Re: [expert] 7.1 network install
I had this when I installed MDK 7.02 on my laptop. I *think* I had to switch to one of the virtual consoles during the install and modprobe some sort of ide-hd driver...sorry I can't be more specific, but this was a long time ago - perhaps this posting might jog someone else's memory? On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Hans Sandsdalen wrote: > > Hi > > I have problems installing mandrake 7.1 from a nfs image. I get an error > > in "setup filesystems": "no valid devices were found on which to create > new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this > problem" > > I am able to access the disk after booting from a DOS-diskette, or a > linux rescue diskette. What is the problem? > > -- > /hans > / > /HANS = High Availability No Superman > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk == Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] making a Kmenu item ask for "su"
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > > > How can I make my new entry of diskdrake behave in the same manner when a user > clicks on it so that it gives you the option to sign in as su? > Change the command that your menu entry executes from: DiskDrake to: su -c "DiskDrake" -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk == Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] making a Kmenu item ask for "su"
Sorry! My previous post should have said to change the menu item to: kdesu -c "DiskDrake" rather then just using the plain old su command. -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk == Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Problems installing RPM's on 7.1
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > > Have you tried to rpm --rebuilddb > For some reason my mandrake 7.1 wont update some package > entries into database > Yeah, I did that...I'm wondering if maybe "rpm --initdb" might be better. What files would I need to backup in order to keep a copy of the existing RPM database? I see that there's a bunch of stuff in /var/lib/rpm, but is there anything else tucked away that I need to be aware of? -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk == Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Problems installing RPM's on 7.1
I have a fresh install of 7.1 on the PC I use at work. I seem to be unable to install any RPM's at all. As an example, I wanted to install Star Office today, this is what happened: [phile@pc35:~] $ su Password: [root@pc35:/home/phile] [# urpmi staroffice-en-5.1a-2mdk Failed dependencies: glibc-2.1.3-17mdk requires /sbin/ldconfig [root@pc35:/home/phile] # ls -l `which ldconfig` -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 219544 Mar 31 20:33 /sbin/ldconfig* [root@pc35:/home/phile] # rpm -qvf /sbin/ldconfig ldconfig-1.9.5-18mdk [root@pc35:/home/phile] # urpmi ldconfig no package named ldconfig [root@pc35:/home/phile] # urpmi ldconfig-1.9.5-18mdk no package named ldconfig-1.9.5-18mdk [root@pc35:/home/phile] # rpm -qv ldconfig ldconfig-1.9.5-18mdk Anybody got any suggestions as to what might be wrong here? -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk == Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ipchains logging
Why do I keep getting messages from "mandrax.org"? Has the mailing list changed in some way that I'm not aware of On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, you wrote: > You've gotten Logcheck from Psionic, did you also get (and install) > Portsentry? > > If portsentry was tripped, and added the offending host to the route table > and the IP to the /etc/hosts.dent file, no packets will be logged for that > host anymore. > > Or, is it that DENY pakect logging stops altogether for ALL offenders after > a while? > > --Greg > > > Hi, > > > > There was a thread on this a while back, but after a while ipchains stops > > logging denied packet messages to /var/log/messages and it all goes > > suspiciously quiet. I know it's not logrotate that's causing the problem > > because I'm using Psionic logcheck to scan my logs every 15 minutes and > it's > > smart enough to cope with log rotations (mostly). > > > > I'm running MDK 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16-9mdksecure (from the 7.1 updates) > > > > Any suggestions gratefully received. > > > > TIA, > > > > Tony > > === > > Tony Smith > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: +44 1189 893200 > > === > > > > > > > ______ > message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com > emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums > Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement) -- Regards Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Printing via SMB Stopped Working
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: Have a look in your /var/spool/lpd/lp directory and check the permissions of a file called ".config".I found that there is something (in mdk-7.02, at least - haven't installed 7.1 on my production machine yet) that changes the permissions on this file so that only root can read it. The lpd daemon runs as it's own user "lpd", so all SMB printing stops. Like I said, I'm not sure if this problem has been carried over into 7.1, but it's probably worth checking. > I'm not sure if this belongs on the Samba list, but I thought I'd start > here first since I subscribe to this list. > > I installed 7.1 about a half week ago. During the install I setup my > printer - an HP1120C hanging off a Windows 98 box (I know, I know.) - as > a SMB attached printer. I've given the config tool the name of the box, > the ip address of the box (name is resolved fine, ip address is static), > and the correct queue name. This worked perfectly for the test print and > for a couple of days after. > HTH -- Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Can't print from Drake 7.0 to Windows machine since upgrade from Drake 6.1
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Since upgrading from 'Drake 6.1, I have been unable to print from my Linux box > to a printer attached to a Windows machine elsewhere on my network. The printer > does work, other machines can print to it. > I had the exact same problem after doing a fresh install of LM7.02 onto my LM6.1 box at work > I have Samba 2.0.6 installed (not from rpm) in /usr/local/samba and I have > changed /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/smbprint to point to > /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient. For kicks, I've even tried setting "chmod -R 777 > /var/spool/lpd/lp". > This is so, so, so close to the solution > When I try to print, no packets are sent to the remote machine, therefore I > have concluded that the problem exists on the local 'Drake 7.0 box. > Absoutely right!!! > Help! > Okay, then, seeing as you asked so nicely. I had a printer set up called "carolq", because it was attached to Carol's PC. LM6.1 printed to it with no problems, LM7.02 didn't want to know. After a couple of hours scratching around, I ended up in /var/spool/lpd/carolq. In that directory I found a hidden file called ".config". This file had it's permission set such that it was only readable by root. This is unfortunate, since the printer daemon runs as its own user, lpd. A quick "chmod 666 .config" solved the problem for me. Oh, you also need to be aware that if you do anything at all to the setup of this printer using printtool or any of the other nice GUI front ends, it will set the permissions back to 600 on your ".config" file, so you'll need to fix it again. Please let the list know if this fixes your printing problem. I'm about to install 7.1 on my laptop, so I'll check what happens when I set printers up there. -- Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] A simple script
On Fri, 19 May 2000, Lang Zhi wrote: > Hi. > I need to backup some files every day. So, we use cron right ? > The file format is like this : abc.2519. > So the next day, the new backup file will be named abc.2520 and so on. > > The problem here is, how do i get the "2520", "2521" and ... ? > This is actually the current date. I try to use the "date" , then "cut" and > "tr" it, but it doesn't work. > > So, any idea guyz ? > Any other command that can be use ? > try this from a shell prompt: date +%Y%m%d I'll leave the incorporation of this into your script as an exercise for you... -- Phil Edwards Technical Services Engineer == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] PCMCIA image?
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > Anyone know where we can download the "official" fixed PCMCIA image > for Mandrake 7.02? > John If you can't find somewhere to download the "fixed" image from, here's a step-by-step list of what I did to make a fixed boot disk. The following assumes that you are logged on as root, with the original, "unfixed" PCMCIA.IMG diskette mounted as /mnt/floppy: 1. cd /root 2. cp /mnt/floppy/pcmcia.rdz pcmcia.rdz 3. gunzip -S .rdz pcmcia.rdz 4. mount -t ext2 -oloop=/dev/loop0 pcmcia /tmp/a 5. mkdir -p /tmp/a/modules/net 6. cp -p /tmp/a/modules/modules.cgz modules.cgz 7. gunzip -S .cgz modules.cgz 8. cpio -ivdumB 8390.o < modules 9. cp -p 8390.o /tmp/a/modules/net/8390.o 10. umount /tmp/a 11. gzip -S .rdz -9 pcmcia 12. rm -f /mnt/floppy/pcmcia.rdz 13. cp pcmcia.rdz /mnt/floppy/pcmcia.rdz 14. sync; sync; sync 15. umount /mnt/floppy You can now boot from the "bootnet.img" floppy, insert the "pcmcia.img" when asked. I have successfully installed LM 7.02 on my Tulip laptop using the modified boot disk produced by this procedure. Now, if only I could get the text mode install to work properly, I'd be happy! -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] ISO Image Downloads
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, Civileme wrote: > > They are images of compressed files anyway. rpms are very much compressed and > additional compression on them in my experience has led to corruption. > > Civileme Ahh - I wasn't entirely sure if RPM's were already compressed or not. That explains things... -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] ISO Image Downloads
Not sure if this comes under the "Stupid Questions" heading or not, but is there any reason why the .iso images on the various ftp mirrors can't be compressed to make for a (slightly) quicker download? -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] OT (possibly) Linux and SMP
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > As Rich said you'll want chips from the same lot/batch. You may want todo > the same for your ram, for no better reason than i've got 4 semi identical > chips differing only by lot # that i can't intermix. Don't know if thats > the board the ram or bios revision, i didn't dig just said Hmpf and put it > back the way i had it.. > Given that it's currently cheaper to buy a pair of 128MB PC100 DIMMS than a single 256MB, that may well have caught me out! Thanks! > I have two, love them to death. You can't beat them for SMP on the desktop > for under 600 dollors. > Excellent, just what I was hoping to hear! > > -- > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > --Axalon -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] PPPD Demand works, but...
For the full lowdown on this, point your web browser at: http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux To quote from that page: >> Add this line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: >> >> >>echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr >> >> >> >> This tries to makes your system "hold" outgoing packets until your >> dynamic IP address assignment is in place. With this set, you >> should be able to start up Netscape on a Windows box and enter a >> URL, which causes the Linux box to dial and connect you before >> Netscape gives up and displays its timeout message. Hope this helps! On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, AS T wrote: > Hi, > I finally got the pppd demand option to work. I have > noticed though that if I start the browser on a client > pc (Win98) and cause my server (linux with pppd) to > dial, the browser continue to say "finding > www.xyz.com" even after the connection is established. > If however, I stop the browser and refresh it, it > will work and I get to see the web site. > By the way, I don't have this problem if the > connection is already established. > Any idea? > Thanks > > ______ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] md5sum mandrake70-2.iso
That's interesting - check out the dates on this mirror: == $ ftp ftp.mirror.ac.uk Connected to ftp.mirror.ac.uk. 220 - Name (ftp.mirror.ac.uk:phile): anonymous 331-UK Mirror Service FTP server version 1.4 ready 331 Guest login ok: please send your email address as the password Password: 230- Welcome to the UK Mirror Service funded by JISC 230- More information can be found at our web site: http://www.mirror.ac.uk/ 230- Please send comments or questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230 Logged in for anonymous FTP Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd /sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/iso 250 Current directory now /sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/iso ftp> dir 200 Data port set 150 About to open data connection -r--r--r--1 ukms ukms 1398 Jun 30 1999 README -r--r--r--1 ukms ukms 671809536 Feb 1 06:29 mandrake70-2.iso -r--r--r--1 ukms ukms 51 Feb 1 09:05 md5sum 226 Transfer complete == I wonder why the ISO image here is dated February 1st? Does this mean they're carrying an outdated image? As this is a mirror of sunsite.uio.no, I had expected it to be reasonably up to date. Could someone from MandrakeSoft clear this up? On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Johnthere have been two Air iso's, 7.0 on January 14th and > > 7.0-2 on Febuary 4th. > > > Hmm. Ok. I've got the 70-2.iso imageso I guess I've > got the right one... :-) > John -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] OT (possibly) Linux and SMP
This probably isn't, strictly speaking, the right place to post this, but I trust the opinions and expertise of the people on this list more than the collective wisdom of most of Usenet. Now, having got your attention in the nicest possible way... :-) I'm planning to upgrade my machine at home this summer. It's currently running mdk-6.1 without any problems at all. My plan is to install an ABIT BP-6 motherboard and 2 Celeron 500 processors. I'm sure I've read somewhere that if I were to do this with (for example) dual Pentium II CPU's, I'd have to be careful to buy processors with the same stepping level (whatever that is - I just read it, I don't necessarily understand it!!) Does this apply to Celeron CPU's? Is anybody in here using a BP-6 motherboard? Any horror stories to tell, or even any praises to sing? As a relative 'newbie' as far as SMP is concerned, is there anything lurking in the shadows which might trip up the unwary? Thanks for your indulgence! -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Re: timeout sending Config-Requests [Incident:mcpaid000219-0017]
t start. > > LCP is the system where client and server sides negated what ppp > features are to be used in that particular connection. > > If you turn up the debug you will see it negotiating things like > comress/chap/pap etc, the problem here (and I have not seen this for > years) is that neither end wants to become the master, so each side is > expecting the other side to set the terms of the negotiation. result is > a LCP time-out. > > I think I solved this a long time ago by forcing a CHAP negation. > > I see this effect from win9x ppp connections sometimes too. > > I haven't seen it from a ISP in a long time. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] 2 IP address - 1 nic
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Patrick Putteman wrote: > I'd rather see Mandrakesoft fix the IP Aliasing problem that exists with > Mandrake 6.x and probably 7 (haven't tried that yet) than give > unconstructive comments. > I don't know about your other problems, Patrick, but I found recently that IP Aliasing *does* work in MDK 6.1, but *only* if your network card driver is compiled into the kernel as a module. I discovered this by accident recently when I had to reboot my MDK 6.1 box and forgot to type "newkernel" at the LILO prompt - it loaded the vanilla 2.2.13-22mdk kernel and my IP aliases came up automatically. I rebooted the machine, using my self-compiled kernel, and no IP aliases appeared. Note that you will need to have the "initscripts-4.23-35mdk" RPM installed for this to work. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Xterms in KDE
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Glyn Millington wrote: > Greetings. How do I change the colours of background and text in an Xterm on KDE - >it doesn't seem to respond to .Xdefaults adjustments. > > Many thanks for any light you can shed on this > > Glyn M. It's not documented in the KDE help (then again, not much is) but if you have a look at the contents of /usr/share/apps/konsole you might find something which helps you... -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] AHA 2904 SCSI kontroller from Adaptec
On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, Oeystein Hermansen wrote: > Has anybody tried the Adaptec 2904 PCI SCSI adapter ? > > Is it working ok ? > > > > Oystein H Got one installed in a machine running Redhat 6.0, with a Yamaha CD-RW attached to it. Absolutely no problems at all - it was even detected automatically by the RH installer. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.0
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: > > MandrakeSoft has announced that Mandrake 7.0 will not proceed to commercial > release. Quality was the given reason. > Where was this announced? I haven't been able to find anything to this effect on the Mandrake web site. Would you care to comment, Axalon? -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] managing numerous passwords
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Harondel J. Sibble wrote: > > Now presently, I keep all my passwords in a pgp encrypted file on one of > my boxes (backed up to tape and another box) and am curious what methods > people use to keep the password list from growing out of hand. Also > especially when you are admining/maintaining a network of co-located > machines. Do you use say a few passwords that are randomly distributed > between machines, a different password for each machine, or what. > Although I can't claim to know a great deal about it, the usual solution in cases like this is to designate one of your machines as an NIS server - all the user info (including passwords) is then held on the one machine and the rest of the network refers to that server for authentication information. That, I'm afraid, is about the sum total of my knowledge of NIS :-( I got a copy of "Redhat 6 Unleashed" for Christmas, but I haven't got the the chapter on NIS yet.. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] Axalon - Half An Apology....
Axalon: Some weeks ago, I posted to the list complaining that IP aliasing wouldn't work in LM 6.1, even with the updated "initscripts" RPM installed. I've since found out why - I'd reconfigured my kernel so that the driver for my network card was compiled in, rather than having it as a loadable module. This prevents the "modprobe" from working in the network startup scripts. I only discovered this when I accidentally re-booted my machine with the original 2.2.13-22mdk kernel. So - half an apology, Axalon. :-) IP Aliasing *does* work, but not if it has to deal with speed freaks like me, who try to optimise everything in sight! I'll go and hide back under my little stone now, if that's alright with everyone -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Wierd Konsole behaviour
Thanks Matt! I restarted X and that has put my Konsole sessions back to where they should be. On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Matt Stegman wrote: > This will happen if you've started X from a particular subdirectory; > konsole will inherit the working directory that X has. > > -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] Wierd Konsole behaviour
I wonder if anyone can help me with a Konsole problem? Whenever I click the Konsole button on the toolbar, I end up in a bash shell in a sub-directory off my home, rather than being in the home directory as I would expect. This started happening after I had a quite manic editing session yesterday eveing - I had about 8 or 9 Konsole sessions going together with 4 or 5 kfm windows and lots of cutting and pasting. I've checked my bashrc files, and they haven't changed. I've looked in ~/.kde and there doesn't seem to be anything there either. Any suggestions? -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
RE: [expert] Mandrake on laptop
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Schiavon, Jose wrote: > > Also, during the installation of X, the configuration does not allow me to > select other resolution different to 640x480. To fix this I have the > following in my XF86Config (note the DefaultColorDepth and Modes entries): > > I don't know where XConfigurator gets its information from for "LCD Panel", but it seems to me to be quite badly broken. I've always had better luck setting up X on a laptop by selecting one of the "generic" SVGA monitors, i.e. something like "Monitor that can do 800x600 @ 60Hz". As far as PCMCIA support is concerned, I gave away all my Redhat CD's and went over to Mandrake after a number of abortive attempts to either upgrade to or install RH6.1 on my laptop - the RH support team told me that I would have to stick with 6.0, as my PCMCIA controller was not compatible with 6.1. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Strange X-server behavior after dialing out
If you're using kppp to dial out, there's an option somewhere in the kppp setup which tells it to set your machine's hostname upon connection. Make sure that this box is unchecked and you should be okay. On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stephen Clingerman wrote: > Whenever I reboot, the splash screen dutifully reports that I am localhost. > After logging in I am able to bring up xterms, etc. But after I dial out, I > can no longer open any x-windows. From an xterm I had open, if I try to get > another xterm, I get the message that the x-display 0:0 is unreachable (or > something like that - I'm not home to tell exactly the message). If I > shutdown the ppp session and log out, the splash screen shows that my > hostname is now IPnn (nn differs from session to session). Loging back in > and dialing out now allows me to open x-window stuff. I've looked in the > .Xauthority file both before and after this occurs and I don't see anything > uunusual. Any ideas? > > Steve Clingerman -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Zip CD-RW
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > I seem to recall reading that CDR/CDRW drives do NOT use the sc* > designation. I'd suggest checking the archives as I seem to recall > reading a message about that awhile back. > Good luck! > John On my other Linux machine, the SCSI CD-RW drive was always /dev/sr0 HTH -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Stupid kppp problem
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, David Hart wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > So nothing's actually broken, because I still connect and it works fine, > > but kppp continues to tell me it's broken no matter what. Not a big deal, > > but annoying. Can anyone tell me why it's doing that and how to make it > > stop? > > I don't have a solution, but I have had exactly the same problem since > building a custom 2.2.13 final on my LM 6.1 w/ everything install. On my > system, I only get the message the first time I use KPPP after a reboot. Seems > that once the ppp_deflate module has loaded, it doesn't give the message. Also > doesn't give the message if I'm root the first time I run it. > > -- > David Hart > Vincity Design > *Proudly sent from Linux Mandrake 6.1* I've read on one of the other NG's (alt.os.linux.mandrake?) that this happens because of the method that kppp uses to determine whether the current running kernel has ppp support or not. Apparently, it's exploiting a bug in the kernel that was fixed with the 2.2.13 release. There's nothing on the kde.org web site to either confirm or deny this, so YMMV. Regarding Davids comment about ppp_deflate, this would indicate that it may be possible to circumvent the problem by doing a "insmod ppp_deflate" in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] IP-aliasing
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, Nick Kay wrote: > > I agree with phil (well I can almost see him from my desk). If you go here: http://www.linux2000.freeserve.co.uk/about.html Then you will *really* be able to see me from your desk! Slightly OT...sorry! -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] IP-aliasing
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote: > Hi, > > The ifup-aliases script included in the initscripts of Mdk6.1 is buggy. An > update is available through MandrakeUpdate of the initscripts. update your > initscripts package and it will work just fine... > I have to disagree - I've kept up with all of the 6.1 updates, and my IP aliases still don't work. I've resorted to putting an "ifconfig" command into /etc/rc.local toget round it. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] ATI announces official support for Linux OS
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote: > ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that it is fully supporting the > development of drivers for the Linux Operating System and is endorsing > the open source movement by releasing 2D, 3D and multimedia programming > specifications for its industry-leading RAGE graphics technology. > Recognizing > the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is > committed > to ensuring that the open source development community has access to > technical development information on all its key components. > For more info click on the following link, > http://www.ati.com/ca_us/corporate/press/1999/4241.html There aren't many things that really get my back up, but the quote given in this press release does: "I am happy to see the support from ATI for XFree86 and the Linux community" ATI have (to the best of my knowledge) done *absolutely nothing* until now to help the XFree86 project team with any kind of development support. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they've (apparently) changed their minds, but to try and give the impression that they've been a "Linux-Friendly" corporation all along really stinks. I wonder if they'll be happy to put any newly-developed drivers out under the GPL? -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] reread /etc/fstab without reboot
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hi, > how to reread /etc/fstab without rebooting the system ? > > thanks You could try: 1. cd / 2. umount -a 3. mount -a This may work, depending upon your partition layout. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] KDE Konsole Configuration
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > Have you tried: > > export TERM=vt220 > > then attempting the telnet to the AIX box? > Yup. I've found that I can set the TERM environment variable to pretty much anything I want, and Konsole just keeps on generating VT100 escape codes for the function keys. I'm looking at "man xterm" at the minute... -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] KDE Konsole Configuration
I have a requirement to be able to emulate a 7-bit VT220 terminal over a telnet connection to an AIX machine. I'm having a problem with the escape sequences that the KDE Konsole app sends for the various function and cursor keys. Is there a configuration file somewhere that I can hack to make it send the codes I want? -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Oh, Bugger...
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > I'm now all sorted out again, with the 2.2.13-22mdk kernel installed and > > booting properly, all network interfaces up and all filesystems mounted where > > they should be. > > What was the problem with the network interfaces? > > --Derek It was all of my own doing - I installed the 2.2.13-22 RPM, then for some reason which seemed perfectly valid at the time, but which eludes me completely now, I did a "make modules" and "make modules_install", which seemed to reduce everything to non-functioning status in record time! Luckily, it wasn't a PC which I desperately needed to use, so I took the cowards way out and re-installed everything. :-) -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] PCMCIA install broken...?
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Chris Herrnberger wrote: > Derek: > > Using the instructions on the site for P3015ct I was able to get SuSe > 6.0/6.1/6.2/ installed via FTP/PCMCIA. Neither version of Mandrake > 6.0/6.1 have been successful to date. Contacted the Mandrake developers > at 6.0 and was told it would be fixed shortly but also have not seen a > functional image on the Mandrake or Redhat/mirrors sites. > Don't know if this will work for you, but it did for me, on a Tulip Motion Line laptop: I downloaded the boot images from the UK Sunsite server at: http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/Mandrake/6.1b/images, Boot up from the bootnet.img diskette. This should prompt you for the pcmcia.img diskette, from where I was able to do an NFS installation with no further problems. Sunsite has a 6.1 and a 6.1b directory, with the 6.1 being the most recent. I can only presume that the 6.1b is an early beta release of the real 6.1 distro. -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] Oh, Bugger...
My deepest thanks to everyone who replied... I'm now all sorted out again, with the 2.2.13-22mdk kernel installed and booting properly, all network interfaces up and all filesystems mounted where they should be. Thanks again, people! -- Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
[expert] Oh, Bugger...
Up until quite recently, I had a pristine new install of 6.1 on an (almost) brand new PC. Having got everything up and running, I clicked on the "Updates" desktop icon. To my delight, it went off and found me some new versions of stuff. I clicked "select all" and then clicked "Go!". One of the updates was the 2.2.13-22mdk kernel. Now my machine won't boot properly. I've amended /etc/lilo.conf to point at the new kernel image, and run /sbin/lilo to update everything. When I re-boot, the machine gets as far as the "finding module dependencies" bit, then hangs. I can CTRL-C to continue booting up, but then I have no network card, no sound and no access to any of my non-Linux filesystems. I promise that if someone can help me get this fixed, I won't recklessly apply OS updates ever again without checking the documentation and/or making backups first!!! Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
Re: [expert] AIX interoperability
On 9 Nov 99, at 21:32, Bruce Endries wrote: > Does anyone have experience using Linux in conjunction with AIX? > > I am particularly interested in authentication and NFS sharing. > I haven't done anything on the authentication side, but I have an F50 running AIX 4.3.2.0 with SAMBA installed, and that works okay. I also use NFS quite regularly to get stuff across to my Linux box, i.e with the RS/6000 acting as an NFS server. I seem to recall seeing something posted in the comp.unix.aix newsgroup to the effect that if you want to use an AIX box as an NFS client with a Linux NFS server, you need do "nfso -o nfs_use_reserved_ports=1" on the AIX side to avoid the possibility of file corruption. Check the NG yourself, though, before relying on the vagaries of my memory for anything mission-critical! :-) Phil Edwards Technical Specialist == Travellog Systems Phone +44 (0)1444 459016 The Priory, Haywards HeathFax +44 (0)1444 456655 West Sussex, RH16 3LB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] United Kingdom http://www.travellog.co.uk ==
