Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
> OpenOffice.org1.1.0 installs beautifully like this:- > > Untar it where you like > > then become root cd into /whereyouhaveit/install > > Then as root # ./install -prefix=/usr/lib > > Then go back to being user and $ cd /usr/lib/OpenOffice.org1.1.0 if that is > the directory that OO has created. > > then $ ./setup > > Follow the prompts. > > Works a treat. Well I just got mdk 9.2 and installed Openoffice.org1.1.0 as above and it would freeze on opening any openoffice file. Removed it and installed the rpm from the 9.2, some thing freezes. This happened to 9.1 as well, no version of OO would run after installing 1.1.0. The os was rather unstable after that as thing like mozilla would crash/freeze for no reason. Looks like its another reinstall... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] programms disapearing..
Op vrijdag 7 november 2003 13:19, schreef Vtucatz elPunishar: > i already downloaded chkrootkit from the website and ran the binary > (because > > compile didn't work because of missing commands...). > it said nothing of adore found, but named 3 suspicious directories. > > Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... > /usr/lib/transgaming_winex3/.transgaming > and some .packlist and something in lib/perl Never mind these files. Chkrootkit seems to think of hidden files in certain directories as suspicious by default. Not a bad stance, though. Stefan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why does my sound not work?
On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 1:43 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Friday 07 November 2003 12:54 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > No. I have talked with Gael Duval about this. It seems that if > > they did something like that it could be taken that they have > > some legal responsibility for the contents of the TWiki - clearly > > that is unfair, since they do not control it. He has put a link > > on the Mandrake website, but newbies are not going to find that > > for some time, so it's up to us to find a more helpful way. > > > > Anne > > Anne: > (Damn lawyers are everywhere, aren't they?) So I suppose that now > you and Eric are going to start nagging us to add a Twiki plug to > our signatures? -- cmg That's why it's in mine You know, of course, that this is a link to the longer TWiki url? A few varieties of sig entries would increase the chance of catching the eyes of newbies, I think. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why does my sound not work?
On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 12:45 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 01:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 07 Nov 2003 9:13 am, Alexis L. wrote: > > > Indeed, I have the same audio chip set, and after a few hours > > > research, I eventually realized that the sound volume was > > > set to zero in aumix.. > > > > We have to try to find a way of getting people to use the TWiki. > > One of the main reasons for making it was to avoid the constant > > FAQs. This one, for instance has been covered there for ages. > > What can we do the make it more visible to users? > > > > Eric is now sending out regular introductory messages to the > > Newbie list, but it seems that newbies are increasingly using the > > Expert list. Would it help to have a weekly message here as > > well? > > > > Any better ideas? > > > > Anne > > I'm trying to get it listed on linux Gazette as well as > pclinuxonline. > That sounds an excellent idea. Hope you manage it Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 08:16 pm, many eyes noted that Gary Hodder wrote: > > OpenOffice.org1.1.0 installs beautifully like this:- > > > > Untar it where you like > > > > then become root cd into /whereyouhaveit/install > > > > Then as root # ./install -prefix=/usr/lib > > > > Then go back to being user and $ cd /usr/lib/OpenOffice.org1.1.0 if that > > is the directory that OO has created. > > > > then $ ./setup > > > > Follow the prompts. > > > > Works a treat. > > Well I just got mdk 9.2 and installed Openoffice.org1.1.0 as above and > it would freeze on opening any openoffice file. > Removed it and installed the rpm from the 9.2, some thing freezes. > This happened to 9.1 as well, no version of OO would run after > installing 1.1.0. The os was rather unstable after that as thing like > mozilla would crash/freeze for no reason. > Looks like its another reinstall... I have always done it as above in Mandrake and Red Hat, but it doesn't work for Debian. I have recently installed it on two Debian systems without any problems in here:- # ./install -prefix=/usr/local/lib rather than:- # ./install -prefix=/usr/lib This is not the Debian version, but the OpenOffice.org1.1.0 version downloaded from the site. It seems to work well, but I will have to wait a while just to get the feedback. Puts up all the OO applications into the bigK main menu. But you can change that if you wish. You might try that if you have no joy otherwise. It is strange that you're having trouble and I think there might be something else wrong? Charlie. -- Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. -- Henry David Thoreau This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:43 am, Mofeed Shahin wrote: > G'day all, > > I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile > chip, and ati radeon video. > > As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie no > keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates > > I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, > and it still happens. > > I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. > > The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... I suspect that ACPI may have problems. When you close the lid, it might be attempting to go into suspend mode and that may be blocked by improper or non-existant instance of ACPI on your laptop. Can you check to see if acpid is active, or apmd? -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
I've had problems with my computer for a week or so now, and have been trying to
diagnose the exact problem. I'm not exactly sure what is the matter, but if I
relate the symptoms I hope someone will be able to assist me.
Initially I assume the fact that problems started when I began using Mandrake
9.2 is purely a coincidence.
Several weeks ago I noticed problems with applications randomly crashing, most
notably those that ran most often, eg nautilus. Sometimes even my whole system
would crash and require reboot. After a reboot I would notice that some files
were just missing (I assume corrupt). Most notably these were icon files, as I
would have desktop items without icons, but also certain application files would
be missing/corrupt.
As my main hard drive was several years old and had been getting noisier I put
it down to a bad hd and replaced it.
However even with the new drive I was getting these crashes, and they seemed to
occur more often. And when a reboot was unavoidable I would reach lilo, but then
get a message that a CRC check failed and the system was halted. This would
happen several times in a row, and after leaving the machine off for a while, it
would happily start and give me several hours before it all went to hell again.
I chated to a few friends and they suggested that perhaps my IDE cables were
getting old/damaged and needed replacing. Being the cheapest thing to replace I
did so, and this has not helped.
Sometimes I am logged into a terminal when it 'fails', and I see some sort of
buffer journal error (can't recall exact words) however sometimes I can still
type in commands, but am returned an I/O error and no programs will run - and I
can't open a new connection to my machine, I can't open a new virtual terminal
in screen, can't su to root, or even ls the directory; however last time it
happened I could cd between directories, and btlaunchmanycurses was running in a
virtual terminal and kept going, with the screen updating even.
Another possible source of errors was my RAM (3 sticks of 256MB pc133 sdram). I
installed memtest86 and tested my ram in several different patterns (all in,
only 1 in, 2 in, mixing around slots). memtest86 returned only 1 error when all
3 sticks were in - noting the error to be at 318MB - as this is more than 256,
and less than 512 I thought it was a good guess my middle stick of ram was at
fault, and pulled it. Tests on the last 2 sticks usually revealed no errors..
but now and again did.
So I borrowed a stick of working 64MB pc100 sdram from work (my mobo supports
this) and ran my system for several hours.
I worked the system hard, my swap was on the go consistantly, and I was
switching between applications, playing video files, and had firebird and
thunderbird open just to keep things active. While I received no immediate
errors I decided that I would run fsck on my partitions.
I switched runlevel into single mode, and ran fsck.reiserfs on a partition on my
brand new hard drive, and it failed with:
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hda: dma_intr: status=0x40 {UncorrectableError} , LBAsect=28151643, sector=6217496
I then ran fsck.ext3 -c /dev/hdb1 (this is a new-ish drive that has never seen
problems).
During the check it gave me:
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
This CRC error reminds me of the CRC error when it would fail to boot up. So I
am thinking that maybe my ram is not at fault, nor my hard drives, but that my
motherboard is.
Perhaps the IDE channels are dying, or the ram slots, or some other part of the
mobo that I just don't know enough to be able to understand the errors.
I don't know how to really test my motherboard, and I have pretty much got to
the limit of my ability to test for problems.
Can anyone offer me any advice of how to test for mobo problems? Do my errors
sound like anything you recognise?
Oh.. and no, I don't have an LG cdrom drive ;). Just a pioneer dvdrom and a
plextor cdrw.
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Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Saturday 08 November 2003, Bryan Phinney wrote: >On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:43 am, Mofeed Shahin wrote: >> G'day all, >> >> I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile >> chip, and ati radeon video. >> >> As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie no >> keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates >> >> I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, >> and it still happens. >> >> I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. >> >> The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... > >I suspect that ACPI may have problems. When you close the lid, it might be >attempting to go into suspend mode and that may be blocked by improper or >non-existant instance of ACPI on your laptop. > >Can you check to see if acpid is active, or apmd? Ummm well apmd is running : /usr/sbin/apmd -p 10 -w 5 -W -P /usr/sbin/pmsuspend2 Mof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Saturday 08 November 2003 08:05 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:43 am, Mofeed Shahin wrote: > > G'day all, > > > > I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile > > chip, and ati radeon video. > > > > As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie > > no keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates > > > > I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, > > and it still happens. > > > > I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. > > > > The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... > > I suspect that ACPI may have problems. When you close the lid, it might be > attempting to go into suspend mode and that may be blocked by improper or > non-existant instance of ACPI on your laptop. > > Can you check to see if acpid is active, or apmd? If this is the case, check your BIOS to see if the machine is set to go into suspend when closing the lid. If you just want the display to go off, you should be able to set this in the BIOS. -- /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] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Saturday 08 November 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: >On Saturday 08 November 2003 08:05 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: >> On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:43 am, Mofeed Shahin wrote: >> > G'day all, >> > >> > I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile >> > chip, and ati radeon video. >> > >> > As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie >> > no keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates >> > >> > I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, >> > and it still happens. >> > >> > I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. >> > >> > The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... >> >> I suspect that ACPI may have problems. When you close the lid, it might be >> attempting to go into suspend mode and that may be blocked by improper or >> non-existant instance of ACPI on your laptop. >> >> Can you check to see if acpid is active, or apmd? > >If this is the case, check your BIOS to see if the machine is set to go into >suspend when closing the lid. If you just want the display to go off, you >should be able to set this in the BIOS. I just checked, and it is _NOT_ set to suspend when the lid is closed. I must mention here again, that this used to work fine under 9.1. ie only a couple of days ago, and I'd not changed any of the BIOS settings in a long time Mof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically doesn't work on modern laptops. On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 21:43, Mofeed Shahin wrote: > G'day all, > > I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile > chip, and ati radeon video. > > As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie no > keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates > > I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, > and it still happens. > > I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. > > The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... > > Mof. > > > > > __ > 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] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
motherboard. I haven't done much troubleshooting of that sourt of
problem, but one thing you might try is some less aggressive settings in
/etc/sysconfig/harddisks.
Jack
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've had problems with my computer for a week or so now, and have been trying to
> diagnose the exact problem. I'm not exactly sure what is the matter, but if I
> relate the symptoms I hope someone will be able to assist me.
>
> Initially I assume the fact that problems started when I began using Mandrake
> 9.2 is purely a coincidence.
>
> Several weeks ago I noticed problems with applications randomly crashing, most
> notably those that ran most often, eg nautilus. Sometimes even my whole system
> would crash and require reboot. After a reboot I would notice that some files
> were just missing (I assume corrupt). Most notably these were icon files, as I
> would have desktop items without icons, but also certain application files would
> be missing/corrupt.
> As my main hard drive was several years old and had been getting noisier I put
> it down to a bad hd and replaced it.
> However even with the new drive I was getting these crashes, and they seemed to
> occur more often. And when a reboot was unavoidable I would reach lilo, but then
> get a message that a CRC check failed and the system was halted. This would
> happen several times in a row, and after leaving the machine off for a while, it
> would happily start and give me several hours before it all went to hell again.
>
> I chated to a few friends and they suggested that perhaps my IDE cables were
> getting old/damaged and needed replacing. Being the cheapest thing to replace I
> did so, and this has not helped.
>
> Sometimes I am logged into a terminal when it 'fails', and I see some sort of
> buffer journal error (can't recall exact words) however sometimes I can still
> type in commands, but am returned an I/O error and no programs will run - and I
> can't open a new connection to my machine, I can't open a new virtual terminal
> in screen, can't su to root, or even ls the directory; however last time it
> happened I could cd between directories, and btlaunchmanycurses was running in a
> virtual terminal and kept going, with the screen updating even.
>
> Another possible source of errors was my RAM (3 sticks of 256MB pc133 sdram). I
> installed memtest86 and tested my ram in several different patterns (all in,
> only 1 in, 2 in, mixing around slots). memtest86 returned only 1 error when all
> 3 sticks were in - noting the error to be at 318MB - as this is more than 256,
> and less than 512 I thought it was a good guess my middle stick of ram was at
> fault, and pulled it. Tests on the last 2 sticks usually revealed no errors..
> but now and again did.
> So I borrowed a stick of working 64MB pc100 sdram from work (my mobo supports
> this) and ran my system for several hours.
> I worked the system hard, my swap was on the go consistantly, and I was
> switching between applications, playing video files, and had firebird and
> thunderbird open just to keep things active. While I received no immediate
> errors I decided that I would run fsck on my partitions.
>
> I switched runlevel into single mode, and ran fsck.reiserfs on a partition on my
> brand new hard drive, and it failed with:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x40 {UncorrectableError} , LBAsect=28151643, sector=6217496
>
> I then ran fsck.ext3 -c /dev/hdb1 (this is a new-ish drive that has never seen
> problems).
>
> During the check it gave me:
>
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
>
> This CRC error reminds me of the CRC error when it would fail to boot up. So I
> am thinking that maybe my ram is not at fault, nor my hard drives, but that my
> motherboard is.
>
> Perhaps the IDE channels are dying, or the ram slots, or some other part of the
> mobo that I just don't know enough to be able to understand the errors.
>
> I don't know how to really test my motherboard, and I have pretty much got to
> the limit of my ability to test for problems.
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice of how to test for mobo problems? Do my errors
> sound like anything you recognise?
>
> Oh.. and no, I don't have an LG cdrom drive ;). Just a pioneer dvdrom and a
> plextor cdrw.
>
> -
> Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/
>
>
> __
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:57, Jack Coates wrote: > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically > doesn't work on modern laptops. ... that's actually not a fair comment, I should actually state that it doesn't work on Mandrake kernels; it works fine with SuSE and Debian according to the other mailing lists I'm on. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've had problems with my computer for a week or so now, and have been trying to
> diagnose the exact problem. I'm not exactly sure what is the matter, but if I
> relate the symptoms I hope someone will be able to assist me.
>
> Initially I assume the fact that problems started when I began using Mandrake
> 9.2 is purely a coincidence.
>
> Several weeks ago I noticed problems with applications randomly crashing, most
> notably those that ran most often, eg nautilus. Sometimes even my whole system
> would crash and require reboot. After a reboot I would notice that some files
> were just missing (I assume corrupt). Most notably these were icon files, as I
> would have desktop items without icons, but also certain application files would
> be missing/corrupt.
> As my main hard drive was several years old and had been getting noisier I put
> it down to a bad hd and replaced it.
> However even with the new drive I was getting these crashes, and they seemed to
> occur more often. And when a reboot was unavoidable I would reach lilo, but then
> get a message that a CRC check failed and the system was halted. This would
> happen several times in a row, and after leaving the machine off for a while, it
> would happily start and give me several hours before it all went to hell again.
>
> I chated to a few friends and they suggested that perhaps my IDE cables were
> getting old/damaged and needed replacing. Being the cheapest thing to replace I
> did so, and this has not helped.
>
> Sometimes I am logged into a terminal when it 'fails', and I see some sort of
> buffer journal error (can't recall exact words) however sometimes I can still
> type in commands, but am returned an I/O error and no programs will run - and I
> can't open a new connection to my machine, I can't open a new virtual terminal
> in screen, can't su to root, or even ls the directory; however last time it
> happened I could cd between directories, and btlaunchmanycurses was running in a
> virtual terminal and kept going, with the screen updating even.
>
> Another possible source of errors was my RAM (3 sticks of 256MB pc133 sdram). I
> installed memtest86 and tested my ram in several different patterns (all in,
> only 1 in, 2 in, mixing around slots). memtest86 returned only 1 error when all
> 3 sticks were in - noting the error to be at 318MB - as this is more than 256,
> and less than 512 I thought it was a good guess my middle stick of ram was at
> fault, and pulled it. Tests on the last 2 sticks usually revealed no errors..
> but now and again did.
> So I borrowed a stick of working 64MB pc100 sdram from work (my mobo supports
> this) and ran my system for several hours.
> I worked the system hard, my swap was on the go consistantly, and I was
> switching between applications, playing video files, and had firebird and
> thunderbird open just to keep things active. While I received no immediate
> errors I decided that I would run fsck on my partitions.
>
> I switched runlevel into single mode, and ran fsck.reiserfs on a partition on my
> brand new hard drive, and it failed with:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x40 {UncorrectableError} , LBAsect=28151643, sector=6217496
>
> I then ran fsck.ext3 -c /dev/hdb1 (this is a new-ish drive that has never seen
> problems).
>
> During the check it gave me:
>
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
>
> This CRC error reminds me of the CRC error when it would fail to boot up. So I
> am thinking that maybe my ram is not at fault, nor my hard drives, but that my
> motherboard is.
>
> Perhaps the IDE channels are dying, or the ram slots, or some other part of the
> mobo that I just don't know enough to be able to understand the errors.
>
> I don't know how to really test my motherboard, and I have pretty much got to
> the limit of my ability to test for problems.
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice of how to test for mobo problems? Do my errors
> sound like anything you recognise?
>
> Oh.. and no, I don't have an LG cdrom drive ;). Just a pioneer dvdrom and a
> plextor cdrw.
>
I think you've dome a pretty good job of diagnosis here, but it's one of
those classic hardware problems that require swapping of major
components to really pin down. What's left is your mobo as you've
suggested and your power supply. A faulty PS can cause this sort of
behavior, so I would be tempted to try swapping that first, just because
it's easy (and cheap if you have to buy one).
I have a feeling in my bones that you are going to be in the market for
a new mobo however. Perfect excuse to upgrade that CPU while you're at
it! ;-)
good luck!
Brian
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Re: [expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
Quoting Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > motherboard. I haven't done much troubleshooting of that sourt of > problem, but one thing you might try is some less aggressive settings in > /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. > > Jack thanks a lot for the answer, makes me feel a little better.. a problem shared is a problem halved as they say.. ;) I want to know what the problem is so I can replace it. So less aggresive settings (never looked in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks) would maybe hide the problem? It might be a good idea for me to make these settings more aggressive, to be more likely to show the problem more often - make it easier to diagnose? - Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] TWIKI: was Why does my sound not work?
> > There are definitely newbies that join expert, and may times we > > have seen inadvertant hijacking, reply-tos and all the other > > etiquette no-nos here. (i added the "inadvertant" because we're > > hijacking as we type! This was an advertant hijack though...) > > > You're right, of course. I took it as forking an completed > thread, but in truth it was a hijack. Sorry! Fork... i like that. No need to be sorry Anne :) I'll consider forking ok. I don't thin i'll add it the etiquette page, though. :) -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
Quoting Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think you've dome a pretty good job of diagnosis here, but it's one of > those classic hardware problems that require swapping of major > components to really pin down. What's left is your mobo as you've > suggested and your power supply. A faulty PS can cause this sort of > behavior, so I would be tempted to try swapping that first, just because > it's easy (and cheap if you have to buy one). > > I have a feeling in my bones that you are going to be in the market for > a new mobo however. Perfect excuse to upgrade that CPU while you're at > it! ;-) > > good luck! > > Brian I didn't mention it.. but actually I also borrowed a spare PSU from work.. but I haven't tried it out yet (one thing at a time). So I had actually considered this... but my current PSU is 400W, and the spare I borrowed is 250W .. so I am not sure if it will really be powerful enough. I recently bought a new mobo/ram/cpu for a 2nd PC.. so don't really want to do the whole thing again for 1st pc. I have found the exact same mobo for sale (brand new) and so if it is mobo, I can swap just that without further expense (finger crossed). - Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] TWIKI: was Why does my sound not work?
On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 3:09 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > There are definitely newbies that join expert, and may times we > > > have seen inadvertant hijacking, reply-tos and all the other > > > etiquette no-nos here. (i added the "inadvertant" because > > > we're hijacking as we type! This was an advertant hijack > > > though...) > > > > You're right, of course. I took it as forking an completed > > thread, but in truth it was a hijack. Sorry! > > Fork... i like that. > > No need to be sorry Anne :) I'll consider forking ok. I don't > thin i'll add it the etiquette page, though. :) LOL Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
I just tried that, and it still locks up. Mof. On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 01:27 am, Jack Coates wrote: > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically > doesn't work on modern laptops. > > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 21:43, Mofeed Shahin wrote: > > G'day all, > > > > I've just put 9.2 onto my Dell inspiron 8200, which is a Intel 2.2 Mobile > > chip, and ati radeon video. > > > > As soon as the lid is closed the the machine has a complete lock up. ie > > no keyboard, no mouse, and no screen updates > > > > I just tried upgrading the kernel to kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm, > > and it still happens. > > > > I tried closing and opening the lid quickly, and it still locks up. > > > > The laptop worked fine under 9.1, if that helps... > > > > Mof. > > > > > > > > > > __ > > 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] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
they've cleared out of my history file already, but there are some online power calculators. Try www.mini-itx.com, or google. Another thing you can do is install lm_sensors, which will tell you if the power supply is providing the expected voltage on each rail. Minor flaws are, well, minor -- for instance, my server's 300W PSU provides the wrong voltage on the CPU rail, but it still works with enough reliability that it isn't worth the $50 to fix it. On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 07:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I think you've dome a pretty good job of diagnosis here, but it's one of > > those classic hardware problems that require swapping of major > > components to really pin down. What's left is your mobo as you've > > suggested and your power supply. A faulty PS can cause this sort of > > behavior, so I would be tempted to try swapping that first, just because > > it's easy (and cheap if you have to buy one). > > > > I have a feeling in my bones that you are going to be in the market for > > a new mobo however. Perfect excuse to upgrade that CPU while you're at > > it! ;-) > > > > good luck! > > > > Brian > > I didn't mention it.. but actually I also borrowed a spare PSU from work.. but I > haven't tried it out yet (one thing at a time). So I had actually considered > this... but my current PSU is 400W, and the spare I borrowed is 250W .. so I am > not sure if it will really be powerful enough. > > I recently bought a new mobo/ram/cpu for a 2nd PC.. so don't really want to do > the whole thing again for 1st pc. I have found the exact same mobo for sale > (brand new) and so if it is mobo, I can swap just that without further expense > (finger crossed). > > > > > - > Everyone should have http://www.freedom2surf.net/ > > > __ > 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] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 07:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > motherboard. I haven't done much troubleshooting of that sourt of > > problem, but one thing you might try is some less aggressive settings in > > /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. > > > > Jack > > thanks a lot for the answer, makes me feel a little better.. a problem shared is > a problem halved as they say.. ;) > > I want to know what the problem is so I can replace it. So less aggresive > settings (never looked in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks) would maybe hide the > problem? It might be a good idea for me to make these settings more aggressive, > to be more likely to show the problem more often - make it easier to diagnose? could be. Just back up your data first :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
1st: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to check /var/log/acpid... I just checked mine and found something spooky, which is that it's still trying to execute /usr/sbin/pmsuspend and just failing because the file was renamed /usr/sbin/pmsuspend2 (which also doesn't work to suspend the laptop). grep -r shows that pmsuspend isn't being called from anything in /etc... oh for crying out loud... acpid needs to be restarted. service acpid restart. ... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] providing an SSL and non SSL way of accessing each domains www and cgi-bin.
Hi guys, I have about two dozen virtual named hosts setup on my server. all with their own domain or sub domain and thats all working fine (apache2 mdk9.2) I also have a SSL cert seton on one subdomain, secure.mydomain.com Now I want to give people a way of accessing their www and cgi-bin from either their own domain (which is as it is now) or via the https://secure.x.com domain... so it would work like this: http://their-domain.com/cgi-bin/somefile.pl would be accessing the same file as: https://secure.my-domain.com/username/cgi-bin/somefile.pl accept the first one is just normal HTTP 1.1 and the second would be SSL.. That way people who need to, can make use of the cert.. Is there a way to do this??? I realise the probs with virt named hosting and SSL.. but what I am asking is not releated to that.. I do not want to setup SSL on the vhost, I want to create a way for vhost users to access their web files from my ssh secure domain name, as well as their own domain name.. have I explained what I mean well enough to be understood??? Anyone got any tips on this?? I know it can be done because alot of online hosts offer it.. I'm just not sure how.. I had created a cgi-bin for each user in the secure.xxx.com doc root and symlinked it to their normal web dir.. but their has to be an easier way.. ( I have only a dozen vhosts now, but thats likely to grow pretty quickly.) Any ideas guys??? much appreciated. rgds Franki -- Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl & PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com, Free web developer resources. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] providing an SSL and non SSL way of accessing each domains www and cgi-bin.
What you want to do is set up a wild card certificate. Unfortunately I don't personally know how but I've used them before and they work exactly as you describe. On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 12:24, Franki wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have about two dozen virtual named hosts setup on my server. > all with their own domain or sub domain and thats all working fine > (apache2 mdk9.2) > > I also have a SSL cert seton on one subdomain, secure.mydomain.com > > Now I want to give people a way of accessing their www and cgi-bin from > either their own domain (which is as it is now) > or via the https://secure.x.com domain... > > so it would work like this: > > http://their-domain.com/cgi-bin/somefile.pl > > would be accessing the same file as: > > https://secure.my-domain.com/username/cgi-bin/somefile.pl > > accept the first one is just normal HTTP 1.1 and the second would be SSL.. > > That way people who need to, can make use of the cert.. > > Is there a way to do this??? > I realise the probs with virt named hosting and SSL.. but what I am > asking is not releated to that.. > > I do not want to setup SSL on the vhost, I want to create a way for > vhost users to access their web files from my ssh secure domain name, as > well as their own domain name.. have I explained what I mean well enough > to be understood??? > > Anyone got any tips on this?? > I know it can be done because alot of online hosts offer it.. I'm just > not sure how.. > > I had created a cgi-bin for each user in the secure.xxx.com doc root > and symlinked it to their normal web dir.. but their has to be an easier > way.. ( I have only a dozen vhosts now, but thats likely to grow pretty > quickly.) > > Any ideas guys??? > much appreciated. > > rgds > > Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Bizarre postfix problem cant send mail
Apparently I cannot send mail with my postfix on localhost to the network. Previously this was working fine and I don't see any changes made to my postfix configuration files. But in the last few days things have not gone well here. Firstly, my system was hijacked and used as an open proxy to send megabytes of spam to the network. :(. My isp filtered my outgoing smtp port and that is when I began to see a few errors in my /var/log/mail/errors file (unknown service tcp/smtp). After finding out about this, I tried to post to the list and I don't think any of my messages went out. I had to go into /var/spool/postfix and start deleting a whole bunch of files in deferred - there was at one time seven megabytes of messages trying to get out! And those were the invalid addresses. I wonder how spammers survive -- I guess they just exploit other systems to do the dirty work :(. At the moment, My box is better secured thanks to portsentry (why isn't this program in mandrake I could not urpmi it, but I did find it through rpmfind.org and the source rpm built and installed fine. I tried running shorewall but got nowhere. I don't know how to edit shorewall files and I don't want something that won't even let me ping my gateway when installed. iptables is running because of portsentry but I don't see anything that is specifically tied to port 25. And in atcp mode it's supposed to ignore certain standard ports anyway. It seems like a catch 22 - if I disable the filters perhaps outbound smtp will work, but if I do that, I'm back to where I was before, and people will start targeting my box again. I counted 72 attempts of portscanning done in less than six hours, and 10 minutes after I restarted httpd I got spurious gets in my apache log files. I think this is how they got into my box in the first place, since I don't do much if any web stuff, and my log files are tiny - the other day they were over a megabyte. -- 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] Bizarre postfix problem cant send mail
On Saturday 08 November 2003 05:41 pm, dfox wrote: > Apparently I cannot send mail with my postfix on localhost to the network. > > Previously this was working fine and I don't see any changes made to my > postfix configuration files. > > But in the last few days things have not gone well here. Firstly, my > system was hijacked and used as an open proxy to send megabytes of spam > to the network. :(. My isp filtered my outgoing smtp port and that is > when I began to see a few errors in my /var/log/mail/errors file (unknown > service tcp/smtp). > > After finding out about this, I tried to post to the list and I don't > think any of my messages went out. first, since you must not have seen the pounds of answers you got to this, were you running squid? this seemed to be a user on your system, and not a postfix open relay. have you run chkrootkit? > I had to go into /var/spool/postfix > and start deleting a whole bunch of files in deferred - there was at one > time seven megabytes of messages trying to get out! And those were the > invalid addresses. I wonder how spammers survive -- I guess they just > exploit other systems to do the dirty work :(. > > At the moment, My box is better secured thanks to portsentry (why isn't > this program in mandrake I could not urpmi it, but I did find it > through rpmfind.org and the source rpm built and installed fine. > > I tried running shorewall but got nowhere. I don't know how to edit > shorewall files and I don't want something that won't even let me ping my > gateway when installed. iptables is running because of portsentry but I > don't see anything that is specifically tied to port 25. And in atcp mode > it's supposed to ignore certain standard ports anyway. > > It seems like a catch 22 - if I disable the filters perhaps outbound smtp > will work, but if I do that, I'm back to where I was before, and people > will start targeting my box again. I counted 72 attempts of portscanning > done in less than six hours, and 10 minutes after I restarted httpd I got > spurious gets in my apache log files. I think this is how they got into > my box in the first place, since I don't do much if any web stuff, and my > log files are tiny - the other day they were over a megabyte. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] providing an SSL and non SSL way of accessing each domains www and cgi-bin.
Brian V Bonini wrote: What you want to do is set up a wild card certificate. Unfortunately I don't personally know how but I've used them before and they work exactly as you describe. I think you are not understanding what I mean.. Right now, I have the cert bound to my secure.my-domain.com subdomain.. I don't need the cert to work with any other domains... I just want to create a way whereby I can give my users the ability to each use my secure.my-domain.com subdomain to access their files. files via SSL.. Say for example they normally use the following to access their files: http://their-domain.com/cgi-bin/somefile.pl I want to create a way whereby they can use my cert, and my subdomain to access their files as well.. for example: https://secure.my-domain.com/their-username/cgi-bin/somefile.pl Does that make sense??? rgds Franki -- Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl & PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com, Free web developer resources. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sblive installed and usb audio
On Friday 12 Sep 2003 5:52 am, bascule wrote: > i've got my logitech quickcam pro 4000 working, after a new kernel > compile and stuff, but i can't get the built in microphone to work, > if i load the 'audio' module whcih i've read does usb audio stuff > then i get a conflict with my sblivem the sblive mixer doesn't show > up in kmix or aumix just the single slider for the cam mic, even > then the mic doesn't record, does anyone have this setup, perhaps > using another usb cam with built in mic? > > bascule Did you ever solve this? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums
On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php > > Mega cool > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and trying to make it look like they are. None of there agreements list Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent that they are authorizing all of this. The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and copyrights. If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is enforcing an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy outfit that is trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name. I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake websites. -- /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] Bizarre postfix problem cant send mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don't sell portsentry and its tie to iptables short. I use them religiously and never see problems (and I am not covered by a firewall - and I run chkrootkit as a cronjob as well). If portsentry is setup properly and up-to-date, then it is not going to be an open relay (Yours isn't an open relay as others have indicated. Rather, your system was likely compromised and mail sent as a "local" user). If someone is going to hack into your system, they are going to do it via some other route, not via port 25 and postfix. This is where portsentry and iptables comes in. They watch over (and cover) the ports that an attacker is likely to try to gain entry through, and warns you and blocks them. For grins and giggles, I usually run a konsole, log in as superuser, and then run "tail -f /var/log/syslog" and watch all the portsentry and iptables responses. Lots of worms doing scans, a few port scans, but never an actual attempt to login. Perhaps most times, an attacker is likely to scan you first to identify your system and find open ports. Portsentry detects this and uses iptables to shut them down. On Saturday 08 November 2003 12:46 pm, et wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 05:41 pm, dfox wrote: > > Apparently I cannot send mail with my postfix on localhost to the > > network. > > > > Previously this was working fine and I don't see any changes made to my > > postfix configuration files. [...] > first, since you must not have seen the pounds of answers you got to this, > were you running squid? this seemed to be a user on your system, and not > a postfix open relay. have you run chkrootkit? [...] > > At the moment, My box is better secured thanks to portsentry (why isn't > > this program in mandrake I could not urpmi it, but I did find it > > through rpmfind.org and the source rpm built and installed fine. [...] - -- Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a critical component of spiritual devotion. - --Krakauer -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/rUrBb1CLurEA6xURAnjwAJ9HrwdMGu9vhrwhRGPuGWHIgJrQhgCgyTT/ tAlbTcFrBb1V111VcxdY42Y= =lE+U -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've had problems with my computer for a week or so now, and have been trying to
> diagnose the exact problem. I'm not exactly sure what is the matter, but if I
> relate the symptoms I hope someone will be able to assist me.
>
> Initially I assume the fact that problems started when I began using Mandrake
> 9.2 is purely a coincidence.
>
> Several weeks ago I noticed problems with applications randomly crashing, most
> notably those that ran most often, eg nautilus. Sometimes even my whole system
> would crash and require reboot. After a reboot I would notice that some files
> were just missing (I assume corrupt). Most notably these were icon files, as I
> would have desktop items without icons, but also certain application files would
> be missing/corrupt.
> As my main hard drive was several years old and had been getting noisier I put
> it down to a bad hd and replaced it.
> However even with the new drive I was getting these crashes, and they seemed to
> occur more often. And when a reboot was unavoidable I would reach lilo, but then
> get a message that a CRC check failed and the system was halted. This would
> happen several times in a row, and after leaving the machine off for a while, it
> would happily start and give me several hours before it all went to hell again.
>
> I chated to a few friends and they suggested that perhaps my IDE cables were
> getting old/damaged and needed replacing. Being the cheapest thing to replace I
> did so, and this has not helped.
>
> Sometimes I am logged into a terminal when it 'fails', and I see some sort of
> buffer journal error (can't recall exact words) however sometimes I can still
> type in commands, but am returned an I/O error and no programs will run - and I
> can't open a new connection to my machine, I can't open a new virtual terminal
> in screen, can't su to root, or even ls the directory; however last time it
> happened I could cd between directories, and btlaunchmanycurses was running in a
> virtual terminal and kept going, with the screen updating even.
>
> Another possible source of errors was my RAM (3 sticks of 256MB pc133 sdram). I
> installed memtest86 and tested my ram in several different patterns (all in,
> only 1 in, 2 in, mixing around slots). memtest86 returned only 1 error when all
> 3 sticks were in - noting the error to be at 318MB - as this is more than 256,
> and less than 512 I thought it was a good guess my middle stick of ram was at
> fault, and pulled it. Tests on the last 2 sticks usually revealed no errors..
> but now and again did.
> So I borrowed a stick of working 64MB pc100 sdram from work (my mobo supports
> this) and ran my system for several hours.
> I worked the system hard, my swap was on the go consistantly, and I was
> switching between applications, playing video files, and had firebird and
> thunderbird open just to keep things active. While I received no immediate
> errors I decided that I would run fsck on my partitions.
>
> I switched runlevel into single mode, and ran fsck.reiserfs on a partition on my
> brand new hard drive, and it failed with:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x40 {UncorrectableError} , LBAsect=28151643, sector=6217496
>
> I then ran fsck.ext3 -c /dev/hdb1 (this is a new-ish drive that has never seen
> problems).
>
> During the check it gave me:
>
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
>
> This CRC error reminds me of the CRC error when it would fail to boot up. So I
> am thinking that maybe my ram is not at fault, nor my hard drives, but that my
> motherboard is.
>
> Perhaps the IDE channels are dying, or the ram slots, or some other part of the
> mobo that I just don't know enough to be able to understand the errors.
>
> I don't know how to really test my motherboard, and I have pretty much got to
> the limit of my ability to test for problems.
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice of how to test for mobo problems? Do my errors
> sound like anything you recognise?
>
> Oh.. and no, I don't have an LG cdrom drive ;). Just a pioneer dvdrom and a
> plextor cdrw.
It's starting to sound to me like PSU problems (power supply) Does
this mob/box support lm_sensors? If so install it and monitor it
heavily. Look for volatges out of range or near the edge of the range.
sounds like your PSU might be spiking either up or down and causing you
some real fun. Personally for high quality I recommend Antec PSU's.
But for cheap b##s like myself go to a local store that builds their
own boxes. Usually you can find cheap new PSU's (250-300W) for 15 bucks
or so. They came out of cases that people bought new and "upgraded the
PSU for really high end graphics cards. If like me you don't do gaming
it's a great source of cheap and new PSU's.
James
>
> -
>
Re: [expert] Why does my sound not work?
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 02:35, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 12:45 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 01:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 07 Nov 2003 9:13 am, Alexis L. wrote: > > > > Indeed, I have the same audio chip set, and after a few hours > > > > research, I eventually realized that the sound volume was > > > > set to zero in aumix.. > > > > > > We have to try to find a way of getting people to use the TWiki. > > > One of the main reasons for making it was to avoid the constant > > > FAQs. This one, for instance has been covered there for ages. > > > What can we do the make it more visible to users? > > > > > > Eric is now sending out regular introductory messages to the > > > Newbie list, but it seems that newbies are increasingly using the > > > Expert list. Would it help to have a weekly message here as > > > well? > > > > > > Any better ideas? > > > > > > Anne > > > > I'm trying to get it listed on linux Gazette as well as > > pclinuxonline. > > > That sounds an excellent idea. Hope you manage it > > Anne If anyone wishes to give a "here here" to the pclinuxonline request the thread is here http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?mop=modload&name=Forums&file=viewtopic&topic=2342&forum=6 James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 08:28, Jack Coates wrote: > 1st: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to > > check /var/log/acpid... I just checked mine and found something spooky, > which is that it's still trying to execute /usr/sbin/pmsuspend and just > failing because the file was renamed /usr/sbin/pmsuspend2 (which also > doesn't work to suspend the laptop). > > grep -r shows that pmsuspend isn't being called from anything in /etc... > > oh for crying out loud... acpid needs to be restarted. service acpid > restart. > ... Jack, Are you having one of those days :D James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] providing an SSL and non SSL way of accessing each domains www and cgi-bin.
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 13:44, Franki wrote: > I think you are not understanding what I mean.. > > Right now, I have the cert bound to my secure.my-domain.com subdomain.. > > I don't need the cert to work with any other domains... > > I just want to create a way whereby I can give my users the ability to > each use my secure.my-domain.com subdomain > to access their files. files via SSL.. > What I was thinking was you could set up was a wild card that would work like: https://*.my-domain.com Then each of the sites could have a cname to utilize your cert. https://domain1.my-domain.com https://domain2.my-domain.com etc Anyway, what happens if you symlink secure.my-domain.com/theirusername to the document root for their-domain.com? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems
I just got this machine, and it seems like a nice solid machine, with a Pentium 2 266MHz, 144 Mb RAM in trade from an acquaintance. It seems like a great little laptop to put linux on, and I am having a little problem that I can't quite figure out. My initial plan was to set it up to boot off the CD and install 9.2. No dice, as after the install splash occurs, the install image cannot find the CD again, even though it knows all the parameters on what it is, and where it is. So I fussed and fought with it, turning off PnP, slowing down the CD, blah, blah, blah. Then on a wild hair I decided to try 9.0, which I bought from the Mandrake Store. It is currently installing without a problem. Now, in thinking about the problem, it would seem that there is some problem with how the ide drivers attempt to attach to the CDROM. Or is it that the download images are different from the purchased CDs? Does anybody have any ideas with this problem? Has anybody successfully installed 9.1 or 9.2 on a Dell Inspiron 3200?? 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] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems
> Now, in thinking about the problem, it would seem that there is some > problem > with how the ide drivers attempt to attach to the CDROM. Or is it that the > download images are different from the purchased CDs? > > Does anybody have any ideas with this problem? Has anybody successfully > installed 9.1 or 9.2 on a Dell Inspiron 3200?? Some CD readers have problems with burned disks. The 3200 is new enough that this shouldn't be a problem, but you can't always be sure. Once it's installed, can you try mounting the burned disks? You can also try doing an FTP/HTTP install, which I used on my Inspiron 3500 for 9.1. -- The Digital Hermit Unix and Linux Solutions http://www.digitalhermit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:57, Jack Coates wrote: > > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend > > > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically > > doesn't work on modern laptops. > ... > > that's actually not a fair comment, I should actually state that it > doesn't work on Mandrake kernels; it works fine with SuSE and Debian > according to the other mailing lists I'm on. > Actually it does, depending on the machine of course, like all acpi functionality. I was using it for a week or so, but it's so slow, I can do a normal shutdown/boot faster than a suspend resume. Machine: Compaq Presario 1215US Stew Benedict Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems
On Saturday 08 November 2003 3:05 pm, Kwan Lowe wrote: > Some CD readers have problems with burned disks. The 3200 is new enough > that this shouldn't be a problem, but you can't always be sure. Once it's > installed, can you try mounting the burned disks? > > You can also try doing an FTP/HTTP install, which I used on my Inspiron > 3500 for 9.1. I tried using a CD of mp3s, and while Win98 on the machine could not play the mp3s, it could read the disk. I am hoping that was enough. And not to mention, but the install-splash image file was read from the CD, so I am not sure if that was the problem. The HTTP/FTP thing is pretty intriguing, however. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems, dma_intr, crc errors, crashing
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x40 {UncorrectableError} , LBAsect=28151643, sector=6217496
>
> I then ran fsck.ext3 -c /dev/hdb1 (this is a new-ish drive that has never seen
> problems).
>
> During the check it gave me:
>
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
> hdb: dma_intr: status=0x84 {DriveStatusError BadCRC}
>
Still sounds like HD issues to me. It doesn't happen often. but I 've had
a new one out of the box exhibit that behavior.
I'd also try
USE_DMA=0
in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks
Stew Benedict
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Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 02:58 am, Jack Coates wrote: > 1st: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to huh ?? (page times out) > check /var/log/acpid... I just checked mine and found something spooky, > which is that it's still trying to execute /usr/sbin/pmsuspend and just > failing because the file was renamed /usr/sbin/pmsuspend2 (which also > doesn't work to suspend the laptop). > > grep -r shows that pmsuspend isn't being called from anything in /etc... > > oh for crying out loud... acpid needs to be restarted. service acpid > restart. > ... I just looked and I don't even have acpi installed. I installed it, and it then complains that /proc/acpi doesn't exist, and its right. I then looked in /lib/modules/$KERNEL/kernel/drivers/acpi, and found a bunch of modules in there. lsmod : Module Size Used byNot tainted isofs 28148 1 (autoclean) udf91840 0 (autoclean) radeon108512 17 agpgart53508 3 (autoclean) i810_audio 25788 1 ac97_codec 15828 0 [i810_audio] soundcore 6340 0 [i810_audio] ds 8500 2 yenta_socket 13088 2 pcmcia_core57696 0 [ds yenta_socket] af_packet 14856 1 (autoclean) sr_mod 17016 2 (autoclean) floppy 55932 0 3c59x 29680 1 (autoclean) ohci1394 27696 0 (unused) ieee1394 201284 0 [ohci1394] nls_iso8859-15 4060 2 (autoclean) ntfs 77292 1 (autoclean) supermount 84032 1 (autoclean) usbmouse2936 0 (unused) keybdev 2756 0 (unused) mousedev5428 1 hid24164 0 (unused) input 5696 0 [usbmouse keybdev mousedev hid] ide-cd 34052 0 cdrom 32608 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] ide-scsi 11376 1 scsi_mod 105792 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi] usb-uhci 25136 0 (unused) usbcore74988 1 [usbmouse hid usb-uhci] rtc 9004 0 (autoclean) reiserfs 198004 2 It appears that acpi and apm do the same thing, which is the prefered one to use anyway ? And if acpi is the prefered, how do I load up the right modules ? Mof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
Gary Hodder wrote: OpenOffice.org1.1.0 installs beautifully like this:- Untar it where you like then become root cd into /whereyouhaveit/install Then as root # ./install -prefix=/usr/lib Then go back to being user and $ cd /usr/lib/OpenOffice.org1.1.0 if that is the directory that OO has created. then $ ./setup Follow the prompts. Works a treat. Well I just got mdk 9.2 and installed Openoffice.org1.1.0 as above and it would freeze on opening any openoffice file. Removed it and installed the rpm from the 9.2, some thing freezes. This happened to 9.1 as well, no version of OO would run after installing 1.1.0. The os was rather unstable after that as thing like mozilla would crash/freeze for no reason. Looks like its another reinstall... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com did you try removing or renaming the .openoffice directory in your home directory? Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Bizarre postfix problem cant send mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dfox wanted us to know: >when I began to see a few errors in my /var/log/mail/errors file (unknown >service tcp/smtp). That means that the line from /etc/services got deleted: smtp25/tcp mail smtp25/udp mail >It seems like a catch 22 - if I disable the filters perhaps outbound smtp >will work, but if I do that, I'm back to where I was before, and people >will start targeting my box again. I counted 72 attempts of portscanning >done in less than six hours, and 10 minutes after I restarted httpd I got >spurious gets in my apache log files. I think this is how they got into >my box in the first place, since I don't do much if any web stuff, and my >log files are tiny - the other day they were over a megabyte. As always, staying on top of updates is priority number one. - -- Blue skies... ToddPublic key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc There's a medical term for that: freakishly dorky. --Gash Oh wait, is today cynical Friday? --NANOG Linux kernel 2.4.22-12.tmb.1mdk 2 users, load average: 1.03, 0.81, 0.40 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/rakGIBT1264ScBURArdvAJ4pD+6ufqcr4YPHFEej6wvxF1QgVQCffFfy 41RxlKVATWUgBTFuVt4OAnA= =iOEu -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Missing menus in window managers
I was showing a friend how menudrake worked last night and selected the Save icon without making any changes. After which my KMenu no longer shows any entries (other than 'Run command', 'Lock' 'Shutdown'...all my program entries are gone! I searched the archives to and found some similar situations that were apparently fixed by running 'update-menus -v' as root. However, I get the following output showing the command aborting (only the first half of output is shown, but the gist can be seen): [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# update-menus -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# Update-menus[4811]: Dpkg not locking dpkg status area. Good. Update-menus[4811]: Reading installed packages... Update-menus[4811]: Reading translate info in /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /etc/menu/ Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/ Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/default/ Update-menus[4811]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/ Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//menu In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends at) line 6: [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" [...] ^ Missing (or empty) tag: title This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above isn't literal /etc/menu-methods//menu: Aborting Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//menu returned error status 1. Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//twm In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends at) line 6: [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" [...] ^ Missing (or empty) tag: title This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above isn't literal /etc/menu-methods//twm: Aborting Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//twm returned error status 1. Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//enlightenment In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends at) line 6: [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" [...] ^ Missing (or empty) tag: title This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above isn't literal /etc/menu-methods//enlightenment: Aborting Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//enlightenment returned error status 1. Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//gnome-mime-data-applications In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends at) line 6: [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" [...] ^ Missing (or empty) tag: title This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above isn't literal Per some google searches, I also removed a file in the ~/.menu folder called Mandrake created entries and ran the command again, but got the same result. I'm really hoping to get my menus back. Editing menudrake now does not bring them back either. :-( Hope someone has the answer. Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey --- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. - Ugo Betti signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Missing menus in window managers
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 22:06:49 -0500 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > I was showing a friend how menudrake worked last night and selected the > Save icon without making any changes. After which my KMenu no longer > shows any entries (other than 'Run command', 'Lock' 'Shutdown'...all my > program entries are gone! > > I searched the archives to and found some similar situations that were > apparently fixed by running 'update-menus -v' as root. However, I get > the following output showing the command aborting (only the first half > of output is shown, but the gist can be seen): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# update-menus -v > [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# Update-menus[4811]: Dpkg not locking dpkg status > area. Good. > Update-menus[4811]: Reading installed packages... > Update-menus[4811]: Reading translate info in > /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /etc/menu/ > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/ > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/default/ > Update-menus[4811]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/ > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//menu > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" > [...] ^ > Missing (or empty) tag: title > This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. > Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the > tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above > isn't literal > /etc/menu-methods//menu: Aborting > Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//menu returned error status > 1. > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//twm > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" > [...] ^ > Missing (or empty) tag: title > This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. > Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the > tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above > isn't literal > /etc/menu-methods//twm: Aborting > Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//twm returned error status > 1. > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//enlightenment > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" Edit /etc/menu/menudrakeentry, and where it has title="", make it title="Style" (actually *any* word will fix it). Then re-run "update-menus -v" as root. This is a known combo-bug (new techie term!) caused by Fluxbox and RPM. You might check that you have updated copies of both, but editing the above line will fix it. Believe me, I have done it a couple or triple dozen times in the last few weeks, running Cooker as they got this solved. ;-) Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] is it possible for cracker to cover his track?
Be very careful. Many people miss this bit of info: Check for installed RSA/DSA keys in any ssh accounts. Just because you change passwords doesn't mean you're safe. He/She may have a stray account that, if an RSA/DSA key was installed would give acces without password needed. -Dave On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 01:02, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 24 October 2003 11:11 am, Jack Coates wrote: > > define good; there's not a lot of ways that don't involve hard feelings. > > Assuming that telling him it didn't working out and walking him to the > > door isn't a possibility, your options are all variations on a theme: > > change all the passwords when he isn't around, then scour the network > > looking for back doors and missed systems (probably with a consultant in > > tow to help document and make sure you don't miss anything). > > > > Good luck, > > Thanks guys, > I've been thinking about it and comes with these summaries: > - - change root password > - - change postmasters password > - - turn off ftp and http from some time > - - turn off mailing lists (to prevend any unexpected hoax) > - - check and secure sudoers > - - limiting ssh access from my machine only > > The downside of my position is that I'm new in this position so my knowledge > of what he has done on the system is fairly limited. But I've got my orders > from top clearly. He's got to be dumped ASAP. > Wish me luck. > - -- > Fajar http://linux.arinet.org > Linux mdk91.sistek.kom 2.4.21-0.13mdk GNU/Linux > 11:53:18 up 4:19, 10 users, load average: 0.17, 0.05, 0.01 > Quote of the day: > The first time Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is when they > start making vacuum cleaners. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/mLJnMai9kCFqACoRAlToAKCpvnR/UCQL4xdIytDQSEGYtbxrHgCgotVE > DOh5LCrNVm7OHg65QVDq+TY= > =xur9 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Draksync with subdirs
On Friday 07 November 2003 12:51 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:33, stefmit wrote: > > I can't seem to be able to figure this one out: > > > > local structure: > > dir_1 > > file_1 > > > > file_n > > subdir_1 > > file_subdir_1 > > ... > > subdir_2 > > other_files > > > > I have setup a draksync session between my local box and a remote one, > > with the dir_1 as the place to start. When I had no subdirectories, > > everything was working fine, but once I added subdirs, then the draksync > > starts running, goes through some files, then - as soon as it hits the > > subdir_1 - comes back with a nice message telling that: file subdir_1 > > already exists, that has only one choice: to hit "OK". After the OK, the > > process of sync-ing is killed. > > > > Does anybody know of a way to sync a whole tree, without dying at the > > first subdirectory encountered, using draksync? > > > > [OT] Does anybody have a better suggestion to sync directories over FTP, > > with some more reliability, and - perhaps - info? As much as I hate to > > say this, on my Windows machines I use http://www.vu-brief.spb.ru, and it > > works wonders (even multi-sites at once). > > > > TIA, > > Stef > > ftp? why not use IPX too as long as we're talking dead tech. Perhaps because this is what those other boxes have ... i.e. this IS what I have to deal with ... > Anyway, > freshmeat for ftpmirror. > > The real answer is rsync. For Linux only, and for machines under my full control ... ;( Thx. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed.
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 15:27, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:57, Jack Coates wrote: > > > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend > > > > > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically > > > doesn't work on modern laptops. > > ... > > > > that's actually not a fair comment, I should actually state that it > > doesn't work on Mandrake kernels; it works fine with SuSE and Debian > > according to the other mailing lists I'm on. > > > > Actually it does, depending on the machine of course, like all acpi > functionality. I was using it for a week or so, but it's so slow, I can > do a normal shutdown/boot faster than a suspend resume. > > Machine: Compaq Presario 1215US > > Stew Benedict Good for you! did you do anything special or did it just work? BTW, ACPI and swsusp haven't actually got anything to do with each other, except that ACPI events can trigger a suspend. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
