Re: [expert] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0
Don't know if this will help but ran across this article on LinuxToday.. Title: Using a Compact Flash Card Reader in Linux http://www.machineofthemonth.org/articles/2002/1216/index.html James On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 08:21, J. Grant wrote: > Well have you got the usb modules loaded? And i assume there are other > working usb devicies? you do not mention if your mouse is listed. > > If not get the lastest libusb recompile the latest kernel too. > > > JG > > Jason wrote: > > Ok, I am still having problems so I hope someone can help me out here. I > > had a look in: > > |/proc/bus/usb/devices| > > and there is nothing in there, even after plugging in the device. This > > tells me that the kernel is not recognizing the device right?? If so, > > how do I rectify this?? This device is SUPPOSED to be supported under > > Linux so I just need a nudge in the right direction. > > > > Cheers > > > > Jason > > > > PS, since I've had no joy here, I'll cc it to the cooker list too. > > Thanks for the help all.| > > | > > > > > > __ > > 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] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
I don't find myself particularly impressed by it then I am afraid. Specifically I am refering to the use of a standardized name for the group. I mean wouldn't it be better to create an admin group with a misleading name that sounds like it is used by a program or one that sounds like the exact opposite of what it is or perhaps one that has no specific meaning? One might even create a fake user account for su ownershp and put the admin users in that accounts group while restricting that user from ever logging on. One might then also restrict the permissions on su sufficiently that an ordinary user cannot display who owns it. Michael Viron wrote: You can use linux to lock out "su" access to only the wheel group. The steps are: Change the group ownership on su to root:wheel . Next, remove execute permission from "other" on su. Michael -- Michael Viron Core System Administration Team Simple End User Linux At 04:03 PM 12/28/2002 -0800, you wrote: I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit /etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove access. James On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote: My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody give me tips on it's use? __ 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 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] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
No matter what you call it, root is still UID 0 ('zero'). A cracker can simply
use 'UID 0' instead of 'root'. In other words, there is no real use in renaming
the root user.
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:32:45 -0800, Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't find myself particularly impressed by it then I am afraid.
> Specifically I am refering to the use of a standardized name for the
> group. I mean wouldn't it be better to create an admin group with a
> misleading name that sounds like it is used by a program or one that
> sounds like the exact opposite of what it is or perhaps one that has no
> specific meaning? One might even create a fake user account for su
> ownershp and put the admin users in that accounts group while
> restricting that user from ever logging on. One might then also
> restrict the permissions on su sufficiently that an ordinary user cannot
> display who owns it.
>
> Michael Viron wrote:
> > You can use linux to lock out "su" access to only the wheel group.
> >
> > The steps are:
> > Change the group ownership on su to root:wheel .
> > Next, remove execute permission from "other" on su.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > --
> > Michael Viron
> > Core System Administration Team
> > Simple End User Linux
> >
> >
> > At 04:03 PM 12/28/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >>I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used
> >>for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel
> >>can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for
> >>access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit
> >>/etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove
> >>access.
> >>
> >>James
> >>
> >>
> >>On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote:
> >>
> >>>My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a
> >>>user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to
> >>>work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been
> >>>because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody
> >>>give me tips on it's use?
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Re: [expert] single click in KDE3.1RC5
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 12:12 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi list, I've recently installed KDE3.1RC5 and haven't been able to make out just how to enable single click for the launch icons that live on the desktop. any ideas? thanks, Mark Mark: Try Control Center, Peripherals, Mouse (works on stock 3.03). -- cmg Thanks Carroll... :) that did the trick. I hadn't even thought to look there. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] question about SRPM & RPM
I want to know differeces between SRPM and RPM files. how to install SRPM and RPM files.? thanks for advance Ivo. _ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] question about SRPM & RPM
Jorris Graad schrieb: I want to know differeces between SRPM and RPM files. how to install SRPM and RPM files.? Hi, see http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/basics/brpm4.html Regards, Niels Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] gtk-gnutella
Hello Hans I thought that too, but there are no proxies defined for gnutella (it simply does nothing when I do set one). I even tried to do 'unset http_proxy' befor launching. Guy On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 20:11, SainTiss wrote: > Hi, > > I had a similar problem, which was due to me using a HTTP proxy... > Gtk-gnutella doesn't handle proxies well as far as connecting to the > "cache nodes" is concerned... > > Hans > > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 19:34, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > Hello > > > > I recently ran into problems with gtk-gnutella (gtk-gnutella-0.91.1-1plf > > on Mandrake 9.0). > > I had been using it for some time, and it was working fine. But now > > another user on my system needs it too, and it fails. > > > > So I decided to remove the .gtk-gnutella directory for my user (after > > backing it up). And restart it again, it fails too. > > > > In the terminal window, I get the errors below. > > Running the GET commands manually works fine. Qtella is also dead in > > the water. If I interpret this correctly, something goes wrong when my > > client downloads the host caches. That explains why it was still > > working for my userID, I had a cache file with > 2 hosts. > > > > Can anyone confirm this behavior? > > > > Kind regards > > > > Guy > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > http://gwebcache.bearshare.net/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; on >error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > http://gwebcache.bearshare.net/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] gtk-gnutella
Hi, I never said the problem could be solved by setting a proxy somewhere :-) The point is that support for proxies wrt the cache nodes hasn't been implemented yet... Your best bet is probably to go to the #gtk-gnutella irc channel on irc.openprojects.net, and ask for a working node there, which you can enter manually, and if you leave the program running for a couple of minutes, your local cache will be filling up again... Hans On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 17:52, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > Hello Hans > > I thought that too, but there are no proxies defined for gnutella (it > simply does nothing when I do set one). > I even tried to do 'unset http_proxy' befor launching. > > Guy > > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 20:11, SainTiss wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had a similar problem, which was due to me using a HTTP proxy... > > Gtk-gnutella doesn't handle proxies well as far as connecting to the > > "cache nodes" is concerned... > > > > Hans > > > > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 19:34, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I recently ran into problems with gtk-gnutella (gtk-gnutella-0.91.1-1plf > > > on Mandrake 9.0). > > > I had been using it for some time, and it was working fine. But now > > > another user on my system needs it too, and it fails. > > > > > > So I decided to remove the .gtk-gnutella directory for my user (after > > > backing it up). And restart it again, it fails too. > > > > > > In the terminal window, I get the errors below. > > > Running the GET commands manually works fine. Qtella is also dead in > > > the water. If I interpret this correctly, something goes wrong when my > > > client downloads the host caches. That explains why it was still > > > working for my userID, I had a cache file with > 2 hosts. > > > > > > Can anyone confirm this behavior? > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Guy > > > > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > http://gwebcache.bearshare.net/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > http://gwebcache.bearshare.net/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?urlfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > ** WARNING **: aborting "GET > > > >http://raphael.manfredi.free.fr/gwc/gcache.php?hostfile=1&client=GTKG&version=0.91.1"; >on error: Data timeout > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > Guy Van Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Missin' some stuff (where are the translucent display themes for KDE and 3D Xscreensavers?)
After loading Mandrake 9.0 I found some disappointing things missing. The various translucent themes for KDE (glow etc.) along with the 3D Xscreensavers (Atlantis, Lava Lamp, Pipes, etc). Can someone point me to them? BTW, this is a very good distro! It appears that All of the past errors have been fixed. mg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] XFree86 log file out of control
Hey Brian, I had the same problem that you describe below on my FreeBSD V4.7-p2 system. The problem is that one of the X11 driver source files for the Cirrus GD5446 graphics chip (alp_xaam.c) has a "#define DEBUG" statement in it that results in the debugging output in the log that you describe. Rebuild and install XFree86-Server-4.2.1_6 to get the patch that removes the #define DEBUG statement in the source file /usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server/work/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfre e86/drivers/cirrus/alp_xaam.c. I just verified that this fixed the problem for me. Best of luck, Clyde Hi experts Just checked free disk space on my server (mdk 9.0) and found /var getting low on free space. The culprit was XFree86.0.log which had expended to 2GB. It was full of messages like: moutl(8, C70007) moutl(14, 123C5F) moutl(18, D0001) moutl(10, 12BC5F) minl(40) moutl(40, 2) minl(40) minl(40) moutl(C, 8000800) X is loaded on this machine, but very rarely used - only when I need to use a GUI when out of my depth. Anyone know what these messages might mean or what circumstance might have caused them to be issued? TIA Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mldonkey, kazaa, emule
I use DC-gui, a direct conect client for Linux. /Pedro fredagen den 27 december 2002 22.28 skrev Sascha Noyes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 27 December 2002 05:26 pm, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > I have tested several files-share packages under linux, but the > > performance is not as good as I would like. Mldonkey seems to be good, > > lot of servers and shared files, but when I try to download big files, > > usually the download sooner or later stops. Using wine kazaa runs fine, > > but I found less avi files avalaible. Some people has tolked so good > > about Emule, but I haven't been able to find a linux release or how to > > run it under wine. Gnutella and edonkey didn't convice me. > > > > Does anyone have good experience with those or others packages? > > > > Thanks so much in advance for the help, yours sincerely > > I was using mldonkey 'till recently, but discovered "ed2k-gtk-gui" recently > and think that it is a lot better. It is a graphical front-end to the > edonkey command-line version published by the edonkey team themselves. > (Although they seem to offer modified 'cores' (the actual file-sharing > program - without a graphical front-end). The link is: > http://ed2k-gtk-gui.sourceforge.net/index.shtml > > P.S. If you get the graphical representation of download status to work, > then send me (or the list) a message detailing which core version etc. > > Sascha Noyes > > - -- > Please encrypt all correspondence. > PGP key available from: > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > - -- > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+DMYQgzJdfX+cTW8RAnEVAKC4A6bOKJ+y8G2zpd8uHSrcvSSSfgCfdHwq > T2tjJ4nGibN8kEmzpvxwGTk= > =iTh0 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Missin' some stuff (where are the translucent displaythemes for KDE and 3D Xscreensavers?)
mike schrieb: After loading Mandrake 9.0 I found some disappointing things missing. The various translucent themes for KDE (glow etc.) along with the 3D Xscreensavers (Atlantis, Lava Lamp, Pipes, etc). Can someone point me to them? Have a look at http://www.kde-look.org/ There are Themes, Screensavers, etc. for all KDE versions. PLF and Texstar have some .rpm's for some popular files from kde-look, e.g. liquid, kfiresaver, etc. Regards, Niels Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
Really? I mean if you create an admin user can't you then restrict root
from ever logging on?
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
No matter what you call it, root is still UID 0 ('zero'). A cracker can simply
use 'UID 0' instead of 'root'. In other words, there is no real use in renaming
the root user.
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:32:45 -0800, Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't find myself particularly impressed by it then I am afraid.
Specifically I am refering to the use of a standardized name for the
group. I mean wouldn't it be better to create an admin group with a
misleading name that sounds like it is used by a program or one that
sounds like the exact opposite of what it is or perhaps one that has no
specific meaning? One might even create a fake user account for su
ownershp and put the admin users in that accounts group while
restricting that user from ever logging on. One might then also
restrict the permissions on su sufficiently that an ordinary user cannot
display who owns it.
Michael Viron wrote:
You can use linux to lock out "su" access to only the wheel group.
The steps are:
Change the group ownership on su to root:wheel .
Next, remove execute permission from "other" on su.
Michael
--
Michael Viron
Core System Administration Team
Simple End User Linux
At 04:03 PM 12/28/2002 -0800, you wrote:
I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used
for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel
can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for
access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit
/etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove
access.
James
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote:
My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a
user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to
work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been
because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody
give me tips on it's use?
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Re: [expert] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
Oh you can... BUT if the admin user is UID 0 then admin == root if the
admin user != root and != UID 0 then the admin user doesn't have full
root ability... unless you stand on your head with permissions.
James
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:00, Jim C wrote:
> Really? I mean if you create an admin user can't you then restrict root
> from ever logging on?
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > No matter what you call it, root is still UID 0 ('zero'). A cracker can simply
> > use 'UID 0' instead of 'root'. In other words, there is no real use in renaming
> > the root user.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:32:45 -0800, Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>I don't find myself particularly impressed by it then I am afraid.
> >>Specifically I am refering to the use of a standardized name for the
> >>group. I mean wouldn't it be better to create an admin group with a
> >>misleading name that sounds like it is used by a program or one that
> >>sounds like the exact opposite of what it is or perhaps one that has no
> >>specific meaning? One might even create a fake user account for su
> >>ownershp and put the admin users in that accounts group while
> >>restricting that user from ever logging on. One might then also
> >>restrict the permissions on su sufficiently that an ordinary user cannot
> >>display who owns it.
> >>
> >>Michael Viron wrote:
> >>
> >>>You can use linux to lock out "su" access to only the wheel group.
> >>>
> >>>The steps are:
> >>>Change the group ownership on su to root:wheel .
> >>>Next, remove execute permission from "other" on su.
> >>>
> >>>Michael
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Michael Viron
> >>>Core System Administration Team
> >>>Simple End User Linux
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>At 04:03 PM 12/28/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used
> for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel
> can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for
> access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit
> /etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove
> access.
>
> James
>
>
> On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote:
>
>
> >My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a
> >user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to
> >work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been
> >because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody
> >give me tips on it's use?
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>
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[expert] Difference between distros
Where can I find a FAQ detailing the differences between the directory structures used between the various distributions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Odd Hard Disk Slowdown on new MDK 9.0 install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, Okay, I still have a strange problem. I just copied 97 mb in a test folder on two systems. One is a Pentium III 750 laptop with a 10 gig 5400 rpm hard disk. The other is my new Pentium 4 2.66 GHz desktop with a 7200 rpm ultra-ATA 100 hard disk. I found the file transfer time is almost the same on both systems! Worse, it seems that while it only takes about 20% of my CPU's capacity to copy the files on the P3 750, on the P4 2.66 GHz it took all but 6% of the system resources. Any ideas why there would be such a dramatic impact copying the same 97 megs of data? Is it the location of the files on the drive perhaps? On my new system my Linux partition starts 40 GB into the drive and is 60 GB in size. On my laptop there is one big Linux partition covering all 10 GB. Could this cause such a major performance impact? Both systems, I should add, are running Mandrake 9.0. The only difference in config as far as the distro goes are the various drivers (i.e. different sound cards, ATI Radeon drivers on the desktop, etc.) and the fact that the desktop is running KDE 3.1 RC1 during the tests whereas the laptop has 3.0.2. Actually, since I first wrote this message, I just tested again in IceWM, and the results come out the same. ack!!! This is rather disappointing to say the least! Thanks, Tim - -- - Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+D2TZK37Cns9gJ0gRAsXMAJ9GKMDMXhDe/hUFc7T7IGZl7M863ACfc1Az rGH/une39LZOGs3e+Gvxczw= =MegE -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mldonkey, kazaa, emule
Hi, could you tell me how you managed to get kazaa working? I installed it once, but it crashed after showing the kazaa window for about 1 second... Thanks Hans On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 23:26, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > I have tested several files-share packages under linux, but the performance is > not as good as I would like. Mldonkey seems to be good, lot of servers and > shared files, but when I try to download big files, usually the download > sooner or later stops. Using wine kazaa runs fine, but I found less avi files > avalaible. Some people has tolked so good about Emule, but I haven't been > able to find a linux release or how to run it under wine. Gnutella and > edonkey didn't convice me. > > Does anyone have good experience with those or others packages? > > Thanks so much in advance for the help, yours sincerely > > > -- > 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 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Odd Hard Disk Slowdown on new MDK 9.0 install
Timothy R. Butler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, Okay, I still have a strange problem. I just copied 97 mb in a test folder on two systems. One is a Pentium III 750 laptop with a 10 gig 5400 rpm hard disk. The other is my new Pentium 4 2.66 GHz desktop with a 7200 rpm ultra-ATA 100 hard disk. I found the file transfer time is almost the same on both systems! Worse, it seems that while it only takes about 20% of my CPU's capacity to copy the files on the P3 750, on the P4 2.66 GHz it took all but 6% of the system resources. Any ideas why there would be such a dramatic impact copying the same 97 megs of data? Is it the location of the files on the drive perhaps? On my new system my Linux partition starts 40 GB into the drive and is 60 GB in size. On my laptop there is one big Linux partition covering all 10 GB. Could this cause such a major performance impact? Both systems, I should add, are running Mandrake 9.0. The only difference in config as far as the distro goes are the various drivers (i.e. different sound cards, ATI Radeon drivers on the desktop, etc.) and the fact that the desktop is running KDE 3.1 RC1 during the tests whereas the laptop has 3.0.2. Actually, since I first wrote this message, I just tested again in IceWM, and the results come out the same. ack!!! This is rather disappointing to say the least! Thanks, Tim You might be limited by DMA being disabled. Install hdparm and, as root, do hdparm -tT /dev/hda or b, whichever ide drive you test. I use hdparm -c3d1 /dev/hda hdparm -c3d1 /dev/hdb at the bottom of /etc/rc.local. There is a good howto here: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hide2.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Difference between distros
The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... What is in those directories does vary slightly.. rpm names/versions may vary but the directory structure is the same.. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:07, Jim C wrote: > Where can I find a FAQ detailing the differences between the directory > structures used between the various distributions? > > > > > > __ > > 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] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0
Thanks much but yup, I read it too and it didn't help meunfortunately. I am getting closer to getting it going and if/when I do I will post the process to the list. Cheers Jason Greenwood James Sparenberg wrote: Don't know if this will help but ran across this article on LinuxToday.. Title: Using a Compact Flash Card Reader in Linux http://www.machineofthemonth.org/articles/2002/1216/index.html James On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 08:21, J. Grant wrote: Well have you got the usb modules loaded? And i assume there are other working usb devicies? you do not mention if your mouse is listed. If not get the lastest libusb recompile the latest kernel too. JG Jason wrote: Ok, I am still having problems so I hope someone can help me out here. I had a look in: |/proc/bus/usb/devices| and there is nothing in there, even after plugging in the device. This tells me that the kernel is not recognizing the device right?? If so, how do I rectify this?? This device is SUPPOSED to be supported under Linux so I just need a nudge in the right direction. Cheers Jason PS, since I've had no joy here, I'll cc it to the cooker list too. Thanks for the help all.| | __ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mldonkey, kazaa, emule
Saint, First of all I reach to download to big files (700Mb) using mldonkey; on the other hand kazaa is runing fine, just some menus give me problems (help menu), but it runs using wine. In the case you like run kazaa, I followed the english instructions of the next web page: http://www.christian-gerner.de/computer/linux/kazaa.htm but I had to download the rpm of the last codeveawers wine version (20020904-7). BTW, word97 and excel run fine using this wine release, but ¡I prefer OpenOffice! If you have problems to understand the instructions, please ask me and I will give you a detailed description about how I did it? Good luck! El Domingo, 29 de Diciembre de 2002 22:13, SainTiss escribió: > Hi, > > could you tell me how you managed to get kazaa working? > > I installed it once, but it crashed after showing the kazaa window for > about 1 second... > > Thanks > > Hans -- 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
[expert] Fonts issues for OO and Mozilla
After having installed some packages from TexStar, I do not see anymore
the MenuItems in OpenOffice (only "-" signs). I tried to change the
"AUTO" option in /etc/openoffice/openoffice.cfg but with no luck...
Also I noticed that I started to see strange characters in some web page
using Mozilla ("-" changed into "?" for instance, but not consistently
on the page, but consistently on the type of font used...)
I would really like to avoid to go back and roolback my installation !
Unfortunately I realized this strange behavior after I have actually
updated too many things that I woud really do not want to get rid of.
Does anybody have a workaround for this? Is this problem due to the new
fonts that are present in the TextStar archive?
Thanks a lot for any help. Best regards
/stefano
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[expert] gconfd-2 out of control
Am having a weird problem.
When I log into gnome with a particular user name gconfd-2 runs and
gobbles memory, and then hangs my system.
I'm not sure what is causing this, but it appears user specific.
Can anyone suggest a solution for me to be able to use this user without
such a problem?
Many thanks
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of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it
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Re: [expert] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
Well what about the su command? Can't you get full root access with it? I mean at least as much as anyone would need. Here is the thing. On a Windows XP system you can desginate administrative users. When the system detetects that there are administrative users available it automatically disables the "Administrator" account (i.e. you can no longer logon as same). The reverse is true also. When you remove all of the administrative users you'll notice that the "Administrator" account is enabled. The advantage of this should be that it makes it harder to guess which accounts are administrative makeing it much more difficult to automate such activities. Is it not true then that in the same manner one might fix it so that root can't logon while specifying admin users by using a group in the same style as wheel (i.e. limit access to the su command), only that in using a group name that is something other than "wheel" you make it more difficult? James Sparenberg wrote: Oh you can... BUT if the admin user is UID 0 then admin == root if the admin user != root and != UID 0 then the admin user doesn't have full root ability... unless you stand on your head with permissions. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:00, Jim C wrote: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Difference between distros
Well OK, but for example I notice that Redhat RPMs frequently use the /usr/local directories differently from Mandrake and likely other distributions do also. Is there nowhere where I can find out about this? James Sparenberg wrote: The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... What is in those directories does vary slightly.. rpm names/versions may vary but the directory structure is the same.. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:07, Jim C wrote: Where can I find a FAQ detailing the differences between the directory structures used between the various distributions? __ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Printing problems
On every printer (and there have been probably 5 or 6) I have ever tried to use with Linux I have had the following problem. The first line prints right on the top border of the printable area meaning that only half of it actually gets printed. Now there should be a way to adjust this but I've never found it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Missin' some stuff (where are the translucent display themes for KDE and 3D Xscreensavers?)
On Sunday 29 December 2002 03:43 pm, Niels Obst wrote: > mike schrieb: > > After loading Mandrake 9.0 I found some disappointing things missing. > > The various translucent themes for KDE (glow etc.) along with the 3D > > Xscreensavers (Atlantis, Lava Lamp, Pipes, etc). Can someone point me to > > them? > > Have a look at http://www.kde-look.org/ > > There are Themes, Screensavers, etc. for all KDE versions. > > PLF and Texstar have some .rpm's for some popular files from kde-look, > e.g. liquid, kfiresaver, etc. > > Regards, Niels Thanks. Do you know where the screensavers are? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0
Hi all, Hope you can help. Now we're getting somewhere!! I unplugged the device AGAIN and rebooted. Went through the steps again and this time it created the devfs entry...but with errors in the log (/var/log/messages): Dec 30 11:27:17 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.2-1, assigned address 2 Dec 30 11:27:17 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xd7d/0x240) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d7d/240/100 Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: Vendor: Model: USB Card Reader Rev: 1.06 Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Dec 30 11:27:21 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2 Dec 30 11:27:26 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table Weird is says medium not present since I had a SM card in the reader when I mounted it!! I had to do the sd_mod straight away or the usb would time out. Anyway, once I did this I tried to mount it: [root@localhost jason]# modprobe sd_mod [root@localhost jason]# mount /dev/sda /mnt/cf /dev/sda: Input/output error mount: you must specify the filesystem type So I tried several ways: [root@localhost jason]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/cf mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, or too many mounted file systems [root@localhost jason]# mount -t auto /dev/sda /mnt/cf /dev/sda: Input/output error mount: you must specify the filesystem type [root@localhost jason]# I used vfat cause I know these crap readers use fat by default. Why can't I mount the bugger!!?!@#$%^ =) Cheers Jason J. Grant wrote: Well have you got the usb modules loaded? And i assume there are other working usb devicies? you do not mention if your mouse is listed. If not get the lastest libusb recompile the latest kernel too. JG Jason wrote: Ok, I am still having problems so I hope someone can help me out here. I had a look in: |/proc/bus/usb/devices| and there is nothing in there, even after plugging in the device. This tells me that the kernel is not recognizing the device right?? If so, how do I rectify this?? This device is SUPPOSED to be supported under Linux so I just need a nudge in the right direction. Cheers Jason PS, since I've had no joy here, I'll cc it to the cooker list too. Thanks for the help all.| | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Odd Hard Disk Slowdown on new MDK 9.0 install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Rolf, I checked, and it does seem to be the fact that DMA is off on this system vs. on on the laptop. However, when I try to enable DMA, I get "HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted." This was while I was booted up in "failsafe" (no login/single user mode). Just to check, I tried enabling DMA on my CD-ROM and got the same result. Any ideas? FWIW, this is a Dell Dimension 4550 (Intel 845PE mobo chipset). Thanks, Tim - -- - Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+D5NtK37Cns9gJ0gRAqATAJ4vkeT9q1scUtCISWAWce3fTnEyIACfQZiQ WwXJhYevX0qLYxIOP0qarbo= =r3GM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Cardbus ethernet controller
Hi all, This is a message I've already posted on the newby list a few days ago..due to no response I'm giving it a try here. ___ I'm having a spot of trouble with a realtek pc card on my laptop. If I 'hotplug' it into my pcmcia slot it freezes the laptop after a few minutes needing a hard reboot. Booting with the card inserted doesn't kill everything straightaway but after a while freezes as well:o( Removing the card (i.e manually removing) restores life again. Looks like irq's so I stopped usb (which I wasn't using anyway) on the same irq (9) ---to no avail. Checking on the mobilix homepage this cardbus is specified 'working' and points to drivers available at SiteCom which alas aren't there (anymore?). I like a good challenge but I'm in the dark about cardbus. The way I gather it: It goes in the pcmcia slot and is then handeled as a hot plugged pci device (it shows up as RTL-8139/8139C with "lspci") through the CardBus bridge (ricoh RL5C475). The mobilix info appears to point to adding a pcmcia device but "cardctl ident" just stats a 3.3v cardbus device... I also get quit a few kernel error messages on eth0 (I'm not in the mood for typing them overyet) suggesting that's what freezing the machine. So do I go about this as a pci (or usb) device or as a pcmcia device or both??? Anybody got any suggestions to get my nose pointing in the right direction, please. TIA, HarM --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Odd Hard Disk Slowdown on new MDK 9.0 install
Timothy R. Butler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Rolf, I checked, and it does seem to be the fact that DMA is off on this system vs. on on the laptop. However, when I try to enable DMA, I get "HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted." This was while I was booted up in "failsafe" (no login/single user mode). Just to check, I tried enabling DMA on my CD-ROM and got the same result. Any ideas? FWIW, this is a Dell Dimension 4550 (Intel 845PE mobo chipset). Thanks, Tim I have seen of some trouble with i845 on cooker. Here is one bug: https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611 You might try searching the archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/ and/or at www.groups.google.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What is "wheel" is it safe & how do I use it?
I could create 100 UID 0 users on a box... which is the same thing windows does but root ralph admin or whatever you want to call it it's still the same.. A rose by any other name kind of thing. Now you can set up ssh so that you can't directly log is as root but if you remove totally the ability of root to log in (by removing it's shell) and other names are UID 0 the affective change is null You won't stop hackers... they don't su to root they su to UID 0 which is what any user has to have in order to be god. I've done this on boxes (honey-pots of sort) created a second UID 0 user named whatever it might be named. It doesn't slow anything down.. on Windows or Linux but It can be done. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 14:49, Jim C wrote: > Well what about the su command? Can't you get full root access with it? > I mean at least as much as anyone would need. > > Here is the thing. On a Windows XP system you can desginate > administrative users. When the system detetects that there are > administrative users available it automatically disables the > "Administrator" account (i.e. you can no longer logon as same). The > reverse is true also. When you remove all of the administrative users > you'll notice that the "Administrator" account is enabled. The > advantage of this should be that it makes it harder to guess which > accounts are administrative makeing it much more difficult to automate > such activities. > > Is it not true then that in the same manner one might fix it so that > root can't logon while specifying admin users by using a group in the > same style as wheel (i.e. limit access to the su command), only that in > using a group name that is something other than "wheel" you make it more > difficult? > > James Sparenberg wrote: > > Oh you can... BUT if the admin user is UID 0 then admin == root if the > > admin user != root and != UID 0 then the admin user doesn't have full > > root ability... unless you stand on your head with permissions. > > > > James > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:00, Jim C wrote: > > > > > > > __ > > 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] Difference between distros
Not really and with the advent of the LSB the versions that are meeting LSB compliance (RH and MDK are the leaders here) are less and less different. The diffence isn't the tree structure... but rather the leaves. (pardon my pun) but executables are in bin libs are in lib etc etc... James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 14:52, Jim C wrote: > Well OK, but for example I notice that Redhat RPMs frequently use the > /usr/local directories differently from Mandrake and likely other > distributions do also. Is there nowhere where I can find out about this? > > James Sparenberg wrote: > > The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... What is in > > those directories does vary slightly.. rpm names/versions may vary but > > the directory structure is the same.. > > > > James > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:07, Jim C wrote: > > > >>Where can I find a FAQ detailing the differences between the directory > >>structures used between the various distributions? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>__ > >> > >>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 > > > > > > __ > > 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] Getting Kernel 2.4.20 on MDK 9?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, I've found some incidents where owners of similar Intel motherboards (they had a 845 rather than an 845PE) reported that moving to kernel 2.4.19-ac (or 2.4.20, I think) helped fix the problems with DMA. Is there anyway to get a 2.4.19-ac kernel or 2.4.20 kernel with Mandrake's patches included (better yet, anyone know where I can get an RPM of one :-))? My main goal is that I want the same config for the kernel, I just want these DMA patches... Thanks, Tim - -- - Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+D515K37Cns9gJ0gRAjz+AJwOw8A3Z/cD1iuD/phuleGexmKYrgCfQksJ uVLfMBamlWh51Jc+LlFkq98= =bP+6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What is 'wheel' is it safe & how do I use it?
Jim C said: > > Really? I mean if you create an admin user can't you then restrict root > from ever logging on? What do you mean by "create an admin user?" Root is root. For some things, you've *got* to be root to make them work. As to restricting root login, that's easy. Your sshd config file has an option called "PermitRootLogin" (or something similar). Set that to "no," and a direct root login will fail, even if they get the password right. For myself, I only allow members of group "wheel" to be able to su to root once they've logged in. That way, if someone takes advantage of some exploit in the web server to to end up in a shell as the apache user (as an example), they can try su'ing all day and even if they were to already know the root password, they wouldn't be able to get in. "sudo" is your friend. :-) Someone else mentioned simply setting /bin/su to group and owner executable with permissions turned off for "other," and then making it part of group wheel to do this, but I like limiting it to using sudo - that way, I've got a log entry of who did it and when. Not that I distrust any user that I would give root access to (if I did, they wouldn't get it :), but it's always nice to know when someone does something like that. --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mldonkey, kazaa, emule
Hi, 2.0.3 kazaalite crashed like this for me, but 1.72 kazaalite works fine, i downloaded a default registry, ran the installer, got some windows shared libs and it worked. http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?appId=747 http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html http://www.christian-gerner.de/computer/linux/kazaa.htm http://www.kazaalite.com/ http://doa2.host.sk/ copy dll's in to windows/system /usr/bin/wine --dll shlwapi,shfolder,shdocvw=n ~/.wine/c/kazzalite/kazaa.exe Regards JG SainTiss wrote: Hi, could you tell me how you managed to get kazaa working? I installed it once, but it crashed after showing the kazaa window for about 1 second... Thanks Hans On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 23:26, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge...
Hi List, Maybe I've been hackin at this a wee bit too long, but I just can't seem to figure out why this command isn't performing just the way its supposed. At any rate I'm working on a bash script to run my tape back up and I want "ls" to load all the directory names into a variable which I then intend to step through with a for statement looking for a specific value. However, "ls" doesn't appear to be returning JUST directory names when this command is issued: ls -d /home/mdw1982/* The output returned looks like this: [mdw1982@mdw1982 bin]$ ls -d ../* ../arc_1/ ../gpg.tgz ../mp3/ ../temp/ ../arc_2/ ../Iptables.zip../newln~* ../Templates ../bin/ ../java_examples.tgz ../procmail/ ../tmp/ ../configs/ ../mail/ ../procmail.old ../Trash ../DEADJOE ../mdw1982.asc ../procmailrc-temp ../trolls_text ../dead.letter ../mdw1982_public.asc ../procmailrc-temp~ ../trolls_text~ ../Drafts ../mdw1982_secret.asc ../rpm/ ../virus/ ../Empire/ ../micq/ ../Sent ../webdev ../fetchmailrc.tgz ../moron_response ../Sent Items../www/ As you can see it's returning everything that is in the directory instead of just the directory names present in that directory. Any ideas...comments...epiphanies? thanks, Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] YES! YES! WOOHOO!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, I found a 2.4.20 rpm for cooker, installed it on my system, and GUESS WHAT??? Yup, that's right, DMA came on line. Here again where my dismal speeds I was getting: [root@sneakers tbutler]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.50 seconds =256.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 22.07 seconds = 2.90 MB/sec Now here is what I am getting: [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.31 seconds =412.90 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.43 seconds = 44.76 MB/sec [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda Also, top now seems to report less than a 10% cpu time usage hit during my 97 meg file copy test. :-) :-) :-) Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions, without them I would still be scratching my head... probably moving partitions around. WOOHOO! -Tim - -- - Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+D6bhK37Cns9gJ0gRAk0XAJ9PG53j/81rSCzkI03ytEPckIJYeQCfT3aI fjCvrr665s6Lpf1d9pbgib4= =6gmm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] YES! YES! WOOHOO!
Tim, Looks like you've now become the resident expert on i845 chipset *grin*...congrats on the win! James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 17:52, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, I found a 2.4.20 rpm for cooker, installed it on my system, and GUESS > WHAT??? Yup, that's right, DMA came on line. > > Here again where my dismal speeds I was getting: > > [root@sneakers tbutler]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.50 seconds =256.00 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 22.07 seconds = 2.90 MB/sec > > Now here is what I am getting: > > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.31 seconds =412.90 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.43 seconds = 44.76 MB/sec > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > Also, top now seems to report less than a 10% cpu time usage hit during my > 97 meg file copy test. :-) :-) :-) > > Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions, without them I would still be > scratching my head... probably moving partitions around. WOOHOO! > > -Tim > > - -- > - > Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info > Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com > Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+D6bhK37Cns9gJ0gRAk0XAJ9PG53j/81rSCzkI03ytEPckIJYeQCfT3aI > fjCvrr665s6Lpf1d9pbgib4= > =6gmm > -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] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge...
This time Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > As you can see it's returning everything that is in the directory > instead of just the directory names present in that directory. > > Any ideas...comments...epiphanies? All I can say is that a similar command works correctly for me, returning only directories...so...I have no clue what your problem can be. For what it's worth, my ls version 4.5.3 from coreutils-4.5.3-2mdk Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. msg63489/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] YES! YES! WOOHOO!
Good job guys... where did you find this rpm'd kernel? Looks like I'm in the same boat. I was nothing terrible performance and just about to start digging when this message came across my desk. I have the Intel 845 chipset too and can't enable DMA. On Sunday 29 December 2002 09:39 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > Tim, > > >Looks like you've now become the resident expert on i845 chipset > *grin*...congrats on the win! > > James > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 17:52, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Well, I found a 2.4.20 rpm for cooker, installed it on my system, and > > GUESS WHAT??? Yup, that's right, DMA came on line. > > > > Here again where my dismal speeds I was getting: > > > > [root@sneakers tbutler]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.50 seconds =256.00 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 22.07 seconds = 2.90 MB/sec > > > > Now here is what I am getting: > > > > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.31 seconds =412.90 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.43 seconds = 44.76 MB/sec > > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > Also, top now seems to report less than a 10% cpu time usage hit during > > my 97 meg file copy test. :-) :-) :-) > > > > Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions, without them I would still be > > scratching my head... probably moving partitions around. WOOHOO! > > > > -Tim > > > > - -- > > - > > Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info > > Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com > > Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE+D6bhK37Cns9gJ0gRAk0XAJ9PG53j/81rSCzkI03ytEPckIJYeQCfT3aI > > fjCvrr665s6Lpf1d9pbgib4= > > =6gmm > > -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] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge...
ls isn't broken... at least as I read the man page. It should display everthing in the directory as if it where a file and not expand directorys ... if you cd to dir X it and do ls -d it returns ./ As for coreutils this isn't in 9.0 or 8.2 Texstar has it .. but I can't find it on my disks there ls comes from fileutils cooker may also have it as well. Behavior may have changed for it. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 20:56, Vox wrote: > This time Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > becomes daring and writes: > > > As you can see it's returning everything that is in the directory > > instead of just the directory names present in that directory. > > > > Any ideas...comments...epiphanies? > > All I can say is that a similar command works correctly for me, > returning only directories...so...I have no clue what your problem > can be. > > For what it's worth, my ls version 4.5.3 from coreutils-4.5.3-2mdk > > Vox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] YES! YES! WOOHOO!
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 10:06, Lorne wrote: > Good job guys... where did you find this rpm'd kernel? Looks like I'm in the > same boat. I was nothing terrible performance and just about to start digging > when this message came across my desk. I have the Intel 845 chipset too and > can't enable DMA. It's in cooker http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ is one location... James... > > On Sunday 29 December 2002 09:39 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Tim, > > > > > >Looks like you've now become the resident expert on i845 chipset > > *grin*...congrats on the win! > > > > James > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 17:52, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Well, I found a 2.4.20 rpm for cooker, installed it on my system, and > > > GUESS WHAT??? Yup, that's right, DMA came on line. > > > > > > Here again where my dismal speeds I was getting: > > > > > > [root@sneakers tbutler]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.50 seconds =256.00 MB/sec > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 22.07 seconds = 2.90 MB/sec > > > > > > Now here is what I am getting: > > > > > > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > > > /dev/hda: > > > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.31 seconds =412.90 MB/sec > > > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.43 seconds = 44.76 MB/sec > > > [root@sneakers init.d]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda > > > > > > Also, top now seems to report less than a 10% cpu time usage hit during > > > my 97 meg file copy test. :-) :-) :-) > > > > > > Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions, without them I would still be > > > scratching my head... probably moving partitions around. WOOHOO! > > > > > > -Tim > > > > > > - -- > > > - > > > Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info > > > Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com > > > Enterprise Open Source Journal: http://www.ofb.biz > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE+D6bhK37Cns9gJ0gRAk0XAJ9PG53j/81rSCzkI03ytEPckIJYeQCfT3aI > > > fjCvrr665s6Lpf1d9pbgib4= > > > =6gmm > > > -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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge...
This time James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > ls isn't broken... at least as I read the man page. It should display > everthing in the directory as if it where a file and not expand > directorys ... if you cd to dir X it and do ls -d it returns ./ As for > coreutils this isn't in 9.0 or 8.2 Texstar has it .. but I > can't find it on my disks there ls comes from fileutils cooker may > also have it as well. Behavior may have changed for it. Ok, just tried it on a pure 9.0 box (I forgot this wasn't cooker@ :) and I get normal results...that is, directories only. [vox@rebeca vox]$ rpm -qf /bin/ls fileutils-4.1.11-5mdk [vox@rebeca vox]$ ls -d ../* ../rebeca/ ../test/ ../vox/ [vox@rebeca vox]$ So, again, WFM, don't know what the problem can be...you may want to check out your aliases, in case something there is getting in the way...it's the only thing that comes to mind right now. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. msg63493/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge...
This time Vox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > This time James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > becomes daring and writes: > >> ls isn't broken... at least as I read the man page. It should display >> everthing in the directory as if it where a file and not expand >> directorys ... if you cd to dir X it and do ls -d it returns ./ As for >> coreutils this isn't in 9.0 or 8.2 Texstar has it .. but I >> can't find it on my disks there ls comes from fileutils cooker may >> also have it as well. Behavior may have changed for it. > > Ok, just tried it on a pure 9.0 box (I forgot this wasn't cooker@ :) > and I get normal results...that is, directories only. > > [vox@rebeca vox]$ rpm -qf /bin/ls > fileutils-4.1.11-5mdk > [vox@rebeca vox]$ ls -d ../* > ../rebeca/ ../test/ ../vox/ > [vox@rebeca vox]$ > > So, again, WFM, don't know what the problem can be...you may want to > check out your aliases, in case something there is getting in the > way...it's the only thing that comes to mind right now. Uhm...nevermind that...I think I know what the problem here is...my mind wasn't in gear till now...what -d actually does is *not* limit the listing to directories, it just tells ls to not recurse into directories when you do an ls on * or on anything that ends up being a dirname. So...your idea is wrong, and so was my interpretation of it and my memory of -d :) What you want to do would need, I think, either some grep'ing or some find'ing, something like find /the/dir/you/want/to/find/in/ -type d That'll find all directories under that directory. You can then grab the result and stick it in a var :) Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. msg63494/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
