Re: [expert] kdeinit
These were fresh installs, and I am still having problems, I killed the process in top and the problem went away temporarily. But once I opened clicked on my Home icon, or opened any folder the problem starts up again. I'm going to re-install the absolute minimum for KDE and see it I can isolate the problem. James Sparenberg said: > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 00:13, Jay wrote: >> Anyone having problems with kdeinit. I tried running several apps in >> KDE, installed twice and am still having problems. kdeinit takes up >> roughly 90% of my cpu and causes my harddrive to really chug the >> minute I do anything... so I am using Gnome. >> > Ok > >I'll bite a bit on this one... One thing I found was that EVERYthing > sped up a lot when I edited /etc/hosts and did > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > and then added my boxes hostname as well. Since I'm on DHCP I did > > 127.0.0.1 mylaptop.mydomain mylaptop. > > This could help.. > > As for the rest. When you try to start an app from the command line > what if any error messages do you get... Where does it seem to be > hanging. Is this box a fresh install or an upgrade. If so from what > to 9.1. > > James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver
Jay said: > Anyone else having problems building the Nvidia Kernel Driver RPM for > 9.1? I installed the kernel source package, then I was able compile and install the Nvidia src.rpm's Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] kdeinit
Anyone having problems with kdeinit. I tried running several apps in KDE, installed twice and am still having problems. kdeinit takes up roughly 90% of my cpu and causes my harddrive to really chug the minute I do anything... so I am using Gnome. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver
Anyone else having problems building the Nvidia Kernel Driver RPM for 9.1? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] is there a big difference??
Stick with 8.2 for now. I tried 9.0, then Gentoo, then came back to 8.2. I'll install 9.1 on my desktop for sure, set it up as a server to see how everything works and is configured, then possibly put it on my main server. In 8.2 everything just worked, the firewall was easy to configure in /etc/Bastille, and msec was easy to customize in /usr/share/msec. I am running apache, postfix, proftp, imap, squid all on my little home lan and setting up the firewallwas a breeze... in 9.0 it was a pain. Gavin said: > Dear experts, > > my quest is simple, I'm running 8.2 prosuite on my server now but I'm > thinking of using 9.0 standard (download) and just selecting some of > the server packages.. my server is simple.. its a firewall/file server > serving 3 windows boxes and 1linux box plus my notebook (linux of > course!). So again is there a REALLY big diff from 8.2 server package > and 9.0 download standard? Thanks for your replys in advance. > > Grasshopper > -- > Gavin Rollins > Fukushimaken, Fukushima City > Nankodai 2-34-1 > Japan > Registered Linux user #119685 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Netcraft
Does anyone know how to prevent Netcraft from detecting all kinds of information about your system. For example, instead detecting Apache-Advanced Extranet server, it would only list Apache. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi defeats me.
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 12:05 AM, Ron Stodden wrote: > > > Larry Sword wrote: >> Ron Stodden wrote: >>> What am I supposed to do? >>> >>> [root@small ron]# cd /local/mandrake/9.0/9.0-tree/i586/Mandrake/RPMS >>> [root@small RPMS]# urpmi samba-server >>> unable to access medium "Installation CD (disk1)" >>> Installation failed, some files are missing. >>> You may want to update your urpmi database >>> [root@small RPMS]# urpmi --media >>> everything already installed >>> [root@small RPMS]# urpmi --update >>> everything already installed >>> >>> 'You may want to update your urpmi database' >>> But how? >>> By man urpmi, seems not with urpmi. >> 1. man urpmi >> 2. urpmi.update > > Well I did: > > urpmi.update update_source > > and got a lot of good stuff from praxad.fr, but no fix: > > [root@small ron]# urpmi samba-server > unable to access medium "Installation CD (disk1)" > Installation failed, some files are missing. > You may want to update your urpmi database > [root@small ron]# > > so I: > > urpmi.update Installaltion CD > > [root@small ron]# urpmi.update Installation CD > unable to access medium "Installation CD (disk1)" > examining synthesis file > [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz] > [root@small ron]# > > So I assumed it now was up to date: > > [root@small ron]# urpmi samba-server > unable to access medium "Installation CD (disk1)" > Installation failed, some files are missing. > You may want to update your urpmi database > [root@small ron]# > > There's a Pooh implementer (of very little brain) somewhere. > This was an hd install, not a CD install. > > ??? > > -- > Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] >IMPORTANT! troels... for Mandrake GNU/Linux 9.0 now available. >See my web site: http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/ > Ron: i had a similar problem installing some packages in 8.2 Once urpmi makes up its mind about where a package ought to be, it's very difficult to convince it otherwise. For some reason, giving short names causes it to ask for the CDs, and sometimes it doesn't even ask for the right CDs. Giving full package names, however, or using wildcards causes it to look in the current directory. So this should work fine: # cd # urpmi samba-server* --jay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] lame server resolving
Hey, my syslog has a dozens of entries similar to the following lame server resolving 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa' (in 'xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa'?): xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53 all with different IP's... As far as I can tell, some client is asking my server for information on an IP but my server doesn't have that information? Is that what lame server resolving is? Jay -- Crowded elevators smell different to midgets. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 msec security issue
Go into /usr/share/msec and edit the perm.3 file /home/* to whatever permissions you like, 700 for what you are looking to do... or alternatively, use the "higher" security setting in the mandrake control center although using the Mandrake control center will change permissions other than your home/* directories. -Jay > Mandrake 8.2 has a default security setting that leaves users' home > directories world readable. I just read that you can enter other > user's home directories and subdirectories and read the files. The > Mandrake msec level by default choice is Standard. If you chmod each > user's home dir to 700, upon reboot it reverts back to what it was > before. If setting are changed in the Mandrake Control Center from > Standard to High then users home dir is 711, 700 would be better > though. Any thoughts? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] msec doing unsecure things?
If there is no origianl message included in theis rely, i apologize...reply is doing funny things today. Anyway, this is a reply to etharp's last post: Yes, the default mandrake security settings are far more secure than windoze, or most other OS's. Not only can joe and joeanne not install systemwide programs without root authority, being able to read eachother's files does not give them permission to modify each other's files. in windoze, you can usually modify any file you can see, unless the owner has specifically locked it. So the only "security" issue here relates to personal privacy and possibly sensitive information, not to system security. But then if you're worried about national security or industrial espionage--or simply making sure your coworkers don't find out that your "made from scratch" cookies reall come out of a Betty Crocker box--you should probably make yourself familiar with chmod and some encryption programs, anyway. Furthermore, a+rx acces has been the standard on most Unices I've dealt with . . . that, or giving all users a common GID. Why? I don't know, although I suspect it may be a holdover days of slower networking and pre-X network terminals. It's very easy to share files when you can just tell a person where a file is, and they can go copy it for themself. Patiularly when pre-mime e-mail and other transport protocals required you to tar. shar, and/or uuencode binary files to send them to other users. In fact, my first Unix reference for the Umich system when I was an undergrad recommended using cp or ln (preferrably ln) to grap programs you wanted/needed from friends' directories instead of bugging the sysadmin to install software for you. And another thought: if you want to share a file with a group, the other members of the group (potentially anyone on the system) all need access to the entire path, unless the admin does something like set up hardlinks from ~/share to /usr/share/[username]_public, or something. Anyway, this very long message was vasically to say that, while there are many times you may want stronger security for one reason or another, the default msec values look pretty good to me. Hope this helps, --jay _ Save rainforest! Redjellyfish Long Distance works just like any other long distance provider and is very competitively priced. In addition, youll save rainforest every time you make a long distance call! To learn more visit: http://www.redjellyfish.com/longdistance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Security Level Mods
I had my security level on high and everything worked fine. I changed it to "higher" and now I cannot ssh into my server. I then changed it to "paranoid" and I cannot ssh into my server nor does my webbased e-mail work. (using squirrelmail from squirrelmail.org). How do I go about making some minor changes to the paranoid security level to allow ssh to work, and my webmail. I use Putty as my ssh client, when I load it up, the screen stays blank for about 15 seconds, then closes. The error I get with my webmail is this "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in ~/functions/imap_general.php on line 107" Thanks -Jay -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Paranoid Security level question
I have two question about paranoid (and higher) security levels. First what do I modify to allow login by root, I cuurently log in as a normal user and then su into root, and secondly, I cannot ssh into my server when in these two security levels, is this normal or is something screwed up on my server? -Jay -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] What makes a good Firewall?
I have a question regarding firewalls. There are a variety of programs out there to accomplish this, but what are the differences. I am currently using Bastille that comes with Mandrake. I installed it via the GUI, but then went into /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.cfg and made some changes so only certain ports are open. If I were to use another firewall program to basically do the same thing, leaving only some ports open for specific servers what would be the advantages/disadvantages? Is there a firewall in which I can, for example, leave port 80 open for apache, yet have it appear stealthed from any scans (eg, using Nmap). -Jay -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] The original (was UDMA/ATA no running at full potential)
I was the one that originally started the thread, and although it went of on a tanget, I, and I assume many others, learned a great deal, and that is what is important, that is why we are here... Big Thanks to you all -Jay Quoting Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:55:17 -0500 > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > wondering > > if an answer actually could be rendered for the original intent of the > > thread, which was, after all, about harddrive speed. > > > I am in part responsible for the tangent taken by the orig thread but I > did so only to counter well intentioned but mistaken info given by the second > responder (I was the third) which was equating 33MHz system bus speed for PIO > modes with that of hd speed. > > I will do thusly for any any response I know/believe to be miss-informed > because though it may not address the original problem it will educate and > may well prevent other and possibly even more serious problems from > occurring. > > > Charles > > Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. 'No' is the answer! - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UDMA/ATA no running at full potential
I'll give that a try? Any change this could cause dammage? -Jay Quoting Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:38:33 -0700 > > Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Check your /var/log/dmesg for a line (something like): > >> > >>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 > >>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > >> > > > > That line does not denote the UDMA state of a hd. > > It is the bus speed for all pci devices and can perform at no higher than > 33mhz. > > AGP slots and ide controllers (both of which are also pci slots) overcome > this by use of additional chips and instructions to increase their speed, but > the baseline still will remain at 33mhz. > > That is why if your MOBO supports only UDMA66 you can still use udma100 or > even udma133 hds but at no higher level than udma66 unless you make use of an > add-on controller card which contains the necessary chipset and instructions > to provide for udma100/133. > > > > > > Charles > > You are correct. My reply was too terse and unclear. By looking in this > area of the dmesg the explanations are to set the ide channels to higher > values by adding correct information to the booting sequence. I have > mine set to force the speed for the hard drive, a maxtor ata100. > > In the lilo.conf, in the append line, I've added ide0=ata66 to force the > seting.. > > Works for me. > > Larry > > -- > Sword'sEdge > Mandrake-Linux 8.2 > > > Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. 'No' is the answer! - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernel-smp-2.4.18.12mdk-1-1mdk is not a smp kernel?
The kernel-secure that comes with Mandrake 8.2 is apparently SMP, maybe give that a try in the mean time -Jay Quoting Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > I was wondering what was going on with this particular kernel package. > It says it's for smp but after running it and after checking out its > config file I realized that it isn't set up for smp. > > On a somewhat related note. Now that the kernel is being compiled with > gcc3.0.4 is it possible to get rid of the kernel-source package > dependency on gcc (2.96). > > Thanks, > Victor > > > Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. 'No' is the answer! - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] UDMA/ATA no running at full potential
I am using a K7T Turbo Motherboard with a Maxtor 7200 RPM Harddrive and am using the proper ide cable. Both support ATA100/UDMA5. When I load Linux it ackowledges this, but sets the performance to UDMA33. Playing around with hdparm does nothing, the harddrive stays stuck at UDMA2. Does anyone know how to fix this??? -Jay - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] UDMA/ATA no running at full potential
I am using a K7T Turbo Motherboard with a Maxtor 7200 RPM Harddrive and am using the proper ide cable. Both support ATA100/UDMA5. When I load Linux it ackowledges this, but sets the performance to UDMA33. Playing around with hdparm does nothing, the harddrive stays stuck at UDMA2. Does anyone know how to fix this??? -Jay - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake Vs. E-smith
Me and my buddy are running similar servers. I have Mandrake 8.2 and he has e-smith (www.e-smith.org). When we benchmark them using the same index.html file his server more than doubles performance using ab hammerhead siege One difference is he has a 5400 rpm drive and I have a 7200 rpm drive, when we benchmark with hdparm his server is twice as fast, this makes no sense? Any explanation would be appreciated. -Jay - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Fwd: Re: [newbie] How to for FTP server
Are you using a firewall? Make sure the ftp port is open (port 21), or for passive ftp (port 20). It is safter to use passive mode. -Jay Quoting Duke Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Mandrake gods, > > I have tried, tried, and tried some more and have so far been unsuccessful > at getting an FTP server up and running. I've read the how-to's (most make > no since) and have tried enough different configurations that they could > fill two pages of typing. > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 on an X86. The box is on my LAN so network > connectivity is not an issue. I simply cannot get FTP to work. Does > anyone > have a step-by-step how to for morons such as myself that explains how to > setup an FTP server. > > Thanks, > > Duke > > > - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ - End forwarded message - - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Fwd: Re: [newbie] How to for FTP server
Are you using a firewall? Make sure the ftp port is open (port 21), or for passive ftp (port 20). It is safter to use passive mode. -Jay Quoting Duke Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Mandrake gods, > > I have tried, tried, and tried some more and have so far been unsuccessful > at getting an FTP server up and running. I've read the how-to's (most make > no since) and have tried enough different configurations that they could > fill two pages of typing. > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 on an X86. The box is on my LAN so network > connectivity is not an issue. I simply cannot get FTP to work. Does > anyone > have a step-by-step how to for morons such as myself that explains how to > setup an FTP server. > > Thanks, > > Duke > > > - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ - End forwarded message - - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installation floppies
Thanks for you help. Just another question, Once I boot up from this disk, how do I start installing Mandrake??? Jay - Original Message - From: "Sergio Korlowsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:40 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Installation floppies > On Friday 02 November 2001 06:30 am, you wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I forgot to make the "auto install" floppy when I installed Mandrake. > > Can these be made after installation?? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Jay > > Yes..! > > > mkbootdisk > usage: mkbootdisk [--version] [--noprompt] [--mkinitrdargs ] >[--appendargs ] [--device ] [--verbose -v] > [--compact] > >(ex: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd1 2.0.31) > [root@linux admin]# > > sk > -- > --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Thank - you for contacting the SedeComp Communications Technical Support Team. > Please click <'REPLY'> when discussing this matter in further detail with us. > http://www.sedecomp.linux-site.net | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We use and support Linux Mandrake | http://www.linux-mandrake.com > > > Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-30.1mdk uptime: 13 hours 0 minutes. > > > 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] Installation floppies
Hello All, I forgot to make the "auto install" floppy when I installed Mandrake. Can these be made after installation?? Thanks in advance. Jay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard Drive Performance SUCKS under LM8
> What can I do to boost hard disk performance. I've got /, /usr/local, > and /home set up as ReiserFS partitions, and /boot as ext2 (that little > trick let me upgrade my kernel in 7.1 without the ReiserFS filesystem > work-around, so I kept with it). > > I can't verify it until I find the rpm which contains hdparm, but I > think I remember the result of hdparm -t was 2.6 or 6.2 Mb/sec. > Obviously, either of those is FAR slower than it should be. > > - Theo I have inserted this line at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: /sbin/hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -k 1 /dev/hda - and I also have a line just like it for /dev/hdb and /dev/hde. This has proven to be the best place to put it, at least for me, unless you want to put it in a script and run it from your init.d. Bear in mind that I am using ext2 partitions, not Reiser; so make sure you check the viability of the options I used before you go trashing your system by blindly following my lead. I haven't checked into the Reiser system's differences from ext2. I am just telling you what works for me. Jay -- Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job? A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7
Yes, but -21 is out already. I'd go with that one. I had trouble with -18 ( no kernel-specific initrd.img) Jay On Sunday 09 September 2001 03:21, I was honored with this communique: > Too many messsages, so little time. > > So the "zombie" was fixed in -18?? > > -JMS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "I have misplaced my pants." - Homer J. Simpson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] X server problems after upgrade
Hi All, Just wondering where to look for answers. If you need more info please ask, and tell me where I can find it for you d:-J The problem is that I upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0. X was working fine before then and I really wish that the installer had skipped the X set-up and left it in a working state, if I'm upgrading I would like to be asked if things are working fine at the moment and if so keep my set-up. Anyway... X now starts and 2/3rds of the screen is fine, but the last 1/3rd is just repeats of a small band of screen from the end of the first 2/3rds portion of screen. I unfortunately didnt back up my original xconfig file, but learnt a valuable lesson! Any ideas how to get it working? I've tried most of the config programs with little success. Jay An ascii of my screen to demonstrate: ___ II I I I II I I I II I I I II I I I = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cable mode problems
I recently signed up with comcast@home in Tallahassee, FL. I have no use for their Excite portal - and the Excite@home Windoze software crashes my M$ OS so bad I can't keep it running long enough to uninstall it. Can't say much for their installation crew, either - but now that *I* got it running properly, it's great. And it only took two onsite visits and three calls to tech support ... and that was just to get the modem, installation manual and DNS's! Hey, that reminds me, now that I don't need the answer anymore - got eth0 working - do any of the newer kernel releases support external cable modems on the USB ports? When I read the change logs they only seem to say things like "USB fixes" or "USB devices added." On Tuesday 21 August 2001 05:43, I was honored with this communique: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 12:27:50PM -0400, Digital Wokan wrote: > > Considering the cable companies have managed to utterly keep out the > > competition, PPPOE seems like a pointless exercise. Of course, with > > Excite@Home burning in flames, I'm wondering if cable based Internet > > will survive. > > Maybe in the U.S., in Canada were we've had cable for a little longer > it's doing quite well, with competition. > > In fact the cable companies here have been making noises for awhile to > drop the Athome name and use their own servers for e-mail, > something they were doing before athome even was. This was about a year > and a half ago, when the e-mail problems with Athome were quite bad. So > we won't really miss the Excite portal or the e-mail services Athome > corporate offered. > > > > > >Bill Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem > > > > > installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network > > > > > > -- A shortcut is the longest distance between two points Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] allow non-root user to shutdown linux
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 h:18, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote: > > To allow users other than root to shut down the computer safely: > > > > 1. Start up the userconf utility (you will need the root password) > > 2. Select "user accounts" > > 3. Select the user to whom you wish to grant the ability to shut down. > > 4. Under the "Privileges" tab, activate the "Granted" button next to the > > "May shutdown" option. > > 5. Accept the changes and exit userconf. > > But this means that the user will be able to shutdown only through > linuxconf's interface. Are you sure about that? I did this with my personal account and I can shut down from the logout screen. Jay > > Also, if the user is working in the console, there is the obvious way of > pressing ctrl-alt-del (maybe pressing ctrl-alt-f1 to get out of X first). > > This is something _very_ simple if only trusted users are to have physical > acces to the system. > > > Jay > > > > On Monday 30 July 2001 h:44, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > You need to do a set UID to root, so that it will always run as root, > > > no matter who launches. Then control execute permission with the group > > > as you're trying to do. > > Generally you shouldn't make the binary itself SUID root, because you can > never know what parameters it can receive. Instead you should use programs > like sudo or super, which allow a much better control over what paramters > are allowed to pass to those commands, who may run those commands, etc. -- I used to think I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted was a club sandwich.
Re: [expert] allow non-root user to shutdown linux
To allow users other than root to shut down the computer safely: 1. Start up the userconf utility (you will need the root password) 2. Select "user accounts" 3. Select the user to whom you wish to grant the ability to shut down. 4. Under the "Privileges" tab, activate the "Granted" button next to the "May shutdown" option. 5. Accept the changes and exit userconf. Jay On Monday 30 July 2001 h:44, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > You need to do a set UID to root, so that it will always run as root, no > matter who launches. Then control execute permission with the group as > you're trying to do. > > Ric > > Darcy Brodie wrote: > >Yes, I did ensure that I added the users to the shutdown group. Sill does > > not work > > > >Darcy > > > >Stephen Boulet wrote: > >>You did add your users to the group shutdown, right? > >> > >>--stephen > >> > >>On Saturday 02 June 2001 02:39 pm, Darcy Brodie wrote: > >>>Stephen Boulet wrote: > >>>>I find it goofy when changes in permissions take effect. You might have > >>>>to start a fresh konsole/xterm or logout before it works. > >>>> > >>>>On Saturday 02 June 2001 02:17 pm, Darcy Brodie wrote: > >>>>>Stephen Boulet wrote: > >>>>>>On Saturday 02 June 2001 01:24 pm, Darcy Brodie wrote: > >>>>>>>Hello > >>>>>>>I know that it isn't a good idea to give normal users root > >>>>>>>access, but I need to set up a couple of Mandrake boxes (they will > >>>>>>>only be in text mode, as these will be remote terminals to a Unix > >>>>>>>network) so that a normal user can shut down without having to > >>>>>>>login as root. The process needs to be as simple as possible, to > >>>>>>>prevent the user from messing it up > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Thank you > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Darcy Brodie > >>>>>> > >>>>>>You can make the shutdown command part of a group (say the shutdown > >>>>>>group). > >>>>>> > >>>>>>You can make 'shutdown' be an alias for shutdown -h now or so if you > >>>>>>want. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>-- Stephen > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks for the suggestion. I located both the shutdown and the halt > >>>>>commands in the /sbin directory, changed their groups to shutdown > >>>>>(after I created the group), and added the user to that group. > >>>>>However, when I attempt to run the shutdown command, I get an error > >>>>>saying > >>>>>shutdown: must be root > >>>>>So then I tried the halt. Again, I get the following error > >>>>>halt: must be superuser > >>>>> > >>>>>Both of these commands I have manually entered at the command line to > >>>>>ensure they were working before I attempted to create any aliases > >>>>>Here is the output from ls -l for both the shutdown and halt commands > >>>>> > >>>>>-rwxr-xr-x1rootshutdown15452Mar 802:37 > >>>>>shutdown* -rwxr-xr-x1rootshutdown 7848Mar 8 > >>>>>02:37halt* > >>>>> > >>>>>Darcy > >>> > >>>That is understandable, I guess. However, since I made the changes, I > >>> have not only logged out, but also rebooted Linux completely. Still > >>> not working > >>> > >>>Darcy -- I used to think I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted was a club sandwich.
Re: [expert] Seagate 20.4 Gig HD for $74 -- Good deal?
LM8.0 has no trouble with my two 30gig and one 40 gig drives, but (based on personal experience) I wouldn't take a Seagate drive for free. Jay On Monday 09 July 2001 h:47, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > I am about to buy a 20.4 gig hardrive for my AMD K6-2 400 Mhz and LM > 8.0. I would appreciate your professional advise. I am considering > buying it from TigerDirect. The Seagate 20.4 HD has a "Seek time" of > 8.9, a transfer rate of 100MB/s an rpm of 5400, a buffer of 512 and 3 > years warranty for $74. I am not concerned about whether it's the state > of the art. My AMD K6-2 is already an antique. But I am concerned about > reliability and performance. And, most of all, I would like to know > whether LM 8.0 can handle a 20.4 Gig hard drive in the first place. > > I would appreciate your opinions. > > Thanks so much. > > Benjamin -- Life is great ... it's just the individual moments that make up life that seem to be the problem.
Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this
Thanks Óscar. Following the suggestions of others, I had already set a couple of other font types to unscaled - without much luck. This one seems to have done the trick! Jay On Friday 06 July 2001 18:12, Oscar wrote: > Ok, it's my experience, but I had problems with fonts until in > /etc/X11/fs/config I changed the line: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, > to this: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:unscaled, > (And I don't have installed abisuite). > My fonts are now clean. > Salu2, > Óscar. > > El Vie 06 Jul 2001 12:14, escribiste: > > Hi i have fixed the fonts as suggested on muo and other pages yep my > > fonts in kde look very nice everywhere in kde, in the kde control panel i > > have them almost default most are helvetica and they look good on the > > desktop toolbars etc. really nice! > > Also in kmail and other kde apps nothing to complain . > > Only konqueror messes them up i dont understand that, i followed all > > instructions to fix that and in konqueror webbrowser i use the same font > > as anywhere else helvetica and minimum font size 12 and as soon as i go > > to a webpage ie: http://neworder.box.sk the fonts look messed up almost > > anarectik. how is that possible if i have all fonts set to the same as in > > all other apps? (it looks like they are not even helvetica even though i > > set them ALL to be helvetica) -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!"
Re: [expert] Mdk 8.0: problems in running c++ execs.
This bit of code works fine on my machine, same compiler string, bash shell.
Jay
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 04:18, Fabio Spreafico wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm getting problems, that never happened under Mandrake 7.2, in running
> compiled c++ programs. Let's have an example: the "Hallo world!".
>
> #include
>
> int main ()
> {
> cout << "Hallo world\n";
> return 0;
> }
>
> I write the code under Xemacs, save it, and compile with "g++ Hallo.cpp -o
> Hallo"
> The compilation works perfectly; I get the Hallo file in my directory, it
> has the rigth executable permissions and looks nice. Then I try to execute
> it with ../Hallo
>
> Nothing happens! I don't get any error message, but simply the command
> prompt. Neither if I try under KDE, GNOME, outside XWindows, as normal user
> or root. Note that I also tried to include the old version of the header
> (iostream.h) and nothing changes.
>
> The same procedure worked (also with much longer and complicated codes)
> under Mandrake 7.2; it works perfectly in the office with an old version of
> Suse; it works at home under MS-DOS (djgpp + rhide) (sad!).
>
> I'm using an AMD Athlon 1GHz, and I bought the Mandrake Powerpack 8.0
> (italian version) just because I wanted to use the most updated Linux
> distribution to learn C++ and other programming languages. I installed Mdk
> 8.0 on the previous 7.2 partitions without any visible problem, choosing,
> the first time, the manual package picking. At last, desperate, I tried to
> re-install the power pack choosing the automatic package puicking, becasue
> I thought I forgot some important dependencies the first time.
>
> As I didn't find similar problems on many mailing lists (at least with a
> keyword search) I hope somebody may have an idea. Sorry for the details,
> but I don't need suggestions like "try to execute the program with ./Hallo,
> instead of Hallo".
>
> Bye
>
> Fabio
--
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this week commit the crime of your choice!"
Re: [expert] gtk-- rpms
It helps if you know what the root name of the rpm you want is. For example, gtkdialogs, rep-gtk, rep-gtk-gnome, rep-gtk-libglade, etc. I know for sure that the rep-gtk ones are there in Mandrake-specific rpm's; I've downloaded them myself. Not sure which ones you are looking for, but make sure you search on the full name. The revision number is not necessary. Jay On Tuesday 19 June 2001 09:36, Laurent Duperval wrote: > On 18 Jun, Julia A. Case wrote: > > Quoting Laurent Duperval ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> Hi, > >> > >> Where does one fing the gtk-- rpms? I looked on rpmfind.net but it isn't > >> there. It also doesn't look like is distributed with the 8.0 distro. > > > > try > > http://www.gnome.org > > Thanks, I thought there were Mandrake-specific binaries somewhere. Guess > not. > > L -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!"
Re: [expert] reboot/halt freeze
I had the same problem, sans the modprobe error. It confounded me for some time, but I finally tracked this down. Check your /etc/init.d/rc0.d and /etc/init.d/rc6.d directories for links to killall - mine is S00killall in both directories. On my machine they are links to ../init.d/killall. Then check /etc/init.d/rc0.d for a link to halt. Mine is S01halt, and it links to ../init.d/halt. Finally, check /etc/init.d/rc6.d for a link to reboot. Mine is S01reboot, and it links to ../init.d/halt as well because halt serves both to shut down and to reboot the machine. All of these links were suddenly missing on my machine - not sure why. I recreated them, and now it shuts down and reboots fine. Good luck, Jay -- "Support your local law enforcement agency - this week commit the crime of your choice!" On Monday 18 June 2001 17:12, Tom Welsh wrote: > I have recently have had problems rebooting/shutting down (it was fine for > a couple of weeks after installing 8.0). The console will freeze with the > following last two errors: > > INIT: no more processes in the this > runlevel. > modprobe: cant locate module > char-major-13. > > Basically I cannot type anything at the console. If I switch to a > different virtual console I will get a login prompt but wont be able to > type anything in. Also, if I slogin/telnet to the machine, I can get it to > reboot, but not at the console. > > Any Ideas? > > Thanks
Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers
On Monday 11 June 2001 16:46, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Jay DeKing am Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 06:59:20AM -0400: > > mostly that it's a lot faster that Nestcape - I must say that I honestly > > don't notice any difference at all in speed, and have some serious > > graphical > > Okay, go to http://dealtime.de (ignore the 'strange' German texts) with > Netscape 4.x and Konqueror. Which one loads faster? > > > issues as well. I'm running a 500 MHz processor, with 256MB RAM on the > > mobo, 32 MB video ram, with new, fast HD's, so I doubt that the system is > > causing any lag. > > No, it's Netscape's terribly slow rendering engine which is causing a lot > of lags. > Actually I was referring to Konqueror's lack of a noticeable speed increase. Graphics are not loading any faster in Konqueror than they are in Netscape. That includes files loaded directly from the hard drive, not just files brought in over the phone line. > > Identical pages load at the same rate in Konqueror as in Netscape, > > sometimes > > Wrong - or do you have any examples? > > Alexander Skwar Here's a perfect example of why I have decided to stop using Konqueror until I get Mandrake 8.0 (which, I presume, has a newer version of KDE): I cannot log in to MandrakeForum using Konqueror. EVER. Not at all. Netscape lets me do so. Another example: I cannot log in to secure web sites to check on investments and the like. Netscape lets me do so. Another example: I am living about 1000 miles from my home town, and like to check the news on the home town newspaper's web site. In Konqueror, the stories start about 3/4 of the way across the page and run off the right side. In Netscape they are centered and easily readable. I could cite more examples, but what is the point? I have only had the misfortune of using Konqueror 1.9.8; if you are using a newer version, well, good for you. More power to you. If you are getting better results using the same version as I am, that's a poser for sure, but it doesn't change what has happened to me. I am simply relating my own experience. When I get the new software, of course I will give it a fair trial. Until then, my testing period has ended with an "unsatisfactory" grade for Konqueror 1.9.8. Regards, Jay DeKing -- "I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted was a club sandwich"
Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers
I've been using Konqueror lately, since I heard so many good things about it, mostly that it's a lot faster that Nestcape - I must say that I honestly don't notice any difference at all in speed, and have some serious graphical issues as well. I'm running a 500 MHz processor, with 256MB RAM on the mobo, 32 MB video ram, with new, fast HD's, so I doubt that the system is causing any lag. Identical pages load at the same rate in Konqueror as in Netscape, sometimes slower. And, some pages are oddly skewed in Konqueror so that text which is centered in Netscape (or IE for Winders) is way off on the right in Konqueror, running off the right side of the screen - and there's no scroll bar at the bottom to let me scroll over to read the rest of the text. Yesterday, I was on a secure site, and it bombed out during a page change because Konq was not fully compliant. I fired up Netscape and had no problems. Don't get me wrong, Konq has great potential, but it is not yet mature. Jay DeKing On Friday 08 June 2001 20:49, Tom Badran wrote: > > > > 4) Konqueror > > Definately the way to go, unless you really dont like kde. Get the > blackdown jvm and set up java using the howto on konqueror.org and you have > one hell of a good browser there. Pretty fast too. Opera is adware, doesnt > do java, so doesnt really have a lot going for it. I personally think its > crap, i hate anything i cant compile myself :) -- "I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I really wanted was a club sandwich"
[expert] 8.0 Power Pack shipping date?
I guess this is directed primarily at Civileme, but anybody directly connected with Madnrake will do - any idea when the 8.0 Power Pack is going to ship? The Mandrake web site is ambiguous about it, in one place it says mid-May, on the MandrakeStore page it says the end of May; I know those are only target dates, but I'm antsy to get it installed. Always wanting that shiny new toy, y'know ... Thanks Jay -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
Re: [expert] Slocate out of control
On my machine (LM 7.2), slocate is executed via a script called /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron - I like having it run every day, because I am always looking for some file or another, deleting files, adding files, etc. I get frustrated when a file I *know* is there doesn't show up when I do a locate search, or conversely when a file I *know* I deleted does show up in a search. Again, this is just the way my machine is set up, but since I leave my machine on most of the time all of the cron.daily scripts are run just after midnight. I don't believe that any specific time is defined, but the new day starts at midnight, eh? If my machine is off overnight, then the daily scripts run when I boot up. Brian Hartman wrote: > > On Monday 28 May 2001 12:45 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: > > Although I can't give instant directions on how to solve the problem, I > > assumed that the slocate database was being updated -- I guess I assumed > > that every so often was like once a day. (And Mandrake (7.2) includes a > > script in run-parts to update the slocate database once a day. > > > > I plan to find the script and move it to the weekly or even monthly > > run-parts directory, or even better (when I learn more) set it to only > > update the database for directories where I am likely to create new > > files regularly (like my home directory). > > > > Brian -- what is "once in a while"? > > > > Thanks, > > Randy Kramer > > > > Randy, > > "Once in awhile" usually amounts to every few days. (I have my computer on > all the time.) I'd like to be able to set it to run at *just* certain times > (say, 4 am) so that it doesnt' get in my way, but still gets done. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[expert] Grub boots Linux, but can't boot anything else
I had a lot of trouble getting GRUB and/or LILO to boot my machine. Finally created a /boot partition on hda, now I can boot Linux without a floppy -BUT- only Linux. Windows hangs after autoexec.bat runs. I should mention that Windows was working fine before I installed GRUB. The /boot partition (fs=ext2) is on hda6, Windows occupies hda1 and hda5 (vfat). I put my Windows boot floppy in, and rebooted. Same result, hang after autoexec.bat. Went into VMware, booted off the Windows floppy; it works fine. (!) Tried my LILO floppy - boots Linux fine. (!!) Created another boot floppy from VMware, just a basic stripped-down boot disk - no config.sys, no autoexec.bat, just command.com. Hang again (!!!) WTF, I say. Of course, my Windows 98 CD is an upgrade-only disk, so I can't just pop it in and go. I remember an old workaround from Windows 3.1; just need to copy a key file or two to trick install into thinking that Windows exists, but what a pain, since I don't remember which files I need! So, my question boils down to this: Why can I boot from a DOS floppy in VMware but not independently, when a LILO floppy works fine? And, is there anyway to access my existing Windows install directly from VMware (I know, that's probably a question for another list)? Thanks Jay -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[expert] Re: LILO - GRUB success (sort of)
When I boot with the Win/DOS startup disk, it hangs after executing autoexec.bat - I get no prompt at all. If I boot using GRUB and select Windows, it runs all the way through autoexec then hangs - I even added "echo 'you made it this far'" at the end. That string appears, then it hangs. I then put "win" as the last line, and it still hangs. When I boot using my Mandrake LILO floppy, it comes up fine. Jay Ed Tharp wrote: > > one other thing if the earlier trick did not work, have you tried , from > booting with the win-dos diskette, at a dos prompt type "sys c:" to make C; a > system bootable disk? > > On Sat, 19 May 2001, you wrote: > > D'oh! > > > > Yes, that was a typo in the mail. The menu.lst file does say 'root'. > > > > Thanks > > Jay > > > > Ed Tharp wrote: > > > bud you are going to get all sorts of e-mail on this... > > > > > > the only difference in my menu.lst is that where yours says "boot" , mine > > > says "root' , was that a typo in the e-mail? that and my floppy does not > > > say "makeactive" i don't know y. > > > > > > On Fri, 18 May 2001, you wrote: > > > > OK, I got LILO working, then switched over to GRUB. Both of them boot > > > > Linux-Mandrake like a charm, but ... there's always gotta be a but ... > > > > WinDoze stops loading after running its startup script (i.e. > > > > autoexec.bat), and I can't boot from the floppy at all. I can access > > > > the data on the WinDoze disks from Linux, but would really like to boot > > > > it properly when I need to. I know that this is not a DOS forum, but I > > > > just thought I'd mention that all of the DOS init files are still > > > > there, intact. > > > > > > > > What I did to get to this point was, using Linux tools exclusively: > > > > > > > > 1. Shrink hde (extended partition on hd0) using diskdrake > > > > 2. Create a small partition (about 200MB) using the newly freed space > > > > 3. Make a backup of the contents of /boot, including subdirectories > > > > 4. Delete /boot (remember, I backed this up already) > > > > 5. Format the new partition as Linux native, ext2 filesystem > > > > 6. Give the new partition the mount point /boot > > > > 7. Restore the contents of the old /boot to the new /boot > > > > 8. Run the "Tools for booting" applet in DrakConf to update the GRUB > > > > files > > > > 9. Verify the contents of the GRUB and LILO bootup files > > > > 10. Run LILO; reboot; it worked > > > > 11. Run GRUB's install.sh; reboot; it worked > > > > > > > > With reboots as required during the above process. Diskdrake is kind > > > > enough to tell you when you need to reboot before moving on. > > > > > > > > Happy day, until I tried to boot WinDoze, first from GRUB then from the > > > > floppy. > > > > > > > > Here's the M$ entries I put in GRUB's menu.lst: > > > > > > > > title Windows > > > > boot (hd0,0) > > > > makeactive > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > > > title Floppy > > > > boot (fd0) > > > > makeactive > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > > > WinDoze is on hda1 (yes, I'm sure) which should, if I'm not mistaken, > > > > translate to (hd0,0). And I know for certain that (fd0) is my floppy. > > > > > > > > When I try to boot from the floppy, I get a Device Error - it says that > > > > fd0 is a bad device. Mind you, this is with my WinDoze boot floppy; I > > > > haven't tried the Mandrake boot floppy yet, but it worked this morning. > > > > > > > > I just mounted my Mandrake boot floppy (fs=ext2) and can see the > > > > contents. Then I did a umount and put in the WinDoze floppy (fs=vfat), > > > > mounted that and can see its contents as well. So, neither the drive > > > > nor the floppies are bad. > > > > > > > > I'll be researching this further, just thought I'd let you know where I > > > > am. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > Ed Tharp wrote: > > > > > hey, as I think about this... the answer may be to point the boot > > > > > partition to where ever / is
Re: [expert] Nedit commands keys problems
I was using gEdit, but switched to nEdit because it has more features. The only thing I really don't like about nEdit is that the editing window is always white. In gEdit you can change the window color. Jay Dave Sherman wrote: > > I ran into a similar problem, when I had my numlock key on. If numlock is > on, then Ctl-key shortcuts like copy and paste don't work. All I can do is > turn off numlock when I use nedit. Actually, though, I am trying out gedit > to see if it works as well. > > Dave > > On Friday 18 May 2001 22:38, thus spake Francisco Alcaraz Ariza: > > Dear folks, > > I am using nedit as text editor for latex in linux. > > Using Mandrake 8.0 I have a problem in one of my computers, when I use > > commands keys in my laptop they run fine, but in the main computer they > > don't work and write codex in the tex; for example: > > > > SHIFT+CTRL+F should be search, but using it actually write in the tex > > "" or the code for search again write "" > > > > In both computers I am runing MDK 8.0 and using KDE 2.1 as windows > > manager; a friend of mine said me that I had the same problem using MDK > > 8.0 . > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for your help > > -- > "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecuna possit." > - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
Re: [expert] Nedit commands keys problems
nedit exhibits the very same behaviour on my LM 7.2 box, under gnome and kde. Jay Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > Dear folks, > I am using nedit as text editor for latex in linux. > Using Mandrake 8.0 I have a problem in one of my computers, when I use > commands keys in my laptop they run fine, but in the main computer they don't > work and write codex in the tex; for example: > > SHIFT+CTRL+F should be search, but using it actually write in the tex "" > or the code for search again write "" > > In both computers I am runing MDK 8.0 and using KDE 2.1 as windows manager; a > friend of mine said me that I had the same problem using MDK 8.0 . > > Any ideas? > > Thanks for your help > > -- > Francisco Alcaraz Ariza > Department of Plant Biology > Faculty of Biology > University of Murcia > Murcia (Spain) > > work e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > home e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[expert] LILO - GRUB success (sort of)
OK, I got LILO working, then switched over to GRUB. Both of them boot Linux-Mandrake like a charm, but ... there's always gotta be a but ... WinDoze stops loading after running its startup script (i.e. autoexec.bat), and I can't boot from the floppy at all. I can access the data on the WinDoze disks from Linux, but would really like to boot it properly when I need to. I know that this is not a DOS forum, but I just thought I'd mention that all of the DOS init files are still there, intact. What I did to get to this point was, using Linux tools exclusively: 1. Shrink hde (extended partition on hd0) using diskdrake 2. Create a small partition (about 200MB) using the newly freed space 3. Make a backup of the contents of /boot, including subdirectories 4. Delete /boot (remember, I backed this up already) 5. Format the new partition as Linux native, ext2 filesystem 6. Give the new partition the mount point /boot 7. Restore the contents of the old /boot to the new /boot 8. Run the "Tools for booting" applet in DrakConf to update the GRUB files 9. Verify the contents of the GRUB and LILO bootup files 10. Run LILO; reboot; it worked 11. Run GRUB's install.sh; reboot; it worked With reboots as required during the above process. Diskdrake is kind enough to tell you when you need to reboot before moving on. Happy day, until I tried to boot WinDoze, first from GRUB then from the floppy. Here's the M$ entries I put in GRUB's menu.lst: title Windows boot (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 title Floppy boot (fd0) makeactive chainloader +1 WinDoze is on hda1 (yes, I'm sure) which should, if I'm not mistaken, translate to (hd0,0). And I know for certain that (fd0) is my floppy. When I try to boot from the floppy, I get a Device Error - it says that fd0 is a bad device. Mind you, this is with my WinDoze boot floppy; I haven't tried the Mandrake boot floppy yet, but it worked this morning. I just mounted my Mandrake boot floppy (fs=ext2) and can see the contents. Then I did a umount and put in the WinDoze floppy (fs=vfat), mounted that and can see its contents as well. So, neither the drive nor the floppies are bad. I'll be researching this further, just thought I'd let you know where I am. Thanks Jay Ed Tharp wrote: > > hey, as I think about this... the answer may be to point the boot partition > to where ever / is if you did not create a /boot partition, that should point > to lilo. then run lilo as an executable before rebooting. I think what the > question SHOULD be is "where is lilo" not "where is the master boot record". > > On Thu, 17 May 2001, you wrote: > > Hey, that's cool - I thought that the /boot partition had to be the > > first one on the disk. That also explains the very small "mystery > > partition" that was lingering on hda when I did the complete fdisk and > > repartioning. > > > > When I say hda is the boot drive, that would be hda1. > > > > I've been up for about 20 hours now, so I think I'll wait until the > > morning before playing with my partitions. > > -- > A television may insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a > computer -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
Re: [expert] LILO no longer works
Yes, I realize that formatting / won't affect the MBR (especially since / is on hdb), but when I installed Mandrake last time it did give me a working GRUB setup. I'm not sure why the stand-alone GRUB and LILO utilities can't seem to do this, but they obviously are not up to the task for some reason. My motherboard (and everything else in the machine) is only about 6 months old, and I've kept up-to-date on all BIOS and firmware for everything I have, from the system board down to the CD drives, and all devices in between. The thing that really gets me is, the only thing that has changed is the contents of hda. Wait a minute ... that's not entirely true; the partition sizes have changed. hda1 was only 2GB in size before. The partition table was trashed, which is what precipitated the reformatting, and after a lot of mucking about I decided to fdisk the whole drive. I made the whole 30GB a single partition, formatted it, then fdisk'd it into two 15GB partitions and formatted them. Overkill? Sounds like it, but it was apparently necessary. Formatting the partitions individually didn't get the thing working. I've been working on my own hardware for over 10 years, and have never been through such an ordeal except in the bad old days of 20MB Seagate drives. (Harkening back to a recent thread in this group -- the drive that gave me all of this trouble is a Maxtor, six months old. My 30GB WD [hde] performed valiantly and flawlessly though all of this.) Jay John Wolford wrote: > > This probably won't work. Check what other's say about this (obviously) but i > think that / is seperate from the MBR and so formatting / will do nothing for > how your machine is(n't) booting. Although when you have exausted the possible, > start probing the impossible. > > What you need is some hardware/harddrive guru to tell you what kind of > geometry-of-your-drive info you have to set up explicitly in > LILO/GRUB/whatever. Have you posted all the information possible on your hd > setup? Should you upgrade your motherboard bios? When you have exausted the > possible. > > dunno :-) > j > > --- Jay DeKing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, that didn't work either. I tried it with both LILO and GRUB, with > > the same results as always. > > > > The next step, I guess, is to boot up with the install CD and do an > > install/update. Since I have most of the programs and data on partitions > > separate from "/", I shouldn't lose too much stuff when it makes me > > format "/" itself. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
Re: [expert] LILO no longer works
Sorry, that didn't work either. I tried it with both LILO and GRUB, with the same results as always. The next step, I guess, is to boot up with the install CD and do an install/update. Since I have most of the programs and data on partitions separate from "/", I shouldn't lose too much stuff when it makes me format "/" itself. Thanks, Jay Charles A Edwards wrote: > > I'll give you something else to try. > > Boot your system with a win98 start-up disk and fdisk /MBR. > Remove the win98 disk and insert your Mandrake boot disk. > Reboot your system. > > Your system should now boot to Linux before Win rewrites > the boot record. > Use sbin lilo or grub sh to install the one of your choice, > either should now be able to fully install and be operational. > >Charles (-: > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
Re: [expert] LILO no longer works
I have had to boot Linux with a floppy ever since I was forced to reformat my Win98 drive (hda1). Before the unfortunate incident which precipitated the reformatting, I had been using grub - very happily. Now, I have gone through grub-install many times since then, which gives me a Stage1 Read Error every time. I have also tried lilo (both graphical and command-line methods) and klilo. Both of them give me screens full of 10 10 10 10 ... ad infinitum. Every time I look for an answer, I am always told the proper method for installing GRUB and/or LILO. While I am thankful for the advice, I have gone through both procedures, carefully, in letter-perfect fashion many, many times, with precisely the same results every time. My fstab, lilo.conf, and menu.lst have not changed since I had to reformat; they should not need to, since the drives are configured exactly the same way as they were when GRUB worked. The last time somebody asked me to post my menu.lst file so they could see if anything was wrong with it, I never heard another word about it. So, either there was nothing interesting about it or I was forgotten. Imagine my pleasure when I saw a new idea (Civileme's - see below)! I tried it, and ... guess what? A screen full of 10 10 10 10 ... ad infinitum. Sigh. So, here is my menu.lst file again: timeout 5 color black/cyan yellow/cyan i18n (hd1,0)/boot/grub/messages keytable (hd1,0)/boot/us.klt altconfigfile (hd1,0)/boot/grub/menu.once default 4 title linux kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-secure root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy vga=788 title linux-up kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy title failsafe kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy failsafe title hack kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-hack root=/dev/hdb1 hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy vga=788 initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd-hack.img title windows root (hd0,0) map (0x81) (0x80) map (0x80) (0x81) makeactive chainloader +1 And my lilo.conf: boot = /dev/hda map = /boot/map timeout = 200 prompt vga = normal read-only image = /boot/vmlinuz-secure label = linux append = " hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy" root = /dev/hdb1 image = /boot/vmlinuz label = linux-up append = " hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy" root = /dev/hdb1 image = /boot/vmlinuz label = failsafe append = " hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy failsafe" root = /dev/hdb1 image = /boot/vmlinuz-hack label = hack append = " hdg=ide-scsi hdd=ide-floppy" root = /dev/hdb1 other = /dev/hda1 label = windows table=/dev/hda Oh great Linux masters, can you help ? Thanks Jay DeKing Civileme wrote: > > If you do NOT have reiser, then the mbr is probably damaged with respect to > the new Mobo. To fix this use the 7.1 install CD, hit F1, type "rescue" > without the quotes, and ... when the system comes up > > # mount /dev/hdax /mnt ## where x is the number for your / partition > # chroot /mnt > # /sbin/lilo > > EVEN if you were using grub, which you obviously were not. > > You should then be bootable from the hard disk, take out the CD and type > > # reboot > > Civileme -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[expert] Please remove me from you list
What do I have to do to get you to please remove me from you list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jay
[expert] Boot Error
I was able to in install Mandrake 8.0 successfully. When it boots, the screen displays the letter 'L', then repeats the number 40 accross the screen. I am able to boot from a floppy but not from the hard drive. Computer info: 333Mhz HP Vectra VL, 10 GB Western Digital hard drive. Thanks! Jay Farnes
Re: [expert] hard drive experiences
My experience with Seagate, while not exactly recent, soured me on them forever. In the early 90's I had many Seagate drives, all of which developed bad blocks at an alarming rate. Since then I have used WD almost exclusively; not once in the last 5 years have I had even one bad block. I still have some of the old WD drives, ranging from 280MB to 1.2GB. They all work fine, but are much too small for my purposes. At this time I have one 30GB WD, a 30GB Maxtor, and a 40GB Maxtor all in the same box and they're running just fine. The WD is on a different IDE port than the Maxtors, though, just to be safe. Jay DeKing Original Message Subject: Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list)) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:17:36 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have heard a number of stories about Seagate's drives being fast, but having problems losing sectors outside of this list. It seems that most current hard drives very rarely loose sectors unless there is a significant defect and the drive is not going to last much longer. On the other hand I hear that it is not uncommon for a Seagate drive just to loose a few sectors here and a few sectors there. It is as if most drive manufactures find the limit of a particular manufacturing process and then back off of to the point where no data will be lost under normal use. Then Seagate comes along and tries to push the envelope a little more than anyone else on a particular process to get a little better density on those high end SCSI drives. (Higher RPMs usually mean lower density.) With predictive diagnostics and sector remapping, this shouldn't be too much of a problem, but I hear not all controllers (like SimBios) properly handle sector remapping. In a big file server with lots of little files, occasionally having two files share the same sector and overwriting each other is not too big of a problem. But when running a large DBMS system with hundreds, if not thousands of disks, a slip sector can cause many a bad hair day. (Please take note these are stories that I hear not first hand experience.) > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Walter Luffman wrote: > > > Let me see if I have this straight. At various times Western Digital, IBM, > > Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons. These makers > > have also produced some very good drives. Is that about right? > > > > Okay, who has horror stories to tell about Seagate and Fujitsu? > > I've heard nasty stories about Fujitsu, but I had 2 of them (IDE) in my > 486, and they outlived the power supply in its tower case. :) > > Regarding Seagate, I've had problems with them developing lots of > badblocks. In the two systems I had functioning as servers w/ seagate > drives (SCSI) they both began dropping blocks within 1-3 years. One of > those has a fairly hard-hit RAID w/ 4 IBM drives the array. None of those > have failed yet (after 3+ years) > > All of the new systems I've built in the past year or so (around five) > have IBM drives now. None of those has had any problems at all, and some > of them are servers with constant load. > > -pete
Re: [expert] Palm Pilot
I have not been able to get my Palm IIIc w/ serial cradle to connect at all yet, though I have only tried Gnome-pilot. When I get to the point in the link setup where it asks me to press the HotSync button, I do so - and the Palm times out waiting for a response. On the Linux end, the connection isn't picked up either. The WinDoze HotSync works just dandy, but it's hard to migrate fully to Linux without all the little doo-dads (like HotSync) that I have come to depend on. Guess I'll explore other options before giving up (again). Nothing gets me revved up like a challenge. Good thing too ... Jay DeKing -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[newbie] Re: Supermount problems
Hmm, I didn't mention my cd-roms. But, I do have a problem with the one that's a burner; if I try to access it my machine locks up. Hard. The only way to break out of it is a cold boot (power switch). Civileme tried to help me with it but I never did get it to work. As far as the fd* entries in /dev, there are a lot of them. I only have one floppy, and it's called /mnt/floppy, linked to /dev/fd0. It is the only device attached to the floppy bus, so you would think that fd0 would be correct. The fstab entry for the floppy and zip are as follows: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0 /dev/zip is a link to hdd4. Is that correct? I know that the zip drive is connected to the EIDE bus at hdd, but why would it be hdd4? Thanks Jay > But the other thing to do is check your symlinks. > Make sure the devices are linked properly. I know > there is an issue with burners not linking properly. > By any chance is one of these cd-roms a burner? > > A quick way to check for this is to look in your /dev > directory and ls -l cdrom* > > If you see cdrom, cdrom1, and cdrom2, then that's > likely a problem. > > For example, I have my DVD player as master of my > second IDE and my burner as slave on the second IDE. > Therefore I deleted my bad links (rm /dev/cdrom*) and > created new ones: > > ln -s hdc cdrom > ln -s scd0 cdrom1 > > I then updated /etc/fstab changing all references of > cdrom2 to cdrom1. I removed cdrom2 from /mnt and > created /mnt/cdrom1. Then I was good to go. > > Maybe that's the issue you are having with your > cdroms. I have never owned a zip drive so I have no > idea of how they are supposed to be set up. But if > you know how it should look, make sure it is linked > properly as well. > > If the link is bad, you will get that EXACT error that > you are having. That is what it would say to me until > I fixed my cdrom links. > > Hope that helps. Write again with more detail if this > doesn't fix the problem. -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[newbie] Re: [expert] Supermount problems
Todd Flinders wrote: I cannot access my zip or floppy drives, even when logged in as root. The message I get is "input/output error." While researching this issue, the only hint I found was "try a different disk, you probably have a bad one in the drive." But, the floppy is a Mandrake boot disk, created in Mandrake 7.2; I use it to boot my machine (GRUB problem with hda, subject of another post) and it works fine. When I do an ls -l of the /mnt directory, both the floppy and zip are shown as having a size of 0. Clues, anybody? By the way, I did add myself to the floppy group, and there is *no* zip group listed. Hoping this post doesn't bounce back like my previous attempt, Jay DeKing > > Try adding yourself to the cdrom and zip groups. > > --- Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a ppa zip drive and 2 cdroms setup with > > supermount. Only root is able > > to mount them. How do I correct this so that I, as > > a user, can mount the zip > > and cdroms? > > -- > > Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in > > vain. > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[expert] FTP Site for LM 7.1
I'm missing at least one rpm package, libstdc++-devel-2.95.2-7mdk, from my cdroms of LM 7.1 for Windows. None of the mirror sites checked has version 7.1 anymore. Can anyone suggest a site? ---Jay
Re: [expert] Where is C++?
The rpms in general are on the installation disks and were installed. The gcc-chill-2.95.2-7mdk is not and so was not installed. Apparently a complete install is needed to get the g++ packages (which is a useful piece of information). I was able to execute g++. However, the include libraries for g++ were not created when the packages were installed. I copied in the g++ subdirectory from version 6.2 to have something with which to work. Are there any suggestions in which package the g++ include libraries reside? ---Jay Daniel Woods wrote: > > I could find it in 6.2. One used /usr/bin/g++ (which pointed to pg++). I am unable > > to locate it in 7.1 nor in 7.2. ---Jay > > /usr/bin/gcc > # ls -lF /usr/bin/gc* > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 17 Sep 4 2000 /usr/bin/gcc -> >/usr/bin/colorgcc* > -rwxr-xr-x2 root root86256 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/gcc.colorgcc* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root90064 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/gcj* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root40848 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/gcjh* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 4268 Apr 6 2000 /usr/bin/gconfigger* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root19420 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/gcov* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root64816 Apr 28 2000 /usr/bin/gctags* > # ls -lF /usr/bin/g+* > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 17 Sep 4 2000 /usr/bin/g++ -> >/usr/bin/colorgcc* > -rwxr-xr-x2 root root87952 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/g++.colorgcc* > # ls -lF /usr/bin/colo* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 6847 Apr 13 2000 /usr/bin/colorgcc* > > It's on my 7.1 system. Perhaps you did not install it. > Try installing the RPMs from your CD or a mirror site. > # rpm -qa |grep gcc > gcc-cpp-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-c++-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-java-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-objc-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-colorgcc-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-libgcj-2.95.2-7mdk > gcc-chill-2.95.2-7mdk > > Thanks... Dan.
[expert] Where is C++?
I could find it in 6.2. One used /usr/bin/g++ (which pointed to pg++). I am unable to locate it in 7.1 nor in 7.2. ---Jay
Re: [expert] Problems with 2.4.0 and the reiserfs and supermount patches (and the mdk rpm)
I had understood that the kernel wouldn't compile with gcc 2.96 but rather no later that 2.95 (according to Linus). ---Jay Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote: > On Friday 19 January 2001 00:15, you wrote: > > It seems your cc install is very screwed, the -lang-c does not appear in > > any kernel > > Makefile, so I suppose it comes from the cc driver. It looks like it is > > calling /usr/bin/cpp for preprocessing (so it does not understand the > > -lang-c flag the cc command gives him, because it is only internal, for > > cpp0), and it should use the internal cpp0, usually located at > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux/2.96/cpp0. > > > > As a suggestion (as you seem not to be using egcs to build kernel) check > > you don't have any egcs- package installed (specially egcs and > > egcs-cpp). You seem to be using cooker (at least gcc 2.6). So get the > > latest gcc-2.96 (gcc, gcc-cpp). Perhaps you miss the gcc-cpp package, and > > your gcc-2.96 is trying to use and old cpp. > > Well, I did as you said and removed all egcs stuff from my system: > > egcs-g77-1.1.2-40mdk > egcs-1.1.2-40mdk > egcs-objc-1.1.2-40mdk > egcs-c++-1.1.2-40mdk > egcs-libstdc++-1.1.2-40mdk > egcs-objc-devel-1.1.2-40mdk > > > I checked the gcc, but all the packages seems to be from the same period: > > gcc-cpp-2.96-0.33mdk > gcc-g77-2.96-0.33mdk > gcc-2.96-0.33mdk > gcc-objc-2.96-0.33mdk > gcc-java-2.96-0.33mdk > gcc-c++-2.96-0.33mdk > > > So I removed the egcs stuff, removed the /usr/src/linux-2.4.0/ dir, > reinstalled the kernel-sources rpm, enter the 2.4.0 src dir and started from > the beginning, but it still errors on: > > make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net/ipv4/netfilter' > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-DEXPORT_SYMTAB > -c ip_conntrack_standalone.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_conntrack_core.o ip_conntrack_core.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_conntrack_proto_generic.o ip_conntrack_proto_generic.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.o ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_conntrack_proto_udp.o ip_conntrack_proto_udp.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_conntrack_proto_icmp.o ip_conntrack_proto_icmp.c > ld -m elf_i386 -r -o ip_conntrack.o ip_conntrack_standalone.o > ip_conntrack_core.o ip_conntrack_proto_generic.o ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.o > ip_conntrack_proto_udp.o ip_conntrack_proto_icmp.o > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-DEXPORT_SYMTAB > -c ip_conntrack_ftp.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 > -march=i686-c -o ip_nat_ftp.o ip_nat_ftp.c > ip_nat_ftp.c: In function `help': > ip_nat_ftp.c:315: structure has no member named `nat' > make[3]: *** [ip_nat_ftp.o] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net/ipv4/netfilter' > make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net/ipv4/netfilter' > make[1]: *** [_subdir_ipv4/netfilter] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0/net' > make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2 > > > Any clue? > > > And if you want your life to be easier, get the 2.4.0 original sources from > > www.kernel.org, and the 2.4.1-pre8 patch, to run a 2.4.1-pre8 kernel. The > > advantage (apart from tons of bug fixes and cleanup) > > is that reiser is yet integrated in the main kernel tree for the > > 1-pre series from Linus. Then, you just have to look for a suitable > > supermount patch (I don't know where to get supermount 'cause I hate it). > > The problem is that the 2.4.1-pre7&8 kernels still needs to be patched with > reiserfs-utils to get it working. I've tried compiling them, but got errors > there too :( > > -- > \ Christian A Strømmen / > \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / >Live your life by your dreams, > not by the limits of reality...
Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.0-0.4mdk
Kernel support for reiserfs is scheduled for 2.4.1 which is off in the March 2001 time period. ---Jay Salane wrote: > I have a question concerining 2.4.0 either the test9 or the rpm source. I > have m 7.2 installed with gcc 2.95.3 and full reiserFS. I am trying to > compile the kernel with ReiserFS patch installed. I compile with out problems > using the mandrake docs for reference. When i try to boot the kernel i get a > kernel panic. Does the 2.4.0 kernel series require gcc 2.96 or perhaps i > missed something along the way? Is the kernel rpm going to include reiserfs > support soon? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2?
On a simple setup, check your /etc/hosts.allow. It will contain: in.telnetd:ALL ---Jay Tom Eastman wrote: Sorry, I hate having to ask stupid simple questions but I can't seem to work it out! How do I allow people to telnet to my computer? This is what is in my inetd.conf file: # # These are standard services. # ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd # telnet is uncommented... so why doesn't it work? There must be something simple I'm missing... anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Tom Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] need the backspace to send backspace and delete to send delete in konsole
Subject describes the problem.. When I am connected to a remote system, the backspace is being translated as a delete key and the del is translated as some escape sequence. Anyone know how to change this?? It isnt in any of the options under konsole that I have found. Jay Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] mandrake 7.2 wont start kernel boot
Thank you for replying! I found out this was fixed by taking out the lba32 from lilo.conf. Jay pgeorges wrote: > Jay Harbeston a écrit : > > > > greetings! > > > > I have an HP Vectra VL that has a Pentium Pro 180 mhz processor, 192 meg > > ram, and a Matrox MGA Millenium video card with 4 mb of ram. > > > > When I boot it either using grub or lilo, after I choose to boot my > > linux mandrake 7.2 the linux kernel never seems to get started. I see > > none of the boot messages from the kernel as it has rebooted before any > > messages start up.I only see the messages coming from grub or lilo. > > Do you have a boot floppy ? > Then you can check /etc/lilo.conf, and that /boot contains something > like : > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 23 nov 7 17:59 System.map -> > System.map-2.2.17-21mdk > -rw-r--r--1 root root 216464 oct 5 13:24 > System.map-2.2.17-21mdk > -rw-r--r--1 root root 6132 oct 3 11:18 boot-menu.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 4380 oct 3 11:18 boot-text.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 512 oct 12 20:22 boot.0300 > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 oct 12 20:03 boot.b -> > boot-menu.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 612 oct 3 11:18 chain.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 256 oct 12 20:22 fr-latin1.klt > drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 oct 12 20:22 grub/ > -rw-r--r--1 root root 431 nov 7 18:00 kernel.h > -rw---1 root root39936 nov 5 11:04 map > -rw-r--r--1 root root 289 oct 12 20:22 message > -rw-r--r--1 root root 640 oct 3 11:18 os2_d.b > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 oct 12 21:18 vmlinuz -> > vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk > -rw-r--r--1 root root 665029 oct 5 13:24 > vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk > > Type lilo as root and you should see that linux is configured to boot (I > hope). Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] mandrake 7.2 wont start kernel boot
greetings! I have an HP Vectra VL that has a Pentium Pro 180 mhz processor, 192 meg ram, and a Matrox MGA Millenium video card with 4 mb of ram. When I boot it either using grub or lilo, after I choose to boot my linux mandrake 7.2 the linux kernel never seems to get started. I see none of the boot messages from the kernel as it has rebooted before any messages start up.I only see the messages coming from grub or lilo. help! thanks in advance Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- You could always try out the OSS (www.opensound.com) sound drivers for your card. Evaluation version is free, if you want to use it a license costs around 15$. For some soundcards they offer better support than the linux kernal equivalent, it's worth a try. Jay Summet On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > I've been using the emu10k1 drivers since the first one > appeared; currently using today's snapshot, although I've been using the > version that Mandrake installed when I updated to 7.1 until today. I have > a set of Cambridge SoundWorks speakers that sound fabulous when my wife > listens to CDs or mp3s under Win98. Unfortunately, under Linux they sound > somewhat tinny and fuzzy, sort of like very slight square wave > distortion on a solid state guitar amp, if anyone knows what that > sounds like.. Does anyone else see this difference, or is it just me? > > -- > > Barry Marler > Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory > University of Georgia > Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center > 110 Riverbend Road > Athens, GA 30602 > (706)583-0168 > (706)583-0160(fax) > > > > - Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: - - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOczzY7WkkhmZq4xxAQEEMAP+L+21HSWIvLtP/d3K+j6mcs0prZ5TPhJl oXQfHp3Lr5OhHjT4adO5MoUPXa0G1LqDP7yNKNlgcJajRDla5E/A6oDlmSB1Whjt N0C7DvAYT3U7XoiWUdP6xaPKMSKtvx+MuSblNkEvTqP+7lLlFL80RPK92cYl0ehp dvZcva2RIok= =KCSB -END PGP SIGNATURE- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Can I tell the kernel to always fsck the root?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I will assume that you are using ext2fs. man "tune2fs" OPTIONS -c max-mount-counts adjust the maximal mounts count between two filesystem checks. I would assume that if your root partition was /dev/hda2, and (as root) you issued a command such as: tune2fs -c 0 /dev/hda2 it would set the maximal mounts count to zero, and the filesystem would always be checked. I have never done this myself (fsck takes way too long ;>) but it sounds reasonable given the man page. Jay Summet On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Is there a lilo boot option to the 2.2 kernel that makes it always fsck > the root partition? I'm kinda paranoid, and I like my root partition to > be known clean. > > Thanks in advance. A one-line response email is fine. > > -- Asheesh Laroia. > > > > -- > A Parable of Modern Research: > > Bob has lost his keys in a room which is dark except for one > brightly lit corner. > "Why are you looking under the light, you lost them in the dark!" > "I can only see here." - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOau+nLWkkhmZq4xxAQEJcwP/T5apteL4sf+ebo6MCAl+3laX889M3VHb YKm4ZjmhAMxBMxUwi1l1VxjoxC7SLVoJhYFFKTrVZXrMdCVIaHDMLbi6wtKpFLUV qqfwydVXyaOQ9gWiu/dV0Pf9SiFTN3nevQWOANRWW8wGjCUpfANxmEAKZsDk5m7s NDu9kuuIZ8M= =Xqj2 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] Unexplained crashes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- And check the fan on your CPU. If it has broken/stopped, and the cpu is overheating, the computer may reboot when the cpu gets too hot. Jay On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Ok, I'm a wee bit confused here. My Linux box has started hanging and > rebooting for no apparent reason. ( I know there's a reason, and I'm pretty > sure it's my fault. :) ) > > Here's the scenario. I've been running Mandrake 7.1 on my desktop for a few > week, everything was going along nicely. I installed it on my laptop and > gave ReiserFS a shot. Worked like a dream. So, I decided to re-install and > use Reiser instead of ext2 on my desktop. > > After doing this, everything seemed ok for about half an hour or so, then in > the middle of an Xboing game, the computer rebooted automagically. Struck me > as odd, but the box came up just fine. (I really like how a ReiserFS box > comes back after a crash, btw) Logged back in and started another game of > Xboing. (I can't help it, I like this game) Just like before, the box > rebooted. My first thought was that the game was somehow causing the system > to reboot. (I know, I've spent too much time providing support for MS > products) So, when the box comes back up, I don't start a game, I just let > it sit while I do something else in the room. Yep, it rebooted again. > > As a test, I powered the computer off, and left it off for the rest of the > evening. The next day, I boot back into Linux, start X and dial up to my > ISP. We tool along for a while, longer than 30 minutes, then the box hangs > completely. No alt-fkeys here, it took a hard boot to come back. I try again > a couple more times, not dialing in, but having various programs going, and > get another hang and another reboot. > > Now I'm thinking I have some flaky hardware combination that doesn't like > Reiser, so I do another complete re-install and put everything back to ext2. > Unfortunately, the problem still exists. Doesn't seem to be tied to any > particular program, nor does it have a definate time before it flakes, it > will hang or reboot seemingly at will. > > Hadware specifics: > Cyrix 6x86 PR200 > 64 meg ram (72 pin SIMMS) > 13 gig Maxtor hard drive: 2 Windows partitions (total approx 6 gig), /, > /usr/local, and /home (approx 2 gig each)+ 250 swap linux partitions > Trident 9685(?) PCI video card > > X 3.3.6 running SVGA server > Running default MDK kernel > > The only thing I haven't tried is resetting my BIOS settings. I had tried to > add an old 512 meg hard drive (only under Windows) to move some large files > home from work. The drive never would work, and I removed it from the pc. > > I'm not at the computer, so I can't give you the log files right at the > moment, but I can get them pretty easily. > > Anyone have any ideas? I've even used Tom's rtbt floppy to delete the linux > partitions completely, then try inistalling again. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Wayne - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOZtHf7WkkhmZq4xxAQHvLAQAgyKYIfzMoPvPl2xlX0KW5e0arDXJY+PV 6iEgUAqDDq4kv51m4bnooJwqp7PnPxuIH3uK1dxV9ZlAALsd4VIVXx9GfnxS+FSO AzpDcxuQQIJ3SUtZK9I7arYmDP2+eLz0FU92yFr32eKjVDuMncCdKKFFYM5rzh/+ gnShesTIUZ0= =lUUX -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] IP Ports
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Try this on your local linux box: "more /etc/services" Jay On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Some time ago, someone posted a link to a page that listed and defined all > the port numbers and their purpose. Does anyone still have that link please > ? > > Thanks, Charley - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOYsCQrWkkhmZq4xxAQEusgQAnOhYYEeoON3K96ghMnAN9BiC4/BFCjpY QM28LwdATbdp7YGE0IMEwUk1I6b0NZ3U5hZuuIHwKoBIONYZBRbwkdGMUcrGqJi9 PvuDj8WQOfr08cUfFocege1qZwNlAXvHfDSGihTvKwKCrgiC9wmMIjvr5SCUgwbp LMHDc19svNI= =abWv -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] Vmware??? How to use it.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- You can get a "test" registration number (good for a month) at their website. I've gotten several months worth of these until I finally decided I didn't need to run windows anymore. They also offer an "unsupported" license for 99$, I'm not sure if you can use that in a bussiness setting or not. www.plex86.org is working on making a freeware VMWare clone, they currently have MS-DOS (but not ms-windows) working inside their program. Jay Summet On Wed, 02 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Well...I got it working, only to find out that I needed a lisence to use > it and the lisence costs a wopping $330 US dollars! I just about > choked! IT's really cool too. I was right there ready to start everything > up...the boss was looking on and I could tell he was impressed with me, > when much to our, especially mine, dismay we found that we couldn't > activate the thing without a registration number. > > Now I'm really bummed! > > -- > Mark > > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496 > > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Kenneth G. Kay wrote: > > > > > See http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/ > > > > > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > > Hi List, > > > > > > Yesterday I saw something in one of the posts about Vmware and decided to > > > go and get it. It's installed and working, but I have No idea how to use > > > it, nor where the documentation is for it. The `man' page is really no > > > help at all. Anyone have any suggestions on where to find info for this? > > > > - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOYjT6LWkkhmZq4xxAQEPGgP+KkY2QHx35X4t44oGPeLVEEIDw0fMHbYB glIXReIabGcGOSevvD419V+GKqkXWbPKcm7JoxGqRSGQVuYmZG+iTsZEFKnEnDyh YbW+mxMXh1x9S4QzcVtfcJ0ZfzQU0Fni9FjaNDNdZJRCHeglulzmxljUHKhsKZxq yOiM4vOxIxE= =wff8 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[expert] 128 bit netscape 4.74 on crypto mirrors soon?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Well, I'm still waiting for the 128 bit netscape RPM to hit the crypto mirrors.... Jay -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOYj0LbWkkhmZq4xxAQHHYQP/faro3OabJ7KSoY91hX89RhalC1gdweu0 WTGKZWbO2wyGooIzg5pK2u9bIRWqRjXyIwnT0d70MfHwLW2FtkP4YJR4CtbR3Nj1 O4QE22DOkXA7HReVyf1FHSYUX+9Hg/X0hrnr55ojlD6Oq+nUPs0UC8oE81AZ3eEA 4LixMjl4uwA= =W0dt -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [expert]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Most likely Partition Magic didn't set up the Linux partitions as expected by Linux. I'd suggest you boot with a Linux floppy (or mandrake install CD) and use the Linux partitioning tools. (ie, just have your Windows partition, and a big blank area on the disk when you start installing Linux). Jay Summet On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just > say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but > that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this > toy. > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:04 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [expert] > > > > > >I set up the partitions with Partition Magic. They show as ext2 and they > >install for version 7.0 fine. The video does not matter. Asd for the hard > >drive, here is the information straight from Windows 2000. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQCVAwUBOYbRe7WkkhmZq4xxAQFizQP/bcd3jIsu303XsvZ/X5K6vWi1AwHaFLC7 HqvgOH0qzvMgcDrRlMSWHZFQJ2v7oM6wTAbdKYs2qGkfQ0kmxVTz5AlFOYZwfVbZ R/f8K5rvG8/qY4CmlqxuWLf1v19iby2szhpeXA+T9kBQvK/Df1PCO6KdtaL2mmW5 /F8WUmvcsZA= =eOxh -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?
4.73 and earlier down to 3.0 or so, has a bug that does not parase JPEG images correctly which MAY allow a malicious JPEG to do a stack smashing attack. (But nobody has come up with anything better than a JPEG that crashes netscape so far) Jay Summet On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Harry Flaxman wrote: > vern wrote: > > > > Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? > > Have it installed and running from ftp.netscape.com I don't know how > much different it is than 4.73. > > Harry
Re: [expert] CD burner Howto..
I followed the instructions at: http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing-2.html for setup, and it worked just fine. (replaced IDE cd-rom with IDE cd-writer) Jay Summet On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Can anyone point me to a good set of instructions for a HOW-TO to > install a CD burner on a working system?? > > I found a number of how-to's that describe HOW TO BURN a cd using mkiofs > and cdrecord, but I need some instructions on how to > ADD a cd burner to a working system. The old CD-ROM has been replaced > with the CD R/RW/ROM. I tried insmod ide-scsi but cd record can't find > it. Obiously, I did something wrong.. Any advice is welcome. > > Alan --
[expert] How to turn off KDM/XDM UDP 177 Xdmcp and X TCP 6000 port listening on Mandrake 7.1
I did a portscan of myself, and found out that by default (security level 3) Mandrake leaves kdm (or xdm) listening to UDP port 177 to support Xdmcp (allows remote hosts to log into my box via X...) and the X server was listening on port 6000 (allows connections to X server) I like to keep the open ports on my box to a minimum (ssh) so I disabled these two, as I only use X locally. (it's a workstation). To do so, here is what I did: in the /etc/initab file, on the last line, I added the "-udpPort 0" option as follows (this turns of XDMCP): # Run xdm in runlevel 5 # xdm is now a separate service x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon -udpPort 0 In the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script, I added the "-nolisten tcp" option to the serverargs="" line, as follows: serverargs="-nolisten tcp" I thought that possibly this would help others wishing to do the same thing. Jay Summet Reason I'm doing this is because of various bugtrack messages about XDM, one listed below: > > Hi, > > Just a minor one this. Discovered during a 5 minute pass of "xdm". I > subsequently discovered "kdm" has copied the xdm core xdmcp code. > > I'm posting this because I think Caldera released an advisory, but a > general discussion of the problem did not yet appear on Bugtraq. > > Further audit of kdm/xdm encouraged; there's quite a lot of it offering > listening ports to the open internet... > > CREDITS > === > > Thanks to Olaf Kirch for assisting looking into this. > > SUMMARY [copied from original discovery mail] > === > > xdmcp.c, send_failed() > > [...] > static char buf[256]; > [...] > sprintf (buf, "Session %d failed for display %s: %s", > (int)sessionID, name, reason); > > As far as I can tell, "name" could well be an arbitrary host name... (This means a buffer overrun attack, for those of you who don't already know) > > COMMENTS > > > Anyone doing a more thorough audit (I literally did 5 mins) should check > the handling of the various files, e.g. Xauth cookie files. GDM had some > problems/race conditions there. > > An audit is probably needed; I hear a couple of distributions ship kdm as > default, and also leave it answering UDP xdmcp requests by default(!) > > Cheers > Chris
Re: [expert] DV Editor
Broadcast2000 ( http://heroine.linuxave.net/bcast2000.html) should do the trick for you... Jay On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi > Does anyone know of a program which will allow me to edit video tapes from > Digital Video Camcorder or even store pictures from a DV camcorder on > disk? > > tia, > > Don --
Re: [expert] Zip Drive Compatibility
I would suggest an IDE or SCSI model. I have a parallel port zip drive, and have yet to be able to get it working under Linux. There are drivers that claim to work, but I haven't gotten them working. (Also, SCSI and IDE are MUCH faster than parallel port for data transfer). I assume you want to be able to move the drive from machine to machine, so an internal IDE wouldn't be optimal (unless you got one for each machine), and a SCSI model would require a scsi adaptor in each computer that you want to use it with. This is the route I'd suggest if you want to use the same drive on more than one computer. Having a SCSI interface on a computer is always nice, you never know what cool SCSI peripherals you might find at a garage sale ;>. You could probably find some cheap scsi adaptor cards on the net, you don't need the latest and greatest for a zip drive... Having a SCSI adaptor built into my motherboard, I'd go with SCSI if I had to buy a zip drive now (already using my IDE ports ;>). If you can get parallel port support working under Linux, that would work well for you, BUT, I'd suggest you buy your zip drive from somewhere that will let you take it back if you are unable to get it working with linux. Jay Summet On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Greetings. > > After much thought, I have come to the conclusion that a Zip Drive will > be my most economical and most efficient cross-platform backup solution. > I'm probably going to Best Buy this evening to pick one up. I need to > know if there are any concerns regarding the model. I'd prefer a > parallel port model. Will any capacity work? > > Thanks, > -- > Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 > My Book <http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm> > My Home Page <http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/> > CVAC Home Page <http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html> > Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it? --
[expert] Quake III doesn't work with XFree 3.3.6 OR 4.0??
Hello all, I've been trying to get the Quake III demo working on my system: Dual PII 333 192mb Voodoo 3 3000 16MB AGP SoundBlaster AWE 64 Mandrake 7.1 install (with XFree 3.3.6 initally). I downloaded and installed the Q3Demo and everything appeared to go ok until I ran it. When I did, the sound was very choppy, and the mouse would barely move. I had to press the tab key 5 times to get down to exit and hit return (took it about 2 seconds between moves.) I figured it might be GPM, so I killed gpm off, no difference. I figured I may as well try upgrading to XFree86 4.0 so I did so (downloading directly from XFree86.org) and had the same problems. Then I noticed the XFree86 4.0 mdk.rpm on the install CD, so I erased my current setup and used that to upgrade to 4.0, same problem. (X windows is working correctly in all cases other than the Q3Demo problems outlined above.) It appears that my version of Xfree doesn't matter, and I was wondering if anybody else had fixed this problem? Thanks, Jay
Re: [expert] Pilot Problems
I use Kpilot, and I've found that even when Kpilot is running, the palm won't "hot-sync" until the actual program that interfaces with the serial port (called kpilotDaemon) is running. Try running a terminal (alt-f2, type xterm) and then running kpilotDaemon in the terminal so that you can view any error messages produced. Also, I suggest that you say that you HAVE NOT synced your pilot for the first time already, as the software under windows is different from the linux software, and I expect that the linux software wants to do a full backup of your pilot the first time, and only do an incremental backup after that. Jay Summet On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is a repost. > > I'm having problems syncing my Pilot under Linux. Of course, as if > to spite me, > it works just fine under Windows. > > I'm running hte developer install of Mandrake 7.1 with Helix Gnome > 1.2 installed. > I selected full installations for both Mandrake and Gnome. The rpms > for > pilot-link, gpilot and kpilot are all installed. > > I have done a chmod 666 to /dev/ttyS1 and am able to download > pictures from > my camera from that port without problems using gPhoto. > > When I try to use the GPilot Applet, I am walked thru the setup and I > choose > /dev/ttyS1, 9600 baud and indicate that I have synced the Pilot > previously > (I assume this is correct as I have Synced under Windows). When > prompted, I > hit the HotSync button and... nothing happens, the PIlot times out. > I have > disabled the timeout on the Pilot and let it attempt to Sync for ~10 > minutes w/o success. > > I have also tried $ pilot-xfer /dev/ttyS1 -i foo.prc, and I get > prompted to hit the > Sync button - again the Pilot times out. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks! > > m- --
Re: [expert] DISCUSION Upgrade (fwd)
Suggest you default to CONSERVATIVE but allow the user (perhaps in EXPERT mode?) to chose from the others. Jay Summet > 1) CONSERVATIVE: just freshen those packages which can be freshened and > leave the rest of the system as it is > > 2) FORCED: Force instalation of a new "core" system, even if this > means downgroading, or breaks some functionality of the already installed > system, then go on with freshening the rest of the packages. > > 3) REPAIR: Like conservative, but try to repair existing packages too, > If we find out that some of the files are missing, or that someone fooled > with binaries, reinstall the package (even if it means downgrading!) > > 4) FORCED REPAIR: like 3, but make sure that "core" system is installed in > the end, like in 2 > > 5) VANDAL: force install of the core, and upgrade of those packages we > provide. The rest can go to hell. ;->> > > 6) SUPER-VANDAL: like 5, but i make sure that all packages older than one > year are removed from the system. (ups, I just found another variable for > sorting packages!) > ...
[expert] OpenSSH vs ssh.com ssh 2 with forwarded ports.
I normally forward ports for POP3 and SMTP (ie, -L 2223:mailbox.myisp.com:25 -L
:mailbox.myisp.com:110 ) with SSH.
However, they upgraded to SSH 2.0.10 from ssh.com, and I'm using the Mandrake
OpenSSH.
I can connect to them (for telnet like usage) by using the "-2" switch to force
SSH version 2 mode on. However, when I attempt to forward ports, everything
appears to work until I try to connect through the forwarded port, at which
time I get an error ("Trying to read more bytes than in buffer") and my SSH
client dies off.
I've installed the regular ssh2 from ftp.ssh.com and it works, but I would have
liked to use OpenSSH instead. Anybody have a solution?
Thanks,
Jay Summet
Re: [expert] KDE taskbar & menubar vanish after screensaver kicks in?
Yep, too simple ;> The previous suggestion of re-starting "kpanel" via alt-f2 is what I was looking for. I'd especially be interested if anybody knows WHY kpanel dies off, and how to keep it from doing it in the first place. Jay Summet On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote: > This may be too simple but do you have the "auto hide" feature turned > on for your taskbar and menubar? > vern > > Jay Summet wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > The following has happened to me three times now, intermitantly. > > > > I'll come back to my computer after my screensaver has been on (Kmatrix.kss) > > and type my password. The SS goes away, and I get my desktop with whatever > > programs were on it, BUT, there is no taskbar & menubar from KDE (without the > > task bar I can not "un-iconofy" minimized programs, and without the menubar the > > only way I can start applications is to use the ALT-F2 command run window. > > > > I generally kill off my Xserver at this point and log back in. However, I was > > wondering if there was an easier way (like perhaps running an xterm with > > the ALT-F2 trick, and then starting whatever process is supposed to be making > > my taskbar/menubar). > > > > Anybody know why this is happening? Suggestions on what to try when it does? > > > > I'm running a perty standard Mandrake 7.0-2 install. > > > > Thanks, > > Jay Summet > > -- >V3rn waz h3r3! > Help! My Linux doc. heap has fallen > on me, and I can't get up! > ILOVEYOU is a GNUish plot! --
[expert] KDE taskbar & menubar vanish after screensaver kicks in?
Hello all, The following has happened to me three times now, intermitantly. I'll come back to my computer after my screensaver has been on (Kmatrix.kss) and type my password. The SS goes away, and I get my desktop with whatever programs were on it, BUT, there is no taskbar & menubar from KDE (without the task bar I can not "un-iconofy" minimized programs, and without the menubar the only way I can start applications is to use the ALT-F2 command run window. I generally kill off my Xserver at this point and log back in. However, I was wondering if there was an easier way (like perhaps running an xterm with the ALT-F2 trick, and then starting whatever process is supposed to be making my taskbar/menubar). Anybody know why this is happening? Suggestions on what to try when it does? I'm running a perty standard Mandrake 7.0-2 install. Thanks, Jay Summet
[expert] Fwd: [Fwd: [TL-Security-Announce] openLDAP TLSA2000010-1]
Question...is the OpenLDAP on the "MandrakeUpgrade" servers (that is version 1.2.9) "fixed" or does it exhibit this problem still? I'm assuming that it's the "fixed" version, as the below announcement below credits MandrakeSoft for finding the problem? Jay > __ > > TurboLinux Security Announcement > > Package: OpenLDAP 1.2.9 and earlier > Date: Wed May 17 16:13:03 PDT 2000 > > Affected TurboLinux versions: 6.0.2 and earlier > Vulnerability Type: local users can destroy any file > TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA210-1 > BugTraq ID#: NA > Credits: This vulnerability was posted to Bugtraq in an > announcement by RedHat on April 22, 2000. > __ > > A security hole was discovered in the packages mentioned above. > Please update the packages in your installation as soon as possible or > disable the service. > _ > > 1. Problem Summary > > From MandrakeSoft's excellent summary: > OpenLDAP follows symbolic links when creating files. The default > location for these files is /usr/tmp, which is a symlink to /tmp, > which in turn is a world-writable directory. > > 2. Impact > >Local users can destroy the contents of any file on any mounted >filesystem. >
Re: [expert] WHY IS MY MESSAGE NOT BEING POSTED?!used 2b:Mandrake 7 Security Levels.
This is the third time *I've* seen your message [that I remember]. I'm not subsribed to the digest, so I get the messages as soon as somebody sends them. Usually, the digest stores up messages for a day or more and then sends them all at once. To answer your question, the documentation you want is at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/userguide/en/reference/017.html#157 (Chapter 7 : MSEC -- Mandrake SECurity tools.) The problem you had finding it is a common one, as it's listed under the MSEC keyword. Jay Summet On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote: > This is now the 5th time I send this message.. What's going on, why doesn't > my message get posted in the expert digest ?!?!?! > > Hi, is it just me or is there some documentation somewhere that explains in > DETAIL what each of the various security levels in Mandrake actually do ?! > > - There appears to be no help with description in the install procedure > - Using locate in the shell to look for "paranoid, security" and other > words doesn't seem to turn up anything. > - Using the search engine on Mandrake's web page for unique words like > "paranoid" turns up zip, nada! > - Google can't find anything either > - Nobody on IRC seems to know > - Nobody seems to be asking this question in newsgroups (i searched deja.com) > > I'm not a hard core programmer to go digging through source to figure out > what the various levels are actually doing. Please point me to some > detailed description. If there is one, it sure as heck should be more > obvious!! I saw dozens of posts on newsgroups and IRC channels of people > selecting paranoid and then not being able to login as root ! > > Thanks in advance, > > Luis. --
Re: [expert] licq-70 Final
As Mandrake uses KDE, why not include (either instead of LICQ or in addition to it) the Klicq. (almost the same, but supports KDE). I'm using it, and quite happy with the 0.6x version. Jay Summet On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > It used to be in previous Mandrake releases... how about including it > again in cassini (?) > > > There is a new licq webpage and release, 0.70 final. Lots of bug fixes > and a couple of minor additions, including a 64x48 icon for use in the > gnome/kde panels. > > --- > Graham Roff [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Waterloo ICQ #2127503 > Computer EngineeringCanada > - > The LICQ announcement list. > To unsubscribe send a mail with "unsubscribe licq-announce" > in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > > SK > >
RE: [expert] Strange problem ? (ppp)
One possibility: The kPPP that comes with M6.0 has a bug. If you user does NOT adjust their speed setting, it leaves a "blank" setting in the config file. This blank setting will keep pppd from connecting properly (ie, dial up works, login script works, but PPP doesn't come up). To fix: 1) Toggle the speed setting (ie, set to 9600 and save, then back to 115200 and save) 2) upgrade to later version. Jay Summet On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Here's the last two suggestions from the helpdesk (oxymoron) so far. I've > >not had a chance to implement the last one but will do that tonight. > > > Well, I%ve just resolved my ppp connection problem. > First I downgrade to ppp 2.5 but the problem continued. So I made a direct > connection via ppp, without Kppp, and bingo!, I didn%t have any more troubles > ( a loop of ~30 seconds of good data rate transfers then ~15 seconds with a > poor transfer rate). I checked the updates and discovered that my "kdenetworks" > package was not the last available, so I made the upgrade to "kdenetworks" and > to the "ppp" package. Now my ppp link is excelent. > > Does someone know what was wrong with the original Kppp that came with MDK 6.0 > ?. > Jorge Carminati. > > > >
Re: [expert] S3 Virge / GX and Mandrake 6.0
I have an #9 Revolution 3D AGP video card and have the same type of problem. The I128 x-server garbles the text mode. Reboot fixes it. I've e-mailed the author, and he says it's a known bug, so far I haven't found anything to fix it besides a reboot. To cope, I: 1) Stay in X all the time! (not TOO hard...) 2) memorize where important commands are when you do need to be outside of x. (ie cd /usr/local/3Dfx/bin/; test3Dfx to restore 3Dfx card...) Jay On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > I have an S3 Virge / GX PCI video card. Whenever I go into > GUI mode and then exit back to console mode, to get a > useable screen I have to reboot. Switching to another > virtual console doesn't help. The text doesn't get cleared > away, and it's oversized as well. This makes it nearly > impossible to view the current text. > Also, Mandrake doesn't seem to like the SMP Pentium Pro. My > tech says that the SMP kernel doesn't work well with my > hard drive (an old Seagate / Conner 850 MB IDE) > > Has anyone else experienced anything like this? >
Re: [expert] Fw: [newbie] VMWare X Server
I can't comment on the S3 webserver. I have a Number9 Revolution 3D (uses the I128 server) and I changed over to the VMWare version of the I128 server. I didn't notice any _new_ abnormalities, and the vmware full screen mode is LOADS faster. Jay Summet On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, NoOne wrote: > > > > Is it safe to install VMWare X Server? I've got S3Trio64V+. It's said that > > it is accelerated and works better than the original, but I'd like to have > > not only manufacturer's oppinion... > > > > Thanx > > NoOne > > > > > > > >
Re: [expert] Linux Mandrake 6.0 Question
My point was that the install program did not automatically pick the SMP kernel for me, which the original poster claimed that it should do. Either he was wrong, or that feature does not always work. Jay W. Summet On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Arandir wrote: > On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I used Mandrake 6.0 and I have a Dual Pentium II system, and the install > > program didn't do this for me! I had to re-compile the kernel and enable > > SMP support before it would see my second CPU. > > Mandrake includes a precompiled SMP kernel. Poke around on the CD ROM. There > were several kernels for various things there all ready to go. No need to > recompile, unless you want to. > > -- > Arandir... > ___ > <http://www.meer.net/~arandir/> >
Re: [expert] Linux Mandrake 6.0 Question
I used Mandrake 6.0 and I have a Dual Pentium II system, and the install program didn't do this for me! I had to re-compile the kernel and enable SMP support before it would see my second CPU. Jay Summet On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Brett Jones wrote: > The install will pick up you dual cpu's and install a kernel that will support > them out of the box (nice touch I think). Pick up a good mid range card. A 4 meg > AGP Diamond card would be a good choice if the budget is tight. Or if you got > the dough a G200 16 meg card would be super sweet. I've had good luck with the > pci realtek 10/100 cards. Mandrake 6.1 from what I understand is the cooker > version, a development version. Make sure you download the updates and install > them straight away. > > Is the drive dedicated to Linux? Make sure the /boot directory is under the > 1023 cylinder on the drive. When you partition it make a 15 meg partition first > off and mount is as /boot > > When you run the install choose custom, then select the packages you want to > install by hand. It's a great way to learn about the system and the packages on > it. > > Have fun. > > -- > Brett Jones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!
I'm not sure if this is going to help, but I also had problems with my CD-Rom when updating from 5.3 to 6.0. The change is that in 6.0 the kernel uses DMA by default for CD-Roms, while in 5.3 it did not. My problem was that my cd-rom was buggy and would crash the computer whenever I tried to mount it. I used the hdparm program to tell the kernel not to use DMA for the cdrom, something like: "hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb" and it fixed my problems. Not sure if DMA vs nonDMA is your problem though, but that is one change from 5.3 to 6.0 that I had to work around. Jay Summet On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Bob Jiggins wrote: > Ken > > > Have you tried just using 'mount /mnt/cdrom'? > > > > yes I have - and every other command I can think of and others. > The result is still the same - very, very odd - especially as the > same hardware works perfectly under redhat 5.2! > > Bob > > Bob Jiggins > Research Unit in South East European Studies > University of Bradford > West Yorkshire > UK > > Tel: +44(0)7050 615511 > Fax: +44(0)7050 644569 > PGP 5.0i Encryption - Public Key Available > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [expert] Fixed frequency monitor
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Marco Fioretti wrote: > 1) HARDWARE: I know I can blow the monitor doing this, > but what about the video card and other PC > parts? Is there any possibility that I > permanently damage anything INTO the PC case > while playing with this? Yes. It is possible to blow the video card. Nothing TOO spectacular, shouldn't hurt other components, but the video card will stop working. I've done this myself on a DOS system using a Sun Monitor. I expect that the OS diffrence (DOS/Linux) won't matter. However, it's not easy, I fiddled with it for a long time before doing this. > 4) TEXT MODE: I'm almost sure this is not possible, but let's > ask: Is there any way to have mandrake also run > without X windows, text mode only, on such a > combination of video card and monitor > (maybe like having the 640x480 mode or whatever it is > appear only on one fraction of the screen?) The card I had came with (ms-Dos) software to change the settings for the text display modes as well (basically, a modeline for text mode) and I was able to get text mode working in Dos without much trouble. However, I don't know of anything in Linux that will allow you to change the card settings for text mode. Jay Summet
Re: [expert] Ok, I give...how to install new kernel?
Well, I finally re-installed Venus again, and tried to use the kernel-smp-fb (version 2.2.9) package. It didn't work, and I think I figured out why: 1) Venus by default comes with the following line in lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk instead of image=/boot/vmlinuz although there IS a link from /boot/vmlinuz to the actual kernel. So, even if the /sbin/installkernel script had worked correctly, lilo would still have loaded the old kernel, however: 2) For some reason, the /sbin/installkernel script didn't work correctly. It was meant to make backup copys of the old stuff, and then create a link from /boot/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and from /boot/System.map to the new map. However it didn't do so, instead making a file called "vmlinuz-" which has zero bytes in the /boot directory. Before I could document exactally what whent wrong (I suspect something about everything after the dash being left out) I fixed the problem by setting up the links correctly and changing the Image= line in the lilo.conf file, re-ran lilo and it worked! So, The RPM didn't work, posibly because of two reasons 1) because of the default lilo.conf file, and 2) the install script either has a bug, or my computer has some bug that keeps it from working (this was a brand new venus install) Anyways, I think that my original problem was me forgetting to link the new System.Map, but that particular RPM also has a problem. I'm also wondering why the Image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk line is in the default lilo.conf if everything else says to make a link from /boot/vmlinuz (which should be set in lilo.conf) Thanks to all the people who sent me suggestions, specific replys follow: To: Axalon Yes, bzlilo will force a bzImage if not already done. When I do a bzImage I can walk away and eat something, then come back and run bzlilo (which now only takes 30 seconds or so). To Bernhard: I didn't know that mandrake had various diffrent kernels in RPM format, that was nice to find out. However, eventually I *WILL* want to install something wierd where there isn't a standard kernel for (secure filesystem, whatever..) so I wanted to find out what went wrong. I also didn't realize that when it "hung" it wasn't really a fatal error and pressing CTRL-C would get me past it (without modules, but hey) that was nice to know. (didn't remember the "depmod -a" command before I fixed it, so dont' know what the results would have been). To Tom: I'm not SURE, but I think I probably forgot to move the System.Map or link it correctly..Thanks. Jay Summet
[expert] Ok, I give...how to install new kernel?
Ok, I have a dual CPU MB, so the first thing I want to do is recompile with SMP support. make clean make xconfig make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install make bzlilo Unfortunatally, "make bzlilo" doesn't install the kernel correctly, apparently because the lilo.conf file points to the kernel in the /boot directory. No problem I think...edit lilo.conf to point to the new /vmlinuz kernel, re-run lilo to install it, and the new kernel boots, and then promptly hangs when "Finding Module Dependencies". After re-installing (I'm at a temp job working out of a motel, don't have rescue boot disks, just install boot floppy from 5.3 and 6.0 CD...) I tried just overwriting the old kernel image in the /boot directory (file name called vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk or something like that) re-running lilo and rebooting. Same error, hangs up after turning the HD for 15 seconds at the "Finding Module Dependencies" part. I assume that there is something simple I'm doing wrong? Jay Summet
Re: [expert] Bad hdparm settings in rc.sysinit
I too had filesystem errors until I erased the "-q -m16" part from the hdparm line. I personally feel that anything like this that even has the potential for causing problems for even a small percentage of users should be made an option to enable, not disable. If I hadn't been on this list, I probably wouldn't have known what to try to fix the FS errors that kept poping up. Jay Summet On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Gerben Welter wrote: > At 18:37 6/30/99 -0400, you wrote: > > >Greetings. I have what seems to me to be a rather serious complaint/bug. > > > >I recently installed Mandrake 6.0. Shortly thereafter I started noticing > >hard disk problems that I couldn't explain, including filesystem corruption > >and I/O errors. I've had no problems with my disks before this. I > >eventually tracked down the problem to this code in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: > > I never got that far. After a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0, hdparm let my > system hang when booting. So I had to uncomment the hdparm part of > rc.sysinit. Maybe Mandrake should leave hdparm out and put it somewhere > else as a hd tune script. > > Grtz Gerben. > >
