RE: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
That is an awesom application... I just checed it out... Only two things I can think of that it needs for use over here.. 1. MySQL support.. 2. Australian GST support.. I am going to have a read thought the code and see if I can't provide those requirements.. In theory, if its using DBI to access DB, then it should be possible, unless they are using stuff specific to Pg. The GST is another whole ballgame, My Girlfriend is a Bookkeeper, so if she can make me understand what is required for Aust GST.. then I will see if I can do it.. I am really excited, sql-ledger is an application I have been thinking about writing for ages.. didn't know someone already had. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan I. Nori Sent: Monday, 10 February 2003 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!! Now *this* is the kind of linux application development that gets me giddy. *grin* Once you can make a business case to replace the back-end systems of a business with linux, *then* you have a real shot at converting the desktops (you listening Mark? *hehehe*). I might have to have Mr. Weaver see if he can't get an installation of this running on one of the boxes at work so we can do a real comparison study with Best/Sage MAS-200 SQL. It'd be interesting to see how this stacks up against a MSSQL mid-range accounting system. Hmm...another spring project... Jon 8^) Mark wrote: > Looks like some people need to discover SQL-Ledger for their accounting > system..http://www.sql-ledger.com been using it for some time and it > is excellent, and even if I was forced to use M$ Win, I would still use > SQL-Ledger as my accounting system. > > Cheers > Mark > > On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 04:07, Jack Coates wrote: > >>On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 21:10, Mark Weaver wrote: >> >>>... If I wouldn'tn have to >>>interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to boot back into windows >>>at all. >> >>I bought VMWare 2 for 89 bucks when it first came out and have been >>using it ever since to keep a Windows system around for Visio. If you >>don't have the cash for VMware or Win4Lin, try Bochs. Or if you like to >>hit yourself in the head with a cinderblock for fun, you could try to >>get the accounting app to run in Wine :-) > > > > > > > > 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: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
Now *this* is the kind of linux application development that gets me giddy. *grin* Once you can make a business case to replace the back-end systems of a business with linux, *then* you have a real shot at converting the desktops (you listening Mark? *hehehe*). I might have to have Mr. Weaver see if he can't get an installation of this running on one of the boxes at work so we can do a real comparison study with Best/Sage MAS-200 SQL. It'd be interesting to see how this stacks up against a MSSQL mid-range accounting system. Hmm...another spring project... Jon 8^) Mark wrote: Looks like some people need to discover SQL-Ledger for their accounting system..http://www.sql-ledger.com been using it for some time and it is excellent, and even if I was forced to use M$ Win, I would still use SQL-Ledger as my accounting system. Cheers Mark On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 04:07, Jack Coates wrote: On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 21:10, Mark Weaver wrote: ... If I wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to boot back into windows at all. I bought VMWare 2 for 89 bucks when it first came out and have been using it ever since to keep a Windows system around for Visio. If you don't have the cash for VMware or Win4Lin, try Bochs. Or if you like to hit yourself in the head with a cinderblock for fun, you could try to get the accounting app to run in Wine :-) 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] Java problems
What happens if you type java -version from the command line? Or from a KDE run dialogue? Damon On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 15:16, Ken Thompson wrote: > I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall in > KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet is > loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake 9.1b3 and > KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know > why or what I can change to make it work again? > Ken Thompson > Payette, Idaho > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Damon Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Java problems
I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know why or what I can change to make it work again? Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Bandwidth partitioning
glad I could be of assistance :-) I've beed dying to rewrite all those documents, but no time or lab yet. LEAF has improved greatly with the Bering and WISP series, and I've read a fabulous book on some of the crazy things you can do with iptables. _Policy Routing with Linux_, by Matthew Marsh on the SAMS label. If you're looking to replace/avoid buying a Cisco, start here. Jack On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 15:38, Jim C wrote: > Yee ha! Rock 'n roll!! ;-) > > Jack Coates wrote: > > now you do: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/lrp/LRP-QoS-HOWTO.html > > > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Bandwidth partitioning
Yee ha! Rock 'n roll!! ;-) Jack Coates wrote: now you do: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/lrp/LRP-QoS-HOWTO.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 14:33, Vincent Danen wrote: > ... > I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc directory to CVS then > on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or "cvs diff" to find the > differences. Should be an interesting project. > I've always wanted to do that... I know people that do it for ~ and consequently have 10 years of history in their .bash_profile :-) One of these days. > ... > workstation, which isn't often, I usually play the older Loki games I've > got... except SimCity3000 doesn't want to run on cooker for some reason... > haven't explored that one yet tho. Got and like a lot of Loki games, but haven't been able to play them since I bought this laptop as the video is not really up to snuff. It plays Civ2:CTP well enough, but I really don't have the hours and hours to burn on that game like I did before I had a life :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 03:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 09 February 2003 02:05 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Jack, > >Told my 2 year old that if he pushed that button his fingers would > > disapear. (In a calm voice.) He looked at me looked at his fingers > > smiled and said "No daddy" . But he didn't push the button. Take my > > tactic. The button on the front of the box has been disabled. (I pulled > > the switch out of the case.) If worse comes to worse. I pull the tail > > from the wall. > > > > James > > You know, you could set your BIOS so that a poweroff takes 4 seconds on the > old button... :-) Dark, You must not have a kid *grin* if it doesn't work push it longer and harder is the motto. James -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
This time Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > succession without a burp. Very odd. I usually find cooker to be > quite stable, but I tend to go this cycle: install release version, > wait until after cooker has settled down (gcc/glibc upgrades), track > cooker during the beta period, do a fresh install when the release > is out. I have to have a semi-stable system, and don't sync with > cooker daily... so I tend to take this route. Upgrades are really > simple even with a fresh install. That's more or less how I do it too, without the fresh install. I track cooker daily until release...then wait out the first 2 or 3 weeks after cooker re-opening and keep going on the daily tracking until the glibc/gcc/whatever changes start, then I stop till I don't get any "need to uninstall this to continue" and go back to daily tracking. So far, my box has been behaving well :) > Soon I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc > directory to CVS then on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or > "cvs diff" to find the differences. Should be an interesting > project. I've done that when admining the local LUG box with 3 other people, that way we could track down and shoot whoever mungled the box ;) It works well, for the most part, once you get used to it. >> Uhm...I've heard you can run EverCrack on WineX and play well, with >> a few details (some sounds or some crap like that...I don't play >> EverCrack :) google is your friend :) > > If I'm going to sit down and play EQ, i want it to work 100%... =) > I've Bah, you addicts are all the same :P > tried WineX, and while it's ok, doesn't really play to well on my > workstation with it's odd dual-head setup (2MB PCI video card and a > 16MB AGP). It's caused strange issues for me in the past. So I've Youch, I didn't know you could play EverCrack with such small vidcards...hell, I thought you couldn't play tuxracer with them :) > got one machine that is a f/t cooker machine that dual-boots win2k. > It's helpful for the odd time i need to run win software (not often) > or testing stuff like samba. I haven't had the misfortune of using a winbox in 6+ years :) >> > So there is *one* good thing about Windows, for me. =) >> >> Nah, if you can WineX it, you don't need windows :) >> >> Vox, who loves his WC3 and D2 on winex :) > > I play WC3 and D2 on my mac, so I'm not worried about that... =) I want an a-book! :P > WineX is alright, and it's been cool to play with, but when I play > on my Linux workstation, which isn't often, I usually play the older > Loki games I've got... except SimCity3000 doesn't want to run on > cooker for some reason... haven't explored that one yet tho. Unfortunately, Loki lived and died during my financial crisis, so I never managed to get any of their games :/ I hope somebody comes up with a working business doing linux games soon, tho, so I can get rid of winex :) 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. msg65803/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] lock screen
Desktop enviroment is KDE 3 I believe that I upgraded via an "update packages" scheme since I did not load in a clean install and I did not redo the partitions. Currently, when I click on "lock screen", nothing happens. --- UPDATE!!! --- Disregard the thread, problem solved Turns out that the screen saver to be used had been flushed as a result of the upgrade. Thus when I went to lock the screen, an invalid screen saver was selected. I simply selected one the the few screen savers left, and TADA! fixed! Thanks for the replies. Sometimes one can't see the forest 'cause the trees are in the way! On Sunday 09 February 2003 06:03 pm, et wrote: > On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:49 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:08 am, Tom wrote: > > > I upgraded my ML8 system to ML9.0. I attempted to use te "lock screen" > > > function, and it has ceased to function correctly. It was working under > > > ML8.0 > > > > We need more info to help. What Desktop environment are you using and > > have you made any updates to the system? > > - -- > > and when you say "ceased to function correctly" in what way? screen not > locked? does not accecpt pasword? does not have the same screen saver you > had before? when you say "upgraded" do you mean a clean new install? an > install over teh old partitions without formating? update only or did you > "update packages only"? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sat Feb 08, 2003 at 02:07:40AM -0600, Vox wrote:
> > Agreed. It's pretty solid. I did manage to hang my cooker box once or
> > twice, but hey, it's cooker. I expect this sort of stuff
> > occassionally.
>
> I locked my cooker box tonight...after 60 days of uptime (power went
> out, no UPS...lost around 30 or 40 days on that)...finally decided
> to move stuff to the second 120gig HD I got...for some reason,
> diskdrake didn't like the hdh disk...it didn't complain about hdg
> (exactly the same model)...I fdisk/mkfs'ed hdh by hand and it
> worked...but diskdrake ate my X...which tends to lock kboard and
> mouse when you run the nvidia drivers...so hard reboot :( But...it's
> my first lockup since I moved to cooker circa 8.2b1
It was strange. I was copying an ISO from one partition to another (two
separate drives) and it hung. Tried it again later, and moved 3 ISOs in
succession without a burp. Very odd. I usually find cooker to be quite
stable, but I tend to go this cycle: install release version, wait until
after cooker has settled down (gcc/glibc upgrades), track cooker during the
beta period, do a fresh install when the release is out. I have to have a
semi-stable system, and don't sync with cooker daily... so I tend to take
this route. Upgrades are really simple even with a fresh install. Soon
I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc directory to CVS then
on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or "cvs diff" to find the
differences. Should be an interesting project.
> > Yup. I would be Win-free, except for EverQuest. I hear it's coming out for
> > the Mac soon, which would be great, except the Mac version won't be able to
> > interact with the Win version, meaning separate servers. Meaning starting
> > all over again. =( I'll keep my 5GB Win2k partition specifically to play
> > it. My Wintendo, as it were.
>
> Uhm...I've heard you can run EverCrack on WineX and play well, with
> a few details (some sounds or some crap like that...I don't play
> EverCrack :) google is your friend :)
If I'm going to sit down and play EQ, i want it to work 100%... =) I've
tried WineX, and while it's ok, doesn't really play to well on my
workstation with it's odd dual-head setup (2MB PCI video card and a 16MB
AGP). It's caused strange issues for me in the past. So I've got one
machine that is a f/t cooker machine that dual-boots win2k. It's helpful
for the odd time i need to run win software (not often) or testing stuff
like samba.
> > So there is *one* good thing about Windows, for me. =)
>
> Nah, if you can WineX it, you don't need windows :)
>
> Vox, who loves his WC3 and D2 on winex :)
I play WC3 and D2 on my mac, so I'm not worried about that... =) WineX is
alright, and it's been cool to play with, but when I play on my Linux
workstation, which isn't often, I usually play the older Loki games I've
got... except SimCity3000 doesn't want to run on cooker for some reason...
haven't explored that one yet tho.
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Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
On Sunday 09 February 2003 03:54 am, vatbier wrote: > Mandrake Linux 9.0 here: > I installed alsa-utils from CD1 with MCC:Software Install: > in /var/log/syslog these error messages appeared (SEE BELOW): > > "XT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): ext3_new_block: Allocating block in > system zone - block = 294914" > > Then I rebooted (because I wanted to boot in runlevel 3 to see > whether I could play sound..., not relevant here). > Error bootmessages appeared (SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS): > > "fsck: /dev/hda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced"... > fsck: /dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. > failed to check filesytem. Do you want to repair the errors? Y/N > (beware, you can lose data) > > I pressed Yes: > a lot of inodes were fixed or cleared > ABOUT 22345 MESSAGES APPEARED (SEE BELOW) > "/dev/hda2: file system was modified " > > I was in runlevel 3: tried a few commands but those weren't recognized. > > Booted into KDE: > about 25 windows appeared that said: > "could not find mime type application/octet stream" > or "could not find mime type application/x-executable" > or "could not find mime type application/x-desktop" > or "could not find mime type application/x-shellscript" > Each window has to be pressed twice to get rid of. > There are some Konqueror windows open from the former session, > I can use them to browse the internet or my file system. > I can not start programs from the menu, in my file system a lot of > files have now file type mime. > FINALLY I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF FILES WERE GONE, FROM > DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES. > I also have a Konsole window open: except for basic commands no command > is recognized. > I searched Google, found nothing useful, search function of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list didn't work. > Is there an easy way to repair my system or do I have to reinstall > everything?? > I have a backup from 3 weeks ago, but that won't bring back the lost > files from /bin, /user/sbin,etc. > UPDATE: I searched Google for "ext3_new_block: Allocating block in > system zone": I found the ext3-user mailing-list and read and learned a bit > about file system corruption. > I tested my memory with memtest86 but no errors were detected, I read > that this is not conclusive. > I probably will reinstall Mandrake Linux 9.0. > But how can I figure out what has caused the corruption: > Memory, hard disk, IDE cable, IDE controller, UDMA, CPU, cooling,...? > And how can I best recover from this: reinstall complete distribution and > then apply backups? How can I figure out which files have been modified or > disappeared? > > I also remember that in the same session KNode newsreader crashed when I > tried to read a newsmessage after downloading the headers of > alt.os.linux.mandrake. It crashed several times. > > My system: > AMD AthlonXP 1600+ > Motherboard MSI K7T266 Pro2 (MS-6380 V2.0): VIA KT266A, VIA VT8233 > 512 MB memory (tested it with memtest86: no errrors detected) > Western Digital Caviar 40GB 7200RPM: UDMA is enabled I think (see below for > info from dmesg) > Mandrake Linux 9.0 (kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) > On this disk I also run: WinXP,Win98,Mandrake8.2(ext2) : no problem with > these OSes so far. > > Very frustrated after this happened, I thought linux file systems were > stable. UPDATE: No longer very frustrated, just a little; this is the first > time in six years I experience such a problem. > > vatbier > > ERROR MESSAGES AFTER INSTALLATION ALSA-UTILS: > LOOK AT LINES WITH * IN FRONT OF IT: > Jan 31 13:55:22 this rpmdrake[1711]: Extracting header of > xine-alsa-0.9.13-3mdk.i586 from /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Internationa > Jan 31 13:55:22 this rpmdrake[1711]: removed files/directories > (recursively) /root/tmp/headers/ > Jan 31 13:55:26 this rpmdrake[1711]: removed files/directories > (recursively) /root/tmp/headers/ > *Jan 31 13:55:53 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): > *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294914 > *Jan 31 13:55:53 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): > *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294915 > Jan 31 14:01:00 this CROND[1754]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts > /etc/cron.hourly) > Jan 31 14:03:40 this rpmdrake[1711]: Installing package > removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS//alsa-utils-0.9.0-0.6rc2mdk > Jan 31 14:03:46 this kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet > Level 3 > Jan 31 14:03:46 this kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > *Jan 31 14:03:49 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): > *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294916 > *Jan 31 14:03:49 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): > *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294917 > ABOUT 190 OF THESE ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED. > > BOOTING: ABOUT 22345 MESSAGES APPEARED: > Jan 31 14:29:22 this fsck: /dev/hda2 contains a file system with > errors, check forced > Jan 31 14:29:25 this /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for US
Re: [expert] lock screen
On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:49 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:08 am, Tom wrote: > > I upgraded my ML8 system to ML9.0. I attempted to use te "lock screen" > > function, and it has ceased to function correctly. It was working under > > ML8.0 > > We need more info to help. What Desktop environment are you using and have > you made any updates to the system? > - -- and when you say "ceased to function correctly" in what way? screen not locked? does not accecpt pasword? does not have the same screen saver you had before? when you say "upgraded" do you mean a clean new install? an install over teh old partitions without formating? update only or did you "update packages only"? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lock screen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:08 am, Tom wrote: > I upgraded my ML8 system to ML9.0. I attempted to use te "lock screen" > function, and it has ceased to function correctly. It was working under > ML8.0 We need more info to help. What Desktop environment are you using and have you made any updates to the system? - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RpSswDpHP6GALAARAv1dAKCZHQ3+WjNGdF2O4dxcn8y1qFI7mwCgnH4y VYS6yE6IPRbcwc3ePfbGI9c= =mMgo -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] lock screen
I upgraded my ML8 system to ML9.0. I attempted to use te "lock screen" function, and it has ceased to function correctly. It was working under ML8.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel Upgrade to 2.4.19-24
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 09:52, Simon Ree wrote: > > What video card are you running? What kernel are you trying to boot? Is > dm running? What does startx say when it presumibly fails? What > runlevel is being selected on boot? Everything is working fine now. Carelessly, I disabled frame buffer support in make menuconfig. After restoring it back and recompiling, I am back in business. Thanks for your response. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / <_/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel Upgrade to 2.4.19-24
Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried twice to update the kernel from 2.4.19-16 to 2.4.20 the first > time and to 2.4.19-24 the second one. > > The only problem that I am facing is that I can not get X to start. Now > (after enabling ACPI) doing "shutdown -h now" my machine power-off (Femme, I > know somebody said that it doesn't have anything to do with powering off, > but in my case it does), my sound card is recognized (this problem has been > a major PITA with Mandrake and this Toshiba laptop) and every service is > starting fine but the graphical environment. > > Now I am absolutely clueless on what to do or where to go and will consider > installing Mandrake again just a last resource(several installs in last 2 > months in the process of learning but now I have a fairly decent setup that > I don't want lose). > > I started with original /boot/config and only added support to ACPI and > dropped a lot of modules, mainly ethernet cards that I don't use or need, > old disks support, radio amateur support, SMP and picked Pentium > III/Coopermine/Celeron as processor. > > Upgrade was made using gcc 3.2 (after doing the upgrade I read advises > against it). > > Hints, clues, tips, advises or RTFM links will be truly appreciated. > > Adolfo > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com What video card are you running? What kernel are you trying to boot? Is dm running? What does startx say when it presumibly fails? What runlevel is being selected on boot? -- Simon Rée mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] openPGP key : http://www.codeford.com/simonree.asc -> Please Donate to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation <- -> http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca <- msg65795/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] fetchmail problem
On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:04 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > Due to a total loss of my working 9.0 system - messed around with > fsck.ext3 - I lost some config files and now i'm in trouble :( > > I set up 9.1Beta3 without any problems and it's great! Now I wanted to > use Mutt together with postfix and fetchmail. I coould rescue the > main.conf of postfix and the ~/.fetchmailrc from my old system, so it > should work: > > .fetchmailrc > > poll pop.onlinehome.de protocol pop3 user "111" with password \ > "aaa" is wobo here > > Of course this is one line in the original file. > I have spoolfile /var/spool/mail/wobo and that should do it but when I > start 'fetchmail -v' I get logged in at the ISP's pop3 server and it > tells me that 6 messages are there to be polled. Then I get: > > -- > fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4488 octets > Message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reading 1 of 6 (4488 Octetts) > fetchmail: Protocol error in SMTP-Listener > fetchmail: SMTP connection to localhost failed > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > fetchmail: POP3< This is a multi-part message in MIME format... > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while polling from pop.onlinehome.de > -- > I translated that from the German messages. I have no idea what a 'smtp > listener' (German: SMTP-Lauscher) is and what I can do. Google did not > help , I think due to my poor translation of the message. > > wobo /etc/hosts? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
Mandrake Linux 9.0 here: I installed alsa-utils from CD1 with MCC:Software Install: in /var/log/syslog these error messages appeared (SEE BELOW): "XT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294914" Then I rebooted (because I wanted to boot in runlevel 3 to see whether I could play sound..., not relevant here). Error bootmessages appeared (SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS): "fsck: /dev/hda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced"... fsck: /dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. failed to check filesytem. Do you want to repair the errors? Y/N (beware, you can lose data) I pressed Yes: a lot of inodes were fixed or cleared ABOUT 22345 MESSAGES APPEARED (SEE BELOW) "/dev/hda2: file system was modified " I was in runlevel 3: tried a few commands but those weren't recognized. Booted into KDE: about 25 windows appeared that said: "could not find mime type application/octet stream" or "could not find mime type application/x-executable" or "could not find mime type application/x-desktop" or "could not find mime type application/x-shellscript" Each window has to be pressed twice to get rid of. There are some Konqueror windows open from the former session, I can use them to browse the internet or my file system. I can not start programs from the menu, in my file system a lot of files have now file type mime. FINALLY I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF FILES WERE GONE, FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES. I also have a Konsole window open: except for basic commands no command is recognized. I searched Google, found nothing useful, search function of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list didn't work. Is there an easy way to repair my system or do I have to reinstall everything?? I have a backup from 3 weeks ago, but that won't bring back the lost files from /bin, /user/sbin,etc. UPDATE: I searched Google for "ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone": I found the ext3-user mailing-list and read and learned a bit about file system corruption. I tested my memory with memtest86 but no errors were detected, I read that this is not conclusive. I probably will reinstall Mandrake Linux 9.0. But how can I figure out what has caused the corruption: Memory, hard disk, IDE cable, IDE controller, UDMA, CPU, cooling,...? And how can I best recover from this: reinstall complete distribution and then apply backups? How can I figure out which files have been modified or disappeared? I also remember that in the same session KNode newsreader crashed when I tried to read a newsmessage after downloading the headers of alt.os.linux.mandrake. It crashed several times. My system: AMD AthlonXP 1600+ Motherboard MSI K7T266 Pro2 (MS-6380 V2.0): VIA KT266A, VIA VT8233 512 MB memory (tested it with memtest86: no errrors detected) Western Digital Caviar 40GB 7200RPM: UDMA is enabled I think (see below for info from dmesg) Mandrake Linux 9.0 (kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) On this disk I also run: WinXP,Win98,Mandrake8.2(ext2) : no problem with these OSes so far. Very frustrated after this happened, I thought linux file systems were stable. UPDATE: No longer very frustrated, just a little; this is the first time in six years I experience such a problem. vatbier ERROR MESSAGES AFTER INSTALLATION ALSA-UTILS: LOOK AT LINES WITH * IN FRONT OF IT: Jan 31 13:55:22 this rpmdrake[1711]: Extracting header of xine-alsa-0.9.13-3mdk.i586 from /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Internationa Jan 31 13:55:22 this rpmdrake[1711]: removed files/directories (recursively) /root/tmp/headers/ Jan 31 13:55:26 this rpmdrake[1711]: removed files/directories (recursively) /root/tmp/headers/ *Jan 31 13:55:53 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294914 *Jan 31 13:55:53 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294915 Jan 31 14:01:00 this CROND[1754]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Jan 31 14:03:40 this rpmdrake[1711]: Installing package removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS//alsa-utils-0.9.0-0.6rc2mdk Jan 31 14:03:46 this kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Jan 31 14:03:46 this kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A *Jan 31 14:03:49 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294916 *Jan 31 14:03:49 this kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): *ext3_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 294917 ABOUT 190 OF THESE ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED. BOOTING: ABOUT 22345 MESSAGES APPEARED: Jan 31 14:29:22 this fsck: /dev/hda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced Jan 31 14:29:25 this /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 0/0/0 Jan 31 14:29:36 this fsck: Inode 139427 is in use, but has dtime set. FIXED. Jan 31 14:29:36 this fsck: /dev/hda2: Inode 139428 is in use, but has dtime set. FIXED. Jan 31 14:29:36 this fsck: /dev/hda2:
[expert] Limitting number of times a program opens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! We've got 1 PC working as X server and 6 X clients. All of them are using the same user/pwd. We'd like to limit the maximum times a program is run, in order to save resources and prevent "bad boys". Can this be done? If the solution was to use a different user/pwd in every client how could this be done? TIA - -- 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) iD8DBQE+Rk6Bok8j9RhtetwRAj2HAJ49hlgwDpyCDMIjEb/AoP4qrmh0sQCfUEe/ eKJdjAh+SBXQCpw+uNhzcHE= =ANZj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
Jack Coates wrote: BTW, minutes after writing this, my 3 years old son managed to freeze X (no, not the whole system, I was running mozilla remotely with no problem), but that's bound to happen with nvidia drivers :-\ Bye my four year old is the number one source of failure since I upgraded my power supply, he's a big fan of pushing buttons and pulling cords. Oh, I have all buttons and switches disconnected, he managed to lock it up just using it, and since he has no root privileges he managed to lock it with userspace programs (yes, I just had to reboot because he did it again). I'm thinking it's time to give up on nvidia crap and go back to the nv driver (though it will be tough to explain him why he cannot play tuxracer, armagetron and cannon smash). Bye -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you today, it may not tomorrow if you are using MAPS or other RBL. They arbitrarily IP addresses not related in any way to spam, disrupting Internet connectivity. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/21/1944247 and http://theory.whirlycott.com/~phil/antispam/rbl-bad/rbl-bad.html msg65791/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] fetchmail problem
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: I'd never thought that sasl will be installed but not the libsasl-plugin which is essential to sasl. The plugin is on CD3 and urpmi installs it without problem. No further configuring, right after I installed the plugin everything worked. How can MandrakeSoft forget this dependency? Because it's not mandatory. I count 9 sasl plugins in my package for sasl v2, you just install the ones you need. If you need sasl to authenticate with one time passwords, you'll install the otp plugin, otherwise you won't. The same could be said for all other plugins. In fact *none* of them is required (you could use the sasl libraries in a server and authenticate plain text password through saslauthd, which in turn could authenticate with pam, ldap or a couple other means). Bye -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you today, it may not tomorrow if you are using MAPS or other RBL. They arbitrarily IP addresses not related in any way to spam, disrupting Internet connectivity. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/21/1944247 and http://theory.whirlycott.com/~phil/antispam/rbl-bad/rbl-bad.html msg65790/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sunday 09 February 2003 02:05 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > Jack, >Told my 2 year old that if he pushed that button his fingers would > disapear. (In a calm voice.) He looked at me looked at his fingers > smiled and said "No daddy" . But he didn't push the button. Take my > tactic. The button on the front of the box has been disabled. (I pulled > the switch out of the case.) If worse comes to worse. I pull the tail > from the wall. > > James You know, you could set your BIOS so that a poweroff takes 4 seconds on the old button... :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nvidia Drivers 4191 and Geforce Ti500
Hi Steffen, just came accross a forum-Entry that states the Problems you describe have disappeared after the Dude upgraded his Graphic-Card BIOS. You might try it out. Could fix your problem. Cheers Joerg Steffen Barszus wrote: On Saturday 08 February 2003 13:24, Joerg Mertin wrote: [...] have you took in account to unload NVdriver and load nvidia instead ? the last driver from nvidia has this change. Further be sure not to have NVdriver in /etc/modules and modules.conf maps the right module. Just a fast guess from here. Further I have hard freezes if I switch the terminal and back to X several times. If I avoid this I have an uptime of several weeks, without avoiding it a freeze every day. -- | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Work)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : | | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | Home-Page: http://www.solsys.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
