[expert] Slocate out of control
Hi, all. I'm having a problem, and I think it's with slocate. Every so often, my hard drive will go nuts and just start grinding uncontrollably, taking up all my system resources and forcing a hard shutdown (with the attendant problem of fsck having to fix everything on boot-up). Is there some way to get slocate to behave itself so it doesn't lock up my system? TIA.
[expert] Starting up with the bash shell
How do I make it so that all of the users on my box start up with the bash shell? What happened to the user configuration that was part of the Control Center? -- STephen
[expert] VMware raw disk -- Full Instructions
Dear friends: WARNING: TRY ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! The subject of using raw disks, that is, real disks, in VMware has been raised on our list a number of times, including by myself. The detailed information is readily available in detail from VMware's Help menu. I clicked on Help in VMware. This brought me to VMware's instructions, which include FULL AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS on how to configure a virtual machine for a raw disk. Here are the two sites. I already mentioned the second site last time, but the first site is the crucial one. I just discovered it. I am sure that you'll have no problem figuring everything out from the information provided. Even I understood most of it quite well. It's the technical implementation that I am afraid of. I don't want to make a stupid mistkae that will trash my newly installed Win98. 1) Using Raw Disks With VMware Workstation for Linux: http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/rawdisk_linux.html 2) Configuring Dual/Multiboot Systems to Run with VMware Workstation for Linux: http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/rawdevices_linux.html Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SYS MAIL
On Mon, 28 May 2001 09:43, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: On Mon, 28 May 2001, Chris Spackman wrote: On my machine, it is postfix. Make sure it is running. The only change i had to make was to get roots mail delivered to my normal account. That was an option in one of the postfix config file (in /etc/postfix/ iirc). It says something like: # who gets roots mail # root = marc uncomment, change the name and you are set. can also put in in /etc/postfix/aliases. Or /etc/aliases (they are symlinked) for postfix don't forget to run postailias /etc/postfix/aliases to that the changes make it into the hash tables postfix uses Andrew
Re: [expert] Slocate out of control
On Mon, 28 May 2001 01:32:42 -0400 Brian Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having a problem, and I think it's with slocate. Every so often, my hard drive will go nuts and just start grinding uncontrollably, taking up all my system resources and forcing a hard shutdown (with the attendant problem of fsck having to fix everything on boot-up). Is there some way to get slocate to behave itself so it doesn't lock up my system? TIA. Are you sure it's related to slocate? It sounds more like some program which has a memory leak. The program fills then all the memory (including swap), untill the system becomes unusual. You might want to run top in the background, and check which program uses then all the cpu and memory, and if necessary, kill it. Netscape 4 is famous for this. But I've seen this with more apps. -- Marcel Pol [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...my cow ate the CDs.
Re: [expert] SYS MAIL
On Mon, 28 May 2001, Andrew George wrote: can also put in in /etc/postfix/aliases. Or /etc/aliases (they are symlinked) for postfix don't forget to run postailias /etc/postfix/aliases to that the changes make it into the hash tables postfix uses or, for the sendmail expatriates: newaliases :)
[expert] Fonts in LM8.0
Hi. I have problems with fonts in LM 8.0. It looks horrible. You can see the example I put at http://www.ua.es/personal/oscar/fuentes/ I'm following discussion about this problem at www.mandrakeforum.com and www.mandrakeuser.org This is my solution, but It's not complete, It's only first aids: - Change the order of fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config, putting in first place 100dpi fonts. - Select lucidatypewriter in netscape, konqueror and kpanel. - Put the option -dpi 100 in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers It solves the problem, but only in part and sometimes. ? I presume the problem is in anti-aliasing (but It is OFF in KDE). I have an ATI Xpert XL. Excuse my english. Salu2, Oscar.
[expert] mailforwarding on LM 7.2
Hallo, I'm using LM 7.2 with sendmail-8.11.0-3mdk and procmail-3.14-3mdk. Now I just want some mails being forwarded from one user to an other. I created a .procmailrc file but the mails won't be forwarded. I get the following errors in the logs: procmail: Couldn't determine implicit lockfile from /usr/sbin/sendmail procmail: Error while writing to /usr/sbin/sendmail Then in the sendmail logs I have these errors: May 28 13:25:55 localhost sendmail[1186]: f4SBPtu01186: SYSERR(am): Can't create transcript file ./xff4SBPtu01186: Permission denied May 28 13:25:57 localhost sendmail[1186]: f4SBPtu01186: SYSERR(am): Cannot create ./dff4SBPtu01186: Permission denied May 28 13:25:57 localhost sendmail[1186]: f4SBPtu01186: SYSERR(am): queueup: cannot create queue temp file ./tff4SBPtu01186, uid=501: Permission denied I also have problems when trying to send mails with kmail using /usr/sbin/sendmail. It simply does not work. Of course sending mail to port 25 will work. I assume that procmail uses /usr/sbin/sendmail to forward mail an does not connect to port 25. Has anyone a solution for me? I need mailforwarding to work. PLZ help. TIA Andreas
Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2
Hi, I've been able to run the memory test so far (Memtest86 - I downloaded it from the Net, since I couldn't see it in my images directory); just one cycle of all the tests - no errors. I'll probably leave it running overnight sometime to see how that goes. As for the changing the drive - I think I'll just try disconnecting it altogether at some point to check. As for the GIMP, I've done a little more investigation. The same (repeatable) problem occurs with both the LM8.0 rpms, and the LM7.2 gimp and libgimp rpms, when running on LM8 under either KDE OR Gnome. The LM7.2 GIMP runs fine on the same machine on LM7.2! The repeatable problem I have experienced is (1) Startup GIMP, (2) Select brush tool - you are then unable to select any other tool or do anything else in GIMP. Had to kill it with a -9 and received a message similar to libGIMP warning: wire_read unexpected EOF. Thanks, Darrell From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darrell Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2 Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:47:08 -0700 On Thursday 24 May 2001 15:48, you wrote: Hi, I don't believe I do have Reiserfs partitions! I've attached the output from your script, as requested. I do have one piece of non-out-of-the-box software that I can think of... the full version of OSS. Thanks for your help! Darrell From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darrell Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:34:14 -0700 On Thursday 24 May 2001 06:59, Darrell Scott wrote: I recently installed LM8.0 on some free harddrive space, so I can make a decision as to whether I want to replace my reliable 7.2 partition. For the most part, I've been impressed (with KDE enhancements in particular). However, when I installed and tried out The Gimp (from the supplied rpm), I found it kept freezing on me! It would start fine, but when I selected another tool from the toolpad thingy, it didn't seem to want to respond any more. Sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. The rest of the desktop remains responsive. Has anyone else witnessed this behaviour, and/or know of a remedy to get The Gimp working again? I was running The Gimp on KDE (this is all out-of-the-box-rpm setup). Incidently, I've also experienced the shutdown problem people have been talking about. Even using kernel magic sysrq keys to sync and unmount my partitions doesn't work (despite messages displayed on the terminal to the contrary!). Is Mandrake going to release an updated kernel to resolve this soon (I'm assuming it's a kernel prob). Many Thanks, Darrell Let me guess, you have reiserfs partitions. Civileme If not, I want to know a LOT more about your hardware and installed configuration-- http://perso,mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/snapshot.sh run it send me the files ~/*snap Civileme If you can do it--two items In images there is a binary memory test program--please run it. Modify /etc/fstab and move the Maxtor to /dev/hdd. THere have been instances where the new drivers see echo bounces on signal gating lines when disks with radically different timing requirrements share the same channel--this is a result of tightened requirements to serve ATA/100 and defensive programming to bypass the VIA chipset bug. (Yes, that is a widespread hardware bug.) Civileme _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [expert] cdrom/cdr problems
I've seen something similar to this before. It happened when I didn't use the -J option on mkisofs. Usually when I want to burn a cd of a directory, I just do: mkisofs -r -J /path/to/where/data/is | cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=4 - -- Stephen On Sunday 27 May 2001 10:24 am, rob wrote: More info: The disks burned with LM8 are unable to read in windows also, but i am able to burn and read disks in windows, as well as read the disks burned in windows in LM. Sounds like a problem burning the disks in LM, as opposed to a hardware problem. The burning software (gcombust, eroaster) gives error messages. On 26 May 2001 12:09:00 -0500, rob wrote: I am having a problem accessing cdrs that i have burned in LM8. I have used gcombust which worked fine in 7.2. A disk burned with with gcombust on 7.2 works fine. Burning with gcombust seems to be working fine with the burbs completeing without error messgaes. The problem happens when I attempt to access the burned cd. the message I get when attempting to access the disk in konqueror is to access file:mnt/cdrom/. You do not have access rights Same message when I attempt to access it as root. The disk was burned as root. I would to know what the file permissions should be on /dev/cdrom , /dev/cdrom2/ (the cr burner in scsi em). Any other suggestions would be great thank rob
Re: [expert] Anyone with M8.0 playing heretic2
On Sun May 27, 2001 at 12:21:08PM -0600, Praedor Tempus wrote: This is driving me mad! (OK, not really, it is just a frickin' game) I have heretic2 from Loki. I also have M8.0 installed on my Athlon 700 system. Under 7.2, same system, I could play heretic2 without problems - WITH soundfx. Since installing 8.0, I can play heretic2 but it is without soundfx. I cannot get soundfx to work, period. Artsd wont release the sound device to the game and trying to run the game without artsd running causes it to crash. I've got Heretic2 and HoMM3 here and working, sound and everything. The only difference I can see is that I'm running them under GNOME and not KDE... have you tried to run them under a different WM to see if they work that way? This suggests to me that something in 8.0 has altered with regard to sound and sound devices such that it is not really compatible with heretic2, myth2, or terminus (those are the only linux games I presently have so are all I can comment on). I don't think so. I installed my loki games in 7.2 and carried the same install (/usr/local partition) to my 8.0 install (same machine) and without tweaking a thing, they work. All I did was re-create the icons under Nautilus. Is there anyone in the list running Mandrake 8.0, preferably on an Athlon, who actually has any one of these games AND has soundfx working? I honestly don't know what to say. Maybe I'll try firing up KDE and see if they run under KDE as well or if I get the same problem. What version of kdelibs/arts/libarts are you running? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Serviceswww.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux kernel 2.4.3-20mdk uptime: 13 days 20 hours 40 minutes. PGP signature
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and executables that don't.
Will Woods wrote: Hi, I have just done a fresh install of Mandrake 8.0 after having used 7.2 with no problems for some time. I am trying to install two different I have this problem with perl and Oracle 8i... When I upgraded my glibc2.2, all gone fine... Good luck -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. -- Don Marquis
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
To all who offered suggestions and help I say Thank You very much. It appears that disabling Aurora has solved my boot problem. Thank you again. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ABD0
[expert] Linux Raid with Windows 2000
I am running three hard drives, with linux raid level 0 being used for a three partition raid. The one hard drive has a partition of 6gig for a windows install, and another partition that is part of the raid. What i want to know is it a bad idea to try to install windows 2000 into the 6gig partition setup in FAT32? Could windows mess up the raid partition? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Intel web cams
Hello Has anyone been able to get an intel web cam to work? Thanks, Mike
Re: [expert] Slocate out of control
Although I can't give instant directions on how to solve the problem, I assumed that the slocate database was being updated -- I guess I assumed that every so often was like once a day. (And Mandrake (7.2) includes a script in run-parts to update the slocate database once a day. I plan to find the script and move it to the weekly or even monthly run-parts directory, or even better (when I learn more) set it to only update the database for directories where I am likely to create new files regularly (like my home directory). Brian -- what is once in a while? Thanks, Randy Kramer Marcel Pol wrote: On Mon, 28 May 2001 01:32:42 -0400 Brian Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having a problem, and I think it's with slocate. Every so often, my hard drive will go nuts and just start grinding uncontrollably, taking up all my system resources and forcing a hard shutdown (with the attendant problem of fsck having to fix everything on boot-up). Is there some way to get slocate to behave itself so it doesn't lock up my system? TIA. Are you sure it's related to slocate? It sounds more like some program which has a memory leak. The program fills then all the memory (including swap), untill the system becomes unusual. You might want to run top in the background, and check which program uses then all the cpu and memory, and if necessary, kill it. Netscape 4 is famous for this. But I've seen this with more apps.
Re: [expert] Intel web cams
On Monday 28 May 2001 12:57 pm, you wrote: I've had a Create and Share for a couple of monts (USB) that I still haven't gotten to work. I don't know if it's possible... Hello Has anyone been able to get an intel web cam to work? Thanks, Mike
[expert] Kernel 2.4.3-20mdk
I used to be able to modify and compile a working kernel. Using L-M 8.0 and previous versions BEFORE with an AMD K6-2 500 with 192 Megs od PC100 Memory - modify the kernel to use this CPU and change a few settings. Compile and install. No problems. BEFORE with an AMD Duron 750 upgrade, with mother board and 256 Megs of PC133 memory. (I won a Lotto prize. ;-) and supplied Kernel-2.4.3-20mdk. No problems. AFTER.I modify Kernel-2.4.3-20mdk, using the .config that is in /usr/src/linux, and ONLY change the i586 CPU to reflect the new i686 CPU. Make Menuconfig, save changes, make dep, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install. Cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /root/vmlinuz-2.4.3-20.mdk.i686. Rm vmlinuz. Make vmlinuz to the new kernel. Move new System.map to /boot and rename to System.map-2.4.3-20mdk.i686. Rm System.map link and make a new link to point to the new map. Lilo -v as root. Reboot. Supermount is gone. the drives that fstab pointed to with supermount, setup when I first installed L-M 8.0, can not be seen. My network card is 'lost' and several other things don't work. So tell me what I am doing incorectly? Or has something changed that I am not aware of for this Kenrel-2.4.3? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ABD0
Re: [expert] Slocate out of control
On Monday 28 May 2001 12:45 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: Although I can't give instant directions on how to solve the problem, I assumed that the slocate database was being updated -- I guess I assumed that every so often was like once a day. (And Mandrake (7.2) includes a script in run-parts to update the slocate database once a day. I plan to find the script and move it to the weekly or even monthly run-parts directory, or even better (when I learn more) set it to only update the database for directories where I am likely to create new files regularly (like my home directory). Brian -- what is once in a while? Thanks, Randy Kramer Randy, Once in awhile usually amounts to every few days. (I have my computer on all the time.) I'd like to be able to set it to run at *just* certain times (say, 4 am) so that it doesnt' get in my way, but still gets done.
[expert] Re: In But Not Out Of Loop
OK... several problems:
0. not sure if your sources are this way too; but both files I got contained
^Ms as though the files originated in a DOS system. I've attached my winfix
script to fix files that come from DOS-based systems. BTW, this is one of those
very subtle reasons why you can get bash: ./scriptname: No such file or
directory when everything else seems OK...
1. egrep is looking for K (-i) which does not exist in the data file; hence
the while loop will never execute, resulting in the div_by_0 even when the
script is fixed. I replaced 'egrep -ie K' with 'cat' to continue testing.
2. your loop is actually running in a subshell since it is part of a pipeline;
hence, variables are not available to the current script. Another reason I
dislike sh and its variants (incl Perl).
3. you are mixing numeric and textual numbers in a language which is poorly
type-checked; note the use of -lt vs .
Here is your script with extraneous syntax (which is unnecessary in this
example) and external calls for which thereis a builtin, removed and variable
names which make it clearer; note that it also runs MUCH faster.
#!/bin/sh
TOTAL=0
COUNTED=0
# get the results into our script
# FOR DEBUGGING: #egrep -ie K
# bring the results into our script
SIZES=`cat 8.0.listing | gawk -F ' ' '{ print $5 }'`
for SIZE in $SIZES
do
[ ${#SIZE} -lt 7 ] {
let TOTAL+=$SIZE
let COUNTED+=1
}
done
echo Total $TOTAL in $COUNTED records
# Check for div_by_0
[ $COUNTED ] {
let AVG=$TOTAL/$COUNTED
echo Average counted size is $AVG
}
HTH,
Pierre
SoloCDM wrote:
Two files are attached. k-s.sample is the program and 8.0.listing is
the data file. The following is the outcome:
Total 0
./k-s.sample: 0/0 : division by 0 (error token is )
If I don't initialize the variables, nothing is the outcome. The
echo-s prove the data is calculating.
Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing
list/newsgroup address and my email address in To:.
*
Signed,
SoloCDM
Name: k-s.sample
k-s.sampleType: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
Encoding: BASE64
Name: 8.0.listing
8.0.listingType: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
Encoding: BASE64
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#!/bin/sh
mv $1 $1.orig
tr -d \r $1.orig $1
Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2
Little more information? What window manager, what user are you running it as, do you have any plugins installed? I run pure enlightenment, with only the perl plugins that come with LM8.0. I also run under a standard user as opposed root... no problems. Al --- Darrell Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been able to run the memory test so far (Memtest86 - I downloaded it from the Net, since I couldn't see it in my images directory); just one cycle of all the tests - no errors. I'll probably leave it running overnight sometime to see how that goes. As for the changing the drive - I think I'll just try disconnecting it altogether at some point to check. As for the GIMP, I've done a little more investigation. The same (repeatable) problem occurs with both the LM8.0 rpms, and the LM7.2 gimp and libgimp rpms, when running on LM8 under either KDE OR Gnome. The LM7.2 GIMP runs fine on the same machine on LM7.2! The repeatable problem I have experienced is (1) Startup GIMP, (2) Select brush tool - you are then unable to select any other tool or do anything else in GIMP. Had to kill it with a -9 and received a message similar to libGIMP warning: wire_read unexpected EOF. Thanks, Darrell From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darrell Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2 Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:47:08 -0700 On Thursday 24 May 2001 15:48, you wrote: Hi, I don't believe I do have Reiserfs partitions! I've attached the output from your script, as requested. I do have one piece of non-out-of-the-box software that I can think of... the full version of OSS. Thanks for your help! Darrell From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darrell Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:34:14 -0700 On Thursday 24 May 2001 06:59, Darrell Scott wrote: I recently installed LM8.0 on some free harddrive space, so I can make a decision as to whether I want to replace my reliable 7.2 partition. For the most part, I've been impressed (with KDE enhancements in particular). However, when I installed and tried out The Gimp (from the supplied rpm), I found it kept freezing on me! It would start fine, but when I selected another tool from the toolpad thingy, it didn't seem to want to respond any more. Sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. The rest of the desktop remains responsive. Has anyone else witnessed this behaviour, and/or know of a remedy to get The Gimp working again? I was running The Gimp on KDE (this is all out-of-the-box-rpm setup). Incidently, I've also experienced the shutdown problem people have been talking about. Even using kernel magic sysrq keys to sync and unmount my partitions doesn't work (despite messages displayed on the terminal to the contrary!). Is Mandrake going to release an updated kernel to resolve this soon (I'm assuming it's a kernel prob). Many Thanks, Darrell Let me guess, you have reiserfs partitions. Civileme If not, I want to know a LOT more about your hardware and installed configuration-- http://perso,mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/snapshot.sh run it send me the files ~/*snap Civileme If you can do it--two items In images there is a binary memory test program--please run it. Modify /etc/fstab and move the Maxtor to /dev/hdd. THere have been instances where the new drivers see echo bounces on signal gating lines when disks with radically different timing requirrements share the same channel--this is a result of tightened requirements to serve ATA/100 and defensive programming to bypass the VIA chipset bug. (Yes, that is a widespread hardware bug.) Civileme _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Slocate out of control
On my machine (LM 7.2), slocate is executed via a script called /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron - I like having it run every day, because I am always looking for some file or another, deleting files, adding files, etc. I get frustrated when a file I *know* is there doesn't show up when I do a locate search, or conversely when a file I *know* I deleted does show up in a search. Again, this is just the way my machine is set up, but since I leave my machine on most of the time all of the cron.daily scripts are run just after midnight. I don't believe that any specific time is defined, but the new day starts at midnight, eh? If my machine is off overnight, then the daily scripts run when I boot up. Brian Hartman wrote: On Monday 28 May 2001 12:45 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: Although I can't give instant directions on how to solve the problem, I assumed that the slocate database was being updated -- I guess I assumed that every so often was like once a day. (And Mandrake (7.2) includes a script in run-parts to update the slocate database once a day. I plan to find the script and move it to the weekly or even monthly run-parts directory, or even better (when I learn more) set it to only update the database for directories where I am likely to create new files regularly (like my home directory). Brian -- what is once in a while? Thanks, Randy Kramer Randy, Once in awhile usually amounts to every few days. (I have my computer on all the time.) I'd like to be able to set it to run at *just* certain times (say, 4 am) so that it doesnt' get in my way, but still gets done. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[expert] Networking Help dchp/dns
I just installed Mandrake 8.0 on machine that will act as a server for an
internal network (using the 192.168 range of addresses). I have dhcp working
so when my clients boot up they get an ip assigned by the server. I would
like to set up dns internally so as each client can be located by it's name
instead of ip adress. I would also like for all requests for the internet to
be forwarded out to my isp's dns servers. The network topology is a cable
modem to a linksys 4 port router and the server and 3 clients to the this
router/hub.
I think I am close, but don't have it nailed, so I am looking for thoughts
and/or help. I have been going through the how-to's and some web articles on
setting up dns and I think I am confusing myself more than I am helping
myself.
my dhcpd.conf is as follows:
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers (ip address of router);
option domain-name-servers (lip of ocal server), (ip of isp dns server)
option domain-name (mydomain.com)
range (starting ip) (ending ip)
}
This part apears to be working fine, I think if I get dns working right I
should be able to take out the isp's dns and have my local dns forward to
them. For DNS I setup /etc/named.conf and have forwarders set to the isp dns.
I also have a zone . pointing to file /var/named.dbcache retrieved using:
dig @e.root-servers.net ns/var/named/db.cache
I also setup a name to ip zone file that has my server and domain in it.
IN NS server.mydomain.com.
master IN A IP address
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
server IN A ip address
There is also an ip to name zone file
IN NS server.mydomain.com
1 IN PTR server.mydomain.com
Then finally the local host zone file.
on the server my resolv.conf has
search mydomain.com
nameserver server ip
my nsswitch.conf host entry is files nisplus nis dns.
I am runing nis so if I read correctly this is the proper order. If anyone
can get pointed in the right direction with this I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jerry S.
Re: [expert] Intel web cams
Last time I checked, there was NO USB driver for the Intel Create and Share (see http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/). Intel won't release specs, which makes life difficult. Shame, because it's a great little webcam. Darrell From: Brian Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Intel web cams Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:17:30 -0400 On Monday 28 May 2001 12:57 pm, you wrote: I've had a Create and Share for a couple of monts (USB) that I still haven't gotten to work. I don't know if it's possible... Hello Has anyone been able to get an intel web cam to work? Thanks, Mike _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Access permissions for devices
I found some strange things after I installed 8.0 If I check permissions for audio, they are like this: lrwxrwxrwx1 root audio 6 May 22 19:16 /dev/audio - audio0 crw---1 lsarang audio 14, 4 Apr 14 07:06 /dev/audio0 Is this really correct? From how I understand things, this means that only lsarang (i.e. me) will be able to access audio.. any other user (via NIS) will not be able to access audio. incidently, lsarang is the only user I created.. but all others can login via NIS. Shouldn't the above be: lrwxrwxrwx1 root audio 6 May 22 19:16 /dev/audio - audio0 crw-rw1 root audio 14, 4 Apr 14 07:06 /dev/audio0 with all users in the group audio? Or better yet, all users in group users and users being part of audio. The default way of group management of LM8.0 is that it if I create a user lsarang, then another group lsarang will be created and the lsarang user belongs to lsarang group. This shouldn't happen IMHO. Instead any user created should be of the group users and users should be included in audio, floppy, cdrom etc so that any new user gets access to those things. Waitinf for some clarification on this! sarang
Re: [expert] Using MUR
Wich version of rpm do you have? [root@dors archives]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/librpm.so.0 rpm-4.0-26mdk On Wed, 23 May 2001 12:01:04 -0700, Julia A. Case said: When I try to run drakupdatesetup I get the following error drakupdatesetup: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/librpm.so.0: undefined symbol: ufdio I've tried reloading the rpm packages to no avial... Anyone have any ideas? Julia -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [Ships are safe inside the harbor, ] [Programmer at large] [ but is that what ships are really for.] [ Admining Linux ] [ To thine own self be true. ] [ Windows/WindowsNT ] [ Fair is where you take your cows to be judged. ] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[expert] bug in arts-2.1.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
i've updated the artsd shipping with lm 8.0 with the security update rpms (arts, libarts). now, when i use xmms with the arts output plugin and play a wav with artsplay (from within licq), artsd will crash. when started from a terminal its outpud reads: [artsd] ** Warning ** MCOP ObjectManager: can't find implementation for Arts::Synth_PLAY_WAV. after downgrading to arts-2.1.1-7mdk and libarts2-2.1.1-7mdk everything works fine again. bye, Tobias
Re: [expert] What happened?
It was replaced by xinetd, (/etc/xinetd.conf) Al --- Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Happened to the /etc/inetd.conf file in LM8.0? I went to edit it to install Qpopper after setting up LM8.0 for the first time and no can find. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[expert] software manager upgrading?
I finally gave up on cooker (for now). Did a clean install of 8.0 and it seems to work pretty well. I was going through uninstalling packages I don't use (using Software Manager), and I noticed something kind of odd. I had done an upgrade of a dozen or so packages that were newer than what was installed on my system. So now, I'm scrolling through a list of installed packages, and I notice that, for example, samba now has a 2.0.7 *and* a 2.0.9 showing up. Is this deliberate?
[expert] update on fullscreen problems
here's what i've tried so far (unsuccessfully): 1. cooker/xfs/4.0.3 blank screen with some garbage at top. 2. cooker/xfs/3.3.6 same. 3. red hat 7.1/xfs (i know) Server freezes or crashes. 4. mandrake 8.0/4.0.3 Server freezes or crashes. I'm downloading the #2 cdrom from 8.0, but when that's done I'm going to try an experiment (use a different WM than KDE while I try going into fullscreen in vmware). Don't remember where I saw that, but there was a least one tip I received to that effect.
[expert] INND Starting Error
Greetings all: I am getting the following error when I try to start INND by typing service innd start Starting INND system: sh: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: Permission denied My system is running Linux Mandrake 8.0 with all updates applied up to today. I originally un-installed INN and installed Leafnode. Now I want to switch back so I un-installed leafnode and installed the INND rpm via urpmi. I have tried un-installing it again, deleting any directories it said it was unable to and then installing again but that didn't seem to help. The file it mentions - /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions has the following permissions - -rwxr-xr-x 1 rootroot11680 Apr 17 11:20 I think that is correct but let me know if I am wrong. It would seem to be a permissions issue but I don't know where. I would have thought that removing leafnode, deleting the associated directories that rpm did not, and then installing a fresh INND using urpmi would work but it is missing something. Scott Sprunger
[expert] Win2000 LM 8 dual boot
What's the best way to set up a dual boot system between Win2000 Pro LM 8? I've used Boot Magic with LILO on the Linux partition and just LILO before. I'm worried about interference with the Win2000/NT bootloader? What are my options? Thanks. Jason
Re: [expert] Win2000 LM 8 dual boot
On Monday 28 May 2001 09:06 pm, kiktajm wrote: Jason, I have Win2K and LM8 on my system. It's really easy, as long as you install Windows first, *then* Mandrake. Mandrake will detect your Windows partition and create an entry for it in Lilo. Lilo preempts the Windows bootloader, so you can choose to go into either Linux or Windows. What's the best way to set up a dual boot system between Win2000 Pro LM 8? I've used Boot Magic with LILO on the Linux partition and just LILO before. I'm worried about interference with the Win2000/NT bootloader? What are my options? Thanks. Jason Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[expert] Accenting in aterm with Mandrake 8.0
Hi. Has anybody been able to get spanish, french, portuguese or whatever language accents in aterm with MDK 8.0? I am trying to configure portuguese accenting in it but haven't succeeded. Whereas accenting works perfectly in konsole and xterm, there've been no way to do the same with either aterm or rxvt. I am using us-international keyboard layout with deadkeys. I would appreciate directions on which configuration files to change to make it work. Thank you in advance. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2 - SOLVED
fyi, I've managed to isolate and fix my GIMP problem! When The GIMP starts for the first time (after the initial setup dialogs), a number of windows appear: Layers, Toolbox, etc. I simply closed all of them bar the toolbox, created a new image, and then experienced my problem. If I leave the Tool Options dialog open then select each tool in the toolbox in turn, then close the Tool Options dialog, I no longer experience the problem. I never have to go through this ritual again. Seems like a GIMP bug to me. As for my other problem of not being able to shutdown properly, I've noticed that there is a post on mandrakeforum.org with a link to download a new halt file. Seems that supermount is creating problems. Fingers crossed it'll fix it for me too. Thanks, Darrell ...I've done a little more investigation. The same (repeatable) problem occurs with both the LM8.0 rpms, and the LM7.2 gimp and libgimp rpms, when running on LM8 under either KDE OR Gnome. The LM7.2 GIMP runs fine on the same machine on LM7.2! The repeatable problem I have experienced is (1) Startup GIMP, (2) Select brush tool - you are then unable to select any other tool or do anything else in GIMP. Had to kill it with a -9 and received a message similar to libGIMP warning: wire_read unexpected EOF. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] full-screen problems with vmware - followup
well, i'm stumped. tried a non-kde WM (icewm). no difference (e.g. the same blank console window with colored crap along the top). i'd love to know why this worked in 7.2 - if it's just an older (but more stable?) X server, i'd cheerfully downgrade :(
Re: [expert] XScreensaver fails every time!
xscreensaver is different from KDE's screensaver! FOR KDE'S SCREENSAVER = Make sure you're NOT running xscreensaver! A quick ps -A | grep xscreensaver can verify that. Set the screensaver on via the KDE control center (LookNFeel-Screensaver). FOR XSCREENSAVER You need to start xscreensaver everytime you log in. I have xscreensaver in started by a script in my Autostart folder in KDE. There's a number of other methods. btw, xscreensaver-demo doesn't need to run as root user. Is the native KDE screensaver turned off (via the control center (LookNFeel-Screensaver))? Do this first!! If you find you've lost your xscreensaver configuration during the same session you started it in, you may be experiencing the same problem I had last month or so. I had a 3-liner home grown patch as a temp fix for the problem. I'm sure I could rustle it up again if need be. Good Luck, Darrell Dear friends: My KDE 2.1.1 screensave doesn't work. I have been told to run xscreensaver-demo as root: #xscreensaver-demo I have done this and configured my screensaver. But the configuration doesn't stick. It isn't permanent. Instead, I get a dark screen every time the screensaver is supposed to come on. I never had this problem before. Is there any solution to this? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] KDEscreensaver fails!
Dear friends: Looks like I was wrong. KDE's screensaver does work but only when set to 3 or so minutes. I UNinstalled xscreensaver (rpm -e xscreensaver) and configured KDE's screensaver (Control Panel, Look Feel). I set it for 3 minutes to test it. The screensaver came up perfectly after three minutes. I then set it for 15 minutes. Well, I came back after dinner and discovered a blank, dark screen instead of the expected KDE screensaver. What's wrong, please, and how can I correct this? Thank you so kindly. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDEscreensaver fails!
Dear Gary: Thanks so much for telling me (and us) about the KDE Control Center, PowerControl, Energy feature and its effect on KDE's screensaver. I unchecked the Energy display feature and hope that this time KDE's screensaver works the way it should and every time. Thanks so much again. Benjamin Looks like I was wrong. KDE's screensaver does work but only when set to 3 or so minutes. I UNinstalled xscreensaver (rpm -e xscreensaver) and configured KDE's screensaver (Control Panel, Look Feel). I set it for 3 minutes to test it. The screensaver came up perfectly after three minutes. I then set it for 15 minutes. Well, I came back after dinner and discovered a blank, dark screen instead of the expected KDE screensaver. -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] [expert] any bug in RPMDRAKE...
Dear hoyem, somehow I am unable to get software manager working for me. I did as you have said. I have deleted the CD1 and CD2 from the source list, which were there earlier ... how to get them back...I tried all the possible ways... If I select http, and click update list ...it never shows up anything... at this step I am stuck.. can you suggest me any thing more.. I dont know , some problem...at my end I believe... do suggest me any information if its there... thankyou for the help.. prasad. On Mon, 21 May 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: Launch the Software Manager, click on Define Sources and New. For type of source, select http and click the update list of mirrors and wait while the list is being added to the list of sources, takes awhile. Once it is updated, under the Installable tab toggle the All to Updates Only. Click the Flat List to better see the list of available updates. --- B.V.L.S.Prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to add a new HTTP source to RPMDRAKE for live updating my packages.but once I click okaythe site is lost and only CD1 and CD2 sources are back again...the 3rd source(i.e http site) is not sought for updating.. why is this so ?? or how to go about can any one give a small example: I have read the howto and help ... but its not working... is this a bug with rpmdrake or my flaw..somewhere ... can any body help...int his regard... thanks in advance... bye prasad. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. * AIM OF SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE : NATURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY * _ __ ___ ___ ___ |Thought| | Fourier| | | |Different| | Fourier | |Structure| | waves |--|Analysis|--|NATURE|--|Forms of |--|Synthesis|--| of| | | || | | |Knowledge| | | | NATURE | |___| || |__| |_| |_| |_| * [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY ...Shiva * __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
