong with my setup,please tell me.
Re: Segmentation fault - help please -
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:45:17 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>$ pon provider
>hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { Drive Ready SeekComplete }
You obviously have hardware problems with your hard drive...
>/usr/bin/pon: line2: 5552 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call
>${1:-provider}
...that lead to corruption of program code.
Sorry, but the diagnosis seems quite clear.
Maybe your IDE cable is too long? Or it's simply bad? Or (holding breath)
your hard drive is dying?
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Segmentation fault - help please -
Hi,
I quit x-window and try to connect as I did a while ago:
$ pon provider
hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { Drive Ready SeekComplete }
/usr/bin/pon: line2: 5552 Segmentation fault/usr/sbin/pppd call
${1:-provider}
try again to the same results (just the 5552 number changes to 5562, 5572,
5574, 5587,...), so I try to su:
$ su
Segmentation fault
$ startx
-X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
$ mutt
Segmentation fault
Other commands such as cd, ls, less, or lynx do seem to work fine though.
Then I type `exit' and reboot, and everything seems back to normal.
What went on?
TIA
Horacio
Re: Help please
what size is your hard drive? NatePuri Certified Law Student & Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, pachin wrote: > I have a 486SX whit 4MB i dont now what can do for intall debian. My problem > is whit this partitions. > > Thaks for your atention. > > pachin > > > > > > > > 7.2 Low-Memory Systems > If you system has less than 6MB RAM, a paragraph about low memory and a text > menu with four choices can be displayed. This means that the system detected > that you don't have enough memory for a normal installation, hence must > follow a special low-memory installation procedure. Go through the menu > selections in order: > > > Use fdisk to create a Linux Swap partition (type 82). The swap partition is > needed to provide virtual memory during the installation process, since that > process will use more memory than you have in your system. Select the size > for the amount of virtual memory you intend to use once your system is > installed. 16 megabytes is probably the lowest amount that's practical, use > 32 megabytes if you can spare the space, and 64 if your disk is large enough > that you won't miss that much. > In addition create a MINIX partition (type 81). This will hold the root > filesystem in the early installation process. Its size should be at least 2 > megabytes. This partition can be deleted when the installation is finished. > > Activate the swap partition. > Copy the root filesystem to disk. You will need a DOS-formatted floppy disk > with the root.bin file in it (for example, the rescue floppy disk). > Exit. The normal installation system will be started. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Help please
I have a 486SX whit 4MB i dont now what can do for intall debian. My problem is whit this partitions. Thaks for your atention. pachin 7.2 Low-Memory Systems If you system has less than 6MB RAM, a paragraph about low memory and a text menu with four choices can be displayed. This means that the system detected that you don't have enough memory for a normal installation, hence must follow a special low-memory installation procedure. Go through the menu selections in order: Use fdisk to create a Linux Swap partition (type 82). The swap partition is needed to provide virtual memory during the installation process, since that process will use more memory than you have in your system. Select the size for the amount of virtual memory you intend to use once your system is installed. 16 megabytes is probably the lowest amount that's practical, use 32 megabytes if you can spare the space, and 64 if your disk is large enough that you won't miss that much. In addition create a MINIX partition (type 81). This will hold the root filesystem in the early installation process. Its size should be at least 2 megabytes. This partition can be deleted when the installation is finished. Activate the swap partition. Copy the root filesystem to disk. You will need a DOS-formatted floppy disk with the root.bin file in it (for example, the rescue floppy disk). Exit. The normal installation system will be started.
Re: CDROM & ISE-SCSI: Help please!
On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Timothy Hospedales wrote: > Hello! > I have compiled my kernel with IDE-SCSI emmulation to try and burn CDs. > However, I can no longer mount my CDROM drives using /dev/hd[x]. Can someone > point me to the new devices they are being seen as, and|or the relevant > manpages? /dev/sd[x], /dev/sg[x], /dev/scd[x] don't seem to work. :(. > > Thanks! > Timothy > I'm using SCSI emulation on my burner and CDROM drive, and they both work fine. I mount them with devices /dev/scd0 and scd1. I have noticed that you must have SCSI support, SCSI CD-ROM support, and SCSI generic support compiled *in* the kernel, not as modules. /--\ | pretzelgod | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | (Eric Gillespie, Jr.) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |---<*>| | "That's the problem with going from a soldier to a | | politician: you actually have to sit down and listen to | | people who six months ago you would've just shot." | | --President John Sheridan, Babylon 5| \--/
CDROM & ISE-SCSI: Help please!
Hello! I have compiled my kernel with IDE-SCSI emmulation to try and burn CDs. However, I can no longer mount my CDROM drives using /dev/hd[x]. Can someone point me to the new devices they are being seen as, and|or the relevant manpages? /dev/sd[x], /dev/sg[x], /dev/scd[x] don't seem to work. :(. Thanks! Timothy -- E-Mail: Timothy Hospedales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Jan-99 Time: 21:07:49 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: installation help please!
It sounds like Debian is having trouble dealing with your LCD display. I am by no means an expert on this, it is just a guess. Tom
Re: installation help please!
if you mean using my "read the non backlit screen technique" i chose a color monitor, then i chose next (i actually saw a bit of color in the screen), then a lot of text came up and i chose continue then a screen with "set up keyboard" or something like that came up and i threw in the towel. if you mean how far into the boot process, right before the color/monochrome dialogue box came up. gracias, ari ps. thanks for the speedy reply. goodness!
installation help please!
hello hello, i'm a (hopefully soon to be) new debian user and am having problems with installation. i've turned to many avenues for help, and this may be my last one so thanks a bazillion ahead of time. here's a brief system list: micron millenia transport notebook pentium/133mhz over 40mb ram 2 gig partition split approximately 50 win95/50 (hopefully) linux working floppy drive here's what happens, both when i try installing from the floppy disk or from the dos partition: right after the page or so of text (goes by real quick) the screen blacksout, never to recover. if i press ctrl-alt-del the screen comes back on for a moment, apparently in the process of installing (something about choosing monochrome or color but that too goes by quickly) but then the machine restarts. it seems to be working just fine except that the screen isn't lit up because as i was getting up from the machine this last attempt, i noticed that if i was at the proper angle i could kinda sorta read the text on the screen. but i couldn't get too far and wouldn't want to muck with partitions on a barely readable screen... well, friends, that's where i'm at. any help would be tremendously appreciated. thank you in advance, ari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installation help please!
How far in the installation did you go? Andrew
installation help please!
hello hello, i'm a (hopefully soon to be) new debian user and am having problems with installation. i've turned to many avenues for help, and this may be my last one so thanks a bazillion ahead of time. here's a brief system list: micron millenia transport notebook pentium/133mhz over 40mb ram 2 gig partition split approximately 50 win95/50 (hopefully) linux working floppy drive here's what happens, both when i try installing from the floppy disk or from the dos partition: right after the page or so of text (goes by real quick) the screen blacksout, never to recover. if i press ctrl-alt-del the screen comes back on for a moment, apparently in the process of installing (something about choosing monochrome or color but that too goes by quickly) but then the machine restarts. it seems to be working just fine except that the screen isn't lit up because as i was getting up from the machine this last attempt, i noticed that if i was at the proper angle i could kinda sorta read the text on the screen. but i couldn't get too far and wouldn't want to muck with partitions on a barely readable screen... well, friends, that's where i'm at. any help would be tremendously appreciated. thank you in advance, ari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: scsi-errors: wrong free-blocks -count, need help, please
On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 11:21:40PM +0100, Peter Berlau wrote: Hi, [..] - I partition the disk before making the filesystem: mkfs -V /dev/sdc5 for example the scsi timed out and the sytem hangs, there where no change to reboot so I hard-reset the box. slow down the datatransfer rate rom 10m to 08m in the scsi-apapter-config for id3 == /dev/sdc and restart, became some messages /dev/sda11 needs check ,,, (/var) /dev/sdb5 needs check (/usr) error messages: Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 222, stored = 6301, counted = 6297 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes count in group 194, stored = 451, counted = 443 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes count in super block, stored = 471542, counted = 471534 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:0a): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 70, stored = 7479, counted = 7471 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:0a): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 91, stored = 7260, counted = 7252 [..] Can I "repair" the filesystem, or will it repair itself during several reboots with fsck or what must I do, ??? Please help, thank You very much Good X-mas Good 1999 an other question I actually have, is it sure that the drive only "runs" if needed and if not needed is in , let say , "sleep-mode". The drive is for sound- and harddisk-recording and I don't use it very often, but if I use it i mean it does make a "start-run" noise -- Peter
scsi-errors: wrong free-blocks -count, need help, please
Hi, to X-mas I got me a new ibm-scsi-drive :) therefore I have a Adaptec 2940 AU Controller and, unfortanelety, the drives for this (65 pin) ? are outsold. So I buy a IBM 4,5 GB UW trapezoid connector looks () \---/ is smaller, than the Drive - Connectors i usualy have, so i got a "gender-changer" and can connect the drive, ok But as I tried to make a filesystem mkfs -V /dev/sdc/sd5 for example the scsi timed out and the sytem hangs, there where no change to reboot so I hard-reset the box. slow down the datatransfer rate rom 10m to 08m in the scsi-apapter-config for id3 == /dev/sdc and restart, became some messages /dev/sda11 needs check ,,, (/var) /dev/sdb5 needs check (/usr) error messages: Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 222, stored = 6301, counted = 6297 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes count in group 194, stored = 451, counted = 443 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:15): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes count in super block, stored = 471542, counted = 471534 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:0a): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 70, stored = 7479, counted = 7471 Dec 23 22:35:09 pmurmel kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:0a): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Wrong free blocks count for group 91, stored = 7260, counted = 7252 [..] Can I "repair" the filesystem, or will it repair itself during several reboots with fsck or what must I do, ??? Please help, thank You very much Good X-mas Good 1999 -- Peter
Re: help, please, to rescue system
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > >Hi, All > >i've put script (hw init) in /etc/rc.boot which cause >my system to hang completely. I got rescue disk, booted >using "rescue root=/dev/hda3" but /etc/rc.boot is still >executed and computer still hangs. > >So, the question is how to boot from rescue disk and >to able to mount / but not to execute whatever is here >in /etc/rc.boot AFAIK, if you don't give any arguments at the rescue disk's "boot:" prompt, it will happily load the ramdisk and mount the filesystem it loads in ramdisk as root. Then, assuming your Linux root is on /dev/hda3, you just "mount /dev/hda3 /mnt" and then "vi /mnt/etc/rc.boot" to your heart's content. -- Evgeny Roubinchtein, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Quality assurance: A way to ensure you never deliver shoddy goods accidentally.
help, please, to rescue system
Hi, All i've put script (hw init) in /etc/rc.boot which cause my system to hang completely. I got rescue disk, booted using "rescue root=/dev/hda3" but /etc/rc.boot is still executed and computer still hangs. So, the question is how to boot from rescue disk and to able to mount / but not to execute whatever is here in /etc/rc.boot thank you Oleg
Re: help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR!!!!!
Thanks. Now both my 3c509 and NE2000 are working. The is the command I've been searching for (to add NICs) which eluded me for some time. The HOWTOs should really be rewritten as it is not clearly written specially for someone who has been an NT administrator for years. Now, time to prove to my boss about Linux vs. NT -Original Message- From: wb2oyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debby Ian Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 5:00 PM Subject: Re: help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR! >>eth0: unknown interface >> >>I have setup my NE2000 to be IRQ=5 and IO=0x300. Please help!! >Rino, > >The eth0 message means the kernel did not find the ethernet card >during its last boot. You could try the "module" and see if it will >initialize the card. Ie: insmod ne2 300,5 should insert the module >in the running kernel. If that doesn't work, I would suspect that >some kernel option has not been selected (when you rebuilt it). If >you still have the original kernel around, boot it and see what gives. >All kernels since 2.0.0 will find an NE2000 clone; at least those of >the well-behaved category. > >Note that there are many that do not have the proper signature byte, >but I've been using LinkSys cards for years, and they've always worked. >Besides that, the Linux driver even deals with many of those of the >poor clone class as well; usually. > >Paul > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Mardo;Rino FN:Rino Mardo ORG:Obaid Humaid Al-Tayer;IT Department TITLE:Network and Systems Administrator NOTE:Certified Lotus Professional, R4 Administrator TEL;WORK;VOICE:+971 4 825000 TEL;WORK;FAX:+971 4 824901 ADR;WORK:;;P.O. Box 2623;Dubai;;;United Arab Emirates LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:P.O. Box 2623=0D=0ADubai=0D=0AUnited Arab Emirates URL:http://members.tripod.com/~rinom/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19981209T045843Z END:VCARD
Re: help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR!!!!!
Rino Mardo writes: > So I checked everywhere (HOWTOs, #Linux, FAQs) and couldn't find out why I > can't use my 3C509B NIC even after recompiling the kernel. So I thought I'd > use the NE2000 nic since it is loaded with the kernel by default. Guess > what? Though it says 8390 loaded during the boot process (but it doesn't > appear in dmesg) I still get: > > SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device > eth0: unknown interface > > I have setup my NE2000 to be IRQ=5 and IO=0x300. Please help!! Don't overlook an IRQ (or base address) conflict. My NIC was programmed on IRQ 3 when I changed motherboards. All of a sudden, it stopped working. After chasing this problem a while, I realized that the NIC and serial port ttyS1 were conflicting. I turned off the serial port and re-programmed the NIC to a different IRQ. And all is well in Linux land... -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.-
Re: help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR!!!!!
>eth0: unknown interface > >I have setup my NE2000 to be IRQ=5 and IO=0x300. Please help!! Rino, The eth0 message means the kernel did not find the ethernet card during its last boot. You could try the "module" and see if it will initialize the card. Ie: insmod ne2 300,5 should insert the module in the running kernel. If that doesn't work, I would suspect that some kernel option has not been selected (when you rebuilt it). If you still have the original kernel around, boot it and see what gives. All kernels since 2.0.0 will find an NE2000 clone; at least those of the well-behaved category. Note that there are many that do not have the proper signature byte, but I've been using LinkSys cards for years, and they've always worked. Besides that, the Linux driver even deals with many of those of the poor clone class as well; usually. Paul
help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR!!!!!
So I checked everywhere (HOWTOs, #Linux, FAQs) and couldn't find out why I can't use my 3C509B NIC even after recompiling the kernel. So I thought I'd use the NE2000 nic since it is loaded with the kernel by default. Guess what? Though it says 8390 loaded during the boot process (but it doesn't appear in dmesg) I still get: SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device eth0: unknown interface I have setup my NE2000 to be IRQ=5 and IO=0x300. Please help!! TIA. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Mardo;Rino FN:Rino Mardo ORG:Obaid Humaid Al-Tayer;IT Department TITLE:Network and Systems Administrator NOTE:Certified Lotus Professional, R4 Administrator TEL;WORK;VOICE:+971 4 825000 TEL;WORK;FAX:+971 4 824901 ADR;WORK:;;P.O. Box 2623;Dubai;;;United Arab Emirates LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:P.O. Box 2623=0D=0ADubai=0D=0AUnited Arab Emirates URL:http://members.tripod.com/~rinom/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19981208T121432Z END:VCARD
Re: Me too! Help please: Re:libstdc++.so.2.8 error
Mitch Blevins wrote: > > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Paul Miller wrote: > > > > > > I upgraded a libc package, and now I'm getting the following error when I > > > run many programs. > > > > > > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > > > already running. > > > > > > What is wrong? > > > > > > -Paul > > > > > > You aren't alone. This happened to me during a dselect upgrade that > > included libc6. Dselect itself now can't run because of this. Hope > > somebody can help. > > This is becoming a FAQ. > You need the newest version of libstdc++, 2.91.59-1. > If you are using the dpkg from unstable, you need to downgrade it to 1.4.0.31. > > For convenience, I've tarred up all the needed files: > libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.59-1_i386.deb > libstdc++2.9_2.91.59-1_i386.deb > dpkg_1.4.0.31.deb > apt_0.1.9.deb > > and posted them at http://blevins.simplenet.com/foobar/ > > Download them and install them with dpkg. Then put a hold on your dpkg to > keep it from getting upgraded (until a fixed one is on the mirrors). > > Hope this helps, > -Mitch Thanks Mitch. I just finished the download and install; your fix works. I sent the above message before finding your how-to-FIX later on in the email list. -- Ed C.
Re: Me too! Help please: Re:libstdc++.so.2.8 error
Ed Cogburn wrote: > Paul Miller wrote: > > > > I upgraded a libc package, and now I'm getting the following error when I > > run many programs. > > > > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > > already running. > > > > What is wrong? > > > > -Paul > > > You aren't alone. This happened to me during a dselect upgrade that > included libc6. Dselect itself now can't run because of this. Hope > somebody can help. This is becoming a FAQ. You need the newest version of libstdc++, 2.91.59-1. If you are using the dpkg from unstable, you need to downgrade it to 1.4.0.31. For convenience, I've tarred up all the needed files: libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.59-1_i386.deb libstdc++2.9_2.91.59-1_i386.deb dpkg_1.4.0.31.deb apt_0.1.9.deb and posted them at http://blevins.simplenet.com/foobar/ Download them and install them with dpkg. Then put a hold on your dpkg to keep it from getting upgraded (until a fixed one is on the mirrors). Hope this helps, -Mitch
Me too! Help please: Re:libstdc++.so.2.8 error
Paul Miller wrote: > > I upgraded a libc package, and now I'm getting the following error when I > run many programs. > > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > already running. > > What is wrong? > > -Paul You aren't alone. This happened to me during a dselect upgrade that included libc6. Dselect itself now can't run because of this. Hope somebody can help. -- Ed C.
Re: Package Help Please
Hello Stephen, > I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep > getting the messages: > /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist > can any give me some advice on this? In the dselect main menu, choose "0. Access" and select the "floppy" method. Then you'll need to "1. Update" to get the Packages file off the floppy. In general, you need to choose the options in the main menu of dselect in numerical order from the top... this isn't obvious from the interface. > or just general advice on installation (x window etc) When you get to selecting packages, the Enter key confirms the whole list and exits (yes, press the Enter key to Exit). To select the package you have the cursor on, you need to press the + key. The other useful key to know: when you press + on something and it pops up with suggestions you don't like, press R (upper-case) to get it back to the way it was before you pressed the +. Then you can either make different selections, or just press Enter to confirm and return to the main list. HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Package Help Please
> Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: > > I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep > getting the messages: > /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist > can any give me some advice on this? > or just general advice on installation (x window etc) > regards > Stephen Lavelle > dselect is meant to help install/manage an entire distribution, so it expects to find a 'Packages.gz' file where you point it to. This file contains all the package info of the distribution. If you have the individual 'filename.deb' file, use dpkg to install the deb package: dpkg -i filename.deb -- Ed C.
Package Help Please
I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? or just general advice on installation (x window etc) regards Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help please
> thank you very much for trying to help out. I must be really dumb, but > your suggestions do not seem to work for me. Here is the output of my > sendmailconfig after I added the lines you suggest: welcome to sendmail hell. > FEATURE(nodns) is no-op. hmm, okay i haven't actually used this for a year or so... i checked my old config files and this used to work, but i guess it doesn't anymore. > Use ServiceSwitchFile (/etc/service.switch if your OS does not provide > its own) instead. so i'd do this. i noticed that in your nsswitch file you had a line like this: hosts: files dns you might need to change this to: hosts: files because you never want it to try to use dns. however since you really do want it to do dns when you are connected to the net and have access to a nameserver. if you use the top version and make sure that your smarthost is listed in your hosts file then you should be okay. it's been a long time since i set this up and i normally did it with uucp so you didn't have to worry as much about this stuff. one other point is that if you just list a smart host it probably will try and deliver to that immediately. there is a sendmail.mc option which will make it automatically dump stuff into the queue, and then you can do something like in your /etc/ppp/ip-up file: /usr/sbin/sendmail -q which will force the queue to be run as soon as your ppp connection comes up. > I might be doing some errors with back and forward single quotes ??? i'm pretty sure that's not an issue. > I am appending my current sendmail.mc, my nsswitch.conf, my hosts and my > resolv.conf other then the things above, it mostly looked okay. your .mc file was very simple. i've attached the one i use on my servers for you too look at if you like... it's not at all the same situation but i thought it might be useful or interesting. one other thing is that i notice that you are using the nullclient option. when you are using the nullclient macro i believe it disables a lot of the other features. i would suggest getting rid of the nullclient option and using the smarthost option as well. also as a general rule you should list all you the defines before you list the FEATURE stuff. the reason is that the defines sometimes modify variables which the FEATURE's use. adam. Internet Alaska 4050 Lake Otis Pkwy Adam Shand (v) +1 907 562 4636 Anchorage, AK 99508 Systems Administrator (f) +1 907 562 4807 --- http://www.underrealm.net ---
Re: sendmail help please
> Now when i issue a "mail bob" command, where bob is my local user, > whether I am connected or not I do not get any mail in my local mailbox. > > Aug 11 10:18:22 deb760xl sendmail[2008]: KAA02006: to=root, ctladdr=root > (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, > relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Deferred: Name server: 9.87.2.151: host name > lookup failure sendmail is trying to do a dns lookup, and since it fails the mail sits in the queue, until the queue is run (normally every 10 minutes by default on my debian box) and it *can* complete the dns lookup. you have a couple options. the best one, imho, would be to define a smarthost and configure sendmail to work without dns. you can do this by adding these two lines to your /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file and then running /usr/sbin/sendmailconfig. define(`SMART_HOST',`esmtp:upstream.mail.server.com')dnl FEATURE(`nodns')dnl instead of using the smarthost option you can also do it with mailertable with a line like this in your sendmail.mc: FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl and then making the first line of your mailertable file (don't forget to run makemap!): . esmtp:upstream.mail.server.com. either will work fine. i hope this helps, adam. Internet Alaska 4050 Lake Otis Pkwy Adam Shand (v) +1 907 562 4636 Anchorage, AK 99508 Systems Administrator (f) +1 907 562 4807 - http://www.spack.org/ -
sendmail help please
I have the follwoing setup on my IBM Thinkpad running Debian slink: when I am in the office I have sendmail configured to route all mail to my permanently connected 9.87.2.151 machine. when I am disconnected (with only my 127.0.0.1) I would only need to be able to send mail to my local users (for instance the anacron package requires this). Now when i issue a "mail bob" command, where bob is my local user, whether I am connected or not I do not get any mail in my local mailbox. Thank you for any help .. here are some data which might help. I am not running bind on my machine. Have an /etc/nsswitch which points to files first [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost deb760xl.italy.ibm.com 9.87.2.242 300pl 9.87.2.151 pan pan.ncrome.romesc.ibm.com 9.87.251.63 diraix diraix-rm.italy.ibm.com 9.87.248.54 rja rja.italy.ibm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dpkg -s sendmail Package: sendmail Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: mail Installed-Size: 1356 Maintainer: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 8.9.1-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sudo tail /var/log/mail.info Aug 11 10:18:22 deb760xl sendmail[2006]: KAA02006: from=root, size=33, class=0, pri=30033, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 11 10:18:22 deb760xl sendmail[2008]: KAA02006: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Deferred: Name server: 9.87.2.151: host name lookup failure Aug 11 10:30:15 deb760xl sendmail[223]: KAA00223: from=bob, size=39, class=0, pri=30039, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00223: to=bob, ctladdr=bob (1000/1000), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00223: KAA00225: DSN: Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: to=bob, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: KAB00225: return to sender: Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAB00225: to=postmaster, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: Losing qfKAA00225: savemail panic Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: SYSERR(bob): savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere: No such file or directory -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy
Re: Smail help please
> > Hi. I really need some help here. I have fetchmail working fine. It pops > my mail off my ISP's server just fine. I can't figure out how to make smail > send mail through my account on my ISP to the internet when I am logged in. > If I use netscapes mail it works fine. I have looked through man smail, man > smailconfig and /etc/smail/* files. Does smail need a password somewhere to > 'pop' mail on to my ISP's mail server for delivery or does it even have to > deal with my ISP's mail server when sending? Please help. > Assuming that smail is configured correctly, you only need to runq whenever you are connected to your ISP and want the accumulated mail to get sent. you can take a look at the log file (/var/log/smail/logfile) while you are doing that to see what happens. BTW, with my system and ISP, getting the accumulated mail pass to my ISP may take some time. To verify that all the mail has been sent, you can use mailq on my system, when all its mail has been deleivered, it looks like bash-2.00$ mailq bash-2.00$ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Smail help please
Hi. I really need some help here. I have fetchmail working fine. It pops my mail off my ISP's server just fine. I can't figure out how to make smail send mail through my account on my ISP to the internet when I am logged in. If I use netscapes mail it works fine. I have looked through man smail, man smailconfig and /etc/smail/* files. Does smail need a password somewhere to 'pop' mail on to my ISP's mail server for delivery or does it even have to deal with my ISP's mail server when sending? Please help. Thanks, MTY -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Debian HAMM LOADLIN booting problems ... any help please ??
I have a Debian Hamm system with kernel 2.0.34 running just fine on my /dev/hdb1. /dev/hda1 is infested by a Win95b system. I copied the /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34 as vmlinuz to my /dev/hdb6 FAT partition along with loadlin.exe. Boot win95 in DOS mode, goto my d:\loadlin directory and issue my loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro The boot starts up but when it gets to the APM BIOS (IBM Thinkpad 760) the system hangs with a protection fault message and a dump of stacks and other info ... Any hope ? Thank you in advance Bob. -- Robert Alexander - IBM Italy work e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Netscape Mail Help... please
I am having trouble sending to this list from Netscape Mail. This is written using pine. I can receive mail from this server through NS mail, and am also able to send to any other address on the net. But when I try to send to this list with NS mail it never gets here, it disappears to the bitbucket. I don't get a bounce, or an error message, just nothing, and no mail in the list. If I write with another program, such as pine which I use here, I see my e-mail arrive and get responses from it, but with NS Mail it's like the letter was never written. Please remember this is only mailing to this list server. Mail to other locations from NS Mail always gets there just fine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modem Help Please!!!
> I have a zoom 56k modem..I noticed that Debian and most other linux have > support for ethernet cards but not much for regular modems...How do i > use my modem under linux. My modem is on port 2 irq 3.. Please help if > you can!? > >Thanks > > Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] first,put a enter at the end of each line in your message,it did not make your message unreadable on my mailreader but there are other mailreader who will put your message as one line and your message may be deleted ASAP by a potentially bored user (think as a user who's used to be receiving 200 messages each day's !!!). now,for the lack of driver for modem is that the serial driver,the ppp driver and the slhc driver is all that's needed for a ppp net connection,i think your problem is that the modem is plug & play and this is what cause your problem,do a check on the board (if it's an internal modem,i dont know where to check for an external one) or check in the manual,there may be a mode witch (hope i got the spelling right) disable the plug & play,you should provide us with more detail because i can't help further than this. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Modem Help Please!!!
I have a zoom 56k modem..I noticed that Debian and most other linux have support for ethernet cards but not much for regular modems...How do i use my modem under linux. My modem is on port 2 irq 3.. Please help if you can!? Thanks Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MAIL -- Configuration Help Please (Fetchmail/Smail)
>> Can anyone give me a short and sweet rundown of what I need configured to >> get a working fetchmail system running? >> >> I have SMail set up and working (I can send E-mail from my system, and I can >> send/receive email between different accounts on my system). >> >> Now I want fetchmail to grab mail from my ISP, but I can't seem to get it to >> work properly. >> >> I have a ~/.fetchmailrc file that has my ISP user name and password. I also >> added a line saying that I want "mda formail -s procmail". I have a >> .forward file in my home directory, and I have a .procmailrc file. >> >> If I run fetchmail -c it checks my ISP and notifies me I have X number of >> messages waiting. >> >> However, I can't get it configured so that it retrieves the mail and sends >> it to my account. I can't tell if fetchmail is even running (I start it at >> login using start-stop-daemon -S --exec fetchmail -- -d 5000) although it >> shows up on TOP every now and then. >> >> How can I check if it's running, and if it's retrieving any mail, where is >> it putting it? Can you get the messages running fetchmail from command-line ? Something like fetchmail -v for verbose output. If I'm not wrong it should put mail in ´´/Mail . --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MAIL -- Configuration Help Please (Fetchmail/Smail)
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:39:40PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 10:18:29AM -0600, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > > I have a ~/.fetchmailrc file that has my ISP user name and password. I also > > added a line saying that I want "mda formail -s procmail". I have a > > .forward file in my home directory, and I have a .procmailrc file. > > > > If I run fetchmail -c it checks my ISP and notifies me I have X number of > > messages waiting. > > I would simplify the setup as much as possible to figure out what is > broken. Good idea. Using procmail? Good. Bypass smail alltogether with the mda keyword for purposes of testing. "mda procmail -d you" is probably sufficient. If that works, the problem is possibly smail. Now go write mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and sent that. If that works, smail is fine. Try fetchmail in verbose mode, it'll spit out lots of crap but it's useful for finding the problem.. The problem may even be procmail, remove ~/.procmailrc and see if mail is delivered then. pgp5McSKK7gC3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: MAIL -- Configuration Help Please (Fetchmail/Smail)
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 10:18:29AM -0600, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > I have a ~/.fetchmailrc file that has my ISP user name and password. I also > added a line saying that I want "mda formail -s procmail". I have a > .forward file in my home directory, and I have a .procmailrc file. > > If I run fetchmail -c it checks my ISP and notifies me I have X number of > messages waiting. I would simplify the setup as much as possible to figure out what is broken. Does fetchmail work (retrieve messages) from the command line? I'd get that working before trying the daemon mode. Can you get mail without procmail? I think "mda formail -s procmail" was a workaround for some problems in recent smail versions, so you might have to use it. If possible, don't try to debug .fetchmailrc and .procmailrc at the same time. I think the .forward is redundant if fetchmail delivers to procmail. Here is my .forward: "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #lee" and my .fetchmailrc: poll pop.mindspring.com proto pop3 user lee.bradshaw, with password password, is lee here fetchall poll mail.alantro.com proto pop3 via localhost port 8110 preconnect "ssh -a -f -o 'FallBackToRsh = no' -L 8110:127.0.0.1:110 mail.alantro.com sleep 20 /dev/null" password password fetchall > How can I check if it's running, and if it's retrieving any mail, where is > it putting it? In .procmail do you have a LOGFILE entry? If so, check it to see what procmail is doing with messages. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MAIL -- Configuration Help Please (Fetchmail/Smail)
Can anyone give me a short and sweet rundown of what I need configured to get a working fetchmail system running? I have SMail set up and working (I can send E-mail from my system, and I can send/receive email between different accounts on my system). Now I want fetchmail to grab mail from my ISP, but I can't seem to get it to work properly. I have a ~/.fetchmailrc file that has my ISP user name and password. I also added a line saying that I want "mda formail -s procmail". I have a .forward file in my home directory, and I have a .procmailrc file. If I run fetchmail -c it checks my ISP and notifies me I have X number of messages waiting. However, I can't get it configured so that it retrieves the mail and sends it to my account. I can't tell if fetchmail is even running (I start it at login using start-stop-daemon -S --exec fetchmail -- -d 5000) although it shows up on TOP every now and then. How can I check if it's running, and if it's retrieving any mail, where is it putting it? Any help would be greatly appreciated... -Brent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amanda help please.
I am trying to upgrade to amanda 2.4.0 on my network. One of the amanda clients is a Debian 1.2 machine. This machine was working relatively happily as an amanda 2.3 client. I compiled amanda with --with-user=amanda --with-group=operator , which is the asm as all the other machines on the network. User and group administration is provided vua NIS. I pointed inetd.conf to the new amanda executables. Now amcheck from the tape host reports: ERROR: yogi: [access as backup not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yogi of course, is the Debian boxes name. Can anyone gve me a clue as to what is special about Debian here? Thanks. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead...Henry Spencer (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ppp again, help please (hamm)
In Hamm, the scripts are in /etc/ppp/provider and /etc/chatscripts. Once in there they are just like the old bo scripts. The update should have taken your old info and used it. BTW there is a howto for debian in the works on www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom. There is a ppp section. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ppp again, help please (hamm)
ok, i'm bravely going to try ppp again. I got it working with help under bo. I have to initiate the session without a prompt from the machine, so i believe that my script simply waited for CONNECT, and terminated. But I've tried upgrading to the newer version, hoping to use pppd. However, the scripts have changed, as have the locations, and the bo scripts are not updated. So, I need to dial, wait for connect, and then start the session from my end. It looks like I have to provide the name of my script. what file should this be, and can it otherwise be the same script as before? rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help please!
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, mr anonym wrote: > Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 19:00:11 +0100 (CET) > From: mr anonym <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org > Subject: Help please! > Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 18:00:51 + > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > I'm having trouble installing Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 on my computer and I > wonder if someone can help me. > My computer: > 486-JA > 4 MB RAM > 150 MB of free space > No soundcard/modem installed > OS at the moment Win 3.11 and DOS 6.2 > > Im downloading files from > ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/Debian-1.3/disks-i386/current/ > > I have reset the comp with the "rescue-floppy" and everything seemed > fine.When i pressed enter at the boot prompt after a while this message > came up: > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 i believe 4M is too small for standard installation procedure. Look/ask about special procedure for low-mem systems > And the computer stops. > Anyone know what this means? regards OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help please!
> I have reset the comp with the "rescue-floppy" and everything seemed
> fine.When i pressed enter at the boot prompt after a while this message
> came up:
>
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
>
> And the computer stops.
> Anyone know what this means?
Among other reasons you might have a bad or corrupted floppy.
Try to use another one. This may sound silly, but it is the most
typical reason for installation failures. And one more thing:
the fact floppy works under DOS doesn't mean it is not corrupted.
Alex Y.
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Help please!
I'm having trouble installing Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 on my computer and I wonder if someone can help me. My computer: 486-JA 4 MB RAM 150 MB of free space No soundcard/modem installed OS at the moment Win 3.11 and DOS 6.2 Im downloading files from ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/Debian-1.3/disks-i386/current/ I have reset the comp with the "rescue-floppy" and everything seemed fine.When i pressed enter at the boot prompt after a while this message came up: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 And the computer stops. Anyone know what this means? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Help please!
I'm having trouble installing Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 on my computer and I wonder if someone can help me. My computer: 486-JA 4 MB RAM 150 MB of free space No soundcard/modem installed OS at the moment Win 3.11 and DOS 6.2 Im downloading files from ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/Debian-1.3/disks-i386/current/ I have reset the comp with the "rescue-floppy" and everything seemed fine.When i pressed enter at the boot prompt after a while this message came up: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 And the computer stops. Anyone know what this means? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
LPD and macigfilter help please.
I read carefully the Printing HOWTO, and have installed Magicfilter according to its docs. I have an HP 4L, but there appears to be 3 versions of the 4L filter in the filters directory. One is very large, the others not. So, I need this: What is the exact name of the filter to put in /usr/local/bin for my 2 year old 4L. And would somebody kindly send me their printcap entry for this guy. Lastly, do I really need ghostscript if I am only printing ascii to this printer? Thanks. -Pat *-* * Pat Masterson B38-01, Northrop Grumman, * Ham:KE2LJ * Plant 1, South Oyster Bay Rd.,* Packet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Bethpage, NY 11714* President Grumman Amateur * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fone: 516-346-6316 * Radio Club WA2LQO *-* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help, Please!
>I can't get Debian to access my 6.4 Gig HD. It will access my 3.2Gig but >laughs at me when it reads the drive geometry from the BIOS. Can anyone >help. The HD is a Quantum BigFoot CY6.4 Wow!!! I've never had my Debian system laugh at me! Guess I'll have to install a sound card Anyway, have you tried various BIOS HD translation settings? i.e. LBA, CHS, etc? Later, Kevin Traas Baan Business Systems Systems Analyst Langley, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 882-8169 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Help, Please!
I can't get Debian to access my 6.4 Gig HD. It will access my 3.2Gig but laughs at me when it reads the drive geometry from the BIOS. Can anyone help. The HD is a Quantum BigFoot CY6.4 Logical Cylinders 13446 Logical Heads 15 Logical Sec/Track 63 Sectors 12706470 Thanks A Bunch Shawn Fetterolf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: HELP!! PLEASE!!
> how do I do that?!?!
> I need the CD-ROM to even install linux!!
You don't need CD-ROM to install _Debian_ linux, I also don't have it.
Just fetch installation disks from
ftp.debian.org/debian/bo/disks-i386/current/
And follow the instructions of install.txt file you will find in the same
directory.
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Re: HELP!! PLEASE!!
how do I do that?!?! I need the CD-ROM to even install linux!! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: HELP!! PLEASE!!
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't get my SCSI controller/CD-ROM drive to be detected by linux!! > I need it to install debian. > I have a Media Vision Jazz card. (which is basically a combo pro sonic and > future domain tmc-8xx) and 2x CD-rom, which under windows 95 is detected as a > Sanyou CDR-400I Try to compile a new kernel image with the right drivers and put the following line in your /etc/lilo.conf: append="tmc8xx=0xca000,11" Where the first number is the address used by the scsi interface and the seconde one is the IRQ. Use the correct values for your hardware. I hope this work for you. Felix Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HELP!! PLEASE!!
I can't get my SCSI controller/CD-ROM drive to be detected by linux!! I need it to install debian. I have a Media Vision Jazz card. (which is basically a combo pro sonic and future domain tmc-8xx) and 2x CD-rom, which under windows 95 is detected as a Sanyou CDR-400I Help!!! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Newbie question - help please
>I just got my Debian GNU/Linix 1.3.1 CD, and am attempting to install, >however I have run into a problem. I have a P100 machine with Warp and >boot manager with Winbdoze3.1 and 95. I am installing Linus vi the >dos/windoze partition. All gpes weel for a while, but every so often the >system locks up ! This is usually during the partitioning phase of >the install process, but that's likely a co-incidence as this is as far >as I have got. I am stuck, can anyone help please ??? >G.D. (Des) Cavin >IDM, Economy, Nova Scotia, B0M-1J0, Canada >[EMAIL PROTECTED] G.D. (Des) Cavin IDM, Economy, Nova Scotia, B0M-1J0, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > OK. Remove /dev/printer and start lpd. It'll probably create the socket on > its own. See why it doesn't start from one of the /etc/rc.d files. > > Bruce Hmm... How come I don't have /dev/printer? :) What is it for? I have been printing to /dev/lp1 with no problem, but I'm just curious what /dev/printer is all about. I installed Debian 1.1 and is now living on hamm, using LPRng. ^_^ Thanks. Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling[EMAIL PROTECTED] Civil Engineeringhttp://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/ University of Alberta, CanadaKeep smiling! *^_^* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
Rolf, I am a newbie, i recently spent time going round and round with lpc trying to get my printer going till my head was in a whirl with it. I can't remember all the symptoms, and it is only debian 0.93 but the cure was getting a match between entries in /etc/printcap and /etc/conf.modules and the printer. in /etc/printcap see the lp2 lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ :lp=/dev/lp2:\ in /etc/conf.modules: at the end: path[ipv4]=/lib/modules/ipv4 options sjcd 0x340,10,5 options lp2 0x278,5 those being where (I think) the bios and debian's own startup said the printer was.(I also have a note that I initted via boot/root menus telling it that is where the printer is and saved that to my custom boot disk. I have not installed lilo, but I think it has an option to put the printer details.) clare -- Clare Johnstone, University Computing Services, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 6907 Tel +61 8 9380 2607, Fax +61 8 9380 1109, Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
OK. Remove /dev/printer and start lpd. It'll probably create the socket on its own. See why it doesn't start from one of the /etc/rc.d files. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Allan Black wrote: > Correct. /dev/printer is created by lpd, when it starts up. > > The only way to create it is to restart lpd. Try: > > kill lpd > remove /dev/printer > start lpd > > lpd should then create /dev/printer. > Hi Allan, first of all many thanks for your excellent explanation. Unfortunately, removing /dev/printer and killing /restarting lpd does not create a printer socket. Would a reboot be more helpful? Then I'd have to wait until Saturday, because the machine acts as an application server for our HP-UNIX-machines :-( Or should I re-install the lpd-package? What do you think? Thanks a lot Rolf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
Ufff, problem solved !!! Thanks to Allan Black I now understand the whole thing a bit better (hopefully). Restarting lpd didn't help; but rebooting the machine re-created my lost socket :) The only problem I still have to deal with is to cool down those users who got logged out without warning; but that is my private thing... Again, thanks to all who helped! Rolf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > cd /dev > ln -s lp0 printer > > I think that MAKEDEV complaint is an internal-array-full in MAKEDEV problem, > not a full disk. I don't know why that happens in this case. Do look in > /dev for large files with the names of devices - sometimes something goes > to write a device that isn't there and creates a file instead. Thanks to all who replied, but I'm still unable to print. Linking /dev/lp0 to /dev/printer didn't solve the problem. MAKEDEV is working now, but "MAKEDEV printer" doesn't generate /dev/printer (as I believed), but /dev/lp[0-3]. On a clean Debian machine, I get the following: otherhost> ll /dev/log /dev/printer /dev/lp* srw-rw-rw- 1 root root0 Jun 27 11:54 /dev/log crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 0 Jan 3 1997 /dev/lp0 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 1 Jan 3 1997 /dev/lp1 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 2 Jan 3 1997 /dev/lp2 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 3 Jan 3 1997 /dev/lp3 srwxrwxrwx 1 root root0 Jun 27 11:54 /dev/printer ^ So /dev/printer is a socket like /dev/log, not a link. tar'ing /dev/printer and extracting it converts it to a FIFO (permissions prwxrwxrwx). I can't figure out why :-( ^ My machine, with dev/lp0 linked to /dev/printer, shows the following behaviour: myhost> lpc stat lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 1 entry in spool area no daemon present myhost> lpc start all lp: printing enabled lpc: connect: No such file or directory couldn't start daemon myhost> ps -aux | grep lpd root 155 0.0 0.3 840 120 ? SJun 27 0:01 /usr/sbin/lpd I think lpc produces the connect error because the SOCKET /dev/printer is missing. Does anybody have any idea how to create this socket? I've looked around on my system, but could'nt find anything like "mksocket" or similar. mknod only supports FIFO's, Character and block devices. I'm stuck :-( Thanks Rolf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
Figure out which port you are using of /dev/lp0 through lp3. It's most likely lp0. Do this: cd /dev ln -s lp0 printer I think that MAKEDEV complaint is an internal-array-full in MAKEDEV problem, not a full disk. I don't know why that happens in this case. Do look in /dev for large files with the names of devices - sometimes something goes to write a device that isn't there and creates a file instead. To remove the old "base" package, about the best thing you can do is edit your /var/lib/dpkg/status to remove its record. Sorry. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Rolf Obrecht wrote: > > Hello, > > Due to my impatience, I purged the old "base"-package after upgrading to > 1.3 (it was listed as "obsolete" in dselect) without looking at it's > contents first :-( > > Unfortunately, it contained all(?) device files in /dev; as a result, > the machine didn't boot anymore since it was "unable to open an initial > console". Booting from rescue disk, mounting the harddrive to /target and > extracting the previously (on a different machine) generated tar file > containing the device-files solved the problem, but: /dev/printer still > doesn't exist. > > Calling "MAKEDEV printer" only gives me "MAKEDEV: out of space for > devices". > Sounds like the disk if full. Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
AGAIN: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
Hello, Due to my impatience, I purged the old "base"-package after upgrading to 1.3 (it was listed as "obsolete" in dselect) without looking at it's contents first :-( Unfortunately, it contained all(?) device files in /dev; as a result, the machine didn't boot anymore since it was "unable to open an initial console". Booting from rescue disk, mounting the harddrive to /target and extracting the previously (on a different machine) generated tar file containing the device-files solved the problem, but: /dev/printer still doesn't exist. Calling "MAKEDEV printer" only gives me "MAKEDEV: out of space for devices". HOW can I re-create this socket?? (I would like to be able to print some urgent and important files, but without /dev/printer.) Any help appreciated (REALLY!!!) Rolf Obrecht Institut fuer Elektrische Maschinen RWTH Aachen Germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Rolf Obrecht wrote: : Unfortunately, it contained all(?) device files in /dev; as a result, : the machine didn't boot anymore since it was "unable to open an initial : console". Booting from rescue disk, mounting the harddrive to /target and : extracting the previously (on a different machine) generated tar file : containing the device-files solved the problem, but: /dev/printer still : doesn't exist. : : Calling "MAKEDEV printer" only gives me "MAKEDEV: out of space for : devices". : : HOW can I re-create this socket?? (I would like to be able to print : some urgent and important files, but without /dev/printer.) As far as I know, /dev/printer is a symlink to /dev/lp0 or whatever port your default printer is on. Checkout /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt for the correct minor and major numbers for this device. Remco. -- // Remco van de Meent // email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // www: http://oloon.student.utwente.nl // " Never make any mistaeks. " -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
Hello, Due to my impatience, I purged the old "base"-package after upgrading to 1.3 (it was listed as "obsolete" in dselect) without looking at it's contents first :-( Unfortunately, it contained all(?) device files in /dev; as a result, the machine didn't boot anymore since it was "unable to open an initial console". Booting from rescue disk, mounting the harddrive to /target and extracting the previously (on a different machine) generated tar file containing the device-files solved the problem, but: /dev/printer still doesn't exist. Calling "MAKEDEV printer" only gives me "MAKEDEV: out of space for devices". HOW can I re-create this socket?? (I would like to be able to print some urgent and important files, but without /dev/printer.) Any help appreciated Rolf Obrecht Institut fuer Elektrische Maschinen RWTH Aachen Germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: putting lilo on the mbr, help please
On Jun 23, Ed Urenda wrote > Hello, any help with the folowing would be greatly appreciated: > > I have an ide with debian 1.3 and win 95 on it and decided that the > rewrite_table option in lilo would be the easiest way to dual-boot the > system. > > The recompilation of lilo with the rewrite_table option was successful, > but when I add a section for win95 in lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo it > complains that lilo must reside on the mbr (i assume that win95 has > taken > the mbr). How can I put lilo back on the mbr? > You need to use the 'boot' command, I believe. Something like "boot = /dev/hda" in the global section of your lilo.conf. But please doublecheck with the lilo manual before adding that to your lilo.conf. Christian pgpnDukwrNYKf.pgp Description: PGP signature
putting lilo on the mbr, help please
Hello, any help with the folowing would be greatly appreciated: I have an ide with debian 1.3 and win 95 on it and decided that the rewrite_table option in lilo would be the easiest way to dual-boot the system. The recompilation of lilo with the rewrite_table option was successful, but when I add a section for win95 in lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo it complains that lilo must reside on the mbr (i assume that win95 has taken the mbr). How can I put lilo back on the mbr? Any help is greatly appreciated. * ___* / )|Eddie Urenda |( \ __( (|___|) )__ ((( \ \> / ) ( \ http://www.hotmail.com - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: slrn help please
I am far from being knowledgable on Linux but I struggled with this recently and this worked for me on debian 1.2 with the most recent deb version of slrn. Go to the appropriate line in your .slrnrc script file. Remove the % sign to uncomment the line. You do need to use the quote marks. Maintain the spaces between the terms (my word, maybe not right). If you use double quote marks ( "" ) with nothing in between in place of your username and/or password, you will be prompted to enter them, but maintain the same spaces as shown in your sample line. Now here is where I am uncertain and I am not at my Linux box to check. There is a separate file - /etc/news/server - I think! If you have your ISP newsserver specified there - news.gte.net in my case, then you may not need to use the HOSTNAME term. Try it both ways. Also, when I initiate slrn I get a message saying something like it is sending to news.gte.net and then I get the username prompt which I enter. I then get the password prompt but it doesn't drop down to the next line, rather it writes on top of the username prompt line. This confused me at first but I just ignore the userprompt line formation and write in the password on top of it and press enter. It is accepted and slrn connects to the server . Good Luck [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have been using the slrn_0.9.3.2-2 package as a news reader and suddenly > it isn't working any more. It turns out my ISP's news server just started > asking for my user name and password. When slrn sees this, it doesn't > know how to handle the request and also wipes out my .jnewsrc file. > > Looking at the slrn man page, I found that I needed the following: > > %nnrpaccess HOSTNAME USERNAME PASSWORD > > I have tried all sorts of combinations of this, with and without quotes, > various forms of HOSTNAME (isp, news server, my local hostname, etc.) and > I still can't get things to work. > > The error message I get is: Server failed LIST ACTIVE -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
