[expert] LG FIX??
"Emergency download for Physical Dead Drive from Mandrake Linux 9.2 Installation" http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8003 Follow link, click Product Support | Device Driver | CD-Rom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 7:12 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > > Hi List! > > > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake > > Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > > > Pretty well any hardware modem - i.e. one that does all it's own work. > If you can live with an external one they are easy to find and cheap. > Any model will do. Internal hardware modems are much harder to find, > though they do exist. > A quick search for Linux modems on ebay turns up a few things ranging form 9-15 bucks that claim to be linux compatible. Isn't there a Liniux modem website? linmodems.?? something or other? 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
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
Re: [expert] On disapearing Menus
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 23:01, James Sparenberg wrote: > All, > >A while back a number of you expressed problems with disappearing > menu's right after installing a new KDE or Gnome app. DEG is reporting > that the problem seems to be related to cxplugin from codeweavers. Now > the question comes. How many of you who have this problem are using > cxplugin, or is it happening to you without cxplugin. If it is cxplugin > what version are you using? > > James > hmm, not using cxplugin but I am using cxoffice. Been looking for a good reason to uninstall it however.. ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nows the time to Move.
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 16:49, J.C. Woods wrote: > Brian V Bonini wrote: > > >>>>OK, > >>>> > >>>> Guess what RH9 is the last Redhat distro to be released. At > >>>>least as a free OS. > >>>> > >>>>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1371164,00.asp > >>>> > >>>>For the article. After next summer they will no longer support or > >>>>release patches for RH. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I think someone sent me a link to an article where Fedora is shaking hands > >>>with Debian to use either each others apps or something like that? > >>> > >>>Sorry it is long gone, and I can't recall from whence it came. > >>> > >>>Charlie > >>> > >>> > >>And to add to the confusion Novell just bought SuSE and Nestle bought > >>google. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >The heck with all this, I'm moving to FreeBSD.. ; > > > > Move on, brother! FreeBSD rocks, especially as a server. Mandrake is > poised to rock the workstation. All is good in the land of the big > penguin... > Ironically enough that's exactly how I'm set up now, FreeBSD on all my servers and Mdk on all my workstations... :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nows the time to Move.
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 14:02, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 02:23, Charlie wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 03:33 pm, many eyes noted that James Sparenberg wrote: > > > OK, > > > > > >Guess what RH9 is the last Redhat distro to be released. At > > > least as a free OS. > > > > > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1371164,00.asp > > > > > > For the article. After next summer they will no longer support or > > > release patches for RH. > > > > I think someone sent me a link to an article where Fedora is shaking hands > > with Debian to use either each others apps or something like that? > > > > Sorry it is long gone, and I can't recall from whence it came. > > > > Charlie > > And to add to the confusion Novell just bought SuSE and Nestle bought > google. > The heck with all this, I'm moving to FreeBSD.. ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Redhat discontinued? was: Re: [expert] Mandrake Clubs
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 22:59, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:02, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Monday 03 November 2003 07:01 pm, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > > > Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > > On Sunday 02 November 2003 09:03 am, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > >>Not exactly a tech questions but: > > > >> > > > >>Where can I find a list of differences between the different club > > > >>membership levels, assuming there are differences? > > > > > > > > Brian: > > > > The Club FAQ gives some help, although IMHO it could be more complete: > > > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1294&mode=nocomments > > > > -- cmg > > > > > > I agree they need to be more clear. They explain "Standard vs Silver and > > > above". But not Silver vs Gold, or Gold vs Platinum. > > > > > > It would be nice to get some special stuff as a Gold or Platinum user, > > > like real ftp of iso's instead of bittorrent... :) > > > > Brian: > > Gold and Platinum memberships are targeted at corporate sponsors -- as in > > folks with big bucks to spend. I don't think that they get any special > > benefits beyond those of a Silver member. > > -- cmg > > > > And it works like an umbrella membership for all employee systems. > > James > Thanks for the info, just looking to support it in some way so we don't end up like RedHat. I must be slow on getting news this week but I just learned of this: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/rhn Probably a good time for mdk to have their ducks in a row, I'm guessing there will be RH users looking to move elsewhere since RH is bailing on them. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake Clubs
Not exactly a tech questions but: Where can I find a list of differences between the different club membership levels, assuming there are differences? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] autoconf 2.13???
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 07:53, Anguo wrote: > hello, > > When I try to install application, compile stuff and so on, > I regularly run into a warning message saying that I should > upgrade autoconf. I have 2.13 and I see here: > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/ > that the autoconf 2.13 is nearly 5 years old!!! > Install both, there is a script already in place that will determine which version is needed. Some builds still require the older version and many need the newer so you best to have them both. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] vmware host-only networking and smb.conf
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 01:02, antonovich wrote: > Hi, > I think my problems with getting my home network set up under 9.1 look > like they are related to setting up samba after enabling host-only > networking with vmware. This time with 9.2 I set up the networking and > it was working great (well almost) until I started fudging round with it > trying to get vmware host-only networking going. Has anyone got this > working? The idea is to get samba access to my home network and also > have host-only networking going with my windoze guest in vmware. They > say this is possible but one needs to go into smb.conf and play around. > I went in and tried a few things but my conf file was considerably > different to their example one and I don't really know what is > absolutely necessary and what is not. > If anyone has got this working, or has an alternate solution could they > post their smb.conf file, or instructions to do otherwise? > Cheers in advance and treats for you on this most Irish of holidays > Anton > > What are you trying to accomplish? If your mdk box that hosts VmW/Win is communicating with your LAN then the Win guest will be able to as well using bridged networking in VmW. > > __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] apcups Monitoring
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 05:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > My ups is working well, but I would like to use the monitoring > software. Unfortunately I seem to have a config problem, which I > don't understand. These are the error messages: > > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 Cannot create > /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd/LCK..ttyS0 serial port lock file: ERR=No > such file or directory > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at > line 87 > Unable to create UPS lock file. > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 apcupsd error shutdown completed > > The directory /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd exists. Why can't it create > the lock file? > > Anne I guess the first obvious question is does the dir have the correct permissions for whatever apcupsd is running as? On my system it runs as root. And, are you sure there is a /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd directory? I have a apcupsd file in /var/lock/subsys/ but no apcupsd directory... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print Accounting
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 07:35, Mauricy Maiorino wrote: > Hi All !! > > I need a system that provide a Printing Accounting. I think a CUPS, but > workstations Windows they would have that to be entered. Anybody knows > some system that made this in Mandrake?? > > Sorry my English!! > CUPS, assuming you are printing from Win. machines to printers attached to your nix box via samba CUPS will log these print jobs just like everything else. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] single click
On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 04:04, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 25 Oct 2003 1:06 am, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > Just moved from 9.0 - 9.1, used to be able to single click items on > > the desktop and in Konqueror file explorer thing but no more, not > > sure how to get that behavior back, anyone > > Brian - I haven't time to browse it just now, but it's somewhere in > the kde Control Center. HTH > > Anne configuration | kde | preiperals I found it shortly after.. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] single click
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 20:06, Brian V Bonini wrote: > Just moved from 9.0 - 9.1, used to be able to single click items on the > desktop and in Konqueror file explorer thing but no more, not sure how > to get that behavior back, anyone > Nevermind - I found it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] single click
Just moved from 9.0 - 9.1, used to be able to single click items on the desktop and in Konqueror file explorer thing but no more, not sure how to get that behavior back, anyone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] menudrake
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 12:19, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Friday 24 October 2003 09:29 am, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > I have had problems myself. Just as you mention, items that appear in > > menudrake's depiction of the kmenus but not in "real life". Some of these > > items are things I added several attempts in the past (as root editing the > > system menu) that just refuse to appear permanently in my working user > > menus. They show up for the session I am currently running so I think all > > is peachy but when I login for a new session the next day (system restart - > > laptop) they are gone. They still show up in the menudrake window, just > > not in real life. > > > Make sure you are in the correct environment. Menudrake allows you to edit > the menu for a particular DE or all of them at once, so for instance, if you > were in the KDE environment in menudrake and add something, it is not going > to show up in GNOME. > > Once you understand it, it works quite nicely. I was in KDE DE and did make sure of it so I guess there must be something else about is I don't "understand". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] menudrake
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 09:05, R N dev wrote: > sometimes i have the same problem > have you tryed to save menu again? Yeah, tried that and tried reloading it but it still is whack. Logging out and back in is the only thing that seems to work.. > > --- Brian V Bonini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it just me or os menudrake whacked? It just never > > does what it's > > supposed to. It will remove stuff from the menu that > > I did not ask it to > > yes it will still appear in the menudrake interface > > and all sort of > > weird stuff like that... Has always done this.. > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] menudrake
Is it just me or os menudrake whacked? It just never does what it's supposed to. It will remove stuff from the menu that I did not ask it to yes it will still appear in the menudrake interface and all sort of weird stuff like that... Has always done this.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trouble mounting windows drive
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 04:12, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Richard wrote: > > [Terrible quoting job snipped in its entirety] > > > I fixed my Mdk9.1, with info I read on this list some time back, > > as root: edit the following line in fstab, > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > to > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 1 0 > > then execute: > > # /sbin/lilo > > That is wrong, and also does not effect the change you claim for it. > The problem which I've since fixed was when I went from 9.0 to 9.1 fstab no longer contained umask=0 so I added that back in, remounted the drives and all is fine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Trouble mounting windows drive
Just installed 9.1 from 9.0 ( I know I'm a little behind) and I can no longer access my mounted windows drive as a normal user. # ls -l total 16 drwxrwxrwx1 root root0 Oct 19 19:25 cdrom/ drwxrwxrwx1 root root0 Oct 19 19:25 cdrom2/ drwxrwxrwx1 root root0 Oct 19 19:25 floppy/ drwxr--r-- 41 root root16384 Dec 31 1969 windows/ I can not chmod that directory either, I try and it goes through the motions like it is fine but does not change the permissions so I can not access this drive unless I su to root. Not sure what to do... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] URL menu pop up thingamajigger
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 21:03, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Brian V Bonini wrote: > > >That URL thing that pops up in the bottom right hand corner of the > >screen from time-to-time, think it's something to do with Konquerer. I > >knew how to get rid of it at one time but have since forgotten. > >Anyone... > > > > > Right-click on the clip-board with the K on it in the lower right hand > corner and de-select "Enable Actions". Thank you!! I knew it was something really stupid and obvious but could not remember for the life of me and that thing drives me nuts.. ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] URL menu pop up thingamajigger
That URL thing that pops up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen from time-to-time, think it's something to do with Konquerer. I knew how to get rid of it at one time but have since forgotten. Anyone... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] URL menu pop up thingamajigger
That URL thing that pops up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen from time-to-time, think it's something to do with Konquerer. I knew how to get rid of it at one time but have since forgotten. Anyone... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.0 - 9.1 revisited
Ok, Sundays task is to upgrade... I'm gonna back up /home /etc /usr/local /var/www and do a fresh install and in addition to /home I think I will create separate partitions for at least /usr/local this time... Anything anyone wants to share/advise, etc.. before I do this...?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] CPU usage - Bluefish....
Trying to track down a problem with Bluefish using too much CPU cycles. 6556 brian 16 0 11156 10M 6988 S35.0 2.1 1:44 bluefish 5580 root 12 -10 86492 27M 3908 S < 7.5 5.4 5:13 X 6763 brian 17 0 1084 1084 816 R 1.5 0.2 0:00 top 5769 brian 9 0 52620 11M 9324 S 0.1 2.2 0:08 kdeinit 1 root 8 0 132 8468 S 0.0 0.0 0:04 init 2 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:02 keventd 3 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:02 kapmd 4 root 19 19 00 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:02 ksoftirqd_CPU0 5 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:06 kswapd 6 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:00 bdflush 7 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:00 kupdated 8 root -1 -20 00 0 SW< 0.0 0.0 0:00 mdrecoveryd 12 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:00 kjournald 108 root 9 0 436 344 252 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 devfsd 197 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:00 khubd 378 root 9 0 00 0 SW0.0 0.0 0:03 kjournald Anyone else using bluefish get this... ??? The developers says this issues is unique as far as they know and do not believe it to be bluefish specific claiming to be able to open ~400 docs simultaneously and not exceed 6%.. and always see 0-1% under normal usage. I'm not sure what could cause a specific app to use CPU resources other then the specific app itself Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Memory Usage
Am I reading this wrong? $ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:516276 503136 13140 0 108192 197816 -/+ buffers/cache: 197128 319148 Swap: 449780 14992 434788 why woudl the system be using 500+mb of mem? 'top' shows nothing weird.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Suggestions to help Minimize List Email Traffic
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 21:39, charlie wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:23 am, Tru64 User had this to contribute :- > > Let me know what you guys think. > > _Thanks > > Richard Mollel > > Sort of defeats the purpose of the list. It is the think tank element of > everyone throwing something in that makes this list a valuable learning > experience IMHO. > > I wonder how long the list that uses the rules you mention has been running? > It might also be relevant to know what it is dealing with I suppose? I > certainly can't identify such an environment as allowing maximum discovery. > > Not quite 2 cents worth I know. > > Charlie. I agree and add that this is hardly a busy list that borders on being too much too handle. You can always hit delete on the topics your not interested in. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] updatedb prob
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 18:15, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 18:09, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su > > Password: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] brian]# updatedb > > /usr/bin/updatedb: line 13: 16857 Broken pipe > > /usr/bin/slocate -c -u -l"$SECURITY" > > A thread a while back mentioned that some functions are disabled because > of msec. This applied to remote logins then su'ing over to root. The > workaround was to login directly as the root user. > I rebooted the machine and ran it again just as before with no problems. That's a little too 'Windows-like' for my comfort... ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] updatedb prob
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 12:37, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 10:47, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > What's going on here? > > > > # updatedb > > /usr/bin/updatedb: line 13: 15907 Broken pipe > > /usr/bin/slocate -c -u -l"$SECURITY" > > Not running as root? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] brian]# updatedb /usr/bin/updatedb: line 13: 16857 Broken pipe /usr/bin/slocate -c -u -l"$SECURITY" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] updatedb prob
What's going on here? # updatedb /usr/bin/updatedb: line 13: 15907 Broken pipe /usr/bin/slocate -c -u -l"$SECURITY" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Copy/paste between eterm and kmail not working
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 08:49, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Stef, you'll find a thread I started on this subject on the newbie list. To > cut to the chase - there was no answer. Others users seem to be able to do it > just fine, but I can't either. I can use Klipper by highlighting what I need > in Eterm, then go to Klipper, click on that entry, go to where I want it, and > paste it there. Its an extra step, but I don't know why its like that for > some of us but not for others. Just out of curiosity, are you using the > download edition of 9.1? Thats what I'm using. I'm wondering maybe if its a > diff. between the download edition and the boxed set? > > Never had this problem with the 9.0 boxed set. Same here using 9.0, always worked that way, just thought it was the norm.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 17:19, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 13 Jun 2003 9:35 pm, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:32, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > question here. > > > > > > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd > > > working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this > > > to the twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be > > > because this box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) > > > The howto at tldp.org is a bit long in the tooth and definitely > > > not MDK specific (actually most of them tend to be RH or Debian > > > based.) > > > > > > Calling all Volunteers! *grin* > > > > I can do it, just had to set one a few weeks ago so it should be > > relatively fresh in my head. > > This I'm looking forward to I've been promising myself that I > would look out all the leads and get the info to set it up. > There's almost nothing to it. It's one of the more "turn-key' apps I've ever seen. Just a couple mandatory configs in /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf and the RPM for mdk (9.0 at least) does not set up the correct runlevels for it so you have to do '$chkconfig --level 2345 apcupsd on'. I've yet to figure out how to get it to signal the computer back on but it does a clean shut down with times system messages. Will document it shortly... :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
shfsmount - was Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:53, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > > Are there any errors / messages during a normal ssh2 session? > > > > > > > Nope.. > > gotta 9mm handy *grin*... I'm honestly at a loss here. time to ask > around some more. > Oh no doubt.. I'm gonna try a couple more things and then just forget it. It's just this one box and it's up for retirement next month anyway so I'll be migrating everything into a new server and hopefully with that it will clear up. Have you had any issues with shfsd locking up possibly from inactivity? I was using it today and noticed it would lock up any app working on mounted remote dir's. Had to 'kill' the ssh process it was running and re-mount. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:27, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:40, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:05, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > > > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > > > > same? > > > > > > > > > > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > > > > > No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. > > > > Been experimenting some more, so far it seems to be an issue with this > > one FreeBSD box only. Everything else I've tried connecting to is fine. > > Totally got rid of known_hosts on nothing ends to be sure nothing weird > > was going on there. > > Are there any errors / messages during a normal ssh2 session? > Nope.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:32, James Sparenberg wrote: > question here. > > > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd > working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the > twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this > box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) The howto at tldp.org > is a bit long in the tooth and definitely not MDK specific (actually > most of them tend to be RH or Debian based.) > > Calling all Volunteers! *grin* > I can do it, just had to set one a few weeks ago so it should be relatively fresh in my head. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 06:18, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > > > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > > > > > > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) > > > > I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy > > with its performance.. > > > > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much > > battery run time you need, etc... > > Note for the above comment... If money is a consideration. Don't put > your monitor on UPS. You'll last longer during an outage with a smaller > ups. > > But to the original question. I've had great luck with ACP myself. > current one is 4 years old and it survived the California Blackouts > without losing any data. > BTW: The APC site will let you plug in some generic info, processor type/speed, monitor size, etc.. and make recommendations and provide battery run times for various models based on your power needs. I'm running an pro 1100 serial and have 2 printers a 21" monitor, computer, cable modem, router, printserver and zip drive running off it. It will run the computer, monitor, and router/modem for about 30 minutes but I've got apcupsd set up to just shut the system down after like 10 minutes of no power. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:05, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > > same? > > > > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. Been experimenting some more, so far it seems to be an issue with this one FreeBSD box only. Everything else I've tried connecting to is fine. Totally got rid of known_hosts on nothing ends to be sure nothing weird was going on there. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy with its performance.. You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much battery run time you need, etc... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > same? > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > > > One more question I've not figured out how to mount the remote FS so > > normal users can access it. Only been able to mount and access as local > > root. Tried running shfsmount as normal user and I get: > > > > $ shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx > > /mnt/gfx: Operation not permitted > > > > drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jun 12 16:38 gfx > > > The only way I've found is to make shfsmount and shfsumount run suid > root. I suppose doing sudo on these would also work. Also make sure > the user owns /mnt/gfx I've had better luck if my users create their > mount directory inside their home directory. > > Other thing do shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/uname /mnt/somedir the > /home/uname mounts only the users home dir instead of the full file > system... much nicer. Note that there is no space between domanin and > the first / . Works here... don't like the syntax but it works. I've also noticed it does not like to follow symlinks on the remote system, you get that too? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 18:03, James Sparenberg wrote: >Went a little further, I tried to use. > > shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/disk. didn't work but I got a > permission denied error. > > but > > shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/james /mnt/disk > > did mount my home directory... could depend on how tight permissions are > set up. shfs does use port 22 normally. (standard ssh port) I don't > get a key setup on the remote end either. One thing though.. This box > is setup specifically with ssh2. A number of FreeBSD boxes are actually > running ssh1 (moded heavily but still ssh1) Is it possible that your is > running ssh1 on FreeBSD and your Linux box is ssh2, hence the > disconnect? Sorry but since I can't see/dup your errors it's hard to > diagnose. > > Other thoughts. Is there anything in either your local logs or in the > remote systems logs that help? I could not get it to bite either way. But, assuming you saw my other email about the mdk and red hat boxes. Remote: ssh -v SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0 FreeBSD localisations 20010713, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090605f). Local: # ssh -v OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090609f I think your onto something with the ssh1/ssh2, I was having trouble getting scp to work with an identity file the other day, I wonder if that's related. I also tried # shfsmount -O "-1" [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/user /mnt/gfx forcing ssh to use Protocol version 1 with no luck. THEN. I tried ANOTHER FreeBSD box in the same data center running a BSD and it works fine. I thought maybe it's had different OS or ssh versions but it appears it's the same OS version and SSH version. Broken Box %uname -a FreeBSD gfx-design.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Wed Aug 28 19:41:18 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/SERVER i386 ssh -V SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0 FreeBSD localisations 20010713, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090605f). Good Box %uname -a FreeBSD gfx1-vps-r.gfx-design.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Wed Aug 28 19:41:18 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/SERVER i386 %ssh -V SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0 FreeBSD localisations 20010713, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090605f). They look identical to me. One more question I've not figured out how to mount the remote FS so normal users can access it. Only been able to mount and access as local root. Tried running shfsmount as normal user and I get: $ shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx /mnt/gfx: Operation not permitted drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jun 12 16:38 gfx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:46, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 14:32, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > > Oh yes, the firewall, I did not even think of that. I just assumed that > > if SSH was working this would as well. I can do mount -t shfs > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt successfully. > > > > But, I tried opening up the DMZ host and still it just hangs here: > > > > # mount -t shfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > > > > I can see it creates a key locally in known_hosts but not on the remote > > end for what ever that may be worth. It is a FreeBSD box on the remote > > end if that makes a diff thought I don't see why it would. > > > > What ports does it need? Maybe my ISP is blocking which is the whole > > reason I can not use NFS or Samba to begin with and am looking for alt's > > > > # lsmod | grep shfs > > shfs 29272 0 (autoclean) > > > > That would be correct... it is supposed to work that way... hmmm let me > see something. I'll try and connect to a FreeBSD box (it should be back > up soon) I have access to and see what does/doesn't work here. Ok I just tried it on another remote server that's running mdk and it connected right away. I also tried it on another remote server running RedHat that's in the same data center as the BSD box and it was fine as well. Jeez, where was my trouble shooting hat today.. ;-) So, it's appearing to be a FreeBSD issues thus far. Curious to know what your results are. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:08, James Sparenberg wrote: > Your kernel is good I know I've got it working on boxes with this > kernel. Also too if it didn't build right the module wouldn't load. or > rather shouldn't. *grin* One question are you going through a firewall? > Better yet can you do this to your self. > > mount -t shfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt > > or > > shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt > > this should tell you if it's working at all. > Oh yes, the firewall, I did not even think of that. I just assumed that if SSH was working this would as well. I can do mount -t shfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt successfully. But, I tried opening up the DMZ host and still it just hangs here: # mount -t shfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: I can see it creates a key locally in known_hosts but not on the remote end for what ever that may be worth. It is a FreeBSD box on the remote end if that makes a diff thought I don't see why it would. What ports does it need? Maybe my ISP is blocking which is the whole reason I can not use NFS or Samba to begin with and am looking for alt's # lsmod | grep shfs shfs 29272 0 (autoclean) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 14:33, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 07:21, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > Anyone familiar with lufs know where it's looking for these files so I > > can link or something. > > > > $ lufsmount sshfs://[EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt > > liblufs-sshfs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory > > unsupported file system: sshfs > don't use lufs I use a variant of it called shfs. I've got two notes. > > One with shfs it would be > > lufsmount shfs (note the single s) etc etc. > > second... did you verify that the kernel module is loaded? > I just needed to add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf but even after that I never got it to establish a successful connection. It just died with a "could not mount... " message. I also tried shfs but same deal... When I run it it prompts me for a password but then just hangs and never successfully mounts the remote FS. Am I missing something? mount -t shfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt Did verify that the kernel module was loaded. But, I think maybe this is the issue: Requirements * Linux 2.4 system, kernel 2.4.9 or later * tar, gzip, make * C compiler (gcc) used for building your kernel * AMD automounter (am-utils) installed, if you want "cd /shfs/user%host" support. ]$ uname -r 2.4.19-16mdk Since I've not updated the kernel enough to do it from memory can someone recommend a reference source? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] insmod
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 13:26, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 12 Jun 2003 13:17:37 -0400 > Brian V Bonini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Isn't there a switch for insmod to list active mods? > > > ls ah yes, lsmod... Thanks!! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] insmod
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[expert] lufsmount
Anyone familiar with lufs know where it's looking for these files so I can link or something. $ lufsmount sshfs://[EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt liblufs-sshfs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory unsupported file system: sshfs $ locate liblufs-sshfs.so /home/brian/INCOMING/lufs-0.9.6/filesystems/sshfs/.libs/liblufs-sshfs.so.2.0.0 /home/brian/INCOMING/lufs-0.9.6/filesystems/sshfs/.libs/liblufs-sshfs.so.2 /home/brian/INCOMING/lufs-0.9.6/filesystems/sshfs/.libs/liblufs-sshfs.so /usr/local/lib/liblufs-sshfs.so.2.0.0 /usr/local/lib/liblufs-sshfs.so.2 /usr/local/lib/liblufs-sshfs.so Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Auto Scroll
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 12:58, Fred Albrecht wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:48, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > I realize that, the question really is, what's causing it to switch to > > off to begin with... > > Hard to say without extensive testing. You'd have to test it > periodically and make a note of the last app you started. > > Personally I'd suspect KDE (but then I always suspect KDE when something > goes wrong ;) ). > > Apart from that systematic approach, I can't really think of a way to > keep an eye on that setting to be notified when it changes... > > Maybe something like > > while 1 > do > date >> mylogfile > ps ax | tail >> mylogfile > xset q | head >> mylogfile > sleep 1 > done > > Not very elegant but you can use that to see when the setting changes > and what the last apps were (kind of yucky, I know). Several days later Thu Jun 5 12:21:54 EDT 2003 17782 ?R 1:50 /usr/bin/vmware /home/brian/vmware/win2000Pro/win2000 17783 ?S 0:00 vmware-ui -A 7 -B 4 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.log 17784 ?S 0:00 vmware-mks -A 8 -B 5 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.lo 17785 ?S< 0:00 vmware [ide1:0] 17786 ?D< 0:02 vmware [scsi0:0] 17787 ?S< 0:00 vmware [Floppy] 17938 ?D 0:00 smbd -D 18020 ?S 0:00 /usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/mozilla-bin ftp://159.215.19.3/a 18188 pts/2R 0:00 ps ax 18189 pts/2S 0:00 tail Keyboard Control: auto repeat: onkey click percent: 0LED mask: auto repeat delay: 500repeat rate: 50 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fa9fffdfe5ff bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1threshold: 4 Thu Jun 5 12:22:05 EDT 2003 17307 ?S 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u -c 17782 ?S 1:51 /usr/bin/vmware /home/brian/vmware/win2000Pro/win2000 17783 ?S 0:00 vmware-ui -A 7 -B 4 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.log 17784 ?S 0:00 vmware-mks -A 8 -B 5 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.lo 17785 ?S< 0:00 vmware [ide1:0] 17786 ?D< 0:02 vmware [scsi0:0] 17787 ?S< 0:00 vmware [Floppy] 17938 ?S 0:00 smbd -D 18196 pts/2R 0:00 ps ax 18197 pts/2S 0:00 tail Keyboard Control: auto repeat: offkey click percent: 0LED mask: auto repeat delay: 500repeat rate: 50 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fa9fffdfe5ff bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 1/1threshold: 1000 Thu Jun 5 12:23:07 EDT 2003 17307 ?S 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u -c 17782 ?S 2:10 /usr/bin/vmware /home/brian/vmware/win2000Pro/win2000 17783 ?S 0:00 vmware-ui -A 7 -B 4 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.log 17784 ?S 0:01 vmware-mks -A 8 -B 5 -S -L /tmp/vmware-brian-17782.lo 17785 ?S< 0:00 vmware [ide1:0] 17786 ?S< 0:03 vmware [scsi0:0] 17787 ?S< 0:00 vmware [Floppy] 17938 ?S 0:00 smbd -D 18238 pts/2R 0:00 ps ax 18239 pts/2S 0:00 tail Keyboard Control: auto repeat: onkey click percent: 0LED mask: auto repeat delay: 500repeat rate: 50 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fa9fffdfe5ff bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1threshold: 4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Upgrading 9.0 to 9.1 with urpmi
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 20:01, Greg Meyer wrote: > I usually do a lot of answering, but now I have a question to ask. > > I have a file server that I am thinking of using urpmi to update. It does not > have X installed and runs samba, apache, mysql and acts as a print server, > controlling the print qeues for a directly attached printer and another on a > jetdirect. I also have been using it as a proxy for my kids computer so I > can control where they go with squidguard. > > The reason I want to upgrade is to get a newer version of php than the 4.2.3 > included with 9.0 (I think we are up to 4.3.2 now). The reason I want to use > urpmi is that this machine runs headless and without a keyboard and I don't > want to pull it out of it's corner so that I can attach a monitor and > keyboard in order to use the installer. > > I am concerned because I think 9.1 uses apache2 by default, and I am not that > well versed in it and don't want to break anything. Has anybody tried it? > This is what I was thinking of doing: upgrade to the 9.1 kernel, then upgrade > urpmi to the version in 9.1, then do urpmi --auto-select. FYI: The general consensus at the PHP farm is to avoid Apache 2.x for the time being as the two are not playing well together yet. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Auto Scroll
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 19:30, Fred Albrecht wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:12, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:55, Fred Albrecht wrote: > > > Anyway what does xset q say ? > > > > Here's what mine says: > > > > $ xset q > > Keyboard Control: > > auto repeat: off > > This should say "on". > > You can reset it with xset r 500 or something like that. I realize that, the question really is, what's causing it to switch to off to begin with... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Auto Scroll
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:55, Fred Albrecht wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 23:01, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:57, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > Occasionally my keyboard will loose its auto-scroll, I think (really not > > > sure) it may ave something to do with VMware. Only seems to happen when > > > VMWare is/was running. Only thing that gets it back is restarting KDE. > > > Anyone else with/experience a similar problem? > > > > > > -Brian > > > > > > > For me it's key repeat. Massively annoying. Don't have a solution, > > unfortunately, but I think it's X server related as I run XFce3 on this > > box instead of KDE. > > What do you mean "instead of kde" ? > > Anyway what does xset q say ? Ok, I see so xset r on is a way to get it back but I've no idea what's turning it off to begin with... Maybe something with Win running in VMware that's doing it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Auto Scroll
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:55, Fred Albrecht wrote: > Anyway what does xset q say ? Here's what mine says: $ xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: offkey click percent: 0LED mask: auto repeat delay: 660repeat rate: 25 auto repeating keys: 00ffdbbf fa9fffdfe5ff bell percent: 50bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yesallow exposures: yes timeout: 0cycle: 600 Colors: default colormap: 0x20BlackPixel: 0WhitePixel: 16777215 Font Path: /home/brian/.kde/share/fonts/override,unix/:-1,/home/brian/.kde/share/fonts Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 900Suspend: 1800Off: 2700 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On Font cache: hi-mark (KB): 1024 low-mark (KB): 768 balance (%): 70 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
key repeat - was -Re: [expert] Auto Scroll
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 17:01, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:57, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > Occasionally my keyboard will loose its auto-scroll, I think (really not > > sure) it may ave something to do with VMware. Only seems to happen when > > VMWare is/was running. Only thing that gets it back is restarting KDE. > > Anyone else with/experience a similar problem? > > > > -Brian > > > > For me it's key repeat. Massively annoying. Don't have a solution, > unfortunately, but I think it's X server related as I run XFce3 on this > box instead of KDE. Yes, key repeat is it, auto scroll was the wrong term Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Auto Scroll
Occasionally my keyboard will loose its auto-scroll, I think (really not sure) it may ave something to do with VMware. Only seems to happen when VMWare is/was running. Only thing that gets it back is restarting KDE. Anyone else with/experience a similar problem? -Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] unlink symlink
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 14:40, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 11:36, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > Having a total brain fart, can not remember how to unlink a symlink. > > > > > > just rm it -- but be careful if it's a directory. A trailing / would be > bad. > > ln -s targetfile linkfile > rm linkfile > ln -s targetdir linkdir > rm linkdir OOO that's what it was, I kept trying WITH the trailing slash... DOH!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] unlink symlink
Having a total brain fart, can not remember how to unlink a symlink. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:32, Stefano Pogliani wrote: > Also /var/www if you are running a web site. > > I tend to save most of /var anyway, for crons, www, db etc > > /stefano > Nope, this is just my desktop machine... But good idea... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 11:45, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:13 am, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:59, charlie wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:39 pm, Brian V Bonini sent this :- > > > > > > > About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 > > > > > > > > Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or > > > > bad) > > > > > > Clean install, don't upgrade. If your home is on another partition it > > > will all just come together like a dream, and most things will be setup > > > the way you left them anyway. > > > > /home is on it's own partition.. > > And then just re-install whatever additional software I've added to the > > system?? That could work, a little more work then I was hoping for but > > if it will increase my chances of success... > > - From this point forward, ALWAYS create a separate partition for /usr/local/. > This way, a lot of your software wont get trashed nor need reinstalling > if/when you upgrade. Go ahead and wipe /, /usr, etc, but leave /usr/local > alone (this, of course, applies to /home too). You will need to manually > enter /usr/local during setup during install when you are setting up > partitions as it is not one of the selectable choices in the drop-down menu. > Just type in "/usr/local" and go from there. I always do this and don't > regret it. I have specialty software and games added that I don't want to > have to reinstall so I leave them alone in /usr/local. > > As others have mentioned, but I will emphasize, do NOT do an upgrade, do a > clean, full install. An upgrade ALWAYS takes forever and invariably leads to > problems and more problems. Skip the problems and get up and running faster > by doing an new install (every time you upgrade). > Excellent, lots of great ideas... Since we're going in this direction I'd be curious to know how others are partitioning, sizes, etc...?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 17:23, Jack Coates wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 09:39, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 > > > > Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or > > bad) > > > > > > Here's how I do Mandrake upgrades these days: > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop Mandrake-9.1-cd1-inst.iso /mnt/91-1 What's going on here? I don't fully understand this, man page has different example... mount /tmp/fdimage /mnt -t msdos -o loop=/dev/loop3,blocksize=1024 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:59, charlie wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:39 pm, Brian V Bonini sent this :- > > About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 > > > > Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or > > bad) > > Clean install, don't upgrade. If your home is on another partition it will all > just come together like a dream, and most things will be setup the way you > left them anyway. > /home is on it's own partition.. And then just re-install whatever additional software I've added to the system?? That could work, a little more work then I was hoping for but if it will increase my chances of success... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 12:52, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Also, before you move to 9.1, I suggest you review your reasons for > doing so. Are you looking for a more stable production environment or > are you curious and just have alot of time to analyze 9.1. Are you saying 9.0 is more stable? I'm perfectly content with 9.0 but I'm just trying to stay-up-to-date, it's my desktop env, it it were a server I would really not care as much. Just don't want to fall to far behind and don't want to slick my current config and have to reinstall all the extra's and custom config stuff. Looking for an 'easy' way out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.0 to 9.1
About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or bad) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] apcupsd not starting at boot up
Very similar to the mysql incident
http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/expert/2002-12/msg00986.php
The apcupsd daemon will not start up at boot time.
# chkconfig --list apcupsd
apcupsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
# more apcupsd
#! /bin/sh
#
# apcupsd This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# the apcupsd UPS monitoring daemon.
#
# chkconfig: - 20 99
# description: apcupsd monitors power and takes action if necessary
#
APCPID=/var/run/apcupsd.pid
DISTVER=`cat /etc/mandrake-release | grep release | cut -f 5 -d ' '`
# Source function libarary
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
if [ ! -x /sbin/apcupsd -o ! -r /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf ]; then
exit 0
fi
case "$1" in
start)
rm -f /etc/apcupsd/powerfail
rm -f /etc/nologin
gprintf "Starting UPS monitoring:"
if [ "${DISTVER}" = "5.2" ] ; then
/sbin/apcupsd -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
else
/sbin/apcupsd -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf && success ||
failure
fi
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd
;;
stop)
gprintf "Shutting down UPS monitoring:"
killproc apcupsd
echo
rm -f $APCPID
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd
;;
restart|reload)
$0 stop
sleep 15
$0 start
;;
status)
/sbin/apcaccess status
;;
*)
gprintf "Usage: %s {start|stop|restart|reload|status}\n" "$0"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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