Re: [expert] script help
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 09:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey thanks Mark! Sorry to take so long responding; I forgot to renew my
domain name and wasn't getting any mail - please don't ask :}
thanks again! mike
Mike
You blew it ... you could have blamed it on the problems with sympa
and he would have believed you *grin*
James
Michael Holt wrote:
Hey,
I'm looking for some help on my little backup script for my server. I'm
not a real savvy scripter so please bare with me :)
I googled around awhile back and put together a bu script that has
served
my purpose well until now. It's just a few lines as you will see and I
use it with cron to make a cdrw every morning at 3am.
Now the info on my server is starting to outgrow just on cdrw (jpgs and
such) so I would like to know how I can modify my script to be able to
exclude either certain files or directories. I imagine that sed would
be
involved, but I don't completely understand that tool so I'm hoping that
someone might be able to give me some pointers and maybe even explain
how
the code will work in that setting. Well, here's what I've got now:
Michael,
attached you'll find the one i've been using and it works flawlessly. I
can't remember his name, but it was a gentleman here on the expert list
that sent me a copy of his and I used his as a guide to cook this one up.
enjoy...
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#!/bin/sh
#MAILTO:mdw1982
# ##
# variables for the program:
# ##
TAPE=/dev/st0;
HOME_FILES=/home;
DOCUMENTS=/mnt/arc_2/Documents;
WWW=/var/www;
MAIL=/var/spool/mail;
DATABASE=/var/lib/mysql;
MP3=/mnt/mp3;
LOG_PATH=/home/mdw1982/;
LOG_DIR=backup_log;
DATE=$( date +%m-%d-%Y );
# ##
# functions for program:
# ##
message(){
echo .This is the Tape backup program..;
echo --- ;
echo ;
echo I've successfully completed the nightly backup of the system;
echo for $DATE;
echo ;
echo The Log file containing the backup's contents has been written;
echo to $LOG_PATH.;
echo . END OF TRANSMISSION ;
}
# does the directory to receive the backup logs exist?
# if not then we're going to create it...
checkLog(){
for i in $( ls -d /home/mdw1982/* ); do
ITEM=$i
if [ $ITEM = $LOG_DIR ]
then
FOUND=true
else
FOUND=false
fi
done
}
# ##
# main program :
# ##
# putting all the goodies to the tape
find /bin /boot /etc /home /root /var /mnt/arc_2/Documents /var/www -print
| grep -iv \./var/ftp | sort | cpio -oaBc -O /dev/tape
# writing out the logfile to disk
cpio -iBct -I /dev/tape /home/mdw1982/backup_log/$( date +%m-%d-%Y
)_bkup.indx
# compressing the logfile
gzip -1 /home/mdw1982/backup_log/$( date +%m-%d-%Y )_bkup.indx
# outputing message to email
message;
# exiting the program
exit;
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[expert] WineX 3.1 is out..and Morrowind works!!
The red letter date has arrived! Transgaming released a new version of WineX, and believe it or not, they are claiming that Morrowind is now working!! Man, I can't wait to try it on this system. Hot diggity dog. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I Found my Martians
On September 1993 plus 3577 days Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: The list server has exhibited all sorts of sporadic problems for as long as I've been a member (since early 2000). Are they still using Sympa? Mailman seems to be norm for most newer lists. All mandrake mailing lists that aren't maintained by Vincent (ie. those that aren't on mandrakesecure.com) use sympa...and whoever decided that should be shot, IMNSHO. 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. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] NO MAIL TODAY?
On September 1993 plus 3578 days Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:20 pm, Bob Read wrote: Has there been little/no mail on this list today? If there has been any volume of mail today, would someone please let me know directly? TIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob: Same thing here, although it looks like some folks did get mail. It got fixed here (EDT) about midnight. Seems like the server went down for about 20 hours or so. Anyone know the French for stuff happens? Yes, it's sympa...I hate that POS! :P 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. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[expert] WineX 3.1 is out..and Morrowind works!!
The red letter date has arrived! Transgaming released a new version of WineX, and believe it or not, they are claiming that Morrowind is now working!! Man, I can't wait to try it on this system. Hot diggity dog. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irc client
If you are familiar with mIRC, then you'll like xchat. Steven On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 20:25, David Hlacik wrote: Hi, i am looking for some good irc client with dcc support and /ctcp support. David Hlacik __ 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] irc client
DCC and everything ? On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 15:12, Steven Broos wrote: If you are familiar with mIRC, then you'll like xchat. Steven On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 20:25, David Hlacik wrote: Hi, i am looking for some good irc client with dcc support and /ctcp support. David Hlacik __ 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] NO MAIL TODAY?
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 7:20 am, Vox wrote: Yes, it's sympa...I hate that POS! :P Vox I don't think so this time. It seems that a lot of servers were taken down. Practically the first thing that came in to me when service resumed were 3 mails with 100 recipients each. There was also false headers, with blank subject lines in them. POPFile recognised them as spam, marked the real header, and kmail read the false header so put them into my inbox. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] create fat32 file system
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:10:01 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 6:03 pm, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: Fat16 has suport to 4gb, but its not recommended to driver greater than 512mb, i think You could be right - it's a long time ago. Thinking about it, it was cluster size rather than support of partition size that made us break our 8GB drives down into several partitions. Anne If it helps the original poster. Check your BIOS and see if it recognises the whole disk first. My Epox-6VBA (circa 1999 from memory) would only recognise 32Gigs of a 40Gig Seagate. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irc client
Hallo DCC and everything ? Yes, of course...and auto-completion and and and.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Shared Raw file systems
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 12:48, Dave Seff wrote: I know how to create raw filesystems with mdk (8.2) and LVM, but now I got ahold of a SCSI disk array and have connected to machones running mdk 8.2 to them. How can I make the LVM partitions and the /dev/raw/raw* identical on both machines to I can play with clustered applications like Oracle 9i and others? Not totally sure what you are asking for here, but I have had good success drbd http://www.drbd.org this was used for building a High Availability Mandrake 9.1 server system , for a mail, web and MySQL server with Heartbeat. Cheers Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert]
Hi All. some time ago I posted about my problem of not getting the mouse to work in mkd9.1 - when it is plugged in along a keyboard in a USB port through a PS/2--USB adapter (http://www.gwctech.com/ebproductdetail.asp?id=48). Things work fine in winXP, in linux only the keyboard works. Mousedrake is set up for a USB mouse and if I plug the mouse sperately in USB, both mice (the external one along the notebook's touchpad) work fine in X . SO the problem must be in how the adapter is seen in linux ... and at last I got a reply from a cable manufacturer; which claims the device works on linux as well. Hi, Since the keyboard works, it could be either that version of Linux does not support dual Human Interface Device or the USB mouse driver is missing. You may need to contact Linux to obtain the necessary drivers. so now the question is : does Mdk9.1 support this thingy called DUAL HID ? thanks, Edo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Tue Jun 17, 2003 at 10:39:48PM -0700, Larry Sword wrote:
[...]
Yep this is the way it's done.. but it sure is questionable why
in the Mandrake notice on the kernel, *MandrakeSoft Security Advisory
MDKSA-2003:066 : kernel
the have the following:
*
To upgrade automatically, use *MandrakeUpdate*.
If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from
one of our FTP server mirrors http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php
and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
:-P
That's because it's a template/form message... I just fill in certain values
in a template and the email is automagically constructed.
That template is due for a bit of a rewrite, but it still stands that on a
kernel update it will show up since it's part of the message.
On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade
kernel-sources and that's it. =)
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[expert] test
testing -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] slow samba
Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or does it sound like I have something configured incorrectly? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] slow samba
Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or do I have something configured incorrectly? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake 9.1 install issues
I am trying to install 9.1 onto a dual CPU Abit BP6 machine. It has been modified with dual P3/800 CPU's and has W2k installed on it running in 2 CPU mode. On installation of Mandrake 9.1 Beta and 9.1 proper the install will hang at various points. On inspection it appears that the Drakx installer is passing two messages as it installs the packages. After each block of 8 rpm packages installed a message comes up saying: transactions done, now trying to close still opened fd. At the point where the install stops and hangs I have seen the message Drakx should not have to clean the packages shit. Killing 1117: /usr/lib/gconfd -2 4 Now this is obviously an install issue. I have tried to make allowance for the motherboard and its limitations by using F1 and linux ide=nodma noapic apm=power_off mem=640M As I said W2k installed no problems and is verified to run in dual cpu mode by both HAL messages and process monitoring. Interestingly Mandrake 9 will install no problems. Any ideas? Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:32 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade kernel-sources and that's it. =) Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files, but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WineX 3.1 is out..and Morrowind works!!
On Thursday 19 June 2003 02:15 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: The red letter date has arrived! Transgaming released a new version of WineX, and believe it or not, they are claiming that Morrowind is now working!! Man, I can't wait to try it on this system. Hot diggity dog. --LX Saw that, grabbed it, haven't had a chance to try it yet. One caveat was that water effects don't work yet, but hey - this is such an improvement over its previous state! :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] DUAL HID support ?
Hi All. some time ago I posted about my problem of not getting the mouse to work in mkd9.1 - when it is plugged in along a keyboard in a USB port through a PS/2--USB adapter (http://www.gwctech.com/ebproductdetail.asp?id=48). Things work fine under winXP (both seen as HID devices) but under linux only the keyboard works. Mousedrake is set up for a USB mouse and if I plug the mouse sperately in USB, both mice (the external one along the notebook's touchpad) work fine in X . SO the problem must be in how the adapter is seen in linux ... and at last I got a reply from a cable manufacturer; which claims the device works on linux as well. Hi, Since the keyboard works, it could be either that version of Linux does not support dual Human Interface Device or the USB mouse driver is missing. You may need to contact Linux to obtain the necessary drivers. so now the question is : does Mdk9.1 support this thingy called DUAL HID ? thanks, Edo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] SASL and Postfix
Thanks for responding, Wolfgang. The problem was that postfix runs chrooted in /var/spool/postfix. Once I copied the file sasldb to /var/spool/postfix/etc everything worked as expected. Thanks again, Randy On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 01:52, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ** Randy Jonasz (Mittwoch, 18. Juni 2003 17:23) Using saslpasswd I've added a user and a password. I've changed the permissions of sasldb to 644 in /etc. The problem I'm having is that no one can authenticate when relaying mail through postfix. Postfix keeps responding Authentication failed. Is there something I'm missing? Just to make sure, you have installed the proper plugin? wobo -- Randy Jonasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] USB CDR/RW include on fstab
Hi Experts, how are you. I hope everything is going great. Well, i have a little question, very basic. I bought a Asus external USB CD-R/RW unit, and want to install it on linux, i would like to know if this line on the fstab it's OK for a CD-R unit or not: /dev/cdrw mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 where ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrw has been done,. So, do i have to add anything else or is it all right? I'm asking because if i mount the unit i recieve the following error: gonzalo~ mount /mnt/cdrom2 mount: No medium found gonzalo~ With a data or music cd inside. The same always. I have to mention that the cdr unit is made to work with USB 2.0 to get the higest speed, but i've been told that if i work with a USB 1.1 (wich i have) the unit will work OK but at the minimun speed. So, any ideas?? Thanks for your time Best wishes to all. Gonzalo Avaria Linux User From The End Of The World CHILE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:11:56 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or does it sound like I have something configured incorrectly? Which version of Winblows? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 03:31, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or do I have something configured incorrectly? Way back I had similar problems getting Windows ME to play correctly with the rest of the Samba network. Win98 and Win2K machines worked flawlessly. After many hours of teeth gnashing, switching cables, checking duplex settings, configuring TCP_NO_DELAY and adjusting window sizes, moving to a switched hub, disabling some authentication, etc., etc., I was able to fix the problem by mapping a network drive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] create fat32 file system
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 10:09 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:10:01 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 6:03 pm, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: Fat16 has suport to 4gb, but its not recommended to driver greater than 512mb, i think You could be right - it's a long time ago. Thinking about it, it was cluster size rather than support of partition size that made us break our 8GB drives down into several partitions. Anne If it helps the original poster. Check your BIOS and see if it recognises the whole disk first. My Epox-6VBA (circa 1999 from memory) would only recognise 32Gigs of a 40Gig Seagate. I can't remember how big a drive we were talking about. A friend of mine, though found his bios wouldn't support his new 80GB drive, but got a pci Promise controller card and has found it works fine. Are they recognised under Mandrake? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] scanning and faxing
Try to use CUPS and, for example, efax so you can use the fax as a printer. After scanning the image just print on fax using CUPS and specify the phone number on print-properties --- Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all. I'm trying to scan a document and then fax it. My scanner and fax setup work fine individually, so it's not a hardware problem. I mainly tried using Staroffice/openoffice to set this up, but no go. There's supposed to be a way to set this up in Staroffice according to the help file but I can't get it to fly. Any help would be great, aim me in the right direction or whatever. Thanks, Jon -- Jonathan Dlouhy Monday, June 16, 2003 06:43 PM I.R.S.: We've got what it takes to take what you've got! Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Auto logoff on idle
I want to rig up an automatic logoff for users who have forgotten to log out. Thing is that I have a Samba-LDAP deal and I'ld have to find a way to log the user off from a WP Pro box as well as linux and unmount the Samba/NFS shares. Clues anyone? Thanks, Jim C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] create fat32 file system
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 10:09 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:10:01 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 6:03 pm, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: Fat16 has suport to 4gb, but its not recommended to driver greater than 512mb, i think You could be right - it's a long time ago. Thinking about it, it was cluster size rather than support of partition size that made us break our 8GB drives down into several partitions. Anne If it helps the original poster. Check your BIOS and see if it recognises the whole disk first. My Epox-6VBA (circa 1999 from memory) would only recognise 32Gigs of a 40Gig Seagate. I can't remember how big a drive we were talking about. A friend of mine, though found his bios wouldn't support his new 80GB drive, but got a pci Promise controller card and has found it works fine. Are they recognised under Mandrake? Anne We all work with facts that we can not remember where they came. I've found it's always best or required to have and provide a reference source to support these facts. Reference for file systems are found at microsoft + numerous other places. Reference: 1. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 100108 2. http://www.ntfs.com Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
Miark wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:11:56 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or does it sound like I have something configured incorrectly? Which version of Winblows? Miark I'm using Windows 2000, but I'm having the same problem using a Linux client. How do I check to see if full duplex is enabled under Linux? Sorry about the multiple posts. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
[expert] Sympa server outage confirmation
Here's an explanation from the latest Mandrake newsletter giving some more information on the downed servers. - If you encountered troubles when ordering this product on MandrakeStore yesteday (06/18), please process it again. Due to a powerfailure the plateform was not reachable during several hours. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding, Mandrake Online Team --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
How they are connected? In my home I have direct connection 100Mbps(reversed UTP) from a linuxpc to winxp. from WinXP I can read about 9MBytes/sec (50%network indication) from the linuxPC I get about 2-3 MB/sec (20% network indication) I have mandrake 9.1 with built it samba. Seems that the linuxpc is 200% faster in transfer :) When I had both of the with WinXP I was getting 20% network. :( 19 2003 20:29, / Brant Fitzsimmons : Miark wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:11:56 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or does it sound like I have something configured incorrectly? Which version of Winblows? Miark I'm using Windows 2000, but I'm having the same problem using a Linux client. How do I check to see if full duplex is enabled under Linux? Sorry about the multiple posts. -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enter the fields of battle at ... http://www.kingsofchaos.com/page.php?id=795528 ___ There are 10 types of humans. Those who understand computers, and those who don't. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] boa-constructor
Hello all, Is there anybody on this list that plays around with boa-constructor i.e. has it gotten it working on Mdk9.1? Tia, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] disk check
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:55, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 07:22, Brian Parish wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 00:01, David Hlacik wrote: how can i check disk partition in fat32 for errors? and how can i repair it. David Hlacik David, I presume that you have a fat32 partition because you have W$ on the machine. So, the short answer would be scandisk or chkdsk under W$, there being no fsck.vfat AFAIK. If you don't have W$, then I can only guess that using fat32 is a result of severe personality problems and refuse to talk to you any more ;-) Brian I can think of a 3rd scenario, He is using a Linux bootable CD to repair hosed winders installs. (usually easier than trying to do it under winders.) James I've done that and won the t-shirt and cap. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irc client
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 04:13, elPunishar wrote: DCC and everything ? On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 15:12, Steven Broos wrote: If you are familiar with mIRC, then you'll like xchat. I went from mIRC to xchat too. Try it. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Auto logoff on idle
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 6:06 pm, Jim C wrote: I want to rig up an automatic logoff for users who have forgotten to log out. Thing is that I have a Samba-LDAP deal and I'ld have to find a way to log the user off from a WP Pro box as well as linux and unmount the Samba/NFS shares. Couldn't be certain, but I think this option can be set from webmin, on the samba pages. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] USB CDR/RW include on fstab (SENT-AGAIN)
Hi Experts, I'm resending this mail, because i don't know if it was recieved. Please excuse me if you are reading this for the second time. Greetings -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [expert] USB CDR/RW include on fstab Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:35:06 -0400 From: Gonzalo Avaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Experts, how are you. I hope everything is going great. Well, i have a little question, very basic. I bought a Asus external USB CD-R/RW unit, and want to install it on linux, i would like to know if this line on the fstab it's OK for a CD-R unit or not: /dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 where ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrw has been done,. So, do i have to add anything else or is it all right? I'm asking because if i mount the unit i recieve the following error: gonzalo~ mount /mnt/cdrom2 mount: No medium found gonzalo~ With a data or music cd inside. The same always. I have to mention that the cdr unit is made to work with USB 2.0 to get the higest speed, but i've been told that if i work with a USB 1.1 (wich i have) the unit will work OK but at the minimun speed. So, any ideas?? Thanks for your time Best wishes to all. Gonzalo Avaria Linux User From The End Of The World CHILE --- -- Gonzalo Avaria S. Linux User from the end of the World CHILE 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] KDE K3b cdrw
Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
On Wed Jun 18, 2003 at 09:02:31AM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
Installing enterprise, but shouldn't bmake a difference.
What processors are you using?
Mark, do you have apic enabled? How are you booting the kernel (sorry if
this has been asked or reported already). I found with apci=on I got some
IRQ balancing and with apic on (ie. not using noapic) I had full balancing.
But now I've found that with apci=on or apic, I can't use DRI in X. =( So
I've got to boot with apci=off noapic for X, and don't have IRQ balancing
anymore.
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Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 08:14:23AM -0400, Greg Meyer wrote:
On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade
kernel-sources and that's it. =)
Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post
install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update
the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old
kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files,
but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it
points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed
for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel.
That's not a bug, that's a feature according to the kernel team. =(
It has always done this... this is nothing new. It's been doing this since
the 8.x days if not earlier.
I tried to get them to fix it but their feelings were it was doing things
properly and didn't need to be fixed.
IOW, make that old entry yourself. Please.
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php
That explains all about it.
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Re: [expert] irc client
** Lyvim Xaphir (Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2003 09:22) On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 04:13, elPunishar wrote: DCC and everything ? On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 15:12, Steven Broos wrote: If you are familiar with mIRC, then you'll like xchat. I went from mIRC to xchat too. Try it. Talking about IRC: After very short lurking in some irc channels a couple of years ago I decided that it is kid's turf and not for me. The language (although I lurked in German channels!) was mostly uncomprehensible with all those abbreviations and combinations of letters and numbers. And of course all those various commands, they looked much more complicated and confusing than the vi tutorial. Due to applied pressure from some younger orcs I may dive into that pond again. Is there a good tutorial about the use of irc - not really dependent on a special app but more generally? Or one which shows the various examples with a special app like xchat or mIRC or any other? It has not to be idiot-friendly, just old-bum-friendly :) wobo -- Public GnuPG key available at http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
manolis wrote: How they are connected? They are connected through a Linksys 10/100 switch. from WinXP I can read about 9MBytes/sec (50%network indication) Same here with Windows 2000. from the linuxPC I get about 2-3 MB/sec (20% network indication) I have mandrake 9.1 with built it samba. Same here. Seems that the linuxpc is 200% faster in transfer :) I know that Samba performs drastically better than MS's implementation of SMB. What I don't understand is the 2 to 3MBps transfer speed between to Linux machines running Samba. I want to see the Samba server / Windows client speeds using a Samba server / Linux client combination. When I had both of the with WinXP I was getting 20% network. :( 19 2003 20:29, / Brant Fitzsimmons : Miark wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:11:56 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or does it sound like I have something configured incorrectly? Which version of Winblows? Miark I'm using Windows 2000, but I'm having the same problem using a Linux client. How do I check to see if full duplex is enabled under Linux? Sorry about the multiple posts. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Re: [expert] messed up ide-scsi config
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:44 am, elPunishar had this to contribute :- hdc=ide-scsi from lilo.conf. Replace the above first see if it is all you need. If not replace your modules. Just reversal of what you did previously. Charlie -- Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw
richard bown wrote: Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, I had this problem the fix was to run the k3b setup program from my user login. The config did not seem to take when I did it as root after the install. This prog does seem pretty buggy to me; if you start an audio project for example and select mp3 files after you have selected them there is no way to refer back to what you have selected. Still it does work for me. Colin Close Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 21:23, Colin Close wrote: richard bown wrote: Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I had this problem the fix was to run the k3b setup program from my user login. The config did not seem to take when I did it as root after the install. This prog does seem pretty buggy to me; if you start an audio project for example and select mp3 files after you have selected them there is no way to refer back to what you have selected. Still it does work for me. Colin Close Decided to play with this too as I've seen the same issue. Ran the setup. It found the devices and seemed to do all the right things, but now I have lost all devices - read and write. Good feature! It seems that the setup routine can find them, but that info doesn't get passed back to the main program. Tried to add them manually, but it can never find devfs devices this way, even when I type in exactly the device found by the setup. I keep hoping for a cooker upgrade, but in the meantime I'll try rpm -e and reinstall it. It was working fine for data - although not multi-session. Just shows, if it's not totally broken, fix it some more ;-) Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] irc client
Il mar, 2003-06-17 alle 21:14, David Hlacik ha scritto: Hi, i am looking for some good irc client with dcc support and /ctcp support. David Hlacik As everybody says Xchat is really good (I use it and I love it), but you could also try kvirc, wich is more mIRC look and feel. A matter of tastes :) I advice Xchat anyway Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 06:59, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 08:14:23AM -0400, Greg Meyer wrote: On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade kernel-sources and that's it. =) Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files, but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel. That's not a bug, that's a feature according to the kernel team. =( It has always done this... this is nothing new. It's been doing this since the 8.x days if not earlier. I tried to get them to fix it but their feelings were it was doing things properly and didn't need to be fixed. IOW, make that old entry yourself. Please. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php That explains all about it. That's an interesting way of responding to a bug! Look at the obviously incorrect behavior and just call it correct. Are you sure these guys don't work at the Whitehouse? ;-) You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it. cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] raid remove
Hi, I'm currently running a software RAID-1. One of the hotswap disk has went down. I'm trying to remove the defected disk with echo scsi remove-single-device 1 0 3 0 /proc/scsi/scsi However when I checked /proc/scsi/scsi, the disk is listed in there. How do I remove it so I can proceed with adding a new device? host: scsi1 channel: 00 id: 03 lun: 00 I already removed from the array. Do I need dismount something? Please give me a couple of pointers. Thanks. Regards, Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Tar Errors
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:41 pm, SoloCDM had this to contribute :- that wouldn't extract correctly with tar -xzvf sample.tar.gz, Shouldn't that be tar -xzvf sample.tgz .tgz is the extension that I have always used without any worries. Maybe try to change the file extension? Charlie -- Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:44 am, richard bown had this to contribute :- Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] It works a treat for me Richard. I have never burnt an audio, but just tried it when I read your post. I love k3b and run it through root, and it really is the greatest little burning app I have ever used, compares very favourably to Nero. Have you checked your configuration? But I might be barking up the wrong tree. Do you mean trying to just get different tracks from different CD's and burn them onto another? I haven't tried that yet. But if that is what you mean I might just give it a larrup. I did have a problem burning a data CD that I wanted a copy of which it would not eject, and didn't eject, yet wanted the target CD inserted and I had to manually umount it through the shell, and the minute it was returned it burned the image. But that so far is the only glitch. That did not happen with the audio. It ejected and by just inserting an empty target and pushing in the tray it took over the burn process. Charlie. -- It is the very energy of thought Which keeps thee from thy God. John Henry Newman This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert]
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] had this to contribute :- so now the question is : does Mdk9.1 support this thingy called DUAL HID ? Check that this is enabled in the kernel, because it works with my Kensington mouse, which is a USB mouse into a PS/2 adapter, and always has done without a hitch. snip USB HID Input layer support CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT Say Y here if you want to use a USB keyboard, mouse or joystick, or any other HID input device. You also need Input layer support, (CONFIG_INPUT) which you select under Input core support. If unsure, say Y. snip HTH Charlie -- It is the very energy of thought Which keeps thee from thy God. John Henry Newman This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On 20 Jun 2003 09:35:57 +1000 Brian Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it. Another point that can be irritating is that the naming scheme for the mdk kernel is from time to time changed rather than remaining a constant. A case in point is that I rebuilt and installed from the src.rpm kernel-2.4.21-0.rc1.1mdk-1-1mdk(the current cooker kernel) on my 9.1 system but because the naming scheme has been changed urpmi thinks that kernel-2.4.21.0.18mdk is'newer' and wishes to install it as well as 'upgrading' the kernel- -- Wait a minute, Marge. I saw Mrs. Doubtfire. This is a man in drag! -- Homer Simpson Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - source rpm. Charles pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert]
Hi Charlis, HID is enabled. in fact a single USB mouse works, as well a keyboard through the PS/2 to USB adapter. what does not work is the mouse through the PS/2 to USB adapter. I wonder what *DUAL* HID is ... there not seem to be a stteing for it. Edo - Original Message - From: charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:00 AM Subject: Re: [expert] On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] had this to contribute :- so now the question is : does Mdk9.1 support this thingy called DUAL HID ? Check that this is enabled in the kernel, because it works with my Kensington mouse, which is a USB mouse into a PS/2 adapter, and always has done without a hitch. snip USB HID Input layer support CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT Say Y here if you want to use a USB keyboard, mouse or joystick, or any other HID input device. You also need Input layer support, (CONFIG_INPUT) which you select under Input core support. If unsure, say Y. snip HTH Charlie -- It is the very energy of thought Which keeps thee from thy God. John Henry Newman This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: raid remove
Hi, Do I need to change anything in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab? Regards, Norman down. I'm trying to remove the defected disk with echo scsi remove-single-device 1 0 3 0 /proc/scsi/scsi However when I checked /proc/scsi/scsi, the disk is listed in there. How do I remove it so I can proceed with adding a new device? host: scsi1 channel: 00 id: 03 lun: 00 I already removed from the array. Do I need dismount something? Please give me a couple of pointers. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 16:35, Brian Parish wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 06:59, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 08:14:23AM -0400, Greg Meyer wrote: On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade kernel-sources and that's it. =) Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files, but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel. That's not a bug, that's a feature according to the kernel team. =( It has always done this... this is nothing new. It's been doing this since the 8.x days if not earlier. I tried to get them to fix it but their feelings were it was doing things properly and didn't need to be fixed. IOW, make that old entry yourself. Please. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php That explains all about it. That's an interesting way of responding to a bug! Look at the obviously incorrect behavior and just call it correct. Are you sure these guys don't work at the Whitehouse? ;-) So this is Gate's plan for Linux *grin* You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it. cheers Brian __ 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] KDE K3b cdrw
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:23 pm, Colin Close had this to contribute :- richard bown wrote: Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, I had this problem the fix was to run the k3b setup program from my user login. The config did not seem to take when I did it as root after the install. This prog does seem pretty buggy to me; if you start an audio project for example and select mp3 files after you have selected them there is no way to refer back to what you have selected. Still it does work for me. Colin Close I have to admit that surprises me, but then it occurred to me that something I forgot to mention in that post, being that I don't use supermount. That has been removed and therefore I don't mount the CD or CD drive. Just pop in the CD, then su - in the shell and k3b and we have liftoff. I don't know if this makes any difference, I only mention it because supermount in Mandrake affects my system in so many detrimental ways that it boggles my mind, and can't explain why it does this. The minute that I disable it, it seems that Linux was written for the two systems that I run here at home and also systems of friends that I help with Linux distro's of one kind or another. It is nothing that I do otherwise, as I am only just over 12 months new to Linux. So maybe k3b runs differently under supermount guidance? Charlie. -- It is the very energy of thought Which keeps thee from thy God. John Henry Newman This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:31 am, Brian Parish had this to contribute :- It was working fine for data - although not multi-session. Just shows, if it's not totally broken, fix it some more ;-) Brian Isn't that unusual? XCDRoast was the burning application that I always used, and it worked well, but with Mandrake 9.1 thought that I would try k3b, why not? Invoked it, configured it, and was willing to burn a drink coaster with multi session, or maybe even a CD with only 20MB of data on it. That's what happened with several CD's the first time I tried XCDRoast with multi session in Red Hat about 12 months ago. So kept windows on for Nero just to burn multi session CD's till CDRTools came out with XCDRoast. But k3b, no sweat, first multi-session and everything worked a treat. I burned a whole CD in everything from 10MB to 200MB sessions on the CD after removing it, putting it back in etc.. Then burned 100MB multi-session on win with Nero and burned the rest with k3b. I was really chuffed. Read every file and graphic on the CD making certain that I wasn't being fooled. I wasn't. I am listening to the audio CD that I burned a little while ago just for the exercise for Richard, to make certain that it didn't make any errors there either, and it didn't. Great little app, quick and easy. The only fright I had was when I clicked on the wrong CD drive. That is one thing that k3b did, it placed the CD's in reverse order and added two lines to the end of my /etc/fstab, /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd /mnt/cdrom2 autoro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd/mnt/cdrom autoro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 That might be because I don't use supermount though? So I am surprised that trouble is being experienced with this. HTH Charlie -- It is the very energy of thought Which keeps thee from thy God. John Henry Newman This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 13:54, Vincent Danen wrote: On Wed Jun 18, 2003 at 09:02:31AM +0100, Mark Watts wrote: Installing enterprise, but shouldn't bmake a difference. What processors are you using? Mark, do you have apic enabled? How are you booting the kernel (sorry if this has been asked or reported already). I found with apci=on I got some IRQ balancing and with apic on (ie. not using noapic) I had full balancing. But now I've found that with apci=on or apic, I can't use DRI in X. =( So I've got to boot with apci=off noapic for X, and don't have IRQ balancing anymore. Vincent just curious what's the video chip? I'm wondering if there isn't an IRQ conflict that arises because of something DRI does. Either that or someone removed the non-existent SCO code on you. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How things change......
Linux world 1999 SuSe is in trouble, Mandrake is flying high with a booth as large as anyone at the show. Flash forward to 2003 ... roles are definitely reversed as SuSe is now the player. Witness this article. http://lwn.net/Articles/35084/ hm. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
bOn Thu, 2003-06-19 at 17:12, Charles A Edwards wrote: On 20 Jun 2003 09:35:57 +1000 Brian Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it. Another point that can be irritating is that the naming scheme for the mdk kernel is from time to time changed rather than remaining a constant. A case in point is that I rebuilt and installed from the src.rpm kernel-2.4.21-0.rc1.1mdk-1-1mdk(the current cooker kernel) on my 9.1 system but because the naming scheme has been changed urpmi thinks that kernel-2.4.21.0.18mdk is'newer' and wishes to install it as well as 'upgrading' the kernel- Quick stop for that put kernel in the /etc/urpmi/skiplist James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How things change......
** James Sparenberg (Freitag, 20. Juni 2003 04:15) Linux world 1999 SuSe is in trouble, Mandrake is flying high with a booth as large as anyone at the show. Flash forward to 2003 ... roles are definitely reversed as SuSe is now the player. Witness this article. http://lwn.net/Articles/35084/ hm. To underline this, see Mandrakians at the LinuxTag 2000 in Stuttgart, Germany http://www.wolf-b.de/LinuxTag/LinuxTag.html Year after that we had a demo point at AMD's booth and year after that we did not have any point at all (no pun intended!) just Til Kampeter being present at the Linux Printing booth. Hopefully that will change in the future. wobo -- Public GnuPG key available at http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Tar Errors
I didn't see the beginning of the thread, but tar doesn't really care what the file is called, that's just for us humans... On Thursday 19 June 2003 04:19 pm, charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:41 pm, SoloCDM had this to contribute :- that wouldn't extract correctly with tar -xzvf sample.tar.gz, Shouldn't that be tar -xzvf sample.tgz .tgz is the extension that I have always used without any worries. Maybe try to change the file extension? Charlie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 05:14, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:32 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: On the other hand, using MandrakeUpdate is safe. It will upgrade kernel-sources and that's it. =) Speaking of the kernel update, it looks like there may be abug in the post install scripts. My understanding is that the update is supposed to update the links in the boot directory, and then set up a lilo entry to boot the old kernel. The links are correctly updated to point at the new kernel files, but the new lilo entry that is set up does not point to the old kernel, it points tot he new kernel too. This is bad, because if the install gets hosed for whatever reason, I can't boot into the old kernel. It's been around for a while... question is.. who do you tell? James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 06:51:48PM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Mark, do you have apic enabled? How are you booting the kernel (sorry if
this has been asked or reported already). I found with apci=on I got some
IRQ balancing and with apic on (ie. not using noapic) I had full balancing.
But now I've found that with apci=on or apic, I can't use DRI in X. =( So
I've got to boot with apci=off noapic for X, and don't have IRQ balancing
anymore.
Vincent just curious what's the video chip? I'm wondering if there
isn't an IRQ conflict that arises because of something DRI does. Either
that or someone removed the non-existent SCO code on you.
LOL.
It's an r128 chipset. I didn't have problems with 13mdk or 18mdk, but I was
fixing the XFS ACLs (19mdk-to-be) and all of a sudden it broke. Now when I
go back to 13mdk or 18mdk it doesn't work anymore so I'm not sure what the
heck is going on.
Accounted for pretty much a wasted day tho... =(
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Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Fri Jun 20, 2003 at 09:35:57AM +1000, Brian Parish wrote:
That's not a bug, that's a feature according to the kernel team. =(
It has always done this... this is nothing new. It's been doing this since
the 8.x days if not earlier.
I tried to get them to fix it but their feelings were it was doing things
properly and didn't need to be fixed.
IOW, make that old entry yourself. Please.
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php
That explains all about it.
That's an interesting way of responding to a bug! Look at the obviously
incorrect behavior and just call it correct. Are you sure these guys
don't work at the Whitehouse? ;-)
Well, trust me, I was not very pleased with the results of my queries. Of
course, I don't have the time or skills to fix the installkernel script
myself. If someone out there is feeling bored... =)
You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of
releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it.
Yup. And it's always been a nuisance.
In my mind, the revisioned entry should be in there from the first
install... do the symlink bit, but throw in a 2421-13 entry as well (or
whatever).
But, when I mentioned that, I was told it looked too ugly.
Can't win for losing.
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Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 08:12:05PM -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote:
You're right though Vincent - it's been doing it over a number of
releases. You'll find a few posts from me in the archives on it.
Another point that can be irritating is that the naming scheme for the
mdk kernel is from time to time changed rather than remaining a
constant.
A case in point is that I rebuilt and installed from the src.rpm
kernel-2.4.21-0.rc1.1mdk-1-1mdk(the current cooker kernel) on my 9.1
system but because the naming scheme has been changed urpmi thinks that
kernel-2.4.21.0.18mdk is'newer' and wishes to install it as well as
'upgrading' the kernel-
Well, kernel-2.4.21-0.rc1.1mdk should never have been used. The
2.4.21.0.18mdk is a pre-release 2.4.21, thus using 0.18mdk instead of 18mdk.
This rc1 should have been 2.4.21.0.19mdk or something else equally
appropriate. 2.4.21 final would be 2.4.21.1mdk.
I don't know why that changed but it's only a big deal if you track cooker
(if you're tracking cooker, why are you doing updates?). 2.4.21 or 2.4.22
will most likely be in 9.2 so the upgrade path is clear.
Remember all the warnings about cooker? They're all true. =)
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Re: [expert] kernels updates !!??
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:22:37 -0600 Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (if you're tracking cooker, why are you doing updates?). I wanted the fixes included in that kernel for my 9.1 system so in this case I am speaking of MandrakeUpdate and 9.1. Even on full cooker systems the naming change required that the rc1 kernel be installed using -ivh --force. Charles -- Pick another fortune cookie. - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] NO MAIL TODAY?
Anyone know the French for stuff happens? Something like cette list avoir besoin d'un lavemant' ? (high school french -- 3 years, but that was 20+ years ago). -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] slow samba
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hi all, Can anyone tell me why it's not possible to get a transfer speed of more than 3 to 4 MBps when transferring files to or from a Windows file server using a Linux client, or to or from a Samba server to a Linux client, when you can get 8 to 9MBps when transferring files to or from a Samba server using a Windows client? Is this usual, or do I have something configured incorrectly? Anyone have any ideas on how I can get a Samba server and Linux client combination up to the speed of a Samba server and Windows 2000 client combination? To repeat what I had posted earlier--I get really fast performance (8-9MBps) when I connect to my Linux box running Samba using Windows 2000, and I get really slow performance (3-4MBps) when I connect to my Linux box running Samba using another Linux box. What am I doing wrong? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 20:17, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 06:51:48PM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: Mark, do you have apic enabled? How are you booting the kernel (sorry if this has been asked or reported already). I found with apci=on I got some IRQ balancing and with apic on (ie. not using noapic) I had full balancing. But now I've found that with apci=on or apic, I can't use DRI in X. =( So I've got to boot with apci=off noapic for X, and don't have IRQ balancing anymore. Vincent just curious what's the video chip? I'm wondering if there isn't an IRQ conflict that arises because of something DRI does. Either that or someone removed the non-existent SCO code on you. LOL. It's an r128 chipset. I didn't have problems with 13mdk or 18mdk, but I was fixing the XFS ACLs (19mdk-to-be) and all of a sudden it broke. Now when I go back to 13mdk or 18mdk it doesn't work anymore so I'm not sure what the heck is going on. Accounted for pretty much a wasted day tho... =( Sounds like something got overwritten when you moded for xfs and it's overwritten what 13 or 18 would normally use. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] [experts] Extrenal Harddisk !!!
Dear All .. I want to buy an external firewire hard disk (IOMEGA 120GB ... etc..) ... (I have a Dell Laptop with ieee 1394 port... ) Does support Mandrake that kind of hardware ... ?? --- in http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 there are only zip and jazz references to external storage units ... Rodrigo Sanchez DGF, U. de Chile Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] USB CDR/RW include on fstab (SENT-AGAIN)
Gonzalo Avaria wrote: First you need to make sure where is the correct mount for the drive. cdrecord -scanbus this command will display the scsibus0 and / or scsibus1 and the drive that is on this channel. I'm not sure of the cd-writer but the first drive on the bus normally is /dev/sda1. You might try, with data cd, mounting. If this works then it should be a simple mater of placing the correct links in place to be able to use this drive as a cd-writer. You need to place the correct append statement in the lilo file. Larry Hi Experts, I'm resending this mail, because i don't know if it was recieved. Please excuse me if you are reading this for the second time. Greetings -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [expert] USB CDR/RW include on fstab Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:35:06 -0400 From: Gonzalo Avaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Experts, how are you. I hope everything is going great. Well, i have a little question, very basic. I bought a Asus external USB CD-R/RW unit, and want to install it on linux, i would like to know if this line on the fstab it's OK for a CD-R unit or not: /dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 where ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrw has been done,. So, do i have to add anything else or is it all right? I'm asking because if i mount the unit i recieve the following error: gonzalo~ mount /mnt/cdrom2 mount: No medium found gonzalo~ With a data or music cd inside. The same always. I have to mention that the cdr unit is made to work with USB 2.0 to get the higest speed, but i've been told that if i work with a USB 1.1 (wich i have) the unit will work OK but at the minimun speed. So, any ideas?? Thanks for your time Best wishes to all. Gonzalo Avaria Linux User From The End Of The World CHILE --- 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] KDE K3b cdrw
charlie wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:23 pm, Colin Close had this to contribute :- richard bown wrote: Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. TIA richard bown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, I had this problem the fix was to run the k3b setup program from my user login. The config did not seem to take when I did it as root after the install. This prog does seem pretty buggy to me; if you start an audio project for example and select mp3 files after you have selected them there is no way to refer back to what you have selected. Still it does work for me. Colin Close I have to admit that surprises me, but then it occurred to me that something I forgot to mention in that post, being that I don't use supermount. That has been removed and therefore I don't mount the CD or CD drive. Just pop in the CD, then su - in the shell and k3b and we have liftoff. I don't know if this makes any difference, I only mention it because supermount in Mandrake affects my system in so many detrimental ways that it boggles my mind, and can't explain why it does this. The minute that I disable it, it seems that Linux was written for the two systems that I run here at home and also systems of friends that I help with Linux distro's of one kind or another. It is nothing that I do otherwise, as I am only just over 12 months new to Linux. So maybe k3b runs differently under supermount guidance? Charlie. Not here. I have supermount and it works fine. Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] disk check
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 00:25, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:55, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 07:22, Brian Parish wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 00:01, David Hlacik wrote: how can i check disk partition in fat32 for errors? and how can i repair it. David Hlacik David, I presume that you have a fat32 partition because you have W$ on the machine. So, the short answer would be scandisk or chkdsk under W$, there being no fsck.vfat AFAIK. If you don't have W$, then I can only guess that using fat32 is a result of severe personality problems and refuse to talk to you any more ;-) Brian I can think of a 3rd scenario, He is using a Linux bootable CD to repair hosed winders installs. (usually easier than trying to do it under winders.) James I keep an bzipped ISO of Trinity Rescue Kit on my laptop for just this reason, and it's saved more than one co-worker's bacon -- also has handy instructions for changing account passwords on W2K boxen :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw
On Thursday 19 June 2003 19:31, Brian Parish wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 21:23, Colin Close wrote: richard bown wrote: Hi has anyone on the list had experience of setting up K3b, I can burn data files but not audio. selecting audio project reports no cdrd driver found when a burn is started, yet its found when data file are burnt. Hi, I had this problem the fix was to run the k3b setup program from my user login. The config did not seem to take when I did it as root after the install. This prog does seem pretty buggy to me; if you start an audio project for example and select mp3 files after you have selected them there is no way to refer back to what you have selected. Still it does work for me. Colin Close Decided to play with this too as I've seen the same issue. Ran the setup. It found the devices and seemed to do all the right things, but now I have lost all devices - read and write. Good feature! It was working fine for data - although not multi-session. Just shows, if it's not totally broken, fix it some more ;-) Brian Same type problems here- works OK for a straight DAO no multi-sesssion data burn, but multi-session data appears to proceed OK, and reports success, but then only one or two random directories or files are on the cd, and the actual files have had their names changed- i.e., file 1 is now partially opened with file 2 or Directory 3's icon when you open it from the cdrom! More coasters. I had read K3b was great, but if it is, I haven't found a way to make it so on my box. None of the other Linux burning programs have every been completely satisfactory either- unfortunately, I'm always forced to go back to booting winXP and Nero for complete reliability for GUI burning. Setting it up with command line in Linux just is too much trouble (at least for me). Robert Crawford Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
