Re: [expert] EXT3 File Corruption?
On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 22:55, Damon Lynch wrote: > On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 16:15, Todd Lyons wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Damon Lynch wanted us to know: > > > > >> "I don't care that you are using a journalized filesystem like ext3, I > > >> want you to do a full blown filesystem check as if you were ext2." > > >So why does it do this on bootup, on the root filesystem? What is the > > > > Mounting the root filesystem is the most important part of the boot > > process after the kernel has detected all the hardware. You want to > > give the sysadmin the most options to recover from a bolloxed > > unclean shutdown. This is one. > > Fair enough too. But I do think that for the "rest of us", an > additional part of the message pointing out that the journalling system > will / has otherwise done its thing should the user not select "Y" would > reduce stress and clarify what will happen. > > Thanks for all the info - I had been wondering about this issue for a > while. > > Damon > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I really could have used this info two months ago :( The power cord came loose from the back of my server, so of course the file system was not unmounted cleanly. I followed the prompts thinking it was the only way to "fix" my system and I ended up losing about 75% of my data. Wouldn't you know it, after 2 days of intensive system rebuilding, my daughter hit the power button and *BOT* there goes my system again. Again I dutifully followed the prompts and ended up losing about 50% of my date, off to rebuild again... Then just yesterday X blew up on my and froze the system. I reset and this time I ignored the nagging insistence to fsck. Instead I answered 'n' and it dropped me into maintenance mode. I ran fsck.ext3 on all the partitions, it recovered all the journals, and TADA--the system rebooted just fine, all data in tact. I sure wish I hadn't figured out the hard way to NOT let the system "fix" itself. -- Brian Keefer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
Rolf Pedersen wrote: Rolf Pedersen wrote: Jim C wrote: Thought of using the hostname command in a script executed at startup? That was one of my first thoughts and it does the trick in rc.local, with the side-effect of disabling auto-login. I just thought there should be a less-kludgy way of dealing with it. Thanks. I am now finding that usage of kprinter is affected. Invoking print from a kde app opens the kprinter dialog but selecting a button causes a pause for 3 or 4 minutes before the selection is executed. Same when calling kprinter from the prompt: the dialog opens quickly but any selection takes a long time to commence. bleh. lpr commands or printing from OpenOffice.org seem not affected. Just for reference, I have hooked the adsl modem, which uses dhcp also, back up, there is no problem with an altered $HOSTNAME and kprinter works immediately when asked to. I did not even re-run drakconnect or change any files. Seems to be how the cable modem/comcast dhcp works. In /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases, the stored lease info from comcast includes: option host-name "x1-6-00-03-47-95-32-57"; option domain-name "comcast.net"; There are no corresponding options for the adsl lease. Google groups has quite a few threads about this cable phenomenon, as a search on '$hostname + $dhcp_hostname' has shown. Maybe Comcast support has an answer. Maybe another wild goose ;p Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: 2.4.21-0.25 hates my thinkpad
James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:29, Michael Lothian wrote: >> Try one of the tmb kernels >> >> http://www.netikka.net/tmb/ >> >> I use the cooker one and it's the most stableist I've used >> >> Oh and remember to use the latest version of kernel utils >> >> ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-utils-1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm >> >> Mike > > Praedor I had the same trouble and found out that the initrd.img was > bad. Deleted it. Recreated it, ignored the warnings and I was able get > it running. One note the only way I could create a working 25mdk kernel > (or 18 for that matter) was to first boot into the stock 25mdk as > distributed and then create my initrd. For whatever reason from 13mdk I > couldn't create a working initrd for 18 or 25. Strange... Admittedly, mine is a desktop system, but it *is* a Celeron 366. I've recently rebuilt the kernel using the 2.4.21-0.24mdk sources, and the only problem is the console won't start in anything other than "normal" mode. While the build was progressing, I deleted all the symlinks to config, System.map, initrd.img, kernel.h and vmlinuz before I installed the new kernel. After rebooting, all the links were restored, and new versions of the target files had been created (in some cases overwriting the originals). Apart from the console problem (suspect a mis-configuration of the video section there), the system works perfectly... > > James > >> >> Praedor Atrebates wrote: >> -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MP3 to Wave
> I highly recommend lame as in "lame --decode mostexcellent.mp3". > > Only problem is that it doesn't handle converting more than one at a time. There's always shell loops :). Or, try the diskwriter plugin for xmms. Select the plugin via ctrl-v, then select your files, and press play. It does all of them in one fell swoop (tm). > Rob David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 17:28, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** Carroll Grigsby Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:05:31 -0400 : > > > On Sunday 17 August 2003 07:47 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > *** Dave Sherman Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:40:31 -0500 : > > > > Well, the worm is known to scan on ports 135 and 445. Can't say > > > > about the others... > > > > > > Thanks Dave and James. Just what I thought. I must say, that this > > > 'el cheapo' router seems to have a pretty good default setup. I can > > > do everything (web, mail, ftp, news), the router fetches time sigs > > > from a timeserver and the default setup barrs all those attacks > > > without slowing down my wireless LAN. > > > > > > wobo > > > > Wobo: > > Errr... just in case someone else wanted to get one of these marvelous > > routers, what should they look for? > > It's a cheap Pheenet WBIG-104b+ > Router with 1 WAN, 4 LAN (100/10 switch), 22Mbps WLAN. 802.11b+ > Supports MAC + port filtering, WEP up to 256bit > > Nice webbased setup (for dummies!), as I already mentioned a nice > default setup firewall and lots of options to mess up the whole scheme! > > Only thing I'll have to look for is the signal strength (power?). I'm > just 4 meters away with my laptop but I only have 82% signal strength > according to the small task bar applet. > > When I put the AP on the balcony (in first floor) and move out on the > street the connection breaks down when I'm just about 10m away. > > On the box it says: Transmit Output Power 17dbm (whatever that means), > looks like that is the power of the transmitter to the laptop card. > > On the card's box I don't find any references to that, it's a Belkin > F5D6020 v. 2100 which runs fine under Mandrake with the pcmf502rd > module. > > wobo Wobo, A lot also depends on the receiver, which is why built in wireless works so much better than the pcmcia (They use the entire lid of a laptop as the antenna rather than that little nub that sticks out). In fact I've observed that a higher quality receiver will solve more problems than a higher quality transmitter. The other thing is that since it operates in the low end microwave band it's ability to penetrate solid objects (like walls) is real lousy. Play with the antenna a bit (it does help) and also look at where you sit in relation to the box itself (you make a great absorption obstacle just yourself. Even your hands can affect the signal strength.) Also think about switching away from channel 6. 1,6 and 11 are the only ones 100% free of overlap and if there are a lot of people on 6 (the default) then the noise level can shoot to the moon. Note also, what a lot of software calls signal strength is actually signal quality. (82% out of 90 for example) this is a function of S/N ratio and packet resend. So in theory it would be impossible to ever get 90 out of 90. 82% is really pretty good. Last thing I've found is that the single rate (not the double rate) will travel better (in meters) in that the amount of dropped packets will be less so it spends less time resending. Although this drops data rate in total data sent the effective rate (how fast the web page loads for example) will feel faster since more usable data gets to you sooner. james Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
> On the box it says: Transmit Output Power 17dbm (whatever that means), That's 17 decibels above 1 milliwatt, or 10^(17/10) ~= 50mW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
*** Carroll Grigsby Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:05:31 -0400 : > On Sunday 17 August 2003 07:47 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > *** Dave Sherman Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:40:31 -0500 : > > > Well, the worm is known to scan on ports 135 and 445. Can't say > > > about the others... > > > > Thanks Dave and James. Just what I thought. I must say, that this > > 'el cheapo' router seems to have a pretty good default setup. I can > > do everything (web, mail, ftp, news), the router fetches time sigs > > from a timeserver and the default setup barrs all those attacks > > without slowing down my wireless LAN. > > > > wobo > > Wobo: > Errr... just in case someone else wanted to get one of these marvelous > routers, what should they look for? It's a cheap Pheenet WBIG-104b+ Router with 1 WAN, 4 LAN (100/10 switch), 22Mbps WLAN. 802.11b+ Supports MAC + port filtering, WEP up to 256bit Nice webbased setup (for dummies!), as I already mentioned a nice default setup firewall and lots of options to mess up the whole scheme! Only thing I'll have to look for is the signal strength (power?). I'm just 4 meters away with my laptop but I only have 82% signal strength according to the small task bar applet. When I put the AP on the balcony (in first floor) and move out on the street the connection breaks down when I'm just about 10m away. On the box it says: Transmit Output Power 17dbm (whatever that means), looks like that is the power of the transmitter to the laptop card. On the card's box I don't find any references to that, it's a Belkin F5D6020 v. 2100 which runs fine under Mandrake with the pcmf502rd module. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 02:59, Byron Poland wrote: > On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:13, Helge Hielscher wrote: > > Hello, > > > > what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks > > (if there is any)? > > > > TIA and Regards, > > Helge > > You need to install cdrecord-dvdhack this is what Mandrake has in it's > distribution for burning dvd's. I use it with a pioneer 104 drive in an > external firewire enclosure and it works great. It is all command line > though, same options as cdrecord I think. > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I tried using the cdrecord-dvdhack on a late very late model Sony DVD-RW device, but all it did was failed, it just couldn't recognise the media.. later i switched to growiosfs, and used that with Mondo backup, with full success and excellent results. Cheers Mark -- Mark Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cyber Essentials Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MP3 to Wave
On Wednesday 13 August 2003 01:12 am, Magnus Wirström wrote: > Hi > > I know this is a little bit of topic but can anyone recommend a good > program that converts MP3 to Wave with really nice quality ? I highly recommend lame as in "lame --decode mostexcellent.mp3". Only problem is that it doesn't handle converting more than one at a time. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
On Sunday 17 August 2003 07:47 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** Dave Sherman Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:40:31 -0500 : > > Well, the worm is known to scan on ports 135 and 445. Can't say about > > the others... > > Thanks Dave and James. Just what I thought. I must say, that this 'el > cheapo' router seems to have a pretty good default setup. I can do > everything (web, mail, ftp, news), the router fetches time sigs from a > timeserver and the default setup barrs all those attacks without slowing > down my wireless LAN. > > wobo Wobo: Errr... just in case someone else wanted to get one of these marvelous routers, what should they look for? -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
*** Dave Sherman Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:40:31 -0500 : > > Well, the worm is known to scan on ports 135 and 445. Can't say about > the others... Thanks Dave and James. Just what I thought. I must say, that this 'el cheapo' router seems to have a pretty good default setup. I can do everything (web, mail, ftp, news), the router fetches time sigs from a timeserver and the default setup barrs all those attacks without slowing down my wireless LAN. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Hi, I installed a new WLAN router/access point and after configuring the beast I looked at the logs in the router after a couple of hours. I found more than 100 entries (during 3 hours) like: Time Message Source Destination Note 01:01:45 Dropped TCP 211.74.178.73:1342 x.x.x.x:445 Rule: packetfrom WANdefault deny The sources are mostly the same (6 or 7 different), all trying my IP (x.x.x.x) and several different ports: 445, 135, 1839, 2536, etc. Is this normal attack attempts or results of the infamous worm? BTW: I'm not using any donkeys or such kiddie stuff. Well, the worm is known to scan on ports 135 and 445. Can't say about the others... -- Dave Sherman - MCSE, MCSA, CCNA Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 16:27, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > I installed a new WLAN router/access point and after configuring the > beast I looked at the logs in the router after a couple of hours. > > I found more than 100 entries (during 3 hours) like: > > Time Message Source Destination Note > > 01:01:45 Dropped TCP 211.74.178.73:1342 x.x.x.x:445 Rule: > packetfrom WANdefault deny > > The sources are mostly the same (6 or 7 different), all trying my IP > (x.x.x.x) and several different ports: > > 445, 135, 1839, 2536, etc. > > Is this normal attack attempts or results of the infamous worm? > BTW: I'm not using any donkeys or such kiddie stuff. > > wobo > Wobo they are the worm and it's various forms. Since it shuts down the box every couple of minutes you'd think this thing would eventually kill all the infected ones and make it so impossible to use the box people would have to patch. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
KevinO wrote: Here are the 'ps' and 'grep' commands being used to show that devfsd is currently running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:58pm-kevin>> ps auxw | grep devfs root64 0.0 0.1 1756 888 ?SAug16 0:00 devfsd /dev kevin12769 0.0 0.1 1800 620 pts/1S14:58 0:00 grep devfs I did the ps and grep commands. I got almost the same thing. Except where "kevin" is listed as the user in the bottom line my user is "root". Would this make a difference? I have devfs directory in /etc. Is this the same? Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Dropped packages - Attack?
Hi, I installed a new WLAN router/access point and after configuring the beast I looked at the logs in the router after a couple of hours. I found more than 100 entries (during 3 hours) like: Time Message Source Destination Note 01:01:45 Dropped TCP 211.74.178.73:1342 x.x.x.x:445 Rule: packetfrom WANdefault deny The sources are mostly the same (6 or 7 different), all trying my IP (x.x.x.x) and several different ports: 445, 135, 1839, 2536, etc. Is this normal attack attempts or results of the infamous worm? BTW: I'm not using any donkeys or such kiddie stuff. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
Thanks for everyones help. Devfsd works and I also have some reading references to increase my knowledge. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:40:15 -0400 Gary Montalbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ed tharp wrote: > > well they are virtual files they should be empty > > and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty > > recent version of MDK. > > > I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google trying to > learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is running and starts on > bootup. However I am confused about virtual files and how they work. Read up on block and character special files, then read http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html You might also bone up on pipes particularly FIFO's. > If a > program points to dev/sound/audio and there is nothing in the file, how > does it get executed? It doesn't. Think of it as the interface between your programs and your hardware i.e. printers, sound cards, etc. -Mark -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21-0.25 hates my thinkpad
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:29, Michael Lothian wrote: > Try one of the tmb kernels > > http://www.netikka.net/tmb/ > > I use the cooker one and it's the most stableist I've used > > Oh and remember to use the latest version of kernel utils > > ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-utils-1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm > > Mike Praedor I had the same trouble and found out that the initrd.img was bad. Deleted it. Recreated it, ignored the warnings and I was able get it running. One note the only way I could create a working 25mdk kernel (or 18 for that matter) was to first boot into the stock 25mdk as distributed and then create my initrd. For whatever reason from 13mdk I couldn't create a working initrd for 18 or 25. James > > Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >I have an IBM Stinkpad that has been running Mandrake for several years > >without problem. It currently runs 9.1 and 2.4.21-0.13mdk without problems. > >I have tried building -0.18mdk and, most recently, -0.25mdk kernels but > >neither works. Since 0.25mdk is the latest, here's the deal with it. > > > >I used the same config as I did to build my 0.13mdk kernel which works > >perfectly. When I restart after the build/install, it refuses to bootup. > >Instead, as soon as it loads linux, the screen blanks/goes black and the > >system restarts. No error message appears, or if it does it comes and goes > >too fast to see. I then rebuilt it from scratch, manually selecting or > >deselecting options as always. The main selection I go for vs the default > >kernel is in GRSECURITY - I select a number of the network security > >options...nothing that should in any way, shape, or form, prevent bootup. > > > >I try rebooting after install and, as before, I select linux, the screen > >blanks, it indicates its loading linux but then blank, reboot, ad infinitum. > >The only way to get back up is to bootup my old 0.13mdk kernel. > > > >No error messages appear in any logs, it occurs too soon and too rapidly. > >What's up with all the kernels beyond 0.13mdk that renders them unusable on > >an IBM Thinkpad 1412 (celery 366)? > > > >praedor > >- -- > >Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQE/P2DYb1CLurEA6xURAryfAJ9x58sfw/ueieu1P3545maAg54b2wCfWLOA > >a1lIWi8Ed3XwM3/AMiVFyEE= > >=JrUm > >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Montalbine wrote: > > > ed tharp wrote: >> well they are virtual files they should be empty > >> and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty >> recent version of MDK. >> > I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google trying to > learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is running and starts on > bootup. Here are the 'ps' and 'grep' commands being used to show that devfsd is currently running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:58pm-kevin>> ps auxw | grep devfs root64 0.0 0.1 1756 888 ?SAug16 0:00 devfsd /dev kevin12769 0.0 0.1 1800 620 pts/1S14:58 0:00 grep devfs Here is a method of using 'chkconfig' to see if devfsd is setup to run automatically: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# chkconfig --list devfsd devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off > However I am confused about virtual files and how they work. All files in the /dev directory tree are 'device files'. They are not regular files. They provide a mechanism to get data into and out of every device on your system, including disks, serial ports, everything. This is a feature of all Unix systems. - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/P/xeWOfRC7Rnmv8RAhpdAJ46PpTGF1q4SeRifU1REXwlNvrhSACfXfcc HuCwCSz2q5vlyBodjvmm1E8= =5GNZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
On Sunday August 17 2003 03:40 pm, Gary Montalbine wrote: > ed tharp wrote: > > well they are virtual files they should be empty > > > > and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running > > a pretty recent version of MDK. > > I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google > trying to learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is > running and starts on bootup. However I am confused about virtual > files and how they work. If a program points to dev/sound/audio > and there is nothing in the file, how does it get executed? One > other item of interest is that hardrake identifies my sound card > correctly. If I go to control center then information then sound > it does not recognize my sound card. (?) > > Thanks for your help, > Gary As root, 'service devfsd status' will show if it's running As to virtual files and what they do, Google 'linux pretend files' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 12:45, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Jim C wrote: Thought of using the hostname command in a script executed at startup? That was one of my first thoughts and it does the trick in rc.local, with the side-effect of disabling auto-login. I just thought there should be a less-kludgy way of dealing with it. Thanks. I may... (just may) have found it. Check out /etc/tmdns.conf One of the first "settings" on this kludge is hostname. Does yours have something there. Seems that on mine it got configured when the box was installed to whatever the box thought it's name was ATT. james That is there. It was empty by default when I started this travail but it got added at one point (from earlier post): "Configured cable account with drakconnect, specifying localhost as hostname, which results in hostname = localhost being configured in /etc/tmdns.conf " but that does not make a difference wrt what dhcp seems to be doing to $HOSTNAME. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 12:45, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Jim C wrote: > > Thought of using the hostname command in a script executed at startup? > > > That was one of my first thoughts and it does the trick in rc.local, > with the side-effect of disabling auto-login. I just thought there > should be a less-kludgy way of dealing with it. Thanks. > > I may... (just may) have found it. Check out /etc/tmdns.conf One of the first "settings" on this kludge is hostname. Does yours have something there. Seems that on mine it got configured when the box was installed to whatever the box thought it's name was ATT. james Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
Rolf Pedersen wrote: Jim C wrote: Thought of using the hostname command in a script executed at startup? That was one of my first thoughts and it does the trick in rc.local, with the side-effect of disabling auto-login. I just thought there should be a less-kludgy way of dealing with it. Thanks. I am now finding that usage of kprinter is affected. Invoking print from a kde app opens the kprinter dialog but selecting a button causes a pause for 3 or 4 minutes before the selection is executed. Same when calling kprinter from the prompt: the dialog opens quickly but any selection takes a long time to commence. bleh. lpr commands or printing from OpenOffice.org seem not affected. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
ed tharp wrote: > well they are virtual files they should be empty and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty recent version of MDK. I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google trying to learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is running and starts on bootup. However I am confused about virtual files and how they work. If a program points to dev/sound/audio and there is nothing in the file, how does it get executed? One other item of interest is that hardrake identifies my sound card correctly. If I go to control center then information then sound it does not recognize my sound card. (?) Thanks for your help, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???
> > Wouldn't the IPCop mailing list be a better place for this question? Yes and I have moved the rest of my posts there already. Thank you. End of thread!!! -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
Jim C wrote: Thought of using the hostname command in a script executed at startup? That was one of my first thoughts and it does the trick in rc.local, with the side-effect of disabling auto-login. I just thought there should be a less-kludgy way of dealing with it. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 10:56, Kiran wrote: > I can't seem to get IPCOP to log binary dumps of IDS packet data. Snort > is started by a c-code program "/usr/local/bin/restartsnort" (security I > guess). But that would be a start. > snort has some info, but i don't think ipcop has updated the snort rules > for this. last official update was 7-31-03 (fixes3 update) > > http://www.snort.org/snort-db/sid.html?sid=2192 > http://www.snort.org/snort-db/sid.html?sid=2193 > > These look close and you may be able to make/add the rules to one of the > snort rule files. > > I know this still doesn't answer the question, but its a start. You > really can't know if its a legit/mistaken request or not without the > dump. Chances are port 135 requests are, but the dump would help define > the attack. > > On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:33, Gavin wrote: > > Kiran, > > > > Thanks for your reply, but I wanted to see an actual snip from someone's IPCOP > > IDS to see EXACTLY what I should look for, I've got many hits on these ports > > but not sure if its the blaster worn or not. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:58 am, Kiran wrote: > > > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-20.html > > > > > > this describes it best. > > > > > > On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 12:38, Gavin wrote: > > > > I've got a few M$ boxes running 2000 and XP behind my IPcop firewall, all > > > > my boxes are patched.. I've been checking my logs for anything pertaining > > > > to the blaster worm but "I THINK" there is nothing showing..I've got > > > > snort active but I'm not "REALLY" sure what to look for!! if any of you > > > > experts are using ipcop and your logs show hits. could you show me a snip > > > > so I know what to look for.. > > > > > > > > Thank you > -- > Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wouldn't the IPCop mailing list be a better place for this question? In any case, you won't see it in your IDS logs unless you applied the new Snort rule for LOVE SAN/MS BLAST. Your firewall log will show tons of dropped packets from sources on the Internet and going to destination port 135/TCP. Many people found that the worm was causing far too much log space to be taken, so they added explicit rules to drop those packets without logging them, in which case you will see nothing (it doesn't sound like you added those rules, though). To tell if your internal boxes are infected, you would have to write iptables rules to log outgoing packets that either source port or destination port 135. Apply that to your external interface to see if packets from your network going outbound match those rules. That will indicate that you have infected boxes. -- Brian Keefer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 10:48, Gary Montalbine wrote: > ed tharp wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:46, Gary Montalbine wrote: > > > >> I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my > >> Soundblaster Live card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio > >> file in that directory. However all the files in dev/sound are empty. > >> Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to > >> access the sound card? I am using ML9.1. > >> > > > > /dev is a 'virtual file or directory', but really should have a > > /dev/sound/audio. are you loading devfs? > > > > what program? > > > > maybe a link from /dev > > The program is linpsk. A ham radio program that takes the audio output > from the radio into the line in on the sound card. It takes the audio from > the sound card and puts it in a display window showing the waveform and > from that you get text. The program asks for /dev/audio. This points to > /dev/sound/audio which is an empty file. In fact all the files in > /dev/sound are empty. > > How can I tell if I am loading devfs? Where is it? > > Thanks, > Gary > well they are virtual files they should be empty and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty recent version of MDK. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
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Re: [expert] 2.4.20 MOSIX kernel hates Shorewall
How weird. Oh well, at least it's fixed now. Yeah but now the boot process stops when it encounters ReiserFS despite the fact that ReiserFS is put in there as a module by default. I've tried putting it in explicitly and I've tried using both the 3.x compiler that is used on mdk by default as well as the old 2.96 compiler. I'm thinking its another kernel bug. :-( Apparently the openmosix project could use a few good Mandrake guys. ;-) Jim C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
Am Sonntag, 17. August 2003 19:11 schrieb Larry Sword: > Helge Hielscher wrote: > >Hello, > > > >what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks > >(if there is any)? > > Try cdrecord. If you are using KDE then open a Komqueror window and type > "man:/cdrecord". > Using cli a plain "man cdrecord". Since most of the frontends use > cdrecord they will probable work for burning a dvd as well. (I don't > have a dvd burner connected so can't verify this will work) k3b in CVS has dvd support. Alltough I must admit that I can't get it to compile (autoconf stuff :-/). Further there was a thread on cooker not long ago, that might give pointers. Steffen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IPTABLES
> > Here's the output of 'iptables -L -n -v': > > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 1613 packets, 96669 bytes) Even though you are specifically allowing port 135 without the syn the default rules will accept packets that do not match any REJECT or DROP rules. I bet you are running ethereal from the FW machine. looking at the rules it should DROP packets from port 135 that are sent to the FORWARD table. I recommend you change the default INPUT table to DENY and specifically allow only the protocols you need to connect. IIRC: $IPTABLES -P INPUT DENY you may also need to allow dhcp trafic 67:68 this should help you quite a bit http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/ man iptables is also quite helpful for the basics > pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination > 2891 258K ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > state RELATED,ESTABLISHED > 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- ppp0 * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp flags:!0x16/0x02 > > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) > pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination > 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > udp dpt:137 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpt:137 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpt:135 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 DROPs packets to port 135 in the FORWARD table > > tcp dpt: > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spt: > 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > udp spt:631 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spt:631 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpt:901 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spt:901 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spt:6346 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpt:6346 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spt:6350 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpt:6350 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp spts:1213:1214 > 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > udp spts:1213:1214 > 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > udp spt:1542 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpts:3470:3476 > 0 0 DROP tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > tcp dpts:1433:1434 > 0 0 ACCEPT all -- ppp0 * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 > > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 4485 packets, 427K bytes) > > This would seem to imply that none of the FORWARD rules had any hits. Niether > has the INPUT rule to block SYN packets. If I understand this correctly > though, the first INPUT rule should not allow any incoming packet unless the > connection was established from inside. > > What puzzles me is that things like the SYN packets and NBNS requests cause a > response from my gateway machine, like an ACK or a DNS lookup on the > requesting IP. While these packets are apparently not being forwarded to my > local network, the activity on the PPP connection keeps the connection open > when I'm not using it and causes me some concern about its vulnerability. -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???
I can't seem to get IPCOP to log binary dumps of IDS packet data. Snort is started by a c-code program "/usr/local/bin/restartsnort" (security I guess). But that would be a start. snort has some info, but i don't think ipcop has updated the snort rules for this. last official update was 7-31-03 (fixes3 update) http://www.snort.org/snort-db/sid.html?sid=2192 http://www.snort.org/snort-db/sid.html?sid=2193 These look close and you may be able to make/add the rules to one of the snort rule files. I know this still doesn't answer the question, but its a start. You really can't know if its a legit/mistaken request or not without the dump. Chances are port 135 requests are, but the dump would help define the attack. On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:33, Gavin wrote: > Kiran, > > Thanks for your reply, but I wanted to see an actual snip from someone's IPCOP > IDS to see EXACTLY what I should look for, I've got many hits on these ports > but not sure if its the blaster worn or not. > > > > > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:58 am, Kiran wrote: > > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-20.html > > > > this describes it best. > > > > On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 12:38, Gavin wrote: > > > I've got a few M$ boxes running 2000 and XP behind my IPcop firewall, all > > > my boxes are patched.. I've been checking my logs for anything pertaining > > > to the blaster worm but "I THINK" there is nothing showing..I've got > > > snort active but I'm not "REALLY" sure what to look for!! if any of you > > > experts are using ipcop and your logs show hits. could you show me a snip > > > so I know what to look for.. > > > > > > Thank you -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Cups web interface files missing
Carlos:
It is odd that these files did not install as they are part of the
cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk. You might try re-installing this rpm to ensure that
the rpm database is correct for any future updates.
Larry
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Larry:
Thanks for your replay. These are the very same programs I have installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep cups
cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-drivers-1.1-104.2mdk
The weird thing is that in my workstation I have exactly the same programs and
here I have the "/usr/share/doc/cups" files.
I have resolved the problem (at least temporally), copying all the
"/usr/share/doc/cups" directory from my workstation to the print server and
now everything seems to be OK.
While this solved the problem now, I still have some concerns on what is going
to happen when I have to update any future cups release.
I think the problem resides in the cups rpm configuration. Maybe it requieres
another package to be installed in order to install these files. Anyway urpmi
has never reports any error.
El Saturday 16 August 2003 19:02, Larry Sword escribió:
Carlos A. Siso wrote:
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Greetings:
I am trying to setup a Cups print server using Mandrake 9.1.
I installed 9.1 from CD's without any additional packages and installed
Cups
using the urpmi command "urpmi cups".
While the cups server is running, the problem is that the Cups web
interface
files at "/usr/share/doc/cups" are not installed, so there is no access to
the print server using "http://server:631";.
I have reinstalled cups a few times ("rpm -e cups; urpmi cups") and still
there are no files at "/usr/share/doc/cups".
The strange thing is this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cups]# rpm -qf /usr/share/doc/cups/index.html
cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cups]# ls -la /usr/share/doc/cups/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x4 root root 4096 Aug 16 14:29 ./
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Aug 16 14:29 ../
drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 May 28 16:15 de/
drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 May 28 16:15 fr/
What am I missing here? Any help woul be appreciated. TIA.
Runnig fine here. These are the programs I have installed.
# rpm -qa | grep cups
libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-drivers-1.1-104.2mdk
cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
Larry
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Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
I have embarked myself in a search for such things (with the only drawback - so far - consisting of incompatibilities between the DVDs I create, and older DVD readers (I can read them fine on my DVD burner)) ... mainly for the purpose of archiving stuff in Linux. I know you have asked for -R and -RW, and I am pretty sure you'll get plenty of info about cdrecord, but here are some links for "+" ones ... just in case ... as I collected them while looking for DVD burning solutions ... http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ http://www.dvdplusrw.org/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gazette/issue83/stoddard.html http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ HTH, Stef On Saturday 16 August 2003 12:13 pm, Helge Hielscher wrote: > Hello, > > what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks > (if there is any)? > > TIA and Regards, > Helge Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cups web interface files missing
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Hash: SHA1
Larry:
Thanks for your replay. These are the very same programs I have installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep cups
cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk
cups-drivers-1.1-104.2mdk
The weird thing is that in my workstation I have exactly the same programs and
here I have the "/usr/share/doc/cups" files.
I have resolved the problem (at least temporally), copying all the
"/usr/share/doc/cups" directory from my workstation to the print server and
now everything seems to be OK.
While this solved the problem now, I still have some concerns on what is going
to happen when I have to update any future cups release.
I think the problem resides in the cups rpm configuration. Maybe it requieres
another package to be installed in order to install these files. Anyway urpmi
has never reports any error.
El Saturday 16 August 2003 19:02, Larry Sword escribió:
> Carlos A. Siso wrote:
>
> >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> >Hash: SHA1
> >
> >Greetings:
> >
> >I am trying to setup a Cups print server using Mandrake 9.1.
> >
> >I installed 9.1 from CD's without any additional packages and installed
Cups
> >using the urpmi command "urpmi cups".
> >
> >While the cups server is running, the problem is that the Cups web
interface
> >files at "/usr/share/doc/cups" are not installed, so there is no access to
> >the print server using "http://server:631";.
> >
> >I have reinstalled cups a few times ("rpm -e cups; urpmi cups") and still
> >there are no files at "/usr/share/doc/cups".
> >
> >The strange thing is this:
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] cups]# rpm -qf /usr/share/doc/cups/index.html
> >cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] cups]# ls -la /usr/share/doc/cups/
> >total 16
> >drwxr-xr-x4 root root 4096 Aug 16 14:29 ./
> >drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Aug 16 14:29 ../
> >drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 May 28 16:15 de/
> >drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 May 28 16:15 fr/
> >
> >What am I missing here? Any help woul be appreciated. TIA.
> >
> Runnig fine here. These are the programs I have installed.
>
> # rpm -qa | grep cups
> libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk
> cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk
> cups-drivers-1.1-104.2mdk
> cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk
>
> Larry
>
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>
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Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
Helge Hielscher wrote: Hello, what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks (if there is any)? Try cdrecord. If you are using KDE then open a Komqueror window and type "man:/cdrecord". Using cli a plain "man cdrecord". Since most of the frontends use cdrecord they will probable work for burning a dvd as well. (I don't have a dvd burner connected so can't verify this will work) -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdksmp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:13, Helge Hielscher wrote: > Hello, > > what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks > (if there is any)? > > TIA and Regards, > Helge You need to install cdrecord-dvdhack this is what Mandrake has in it's distribution for burning dvd's. I use it with a pioneer 104 drive in an external firewire enclosure and it works great. It is all command line though, same options as cdrecord I think. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21-0.25 hates my thinkpad
Try one of the tmb kernels http://www.netikka.net/tmb/ I use the cooker one and it's the most stableist I've used Oh and remember to use the latest version of kernel utils ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-utils-1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm Mike Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an IBM Stinkpad that has been running Mandrake for several years without problem. It currently runs 9.1 and 2.4.21-0.13mdk without problems. I have tried building -0.18mdk and, most recently, -0.25mdk kernels but neither works. Since 0.25mdk is the latest, here's the deal with it. I used the same config as I did to build my 0.13mdk kernel which works perfectly. When I restart after the build/install, it refuses to bootup. Instead, as soon as it loads linux, the screen blanks/goes black and the system restarts. No error message appears, or if it does it comes and goes too fast to see. I then rebuilt it from scratch, manually selecting or deselecting options as always. The main selection I go for vs the default kernel is in GRSECURITY - I select a number of the network security options...nothing that should in any way, shape, or form, prevent bootup. I try rebooting after install and, as before, I select linux, the screen blanks, it indicates its loading linux but then blank, reboot, ad infinitum. The only way to get back up is to bootup my old 0.13mdk kernel. No error messages appear in any logs, it occurs too soon and too rapidly. What's up with all the kernels beyond 0.13mdk that renders them unusable on an IBM Thinkpad 1412 (celery 366)? praedor - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/P2DYb1CLurEA6xURAryfAJ9x58sfw/ueieu1P3545maAg54b2wCfWLOA a1lIWi8Ed3XwM3/AMiVFyEE= =JrUm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 2.4.21-0.25 hates my thinkpad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an IBM Stinkpad that has been running Mandrake for several years without problem. It currently runs 9.1 and 2.4.21-0.13mdk without problems. I have tried building -0.18mdk and, most recently, -0.25mdk kernels but neither works. Since 0.25mdk is the latest, here's the deal with it. I used the same config as I did to build my 0.13mdk kernel which works perfectly. When I restart after the build/install, it refuses to bootup. Instead, as soon as it loads linux, the screen blanks/goes black and the system restarts. No error message appears, or if it does it comes and goes too fast to see. I then rebuilt it from scratch, manually selecting or deselecting options as always. The main selection I go for vs the default kernel is in GRSECURITY - I select a number of the network security options...nothing that should in any way, shape, or form, prevent bootup. I try rebooting after install and, as before, I select linux, the screen blanks, it indicates its loading linux but then blank, reboot, ad infinitum. The only way to get back up is to bootup my old 0.13mdk kernel. No error messages appear in any logs, it occurs too soon and too rapidly. What's up with all the kernels beyond 0.13mdk that renders them unusable on an IBM Thinkpad 1412 (celery 366)? praedor - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/P2DYb1CLurEA6xURAryfAJ9x58sfw/ueieu1P3545maAg54b2wCfWLOA a1lIWi8Ed3XwM3/AMiVFyEE= =JrUm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.20 MOSIX kernel hates Shorewall
How weird. Oh well, at least it's fixed now. On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 01:10, Jim C wrote: > Turns out, it's a kernel bug. Probably introduced by the patch itself. > > >On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 01:02, Jim C wrote: > > > > > >>...> > >> > >> > >>>table nat, append a rule, eth0_masq source of 192.168.1.0/24 destination > >>>any, action masquerade. > >>> > >>>Uh-oh, that doesn't make any sense. Perhaps the intent was to use -i in > >>>order to specify an interface? eth0_masq is clearly one of your > >>>interface names. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I'll lay odds that you are correct and see if I can make some changes > >>but do you have any idea why it works with a regular Mandrake kernel? > >>Doesn't that seem odd? > >> > >> > >... > > > >only thing I can think of is a module patch that assumes interface if > >one isn't passed, which seems unlikely. I'd look at rpm -V shorewall, > >maybe uninstall and reinstall it. > > > > > > > > > >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 -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] k3b & CD writer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks, though I have a separate cdrom and a cd burner your setup is the basis of what appears to have gotten it working for me in an acceptable manner (with supermount intact). I just created separate entries in fstab for the CDROM and CDRW drive apart from their supermount forms (/mnt/cdrom and /mnt/cdrom2). Now I can give it a try and decide if it will do for my purposes. praedor On Saturday 16 August 2003 01:29 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: > Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > On Friday 15 August 2003 09:45 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > >>Larry Sword wanted us to know: > >>>I have supermount and K3b runs flawlessly. > >> > >>And so I stand corrected > > > > How have you pulled this off? I have tried, off and on, to get k3b > > working - and disabling supermount is not an option. I just wont do it. > > Here's how I got k3b working on my laptop. It has a CD-RW/DVD combo > drive. The important point to remember is that I only have a single > CD-ROM drive, with two mount points, one for CD-ROMs and one for > CD-Rs/CD-RWs. > > $ cat /etc/fstab (edited for relevance -- also not ethat the two lines > wrap): > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd/mnt/cdrecorder auto > ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 > > OK, see how my cdrecorder does *not* use supermount? That's how k3b > works so nicely for me. Even if it automounts a CD-RW with stuff already > on it, the mount point is /mnt/cdrom, which does not interfere with k3b > using /mnt/cdrecorder. - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/P1Sub1CLurEA6xURArp9AJ9n7tRzvlqN6LTodD55DAUY6buYEACglzMw kaRBUfdyjNhGmm5v9GCp/JY= =WRRA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 16 August 2003 10:02 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 16 August 2003 02:19 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: You *might* be able to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and make sure there is in entry that looks like: NEEDHOSTNAME=no You would also need to edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and set the following entry (if it's not already there): HOSTNAME=localhost This is the solution and was the first response to your post. SOmehow I think you missed it. $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost I did do this, maybe you didn't get the mail that stated that. Thanks. It is the NEEDHOSTAME=no that is important. It prevents the machine from I had set this in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, as I had implemented all the suggestions in this thread. setting the hostname to the one acquired in the dhcp process. I can't double check my machine because I am using a router for my cable modem and use static addressing behind it. I have previously solved the problem by running drakconnect in expert mode, making sure the need host name box is unchecked, and don't make any entries in the zeroconf or tmdnsboxes. Ran drakconnect in expert mode, several times. Left default dhcp-client checked. DHCP host name is filled in from previous usage/configuration, no doubt. Tried removing that but made no difference. Network hotplugging is default; tried it this way and with this unselected. 'Assign host name from DHCP address' left unselected. 'Zeroconf Host name' is default 'localhost'. Tried leaving this and blanking this. 'Host name' is default 'localhost'. HTTP and FTP proxies left blank. Reboot after each configuration. Prompt comes up as DHCP host name. Putting hostname localhost in rc.local has the desired effect plus the side effect of disabling autologin. Actually, the desired effect is to get this working without rc.local but I don't know how stubborn I will be ;p Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:46, Gary Montalbine wrote: I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my Soundblaster Live card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio file in that directory. However all the files in dev/sound are empty. Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to access the sound card? I am using ML9.1. /dev is a 'virtual file or directory', but really should have a /dev/sound/audio. are you loading devfs? what program? maybe a link from /dev The program is linpsk. A ham radio program that takes the audio output from the radio into the line in on the sound card. It takes the audio from the sound card and puts it in a display window showing the waveform and from that you get text. The program asks for /dev/audio. This points to /dev/sound/audio which is an empty file. In fact all the files in /dev/sound are empty. How can I tell if I am loading devfs? Where is it? Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?
Hello, what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks (if there is any)? TIA and Regards, Helge Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Accessing ACM device -- USB Modem
deedee wrote: However, when I returned to Linux, the list of modems had grown to include all kinds of devices that I'm sure are not there. There still was no /dev/usb/ttyACM0, but a device I knew was physically on the system had now shown up -- /dev/usb/acm/-0 -- and I connected. Perseverance and linux and it can be done. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdksmp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:46, Gary Montalbine wrote: > I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my Soundblaster Live > card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio file in that directory. > However all the > files in dev/sound are empty. > Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to access the > sound card? I am using ML9.1. > > Thanks, > Gary > > /dev is a 'virtual file or directory', but really should have a /dev/sound/audio. are you loading devfs? what program? maybe a link from /dev Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] dev/sound
I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my Soundblaster Live card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio file in that directory. However all the files in dev/sound are empty. Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to access the sound card? I am using ML9.1. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC
On Saturday 16 August 2003 10:02 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Saturday 16 August 2003 02:19 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: > >>You *might* be able to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > >>and make sure there is in entry that looks like: > >> NEEDHOSTNAME=no > >> > >>You would also need to edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and set the > >>following entry (if it's not already there): > >> HOSTNAME=localhost > > > > This is the solution and was the first response to your post. SOmehow I > > think you missed it. > > $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=localhost > > > I did do this, maybe you didn't get the mail that stated that. Thanks. It is the NEEDHOSTAME=no that is important. It prevents the machine from setting the hostname to the one acquired in the dhcp process. I can't double check my machine because I am using a router for my cable modem and use static addressing behind it. I have previously solved the problem by running drakconnect in expert mode, making sure the need host name box is unchecked, and don't make any entries in the zeroconf or tmdnsboxes. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.20 MOSIX kernel hates Shorewall
Turns out, it's a kernel bug. Probably introduced by the patch itself. On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 01:02, Jim C wrote: ...> table nat, append a rule, eth0_masq source of 192.168.1.0/24 destination any, action masquerade. Uh-oh, that doesn't make any sense. Perhaps the intent was to use -i in order to specify an interface? eth0_masq is clearly one of your interface names. I'll lay odds that you are correct and see if I can make some changes but do you have any idea why it works with a regular Mandrake kernel? Doesn't that seem odd? ... only thing I can think of is a module patch that assumes interface if one isn't passed, which seems unlikely. I'd look at rpm -V shorewall, maybe uninstall and reinstall it. 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
