Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
On Monday 18 November 2002 05:03, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I have no problems with getting wlan cards working on my laptop (orinoco, > zoomair, or netgear). I was never able to get them working properly on my > desktop with a pci-to-pcmcia adaptor. The problem appeared to be related > to IRQs. What sort of messages do you see in /var/log/messages related to > the card and/or adaptor? That's the point...I get no messages,because MDK does stops installation right at the beginning at the point "determining pcmcia"...No matter how long waiting,it hungs there..(waited 7 hours something going further...no way) Have tried to change different pci slots,no effect. When I strip card and adapter,I can get MDK installation going ok,then I install adapter and card back,instal pcmcia-cs package,recompile kernel without any wireless drivers and voila',I have working wireless system... Card is orinoco silver and adapter is wavelan-pci,with TexasInstrument chipset.I have noticed,that adapter is more or less WIN type and that may cause the problem,but just wonder...In 8.0 installation went through ok,but from 8.2 up now 9.0 it hungs?Makes me thinking there's happened some kind of change in installation program? > I am about to try again - upon purchasing another pci-to-pcmcia adaptor. > If that fails, I will try USB which I know works (if you get the correct > wlan usb device, that is). Yup This is the point...If you find correct deviceUnfortunately they are not all YET linux-compatibleBut wil be... Jarmo > praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix
I don't have a ReiserFS . I have ext2 . I have tried with webmin but I can't find it where to change the size of an incoming message or the size of a mailbox. Thanks, Jorge Giménez - Original Message - From: Franki To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix If you have reiserfs as your filesystem, then don't do that.. you will end up with a log full of error messages.. reiser gives the wrong error message and it will fill your logs with "file write error" messages.. I don't remember the syntax for what you want, but fire up webmin, I think it can do what you want. rgds Frank -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jorge Giménez MayorgasSent: Monday, 18 November 2002 3:57 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix Hi . What I want to change is the size of incoming message. Thanks in advance, Jorge Giménez - Original Message - From: Jorge Giménez To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:34 AM Subject: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix Hi. The mail machine of my job is a LM 8.0 box with Postfix and I want to change the size of mailboxes . I try to search Postfix documentation but I can't find how to do it. Can anyone tell me what is the configuration file and the parameter to change this. I have webmin 1.0.30 installed on the machine but I can't find it either. Thanks in advance, Jorge Giménez
[expert] Modem speeds (slow kbps on dial in server)
Hi All, I have created a dial up account to my home system (MDK 8.2). I dial up using my laptop to get/check email etc. Although reading the howtos and the connection being very stable using AutoPPP, the laptop (Win2K) never reports more than 28kbps, however, when I dial to my ISP directly the laptop gets 56kbps. So I am wondering if I am missing something on my MDK dial-in server. All settings for the modem port speed are 115200 and the mgetty speed for comm is also at 115200. I would like to get 56kbps on this dial up link, so if anyone has got any experiance and could shed any light on this slow connection I would be grateful. David. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Firewalled packets are being filtered out
Hi List I've configured a webserver, which runs perfectly on it's own net. The problem is that it's behind a firewall and everything that comes through that firewall are being ignored by the server. Must be some kind of spoof-protection. Because the packets get trapped by rp_filter. So I've disabled rp_filter, I've set all iptables rules to ACCEPT, and I've tried lowering the security level with msec. Nothing changed. I've used tcpdump to see what's going on, and I can see that packets coming from a machine on the internal net, gets answers. But packets arriving through the firewall arrives at the interface, but no answer is sent. So I know for sure that the problem is at this machine. I'm totally stuck, any help or hint would be greatly appreciated. -- ./mvh Christian Jul Jensen stud.scient.dat proff.scriptkiddie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix
Jorge, Find the "main.cf" file and add the following line to it: message_size_limit = and save it out. Then "reload" postfix to enable the new limit. example: message_size_limit = 1000 for a 10 Meg limit Adios! On Monday 18 November 2002 04:23 am, you wrote: > I don't have a ReiserFS . I have ext2 . I have tried with webmin but I > can't find it where to change the size of an incoming message or the size > of a mailbox. > > Thanks, > Jorge Giménez > - Original Message - > From: Franki > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:50 AM > Subject: RE: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix > > > If you have reiserfs as your filesystem, then don't do that.. > > you will end up with a log full of error messages.. > > reiser gives the wrong error message and it will fill your logs with > "file write error" messages.. > > I don't remember the syntax for what you want, but fire up webmin, I > think it can do what you want. > > > rgds > > Frank > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jorge Giménez Mayorgas > Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 3:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix > > > Hi . > > What I want to change is the size of incoming message. > > Thanks in advance, > Jorge Giménez > - Original Message - > From: Jorge Giménez > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:34 AM > Subject: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix > > > Hi. > > The mail machine of my job is a LM 8.0 box with Postfix and I want to > change the size of mailboxes . I try to search Postfix documentation but I > can't find how to do it. Can anyone tell me what is the configuration file > and the parameter to change this. I have webmin 1.0.30 installed on the > machine but I can't find it either. > > Thanks in advance, > Jorge Giménez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix
Hello Jorge, I found additional info from the Postfix folks: message_size_limit =(i.e. message_size_limit = 1000 for 10 Meg) is for message size limits. mailbox_size_limit =(i.e. mailbox_size_limit = 10 for 1Gig) is for mailbox size limits. I do know if webmin will allow you to change these, so you may have to hand edit the "main.cf" file and add them. Don't forget to refresh Postfix after altering the configuration. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:35 +0200, Marek wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know if the club fees are deducted in dollars or euro ? My > countries exchange rate makes the euro option almost $10 more. > AFAIK the subscription fees are in USD. But why not look at http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club for all information? wobo -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club
On Monday 18 November 2002 08:09 am, you wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:35 +0200, Marek wrote: > > Hi > > > > Does anyone know if the club fees are deducted in dollars or euro ? My > > countries exchange rate makes the euro option almost $10 more. > > AFAIK the subscription fees are in USD. But why not look at > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club > > for all information? > > > wobo Credit card charges are made in Euros even though the price quoted is in US $. That means the cost varies a bit with the exchange rate. My experience is that the difference is small (~1%). Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 08:23 -0500, Jim Tarvid wrote: > On Monday 18 November 2002 08:09 am, you wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:35 +0200, Marek wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Does anyone know if the club fees are deducted in dollars or euro ? My > > > countries exchange rate makes the euro option almost $10 more. > > > > AFAIK the subscription fees are in USD. But why not look at > > > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club > > > > for all information? > > > > > > wobo > Credit card charges are made in Euros even though the price quoted is in US $. That's because it's a French bank. wobo -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club
Of course, but it does explain why amounts charged vary slightly from amounts posted on the web site. Obviously this bothers some people. I don't know an easy fix other than to route US payments through a US bank for prices quoted in US dollars. The alternative is to quote the exact Euros and put the approximate US price in parentheses. Jim Tarvid On Monday 18 November 2002 08:33 am, you wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 08:23 -0500, Jim Tarvid wrote: > > On Monday 18 November 2002 08:09 am, you wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:35 +0200, Marek wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Does anyone know if the club fees are deducted in dollars or euro ? > > > > My countries exchange rate makes the euro option almost $10 more. > > > > > > AFAIK the subscription fees are in USD. But why not look at > > > > > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club > > > > > > for all information? > > > > > > > > > wobo > > > > Credit card charges are made in Euros even though the price quoted is in > > US $. > > That's because it's a French bank. > > wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
Hi Albert, I had a similar problem - the installation for MDK9 completely hangs in the beginning when the AHA2940 is even just inserted - with no disk/CDROM attached. At first I had a SCSI-CDROM, later changed to an IDE CDROM. I also moved the controller to other PCI slots. Not until I completely removed the 2940 the installation went on and completed. I was recomended to use some other boot img from the CD, but that one failed too. Sorry, no solution - just confirmed that the 2940 seems to break the 9.0 installer. /Chris On Thursday 14 November 2002 13:08, Albert E. Whale wrote: > Thanks Martin. > > I already have an Atapi CD-ROM. > > I believe (as it has been in the past), that the Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI Disk > controller is not supported in the installation. I need a solution. > > Martin Fahrendorf wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2002 22:18 schrieb Albert E. Whale: > > > Can someone PLEASE explain to me why on Earth I cannot install LM 9.0 > > > on a SCSI based system? It was running 8.2 fine, and my upgrade failed > > > (something about the RPM Database rebuild failed, which then lead to an > > > X Windows CRASH). > > > > > > After that I attempted Twice to Install LM 9.0. Each time fails at a > > > different Point in the installation. > > > > > > WHY MUST I Boot off of the Floppy with a cdrom.img in order to install > > > LM? > > > > > > Can someone PLEASE let me know why? What works differently from the > > > traditional boot from CD-ROM? > > > > Hi, > > > > I had the same problem. The failed update attemp destroyed my rpm > > database. every Install attemp faild at a other state. It seems to me > > like a bug in supermount. Try to switch to a console (alt+F3 I think) and > > list the content of your cdrom. there are lot of files missing. I solved > > it by installing a ATAPI CD-ROM drive from my old machine and almost > > every thing went through (besides a problem I had since mdk7.x with the > > graphical installation). So supermount was a real Horror. I was so angry > > about it that I compiled the new kernel without these crap (in my special > > environment). > > > > Martin > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > - -- > > - > > H E L I X Gesellschaft für Software & Engineering mbH > > - > > Hanauer Landstrasse 52 Telefon (069) 4789 35-30 > > 60314 Frankfurt am Main Telefax (069) 4789 35-44 > > - > > http://www.helix-gmbh.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > iD8DBQE900WqBG198cnayKQRAhBLAJ9upvEoDp1phwr1lGf7tzRYKgQ55ACfeto+ > > caE0CaW8Fi+EKH5g15pa4TE= > > =jlfl > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dilluns 18 Novembre 2002 08:00, en jarmo va escriure: > That's the point...I get no messages,because MDK does stops installation > right at the beginning at the point "determining pcmcia"...No matter how > long waiting,it hungs there..(waited 7 hours something going further...no > way) Have tried to change different pci slots,no effect. If your bios has an option called "Bios PnP" try setting it to OFF... if it hasn't that option just forget this message ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92RUVok8j9RhtetwRAljZAJ45nVQ9jXsCUkOAnxSFUc3BmN8PRACeKnh7 nQ1dSn3gHwIWy36r+D9hV2c= =IhHe -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
On Monday 18 November 2002 18:28, Joan Tur wrote: > If your bios has an option called "Bios PnP" try setting it to OFF... if it > hasn't that option just forget this message ;) Thanks But unfortunately there's not that option-( Jarmo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Observations: (1) Strange behavior of top, (2) Slow system due to kmail with no indication on top
Sometimes I think it may be useful to someone to just post some observations. I had occasion to reboot Mandrake 9.0 three times lately: (Incidental observation: two occasions were intentional -- wanted to see if a reboot would restore my performance -- kmail seems to slow down the system more and more the longer it runs -- don't see anything suspicious on top (i.e., no excessive CPU usage, no excessive memory usage), but if I shut down kmail, the whole system is more responsive, system is still OK when I restart kmail, but over a few days, the system just gets slower and slower. Third reboot was due to a power failure longer than my UPS could ride out) Here is the main observation -- after two of those boots, top performed strangely -- once I started top, the first update of top showed low CPU state usage (like 0.3% user, 0.7% system). The next update of top (which I assume now counted top) showed state usage totalling 100% (or almost) between user and system, and similarly on each subsequent update. (I hadn't noticed that behavior with top before the first reboot, but sometimes I'm not ready to trust my memory of behaviors that I can't reconfirm.) Now, after the third reboot, behavior is back to what I expect -- low state usage except when I do something that makes it spike. Wierd! (Am I running Windows by mistake??) I'm not really / actively looking for a fix (at least for the top behavior) -- if somebody knows why this occurs and has a simple fix, I'd probably try it. I assume the kmail performance problem is something that will be fixed in future versions of kde (whatever the problem is). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] initrd script
I remember coming across a script that created a new initrd file, but now I don't know what it was. The documentation that describes creating an initrd file describes how to write the script, but I remember that there is a premade script somewhere. My machine needs an initrd file to run a recompiled kernel because I need to load scsi drivers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Observations: (1) Strange behavior of top, (2) Slow system due to kmail with no indication on top
check your bios power management settings.. turn them all off.. then try again.. I had a similiar prob recently where a tiny cgi-script would take 100% CPU for 40 seconds.. with the bios APM off, it took about 3% for less then 2 seconds.. big difference.. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2002 12:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Observations: (1) Strange behavior of top, (2) Slow system due to kmail with no indication on top Sometimes I think it may be useful to someone to just post some observations. I had occasion to reboot Mandrake 9.0 three times lately: (Incidental observation: two occasions were intentional -- wanted to see if a reboot would restore my performance -- kmail seems to slow down the system more and more the longer it runs -- don't see anything suspicious on top (i.e., no excessive CPU usage, no excessive memory usage), but if I shut down kmail, the whole system is more responsive, system is still OK when I restart kmail, but over a few days, the system just gets slower and slower. Third reboot was due to a power failure longer than my UPS could ride out) Here is the main observation -- after two of those boots, top performed strangely -- once I started top, the first update of top showed low CPU state usage (like 0.3% user, 0.7% system). The next update of top (which I assume now counted top) showed state usage totalling 100% (or almost) between user and system, and similarly on each subsequent update. (I hadn't noticed that behavior with top before the first reboot, but sometimes I'm not ready to trust my memory of behaviors that I can't reconfirm.) Now, after the third reboot, behavior is back to what I expect -- low state usage except when I do something that makes it spike. Wierd! (Am I running Windows by mistake??) I'm not really / actively looking for a fix (at least for the top behavior) -- if somebody knows why this occurs and has a simple fix, I'd probably try it. I assume the kmail performance problem is something that will be fixed in future versions of kde (whatever the problem is). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
I've had exactly the same problem. (just for the record, so the problemcount can increment) Also, when I finally got it to work (by installing w/o the pcmcia card - yup, I had to do a cd-install), my orinoco silver card hangs the kernel without emitting any recoveable logmessages upon first use of the card. Pretty annoying. I haven't been able to try other distributions, so I don't know if it is mdk-specific. /marco - Original Message - From: "jarmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 09:00 Subject: Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux On Monday 18 November 2002 05:03, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I have no problems with getting wlan cards working on my laptop (orinoco, > zoomair, or netgear). I was never able to get them working properly on my > desktop with a pci-to-pcmcia adaptor. The problem appeared to be related > to IRQs. What sort of messages do you see in /var/log/messages related to > the card and/or adaptor? That's the point...I get no messages,because MDK does stops installation right at the beginning at the point "determining pcmcia"...No matter how long waiting,it hungs there..(waited 7 hours something going further...no way) Have tried to change different pci slots,no effect. When I strip card and adapter,I can get MDK installation going ok,then I install adapter and card back,instal pcmcia-cs package,recompile kernel without any wireless drivers and voila',I have working wireless system... Card is orinoco silver and adapter is wavelan-pci,with TexasInstrument chipset.I have noticed,that adapter is more or less WIN type and that may cause the problem,but just wonder...In 8.0 installation went through ok,but from 8.2 up now 9.0 it hungs?Makes me thinking there's happened some kind of change in installation program? > I am about to try again - upon purchasing another pci-to-pcmcia adaptor. > If that fails, I will try USB which I know works (if you get the correct > wlan usb device, that is). Yup This is the point...If you find correct deviceUnfortunately they are not all YET linux-compatibleBut wil be... Jarmo > praedor > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] cron / at
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how cron/at work/cooperate... How, for example, does cron determine that the scripts in /etc/cron.daily need to be executed? Does it just do that at midnight? Or does it know when 24 hours have passed since the last execution? Also, I believe that, if the system is down when the execution should take place, at takes over... When does the execution of the /etc/cron.daily scripts take place in that case? Thanks, Hans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] wireless problems
I know many people were having troubles with the wireless problems that
were caused by the initscripts update. I'd like to ask a few of you to
test a package out for me, to see if it corrects your problem. The
basic symptoms seem to be a dynamic IP; for myself, I use static IPs
and did not experience the problem, and others with similar setups did
not have the same problems.
If anyone is able to test out a new initscripts package for me right
away, please email me direct and let me know and I will give you a link
where you can download it from. I don't want to put it in updates
until I know for fact that it works, so those of you with problems can
help out everyone else by giving the new package a test-run prior to it
becoming available on the FTP mirrors.
Your assistance is appreciated. Thank you.
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Re: [expert] PHP4/SSL/Apache
Hmm, mailinglist manager software was trying to interpret my response ... Add to your [virtual] server configuration or .htaccess file AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml Also, make sure that the server knows about your index file DirectoryIndex index.php or whatever your file extension is. Jan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club
On Monday 18 November 2002 09:03 am, Jim Tarvid scribbled in crayon on a yellow legal pad: > Of course, but it does explain why amounts charged vary slightly from > amounts posted on the web site. Obviously this bothers some people. > As it should. > I don't know an easy fix other than to route US payments through a US bank > for prices quoted in US dollars. > The best solution, but it's likely not a viable option for Mandrake. > The alternative is to quote the exact Euros and put the approximate US > price in parentheses. An acceptable solution. Otherwise, the pricing on the website is . . . deceptive. -- Hoyt http://www.MaximumHoyt.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cron / at
On 18 Nov 2002, SainTiss wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out how cron/at work/cooperate... > > How, for example, does cron determine that the scripts in > /etc/cron.daily need to be executed? Does it just do that at midnight? > Or does it know when 24 hours have passed since the last execution? Cronjobs are specified by /etc/crontab. On mandrakesystems (and others as well) crontab is initially configured to run the scripts in fx. cron.daily once every day. The format of the file is: minute hour day_of_month month weekday user action so 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly runs "run-parts /etc/cron.weekly" as root every monday (0) at 4:22 (am) > Also, I believe that, if the system is down when the execution should > take place, at takes over... When does the execution of the > /etc/cron.daily scripts take place in that case? "at" simply runs a job at a specified time. Could be a script that checks if cronjobs has been run. But usually if you have a system that is not up all the time anacron takes care of the cronjobs -- ./mvh Christian Jul Jensen stud.scient.dat proff.scriptkiddie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cron / at
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 cron.daily scripts are executed according to the entry for cron.daily in the /etc/crontab file. On my Mandrake 8.2 box the cron.daily stuff is run every day at 4:02am. See: $ man crontab $ man 5 crontab SainTiss wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out how cron/at work/cooperate... > > How, for example, does cron determine that the scripts in > /etc/cron.daily need to be executed? Does it just do that at midnight? > Or does it know when 24 hours have passed since the last execution? > > Also, I believe that, if the system is down when the execution should > take place, at takes over... When does the execution of the > /etc/cron.daily scripts take place in that case? > > Thanks, > > Hans > > - -- KevinO Matz's Law: A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE92SepjBS1mMJB+bQRAiXPAJ9Ia6M2AfvXpib7hz0fu4oxC/tNTACZAcgG XhKFzOh/3C1vuRF94eLnxwc= =2KFu -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] initrd script
Hi, You can use the mkinitrd script with the following syntax: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-"version".img "version" where "version" is kernel version like 2.2.19 You must have compiled and installed yours modules before (/lib/module/"version") best regards Thierry I remember coming across a script that created a new initrd file, but now I don't know what it was. The documentation that describes creating an initrd file describes how to write the script, but I remember that there is a premade script somewhere. My machine needs an initrd file to run a recompiled kernel because I need to load scsi drivers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blanker
Laptops sometimes have built in hardware apm/dpms which can be set in the BIOS. Greg S wrote: 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cron / at
> > "at" simply runs a job at a specified time. Could be a script that checks > if cronjobs has been run. But usually if you have a system that is not up > all the time anacron takes care of the cronjobs > Argh... Then that's why my logrotate thing isn't executed... Anacron isn't even installed... I think it should be installed by default though... Thanks! Hans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Re: Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk
I currently have Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk running with no problems although I also ran into the --configdump problem when I installed it. I don't remember the sequence of events that led to the problem but I do remember that it boiled down to having a .fetchmailrc file in the wrong place. It seems (but I may be mis-remembering) that somehow I had a /.fetchmailrc which the fetchmail configuration GUI (or fetchmail, itself) didn't like. Deleting that file and then running the GUI to re-configure, solved the problem. The key was to have /etc/fetchamilrc and no other config files anywhere else. In your case here is what I would suggest (as root) if you want to run version 6.1.0: At the Commandline: Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America 0. Do `service fetchmail stop' 1. Remove all vestiges of fetchmail by hand (i.e. rpm -e fetchmail), being careful to first save your working /etc/fetchmailrc some place safe. 2. Run `/etc/daily/slocate.cron' and wait until it is finished (On your machine it may be in /etc/weekly.) 3. Do `locate -i fetchmail' and remove anything that comes up (other than the saved config file) by hand. 4. Install the new fetchmail rpms (rpm -Uvh ...) or use `urpmi' or MCC as you please. 5. Check to see if there is a /.fetchmailrc. If so remove it. (I don't think you will find one but I may be wrong here.) 6. Move your saved (and working) fetchmailrc file to `/etc/fetchmailrc'. 7. Finally, re-enable daemon startup at boot time and do `service fetchmail start'. :: maybe this has been fixed in the latest version of Fetchmail, :: but i suspect that i may be missing a step needed when i update. :: :: yesterday, i checked the Update list in MCC :: & found 3 packages listed for Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk , :: which i installed, replacing Fetchmail 5.9.12-1mdk . :: i left ~/.fetchmailrc unaltered. :: :: today, i found that no mail had been downloaded from my 2 ISP servers, :: but checking them directly ( ssh to one, KMail for the other), :: discovered that there were many messages waiting to be retrieved. :: :: i tried to run Fetchmailconf (6.1.0), :: but it failed to start with a reference to --configdump (IIRC). :: :: after i removed the 3 6.1.0 packages with MCC :: & re-installed the 3 5.9.10 packages from CD & rebooted, :: all is well again, incl a successful "test" with Fetchmailconf. :: :: was there something else i needed to do or did 6.1.0 have a bug? :: IIRC 6.1.2 appeared on Cooker today, but 6.1.0 is still in the Update list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
RealOne or realplayer? I don't think there is a RealOne for Linux...? Miark On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:53:46 -0800 "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : Has anyone got RealOne to work on Mandrake Release 9 ? I think i made > : the error of not uninstalling Real 8 first. Which dir should it go into > > It works fine for me. But it still crashes every once a while... > > # rpm -Uvh > > Try this link. > > http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=111302realhome_1 > > Norman > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
Miark wrote: RealOne or realplayer? I don't think there is a RealOne for Linux...? Miark On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:53:46 -0800 "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Has anyone got RealOne to work on Mandrake Release 9 ? I think i made : the error of not uninstalling Real 8 first. Which dir should it go into It works fine for me. But it still crashes every once a while... # rpm -Uvh Try this link. http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=111302realhome_1 Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com http://europe.real.com/index.html?lang=en&loc=nl try at own risk did not work for me Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Making device node
If you are running "devfs" then you don't need to make the node by hand. When the st.o driver is installed the nodes are created dynamically. Try running `modprobe st' and then look in /dev to see if the device nodes have been created. You should see something long the lines of: lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 31 Nov 18 11:26 st0 -> scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mt lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0a -> scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mta lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0l -> scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtl lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0m -> scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtm lr-xr-xr-x1 root root4 Nov 15 18:45 in /dev. I presume you have also installed the `mt-st-0.7-1mdk' for controlling your tape drive? Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America :: Can anyone point me to information on how to make a device node :: for a scsi tape drive which was added to the system after the :: install? :: :: This is in Mandrake 9.0. There doesn't seem to be any st0 in /dev. :: :: Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Dial-in ppp and Bastille
I've got a dial-in ppp server running on my home server, which also runs Bastille firewall. Unfortunately, my default dial-out connection (which its unlikely to use, as I've got broadband) is ppp0, and so is the incoming connection. Obviously, with only one modem, only on of these can be active as once, so this conflict doesn't cause any problem in practice, until it comes to setting up the Bastille configuration. I'd like to configure it so that the dial-in connection is treated as an internal connection, but other ppp connections (ie. outgoing connections) are treated as untrusted external interfaces. So how do I tell the pppd daemon to give a specific name to one of the connections (preferably the incoming one), which I can then pass on to Bastille? -- Tommy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
Well I'll be. I'm downloading it now, but it keeps stalling. Did you try both the tarball and the bin file? http://docs.real.com/docs/playerpatch/unix/rv9_libc6_i386_cs2.tgz http://195.141.101.151/direct/r1p1_linux22_libc6_i386_a1.bin What's the difference between the two? Miark On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:55:36 +0200 Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://europe.real.com/index.html?lang=en&loc=nl try at own risk did not > work for me Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
Miark wrote: Well I'll be. I'm downloading it now, but it keeps stalling. Did you try both the tarball and the bin file? http://docs.real.com/docs/playerpatch/unix/rv9_libc6_i386_cs2.tgz http://195.141.101.151/direct/r1p1_linux22_libc6_i386_a1.bin What's the difference between the two? Miark On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:55:36 +0200 Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://europe.real.com/index.html?lang=en&loc=nl try at own risk did not work for me Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com only tried the bin. it easier to install i suppose, didnt get an option for the tar file. will try again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
On Monday 18 November 2002 09:56 am, you wrote: > Hi Albert, > > I had a similar problem - the installation for MDK9 completely hangs in the > beginning when the AHA2940 is even just inserted - with no disk/CDROM > attached. At first I had a SCSI-CDROM, later changed to an IDE CDROM. I > also moved the controller to other PCI slots. Not until I completely > removed the 2940 the installation went on and completed. I was recomended > to use some other boot img from the CD, but that one failed too. > > Sorry, no solution - just confirmed that the 2940 seems to break the 9.0 > installer. > > /Chris Hi Chris. I've got an Adaptec 2930... Has anyone had problems with it as well? 9.0 should be here soon. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
The first URL is linked to the orange "DOWNLOAD NOW" graphic while the second URL is linked to the orange tex "upgrade package" immediately below the graphic. What I don't get it whether the upgrade is for the RealOne player, or the existing RealPlayer 8. Miark On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:38:18 +0200 Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > only tried the bin. it easier to install i suppose, didnt get an option > for the tar file. will try again. > > > Well I'll be. > > > > I'm downloading it now, but it keeps stalling. Did you try both the > > tarball and the bin file? > > > > http://docs.real.com/docs/playerpatch/unix/rv9_libc6_i386_cs2.tgz > > http://195.141.101.151/direct/r1p1_linux22_libc6_i386_a1.bin > > > > What's the difference between the two? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] PHP4/SSL/Apache
I noticed that in /etc/apache-ssl/httpd.conf the LoadModule php4_module was commented out. Thanks, Barry - Original Message - From: "Jan Hendrik Mangold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [expert] PHP4/SSL/Apache > Hmm, mailinglist manager software was trying to interpret my response ... > > > >Add to your [virtual] server configuration or .htaccess file > > > >AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml > > > >Also, make sure that the server knows about your index file > > > >DirectoryIndex index.php > > > >or whatever your file extension is. > > > >Jan > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk
021118 Dean S. Messing wrote: > I currently have Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk running with no problems > although I also ran into the --configdump problem when I installed it. there seems to have been a problem re 6.1.0 ; also ... > it boiled down to having a .fetchmailrc file in the wrong place. ... you need /etc/fetchmailrc to get the daemon to run (as root); but ... > In your case here is what I would suggest (as root): --- lengthy instructions gratefully received, but snipped --- ... i have re-installed 5.9.12 & am back to before & 6.1.2 is now out, so for the time being i am leaving well alone. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java ssh applet (was (Re: html front end to pine?)
On Sunday 17 November 2002 01:28 pm, Torstein Hernes Dybdahl wrote: > > Do not know how to install or set it up. > Check out hte faq. But not rare for commercial products to miss > instructions. Thats how they make money support. > > Quick check on the web for java-ssh gave this: > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/software/java-ssh/ > http://javassh.org/ > The last one seems to the be the best. Have not tested. One way to solve > the problem. I'll look into it; thanks! --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] root telnet
Hi, >From \Mandrake Control Center\Security\System Options\, I see allow_remote_root_login is set to default (enabled). But I can't seem to telnet into LM 9.0 with root. I can however telnet using other users. How do I enable root telnet? I need it for backup job access. Regards, Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
I'm having all sorts of problems with a P233 with an Adaptec 1542. I also had problems when it had a 1522, and hoped the newer card would fix them. I haven't given up trying ideas yet, and am not totally convinced that the SCSI card is the cause of my problems (but removing it is not an option, since I am trying to load the system onto an attached disk). Brian. From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 03:33:54 -0500 On Monday 18 November 2002 09:56 am, you wrote: > Hi Albert, > > I had a similar problem - the installation for MDK9 completely hangs in the > beginning when the AHA2940 is even just inserted - with no disk/CDROM > attached. At first I had a SCSI-CDROM, later changed to an IDE CDROM. I > also moved the controller to other PCI slots. Not until I completely > removed the 2940 the installation went on and completed. I was recomended > to use some other boot img from the CD, but that one failed too. > > Sorry, no solution - just confirmed that the 2940 seems to break the 9.0 > installer. > > /Chris Hi Chris. I've got an Adaptec 2930... Has anyone had problems with it as well? 9.0 should be here soon. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RealOne
But this is a BETA version, isn't it??? I've tried at home, but doen't work very well, the graphics need to be worked, because it's not as smooth as the realone for windoze. See ya. saludos Gonzalo --- Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > The first URL is linked to the orange "DOWNLOAD NOW" > graphic > while the second URL is linked to the orange tex > "upgrade package" > immediately below the graphic. What I don't get it > whether the > upgrade is for the RealOne player, or the existing > RealPlayer 8. > > Miark > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:38:18 +0200 > Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > only tried the bin. it easier to install i > suppose, didnt get an option > > for the tar file. will try again. > > > > > Well I'll be. > > > > > > I'm downloading it now, but it keeps stalling. > Did you try both the > > > tarball and the bin file? > > > > > > > http://docs.real.com/docs/playerpatch/unix/rv9_libc6_i386_cs2.tgz > > > > http://195.141.101.151/direct/r1p1_linux22_libc6_i386_a1.bin > > > > > > What's the difference between the two? > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > = Gonzalo Avaria Alumno de Licenciatura en Fisica Facultad de Cs. Fisicas y Matematicas Universidad de Concepcion CHILE _ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root telnet
Thanks. I will use ssh in the future. But I just need telent now to verify the backup works. I see /etc/securetty/ contains tty1 to tty6. When I do a ps aux, I see JohnDoe is telnet in using pts/1. How do enabled root tlent for now? Added pts/1 to /etc/securetty? I will try... Regads, Norman - Original Message - From: "Gonzalo Avaria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [expert] root telnet Hi Norman, my advice, from a not so expert linux user is, DO NOT use telnet, it's very insecure for sending info. Just work with ssh, it's a lot better. I've been working on ssh from my work to my home, and it was no trouble. If you want to install ssh, go to the http://www.mandrakeuser.org It has a nice tutorial about installing ssh. That should be all, SALUDOS Gonzalo --- Norman Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hi, > > From \Mandrake Control Center\Security\System > Options\, I see > allow_remote_root_login is set to default (enabled). > But I can't seem to > telnet into LM 9.0 with root. I can however telnet > using other users. How do > I enable root telnet? I need it for backup job > access. > > Regards, > Norman > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > = Gonzalo Avaria Alumno de Licenciatura en Fisica Facultad de Cs. Fisicas y Matematicas Universidad de Concepcion CHILE _ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root telnet
: When I do a ps aux, I see JohnDoe is telnet in : using pts/1. How do enabled root tlent for now? : Added pts/1 to /etc/securetty? I will try... Yup. It works 8) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
> > I am about to try again - upon purchasing another pci-to-pcmcia adaptor. > > If that fails, I will try USB which I know works (if you get the correct > > wlan usb device, that is). Ok that brings up a very good point, which usb devices work with Mandrake 9.0? I am about to buy another one to try and would very much appreciate any help on the selection. Are there any that work right out of the box ? Mike > This is the point...If you find correct deviceUnfortunately they are > not all YET linux-compatibleBut wil be... > > Jarmo > > > praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Firewalled packets are being filtered out
El lun, 18-11-2002 a las 07:40, Christian Jul Jensen escribió: > Hi List > > I've configured a webserver, which runs perfectly on it's own net. The > problem is that it's behind a firewall and everything that comes through > that firewall are being ignored by the server. > > Must be some kind of spoof-protection. Because the packets get trapped by > rp_filter. > > So I've disabled rp_filter, I've set all iptables rules to ACCEPT, and > I've tried lowering the security level with msec. Nothing changed. I've > used tcpdump to see what's going on, and I can see that packets coming > from a machine on the internal net, gets answers. But packets arriving > through the firewall arrives at the interface, but no answer is sent. So I > know for sure that the problem is at this machine. Have you configured NAT? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Firewalled packets are being filtered out
Hallelujah! I Thought I would never get an answer. On 18 Nov 2002, Toshiro wrote: > El lun, 18-11-2002 a las 07:40, Christian Jul Jensen escribió: > > Hi List > > > > I've configured a webserver, which runs perfectly on it's own net. The > > problem is that it's behind a firewall and everything that comes through > > that firewall are being ignored by the server. > > > > Must be some kind of spoof-protection. Because the packets get trapped by > > rp_filter. > > > > So I've disabled rp_filter, I've set all iptables rules to ACCEPT, and > > I've tried lowering the security level with msec. Nothing changed. I've > > used tcpdump to see what's going on, and I can see that packets coming > > from a machine on the internal net, gets answers. But packets arriving > > through the firewall arrives at the interface, but no answer is sent. So I > > know for sure that the problem is at this machine. > > Have you configured NAT? No, this machine is not the firewall itself, only a http-server. It's packets coming through another firewall that are being filtered out. In that case NAT shouldn't be necessary since it's not doing any gatewaying/routing. Or am I wrong here...? -- ./mvh Christian Jul Jensen stud.scient.dat proff.scriptkiddie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] initrd script
now why didn't I think to look for something called mkinitrd? seems so logical. that must have been what I found once before. - Original Message - From: "Thierry TERRIER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [expert] initrd script > Hi, > You can use the mkinitrd script with the following syntax: > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-"version".img "version" > where "version" is kernel version like 2.2.19 > You must have compiled and installed yours modules before > (/lib/module/"version") > best regards > Thierry > > >I remember coming across a script that created a new initrd file, but now I > >don't know what it was. The documentation that describes creating an initrd > >file describes how to write the script, but I remember that there is a > >premade script somewhere. My machine needs an initrd file to run a > >recompiled kernel because I need to load scsi drivers. > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Firewalled packets are being filtered out
> > > I've configured a webserver, which runs perfectly on it's own net. The > > > problem is that it's behind a firewall and everything that comes through > > > that firewall are being ignored by the server. > > > > > > Must be some kind of spoof-protection. Because the packets get trapped by > > > rp_filter. > > > > > > So I've disabled rp_filter, I've set all iptables rules to ACCEPT, and > > > I've tried lowering the security level with msec. Nothing changed. I've > > > used tcpdump to see what's going on, and I can see that packets coming > > > from a machine on the internal net, gets answers. But packets arriving > > > through the firewall arrives at the interface, but no answer is sent. So I > > > know for sure that the problem is at this machine. > > > > Have you configured NAT? > > No, this machine is not the firewall itself, only a http-server. It's > packets coming through another firewall that are being filtered out. In > that case NAT shouldn't be necessary since it's not doing any > gatewaying/routing. Or am I wrong here...? No, you're right, you don't have to do anything in the webserver, my question wasn't right :) what I wanted to ask you is whether the NAT in the firewall is configured OK. Also, your firewall should allow to pass all packets with a connection already established; for example, if your firewall were a Linux box with iptables you should have something like that: iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT Regards, Toshiro. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
A linksys WUSB v2.5 will, perhaps also a v2.0. I goofed my first time and bought a WUSB - it had been a while since it came out so I thought it likely to be a v2.x though there was no indication whatsoever on the box. I lost the receipt and was unable to take it back. a v1.5 will not work. There are others, of course. I would suggest you take a look around the linux-wlan-ng website: http://www.linux-wlan.org/index.html Down the page is a table with a list of the working and not working devices with the linux-wlan-ng drivers. There is an alcatel driver out there that will work with some devices as well. praedor On Monday 18 November 2002 07:13 pm, Mike Graham wrote: > > > I am about to try again - upon purchasing another pci-to-pcmcia > > > adaptor. If that fails, I will try USB which I know works (if you get > > > the correct wlan usb device, that is). > > Ok that brings up a very good point, which usb devices work with Mandrake > 9.0? I am about to buy another one to try and would very much appreciate > any help on the selection. Are there any that work right out of the box ? > Mike > > > This is the point...If you find correct deviceUnfortunately they are > > not all YET linux-compatibleBut wil be... > > > > Jarmo > > > > > praedor -- 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] Firewalled packets are being filtered out
On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 11:51, Toshiro wrote: > > > > I've configured a webserver, which runs perfectly on it's own net. The > > > > problem is that it's behind a firewall and everything that comes through > > > > that firewall are being ignored by the server. > > > > > > > > Must be some kind of spoof-protection. Because the packets get trapped by > > > > rp_filter. > > > > > > > > So I've disabled rp_filter, I've set all iptables rules to ACCEPT, and > > > > I've tried lowering the security level with msec. Nothing changed. I've > > > > used tcpdump to see what's going on, and I can see that packets coming > > > > from a machine on the internal net, gets answers. But packets arriving > > > > through the firewall arrives at the interface, but no answer is sent. So I > > > > know for sure that the problem is at this machine. > > > > > > Have you configured NAT? > > > > No, this machine is not the firewall itself, only a http-server. It's > > packets coming through another firewall that are being filtered out. In > > that case NAT shouldn't be necessary since it's not doing any > > gatewaying/routing. Or am I wrong here...? > > No, you're right, you don't have to do anything in the webserver, my question > wasn't right :) what I wanted to ask you is whether the NAT in the firewall is > configured OK. > > Also, your firewall should allow to pass all packets with a connection already > established; for example, if your firewall were a Linux box with iptables you > should have something like that: > > iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > I could be wrong here, but I think you may need to enable port forwarding to pass requests for port 80 on the firewall to port 80 on the webserver. Try this (one line): iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination :80 Replace with your internet interface (ppp0/eth0, whatever) Replace with the internal ip of your webserver. Of course, if you have a public address on your web server and traffic is going straight there, this mail is redundant :) A simple EUREKA! will suffice, should this fix the problem :) Kind regards, John... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GUI Crashing all the time in 9.0
That's not a solution but for your jobs working in xterm, use screen (man sreen). Even if xterm and X crash, you jobs will still be working... Isn't there an issue with some AMD processors and the linux kernel... Something about cache coherance... Guillaume. On Saturday 16 November 2002 10:37 am, you wrote: > Has anyone else had a problem with their machine dropping back from > gui to console after a period of uptime? I have a computer that I run > at init level 5 and use as my main home PC. However, I also have it > running several things out of cron, and performing server type functions > like samba and cups. It's an AMD XP 1400 with 512MB of RAM, so I don't > feel I'm asking too much from the system. > > Periodically, I'll come up to the keyboard and monitor and it will > be at a console login prompt. After a series of stopping and starting > xfs and dm, and running "init 3" followed by "init 5" seems to get me > back to a gui login. Then I can log back in and continue on. The > problem is, I have things running out of xterm windows and I keep > loosing my work when this happens. > > I'm going to make sure I'm patched to the latest rpms, but I thought > I'd post to this group to see if anyone else had seen this and/or knew > what the problem was. > > Thanks, > Cory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] wireless problem
I'm new to the Mandrake mailing lists. I've just seen the message from VINCENT DANEN in regard of a new version of initscript to properly configure dynamic configuration of wireless connexion. I've seen your message in the archive, but I can't reply to you directly. I'm in such a situation. I'm currently configured using Mandrake 9.0 from the CD ISO distribution. I tried to update from the new initscripts available through MandrakeUpdate, but it make my wireless connexion useless after update (it is working without making the update). So I can help to try it if you which. cheers Guy Turcotte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GUI Crashing all the time in 9.0
Well, I do have some new parts installed in the system, but I'm pretty sure this was happening before I installed the new hardware. I upgraded the motherboard and CPU to an AMD XP 1600. memtest is reporting errors on tests 5 and 8, which the docs say happen often with AMD XP CPU's and some cheap memory chips. I have a PNY pc133 256MB chip and a Kingston pc133 256MB chip. I would not consider either of these "cheap" memory, and the problem exists with both chips by themselves, as well as together. I suppose I could try to find a different RAM chip, in case they are both bad (which I doubt). I have several IDE devices, so I tried unplugging all unnecessary devices for getting to memtest, but the problem still existed. I'm building a new system, so I grabbed the power supply out of it (which is bigger), and plugged it up, but that didn't fix the problem either. I'm going to see if there's a bios upgrade for my motherboard, but after that I don't know what to try. It seems like it's either the CPU or the motherboard ... neither of which I can test individually. Cory Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 09:37 -0600, . wrote: Has anyone else had a problem with their machine dropping back from gui to console after a period of uptime? I have a computer that I run at init level 5 and use as my main home PC. However, I also have it running several things out of cron, and performing server type functions like samba and cups. It's an AMD XP 1400 with 512MB of RAM, so I don't feel I'm asking too much from the system. Periodically, I'll come up to the keyboard and monitor and it will be at a console login prompt. After a series of stopping and starting xfs and dm, and running "init 3" followed by "init 5" seems to get me back to a gui login. Then I can log back in and continue on. The problem is, I have things running out of xterm windows and I keep loosing my work when this happens. I'm going to make sure I'm patched to the latest rpms, but I thought I'd post to this group to see if anyone else had seen this and/or knew what the problem was. Sounds like a hardware prob to me. Install memtest and reboot to the memtest boot option and run it over night. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem speeds (slow kbps on dial in server)
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:25:08 -, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I have created a dial up account to my home system (MDK 8.2). I dial up >using my laptop to get/check email etc. Although reading the howtos and the >connection being very stable using AutoPPP, the laptop (Win2K) never reports >more than 28kbps, however, when I dial to my ISP directly the laptop gets >56kbps. So I am wondering if I am missing something on my MDK dial-in >server. All settings for the modem port speed are 115200 and the mgetty >speed for comm is also at 115200. I would like to get 56kbps on this dial up >link, so if anyone has got any experiance and could shed any light on this >slow connection I would be grateful. > >David. > Hi David, if you want 56k dialin connection to your server, your server will require a digital modem and link to the exchange. If you have a 56k modem hooked to a anologue (pots) line on you server you cannot get any higher speed than 33.6k. Read up on digital to anologue and analogue to digital conversions to find out why. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
Brian, Boot off of Disk Two (I Purchased my Set from Mandrake direct), then load each of the customized Boot Kernels until one works. I'm not sure WHY we have to jump through hurdles to get the Install to work. I'm still picking up bits off of the Floor. Mozilla doesn't install directly. I have problems with rpmdrake recognizing the cdrom It really shouldn't be this difficult folks. Brian Schroeder wrote: > I'm having all sorts of problems with a P233 with an Adaptec 1542. > I also had problems when it had a 1522, and hoped the newer card would > fix them. I haven't given up trying ideas yet, and am not totally > convinced that the SCSI card is the cause of my problems (but removing > it is not an option, since I am trying to load the system onto an > attached disk). > > Brian. > > >From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks > >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 03:33:54 -0500 > > > >On Monday 18 November 2002 09:56 am, you wrote: > > > Hi Albert, > > > > > > I had a similar problem - the installation for MDK9 completely hangs in > >the > > > beginning when the AHA2940 is even just inserted - with no disk/CDROM > > > attached. At first I had a SCSI-CDROM, later changed to an IDE CDROM. I > > > also moved the controller to other PCI slots. Not until I completely > > > removed the 2940 the installation went on and completed. I was > >recomended > > > to use some other boot img from the CD, but that one failed too. > > > > > > Sorry, no solution - just confirmed that the 2940 seems to break the 9.0 > > > installer. > > > > > > /Chris > > > >Hi Chris. I've got an Adaptec 2930... Has anyone had problems with it as > >well? 9.0 should be here soon. > > > >-- > > > >/\ > > Dark< > > >Lord > > > >\/ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- 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] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
On Monday 18 November 2002 05:46 pm, you wrote: > I'm having all sorts of problems with a P233 with an Adaptec 1542. > I also had problems when it had a 1522, and hoped the newer card would > fix them. I haven't given up trying ideas yet, and am not totally > convinced that the SCSI card is the cause of my problems (but removing > it is not an option, since I am trying to load the system onto an > attached disk). > > Brian. Hi Brian. Thanks for the reply. Do you think it might be another of those situations where its certain hardware combinations that are problematic? Like using an Adaptec card with certain motherboards? So far, from v7.2 thru 8.2, Mandrake has been faultless with my SCSI setup. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cron / at
I did not have anacron installed. I installed it from 9.0 disks. Now when I start anacron and check the status it tells it's dead. -Sridhar KevinO wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 cron.daily scripts are executed according to the entry for cron.daily in the /etc/crontab file. On my Mandrake 8.2 box the cron.daily stuff is run every day at 4:02am. See: $ man crontab $ man 5 crontab SainTiss wrote: Hi, I'm trying to figure out how cron/at work/cooperate... How, for example, does cron determine that the scripts in /etc/cron.daily need to be executed? Does it just do that at midnight? Or does it know when 24 hours have passed since the last execution? Also, I believe that, if the system is down when the execution should take place, at takes over... When does the execution of the /etc/cron.daily scripts take place in that case? Thanks, Hans - -- KevinO Matz's Law: A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE92SepjBS1mMJB+bQRAiXPAJ9Ia6M2AfvXpib7hz0fu4oxC/tNTACZAcgG XhKFzOh/3C1vuRF94eLnxwc= =2KFu -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] changing permissions fails quietly
i just made a link in cron.daily so that slocate gets run each morning, noting the permissions on the daily msec link i tried to set teh same for the slocate link but i can't, any ideas [root@mycroft cron.daily]# chmod u-w,o-w slocate [root@mycroft cron.daily]# ls -l total 5 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 37 Aug 10 18:10 logcheck* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 51 Aug 14 04:12 logrotate* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 402 Aug 27 14:39 makewhatis.cron* lrwxr-xr-x1 root root 27 Oct 16 21:34 msec -> /usr/share/msec/security.sh* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 104 Sep 12 21:15 rpm* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 29 Nov 19 04:10 slocate -> /etc/cron.weekly/slocate.cron* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 314 Feb 22 2002 tmpwatch* [root@mycroft cron.daily]# bascule -- The reaper does not listen to the harvest. (Reaper Man) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] printing multiple photos
Is there a way to use GIMP or another editing program that will allow me, for example, to put two different pictures, like 4"x6" on the same page and print them that way? I hate to use the Windoze word, but there are numerous programs for 'doze that will do this easily. There must be a Linux equivalent. Thanks, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cron / at
Hans, Let me know if logrotate works for u. I am having the same problem. -Sridhar SainTiss wrote: "at" simply runs a job at a specified time. Could be a script that checks if cronjobs has been run. But usually if you have a system that is not up all the time anacron takes care of the cronjobs Argh... Then that's why my logrotate thing isn't executed... Anacron isn't even installed... I think it should be installed by default though... Thanks! Hans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GUI Crashing all the time in 9.0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are you booting with the boot-time kernel parameters "mem=nopentium" and/or "noapic" ? These can be put into an append line in lilo.conf also. Here is a snippit from a lilo.conf file showing the append line near the bottom : - --snip-- boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux-smp keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw ignore-table image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp label=linux-smp root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-smp.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi mem=nopentium noapic" read-only - ---snip You will have to (re)run lilo in order to commit the changes to disk. KevinO . wrote: > Well, I do have some new parts installed in the system, but I'm > pretty sure this was happening before I installed the new hardware. I > upgraded the motherboard and CPU to an AMD XP 1600. > > memtest is reporting errors on tests 5 and 8, which the docs say > happen often with AMD XP CPU's and some cheap memory chips. I have a > PNY pc133 256MB chip and a Kingston pc133 256MB chip. I would not > consider either of these "cheap" memory, and the problem exists with > both chips by themselves, as well as together. I suppose I could try to > find a different RAM chip, in case they are both bad (which I doubt). > > I have several IDE devices, so I tried unplugging all unnecessary > devices for getting to memtest, but the problem still existed. I'm > building a new system, so I grabbed the power supply out of it (which is > bigger), and plugged it up, but that didn't fix the problem either. > > I'm going to see if there's a bios upgrade for my motherboard, but > after that I don't know what to try. It seems like it's either the CPU > or the motherboard ... neither of which I can test individually. > > Cory > > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 09:37 -0600, . wrote: >> >>> Has anyone else had a problem with their machine dropping back >>> from gui to console after a period of uptime? I have a computer that >>> I run at init level 5 and use as my main home PC. However, I also >>> have it running several things out of cron, and performing server >>> type functions like samba and cups. It's an AMD XP 1400 with 512MB >>> of RAM, so I don't feel I'm asking too much from the system. >>> >>> Periodically, I'll come up to the keyboard and monitor and it will >>> be at a console login prompt. After a series of stopping and >>> starting xfs and dm, and running "init 3" followed by "init 5" seems >>> to get me back to a gui login. Then I can log back in and continue >>> on. The problem is, I have things running out of xterm windows and I >>> keep loosing my work when this happens. >>> >>> I'm going to make sure I'm patched to the latest rpms, but I >>> thought I'd post to this group to see if anyone else had seen this >>> and/or knew what the problem was. >> >> >> >> Sounds like a hardware prob to me. Install memtest and reboot to the >> memtest boot option and run it over night. >> >> wobo >> >> >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE92etCjBS1mMJB+bQRAkR/AJ9ihJdclsVxIRsR5oIszwBzBUvjWwCfdQpZ si2KujFB5FgnVSFpsSIUNEw= =Tewd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
