Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
So sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] am Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 08:48:19PM -0500: > > what do you think for an average user is the file system stable enough and > offer enough advantages to warrant switching file systems?? If you mean home systems by "average user", than my answer is a definite YES, because you won't have the problems with high i/o load and NFS someone else mentioned in this threat. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 ICQ:7328191 Uptime: 3 days 17 hours 4 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Please, a need some help configuring a printer, cups, etc.
Leopold Palomo wrote: > Hi, > > well, I can print. I don't have any problems with the permissions, > queues, etc. The question is what I print. I have a normal, standard, > classical hp 520. I was very happy when I knew that there's another > drivers with a lot of options, the hpdj. > > I can configure my printer with the hpdj driver. I can print... the > question is that I print at 200% of the size of the document. I have > tried to configure the lpoptions, configure with kups, with > localhost:631, nothing of nothing. > > I can print with the classic dj500 driver, but with strange margins. > Any ideas, > > Best regards, > > Leo > > -- > Leopold Palomo Avellaneda > > Linux User 152692 > Catalonia > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Logitech extreme digital 3D joystick and SBLive card
I'm having trouble getting my joystick to work. I have a Logitech wingman extreme digital 3D and a soundblaster live card. When I try to load the logitech module, I get: [root@mozart /root]# insmod joy-logitech Using /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/joy-logitech.o /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/joy-logitech.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters Anyone know how I should fix this? -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication
Okay, It seems that perhaps I didn't explain the situation in enough detail. I have a VA Linux Full-On 2500 with the following configuration: Mylex AcelleRAID 150 4 - 9.1GB SCSI SCA Hard Disks in a RAID 5 array handled by the Mylex BIOS 24x CD-ROM 3.5" Floppy Drive I went through the Mandrake install and when prompted I generated and auto-install floppy. I booted the machine, and it booted fine. I placed the auto-install floppy back into the machine and rebooted from it. The install seems to go off without a hitch (no error messages). When I go to reboot the next time is when I get the LI prompt instead of LILO:. This obviously isn't a BIOS setting, although that was a good thought with the information at hand. This obviously isn't something I can use GRUB to fix, because GRUB won't boot a RAID array (although again a good thought with the information at hand). It seems to me that the Auto-install doesn't correctly install LILO, and I am wanting to know if this can be fixed without me having to use another distribution? Deven Phillips, CISSP Information Security Officer/Network Architect Viata Online, Inc. "J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:38:42 BillK wrote: > > Used to have this on an old 486: the "Li" is actually a message saying > > "I got this far through the boot". There are fixes but I have not the > > time to search for them. Try "man 5 lilo.conf" for how to set the > > verbose flag for progress messages. I think I found the original > > solution in the RedHat knowledgebase. It was a list of causes for > > failing at each stage of the boot. > > > > Usually that Li msg is due to misconfiguring the disk in lilo, say: > - Install the distro (so lilo) with LBA mode on, and the loose the > BIOS lba setting by a reset, battery exhausted or similar > - lilo.conf has a flag 'lba' or 'compact' or 'linear' that is not > supported by your disk+bios combo. > > In Mandrake its easy to install in non LBA mode, and the check the > lba flag in the bootloader installation window, so does not work... > > -- > Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #> more beer > > Linux 2.2.18-pre23-vm #3 SMP Wed Nov 22 22:33:53 CET 2000 i686 unknown > > > -- Security Officer Viata Online, Inc. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Filesystems
On Wednesday 22 November 2000 05:13 pm, you wrote: > But first, I do want to read up more about it. What is the homepage for > ReiserFS if anyone happens to know. Try this site: http://www.namesys.com/ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] problems with cron.daily
Actually - YES! I'd love to! only problem is that I don't know where the command is running from :/ it's ending up in root mail already, but as for why it spouts all that stuff to every active connection/terminal I have no idea! it's rather frustrating to be up late and sudddenly have all that info blasted over my connection. Tib On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Anthony Russello wrote: > Take this as you will, but can't you just include a redirection to a file > instead, possibly in a directory only root has access to? > > > Every day at 4am, the cron.daily job runs. No big deal, except that it spits > > it's output to every console and terminal screen attached to the box :P This > > isn't too huge of a problem really since only myself and two other people have > > shell access, but still, it is both bothersome and a little distressing to see > > the security information spewing all over every screen on the box. This is > > mandrake 7, any suggestions? How can I stop this? > > > > > > Tib > > > > > > > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] problems with cron.daily
Take this as you will, but can't you just include a redirection to a file instead, possibly in a directory only root has access to? > Every day at 4am, the cron.daily job runs. No big deal, except that it spits > it's output to every console and terminal screen attached to the box :P This > isn't too huge of a problem really since only myself and two other people have > shell access, but still, it is both bothersome and a little distressing to see > the security information spewing all over every screen on the box. This is > mandrake 7, any suggestions? How can I stop this? > > > Tib > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
> I know what you mean. :) Keep it up - its a great way to learn. Good luck! > > -Chris You're telling me. I need to buy a new notepad :) Thanks for the answers, now all I need is to find this fabelled ReiserFS homepage which everyone seems to be talking about, but no one knows the URL for There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > all good no bad i dont think there is a bad to reiser fs > I am prepared to start switching over to reiser but I have > a question. I build my own kernels, no rpm kernels for me, > thanks. Do I need to specifically rebuild my kernel to be > able to handle reiser? I just recently installed the > reiser-utils rpm from Mandrake on my Mandrake 7.1-7.2 > hybrid system. Is there anything else required before I > go and reformat my / and /usr mounts? Okay, I've finally caught up reading all of the mails. First, to answer your question from your last mail, reiser-utils rpm contains utilities to administer/maintain you fs, like mkreiserfs, and whatever the reiserfs checking utility is. You will have to enable reiserfs within your kernel. If you are using Mandrake's kernels, you should be fine. If you are downloading a vanilla(standard) kernel source, you will need to download the reiserfs kernel patches from reiserfs website. Now, my own experience with reiserfs AND ext3fs. Both needs kernel patching to be used, but you can only patch one or the other. Reiserfs is *fast* which is what I like about it. Much faster, but it does have higher cpu load. One downfall that applies our company, is that reiserfs will fail horribly when used with NFSD v3. NFSD v3 is needed in many of our cases, and preferred over v2(which has no checksumming, which can lead to corruption). So if you need to maintain a high volume nfs server, might want to reconsider before diving in. My roommate uses reiserfs on his company's webserver(www.rottentomates.com - great site if you are a movie fanatic), and hasn't complained yet. But he's not using NFS. Ext3 is nice in that you can easily convert a ext2 filesystem to ext3 and back if you decide you don't want it. One of our big clients uses ext3 on their servers with NFSv3 and large file system. It seems to be serving them very well. But it's nowhere as fast as reiserfs. So reiserfs has the speed advantage, with a bit more risk than ext3. Now, there's another issue to consider since you want "production" servers. Both of these filesystems, under high i/o load has been known to corrupt files. Don't exactly know how much, but I'm assuming enough to make some steer clear away from them. If your server won't have high i/o load, this shouldn't be your concern. But if you will face high load, ext2 may well be a better option. I'm not voting for either of the two until I get around to testing JFS. John Kim Linux System Engineer @ ASL - visit us at www.aslab.com Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] LM 7.2 & DHCP stability . . .
Usually I've discovered this kind of symptom is attributed to logging issues where a daemon is trying to discover the name of the IP address of the machine requesting the service. By creating authoritive DNS zone files for your network or simply entering names for each of the IP addresses which will be used in /etc/hosts can go a long way towards making your machine function when it's not connected to the Internet. There's much more to be said about the various types of name services & their configurations. The odd thing about all this is that usually, the IP addresses for which name service lookups are being performed are IP addresses inside your private network and there usually is no official name for it's ip address. Your machine tries to query the DNS servers on the outside world and they simply say there's no record for it, the lookup fails and only the numeric representation of the IP address gets logged. -Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc. www.dcresearch.com www.dcresearch.com/joebaker www.dcresearch.com/resume.html 414-427-6140 On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Robert Fox wrote: > I have LM 7.2 on one machine using a realtek 8139 10/100 Ethernet card, > the DHCP host is (unfortunately) a Win2K machine with a 3Com 3C905 > 10/100 card using network sharing . . . > > When the Linux box fires up - it finds it's address no problem - and > continues happily along in the boot process. When I shutdown the DHCP > host, or just disconnect the ISDN internet access from the host machine > . . . the Linux box seems to hang - mouse movement works, but keyboard > non-responsive and nothing opens or closes . . . can't even bring up a > virtual console! > > When I allow the Win2K host back on the Internet - the Linux box "wakes > up" and continues on like nothing happened!?!?!? > > What is the rule of thumb about DHCP hosts, timeouts and where can I > tweak these parameters if any? > > Many thanks in advance . . . > > > -- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] problems with cron.daily
Every day at 4am, the cron.daily job runs. No big deal, except that it spits it's output to every console and terminal screen attached to the box :P This isn't too huge of a problem really since only myself and two other people have shell access, but still, it is both bothersome and a little distressing to see the security information spewing all over every screen on the box. This is mandrake 7, any suggestions? How can I stop this? Tib Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:38:42 BillK wrote: > Used to have this on an old 486: the "Li" is actually a message saying > "I got this far through the boot". There are fixes but I have not the > time to search for them. Try "man 5 lilo.conf" for how to set the > verbose flag for progress messages. I think I found the original > solution in the RedHat knowledgebase. It was a list of causes for > failing at each stage of the boot. > Usually that Li msg is due to misconfiguring the disk in lilo, say: - Install the distro (so lilo) with LBA mode on, and the loose the BIOS lba setting by a reset, battery exhausted or similar - lilo.conf has a flag 'lba' or 'compact' or 'linear' that is not supported by your disk+bios combo. In Mandrake its easy to install in non LBA mode, and the check the lba flag in the bootloader installation window, so does not work... -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #> more beer Linux 2.2.18-pre23-vm #3 SMP Wed Nov 22 22:33:53 CET 2000 i686 unknown Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
what do you think for an average user is the file system stable enough and offer enough advantages to warrant switching file systems??
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
On November 22, 2000 06:24 pm, you wrote: > Just out of curiousity, and my apologies for eaves dropping :), when I run > hdparm -i /dev/hda, it diplays the possible modes. Now, I'm just > guessing, and please let me know if I'm right or wrong here, but the mode > with the asterisk beside it is the current mode in use correct? I love it when people eaves drop! :) Anyways, you're right. You will see a list of modes that your drive supports with the asterisk being beside its current mode when you do an hdparm -i. > Also, I have discovered that hdparm doesn't work on SCSI drives, is there > anything comparable for those? As far as I know, there isn't. I have heard of something called scsitools but I don't know if it will do what you want. SCSI disks are roughly as fast as an EIDE drive running in UDMA66 mode. The wonderful thing about SCSI is that it significantly reduces CPU load, making your system as a whole much faster. > Thanks for the tidbits, you may not think it much, but I've been steadily > jotting down all the little handy commands I've seen on here for the past > two weeks or so. I know what you mean. :) Keep it up - its a great way to learn. Good luck! -Chris Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
> A definate probably. Do a hdparm -i /dev/hdxx to get information about your > drive so that you know what it supports. Also make sure what kind of DMA your > hdd controller handles. But in all likelyhood you shouldn't have a problem. Just out of curiousity, and my apologies for eaves dropping :), when I run hdparm -i /dev/hda, it diplays the possible modes. Now, I'm just guessing, and please let me know if I'm right or wrong here, but the mode with the asterisk beside it is the current mode in use correct? If so, /dev/hda is running udma2, and /dev/hdb is running mdma2. Also, I have discovered that hdparm doesn't work on SCSI drives, is there anything comparable for those? Thanks for the tidbits, you may not think it much, but I've been steadily jotting down all the little handy commands I've seen on here for the past two weeks or so. Cheers There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Filesystems
Hey all, I've just recently had the pleasure to read over the testimonials of ReiserFS users. Good to see that it works, now I'd like to try it. But first, I do want to read up more about it. What is the homepage for ReiserFS if anyone happens to know. I'd rather red up on all the advantages/disadvantages to make a more informed choise rather then taking down my mailserver and screwing it up. Thanks There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
well this is the only thing i liked about windows when it came to file system converting, i was able to convert the whole system without moving any files. into a new filesystem without any problems i wish i could do that here with my ext2 sysytem into rieserfs
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > all good no bad i dont think there is a bad to reiser fs I am prepared to start switching over to reiser but I have a question. I build my own kernels, no rpm kernels for me, thanks. Do I need to specifically rebuild my kernel to be able to handle reiser? I just recently installed the reiser-utils rpm from Mandrake on my Mandrake 7.1-7.2 hybrid system. Is there anything else required before I go and reformat my / and /usr mounts? praedor Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
all good no bad i dont think there is a bad to reiser fs
[expert] Transcript Error
Hello, This is my second post so I hope someone can help me out. I am running Linux Mandrake 7.2 and when I post a message from Pine (lastest security update installed) I get the following error: Nov 21 07:47:09 bonnie sendmail[32376]: eALDl8Z32376: SYSERR(gjd): Can't create transcript file ./xfeALDl8Z32376: Permission denied Does anyone have any idea? Thanks. -- / Gary de Montigny / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TeleSoft Systems / http://telesoft.ca Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Telnet Delays
>>When trying to telnet into my gateway box, I get : >> >>Trying 192.168.0.1... >>Connected to lin1.mynet.hom. >>Escape character is '^]'. >> >> >>Where it hangs for a few mins before giving me a login prompt. What you're seeing is the result of inetd in action. If you go to the console of your box regardless of whether it Mandrake (Yeah!! Bravo!), RedHat (OK, pretty good too.) or just about any other flavor of modern Unix-like system (Well, at least better than Windows.) and run ps or top to check the process list you'll note that the telnet daemon isn't running (assuming no is connected over the net.) Now, when you try to connect to the telnet port the request is caught, looked up, and then a telnet daemon is spawned to handle it. You can make it a lot faster if you remove telnet from the control of inetd and just insert a line in your rc.local to start a daemon always loaded at boot. But this consumes memory. Examine your /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/services, and /etc/protocols files and the inetd and tcpd man pages to find out how this works. Use less instead of an editor to be safe when looking at the files. If you've got plenty of resources and the small delay is frustrating then change it. If you're already running out of memory then leave it like it is. Michael Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Htdig
Hello, I am having problems getting htdig to build the database on Mandrake v7.2. I keep getting the error "DB2 Problem... missing or empty key value specified". Any idea? Thanks -- / Gary de Montigny / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TeleSoft Systems / http://telesoft.ca Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Kernel 2.2.17
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Bunty Vue wrote: > > I'm trying to find kernel 2.2.17 on the linux ftp site and can't find > it. Anyone know where I can get it? > > -bunty > > > > > The Linux ftp site? what the hell is that? there are 1000s of Linux ftp sites. Go to www.kernel.org for all your kernel needs :) -- Chad Y. Registered Linux User #195191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Re: VNC and Mandrake 7.2
Yes, I am using a win client. Sridhar --- "Collins, Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I was wondering if anyone has successfully been > able to use startkde with > VNC viewer. > = Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Netzero problems
So sprach Bob Puff@NLE am Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:32:28PM -0500: > DO this: change your NetZero password (in the Windows program) to: "abcde". Now >your encrypted password you need for Dial up networking will be: "0a1" (that's >number 0, five a's, and number 1) Excause my ignorance, but what is NetZero? Do I have to know this? PS: Please keep your lines <80 characters. Thanks. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 ICQ:7328191 Uptime: 3 days 7 hours 16 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication
Used to have this on an old 486: the "Li" is actually a message saying "I got this far through the boot". There are fixes but I have not the time to search for them. Try "man 5 lilo.conf" for how to set the verbose flag for progress messages. I think I found the original solution in the RedHat knowledgebase. It was a list of causes for failing at each stage of the boot. BillK Tom Eastman wrote: > > I don't know if this is any help... but I have NEVER gotten lilo to work on > my computer... ever. > > It ALWAYS dies at LI just as you've descibed. > > On the other hand... where LILO has never succeeded... GRUB has NEVER failed. > > 8-) > > Before grub came along I was always booting linux using "loadlin" now finally > I don't have to go to Linux through windows! > > 8-) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
So sprach Ryan La Mothe am Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 02:30:57PM -0600: > problem...EVER. This is a truly awesome FS, although I have been wondering > why some of my apps appear to freeze up sometimes for a couple of seconds Yeah, I noticed that too. Especially while creating an ISO with mkisofs the system becomes a little bit less responsive. Generally speaking, I noticed this behaviour when huge amounts of data are to be written with high speed to one single file. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 ICQ:7328191 Uptime: 3 days 7 hours 14 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
On November 22, 2000 04:15 pm, you wrote: > I forget to say that I have a MB BX, with a PII 266 > > Do you think that I can put your parameters without risk? > > Leo A definate probably. Do a hdparm -i /dev/hdxx to get information about your drive so that you know what it supports. Also make sure what kind of DMA your hdd controller handles. But in all likelyhood you shouldn't have a problem. I have experimented to death with hdparm on both of my hard drives and have never experienced any kind of data corruption. -Chris Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
> > the file inetd.conf was used before, but it appears that in 7.2 > > Mandrake has moved to an Inet super daemon with a better reputation > > for security named xinetd. > > > > You'll find the configuration files in /etc/xinet.d/ > > There is a configuration file for each service. > > xinetd gives you many more configuration options than did inetd. > > I would like to find out more about xinet, any docs ? > Which RPM packages contain inetd and xinetd ? > "rpm -qa |grep inet" did not show me anything. I found inetd in 'netkit-base-0.11-22mdk' with "rpm -qf `which inetd`" I got xinetd-2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk.i586.rpm from current 7.2 version. When trying to install xinet*, I get ... # rpm -ivh xinet* error: failed dependencies: /etc/init.d is needed by xinetd-2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk Why is it looking for /etc/init.d instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d on my LM7.1 system ?(I see nothing relevant in the changelog). I am trying to install 'wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk.i586.rpm' which depends on error: failed dependencies: xinetd is needed by wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk Trying to install both at the same time still gives the /etc/init.d error. Thanks... Dan. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
I forget to say that I have a MB BX, with a PII 266 Do you think that I can put your parameters without risk? Leo Chris Spencer wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Leopold Palomo wrote: > > > I have configured my Maxtor HD91080D5 drive with this parameters: > > hdparm -u 1 -d 1 -c 1 /dev/hda > > I have read that there are the -m parameter that can optimize a lot the > > hd but is dangerous. > > Can anyone tell me if have tested this parameter with a similar hd and > > if it's worth while? > > For what its worth, one of my drives is a Maxtor 91728D8 and I use -c3 > -m16 -d1X66 > > -Chris > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Configuring a printer, cups, etc. It's begining to be a classic
Hi, well, I can print. I don't have any problems with the permissions, queues, etc. The question is what I print. I have a normal, standard, classical hp 520. I was very happy when I knew that there's another drivers with a lot of options, the hpdj. I can configure my printer with the hpdj driver. I can print... the question is that I print at 200% of the size of the document. I have tried to configure the lpoptions, configure with kups, with localhost:631, nothing of nothing. I can print with the classic dj500 driver, but with strange margins. Any ideas, Best regards, Leo -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication
I don't know if this is any help... but I have NEVER gotten lilo to work on my computer... ever. It ALWAYS dies at LI just as you've descibed. On the other hand... where LILO has never succeeded... GRUB has NEVER failed. 8-) Before grub came along I was always booting linux using "loadlin" now finally I don't have to go to Linux through windows! 8-) On Thursday 23 November 2000 09:31, you wrote: > > All, > > I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.2 from the auto-install floppy for > replication. It is actually the same machine that initially installed from, > and I reboot and attempt the automated install. The auto-install appears to > run through smoothly. When I reboot is when the problem appears. The lilo > prompt is just "LI". I refered to the LILO docs and their explanation of > this error is as follows: > "The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader, > but has failed to execute it. The can either be caused by a geometry > mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer." The > geometry mismatch doesn't seem to fit, because it is the exact same machine > with the exact same partitions. The second sounds more reasonable in that > perhaps the Mandrake installation application is forgetting to run the map > installer or is not installing the /boot/boot.b file. > > Any recommendations as to how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
So sprach Ron Heron am Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:38:35PM -0800: > This is a matter of how you look at it. If you have > an ext2 partition, you can make that partition > reserfs. The issue is that you copy the contents of > the partition to a temp location, run mkresierfs, and Okay, if you have enough space available, then you are right. But basically you don't _convert_ the ext2 fs, you totally scrap the fs, and put a reiserfs on the same partition. But I suppose that's only nitpicking. > is great, however for mass storage. Ext2 takes 22 > minutes to do e2fsck on 2 15G drives, reiser takes 22 > seconds! Plus reiserfs doesn't waste as much space on big systems as ext2 does, and you can't run out of inodes - you can't because reiserfs dynamically creates them. > If you don't have a commercial system, and want that > nervous, fuzzy feeling about using bleeding edge > developments, go for it. Otherwise, just stick to the > old ext2 and be happy. Hmm, I'd rather say it the other way around. Granted, I haven't tested it on a heavily loaded production system (because I don't have access to such a system), but I would try it even there. Simply the reason that it is a journaling system would be a good enough reason for *ME*. Plus there's a speed advantage, and that I haven't had any problems with reiserfs in the last, hmm? year?, or so that I use reiserfs exclusively (well, about at least. I still have a 100meg ext2 boot partition). What exactly are the reasons that you would not trust reiserfs for a production system? Do you know of any scenarios where reiserfs always fails? I know that there are some issues with NFS on a reiserfs fs, and I know that there are some troubles with kernel software raid. Anything else? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 ICQ:7328191 Uptime: 3 days 7 hours 7 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Kernel 2.2.17
Title: Kernel 2.2.17 I'm trying to find kernel 2.2.17 on the linux ftp site and can't find it. Anyone know where I can get it? -bunty Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
So sprach Tom Eastman am Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:13:44AM +1300: > Can someone tell me some horror stories about ReiserFS destroying their > system? I've heard/experienced NOTHING but good things about it so far. I > want to hear the other side!! Me too! I also always hear to be cautious wrt reiserfs, but I haven't read anywhere about WHY to be cautious with it. ARE there any problems? If so, what are the problems? And I don't want to hear about the lack of support in some commercial tools like Partition Magic. I don't give a da*n about those tools - I use Linux exclusively, and on Linux support *IS* available. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 ICQ:7328191 Uptime: 3 days 7 hours 4 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Re: 3c905B
>> > The eth0 card is SMC-ultra hardware assigned IRQ 3 at io 280. So I am not >> > nuts Mandrake has a problem with 3c905b cards! 3C905B what? There are a number of these, and I don't really know the difference.The most recent ones I've bought personally are 3C905B/TX(something) and they work great. I've got a few old 3C905B(nothings) that are so hosed I can't get them work properly with Windows but they'll work with DOS. Don't know if there was ever a 3c905(nothing). After my bad experience with the old ones I swore off 3com until recently. To be honest, I think what got wrong with 3com in the windows world was that 3com bought Palm, which put them in competition with MS, so the drivers mysteriously got mangled. But I'm not one to speculate. (Oh! I just did.) Michael Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Leopold Palomo wrote: > I have configured my Maxtor HD91080D5 drive with this parameters: > hdparm -u 1 -d 1 -c 1 /dev/hda > I have read that there are the -m parameter that can optimize a lot the > hd but is dangerous. > Can anyone tell me if have tested this parameter with a similar hd and > if it's worth while? For what its worth, one of my drives is a Maxtor 91728D8 and I use -c3 -m16 -d1X66 -Chris Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Help Req'd Changing Resolution in 7.2
Question, are you editing this in the XF86Config file, or the XF86Config-4 file? I spent about 3 days trying to get my scroll button on my mouse to work, editing the XF86Config file, only to discover, in a frenzy of anguish, that it actually uses the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 Others might have known this, but no one ever told me about it. I only learned by saying, well, what if it's using one of the other files here... Hopefully this helps cheers On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, mail wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:27:09 + > From: mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Help Req'd Changing Resolution in 7.2 > > I'm trying to set my resolution to 1152x864 using X v4 in mandrake 7.2, > however the X server ignores this setting and defaults to 1024x768 > > According to my config file for X v3 I have the modelines for it, and it was > my default resoltion for Mandrake 7.1 > > Any Ideas? > > Here's a snippet of my config file: > > # ** > # Monitor section > # ** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at 60 Hz" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > > > # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. > # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > HorizSync 31.5-64.3 > > > # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. > # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > VertRefresh 50-90 > > > EndSection > > > > # ** > # Graphics device section > # ** > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic VGA" > Driver "vga" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > Driver "tdfx" > #VideoRam16384 > # Clock lines > > > # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block > # instead of the cursor! > #Option "sw_cursor" > > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > > > # ** > # Screen sections > # ** > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "screen1" > Device "Voodoo3 (generic)" > Monitor "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at 60 Hz" > DefaultColorDepth 16 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "layout1" > Screen "screen1" > InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Stylus1" > EndSection > > > TIA > Ali > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication
All, I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.2 from the auto-install floppy for replication. It is actually the same machine that initially installed from, and I reboot and attempt the automated install. The auto-install appears to run through smoothly. When I reboot is when the problem appears. The lilo prompt is just "LI". I refered to the LILO docs and their explanation of this error is as follows: "The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader, but has failed to execute it. The can either be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer." The geometry mismatch doesn't seem to fit, because it is the exact same machine with the exact same partitions. The second sounds more reasonable in that perhaps the Mandrake installation application is forgetting to run the map installer or is not installing the /boot/boot.b file. Any recommendations as to how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- Deven Phillips, CISSP Information Security Officer Viata Online, Inc. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
I also run a 100% pure ReiserFS system on one large 25gig partition with LM 7.2 for over 3 months now and haven't had even 1 single little problem...EVER. This is a truly awesome FS, although I have been wondering why some of my apps appear to freeze up sometimes for a couple of seconds and then return to normal and the disk seems to suddenly go insane with activity during the oddest times. I read that the only two real drawbacks are exactly what I am experiencing with ReiserFS, and they will be addressed shortly but are absolutely nothing to worry about. I would explain further, but the ReiserFS homepage, which I do not have handy, explains everything beautifully. Good Luck and Have Fun. I Love ReiserFS. It is really cool. I fell in love with journaled FS's after experiencing BeOS. It still has one of the best journaled FS's I have ever seen. Ryan - Original Message - From: Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x? > > This is interesting... I've been playing with Mandrake 7.2 for about 2 weeks > now, and I'm running pure ReiserFS just coz it sounded like a fun thing to > do... In fact, ext2 has been downgraded to a module in my kernel! hehehe. > > ReiserFS is to be used with caution to be sure... but not only have i not had > ANY problems so far (and I've already had to turn my system off a couple > times without shutting down), but I haven't yeat even HEARD of anyone having > any problems! > > Can someone tell me some horror stories about ReiserFS destroying their > system? I've heard/experienced NOTHING but good things about it so far. I > want to hear the other side!! > > 8-) > > On Wednesday 22 November 2000 21:35, you wrote: > > > Well I am running Reiser commercial for more then a year now. > > > > And I have tested it in crisis situations. > > > > :-) I love pusing the powerbutton on a full running system with gigs of > > > > databases. > > > > And so far less problems then with ext2 where I got breakdowns in my file > > structures. > > > > Mike > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Re: VNC and Mandrake 7.2
I was wondering if anyone has successfully been able to use startkde with VNC viewer.
Re: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 10:26:26AM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: > > in.telnetd:10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1 > > or if you want to be able to telnet in from anywhere... > > in.telnetd:ALL > > Using ALL on telnet and ftp is a VERY bad idea. They should > be restricted to only trusted IP numbers. Even better, trash telnet entirely and use ssh. It is much more secure, and will tunnel X securely as well. See Openssh.org and the writeup I just posted on my web page on how to install it to forward X. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Configuring a printer, cups, etc. It's begining to be a classic
Hi, well, I can print. I don't have any problems with the permissions, queues, etc. The question is what I print. I have a normal, standard, classical hp 520. I was very happy when I knew that there's another drivers with a lot of options, the hpdj. I can configure my printer with the hpdj driver. I can print... the question is that I print at 200% of the size of the document. I have tried to configure the lpoptions, configure with kups, with localhost:631, nothing of nothing. I can print with the classic dj500 driver, but with strange margins. Any ideas, Best regards, Leo -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?
This is interesting... I've been playing with Mandrake 7.2 for about 2 weeks now, and I'm running pure ReiserFS just coz it sounded like a fun thing to do... In fact, ext2 has been downgraded to a module in my kernel! hehehe. ReiserFS is to be used with caution to be sure... but not only have i not had ANY problems so far (and I've already had to turn my system off a couple times without shutting down), but I haven't yeat even HEARD of anyone having any problems! Can someone tell me some horror stories about ReiserFS destroying their system? I've heard/experienced NOTHING but good things about it so far. I want to hear the other side!! 8-) On Wednesday 22 November 2000 21:35, you wrote: > > Well I am running Reiser commercial for more then a year now. > > And I have tested it in crisis situations. > > :-) I love pusing the powerbutton on a full running system with gigs of > > databases. > > And so far less problems then with ext2 where I got breakdowns in my file > structures. > > Mike Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] is this list seeing double yet again???
I have recently started getting double copies of everything, so I don't think it's people clicking send twice or people subscribing twice. It seems to be too systematic for the former and impossible to be the latter since I haven't done anything signing-up-list-wise between the days of single emails and now. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- smalltime industries bringing you the latest in interplanetary transport technology, interactive web games, dada, art, poetry and pants. www.smalltime.com .. visit early and often -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Re: 3c905B
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:39:20AM +0100, mike veltman wrote: > On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, you wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > The eth0 card is SMC-ultra hardware assigned IRQ 3 at io 280. So I am not > > nuts Mandrake has a problem with 3c905b cards! > > > > Funny because I have two of them in my system and never had a problem. > i get from computer fairs for 3-4 ukp, bnc/thickwire/other-type only problem one i had was white silk screened, all my others working are yellow silk screened, apart from having to boot a box with dos to run the config program srp Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor
Hi again, I have configured my Maxtor HD91080D5 drive with this parameters: hdparm -u 1 -d 1 -c 1 /dev/hda I have read that there are the -m parameter that can optimize a lot the hd but is dangerous. Can anyone tell me if have tested this parameter with a similar hd and if it's worth while? Best regards, Leo -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] final straw with pppd
On Wednesday 22 November 2000 13:19, you wrote: > Balaji Ramani wrote: > > Try increasing the timeout in the chat script. The problem might be that > > the timeout might be too small for chat to complete the serial > > connection. > > What value might I try? I think it was at 40 or something... can you > give me exact syntax? > > Thanks, > > -Stephen- I had pppd working in 7.1. Never tried it on 7.2 as I moved to DSL. But here are the necessary file that I used. Hope it helps you. The timeout for the chat script is given by the line TIMEOUT . Initially we use a timeout of 3 seconds and later switch to a 45 seconds timeout for the modem to connect to the other end. Balaji -- /etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer: --- cut here --- #!/bin/sh # # This is part 2 of the ppp-on script. It will perform the connection # protocol for the desired connection. # exec /usr/sbin/chat -v \ TIMEOUT 3 \ ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \ ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \ ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'\ ABORT '\nNO DIAL TONE\r' \ '' \rAT\ 'OK-+++\c-OK' ATZ \ TIMEOUT 45 \ OK ATM0DT*70,$TELEPHONE\ CONNECT '' --- cut here --- /etc/ppp/options: --- cut here --- name YOUR_ISP_LOGIN_NAME --- cut here --- /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: --- cut here --- # Secrets for authentication using PAP # clientserver secret IP addresses YOUR_ISP_LOGIN_NAME * YOUR_ISP_PASSWORD --- cut here --- /usr/sbin/ppp-on: --- cut here --- #!/bin/sh # # Script to initiate a ppp connection. This is the first part of the # pair of scripts. This is not a secure pair of scripts as the codes # are visible with the 'ps' command. However, it is simple. # # These are the parameters. Change as needed. TELEPHONE=555-1212 # The telephone number for the connection NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed # # Export them so that they will be available at 'ppp-on-dialer' time. export TELEPHONE # # This is the location of the script which dials the phone and logs # in. Please use the absolute file name as the $PATH variable is not # used on the connect option. (To do so on a 'root' account would be # a security hole so don't ask.) # DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer # # Initiate the connection # # I put most of the common options on this command. Please, don't # forget the 'lock' option or some programs such as mgetty will not # work. The asyncmap and escape will permit the PPP link to work with # a telnet or rlogin connection. You are welcome to make any changes # as desired. Don't use the 'defaultroute' option if you currently # have a default route to an ethernet gateway. # exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock -chap modem crtscts /dev/modem 115200 \ netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT --- cut here --- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Help Req'd Changing Resolution in 7.2
I'm trying to set my resolution to 1152x864 using X v4 in mandrake 7.2, however the X server ignores this setting and defaults to 1024x768 According to my config file for X v3 I have the modelines for it, and it was my default resoltion for Mandrake 7.1 Any Ideas? Here's a snippet of my config file: # ** # Monitor section # ** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at 60 Hz" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 31.5-64.3 # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 50-90 EndSection # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section "Device" Identifier "Generic VGA" Driver "vga" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "tdfx" #VideoRam16384 # Clock lines # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block # instead of the cursor! #Option "sw_cursor" Option "DPMS" EndSection # ** # Screen sections # ** Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "Voodoo3 (generic)" Monitor "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at 60 Hz" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" Screen "screen1" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Stylus1" EndSection TIA Ali Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Printer Complications
SoloCDM wrote: > > Thanks! > > I'm using LM 7.0 and it doesn't have a cups directory. Also, the ^ > printing problem is fixed. > How did you install CUPS on your 7.0? Either the RPM package for 7.2, the RPM package from www.cups.org, or the installation (./configure; make; make install) of the sources from www.cups.org generate these directories. Or did you have any error message during the installation? Till Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Telnet Delays
> I'm seeing this same thing on both mandrake 7.2 an suse 7.0. I'm wondering what is the problem too. jack >Hi, > >When trying to telnet into my gateway box, I get : > >Trying 192.168.0.1... >Connected to lin1.mynet.hom. >Escape character is '^]'. > > >Where it hangs for a few mins before giving me a login prompt. > >Now I know this is a mandrake list, however the server is running >Redhat, though the only reason I am posting this is that I am hoping someone >out there knows a workaround. > >TIA > >Ali > >Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: >Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Network Printing
Le Mercredi 22 Novembre 2000 13:15, vous avez écrit :
> Your servers are Linux machines, and you run your client now under
> Linux, too, all Mandrake 7.0. Why don't you try to choose "Remote LPD"
> in the printer configuration tool? Then you will be asked for the IP of
> the server (do ifconfig on the server and look for the IP at the entry
> of your ethernet card) and for the printer queue ("lp" in most cases,
> see the printer's entry in the /etc/printcap on the server) and you will
> be able to access to the printers.
>
about the same topic, in which file and with which syntax do you allow
connection to lp from other computers?
TIA
Alain
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Re: [expert] final straw with pppd
Balaji Ramani wrote: > Try increasing the timeout in the chat script. The problem might be that the > timeout might be too small for chat to complete the serial connection. What value might I try? I think it was at 40 or something... can you give me exact syntax? Thanks, -Stephen- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] is this list seeing double yet again???
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:25:14AM -0800, Tom Berkley wrote: > That may be one of the problems, but I think that some people need to > check address to lines and make certain that they haven't picked up more > than one occurrence of [EMAIL PROTECTED] when they poke the > reply button in their mail browser. That would certainly be a good thing to do in any event. However, Yo, LST MANAGER: perhaps the list manager would be so kind as to include a procmail recipe that detects and deletes duplicate messages. And those of you who are somewhat conversant with procmail can add your own. I have one, and that is why I don't see very many of the duplicate messages. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Telnet Delays
Hi, When trying to telnet into my gateway box, I get : Trying 192.168.0.1... Connected to lin1.mynet.hom. Escape character is '^]'. Where it hangs for a few mins before giving me a login prompt. Now I know this is a mandrake list, however the server is running Redhat, though the only reason I am posting this is that I am hoping someone out there knows a workaround. TIA Ali Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I give up on linux
uhm yes they do they are the major stock holders of apple computers! didnt you ever watch that biography on tbs called the pirates of silicon valley?
Re: [expert] Glibc_2.2
Sorry. When I read your message it was not clear that you were using the cooker code and not the 7.2 release code. And the way it was worded, it sounded to me like a newbie asking a really really dumb question. glibc in mandrake 7.2 is 2.1.3 not 2.2 so if you're messing with the development software and asking a question like something is wrong with mandrake, then I think that you have your head stuck in a dark place. if you use 2.2 then you want to be asking questions with the preface that you are using the development stuff which is an entirely different ballgame. The development side is a swirl of trying a lot of things and when they do not work, you have to look for a while and understand how it works, and NOT accuse someone else of doing something wrong. My apologies and next time make certain you qualify that you are looking at development stuff and that you're frustrated that you cannot figure it out and need some help. Sharing what I know here is something that I love to do and it helps me learn. Mistakes are part of it. Its also humbling to realize that I've been on the planet using and programming computers for well over 30 years and that what I know seems to diminish with time even though I am learning new stuff at an extraordinary rate. I have no room for arrogance and no tolerance for it. Tom Berkley Ryan La Mothe wrote: > > Dear Tom Berkley, > > So, what you are saying is that because I asked a question that has been > plaguing more than just myself, and it isn't any less intelligent than > hundreds of the other posts I see on this newsgroup, you have to act like a > total as*hole to me? What's the deal. The answer I was looking for was > very simple. So was my question. As a matter of fact I have been using > Linux since ~1994 and RedHat's Mother's Day release was out. This my first > time with LM and I have noticed that LM doesn't do everything the same as > everybody else and I was just asking for a simple . Please do not > ever act this way again. It is exactly people like you who will make sure > Linux stays just as it is now, an OS with a lot of as*hole zealots and a > bunch of people who whole-heartily gave Linux an honest try...to only get > answers like the one you gave. Sure, there is a Newbie List, but what the > hell would a newbie be asking a question about Glibc_2.2 compatibility and > upgrading for anyways? I just asked some simple, straightforward questions > and just wanted some nice, light hearted, direct to the point answers. > Thank You > > Ryan La Mothe > > > What the h are you talking about? If you're a newbie and it it > > sounds like you are, then you want to go hang out with the newbie list > > for a while, spend some time reading the howto's http://www.linuxdoc.org > > and then come here when you are informed enough to ask an intelligent > > question of intelligent people. > > > > Tom Berkley > > > > Ryan La Mothe wrote: > > > > > > I have a question...What is the deal with EVERY SINGLE RPM needing > > > Glibc_2.2? What is exactly is the reason and how do I acquire Glibc_2.2 > > > without seriously messing everything up on Linux? This is > ridiculous...I > > > can't even download 1 single RPM anymore, ANYWHERE without it being > > > dependant on Glibc_2.2. Why hasn't Mandrake's website or something at > least > > > made any mention of this fact/problem before I started wasting my > valuable > > > time the past couple of weeks looking for tar.gz or src.rpm files so > that I > > > could try and compile against LM 7.2 Glibc libraries instead of getting > what > > > I truly need and needing Glibc_2.2? What I want is a definite answer if > > > someone has it. I am NOT going to compile source for anything at the > > > moment, as I need to keep the system in either an all RPM or all tarball > > > format, but this particular machine, I don't have the time to waste > > > compiling and screwing with the whole tarball mess. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > > > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I give up on linux
? well some people have all the bad luck, me i like linux i just cant get the darn thing online, to many windows ap isp's around here
Re: [expert] final straw with pppd
On Wednesday 22 November 2000 12:50, you wrote: Try increasing the timeout in the chat script. The problem might be that the timeout might be too small for chat to complete the serial connection. Balaji > I have both a pap-secrets and a chap-secrets file, both identical. The > ISP uses only PAP. The connection works fine using PAP when I use kppp. > > The number of problems I've had with pppd and looking at all the trouble > others have had makes me wonder how reliable this software really is. > > What is the difference between connecting with kppp and connecting with > chat? Is it my chat version that's the problem? Why can't this thing > pass on cleanly to pppd? Why isn't it authenticating? > > Why does nobody seem to know what's going on here? I'm not the first > person who's had this problem, and I won't be the last... > > -Stephen- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] mode lines
That cute little mode line configurator -- does it work only with the 3.3.6 version of XFree86, or does it work with the 4.0 version as well? running either version, the extra mode lines didn't seem to make a difference. Occasionally I got a menu saying that the extra resolutions were there, but they weren't really. The highest resolution was a 1280x1024, which I use. I've fooled with the registers of older video cards before and remember that there are often locking bits or registers that prevent the user from using anything but the garden variety screen resolutions. The card is an NVIDIA RIVA TNT, just an old generic version with 16megs of memory. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Glibc_2.2
The simple answer is, only the MandrakeCooker rpm's are linked against glibc 2.2, right? Any rpm for Mandrake 7.2 is glibc 2.1. Now what libc version does redhat 7 have? -- -- ---- -- Guy "Smiley" McArthur icq # 17470307 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ - __(520)-326-4555 home[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==== ==(520)-615-9345 work[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
> in.telnetd:10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1 > or if you want to be able to telnet in from anywhere... > in.telnetd:ALL Using ALL on telnet and ftp is a VERY bad idea. They should be restricted to only trusted IP numbers. > the file inetd.conf was used before, but it appears that in 7.2 > Mandrake has moved to an Inet super daemon with a better reputation > for security named xinetd. > > You'll find the configuration files in /etc/xinet.d/ > There is a configuration file for each service. > xinetd gives you many more configuration options than did inetd. I would like to find out more about xinet, any docs ? Which RPM packages contain inetd and xinetd ? "rpm -qa |grep inet" did not show me anything. Thanks... Dan. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] final straw with pppd
Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 November 2000 02:25 pm, root wrote: > > - kppp can connect to the ISP, but when pppd is > > run from the command line, the connection mysteriously dies before > > the PAP handshake is even complete. > >Did you try CHAP? I have both a pap-secrets and a chap-secrets file, both identical. The ISP uses only PAP. The connection works fine using PAP when I use kppp. The number of problems I've had with pppd and looking at all the trouble others have had makes me wonder how reliable this software really is. What is the difference between connecting with kppp and connecting with chat? Is it my chat version that's the problem? Why can't this thing pass on cleanly to pppd? Why isn't it authenticating? Why does nobody seem to know what's going on here? I'm not the first person who's had this problem, and I won't be the last... -Stephen- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] is this list seeing double yet again???
i guess you are refering to the double copies of email, i think it may be the users fault since not all emails are duplicated so everybody please quit double clicking on your send button
Re: [expert] is this list seeing double yet again???
That may be one of the problems, but I think that some people need to check address to lines and make certain that they haven't picked up more than one occurrence of [EMAIL PROTECTED] when they poke the reply button in their mail browser. Tom Berkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i guess you are refering to the double copies of email, i think it may > be the > users fault since not all emails are duplicated > so everybody please quit double clicking on your send button Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] PPTP-Client on Linux Closes unexpectedly
I am connecting my Linux Mandrake 7.1 server (2.2.17 kernel) to a Windoze NT PPTP Server. My PPTP connection works fine from Windoze 98 SE (sigh!), however, I get repeatable failures from my Linux Connection. Here's one type of failure: warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order warn[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:239]: discarding out-of-order (unknown)[1054]: log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:671]: Call closed (NTFY) (call id 0) (unknown)[1054]: log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:275]: Closing PPTP connection The other type of failure is this: [root@mail /root]# (unknown)[1542]: log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:671]: Call closed (NTFY) (call id 0) (unknown)[1542]: log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:275]: Closing PPTP connection As I said, the initial connection is fine. it appears to give the top command a problem overnight, especially with TOP running from the remote end. If we can figure this out, then I'll ask my question regarding why X windows won't display back through the tunnel itself. (Yes, I have already checked the DISPLAY Variable). I am wondering if Mandrakesoft applied all of the Masq Patches, because when I attempt it, only one fragment appears to be able to locate any code for the patch to be applied. Here are my ipchains settings: [root@mail /root]# ipchains -L Chain input (policy ACCEPT): target prot opt sourcedestination ports DENY all -- anywhere 10.0.0.0/8n/a Chain forward (policy DENY): target prot opt sourcedestination ports ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere 198.30.140.7 any -> pptp MASQ all -- mail.abs-comptech.com 10.0.0.0/8 n/a ACCEPT tcp -- 198.30.140.7 anywhere pptp -> any ACCEPT 47 -- anywhere 198.30.140.7 n/a ACCEPT 47 -- 198.30.140.7 anywhere n/a MASQ all -- anywhere anywhere n/a Chain output (policy ACCEPT): I am using the following RPMs: pptp-client-1.0.2-4mdk ppp-2.4.0-3mdk Thanks in advance for your help! Albert E. Whale - www.hky.com/aewhale.html -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Network, Security and Systems Consultant The Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html The Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - PAPI - Children need BOTH Parents - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Netzero problems
i have changed the password to the encrypted version but still cannot log on
Re: Re: [expert] I give up on linux
No way are you serious?
Gates does not own Apple.
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Re: [expert] 7.2 Sound problems
Cool, I am thinking about getting a sblive in the future, how well does midi work and did it autoconfigure both sound and midi? Thankx On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Tom Berkley wrote: > > SB Live works wooonnderrrfuly combined with my > bose amp, this place rocks or tranquils depending on how I want it. > Never have had any problems with it and linux (redhat, mandrake, debian) > > Tom Berkley > > Wayne Wilson wrote: > > > > "Linke, Thomas" wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > you can also use DrakeConf , choose HardDrake. If the system detect the > > > soundcard you have a + in the first column, click on it and you see your card. > > > Click on the card, in the right window are the preferences. Now you have a > > > button to start a configuration tool. Open it and check the values. > > > > > Yep, as I said, been there and done that. Tried all permuations just to > > make sure. NO effect, same bad sound when it works. I am beginning to > > think that the crystal audio drivers are just plain bad. Does anyone > > have a good audio card that Mandrake 7.2 can install by default that > > works? > > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Problem with the print quality in 7.2
To do not lock out yourself out of your machine do the following: 0. Make sure that you do not have any hard disk partition which is nearly full with df -k Espcially the partitions containing /tmp, /etc, and /var should not be full. 1. Download the newest version of cups, cups-drivers, and ghostscript from http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ 2. Uninstall the current CUPS version: rpm -e --nodeps cups cups-drivers ghostscript 3. Remove the CUPS configuration and spool directories rm -rf /etc/cups/ rm -rf /var/*/cups/ rm -rf /usr/*/cups/ 4. Install the freshly downloaded CUPS-related packages with rpm -Uvh cups*i586.rpm ghost*i586.rpm 5. Disable automatic loading of CUPS at boot time using chkconfig --del cups So you can simply reboot your machine when it crashes in one of the following steps. 6. Start the CUPS daemon with service cups start 7. Try to install your printer again using printerdrake. Choose the driver which you have chosen the last time. Print the test page when you are asked for. 8. Do print jobs as you do them usually. 9. Log out and log in again. 10. Do more print jobs. 11. Log out and reboot. 12. Log in and start CUPS with service cups start 13. Repeat the steps 8. to 10. 14. If your computer didn't crash, you can make CUPS starting automatically by chkconfig --add cups 15. Reboot to do the final check. If the computer crashed in one of the steps, tell me in which step. Reboot, but do not start CUPS when you have rebooted. Tell me which printer driver you have chosen and send me: /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd, /etc/cups/printers.conf, /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. Try LPD by doing the following steps: 0. Do the check of the hard disk space again, tell me the results. 1. Uninstall CUPS with rpm -e --nodeps cups cups-drivers 2. Install LPD with urpmi lpr rhs-printfilters 3. Turn off automatic startup of LPD by: chkconfig --del lpd 4. Start LPD with service lpd start 5. Configure your printer with printerdrake -lpr 6. Do print jobs as you do them usually. 7. Log out and log in again. 8. Do more print jobs. 9. Log out and reboot. 10. Log in and start LPD with service lpd start 11. Repeat the steps 6. to 8. 12. If your computer didn't crash, you can make LPD starting automatically by chkconfig --add lpd 15. Reboot to do the final check. If your computer crashed, tell me which driver you used this time. Send me /etc/printcap and all files in /var/spool/lpd//. If the computer crashed in both cases, ther must be any problem with the support of your USB port (motherboard chipset) with Linux. Then I will inform our kernel people to check your problem. I have an HP DeskJet 840C connected to the USB port and it works without any problems. Till Tom Berkley wrote: > > Interesting crash here after I tried this method with my 7.2 Mandrake > installation. I have an hp895Cxi inkjet printer connected to the usb > port on my abit bp6 board (ru bios). When I configured the printer and > ran a test print. The computer locked up (stopped responding). On > reboot, the printer started printing the test page but with a lot of > garbage characters throughout the output(got the same type of output > during the printer installation during the mandrake 7.2 install). In > addition I could not login. The graphical login screen refused to accept > the password input (ie nothing typed entered the password window which > usually shows asterisks when you type the password == weird!). After a > long session of trying to login (linux single, console login, ... > ...) I just do not remember how I finally got in to the system, but > I did and deleted the print queue, deleted the files in the spooler, > shutdown cupsd, reconfigured the boot to not start cups and it'll be a > long time before I try that one again. > > The printer setup and the usb work just fine with win98se. Also usbview > shows the usb setup with the printer attached both in redhat 7.0 and > mandrake 7.2. > > I think that for now I will use samba to run the printer off a windows > box than to suffer through another ordeal with mandrake and cups. Great > idea cups, but it does have a few serious defects, yet. > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
in the /etc/host.allow ALL : ALL ok. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I give up on linux
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, you wrote: > > I give up on linux. Now I boot in and usb just decides not to work. You > spend sooo much time trying to get the hardware working (which it very > rarely ever does), then you do something so small like change a character in > some file, or click the worng button, or not even do anything at all, then > the whole system stops working, just shuts down completely. Someone has to > come up with an os that's as friendly as windoze, with all the perks of > linux :) Maybe linux is not for you - you give up too easily ;-) I have my share of h/w headaches, and personally I have little time for the GUI based configuration tools, which work except every time you need them. I don't know how to hack the files byt hand yet (I'm not one of these matchstick chewing console freaks who use emacs to fry eggs :), but I am aware that there is a predictability about linux, and regard it as a crash free environment. I had this proved when I tried a reinstall (I had a laptop running SuSE and it was bellyaching about a bug in the dynamic linker) ten minutes before my son decided to go on the Internet. I found him with two Netscape browser windows, a download, and irc going (On a 33.6 pcmcia modem) while the reinstall was running on a pcmcia cdrom! Try that in Windoze! I checked up afterward, to find that 149 of 153 packages were installed successfully, and the cdrom had a read fault - pretty good I thought. It sounds like you have a couple of problems. Have you run any of the process monitors? Have you waited? linux is sometimes slower to respond to an interrupt under load. Keep banging things and you'll drown it in useless interrupts. Have you enough ram and enough swap? What's your usb configuration? Are you starting 50 unnecessary daemons? Read any HOWTOs? When you get past the bilge (Scope of document, what it does not cover, why it was written, biographies of anyone whoever corrected a spelling in it, what HOWTOs you really should be reading, etc) they have some useful information. -- Regards, Declan Moriarty Applied Researches - Ireland's Foremost Electronic Hardware Genius A Slightly Serious(TM) Company Don't you get browned off with stupid quotes on the bottom of sig files? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
Check the file /etc/hosts.allow It should have an entry like in.telnetd:10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1 or if you want to be able to telnet in from anywhere... in.telnetd:ALL the file inetd.conf was used before, but it appears that in 7.2 Mandrake has moved to an Inet super daemon with a better reputation for security named xinetd. You'll find the configuration files in /etc/xinet.d/ There is a configuration file for each service. xinetd gives you many more configuration options than did inetd. You shouldn't have to edit these files. I'd bet that you specifically need to allow the service in hosts.allow. Also make sure that xinetd is running by executing the command /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart If this command reports failure of stopping the xinetd daemon, that likely means that it wasn't running from boot. To make sure that xinetd starts on boot in the future, run the command /usr/sbin/ntsysv Put a star in front ot the ntsysv daemon to enable it's execution upon booting. I'm looking for a system administration job. I'd like to work for Mandrake :) My resume http://www.dcresearch.com/resume.html Cheers, Joe Baker On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, SIR admin wrote: > make sure inetd is running. also: if you are telneting into a machine, > check your hosts.allow file and your hosts.deny file. > > also: if the machine you are telneting from isn't in the servers hosts > file, it might lag a bit. this is especially important for private > networks i've noticed. > > matthew > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom > Eastman > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2? > > > Sorry, > > I hate having to ask stupid simple questions but I can't seem to work it > out! > > How do I allow people to telnet to my computer? > > This is what is in my inetd.conf file: > # > # These are standard services. > # > ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a > telnet stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd > # > > telnet is uncommented... so why doesn't it work? > > There must be something simple I'm missing... anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tom > > > > > -- -Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc. www.dcresearch.com www.dcresearch.com/joebaker 414-427-6140 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2
On Wednesday 22 November 2000 14:54, Chris Spencer wrote: > On November 22, 2000 06:49 am, you wrote: > > I noticed one thing different in the Mandrake fstab file (I can access > > the LM files from SuSE) compared to the SuSE fstab, in Drake I read: > > /dev/hda8 / ext2 noauto,user,rw 1 1 > > which looked a bit weird to me, in SuSE it's: > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > > > I changed the file in LM and tryed to boot; VOILA! all of a sudden it > > worked! > > Glad to hear that you got it working. I just did a fresh workstation > install on Sunday and after reading your message I had to check out my > fstab. My root partition is being mounted normally. > > Perhaps this is an isolated incident. At the same time I wonder if it has > anything to do with SuSE being installed on there too. I bet the cooker > people would love you if you reinstalled to see if the same problem > reoccurs, and if so, report it to https://qa.mandrakesoft.com. :) Like I said earlier, a friend with different hardware and other set of cd-rom's had the same problem, now I'm waiting for him to take a look at his fstab file. I've had SuSE as my default OS for a long time and always installing other dist's on the same harddisk, never had problems with that. I've had 4 Linuxes (and Win98) at once on one disk, all running smoothly:-) I might in fact try another LM install just because I'm curious myself, in fact I would like to install Mandrake at work but it doesn't. There's only one dist willing to install on my box at work and it's Caldera, I've tryed SuSE, Red Hat, Slackware, Storm, Debian, Mandrake, you name it, they all freeze at the moment they try to load into/initiate ramdisk, all except Caldera (2.3 and 2.4). Problem with Caldera is that it's a nightmare to try and install some applications you need that are not Caldera's. > > BTW, I think you're making a good choice to use Mandrake to introduce/teach > people about Linux. SuSE was my first distro and I found it to be totally > overwhelming at first. Very good distro, mind you, but just big... SuSE is a Dinosaur. > > -Chris ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ppp-on-demand
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 04:38:38PM +0200, Dovydas Kulvinskas wrote: > > Another problem which is tricking me, that it calls ISP every 3 min, I > think that i'm doing nothing, no requests to internet. Could you look through > the info before, maybe i somewhere made a mistake and it loop's? More likely, something else on your system is initiating a network transaction every three minutes. Check to see if your web browser has a page that refreshes itself. Fire up tcpdump and see what heppns on your connection every three minutes. > Finally where to put line M0L0 to shut up my modem speaker? I don't have your modem config handy, so you will have to do this yourself. In the modem initiation string there is a command that sets up the speaker. You can have it off entirely, on during the entire connection, or on during the time the connection is being made, then shut off. Set your modem initiation string accordingly. "Speaker on until a connection is made" should be M1. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] LM 7.2 & DHCP stability . . .
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 01:41:59PM +0100, Robert Fox wrote: > I have LM 7.2 on one machine using a realtek 8139 10/100 Ethernet card, > the DHCP host is (unfortunately) a Win2K machine with a 3Com 3C905 > 10/100 card using network sharing . . . > > When the Linux box fires up - it finds it's address no problem - and > continues happily along in the boot process. When I shutdown the DHCP > host, or just disconnect the ISDN internet access from the host machine > . . . the Linux box seems to hang - mouse movement works, but keyboard > non-responsive and nothing opens or closes . . . can't even bring up a > virtual console! > > When I allow the Win2K host back on the Internet - the Linux box "wakes > up" and continues on like nothing happened!?!?!? > > What is the rule of thumb about DHCP hosts, timeouts and where can I > tweak these parameters if any? All that stuff is set up on the DHCP server, which in the present instance means your Windows box. I have found out the hard way that it is not a good idea to take your DHCP server off line for very long, as clients will loose their networking marbles. The workaround is to ifconfig down, then ifconfig up the appropriate NIC. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley PGP signature
Re: [expert] New (server) install of LM 7.2
Is this a new install or are you trying to upgrade a new install? My install went off without a hitch with Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It should be all there and working when you install. You are trying to setup Nuke right? Should work no probs on the development install. I believe the packages you need are mm, apache and apache-common and php in that order. Then add MySQL and mods. Andy - Original Message - From: "Tim Litwiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: [expert] New (server) install of LM 7.2 > Apache works but PHP doesn't I just get the source. I checked to > make sure that PHP was installed rpm -q php shows php 4.0.3*** I > checked the http.conf file and there is nothing there about php > except the default that is commented out. > > what would be best, uninstall php and reinstall and hope it > installes correctly this time, of find a non-mandrake > apache-php-mysql setup and put this on, I have already spent > more time trying to get mandrake to work than I spent updating > apache and adding mysql and php to a redhat machine. > > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ppp-on-demand
Anton Graham wrote: > Submitted 22-Nov-00 by Dovydas Kulvinskas: > > > 6. ppp0 starts on-boot, and ppp0 is default route. Starting ppp0 it > > hangs & exits with error mesage: "Bringing up interface ppp0: Failed to > > activate ppp0, retrying in the background" > > This is an *old* bug. if you bring up a ppp on demand connection during > boot it will always report failed, but will actually be up. This seems to > be because the ifup scripts don't get run until you actually activate the > interface. What I did when using an on demand connection was configure it > normally (not at boot) and then added "/sbin/ifup ppp0 &" to the end of > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > > 7. i start my "/etc/ppp/masq start" > > 8. i start "pppd :10.0.0.2"(And here it hangs and doesn't gives > > me back prompt, is it ok?) > > More than likely. Try accessing the 'net afterward. > > -- > Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request Another problem which is tricking me, that it calls ISP every 3 min, I think that i'm doing nothing, no requests to internet. Could you look through the info before, maybe i somewhere made a mistake and it loop's? Finally where to put line M0L0 to shut up my modem speaker? Dovydas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Modem problems.
Modem is external Zyxel Omni 288S. Its kinda short and rhetoric question, but has everyone else had problems with such modem? Greetings, Antti Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] CUPS Fonts Printing Problem
mail wrote: > > i tried the fontpath variables (as well as copying the fonts to the existing > font directory, but no luck, I've read that Cups does support ttf, but no > info on how. > Have you already read http://localhost:631/documentation.html? I do not know what there is written about TrueType, but probably you will find the correct info there. > The gimp print driver worked great, is the quality of the foomatic driver the > same as the cups driver? > Yes, but the operation is different: The CUPS driver uses the CUPS-internal RIP (Raster Image Processor), and the Foomatic solution uses GhostScript. So font extensions of Mandrake you only see with the Foomatic stuff. The big advantage of the CUPS driver is the easy colour calibration with "calibrate-gimpprint", so it's better for photos and graphics. The GhostScript driver has a lot of adjustments (look into the options which xpp or qtcups displays for a printer/queue configured with "Foomatic"). It is much more difficult to to do a full calibration, but you can send some slight adjustments along with an individual job. In addition you have the additional fonts and so this solution is better for formatted text documents. > On a better note, i'm about to upload K-Epson Tools onto cooker, if anyone > wants the binary rpm, you can get it .. > http://www.tecpronet.com/linux/kepsontools-0.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm > > source at > http://www.tecpronet.com/linux/kepsontools-0.1.2-1mdk.src.rpm > I will try it later. Thank you for the packages. Till Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2
On Wednesday 22 November 2000 14:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 01:49:43PM +0100, EagleIce wrote: > > thank's all for your concern: chris spencer, civileme, rune kallhovd and > > others which names i've lost. this seems to have been the problem: > > > > I noticed one thing different in the Mandrake fstab file (I can access > > the LM files from SuSE) compared to the SuSE fstab, in Drake I read: > > /dev/hda8 / ext2 noauto,user,rw 1 1 > > which looked a bit weird to me, in SuSE it's: > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > > > I changed the file in LM and tryed to boot; VOILA! all of a sudden it > > worked! > > > > Now the question is: if this was the entire problem, how come a fresh > > Mandrake 7.2 install is configures itself in that way? 'noauto,user,rw' > > for the root partition in fsab is totally illogical, no wonder the whole > > system flips out on people when this happens. > > Tell me about it! > A / partition configured as 'noauto', now, THAT is completely senseless! > Are you sure this is the work of the install program? Totally, absolutely, no way! I had never been into the system after those installations. Now I'm gonna make a friend of mine see if he got this same spooky thing on his box, he can't come any further than to the rc.sysinit start. The weirdest thing is that I had made two perfect installations on this very same box earlyer on (from the same cd's) > If so, could it be > possible to have some feedback from the mandrake crew, to give some > explainations, patch or other nasty things to check after install? That would be interesting. > > > I am evaluating the Mandrake 7.2 dist to eventually use it as education > > material in a course for Linux newbies, where I will teach them to > > install and configure a Linux OS. So, if this is an isolated problem only > > on 'some' of the CD's distributed and not all, I would like to know. > > > > Rune; if you haven't got another Linux installed then perhaps you should > > consider installing one to be able to access your Mandrake and check the > > fstab file. I always have one Linux in shape when testing another > > one..:-) > > I do that with a slack CD. No need to waste precious HD space... > > > Flupke -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > > Rune; if you haven't got another Linux installed then perhaps you should > > consider installing one to be able to access your Mandrake and check the > > fstab file. I always have one Linux in shape when testing another one..:-) > > I do that with a slack CD. No need to waste precious HD space... Mandrake install CD is good enough, choose upgrade (or rescue before it boots) and wait for it to mount your partitions. Of course, vi knowlegde always comes in handy here. Buchan -- |--| Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite:http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |Registered Linux User #182071-| Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Linux articles from Linux Journal
Have a look at this site, there are some really cool articles from Linux Journal written by Marcel Gagné. http://www.salmar.com/marcel/nfljwritings.html Mads Rasmussen / Ci&T Systems www.cit.com.br Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Printer Complications
Can you check the permissions and ownerships of /var/spool/cups/ and /var/spool/cups/tmp? They must be: # ll -d /var/spool/cups/ drwx--3 lp sys54 Nov 21 11:25 /var/spool/cups// # ll -d /var/spool/cups/tmp drwx-T2 lp sys35 Nov 17 12:15 /var/spool/cups/tmp/ # Can you also send me your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file? Till SoloCDM wrote: > > I have printer complications. A user was able to send data to the > printer queue, nothing prints, and lpq prints out the following > status: > > lp is ready and printing > > [user]: active [job 003[FQDN]] >(standard input) 38018 bytes > > Root is able to print; therefore, are my permissions disabled or is > there something else wrong? > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] CUPS problems under Mdk7.2
Hi, I'm having some problems getting CUPS working with Mdk7.2 (download edition). On install CUPS found my Canon BJC-210SP fine, but the test page didn't print out properly - looked to me like the test page was a postscript file which the printer didn't like. I thought this was something I could probably fix later, so I let it go. After install however, the CUPS daemon won't even run, which means none of the config tools work, and I'm not sure where to go about fixing it. Trying to start the CUPS daemon with 'service cups start' seems to start it - I get no error messages - but it dies almost immediately. Each time I try to start the daemon I get this in /var/log/cups/error_log: I [22/Nov/2000:23:34:43 +1000] Listening to 0:631 I [22/Nov/2000:23:34:43 +1000] ReadConfiguration() Configured for up to 100 clients. I [22/Nov/2000:23:34:53 +1000] LoadPPDs: Wrote //etc/cups/ppds.dat (1220 PPDs)... E [22/Nov/2000:23:34:53 +1000] PID 6331 stopped with status 1! You can see how fast it dies. Can anybody tell me what 'status 1' is? Can't seem to find any mention of it in any docs. Trying to print, the print job seems to vanish, doesn't show up in /var/spool/cups at all, and both 'lpq' and 'lpq-cups' show nothing. 'lpq-lpd' gives me: Bad termcap entry lpq-lpd: lp: unknown printer Yes I have the lpd stuff installed, but not running, I installed it in case CUPS didn't work, but now I can't seem to get it working either because CUPS takes over all printing. Is there a conflict in having both lpd and CUPS installed, even if they aren't both running? I've setup postfix, fetchmail, recompiled the kernel, and run the Bastille scripts on this machine. Don't know if that's relevant, but other than that it's plain Mdk7.2. Also, this printer was being shared with a Win95 machine via Samba under Mdk7.1 - the printer connected to the Linux box. Pretty much just copied my old Samba config files into Mdk7.2. Now the Win95 machine seems to be able to send print jobs to the Linux box, but they get stuck there without going to the printer. In /var/spool/cups I get the file '', which is a print job from the Win95 machine - 'strings ' gives me 'Untitled - Notepad' (no prizes for guessing what I was trying to print from Win95 :-) I assume this is because the CUPS daemon isn't running, so can't process it. Any ideas on how to get CUPS working? Failing that, how do I get lpd working? Thanks, Tom Massey Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Two questions about cups
Sridhar Govindarajulu wrote: > > I had a problem with the printer connected to my LM system and printing from > my Win client. I had configured the Lm printer thro' samba as 'dj400'. Had > to modify my printers.conf in /etc/cups dir > > From > > > to > > restart CUPS > > and everything went fine. > > I think CUPS requires sama printer and the default printer names to be the > same. > The Samba server uses the names assigned in CUPS for the printers, and it seems that Windows does not distinguish between a local printer name and a printer name on the server. I only also tests on accessing to Samba servers, but only with a Linux Samba client. Till Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Network Printing
PatMc wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup a printer on my 7.0 machine. The printer's in
> question are connected to samba machines on my home network. One is a
> 560c and the other is a Panasonic 2023 on separate machines. The box I'm
> trying to set up is dual boot and prints fine to either printer from
> win98.
>
> A printer was never configured on this box. I am using the printer
> configuration tool under DrakConf to set up a SMB printer. For some
> reason this is not working, the test page is not printed. Does printing
> need to be setup locally before I can print to the Samba machine (Like
> win98)
>
Your servers are Linux machines, and you run your client now under
Linux, too, all Mandrake 7.0. Why don't you try to choose "Remote LPD"
in the printer configuration tool? Then you will be asked for the IP of
the server (do ifconfig on the server and look for the IP at the entry
of your ethernet card) and for the printer queue ("lp" in most cases,
see the printer's entry in the /etc/printcap on the server) and you will
be able to access to the printers.
Samab is only needed for Windows machines to access to resources on
Linux servers or Linux machines to access to Windows servers.
Till
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Re: [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 01:49:43PM +0100, EagleIce wrote: > thank's all for your concern: chris spencer, civileme, rune kallhovd and > others which names i've lost. this seems to have been the problem: > > I noticed one thing different in the Mandrake fstab file (I can access the LM > files from SuSE) compared to the SuSE fstab, in Drake I read: > /dev/hda8 / ext2 noauto,user,rw 1 1 > which looked a bit weird to me, in SuSE it's: > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > I changed the file in LM and tryed to boot; VOILA! all of a sudden it worked! > > Now the question is: if this was the entire problem, how come a fresh > Mandrake 7.2 install is configures itself in that way? 'noauto,user,rw' for > the root partition in fsab is totally illogical, no wonder the whole system > flips out on people when this happens. Tell me about it! A / partition configured as 'noauto', now, THAT is completely senseless! Are you sure this is the work of the install program? If so, could it be possible to have some feedback from the mandrake crew, to give some explainations, patch or other nasty things to check after install? > > I am evaluating the Mandrake 7.2 dist to eventually use it as education > material in a course for Linux newbies, where I will teach them to install > and configure a Linux OS. So, if this is an isolated problem only on 'some' > of the CD's distributed and not all, I would like to know. > > Rune; if you haven't got another Linux installed then perhaps you should > consider installing one to be able to access your Mandrake and check the > fstab file. I always have one Linux in shape when testing another one..:-) I do that with a slack CD. No need to waste precious HD space... Flupke -- << There's no place like ~! >> Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] LM 7.2 & DHCP stability . . .
I have LM 7.2 on one machine using a realtek 8139 10/100 Ethernet card, the DHCP host is (unfortunately) a Win2K machine with a 3Com 3C905 10/100 card using network sharing . . . When the Linux box fires up - it finds it's address no problem - and continues happily along in the boot process. When I shutdown the DHCP host, or just disconnect the ISDN internet access from the host machine . . . the Linux box seems to hang - mouse movement works, but keyboard non-responsive and nothing opens or closes . . . can't even bring up a virtual console! When I allow the Win2K host back on the Internet - the Linux box "wakes up" and continues on like nothing happened!?!?!? What is the rule of thumb about DHCP hosts, timeouts and where can I tweak these parameters if any? Many thanks in advance . . . Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2
Thank's all for your concern: Chris Spencer, Civileme, Rune Kallhovd and others which names I've lost. This seems to have been the problem: I noticed one thing different in the Mandrake fstab file (I can access the LM files from SuSE) compared to the SuSE fstab, in Drake I read: /dev/hda8 / ext2 noauto,user,rw 1 1 which looked a bit weird to me, in SuSE it's: /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 I changed the file in LM and tryed to boot; VOILA! all of a sudden it worked! Now the question is: if this was the entire problem, how come a fresh Mandrake 7.2 install is configures itself in that way? 'noauto,user,rw' for the root partition in fsab is totally illogical, no wonder the whole system flips out on people when this happens. I am evaluating the Mandrake 7.2 dist to eventually use it as education material in a course for Linux newbies, where I will teach them to install and configure a Linux OS. So, if this is an isolated problem only on 'some' of the CD's distributed and not all, I would like to know. Rune; if you haven't got another Linux installed then perhaps you should consider installing one to be able to access your Mandrake and check the fstab file. I always have one Linux in shape when testing another one..:-) Greetings to you all, ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Glibc_2.2
Submitted 21-Nov-00 by Ryan La Mothe: > I have a question...What is the deal with EVERY SINGLE RPM needing > Glibc_2.2? What is exactly is the reason and how do I acquire Glibc_2.2 > without seriously messing everything up on Linux? Sounds like you've run into the problem that many of us are wrestling with. Mandrake development has moved on to glibc 2.2 and gcc 2.96, and as such anything being currently packaged specifically for Mandrake will require glibc 2.2. The solution for me has been to download .src.rpms and rpm --rebuild them on my box. While this does entail compiling, it will also keep your box all RPM as you stated was your desire. glibc 2.2 is available on the Cooker mirrors, but it is in a state of flux atm, and I wouldn't suggest upgrading it for at least a week. I believe there is also a compat RPM that contains the glibc 2.1 libraries. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. -- Flaubert Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2
On Tuesday 21 November 2000 16:51, civileme wrote: > Well, if you have SuSE installed, One harddisk: IDE 13GB; 1) /hda1 Win98 on 2,7GB, 2) /boot 38MB (Mandrake) 3) /boot 46MB (SuSE) 4) /hda5 SuSE 7.0 on 5,4GB 5) /hda6 swap 133MB 6) /hda7 swap 133MB 7) /hda8 Mandrake 4,4GB >then > a) mount the mandrake root partition on some /mnt/tmproot directory you > create in SuSE. > b) cd /mnt/tmproot/etc > c) ls -l rc.sysinit > /home/yourusername/cfile > d) cat rc.sysinit >> /home/yourusername/cfile > Does this mean that I should make a symbolic link to my user account? In that case why? What is this 'cfile'? > of course if it doesn't mount, you may have set up a separate partition > for /etc which cannot be done in most distros of linux, since /etc/fstab > MUST be available when root directory is mounted so the others may be > mounted. I tried that and reproduced your freeze, but it may not be a > faithful reproduction. > > If you are NOT seeing at least a welcome with 'hit I for interactive > startup' as part of the message, then rc.sysinit isn't even starting. Well, how could it then get 'Permission Denied' as a reply on all it's initiations? > > There are a couple of other causes that may be there. If you can get to > the script from SuSE, What sript? Yes I can wander around in Mandrake from SuSE. > then drop a few echo instructions into the file, > like > > echo "1" > > .. > .. #some script code here > .. > > echo "2" > > and we may be able to narrow it to the offending app. > > If rc.sysinit is set with permissions that do not allow root to write, > your problem might be reproduced that way. rwxr-xr-x root root for the rc.sysinit file and the symbolic link is there: rc.sysinit->rc.d/rcsysinit > > Civileme > I noticed one thing different in the fstab file compared to the SuSE fstab, in Drake I read: /dev/hda8 / ext2 noauto,user,rw 1 1 which looks a bit weird to me, in SuSE it's: /dev/hda5 / ext2defaults 1 1 I don't know if this is of importance but I've changed this in the Drake file and now I'm gonna try to boot it. Down to the basement again! ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2
On Tuesday 21 November 2000 16:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > where on your disk does this installation of Mandrake happen to be? Is it > the only one on the drive, or are there "others"? What are you using for > the bootloader -- grub or Lilo? One harddisk: IDE 13GB; 1) /hda1 Win98 on 2,7GB, 2) /boot 38MB (Mandrake) 3) /boot 46MB (SuSE) 4) /hda5 SuSE 7.0 on 5,4GB 5) /hda6 swap 133MB 6) /hda7 swap 133MB 7) /hda8 Mandrake 4,4GB > I knowquestions...questions...questions. But I jest gotta know! OK, OK, OK...:-) ei > Mark > > >From: EagleIce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:27:50 +0100 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2 > > > >Hello all Mandrake users! > > > >I did send this mail some days ago to the 'newbie' list but didn't get a > >single reply so I try it here. At the time beeing I am unable to use > > Mandrake which I consider very sad because I like LM 7.2. > > > >I am new to the Mandrake system but an experienced Linux user (SuSE, > >Caldera), I made two successful installations of Mandrake 7.2 and it > > worked perfectly. But now when I try to make a new installation the > > installation itself seems to work perfectly but on reboot everything just > > stops and the system hangs when trying to initiate with the > > /etc/re.sysinit file, all it's calls get the reply 'Permission Denied' > > and then everything stops. > > > >I have tryed 5-6 different installations with the same results, a friend > > of mine has had the same problem on different hardware and with different > > cd-rom's (he gave up Mandrake). I really liked the 7.2 Mandrake and would > > love to have it back as I had thought of using it on a course in Linux > > for new users (sic) > >.. > >Can someone please help me with this? > > > >Cheer's, > >ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] 7.2 = loss of productivity
On Tuesday 21 November 2000 15:58, Wayne Wilson wrote: [snip] > So Gnome is unuseable, X-Window seems problematical (is the Sawfish > windowing system broke in 7.2?), No, I promise you Gnome works wonderfully when the system is working properly, I've experienced that myself. But unfortunately there seems to be several 'infant' problems in the LM 7.2 dist, I've got problem's getting it to boot normally in new installation (look at my mail on the list: [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2) but the first two installations were perfect with a beautiful system, I was really impressed. > Sound doesn't work, I can't come close > to my 7.1 system. Now I know you will all think I must be some kind of > idiot to have all these problems, but let me assure you that I had no > such problems in 7.1 and other than installing some applications (like > MIT Kerberos) and using standard customizations (like panel auto-hide), > everything is default from the installer process. I have tried loading > all the updates available for Mandrake and Helix-Gnome, they don't > change this behavior at all. > > Am I the only unfortunate person to have these kinds of problems? Be patient, seems like there are some helpful people on this list, sooner or later you'll tame this beast. Good luck, ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ppp-on-demand
Submitted 22-Nov-00 by Dovydas Kulvinskas: > 6. ppp0 starts on-boot, and ppp0 is default route. Starting ppp0 it > hangs & exits with error mesage: "Bringing up interface ppp0: Failed to > activate ppp0, retrying in the background" This is an *old* bug. if you bring up a ppp on demand connection during boot it will always report failed, but will actually be up. This seems to be because the ifup scripts don't get run until you actually activate the interface. What I did when using an on demand connection was configure it normally (not at boot) and then added "/sbin/ifup ppp0 &" to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local > 7. i start my "/etc/ppp/masq start" > 8. i start "pppd :10.0.0.2"(And here it hangs and doesn't gives > me back prompt, is it ok?) More than likely. Try accessing the 'net afterward. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request Death comes on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril -- every hour. -- Reginald Heber Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Glibc_2.2
Dear Tom Berkley, So, what you are saying is that because I asked a question that has been plaguing more than just myself, and it isn't any less intelligent than hundreds of the other posts I see on this newsgroup, you have to act like a total as*hole to me? What's the deal. The answer I was looking for was very simple. So was my question. As a matter of fact I have been using Linux since ~1994 and RedHat's Mother's Day release was out. This my first time with LM and I have noticed that LM doesn't do everything the same as everybody else and I was just asking for a simple . Please do not ever act this way again. It is exactly people like you who will make sure Linux stays just as it is now, an OS with a lot of as*hole zealots and a bunch of people who whole-heartily gave Linux an honest try...to only get answers like the one you gave. Sure, there is a Newbie List, but what the hell would a newbie be asking a question about Glibc_2.2 compatibility and upgrading for anyways? I just asked some simple, straightforward questions and just wanted some nice, light hearted, direct to the point answers. Thank You Ryan La Mothe > What the h are you talking about? If you're a newbie and it it > sounds like you are, then you want to go hang out with the newbie list > for a while, spend some time reading the howto's http://www.linuxdoc.org > and then come here when you are informed enough to ask an intelligent > question of intelligent people. > > Tom Berkley > > Ryan La Mothe wrote: > > > > I have a question...What is the deal with EVERY SINGLE RPM needing > > Glibc_2.2? What is exactly is the reason and how do I acquire Glibc_2.2 > > without seriously messing everything up on Linux? This is ridiculous...I > > can't even download 1 single RPM anymore, ANYWHERE without it being > > dependant on Glibc_2.2. Why hasn't Mandrake's website or something at least > > made any mention of this fact/problem before I started wasting my valuable > > time the past couple of weeks looking for tar.gz or src.rpm files so that I > > could try and compile against LM 7.2 Glibc libraries instead of getting what > > I truly need and needing Glibc_2.2? What I want is a definite answer if > > someone has it. I am NOT going to compile source for anything at the > > moment, as I need to keep the system in either an all RPM or all tarball > > format, but this particular machine, I don't have the time to waste > > compiling and screwing with the whole tarball mess. Thanks. > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Missing Headers
Hi,. Does anybody know where (or what) c++io.h is ?, it does not seem to be part of libstdc++ libstl or libc,. but kde2 needs it to compile. regards --- Matthew J Fletcher NPD Firmware --- ** Serck Controls Ltd, Rowley Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FH, UK Tel: 44 (0) 24 7630 5050 Fax: 44 (0) 24 7630 2437 Web: www.serck-controls.co.uk Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the above. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Serck Controls Ltd. Please note that Serck Controls Ltd is able to, and reserves the right to, monitor e-mail communications passing through its network. This email has been checked for viruses. Serck Controls Ltd shall not be responsible for damage caused by any undetected virus. ** Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] 7.2 Sound problems
Be Happy I have Creative 128PCI and basically it have worked,as it's working now in LM2BUT without MIDI. I remember i had difficulties with midi in LM7.0 also,but in LM7.1 everything worked ok.So something wrong with 7.2 must be seen similar messages here earlier (about midi),not seen any helpful answer. Is it so,that everytime you update your distro you'd have bunch of replacement hw,in case some modell does not work,thus it have worked earlier?...JUST KIDDING! But as said I have some sounds working...hope somebody finds solution for midis.I have not so much skill,to find what's wrong. jarmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] ppp-on-demand
Hello,
Who knows how to configure on demand pppd with network sharing and
firewall capabilities?
I used this link http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux/
1. I configured my modem.
2. included /etc/modules.conf
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
3. Configured my connection with linuxconf#works fine
4. Modified /etc/ppp/options:
demand
idle 60
ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local
lock
noauth
defaultroute
modem 112000 crtscts
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0'
5. Configured /etc/ppp/masq (Yes I see that is for kernel 2.0 but with
MDK-7.2 it works also)
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/ppp/masq -- start/stop IP masquerade services (2.0 kernels)
NAME=$0
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting IP Masquerade support... "
# flush current settings:
/sbin/ipfwadm -O -f
/sbin/ipfwadm -I -f
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -f
# default policy is "deny"
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny
# block Windows housekeeping traffic from triggering autodial etc:
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a deny -P tcp -S 0.0.0.0/0 137:139
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a deny -P udp -S 0.0.0.0/0 137:139
# provide masquerade services for the local machines - fix these
addresses
# to match your LAN and be sure to include the Linux machine itself!
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 10.254.254.25 -D 0.0.0.0/0 -P all
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 10.254.254.39 -D 0.0.0.0/0 -P all
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 10.254.254.34 -D 0.0.0.0/0 -P all
# install these modules if you have a need for them...
# /sbin/insmod ip_masq_cuseeme
/sbin/insmod ip_masq_ftp
# /sbin/insmod ip_masq_irc
# /sbin/insmod ip_masq_quake
# /sbin/insmod ip_masq_raudio
# /sbin/insmod ip_masq_vdolive
echo "Done."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping IP masquerade..."
#/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_cuseeme
/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_ftp
#/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_irc
#/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_quake
#/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_raudio
#/sbin/rmmod ip_masq_vdolive
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -f
echo "Done."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/ppp/$NAME {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
6. ppp0 starts on-boot, and ppp0 is default route. Starting ppp0 it
hangs & exits with error mesage: "Bringing up interface ppp0: Failed to
activate ppp0, retrying in the background"
7. i start my "/etc/ppp/masq start"
8. i start "pppd :10.0.0.2"(And here it hangs and doesn't gives
me back prompt, is it ok?)
9. It works! ppp-on-demand
Now who can point me to the right address, to configure normally
ppp-on-demand with MDK-7.2 using all new features.
Thank you
Dovydas
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[expert] 7.2 Sound problems
Hello again, Well, after the night I'm coming back with good new and many questions : 1. I was wrong - there _was_ actually something wrong in the parazmeters I tried in Harddrake, I retrieved them from my windows system config dump and I was able to hear the tests sound (2). The problem was Harddrake stopped again with another message of this time '/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/olp3.o : init_module 'device or ressource busy' So even if I had heard the sound I think Hardrake did nothing and I still had no sound after exiting. 2. I decided that I should look into modules.conf a bit closer and found _nothing_ about sound. No wonder it didn't work. So I just added : alias snd sb options snd + the parameter I had got through w Then sound works quite nice. 3. I still get in /var/log/messages echos of problems of type : Modprobe : could'nt find module sound-slot-1 id w/ sound-service-1-0 I understood reading the ALSA HOWTO (I installed Alsa RPMS) that it must be something trying to access alsa drivers when noone is loaded and I am still using OSS sound driver. 4.Anyway something must have gone wrong with my 7.2 install... isn't it supposed d to install properly the sound drivers during install ? As for using sound (OSS and Alsa) am I supposed to edit the modules-conf by hand or is there something else to do ? Why does someting try to acces this unloaded alsa drivers if the install doesn't install them ? What does the sound daemon do exactly ? it starts OK when booting and where are the parameters? Thanks to anyone who may have answers to this (I suppose there must well be some in the Mandrake staff) ;) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
