Re: [expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CP
"J.A. Magallon" wrote: root said at Ò[expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CPÓ. [2000-11-28 11:57] Hi, Can anyone advise how I might install the driver for my ancient Adaptec AHA-1542CP (ISA). The card does not seem to be detected at boot during the hardware detection phase, I have tried scanning for it using HardDrake but HardDrake locks up (hard reboot required) when set to detect ISA devices. I also have an ISA NE2000 clone network card installed but after two installs Mandrake picked this up. I have checked as far as possible for conflicts and all seems well in this area. The Adaptec is set for Add=0x130 irq=11 dma=7 and I have single scanner connected to it. I have read the kernel sources for the Adaptec driver and there are some hints that parameters may be passed to the card at boot time but it is indicated that these should be placed in lilo.conf. Since Mandrake (7.1) uses Grub I am not sure whether Grub will support this parameter passing; there seems to be no obvious mention in a skim I did of the Grub docs. Can I do this with modprobe? This worked for my aha1520B. It is ISA, so you have to activate the PNP support: - Install isapnptools package. - Do a pnpdump. This will write an /etc/isapnp.conf file with all your selectable options (irq, and ports) - Edit that file and uncomment what matches your hardware setup. - Leave the aha154x driver as a module. - Do a pnpconf, and your ISA card will be active. - Insmod the driver On every boot, the initscripts are able to detect you have an /etc/ isapnp.conf file and automagically run the pnpconf command. Hope this helps... Hi Juan, Thanks for your reply. I tried this but unfortunately isapnp does not scan the address I am using or in fact any of the other adrresses that my card can use(I guess my card is pre-proper isapnp). Your reply was a help though as the output of pnpdump at least gave me the form the entry required in modules.conf. I edited modules.conf by hand to put in an entry for the aha1542; more reading of the source indicated that addresses 0x330 and 0x334 are scanned automatically for cards by the driver so I picked 0x334. Running modprobe from the command line caused the module load and the the card and the scanner came up in the KDE control panel. I then ran insmod in the hope of getting the module to load at boot time this was unsuccessful; after a alot of poking around I discovered a file /etc/modules adding the name of the driver here got me a load on boot so now I'm happy. One has to remember to turn the scanner on if one doesn't want kudzu popping up in the hardware detection phase of boot but then that another issue!! Thanks Again Regards C.H. Close Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] fsck'ing reiserfs
Hi, Reiserfs doesn't need fsck'ing. They made a special fsck'ish tool that was only needed for very bad situations but was otherwise discouraged to use. So the old non-reiser fsck complained when it was presented with a reiser fs to check. On my LM6.0 sytem I also installed reiserfs myself and had '0' in the fstab fsck field and I never had problems. Now I switched to LM72 and I see they allow the check, I suppose they have a reiser aware fsck since I don't see the complaints anymore. Guy Zelck Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Laurent Duperval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 29 november 2000 15:11 To: Mandrake Expert List Subject: [expert] fsck'ing reiserfs Hi, Last week I converted one of my partitions to use reiserfs. I'm on 7.1 and it doesn't have... e... "stadard support" for reiserfs. So I'm wondering, besides changing the fstab to use reiserfs, what elle needs to be done? Specifically, how to I configure the equivalent of fsck'ing on resiser? I had crash and when I rebooted, I got a notice that my reiser partition couldn't be fsck'd. I temporarily removed the checdks in fstab but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that. Thanks, L Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Macmillain lemon -- footnote
Dear friends: My thanks to all of you who offered to help by sending me a copy of LM7.2 with KDE 2.0 Final. I genuinely appreciate it. Fortunately, no need for that. When I ordered LM7.2 Complete from Macmillain, I already knew about the Walmart fiasco and, as insurance, I also ordered the Cheapbytes 2-CD FTP copy. It's very good. I'll deal with Macmillain about this in the next few days. Their spokesman ASSURED me over the phone (after checking with his software people) that the Nov. 28 Macmillain LM72 would include KDE 2.0 Final. So, I should have no problem getting my money back or getting a raincheck for LM 7.3. Still, Macmillain had plenty of time to do the right thing and apparently they didn't quite measure up. At least that's the way I see it. Benjamin Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] no appletalk support in 7.2 kernel?
On Thursday 30 November 2000 02:56, you wrote: hi mandrake-experts-mailinglist, is there no support for appletalk in the 7.2 kernel. it should be since kernel 2.x.x (?). when starting netatalk (netatalk-1.4.99-0.20001108mdk.i586.rpm) i get the error-message (within webmin, in console it's the same): Starting AppleTalk services: socket: Invalid argument socket: Invalid argument atalkd: can't get interfaces, exiting. [FAILED] [ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ] it seems only atalkd fails the other services are o.k. configuration was done like in "linux netatalk-howto" from anders brownworth. "dmesg | grep Apple" and "lsmod" show nothing about appletalk... It is built as a module, just insmod appletalk and all is ok. I am having problems with it also, it seems that upgrading to 7.2 caused printing from the mac to the printer on the linux box to just flat out stop working. The printer nolonger shows up in the apple chooser either. Do you have any ideas on that? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses
I tried resolving the address for 63.98.105.3. Not only could I not do a trace route, there was no ping response. Nothing either exists for that IP or he has a firewall eating (not dropping) ICMP packets. I tried doing a trace route on *.2, *.4 and DNS lookups for several other various IPs on that subnet. I could ping others, I just wouldn't do a dns lookup on them. This individual could just have a good firewall. FYI, to the best of my knowledge, Alter.Net is a Tier 1 provider in which 90% of the second level ISPs use in my area. I am in the Southeast US, so I don't know if Alter.Net is dedicated to this one area or more. On another note, if you have KICQ or another program open used to communicate outside of your system, it could just be that domain sending pings to see if you exist. If he's only trying to hit your SMTP server, I'd just block 63.98.*.* and be done with it. Normally I like to try to resolve IP addresses and make contact with the offending domain, I'm just like the other few who replied, unable to tell where it is without alot more research. Take Care! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pj Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses I have a personal firewall set up on my Winbloze box. As soon as I made it active I noticed I was being scanned constantly from a machine with the same DNS. After four hours, I used ARIN to find the DNS and Netblock owners and sent appropriate messages. I haven't been bothered over much since. The next day I checked my system for open ports at www.grc.com to verify I was running in a secure "stealth" mode. The good news is that this free firewall fouls scanner attempts and allows me to secure the most common open ports. The bad news is that ports in the much higher numbers remain open, and is the reason I am building a box specifically for a Linux firewall. I previously contacted the folks at ALTER net and sent logs. They were most helpful as they don't like hackers and spammers either. Pj bill wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, gene wrote: There is an ip number that started showing up in my postfix logs as trying to access my smtp server (and access was apparently denied each time). I assumed that someone was trying to use my machine as a relay. To make sure that they can't get through, I blocked the ip address using ipchains. In one day, I now see over 600 failed attempts to access my computer. Should I just ignore this now that ipchains is blocking them, or is this something that should worry me. More details: ipchains message (my ip # x-ed out to protect the innocent): Nov 28 23:59:07 duck kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth1 PROTO=1 63.98.105.3:8 208.xxx.xxx.xx1:0 L=60 S=0x00 I=6793 F=0x T=114 (#1) nslookup for 63.98.105.3 gives nothing. traceroute ends at readersdigest-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.210.42) You may want to ask Civileme at mandrakeuser forum if you dont get a response from this list concerning how to get it touch with the culprits ISP.He is quite knowledgable about those kinds of issues, an=mong other things. The RED Hat List used to have all kinds of hacked notices and several of their authorities were very helpful as well. Perhaps the Mandrake Folks could have a place to input problems like some of us have. I know there is a Mandrake Security Group or List out there but I think it mostly deals with things like that wuftpd flaw. Why they still use it as a default ftp server on their CD's I am somewhat puzzled !? Wish I actually had a concrete answer William Bouterse Talkeetna --- 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] fsck'ing reiserfs
On 29 Nov, civileme wrote: On Wednesday 29 November 2000 15:11, you wrote: Last week I converted one of my partitions to use reiserfs. I'm on 7.1 and it doesn't have... e... "stadard support" for reiserfs. So I'm wondering, besides changing the fstab to use reiserfs, what elle needs to be done? Specifically, how to I configure the equivalent of fsck'ing on resiser? I had crash and when I rebooted, I got a notice that my reiser partition couldn't be fsck'd. I temporarily removed the checdks in fstab but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that. Thanks, L E rpm -q reiserfs-utils to make sure it is there Oh, it's there all right. Then for the subject partition, assuming you have backed up the data, mkfs -t reiser /dev/partition_name where partition name is something like hda7 or sdb4 or whatever your desired reiser partiton should be. As long as you have made noi changes, the chances are excellent that your ext2 data is still on the partition in ext2 filesystem format and you can still copy it off by identifying the partition as ext2 in /etc/fstab. Hmmm... maybe I didn't express myself correctly. I've done all this conversion stuff. I *have* a mountable reiserfs partition which works correctly. But this weekend, my laptop froze and I had to reboot it. When it came time to sync the reiserfs partition, for some reason the system tried to use the ext2 tools and of course, sync'ing failed. I would logically expect that in such a situation, the fsck would try to use the proper reiserfs tools but that didn't happen. I'm not sure why. There is a primer on ext2 and reiser on the archives to this list. Search on the string "don't use defrag". Thanks for the pointer. fsck of reiser is unbelievable. It is done before you get your finger off the enter key. Hmmm... Maybe that's what happened. I'll simulate another crash tonight to see what happens. Thanks. L -- MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED -- UPDATE YOUR ADDRESSBOOK Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, Netergy Networks - Java Centerand we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] problem burning CDs with cdrecord
From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Wednesday 29 November 2000 01:59 pm, wrote: This is the correct command to use cdrecord cdrecord --scanbuss to be sure everything is in tack. cdrecord -eject -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 (from the scan bus) Mandrake72.ext.iso notice no ( -) before speed! michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kyle wrote: [kyle@nahuatl kyle]$ cdrecord -v -speed=2 dev=0,0,0 Mandrake72-ext.iso Note: speed should be 2 The parameter is speed=2, not -speed=2. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Michael R. Powell PhD. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scyld Beowulf Cluster Master Running on Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Linux reg# 83815 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] 7.2 upgrade problems
I had the same problems; I ended up having to run XFdrake to configure X; rebuilding the symbolic links in /etc/rc5.d/ for "network" and "portmap" - this was why NFS was failing to start on my system no lo0 or eth0 devices! Be warned if you try to upgrade kdebase that you will get a cpio unlink error during the rpm upgrade/install - there is a posting on this list as to how to fix it. - Original Message - From: "Svante Signell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:53 PM Subject: [expert] 7.2 upgrade problems Upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2 (.iso files) goes well until the configuration of X. Probing is OK and everything is well, but finishing gives the following error message: /mnt/dev/null/.kderc not a directory and a hang here. Well we all know that dev files are not directories :( Something wrong with the Perl script for the installer? I had to kill the install process and manually reboot. 7.2 seems to run, but in first attempt the boot hangs on NFS (no network at boot time), solved by uninstalling nfs-utils-*. Also complaints on char-major-4 not found and default.png also not found for gnome to start. More to come... BTW: The upgrade of .rpms (500 MB) took 5.5 hours!! Even if my first hard disk is very slow, should it take that long? Going from 7.0 to 7.1 did not. /Svante 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] Hack Kernel - which version is it?
pgeorges wrote: "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" a écrit : Hello Could someone tell me the exact version of the hack kernl that comes with 7.2? hackkernel-2.4.0-0.31mdk.i586.rpm Thanks a lot. But I was thinking of the kernel number defined by kernel.org. something like kernel.2.4.0..test10.pre99. regards Eduardo 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] Help with X 4.0.1
Someone: Help me with X in MDK 7.2, please!! When I start X, my screen shows some colored squares and then the monitor turns down (like standby, with blinking light). After that nothing more works (Ctrl+Alt+Fx or Ctrl+Alt+Del). I got a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI that works fine with Debian Woody and Redhat 7 (both with X 4.0.1 and acceleration). I tried to copy the XF86Config-4 from Debian but didn't work either. I really want to use mandrake but I don't want to switch to X 3.3.6. Thanks for your patience and sorry if this is not the right list for that kind of question. Juliano Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Help with X 4.0.1
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 04:31 pm, Juliano Soares dos Santos wrote: Someone: Help me with X in MDK 7.2, please!! When I start X, my screen shows some colored squares and then the monitor turns down (like standby, with blinking light). After that nothing more works (Ctrl+Alt+Fx or Ctrl+Alt+Del). I got a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI that works fine with Debian Woody and Redhat 7 (both with X 4.0.1 and acceleration). I tried to copy the XF86Config-4 from Debian but didn't work either. I really want to use mandrake but I don't want to switch to X 3.3.6. I'm using a V3-2000 pci. IIRC, every version of LM after 6.1 automagically set it up completely functional. V3's are prob'ly the best supported card. I suspect your problems are your monitor settings. I used expert install, XF-4 with 3d accel. 'X -version' reports: XFree86 Version 4.0.1 I also use 16 bpp, as I believe that's the best setting for a Voodoo -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
So sprach pablito am Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800: so you don't have to use that hdreiser.img file. that's good. I don't have that much space on the hard disk and can only get one of the mandrake cds copied onto it. The hdreiser.img file is 1.44mb small. You don't have that "much" space? 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: 1 day 22 hours 47 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?
So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 08:26:09PM -0400: It's not that I don't like the kernel enhancements and bugfixes done by the mdk people it's just I don't like the kernel being in .rpm form I prefer a tarball so I know what I'm getting I wouldn't think of installing a kernel in an rpm package but yer forced too when ya install the system. I like to compile the source myself so i guess the .src.rpm isn't so bad but I'm still partial to tarballs :) That's your opinion, and I really respect that. But I myself like it much more to be able to have some sort of package management available. This holds true for normal packages, but also for the kernel RPM. There isn't any mystic involved in a kernel RPM, so a rpm -qpi kernel.rpm will tell you exactly where everything is going to end. Now with tarballs I often have a hard time figuring out where everything is placed after a make install. But that's just me, I suppose. 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: 1 day 22 hours 51 minutes Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] LM7.2 Macmillain Beta -- details
I always keep all the boxes and manuals for everything. Always good to lok back on if something goes wrong. who keeps the box and manuals ? :-) On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 03:29:33PM -0600, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Here are the details of the 4-CD Macmillain version that contains KDE Beta 1.99 instead of the promised KDE 2.0 Final: LINUX-MANDRKE 7.2 ISBN: 1-57595-452-4 @2001 Macmillain USA The User's Manual gives the date of publication as November, 2000. There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Macmillain lemon -- footnote
On Thursday 30 November 2000 11:05 am, Andrew R. Post wrote: Why does Mandrake continue to use Macmillan? They did the same thing with Mandrake 6.0. They need a distributor that doesn't make them look bad. Sometime ago I email'd [EMAIL PROTECTED] and suggested they provide a "Donations Glady Accepted" link on their website. I explained that I buy cheap CD's (lsl.com, Cheapbytes, etc.), but would like to see LM get some $$'s for their efforts. I got an immediate reply wondering what I thought about a credit card link. I replied favorably, and said unless I heard not to, I'd send a check to their California address. That's as far as it went. So, in the meantime, checks can be sent snail mail'd to: MandrakeSoft, Inc. : 2400 N. Lincoln Ave - Altadena, CA 91001 - USA -or- MandrakeSoft S.A. : 43, rue d'Aboukir - 75002 Paris - France I sent one, and I imagine if enough people were willing to, LM could depend on this source of income and wouldn't be at MacMillan's beck and call. I'm not holding my breath tho, human nature being what it is ;) -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: My thanks to all of you who offered to help by sending me a copy of LM7.2 with KDE 2.0 Final. I genuinely appreciate it. Fortunately, no need for that. When I ordered LM7.2 Complete from Macmillain, I already knew about the Walmart fiasco and, as insurance, I also ordered the Cheapbytes 2-CD FTP copy. It's very good. I'll deal with Macmillain about this in the next few days. Their spokesman ASSURED me over the phone (after checking with his software people) that the Nov. 28 Macmillain LM72 would include KDE 2.0 Final. So, I should have no problem getting my money back or getting a raincheck for LM 7.3. Still, Macmillain had plenty of time to do the right thing and apparently they didn't quite measure up. At least that's the way I see it. Benjamin Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses
I'm not getting attacked from this alter.net IP, but I am being constantly scanned on consecutive ports usually ranging in the 21xx or 24xx range. My firewall (a windows based firewall/proxy ap on an NT4 server) blocks both of these ranges, so all I see are requests on port 21xx and each is denied. There are 3 separate IP addresses doing this, but they are one after the other scanning ports in consecutive order. Anyone ever seen anything like this? You are not alone, I've also been attacked by someone from this alter.net site. Do a google search for alter.net and you should find more information. From my searches, alter.net is a small? ISP in BC canada... On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:17:42 -0800, you wrote: There is an ip number that started showing up in my postfix logs as trying to access my smtp server (and access was apparently denied each time). I assumed that someone was trying to use my machine as a relay. To make sure that they can't get through, I blocked the ip address using ipchains. In one day, I now see over 600 failed attempts to access my computer. Should I just ignore this now that ipchains is blocking them, or is this something that should worry me. More details: ipchains message (my ip # x-ed out to protect the innocent): Nov 28 23:59:07 duck kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth1 PROTO=1 63.98.105.3:8 208.xxx.xxx.xx1:0 L=60 S=0x00 I=6793 F=0x T=114 (#1) nslookup for 63.98.105.3 gives nothing. traceroute ends at readersdigest-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.210.42) 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] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses
You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the 2400 range? Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make obvious sense but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. I have been running different types of scans against 63.98.105.3 and can neither make an OS determination nor find any port that is not filtered. Not even port 22 is open, so whoever it is doesn't use ssh. The other filtered ports indicate that this person also isn't running any kind of ftp server (or permit any kind of ftp access to him/herself or anyone else for that matter). No telnet access either. Often, I have found that when I get a "too many fingerprints to make an accurate OS guess" message (nmap), it turns out to be because it is receiving mixed fingerprints, possibly due to the fact that SOME port on the 63.98.105.3 box is open to the world while everything else is filtered through a different firewall box (not a sure thing but this is my experience thus far). On my own system at home, if I scan it from a remote location I get the "too many fingerprints" message, though I am running linux. The reason is that I have a cisco box between my box and the net and I have setup a port forward in the cisco box. Nmap sees responses from both the cisco AND my linux box, via port 22, so it screws up the ID. If I dump the port forward, nmap identifies the box as a Cisco. I am still trying, merely as a learning exercise at this point, to get ANY useful information from 63.98.105. Anthony Russello wrote: I'm not getting attacked from this alter.net IP, but I am being constantly scanned on consecutive ports usually ranging in the 21xx or 24xx range. My firewall (a windows based firewall/proxy ap on an NT4 server) blocks both of these ranges, so all I see are requests on port 21xx and each is denied. There are 3 separate IP addresses doing this, but they are one after the other scanning ports in consecutive order. Anyone ever seen anything like this? You are not alone, I've also been attacked by someone from this alter.net site. Do a google search for alter.net and you should find more information. From my searches, alter.net is a small? ISP in BC canada... On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:17:42 -0800, you wrote: There is an ip number that started showing up in my postfix logs as trying to access my smtp server (and access was apparently denied each time). I assumed that someone was trying to use my machine as a relay. To make sure that they can't get through, I blocked the ip address using ipchains. In one day, I now see over 600 failed attempts to access my computer. Should I just ignore this now that ipchains is blocking them, or is this something that should worry me. More details: ipchains message (my ip # x-ed out to protect the innocent): Nov 28 23:59:07 duck kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth1 PROTO=1 63.98.105.3:8 208.xxx.xxx.xx1:0 L=60 S=0x00 I=6793 F=0x T=114 (#1) nslookup for 63.98.105.3 gives nothing. traceroute ends at readersdigest-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.210.42) 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. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Network install using PCMCIA NIC
I'm trying to install via NFS or FTP over a PCMCIA ethernet (which I know works if I install from the HD). If I boot PCMCIA.IMG, the module loads and tries to start the network, but ifup fails because the file is not there. If I boot NETWORK.IMG, I never get a chance to load PCMCIA support (which the drakx README file says should happen). Do I need to modify the images, or am I overlooking something more fundamental? Thanks Ted McDaniel, IBM PC HelpCenter World Wide Level 2 Support Team Netfinity Server Brand 919-517-0861 TL 255-0861 -- Level 2 Linux Contact, PSG HelpCenter -- Netfinity Manager, Netfinity Director support Without friends, no one would choose to live, even if he had every other good thing in life. -- Aristotle Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses
You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the 2400 range? Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make obvious sense but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. I have been running different types of scans against 63.98.105.3 and can neither make an OS determination nor find any port that is not filtered. Not even port 22 is open, so whoever it is doesn't use ssh. The other filtered ports indicate that this person also isn't running any kind of ftp server (or permit any kind of ftp access to him/herself or anyone else for that matter). No telnet access either. Often, I have found that when I get a "too many fingerprints to make an accurate OS guess" message (nmap), it turns out to be because it is receiving mixed fingerprints, possibly due to the fact that SOME port on the 63.98.105.3 box is open to the world while everything else is filtered through a different firewall box (not a sure thing but this is my experience thus far). On my own system at home, if I scan it from a remote location I get the "too many fingerprints" message, though I am running linux. The reason is that I have a cisco box between my box and the net and I have setup a port forward in the cisco box. Nmap sees responses from both the cisco AND my linux box, via port 22, so it screws up the ID. If I dump the port forward, nmap identifies the box as a Cisco. I am still trying, merely as a learning exercise at this point, to get ANY useful information from 63.98.105. Anthony Russello wrote: I'm not getting attacked from this alter.net IP, but I am being constantly scanned on consecutive ports usually ranging in the 21xx or 24xx range. My firewall (a windows based firewall/proxy ap on an NT4 server) blocks both of these ranges, so all I see are requests on port 21xx and each is denied. There are 3 separate IP addresses doing this, but they are one after the other scanning ports in consecutive order. Anyone ever seen anything like this? You are not alone, I've also been attacked by someone from this alter.net site. Do a google search for alter.net and you should find more information. From my searches, alter.net is a small? ISP in BC canada... On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:17:42 -0800, you wrote: There is an ip number that started showing up in my postfix logs as trying to access my smtp server (and access was apparently denied each time). I assumed that someone was trying to use my machine as a relay. To make sure that they can't get through, [...] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Printing from kmail
Hi.. Have just installed 7.2..The only problem on install was it skipped the create bootdisk and did not allow me to tell it I did not give me the bootloader option but installed grub on /dev/hda1..Anyway I am very pleased with the distroI am writing to ask if anyone else has a print problem from kmail?? I try to print a mail and the printer and kmail lock up and have to be killed ...Any advice anyone ?? Regards Ted Wager Mandrake linux 7.2 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 on one of my systems. But every time, I run into the same snag. The system will install just fine, even the boot-loader will be installed correctly. But, the system will seg-fault on the ramdisk image. It will get as far as to try to match up the CPU type. The last message before segfault, states that it is trying to disable the cpuid numbers. This is a Duron system, and doesnt use cpuid numbers. In talking with various people, they all concluded that the kernel is some how thinking that the cpu is a P3, and trying to disable it through p3 routines. Does anyone have any idea how to work around this? I was told that it is a restriction of the kernel, that it doesnt handle the AMD chip very well. Anyone else had an experience like this? I have since installed redhat 7.0 (which uses kernel 2.2.16). This installed without any hiccups. The Mandrake kernel is 2.2.17-mdk21. A newer kernel version. I would like to use mandrake, since this is more of a desktop system than a server. Any help would be great. Stats are below. Cheers, James. AMD Duron 700 Asus A7V MB 1Gb Memory (2x 512mb 133mhz cas2 ECC) ATI raedon 64ddr AGP Voodoo3 3000 PCI 2 60Gb ata100 7200rpm 2 80Gb ata66 7200rpm 12x DVD-ROM 12x CDRW Intel pro/100+ Intel pro/1000+ (gigabit, optical) SOUNDblaster live x-gamer
Re: [expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault
I'm using a Duron, and though CPU detection is incorrect in that it detects the CPU as an AMD Athlon, it still works fine I have no idea why it's detecting a P3 for you though, that's bizarre. Just thought i would confirm that it does work with Duron chips. Wow, that's one heck of a system you've got there too. On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Helsby, James wrote: Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:25:05 -0700 From: "Helsby, James" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 on one of my systems. But every time, I run into the same snag. The system will install just fine, even the boot-loader will be installed correctly. But, the system will seg-fault on the ramdisk image. It will get as far as to try to match up the CPU type. The last message before segfault, states that it is trying to disable the cpuid numbers. This is a Duron system, and doesn't use cpuid numbers. In talking with various people, they all concluded that the kernel is some how thinking that the cpu is a P3, and trying to disable it through p3 routines. Does anyone have any idea how to work around this? I was told that it is a restriction of the kernel, that it doesn't handle the AMD chip very well. Anyone else had an experience like this? I have since installed redhat 7.0 (which uses kernel 2.2.16). This installed without any hiccups. The Mandrake kernel is 2.2.17-mdk21. A newer kernel version. I would like to use mandrake, since this is more of a desktop system than a server. Any help would be great. Stats are below. Cheers, James. AMD Duron 700 Asus A7V MB 1Gb Memory (2x 512mb 133mhz cas2 ECC) ATI raedon 64ddr AGP Voodoo3 3000 PCI 2 60Gb ata100 7200rpm 2 80Gb ata66 7200rpm 12x DVD-ROM 12x CDRW Intel pro/100+ Intel pro/1000+ (gigabit, optical) SOUNDblaster live x-gamer There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Slow system
In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel - Original Message - From: "Matthew Micene" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Wednesday 29 November 2000 11:36 am, you wrote: hmm.. seems like that the kernel only thinks it has 64M ram, but adding append="mem=256M" to lilo just makes it freeze after bootup, had to remove this earlier because of that error. This might be my problem, but still, shouldn't X with blackbox run quite smoothly on a 64M system? Can it be something with the hard-drive? Compiling programs and just running X shouldn't be touching the hard drive often enough for a slow or bad hd to make a difference. I'm concerned about the boot freeze with the append line though. A kernel panic or freeze during the boot process will result if you tell it that it has more memory than actually exists. I would check again with a lower mem number like 128M, and I would try it as arguments to the lilo prompt for ease of testing, this way you don't have to drop into single user mode to rescue the box. If there is 256M installed and it can't seem to find any of it, I would look at the amount of memory detected by another operating system (ie Windows, get a boot disk and run the mem command). As far as the minimum requirements for X and blackbox, I don't really know, I'm not sure of blackbox's footprint. I have noticed that the footprint for X 3.3.6 and twm is about 85M, and X 4.0.1 seems to eat as much memory as it can get its hands on (from 118M to 240M). -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead 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] Hack Kernel - which version is it?
"Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" wrote: pgeorges wrote: > > "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" a crit : > > > > Hello > > Could someone tell me the exact version of the hack kernl that comes > > with 7.2? > > hackkernel-2.4.0-0.31mdk.i586.rpm Thanks a lot. But I was thinking of the kernel number defined by kernel.org. something like kernel.2.4.0..test10.pre99. If you have the rpm, the information is in the /INFO section. IAW the change log in the /INFO 2.4.0-0.31mdk -alsa-0.5.9d -test10-pre1 Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses
You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the 2400 range? Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make obvious sense but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. 2100's and 2400's ranges. I have been running different types of scans against 63.98.105.3 and can neither make an OS determination nor find any port that is not filtered. Not even port 22 is open, so whoever it is doesn't use ssh. The other filtered ports indicate that this person also isn't running any kind of ftp server (or permit any kind of ftp access to him/herself or anyone else for that matter). No telnet access either. Don't know who's IP that is, but it ain't mine. Unfortunately, I do have to chagne something in my firewall settings since I just realised there is a slight hole, but other then that gaping drive a truck through that huge hole hole, it's secure :) Often, I have found that when I get a "too many fingerprints to make an accurate OS guess" message (nmap), it turns out to be because it is receiving mixed fingerprints, possibly due to the fact that SOME port on the 63.98.105.3 box is open to the world while everything else is filtered through a different firewall box (not a sure thing but this is my experience thus far). Will remember that. Might come in handy. On my own system at home, if I scan it from a remote location I get the "too many fingerprints" message, though I am running linux. The reason is that I have a cisco box between my box and the net and I have setup a port forward in the cisco box. Nmap sees responses from both the cisco AND my linux box, via port 22, so it screws up the ID. If I dump the port forward, nmap identifies the box as a Cisco. Will definitely remember that. That'll definitely come in handy. I am still trying, merely as a learning exercise at this point, to get ANY useful information from 63.98.105. Cool cool. I should post the IPs of the three guys that keep scanning me as soon as I get home. Anthony Russello wrote: I'm not getting attacked from this alter.net IP, but I am being constantly scanned on consecutive ports usually ranging in the 21xx or 24xx range. My firewall (a windows based firewall/proxy ap on an NT4 server) blocks both of these ranges, so all I see are requests on port 21xx and each is denied. There are 3 separate IP addresses doing this, but they are one after the other scanning ports in consecutive order. Anyone ever seen anything like this? You are not alone, I've also been attacked by someone from this alter.net site. Do a google search for alter.net and you should find more information. From my searches, alter.net is a small? ISP in BC canada... On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:17:42 -0800, you wrote: There is an ip number that started showing up in my postfix logs as trying to access my smtp server (and access was apparently denied each time). I assumed that someone was trying to use my machine as a relay. To make sure that they can't get through, [...] There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?
holds true for normal packages, but also for the kernel RPM. There isn't any mystic involved in a kernel RPM, so a rpm -qpi kernel.rpm will tell you exactly where everything is going to end. Now with tarballs I often have a hard time figuring out where everything is placed after a make install. Alexander...maybe it's just my ignorance when it comes to rpms but my "gripe" about them is that I can't direct where those files are going. Am I wrong here? For instance, when it comes to kernel, I'd like to open it up in my home user directory and do a patch compile there, keeping it completely separate from the operational system and even the operational source. Is there a way to do that? Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
Not the hdreiser image file! space on the hard disk big enough to copy two cds onto it. actually I could make space but I have stuff sitting on it that I'd have to put somewhere else. The hdreiser boot image doesn't work with my CDs. The same problem applies to installing from cooker. I'm going to have to get another hard disk. - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [expert] reiserfs : So sprach pablito am Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800: : so you don't have to use that hdreiser.img file. that's good. I don't have : that much space on the hard disk and can only get one of the mandrake cds : copied onto it. : : The hdreiser.img file is 1.44mb small. You don't have that "much" space? : : 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: 1 day 22 hours 47 minutes : : : 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] Slow FTP login?
I have LM 7.2 beta 3, running wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk and xinetd
2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk. When I connect to the machine with FTP, it takes several
seconds for the connection to finally be set up. Once connected, it's very
fast. On a previous incarnation of the machine running LM6.2, FTP would
connect almost instantly across my LAN. Any ideas on why the connection now
takes so long to establish? Here's my xinetd.d/wu-ftpd file:
service ftp
{
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= root
server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
server_args = -l -a
log_on_success += DURATION USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
nice= 10
}
-Pete
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Re: [expert] Slow system
On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem, after more tests I found out it wasn't. To make sure this wasn't a hardware problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I know) and then Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, without getting the same problem. After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once more but still get the same problem. The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) Processor: AMD Duron 700 MHz Display adapter: ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP Memory: 128MB original SDRAM pc100 Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that the bus-speed was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, could this have anything to do with this? I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you feel that you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, never the fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on the display adapter? -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Compile Help.....
On 30 Nov, ATL Oledog wrote: Trying to compile kernel. What could this mean? And how do i fix it? [root@trinity linux]# make bzImage make: *** No rule to make target `include/linux/autoconf.h', needed by `include/config/MARKER'. Stop. [root@trinity linux]# Looks like you didn't configure before compiline. Did you run "make" before trying "make bzImage"? L -- MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED -- UPDATE YOUR ADDRESSBOOK Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, Netergy Networks - Java Centerand we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?
rpm --root $HOME ... allows you to put it anywhere you want. If you intend to do everything as user, you probably should consider adding "--dbpath" option so that you don't mix your system rpm database. Larry Marshall wrote: Alexander...maybe it's just my ignorance when it comes to rpms but my "gripe" about them is that I can't direct where those files are going. Am I wrong here? For instance, when it comes to kernel, I'd like to open it up in my home user directory and do a patch compile there, keeping it completely separate from the operational system and even the operational source. Is there a way to do that? Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] How to disable graphical login?
After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 the graphical login is even slower to start :( What package is running the graphical shell? Got rid of gdm, but kdm is still there. The problem is that kdm is in kdebase and not easily removed. How to disable? I'd like to configure from scratch again. (Don't like linuxconf either) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Best scsi single chan controller?
In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? Cheers, Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?
rpm --root $HOME ... allows you to put it anywhere you want. If you intend to do everything as user, Thanks Alex, this is one that I missed and it sure changes my view of rpms. you probably should consider adding "--dbpath" option so that you don't mix your system rpm database. Mostly I just like testing separately but I typically delete the stuff and install in the right place once I'm happy with the result. Thanks again. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Best scsi single chan controller?
Use an Adaptec controller. Probably a 19160 or something slower. Best driver compatibility, and best speed, and probably some of the best prices. -Original Message- From: Eric Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:14 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [expert] Best scsi single chan controller? In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? Cheers, Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CP
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:28:50 root wrote: Thanks for your reply. I tried this but unfortunately isapnp does not scan the address I am using or in fact any of the other adrresses that my card can use(I guess my card is pre-proper isapnp). Your reply was a I don't know if that makes a difference, but my in my 1520 the bios can be disabled with a group of jumpers (they set the bios address or no bios). Perhaps with no bios active the isa scanner can't find it. now I'm happy. One has to remember to turn the scanner on if one doesn't want kudzu popping up in the hardware detection phase of boot but then that another issue!! I really hate kudzu and linuxconf. Are like that smart car travel computers that continuously say "you have your back door opened" when you help a friend to move his furniture.. I know what hardware I have. Just the kernel module loader with /etc/modules.conf and device majors is fine. But I understand it is helpful for beginners. Thanks Again Not at all... -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta # cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # more beer Linux 2.2.18-pre24-vm #2 SMP Wed Nov 29 02:56:21 CET 2000 i686 unknown Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] MAJORDOMO ABORT (majordomo) help!!!
Hi list, is there anyone here that has setup Majordomo that could possibly tell me what this error message from domo means? I've been trying to get domo working for almost 3 weeks now, and it just doesn't seem to want to cooperate. I've never before seen a program more stuborn than majordomo. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ *REPLY SEPERATOR* -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:24:00 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MAJORDOMO ABORT (majordomo) -- MAJORDOMO ABORT (majordomo)!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]: root is not a valid return address. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Networking problems
After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 networking in non-functional. Any pointers? Everything is a mess, the upgrade did not complete either. Maybe it's time to switch to another distribution, I am using debian and RH on other boxes? This graphical/framebuffer thing is maybe good for newbies, but I feel like I've lost control of the configuration :( Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] How to disable graphical login?
If you want to use a standard text-mode login prompt only the you can edit /etc/inittab should be line 18 where you probably have id:5:initdefault, change the 5 to 3 (Full multiuser mode) save and the next time you boot up the system it will stop at the text-mode login prompt. ei On Thursday 30 November 2000 22:50, Svante Signell wrote: After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 the graphical login is even slower to start :( What package is running the graphical shell? Got rid of gdm, but kdm is still there. The problem is that kdm is in kdebase and not easily removed. How to disable? I'd like to configure from scratch again. (Don't like linuxconf either) -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux KDE ~~@ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Best SCSI Single Channel Controller?
Helsby, James wrote: From: Eric Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? Use an Adaptec controller. Probably a 19160 or something slower. Best driver compatibility, and best speed, and probably some of the best prices. No way best prices. Adaptec is always the price leader, meaning highest price. If you want lowest possible price and broadest driver support, *and* you don't plan to use SCSI for your HD, you can't beat NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic chipped HBA's. SYM8751SP cards are usually available on eBay in the $25-$40 range, currently bidding at $31. New LSI cards with features comparable to the various Adaptec models generally cost 1/3 to 50% less. -- A gift opens the way for the giver, and ushers him into the presence of the great.Proverbs 18:16 NKJV Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Slow system
I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem, after more tests I found out it wasn't. To make sure this wasn't a hardware problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I know) and then Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, without getting the same problem. After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once more but still get the same problem. The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) Processor: AMD Duron 700 MHz Display adapter: ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP Memory: 128MB original SDRAM pc100 Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that the bus-speed was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, could this have anything to do with this? I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you feel that you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, never the fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on the display adapter? -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Pinzur;Abraham;P FN:Abraham P Pinzur NICKNAME:Av ORG:Crisp Graphics TITLE:Web Interface Designer TEL;WORK;VOICE:615.633.4250 TEL;HOME;VOICE:615.633.4450 ADR;WORK:;;860 Golden Hollow Road;Dixon Springs;Tennessee;37057;USA LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:860 Golden Hollow Road=0D=0ADixon Springs, Tennessee 37057=0D=0AUSA ADR;HOME:;;920 Honey Prong Road;Hartsville;Tennessee;37074-3002;USA LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:920 Honey Prong Road=0D=0AHartsville, Tennessee 37074-3002=0D=0AUSA URL:http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav/ URL:http://www.crispgraphics.com/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Test
Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore Don -- 73 de KK6WJ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Test
There's one now. On November 30, 2000 06:01 pm, you wrote: Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore Don 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] Test
On Friday 01 December 2000 02:01, you wrote: Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore Don Same here, and not on the newbie list either... I have gotten answers, so they do arrive, but I don't get them myself. -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Security
i have noticed quite a few attempts to FTP to my machine. which is very unusual. i'd be willing to compare logs. matthew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bill Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Security Since re-subscribing to this list I have noticed an increase of un-authorized attempts to access my main Linux Server. It may be only a coincedence, however perhaps sharing a few of our log files could be useful to see if there is a pattern. Not everything which would overwhelm this already VERY busy List but basic things like: Nov: : connect from 149.156.100.100 to dump() : request from unauthorized host (That one is a denfinite No-No) Here's another(why I use proftpd) Nov 28 18:35:39 home in.proftpd refused connect from cm803646-a ftwrth1.tx.home.com(24.4.12.149) xtraceroute can track the footsteps of some of these attempts. routing through xxx.att.net seems popular. Anyone else seen these numbers Casual "sniffs" now and then are understandable curiosity on the part of some, however where does the "line get crossed"? If an acquaintance asked to stop by my house to look around both inside and outside I probably would be okay with that. If a stranger drives by my house and gives a casual glance thats one thing, but if they come up to the doors and windows to peak in and check the locks ...? William Bouterse Talkeetna Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Slow system
I have a VIA chipset, and though it only detects 64 MB when installing, I can easily specify that it has the 224 that is in it. After specifying, it works without a hitch. Please note that I've only ever specified it during install time. I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem, after more tests I found out it wasn't. To make sure this wasn't a hardware problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I know) and then Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, without getting the same problem. After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once more but still get the same problem. The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) Processor: AMD Duron 700 MHz Display adapter: ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP Memory: 128MB original SDRAM pc100 Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that the bus-speed was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, could this have anything to do with this? I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you feel that you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, never the fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on the display adapter? -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... There's plenty of semicolons to go around BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Pinzur;Abraham;P FN:Abraham P Pinzur NICKNAME:Av ORG:Crisp Graphics TITLE:Web Interface Designer TEL;WORK;VOICE:615.633.4250 TEL;HOME;VOICE:615.633.4450 ADR;WORK:;;860 Golden Hollow Road;Dixon
Re: [expert] Best SCSI Single Channel Controller?
Try initio SCSI cards. They have Linux drivers, their cards are bootable, and their prices are reasonable. I'm using one such card at work, and it's great. I only bought this piece of garbage adaptec non bootable 78xx series card because it was so dirt cheap I couldn't resist. www.initio.com for more info In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? Use an Adaptec controller. Probably a 19160 or something slower. Best driver compatibility, and best speed, and probably some of the best prices. No way best prices. Adaptec is always the price leader, meaning highest price. If you want lowest possible price and broadest driver support, *and* you don't plan to use SCSI for your HD, you can't beat NCR/Symbios/LSI Logic chipped HBA's. SYM8751SP cards are usually available on eBay in the $25-$40 range, currently bidding at $31. New LSI cards with features comparable to the various Adaptec models generally cost 1/3 to 50% less. -- A gift opens the way for the giver, and ushers him into the presence of the great.Proverbs 18:16 NKJV Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net There's plenty of semicolons to go around Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Can't get VMware to configure on my system.
Hi, I've found in the past that Mandrake has shipped the kernel source and headers configured for the uni-processor kernel. Then, when you go to use vmware on an smp system you get errors installing it about mismatched headers. What you need to do is get the .config from /usr/share/doc/kernel-smpxx/ somewhere in there is the config file. Copy it to /usr/src/linux/.config and then do a "make dep clean; make " Could someone who is running an SMP kernel under mandrake 7.1 please email me a copy of your unmodified .config file from you /usr/src/linux directory. I am gonna try one more time to rebuild the dependancies and C header files to match my SMP kernel. I have still had no luck getting the VMware to configure on my system still. Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Re: Graaandes amigos!
Quero todos os senhores no camping... Fl Esse material que o M quer ler tema ver com aqueles papos de viajem astral. No momento ele se encontra em algum lugar do meu HD que no tenho certeza exatamente aonde fica. Por isso peo ao R que mande para vc e para o M, assim fica mais fcil. A Priscila vai comear a agitar a galera amanh sobre o churras, e eu j estou agitandop vcs e vou chamar mai uma p de negos. Fl: me manda o endereo do Leo Bob's, quero mandar um email praquele feijo gelado. Me mande tambm o endereo que seu irmo usa, por que parece que o bixo nem sabe ler. Abraos a todos L Custodio, Flavio (F.M.) wrote: Bom dia galera!!! L, essa idia me agrada muito, vou falar com a Paola e depois te dou um toque!!! Que material esse que t todo mundo querendo ler?!?!?! Vc's conseguiram me deixar curioso L, vc descobriu o segredo da vida?!?!? Somos originados de Marte?!?! Tambm quero ler! M, se der tempo d uma passada em Guarapar. O lugar dez!! R, t com saudade do senhor!! Um abrao a todos!! Flvio Marconi Custdio Warranty Administration - ACSG Ford Motor Company Brazil * 55-11-754-4285 6 55-11-754-9898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Marcio Favaroni Fedalto (AC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:10 AM To: 'Le' Cc: Rodrigo Vidotto; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Graaandes amigos! Fala Le Dia 9 eu nao poderei, tenho um casamento ... e dia 8 estarei em Vitoria ( acho ) ... Quem ta afim de ir no show do Iron no Rock in Rio ??? vamos ??? vai ser numa sexta feira ... -- De: SpiderMan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviada: Tera-feira, 28 de Novembro de 2000 22:13 Para: Marcio Favaroni Fedalto (AC) Cc: Rodrigo Vidotto; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: Re: Graaandes amigos! Cambada Churras no camping dia 09/12, o que vcs acham? LEmbrem-se que no dia 10 meu niver. Eu e a Pri estamos combinando esse churras, e o dia 09 a data que ela sujeriu fazer... se alguem quiser dizer algo... M, no se preocupe, vc tambm recebr o material amanha mesmo.No sp o R que tem privilgios aqui. L "Marcio Favaroni Fedalto (AC)" wrote: FAALA LE Que maravilha eu li a palavra churrasco no camping ! hehehehehe Que material esse ??? tambem quero !!! Meu, to estragado ... fui tomar umas pingas logo na Segundona ... Eai Fla, Ro, Le quando sera esse churras, me deem as coordenadas urgente . Beijos nos pops Ma, o estragado -- De: SpiderMan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviada: Segunda-feira, 27 de Novembro de 2000 20:04 Para: Rodrigo Vidotto Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Marcio Favaroni Fedalto (AC) Assunto: Re: Graaandes amigos! Fala Pessoal R, Vai demorar um pouco pra poder te mandar mais material daquela apostila por que sou eu que estou fazendo ela. Mas no se preocupe, vc ter o que quer. Caso vc saia do corpo sem querer, aparea l no bar do Raul Seixas e ns poderemos conversar hehehe... Fl, Eu e a Priscila estamos combinando de fazer um churras no camping mas ainda no sabemos a data, mas pode deixar que eu te aviso. Isso vale pra vc rtambm R. At mais graaandes amigos L Rodrigo Vidotto wrote: Fla meninas! Clau, ce pode me enviar o estante da apostila??!?!!? ela e muito louca, alias, muito legal, quem sabe logo, logo pderemos nos encontrar em algum "lugar" astral. Fal: meu irmao, toda sorte do mundo nesse processo e tomare que se vire presidente mundial da ford e descola uns empreguinhos pra nois, ne clau. imagine nos de f250 pra cima e pra baixo. hahahaha Beijolas ro, o pickapeiro From: "Custodio, Flavio (F.M.)" To: "'SpiderMan'" CC: "M" , "Rodrigo" Subject: RE: Graaandes amigos! Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 05:31:01 -0500 Valeu L!! Se vc est me perguntando sobre este final de semana agora, no poderei pois j tenho compromisso no sbado. Vamos combinar com uma certa antecedncia, assim j chamamos a galera para juntos tomarmos grandes quantidades de bebidas fermentadas HAHAHAHA Um grande abrao a todos. L como est a sua faculdade?!?! Flvio Marconi Custdio Warranty Administration - ACSG Ford Motor Company Brazil * 55-11-754-4285 6 55-11-754-9898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: SpiderMan [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 10:02 PM To: Custodio, Flavio (F.M.) Cc: M; Rodrigo Subject: Re: Graaandes amigos! Fl Te desejo toda a sorte do mundo e tenho certeza que vc vai conseguir.
Re: [expert] Networking problems
Like I posted before check the links in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d or /etc/rc.5d/ for the script "network" in /etc/rc.d/init.d. I had the same problem upgrading. I was able to get the network running again by simply running "ln -s /etc/rc.d/network/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/SXXnetwork" where 'XX' is some two digit number. Run 'tksysv' if you like/need to use a graphical tool to fix this. - Original Message - From: "Svante Signell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:48 PM Subject: [expert] Networking problems After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 networking in non-functional. Any pointers? Everything is a mess, the upgrade did not complete either. Maybe it's time to switch to another distribution, I am using debian and RH on other boxes? This graphical/framebuffer thing is maybe good for newbies, but I feel like I've lost control of the configuration :( 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] Slow system
I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel mailing list to get it fixed! -sarang On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem, after more tests I found out it wasn't. To make sure this wasn't a hardware problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I know) and then Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, without getting the same problem. After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once more but still get the same problem. The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) Processor: AMD Duron 700 MHz Display adapter: ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP Memory: 128MB original SDRAM pc100 Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that the bus-speed was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, could this have anything to do with this? I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you feel that you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, never the fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on the display adapter? -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality... Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Abraham P Pinzur.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Content-Type:
[expert] looking for suggestions on PRO email server
Hi, I am going to need to serve 40 - 50 thousand email accounts. I need the user to be able to change his own password with some sort of web based interface, hotmail-like functionality would be a nice bonus but not crucial. Low maintenance is the key. Money is not really a problem so I'm looking for a turn-key package to save myself some headaches. Has any one had experience with communigate? Any suggestions on software and/or hardware configs? fast machine, big drives, raid array, what do I need? thanks, Gavin Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Slow system
Sorry, I have to disagree. For our new users I'd like to reiterate that the three most common reasons that Linux does NOT recognize the correct amount of memory are: dirty RAM, mis-matched RAM (different manufacturers) and shared RAM. Shared RAM can be corrected with a one line script. Dirty RAM can be corrected by removing and cleaning the contacts. Mis-matched RAM can usually be corrected by buying two or more sticks from the same manufacturer or retailer at the same time. Be sure to check the sticks ID before you buy it. Linux will always recognize the correct amount of RAM. I have previously used 64EDO, 128 P-100, 160 P-100 and now I have 256 P-100 on a Tyan board with VIA chip. It was all recognized correctly at the first boot. Windows almost always recognizes the correct amount of memory just as it correctly identifies Winmodems. Unfortunately trying to compare Winblows with Linux is like trying to compare a cow and a sailboat. There is not comparison and Linux is a lot smarter too! I'd also like to make a comment about motherboards and Linux. I recently wrestled with a peculiar problem. I couldn't install Mandrake properly regardless of what I did, and I was limited basically to the command line. After nine months of fooling with the box, the BIOS, the VIA chips, etc., I found the board had a bad I/O connection and weak memory. Even though the memory was correctly recognized Linux was smart enough to know there was something wrong and would not perform properly. I haven't had a problem since I changed the board and memory. Pj Sarang Lakare wrote: I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel mailing list to get it fixed! -sarang On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem,
Re: [expert] looking for suggestions on PRO email server
Try NeoMail. You can get it from freshmeat. http://neomail.sourceforge.net/ It's only a frontend for users but it works well with postfix. On Thursday 30 November 2000 22:45, you wrote: Hi, I am going to need to serve 40 - 50 thousand email accounts. I need the user to be able to change his own password with some sort of web based interface, hotmail-like functionality would be a nice bonus but not crucial. Low maintenance is the key. Money is not really a problem so I'm looking for a turn-key package to save myself some headaches. Has any one had experience with communigate? Any suggestions on software and/or hardware configs? fast machine, big drives, raid array, what do I need? thanks, Gavin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Greg A. Bur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rivertown-computers.com Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Slow system
Someone bythe name of PJ just sent me a private email indicating that unmatched RAM may be incorrectly detected. Mine is unmatched. I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel mailing list to get it fixed! -sarang On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got quiet). After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I had to turn off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried to start X and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. It seemed after more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it locked. I now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was the problem, after more tests I found out it wasn't. To make sure this wasn't a hardware problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I know) and then Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, without getting the same problem. After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once more but still get the same problem. The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) Processor: AMD Duron 700 MHz Display adapter: ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP Memory: 128MB original SDRAM pc100 Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that the bus-speed was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, could this have anything to do with this? I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you feel that you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, never the fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on the display adapter? -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / Live your life by your dreams, not by the limits of reality...
Re: [expert] Slow system
I have one stick of atlas precision 128MB ram in this computer and some installations of linux do recognize more than 64MB of it and some do not. Its not shared, nor dirty, nor mismatched Hmm I have to conclude that the following may be some good info but definitely does not measure up to the claim of the three most common reasons... Tom Berkley Pj wrote: Sorry, I have to disagree. For our new users I'd like to reiterate that the three most common reasons that Linux does NOT recognize the correct amount of memory are: dirty RAM, mis-matched RAM (different manufacturers) and shared RAM. Shared RAM can be corrected with a one line script. Dirty RAM can be corrected by removing and cleaning the contacts. Mis-matched RAM can usually be corrected by buying two or more sticks from the same manufacturer or retailer at the same time. Be sure to check the sticks ID before you buy it. Linux will always recognize the correct amount of RAM. I have previously used 64EDO, 128 P-100, 160 P-100 and now I have 256 P-100 on a Tyan board with VIA chip. It was all recognized correctly at the first boot. Windows almost always recognizes the correct amount of memory just as it correctly identifies Winmodems. Unfortunately trying to compare Winblows with Linux is like trying to compare a cow and a sailboat. There is not comparison and Linux is a lot smarter too! I'd also like to make a comment about motherboards and Linux. I recently wrestled with a peculiar problem. I couldn't install Mandrake properly regardless of what I did, and I was limited basically to the command line. After nine months of fooling with the box, the BIOS, the VIA chips, etc., I found the board had a bad I/O connection and weak memory. Even though the memory was correctly recognized Linux was smart enough to know there was something wrong and would not perform properly. I haven't had a problem since I changed the board and memory. Pj Sarang Lakare wrote: I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel mailing list to get it fixed! -sarang On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Larry Tobos Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in the kernel Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but now, when the disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the disk spins down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I can figure is that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA chipset. I haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past the last mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have to change the mainboard. Previous mail: I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends computer. Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system being terribly slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem (with might be related?) afterwards. I'll try to get this as specific as I possibly can. Please read on. The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than just bash. I got two suggestions on how to deal with this; the first being to add "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the kernel seemed to only see 64M. The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in 16bit and with dma turned off. So I fixed both of these problems and everything seemed to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started X yet) the system freezed. I could not do anything at all and the harddisk-light light constantly
Re: [expert] Slow system
Tom, Just for the sake of a good discussion, I said "common reasons." There are of course exceptions. The board and RAM I just replaced is a good example. The RAM was recognized in both Windows and Linux, yet 90MB of the 160MB were bad. It was sporadic. When it worked it was great but when it didn't it was a nightmare to diagnose. Pj Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] khotkeys in Mandrake 7.2?
Perhaps my original message was misleading. I know that khotkeys is installed and I know how to bind hotkeys to the preset window manager functions. I want to know how do you, for example, make control-shift-n launch netscape. Someone on the KDE list replied that I used the kmenueditor but I don't how to access this in Mandrake 7.2 (I just get menudrake instead). Tom Berkley wrote: type this locate hotkey you will get some interesting stuff one of which is /usr/bin/khotkeys which belongs to the package ... use the command rpm -qf /usr/bin/khotkeys and you will get: kdebase-2.0-7mdk Tom Berkley PS Hope these clues inspire your curiosity to look in a few new places. PPS There is no sarcasm here at least not coming from my end, I was just going back to when I did not know any of this stuff either. Bom Viagem. PBone wrote: Does anyone know how to get keyboard shortcuts to launch programes in KDE2.0 in Mandrake 7.2. Apparently a process "khotkeys" is running but while in KDE 1.2 there was a module in kcontrol to control it there is no such module in KDE2. On the KDE Users list it was mentioned that you can configure them via kmenu editor but in Mandrake this appears tohave been replaced by menudrake. Someone else mentioned a khotkeysrc but this doesn't even exist on my computer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. message.footer Content-Type: text/plain Content-Encoding: 8bit -- Dr Peter Nguyen email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
