Re: [expert] IPTABLES NAT script doesn't work in 9.0
Wooky, just a hunch here. But about 2 years ago we had this problem with a FreeBSD box. pinging sites worked fine but when we tried to ftp or http we got broken and hung sites. Turns out that the proxy set up on it set the Fragmentation config to <1500 don't fragment >1500 fragment... now if you notice there is nothing specified for 1500 So when we reset our boxes to 1471 (packet + 8bytes of ICMP header + 20 bytes packet data) pings went through... at 1472 they got popped into the land of confusion. Try this ping -s 1472 xxx.com and see what happens... play around a bit with this to find the range. But it sounds like to me it's blocking and or dropping large packets but letting small ones like a normal ping (56 + 8 or 64byte) packets through just fine. Normally ping -s 1472 xxx.com works but ping -s 1473 xxx.com gets dropped... BUT if the forget the equal on 1500 then 1471 is as large as you can go on the ping. The other chance is that it's blocking anything over 1500 MTU and as a result if your box is set with MTU 1500 and there is any overhead added it could well slow you down. or block you all together. (Do not fragment might do this) Reseting MTU size is something I'd have to look up... like I said it's been two years... James On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 15:12, Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: > Todd Lyons wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:59:19PM -0200 : > > > >>yep it is. SainTiss told me that in the newbie list (thanks!). As I > >>said, I can ping/resolve hosts fromthe client, but it does not transfer > >>(large chunks of?) data. Weird. Perhaps it has smthing to do with msec? > >> > > > > Define "transfer". Does http work? Does ftp not work? Does rsync > > work? Does ssh work? > > > > I suspect that you need to modprobe the ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp > > modules. > Humm not really. The modules get loaded (the script takes care of that). > > > Basically I am interested in http and ftp. http/ftp transactions do not > work properly; i.e, I can't download a full webpage, I can't ls in an > ftp site. The packets simply do not arrive. This looks like a > MTU/MRU/MSS related problem, BUT, what annoys me is that everything > works fine in MDK 8.1. And the configuration is identical. > > > > Wooky -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Getting graphical greeting to work ?
i have installed Mandrake 9 but i cant seems to get the graphical greeting working .. how can i ? i have selected the themes in the GDM but it dont work ? whats wrong ? = *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
Sounds like you need to learn shell script... I'm guessing that what you need could be accomplished with a few lines (<20?) of code. Check out: man bash man adduser man groupadd That should get you started... (If you need some examples, try 'locate *.sh'--there are tons of them. Check out a few that seem to do something similar to what you're trying.) There are also some (many?) pages on the internet--try a search for 'bash programming'. I found two that look promising (in about 30 seconds): http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/ldp/LDP/abs/html/ -Jason On Thursday 14 November 2002 05:56 pm, Patrick Atlas wrote: > Hello, > > We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange > Server (mail, news and web). > In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of > course!) > As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script > or a software that will automatically: > > -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing > logins/passwords) > -apply the new user to adequate groups > -create a file with his login as name > -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration > -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration > -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql > -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration > -and few other little things... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Patrick Atlas -- = "Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged". (alt.fan.pratchett) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blanker
Check /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and comment out the line under "Section 'Device'": Option "DPMS" Mike 1:04pm, Greg S mused: > Hi, > > Could someone please tell me how to disable the console blanker. I have > tried the following: > > setterm -blank 0 > echo -e "\33[9;0]" > > These do not work. I am using a laptop running KDE and Mandrake Version 9. > I have also tried disabling power management again without success. > > Thanks in advance > Greg > _ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail MSN -- Michael Holt Banning, CA(o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Bad or missing mouse driver. Spank the cat? (Y/N) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Setting Static Routes.
El vie, 15-11-2002 a las 17:00, Franki escribió: > I don't like using GUI tools at the best of times, but I hate it when I > don't know what they are doing.. > > Do static routes need to be created via gated? ir iproute?? where can I set > them up manually? > is there a routing version of fstab?? by that I mean a config file read at > boot that sets all the default static routes? 1. Create (if you don't have it already) the file /etc/sysconfig/static-routes. 2. In the above file, put lines of the form: host|net (as you have guessed, these are very similar to the ones you use with the "route" command) You can put "any" instead of the device name if you want the correct device determined at run time. Regards, Toshiro. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to recover RPM database?
> >> > >>I've seen others say this: > >> > >>rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* > > > > ^^ > >\_ Did you really mean that (the underscores) or > > was it a typo? > > > > Toshiro > > > $ rpm -ql rpm > [..] > /var/lib/rpm/__db.001 > /var/lib/rpm/__db.002 > /var/lib/rpm/__db.003 > /var/lib/rpm/__db.004 > > These last files, iianm, are used as lock files when rpm is running. If > rpm crashes or is exited uncleanly and they get left, they can screw up > any rpm-related program. If rpm is not running, delete any of these > files and rpm --rebuilddb to solve a number of package manager failures. Now I understand, very good explanation, thank you! Toshiro. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Kde 3.0.5
There will be kde 3.0.5 rpms for Mandrake? When and where? -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] problem with urlmon-4.0-3mdk.i586.rpm CONTRIB package
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Torstein Hernes Dybdahl wrote on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:13:45AM +0100 : > There seems to miss path to MD5.pm > a temporary fix would be to add > use lib 'path-to-MD5.pm'; > before the call of MD5.pm Shouldn't it be calling Digest/MD5.pm instead? Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com cat /boot/vmlinuz > /dev/dsp #for great justice Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-19mdksecure -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91YXLlp7v05cW2woRAvA0AKCNbWBwPsZPKetQacBxDTZ5W5SOjACgvgXd p7vVcAw62wBqBBrYcP+kUdU= =tEy9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
it's something quite specific. Try freshmeat or sourceforge. But you'll probabbly have to do it yourself. It will come out quite easily in Perl or bash methinks. Wooky Patrick Atlas wrote: Hello, We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange Server (mail, news and web). In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of course!) As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script or a software that will automatically: -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing logins/passwords) -apply the new user to adequate groups -create a file with his login as name -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration -and few other little things... Any ideas? Thanks Patrick Atlas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't Access Smb Share or Shut Down Clean
Mark Weaver wrote: > Is this a Linux to Linux connection that you're attempting to make with > Samba for the purpose of sharing these files? If it was Linux to Linux I'd be using NFS instead of Samba. -- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. . . ." Proverbs 8:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't Access Smb Share or Shut Down Clean
Felix Miata wrote: Mandrake 9.0 Samba 2.2.6-4.1 In /etc/fstab in part: //z1590/E /mnt/z1590/E smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 //z1590/G /mnt/z1590/G smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 //z1590/I /mnt/z1590/I smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 Result is the same if I change the last line to include 'noauto' and mount the share manually. I have no trouble in accessing .../G & .../E, but .../I is nothing but trouble. Trying to access it I get: File 'I' exists but can not be stat-ed: Permission denied Can't unmount either: # umount //z1590/I umount: /mnt/z1590/I: device is busy Somewhat different result using -f umount option. # umount -f //z1590/I umount2: Device or resource is busy umount: /z1590/I: not found umount: /mnt/z1590/I: Illegal seek Same message as without -f occurs during shutdown: umount: /mnt/z1590/I: device is busy netfs: Unmounting SMB filesystems: failed umount: /mnt/z1590/I: not mounted Shutdown via 'telinit 6' or 'reboot' or the KDE login manager never completes. Last line on display is: Sending all processes the KILL signal . . . CAD rattles the HD, but produces no visible result. I have to use the reset button or power switch to finish the shutdown, and that always forces fsck on next boot. If I do 'telinit 1' and 'umount -a -f' before 'reboot', the shutdown messages differ slightly, but fsck is still forced on reboot. If I never try to access share .../I, the system will shut down and reboot properly. I also have a box with Mandrake 8.2, and it has no problem accessing any z1590 shares. Same two boxes booted to windoze or OS/2 also have no problem. Any ideas on what the problem is and how to solve it are most welcome. Felix, Is this a Linux to Linux connection that you're attempting to make with Samba for the purpose of sharing these files? Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] problem with urlmon-4.0-3mdk.i586.rpm CONTRIB package
There seems to miss path to MD5.pm a temporary fix would be to add use lib 'path-to-MD5.pm'; before the call of MD5.pm Would it nod be wiser to put MD5.pm in standard location? Get the following error message; Can't locate MD5.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ./urlmon line 150. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./urlmon line 150. Regards Torstein Hernes Dybdahl -- Haldensgate 21 7014 Trondheim NORWAY Stud. Tech. ved Elektroteknikk og Telekommunikasjon, NTNU --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IPTABLES NAT script doesn't work in 9.0
Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:59:19PM -0200 : yep it is. SainTiss told me that in the newbie list (thanks!). As I said, I can ping/resolve hosts fromthe client, but it does not transfer (large chunks of?) data. Weird. Perhaps it has smthing to do with msec? Define "transfer". Does http work? Does ftp not work? Does rsync work? Does ssh work? I suspect that you need to modprobe the ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp modules. Humm not really. The modules get loaded (the script takes care of that). Basically I am interested in http and ftp. http/ftp transactions do not work properly; i.e, I can't download a full webpage, I can't ls in an ftp site. The packets simply do not arrive. This looks like a MTU/MRU/MSS related problem, BUT, what annoys me is that everything works fine in MDK 8.1. And the configuration is identical. Wooky -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
Not at all. it depends on how you configure your kernel. E.g., you use an ext3 partition bu yu don't compile support for ext3 directly into the kernel, but as a module; so you need an initrd to mount the partition at boot. Wooky Rick Friedman wrote: I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be fine. However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no problems... just as without the initrd image. My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. Thanks, Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
One thing I forgot to mention these are OSS modules not Alsa. I've never had alsa working on this laptop... supermount... doesn't like this laptops cd/dvd drive. But on 4 other desktops with cd's that get use after install I've not had a lick of problems. James On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 06:36, Praedor Tempus wrote: > On Thursday 14 November 2002 09:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > >I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff > > before I settled down to do work conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun > > intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" > > partition. I lost sound during one of the installs myself for some odd > > reason. Another had sound but in MCC sound card had no info. Now I > > keep these two lines from modules.conf handy. > > > > alias sound-slot-0 maestro > > above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss > > > > Now Mine is a compaq not an IBM but it does have the same sound > > card. I'd also recommend going to IBM's site as they have some pretty > > extensive docs on Linux on the ThinkPad. > [...] > > Thanks for the info but... > > I just went back to a custom 2.4.18-6mdk kernel and sound works again just > fine. Since the hardware is oldish and never changes, there is obviously a > problem in the kernel and drivers (2.4.19). I also have a fully functional > supermount again and a functioning parallel port Zip drive (2.4.19 couldn't > operate it either). > > Trying to build the 2.4.19 kernel with the proper sound drivers built into the > kernel instead of produced as modules failed miserably. The kernel refuses > to build when I try it. I've gone back to a recompiled 2.4.18 kernel with > the same drivers built as modules and all is well. > > I would say that 2.4.19 is the problem, not my hardware (which is invariant). -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] /dev/dsp missing
I've got the sister to this working on my laptop However in 2.4.19-16mdk kernel the location of the modules is. /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1968.o.gz /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1938.o.gz Now I'm using the 1968 module on my laptop so my /etc/modules.conf reads. alias sound-slot-0 maestro above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss Never could get the alsa drivers working but OSS came right up. Nor could I ever find the drivers. From the install 9.0 carried the oss drivers into the fray and they have worked so why complain? James On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 13:52, Todd Lyons wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Praedor Tempus wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:00:08AM -0500 : > > > > There is a problem with the above. There is no sound-card-es1938 module in my > > 2.4.19mdk module directories. The closest thing to it is snd-es1938. > > Ack. Sorry, misspelling on my part. It should be snd-card-es1938. > > [todd@fiji ~]$ locate snd-card-es1938 > /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o.gz > > Hmmm, that indeed is 2.4.18. I can't speak for 2.4.19 as I don't have > - -16mdk on my machine any more. > > Blue skies... Todd > - -- >MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com > cat /boot/vmlinuz > /dev/dsp #for great justice >Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-19mdksecure > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE91Wytlp7v05cW2woRArZzAJ9sPpgjJHfj4NDNApSs4Rs+y+FPGQCgijNo > 6Z4mz7f7AMhFAKZRlVLVbbY= > =uIqt > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Multisession cd: how to copy just the second session
I have bought the new Phil Collins cd; it show: copy protected but... I have been able to copy it using Windows98 and Clonecd; on the other hand it show a message about that in a computer just can run using a special application included in the cd and, of course, using Windows :-) but ... using kscd in linux I can play it without problems. But I would like to copy just the second session (that with the music tracks) and I can't with xcdroast and neither using gcdmaster. But I belive that using mkisoft or cdrado from the command line this could be possible. Does anyone how to do that? Thanks so much in advance -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wireless woes: New initscript package seems broken, and high loads kills connection.
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:52:37PM +, Tommy Wareing wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:07:28PM +0100, Teemu Torma wrote: > > The grep statement in check_link_down does not work. I just commented > > it out... > > - grep -q -E "$1: +[09]+ +0." /proc/net/wireless && return 0 > > My /proc/net/wireless contains: > > Inter-| sta-| Quality| Discarded packets | Missed > face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon > eth1: 74. 228. 154. 0 44 0 0139 0 > > The eth1: line fails to match the 74. against the "0." of the > regex. Which hopefully helps somebody out. Todd? However, while check_link_down is running, the line is: eth1: 0. 154. 154. 0 0 0 0 0 0 which does match. And kills the link :-( -- Tommy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IPTABLES NAT script doesn't work in 9.0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:59:19PM -0200 : > yep it is. SainTiss told me that in the newbie list (thanks!). As I > said, I can ping/resolve hosts fromthe client, but it does not transfer > (large chunks of?) data. Weird. Perhaps it has smthing to do with msec? Define "transfer". Does http work? Does ftp not work? Does rsync work? Does ssh work? I suspect that you need to modprobe the ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp modules. Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com cat /boot/vmlinuz > /dev/dsp #for great justice Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-19mdksecure -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91W5Ylp7v05cW2woRAjxIAJ9JLWgjP2Ss6fCdMzicl+u2BU2pogCgyksq bCcJHAbRRqhXrxrZz+ufDzM= =VYvA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to recover RPM database?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Toshiro wrote on Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:07:23PM -0300 : > > > > > There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets > > > that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM > > > database? > > I've seen others say this: > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* > ^^ >\_ Did you really mean that (the underscores) or > was it a typo? No typo. Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu| Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-19mdksecure -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91W0Clp7v05cW2woRAn/6AJ4ls9+7uVbups7n+XonlaXJqeYV/wCffw+I o77M5HdRJ7Tj9OxYZ5GXZz4= =tf3b -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] /dev/dsp missing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Praedor Tempus wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:00:08AM -0500 : > > There is a problem with the above. There is no sound-card-es1938 module in my > 2.4.19mdk module directories. The closest thing to it is snd-es1938. Ack. Sorry, misspelling on my part. It should be snd-card-es1938. [todd@fiji ~]$ locate snd-card-es1938 /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/alsa/snd-card-es1938.o.gz Hmmm, that indeed is 2.4.18. I can't speak for 2.4.19 as I don't have - -16mdk on my machine any more. Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com cat /boot/vmlinuz > /dev/dsp #for great justice Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-19mdksecure -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91Wytlp7v05cW2woRArZzAJ9sPpgjJHfj4NDNApSs4Rs+y+FPGQCgijNo 6Z4mz7f7AMhFAKZRlVLVbbY= =uIqt -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wireless woes: New initscript package seems broken, and high loads kills connection.
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:07:28PM +0100, Teemu Torma wrote: > The grep statement in check_link_down does not work. I just commented > it out... > - grep -q -E "$1: +[09]+ +0." /proc/net/wireless && return 0 My /proc/net/wireless contains: Inter-| sta-| Quality| Discarded packets | Missed face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon eth1: 74. 228. 154. 0 44 0 0139 0 The eth1: line fails to match the 74. against the "0." of the regex. Which hopefully helps somebody out. Todd? -- Tommy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There should be no problems at all ESPECIALLY if you build your own 2.4.18 kernel. You will still have the 2.4.19 kernel there is you goof up 2.4.18 so you can try again. As it is you can select from a set of kernels for install during installation anyway. What you will get is a fully working supermount, fully working sound, and none of the other problems that came with the new "improved" 2.4.19 kernel. You will occassional run into a new "stable" kernel that's royally dorked up in several ways (2.4.19 is the latest), so it is nice to be able to go back to a perfectly fine working kernel like 2.4.18, in this case. I've had to do this periodically in the past, primarily due to supermount problems. I will not run a kernel that wont give me supermount. It is indispensible for a number of things, not the least is its complete convenience - besides, Linus has made it known that he likes it and ultimately intends to make it part of the kernel rather than have it forever as an extraneous patch. praedor On Friday 15 November 2002 11:59 am, Franki wrote: > Are there any other probs that come about loading a 2.4.18 kernel in > mdk9.0?? > > if there isn't, I might try compiling one myself.. I miss supermount..:-) > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:praedor@;lapdog.ravenhome.net]On Behalf Of Praedor Tempus > Sent: Friday, 15 November 2002 10:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound > > On Thursday 14 November 2002 09:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > >I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff > > before I settled down to do work conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun > > intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" [...] - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91WHF1i/6R1B/Yh0RAjuxAJ9jeSkou27yY/VcIyUO1OGpd5fMLQCeKQDc lpwH+3igXuRHbhSF5PVh+ec= =/C++ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wireless woes: New initscript package seems broken, and high loads kills connection.
On Friday 15 November 2002 21:26, Christian Dysthe wrote: > Does anyone know what may be wrong with the new scripts, because if > it's something "easily editable" I would rather have the updated > scripts installd than a mix of two versions of initscripts. The grep statement in check_link_down does not work. I just commented it out... --- /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions.~1~ 2002-10-30 22:05:12.0 +0100 +++ /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions2002-11-06 22:37:06.0 +0100 @@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ check_link_down () { if [ -n "${IS_WIRELESS}" ]; then - if [ -f /proc/net/wireless ]; then - grep -q -E "$1: +[09]+ +0." /proc/net/wireless && return 0 - fi + #if [ -f /proc/net/wireless ]; then + #grep -q -E "$1: +[09]+ +0." /proc/net/wireless && return 0 + #fi return 1 elif [ -z "${MII_NOT_SUPPORTED}" -a -x /sbin/mii-tool ]; then LC_ALL=C ip link show $1 2>/dev/null| grep -q UP || ip link set $1 up >/dev/null 2>&1 Teemu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
Thanks Glen. That may be great for NEW Installations, but my server has been running Licensed Mandrake since 6.0! The Use of ReiserFS on /usr /usr/share /opt /var /home was introduced in 8.2. What I do not understand is how Mandrake expects an installation to continue if the server already had ReiserFS Formatted Disks? It has taken several days, but I am finally able to run Mandrake 9.0. I'm just disappointted in the amount of time that this installation has taken. Glen Kjaerulff wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 22:20, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > Thanks Glen, > > > > I'll attempt to change this on my visit to the office to restart this >installation. I currently have the transfer rate set to 80 MB/sec. > > > > I am also using EXT3 and REISERFS for my Filesystems. Are there any issues here? > > use ext3 no problems so far!! > > /Glen -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kinda strange "find" behavour
Albert E. Whale grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Find is actually caching the Directory Information, before it sorts through it > all. > > Put the Following Option into your script: > > -maxdepth 1 > > This will make find examine the directories that you want to delete, and not the > underlying filestructure underneath. Ah, so what's happening is that it's deleting the found Cache directory, and then wants to look in the (now deleted) Cache directory to see if there's another directory called Cache. I can see where that would cause the error message in question. > HTH. I think it just might. :-) Thanks for the information! --Dave > David Guntner wrote: > > > I've got a cron job that runs every night, to get rid of Mozilla cache files. > > In it, it does: > > > > cd /home > > for d in `ls` > > do > > if [ -d $d/.mozilla ]; then > > find $d/.mozilla -type d -name Cache -exec rm -rf {} \; > > fi > > done -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Wireless woes: New initscript package seems broken, and high loads kills connection.
Hi, after having upgraded to the latest initscript package I suddenly couldn't connect with my wireless card (Linksys) which has worked fine since I installed Mandrake 9.0. I went into Mandrake Control Center and reconfigured it, and the connection was up again. However. when I clicked "Apply" in Mandrake Control Center the connection went down again, and wouldn't come up no matter what I did. In the system log it said "No Link". Finally I got the old initscript package off the CD and copied all the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* from the package, and my connection came back up and have worked fine again. Does anyone know what may be wrong with the new scripts, because if it's something "easily editable" I would rather have the updated scripts installd than a mix of two versions of initscripts. My other problem: During high network loads (downloads over DSL etc.) the wireless connection often goes down and I have to restart the network service or pull the card and re-insert it to get back on-line. I have tried with two different drivers: orinoco_cd and wvlan_cs which both work with my card. Same problem. This makes me suspect pcmcia_cs or even the kernel itself, but I have not been able to find a solution. One clue is that when the connection goes down ksoftirqd hogs 95% CPU until the card is pulled or the network services are restarted. This does not happen when I connect using a cable, or if I boot into Win2K and connect using the same card. It happens with several different base stations as well. If someone knows anything about this please point me in the right direction. TIA for help. I am running Mandrake 9.0 with stock 2.4.19 kernel (LT winmodem drivers added). TIA for help. -- //Christian -- This is now. Later is later. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kinda strange "find" behavour
David, Find is actually caching the Directory Information, before it sorts through it all. Put the Following Option into your script: -maxdepth 1 This will make find examine the directories that you want to delete, and not the underlying filestructure underneath. HTH. David Guntner wrote: > I've got a cron job that runs every night, to get rid of Mozilla cache files. > In it, it does: > > cd /home > for d in `ls` > do > if [ -d $d/.mozilla ]; then > find $d/.mozilla -type d -name Cache -exec rm -rf {} \; > fi > done -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Setting Static Routes.
Hi guys, Recently, I was called upon to do something that I have never done before.. We have a Dlink router and it can do NAT or route, but not both.. (it had four ports on the back, so I was hopeful, but it wasn't to be as it was just an integrated switch) we need to supply NAT to our internal machines, but host several public IP's as well. My solution was to set the router up to route directly to a linux box I setup, and it can do the NAT for the internal machines (two seperate private network ranges) That linux box has three network cards in it.. one is a privite IP in the 192.168.0.0 range. One is a private 10.0.0.0 range and the last one has several public IP's on it.. (ie: eth2, eth2:0, eth2:1 etc) The router is connected to that public Interface on the linux box.. (which just port forwards to internal servers.) The public interface is the internet gateway for all via NAT of course... Anyway, it was mostly working, but I had to set some static routes so that the machine would know what interface to send out on for each IP range... Never having done that before.. I searched for a config file. but found nothing.. I ended up using netconf from linuxconf to do it... (its a mdk7.2 box) and it allowed me to "set routes to other local networks" and it worked fine... In other words, I set it up something like the following: 192.168.0.0 IP's => eth0 10.0.0.0IP's => eth1 I don't like using GUI tools at the best of times, but I hate it when I don't know what they are doing.. Do static routes need to be created via gated? ir iproute?? where can I set them up manually? is there a routing version of fstab?? by that I mean a config file read at boot that sets all the default static routes? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] libqt-devel install fails ...
On Friday 15 November 2002 20:05, Marek wrote: > Steffen Barszus wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Just want report an error. It seems urpmi isn't able to resolve the deps: > > > > Any hints how to solve that ? > > > > Install postgresql first, worked for me. Installed it now with '/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/postgresql-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm' now all could be installed. Thanks Steffen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Kinda strange "find" behavour
I've got a cron job that runs every night, to get rid of Mozilla cache files. In it, it does: cd /home for d in `ls` do if [ -d $d/.mozilla ]; then find $d/.mozilla -type d -name Cache -exec rm -rf {} \; fi done And every morning, I have an E-Mail waiting for me saying: find: davidg/.mozilla/default/5smx6y8d.slt/Cache: No such file or directory What's weird is that if I go to the {RandomSetOfCharacters}.slt directory under .mozilla/default, I find that the Cache directory is, in fact, gone (Mozilla will simply recreate that directory when it next is started, and that's fine - but that's besides the point here). So the question is: Why do I get this message. It looks like the find command is being executed twice for some reason, and I can't figure out why. Anyone have any ideas? --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] libqt-devel install fails ...
Steffen Barszus wrote: Hi! Just want report an error. It seems urpmi isn't able to resolve the deps: Any hints how to solve that ? #urpmi libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586 Um die Abhängigkeiten zu erfüllen, werden die folgenden Pakete installiert (66 MB): MySQL-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 MySQL-client-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libmysql10-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libmysql10-devel-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgsql2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgtcl2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586 libunixODBC2-2.2.2-9mdk.i586 libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.2-9mdk.i586 perl-CGI-2.810-3mdk.noarch postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 Ist das in Ordnung? (J/n) J Installiere /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-client-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libunixODBC2-2.2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgtcl2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgsql2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmysql10-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/perl-CGI-2.810-3mdk.noarch.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmysql10-devel-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm Die Installation schlug Fehl: postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Install postgresql first, worked for me. -- Marek __ / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] libqt-devel install fails ...
Hi! Just want report an error. It seems urpmi isn't able to resolve the deps: Any hints how to solve that ? #urpmi libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586 Um die Abhängigkeiten zu erfüllen, werden die folgenden Pakete installiert (66 MB): MySQL-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 MySQL-client-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libmysql10-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libmysql10-devel-3.23.52-1mdk.i586 libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgsql2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libpgtcl2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586 libunixODBC2-2.2.2-9mdk.i586 libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.2-9mdk.i586 perl-CGI-2.810-3mdk.noarch postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk.i586 Ist das in Ordnung? (J/n) J Installiere /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.0.5-7mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-client-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libunixODBC2-2.2.2-9mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgtcl2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgsql2-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmysql10-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/MySQL-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/perl-CGI-2.810-3mdk.noarch.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmysql10-devel-3.23.52-1mdk.i586.rpm Die Installation schlug Fehl: postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von postgresql-devel-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libpgperl-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. postgresql == 7.2.2-1mdk wird von libecpg3-7.2.2-1mdk benötigt. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Friedman wrote: |I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No |problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the |kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to |create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be |fine. | |However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created |the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into |lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no |problems... just as without the initrd image. | |My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? |Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any |difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see |message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. | |Thanks, |Rick | Suggest first reading: man mkinitrd and man initrd Larry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE91TQwGmoP0nUBNzsRAjajAJ4w3mj0BPCurPFPYNO9//TavLTKKQCaA25d slCDMGsqiEJRU0k2TcFJPoY= =YT2k -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
On Friday 15 November 2002 10:20 am, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 02:48, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > In your mailer, instead of leaving 'reply to' blank, you entered > > your email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This overides > > auto replies comin to the list. You're not the only one, on this > > list or many other lists doin this. Tryin to stop people from > > makin this mildy rude mistake is like discouraging HTML (very > > rude). > > Hmmm, thanks for the heads-up - I would be one of those. I checked and > saw that kmail inserted this automagically, so I went back to my > configuration and took out the reply-to. Always did wonder why it > wanted to know my email address twice (in Reply-to and Email Adress > fields). The kmail docs are no help on this at all. Michel: Yeah, it's kind of counter-intuitive. I've done it myself, and I'll probably do it again. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
Are there any other probs that come about loading a 2.4.18 kernel in mdk9.0?? if there isn't, I might try compiling one myself.. I miss supermount..:-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:praedor@;lapdog.ravenhome.net]On Behalf Of Praedor Tempus Sent: Friday, 15 November 2002 10:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound On Thursday 14 November 2002 09:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: >I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff > before I settled down to do work conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun > intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" > partition. I lost sound during one of the installs myself for some odd > reason. Another had sound but in MCC sound card had no info. Now I > keep these two lines from modules.conf handy. > > alias sound-slot-0 maestro > above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss > > Now Mine is a compaq not an IBM but it does have the same sound > card. I'd also recommend going to IBM's site as they have some pretty > extensive docs on Linux on the ThinkPad. [...] Thanks for the info but... I just went back to a custom 2.4.18-6mdk kernel and sound works again just fine. Since the hardware is oldish and never changes, there is obviously a problem in the kernel and drivers (2.4.19). I also have a fully functional supermount again and a functioning parallel port Zip drive (2.4.19 couldn't operate it either). Trying to build the 2.4.19 kernel with the proper sound drivers built into the kernel instead of produced as modules failed miserably. The kernel refuses to build when I try it. I've gone back to a recompiled 2.4.18 kernel with the same drivers built as modules and all is well. I would say that 2.4.19 is the problem, not my hardware (which is invariant). -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdk 9.0 xfs filesystem corruption
Daniel J. Cody wrote: What version of XFS did you download and patch with? 1.1 or 1.2? Also, which versions of the userland stuff(xfsprogs, xfsdump, etc) are you using? Also, since you're compiling on MDK 9.0 which ships with gcc 3.2 (IIRC), that could be the source of the problem. XFS hasn't really been tested with version of gcc later than 2.95.x, and they recommend using 2.91.x - so that may be the source of the problem. No, no, the problem manifested itself compiling the new kernel, but while using the standard mdk9.0 kernel+xfs utilities. I don't know the compiler used for mdk stock kernel, but looking at the changelog of its spec file I see: * Thu Aug 1 2002 Juan Quintela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1-1mdk - reorganize for new gcc-3.2 version, now default is always /usr/bin/gcc. and then * Wed May 8 2002 Juan Quintela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1-1mdk - fix xfs to compile with gcc-3.1. Anyway, am I the only one having issues with this kernel? Is a coincidence that these problems started when upgrading to mdk 9.0? Xfs support is not stable/tested enough? Should I swicth to ext3? Thoughts, suggestions I've been using XFS for almost a year and a half now, and have never had a problem with it on a fairly large number of high-end, high-use machines.. In fact, it's the only FS I'll use anymore on production Well, I've been using xfs for almost the same time as you. A production server at work is running fine with xfs (alas with mdk 8.2). The difference is that the server at work doesn't run X and never crashes and has an UPS, while my home computer have had occasional crashes (with certain revisions of the nvidia driver) with 8.2 and frequent crashes with 9.0. Maybe the cause of the corruption have been these lock ups (that's the problem I was trying to solve --or reproduce-- by compiling a clean kernel). boxes because of it's stability. Hope that helps a bit, lemme know which versions of the above you are running and we'll get it sorted :) Anyway, now I found a way to perform xfs_repair remotely (amazing that when you're desperate and lose your cold blood you forget the simplest things: edited /etc/fstab not to mount /home,), and it went well, with only a couple of files lost and 10 or so with the original content replaced with nulls (but that may have been previuos to this failure). I'm still worried though. Bye -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you today, it may not tomorrow if you are using MAPS services. They arbitrarily include in their lists IP addresses not related in any way to spam, and in so doing are disrupting Internet connectivity. Please stop supporting them. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/21/1944247 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be fine. However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no problems... just as without the initrd image. My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. Thanks, Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] orphaned packages?
OK, call me anally retentive if you must but ... Debian has a utility called deborphan that sniffs out packages (usually libraries) that no longer have anything else depending on them and that can be removed. AFAIK it doesn't actually delete them, it just tells you what they are. Is there a way to do the same thing on Mandrake 9 or does this rely on something in debian's dpkg and/or the .deb format? I know they don't do any actual harm just lying there on the hd, but (a) sooner or later they will waste my bandwith when an upgrade becomes available and (b) I just like to run a tight ship. TIA Michel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
On Friday 15 November 2002 02:48, Tom Brinkman wrote: > In your mailer, instead of leaving 'reply to' blank, you entered > your email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This overides > auto replies comin to the list. You're not the only one, on this > list or many other lists doin this. Tryin to stop people from > makin this mildy rude mistake is like discouraging HTML (very > rude). Hmmm, thanks for the heads-up - I would be one of those. I checked and saw that kmail inserted this automagically, so I went back to my configuration and took out the reply-to. Always did wonder why it wanted to know my email address twice (in Reply-to and Email Adress fields). The kmail docs are no help on this at all. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdk 9.0 xfs filesystem corruption
Hi Luca - Luca Olivetti wrote: Since I was having problems with mandrake's standard kernel (since I installed 9.0 I had a lot of lock ups -- maybe these are the cause of the filesystem corruption I'm seeing now), I was compiling stock 2.4.19 kernel + xfs patches (all my filesystems are xfs). Then I saw a strange compilation error: gcc was telling it wasn't recognizing the format of a .o file it just compiled. I looked at the file and in effect it was full of null (0) characters (this is a phenomenon --files full of null-- I experienced before, BTW, but Tonigh when I go home I'll see if the xfs_restore works or if it will trash the filesystem. [snip] What version of XFS did you download and patch with? 1.1 or 1.2? Also, which versions of the userland stuff(xfsprogs, xfsdump, etc) are you using? Also, since you're compiling on MDK 9.0 which ships with gcc 3.2 (IIRC), that could be the source of the problem. XFS hasn't really been tested with version of gcc later than 2.95.x, and they recommend using 2.91.x - so that may be the source of the problem. Anyway, am I the only one having issues with this kernel? Is a coincidence that these problems started when upgrading to mdk 9.0? Xfs support is not stable/tested enough? Should I swicth to ext3? Thoughts, suggestions I've been using XFS for almost a year and a half now, and have never had a problem with it on a fairly large number of high-end, high-use machines.. In fact, it's the only FS I'll use anymore on production boxes because of it's stability. Hope that helps a bit, lemme know which versions of the above you are running and we'll get it sorted :) Dan http://five2one.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Can't Access Smb Share or Shut Down Clean
Mandrake 9.0 Samba 2.2.6-4.1 In /etc/fstab in part: //z1590/E /mnt/z1590/E smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 //z1590/G /mnt/z1590/G smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 //z1590/I /mnt/z1590/I smbfs ro,credentials=filename,user 0 0 Result is the same if I change the last line to include 'noauto' and mount the share manually. I have no trouble in accessing .../G & .../E, but .../I is nothing but trouble. Trying to access it I get: File 'I' exists but can not be stat-ed: Permission denied Can't unmount either: # umount //z1590/I umount: /mnt/z1590/I: device is busy Somewhat different result using -f umount option. # umount -f //z1590/I umount2: Device or resource is busy umount: /z1590/I: not found umount: /mnt/z1590/I: Illegal seek Same message as without -f occurs during shutdown: umount: /mnt/z1590/I: device is busy netfs: Unmounting SMB filesystems: failed umount: /mnt/z1590/I: not mounted Shutdown via 'telinit 6' or 'reboot' or the KDE login manager never completes. Last line on display is: Sending all processes the KILL signal . . . CAD rattles the HD, but produces no visible result. I have to use the reset button or power switch to finish the shutdown, and that always forces fsck on next boot. If I do 'telinit 1' and 'umount -a -f' before 'reboot', the shutdown messages differ slightly, but fsck is still forced on reboot. If I never try to access share .../I, the system will shut down and reboot properly. I also have a box with Mandrake 8.2, and it has no problem accessing any z1590 shares. Same two boxes booted to windoze or OS/2 also have no problem. Any ideas on what the problem is and how to solve it are most welcome. -- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. . . ." Proverbs 8:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdk 9.0 xfs filesystem corruption
On Friday 15 November 2002 05:15 am, you wrote: > I also suspected a memory failure somewhere (too many kernel freezes > that no other have reported made me suspicious), but just yesterday I > ran memtest and gave no errors. Saddly, many mem errors go unoticed by memtest programs. I had a machine where I couldn't compile a kernel at once. gcc would crash every 5 minutes with some weird bus error. Swapped the RAM, which tested good, and it compiled just fine... Guillaume. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
On Thursday 14 November 2002 09:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: >I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff > before I settled down to do work conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun > intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" > partition. I lost sound during one of the installs myself for some odd > reason. Another had sound but in MCC sound card had no info. Now I > keep these two lines from modules.conf handy. > > alias sound-slot-0 maestro > above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss > > Now Mine is a compaq not an IBM but it does have the same sound > card. I'd also recommend going to IBM's site as they have some pretty > extensive docs on Linux on the ThinkPad. [...] Thanks for the info but... I just went back to a custom 2.4.18-6mdk kernel and sound works again just fine. Since the hardware is oldish and never changes, there is obviously a problem in the kernel and drivers (2.4.19). I also have a fully functional supermount again and a functioning parallel port Zip drive (2.4.19 couldn't operate it either). Trying to build the 2.4.19 kernel with the proper sound drivers built into the kernel instead of produced as modules failed miserably. The kernel refuses to build when I try it. I've gone back to a recompiled 2.4.18 kernel with the same drivers built as modules and all is well. I would say that 2.4.19 is the problem, not my hardware (which is invariant). -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How to force to fill a form just after login?
Misters How can I for the user to fill a form (really to execute an application in modal, for example an perl application or a Java Swim ) and then after accepted allow the user to use the desktop. Like Mandrake's first time. Thanks in advice, -- Manuel Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] konqueror ogg vorbis
hello, when I try to use kio_cdaudio (think it's the name) to rip audio cd directly in ogg vorbis, quality is something like 112kb/s but I want at least 192kb/s. I tried to configure it whit kcontrol (File manager -> Audio CDs -> Ogg Vorbis Settings) but it doesn't change anything. How could I change this quality ? cu, binny -- default: assert(1==0); /* autant dire que j'ai pas envie que ca arrive */ -- pouaite, code de wmcoincoin Benjamin Michotte<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web : http://www.baby-linux.net homepage : http://www.michotte.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] problem with urlmon
When running urlmon I get the following error. urlmon-4.0-3mdk.i586.rpm this is on a system running mDK9.0 Can't locate MD5.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/bin/urlmon line 149. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/urlmon line 149. I know the MD5.pm exists under /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.07i386-linux-thread-multi/Digest how do I make the urlmon find this module? Vennlig Hilsen Torstein Hernes Dybdahl --- Haldensgate 21 7014 Trondheim NORWAY Stud. Tech. ved Elektroteknikk og Telekommunikasjon, NTNU --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] problem installing HP Officejet V40 with cups (Mdk 9.0)
I cannot install HP OfficeJet V40. Printerdrake cannot add printer. The printer at USB is recognized correctly. I get the following error-messages: --- [root@localhost ka]# printerdrake cupsd (PID 1502) läuft ... lpadmin: set-default failed: server-error-service-unavailable Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded modprobe: Can't locate module parport_probe modprobe: Can't locate module parport_probe rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. Starting the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. mlc:usb:OfficeJet_V40 Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. Starting the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. mlc:usb:OfficeJet_V40 cupsd (PID 1502) läuft ... lpadmin: add-printer failed: server-error-service-unavailable lpadmin: add-printer failed: server-error-service-unavailable lpadmin: add-printer failed: server-error-service-unavailable lpadmin: add-printer failed: server-error-service-unavailable lpadmin: add-printer failed: server-error-service-unavailable enable: Operation failed: server-error-service-unavailable accept: Operation failed: server-error-service-unavailable [root@localhost ka]# printerdrake cupsd (PID 1502) läuft ... lpadmin: set-default failed: server-error-service-unavailable -- But after the unseccessfull printer install I can scan correctly with XSANE. Another USB printer (HP Deskjet 990cxi) works correctly. Any help is appreciated. W. Kasberg -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT: dlink dp-601m replacement
totally off-topic but hopefully no one will mind too much... i have a dlink dp-601m internet server that my sons and their mother use to share a dialup connection to the internet. it has rj45 ports for the PCs to connect to, and an rj11 (with builtin modem connection) for access to the isp. apparently it took a power hit yesterday and died. it is also discontinued. does anyone know of another product offering the same functionality? the other options (dsl, cable, etc.)... are not. thanks for any help. joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm signature using sudo
er no actually, i had assumed it was because the mandrake - ad plf keys weren't in the user keyring, i read your reply as saying that using sudo the root environment and thus root's keyring was used anyway so any 'bad signature' warnings weren't due to lack of keys since i do have these keys in root. however, i just urpme'd mplayer, ran: $sudo urpmi mplayer and recieved 'bad signature' warning about all the files, which were plf ones, i chose not to install, then i su'd to root and ran : #urpmi mplayer and as root i received no warnings and the install went straight ahead so i urpme'd mplayer again, exported root's plf key to my user keyring, ran $sudo urpmi mplayer again, and this time, no bad signature warning, suggesting that i do need the user to have keys if using urpmi via sudo, so now maybe i have worked it out! :-) sorry if i've been confusing, i could have checked this earlier, i just wasn't sure what was 'supposed' to happen :-) bascule On Friday 15 Nov 2002 6:32 am, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 06:02 PM, bascule wrote: > > hmm, thanks for that vincent, > > glad i asked 'cos i wasn't expecting that answer :-) > > i'll pay greater attention next time i get a 'key' warning using urpmi > > and see > > if i can't find the root! cause - (i slay me sometimes!) > > =) So I assume you've got it figured out now why it wasn't working for > you before? -- "He dropped his voice still lower. In the stillness, a fly would not have dared cleat its throat. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mdk 9.0 xfs filesystem corruption
Since I was having problems with mandrake's standard kernel (since I installed 9.0 I had a lot of lock ups -- maybe these are the cause of the filesystem corruption I'm seeing now), I was compiling stock 2.4.19 kernel + xfs patches (all my filesystems are xfs). Then I saw a strange compilation error: gcc was telling it wasn't recognizing the format of a .o file it just compiled. I looked at the file and in effect it was full of null (0) characters (this is a phenomenon --files full of null-- I experienced before, BTW, but didn't give it too much importance). So I restarted the compile process, but while untarring the kernel source, tar told me it encountered a premature end of file. An "ls" told me that there were no files! Heck, all /home files had gone! Checked the log file and I saw this scary message: kernel: xfs_force_shutdown(ide0(3,8),0x8) called from line 1039 of file xfs_trans.c. Return address = 0xd08664f2 kernel: Corruption of in-memory data detected. Shutting down filesystem: ide0(3,8) kernel: Please umount the filesystem, and rectify the problem(s) Since it was impossible to unmount (strange) and I cannot reboot to single user mode (I'm diagnosing this remotely), I forced a normal reboot. After the reboot the /home files were there (pheew), but /home was still impossible to unmount: # LANG= LANGUAGE= umount /home umount: /home: device is busy # fuser -v /home USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /homeroot kernel mount /home I remounted it readonly to xfs_check it. xfs_check gave an endless sequence of messages like block 7/1006790241 out of range (that isn't documented in the xfs_check manpage). After a while I stopped it, and decided to start a xfsdump, so that when I go home and can do an xfs_repair at least I have a backup (yes, I *do* have a backup, but it's old and I'd like to avoid to use it). xfsdump stopped immediately: xfsdump: level 0 dump of pippo.ventoso.org:/home xfsdump: dump date: Fri Nov 15 11:11:02 2002 xfsdump: session id: c6eae024-9cfe-486c-9d2d-4ca0316ffcbb xfsdump: session label: "pippo" xfsdump: ino map phase 1: skipping (no subtrees specified) xfsdump: ino map phase 2: constructing initial dump list xfsdump: WARNING: failed to get bulkstat information for inode 43893388 xfsdump: syssgi( SGI_FS_BULKSTAT ) on fsroot failed: Input/output error xfsdump: Dump Status: ERROR and in the log these message again: kernel: xfs_inotobp: xfs_imap() returned an error 22 on ide0(3,8). Returning error. kernel: xfs_iunlink_remove: xfs_inotobp() returned an error 22 on ide0(3,8). Returning error. kernel: xfs_inactive: xfs_ifree() returned an error = 22 on ide0(3,8) kernel: xfs_force_shutdown(ide0(3,8),0x1) called from line 1952 of file xfs_vnodeops.c. Return address = 0xd086ccf9 kernel: I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem: ide0(3,8) kernel: Please umount the filesystem, and rectify the problem(s) the filesystem is still unmountable though. Frightened, I forced another reboot and made a cp -a of the /home directory to another partition (after remounting it read only) and, surprisingly, it worked (but I suspect many files there are corrupted, didn't have the time to check yet). Tonigh when I go home I'll see if the xfs_restore works or if it will trash the filesystem. Anyway, am I the only one having issues with this kernel? Is a coincidence that these problems started when upgrading to mdk 9.0? Xfs support is not stable/tested enough? Should I swicth to ext3? Thoughts, suggestions? I also suspected a memory failure somewhere (too many kernel freezes that no other have reported made me suspicious), but just yesterday I ran memtest and gave no errors. TIA -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you today, it may not tomorrow if you are using MAPS services. They arbitrarily include in their lists IP addresses not related in any way to spam, and in so doing are disrupting Internet connectivity. Please stop supporting them. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/21/1944247 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
Too right!!! You tell him!!! I've also found that having 512MB RAM on my laptop REALLY helps - and even SDRAM is so cheap these days one would be mad not to get some - otherwise it all comes off the hard disk in the end so no amount of 'trurbo' software will do anything. With enough RAM - Linux seems to work ultra-efficiently by using hard disk caches and buffers - it's really good. Load an app once and it will load very quickly every time after that. Windows does bugger all with the RAM - it either sits there or gets chewed up by some stupid windoze app. So do yourself a favour and go and shell out a few bikkies for say 256MB RAM and you will be amazed what difference that makes.. On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 09:46, Seth Zirin wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 15:04, Sandeep Khanna wrote: > Does anyone know if there is quickstart/turbo feature in Mozilla for > Linux just like in Windows? If yes, how do we use it? We wait patiently when we launch mozilla the first time after we login and then keep at least one mozilla window opened or minimized until we logout. For future reference, proper etiquette for this mailing list is to refrain from tampering with the Reply-To: header and to refrain from appending signatures that are longer than your message. Seth Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mozilla in Mandrake 9 is SHLOWWW !!!!
I don't know what on Earth you are talking about - it runs fine on my machine and every other machine I've seen it on. I run Mandrake 9.0 on a laptop. Pull up Top and see if anything else is interfering. Let me know how go with the fonts! I would like to see Mozilla with nice fonts. On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 06:58, Sandeep Khanna wrote: Hi Everybody, Is it just me or is anybody else experiencing this too! A few days back I was concerned, but, now I am alarmed seeing that my mozilla on Mandrake 9.0 is slow as a snail in all aspects.browsing, scrolling, starting, etc. Last week we installed Redhat 8.0 on my friends laptop with the same configuration as mine. Mozilla on Redhat was blazing fast !!! I also used the pre-compiled binary (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2b/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.2b.tar.gz) from Mozilla.org and found that it was very very fast too! What is happening here? Anyone know of any other mozilla pre-compiled binary for Mandrake 9.0. I am also looking for some good Xft enabled binaries for Mozilla. Anyone?? --Sandeep -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com