[expert] Re: [newbie] Partition confusion
bascule wrote: > > perhaps you are confusing advice (often seen in this list) to have a > /boot partition which need only be very small -20mb i think but an > expert will have a better idea of ideal size, > a seperate /usr partion will keep / down, but unless on a seperate drive > total space used remains the same, > newbie mailing list archive is here (as pointed out to me in a different > post!): > http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com > > Yuri K wrote: > > > > Could someone point me to The Ultimate Guide on HDD partitioning, please? > > > > My point: I come across notions to make root partition as small as possible, > > 80-120 Mb being as more than generous amount, etc. > > yet when I try to install I get messages that my root partition is too small > > for the packages i chose. > > > > I understand, that this topic is an eternal one, but I need to crarify it. Bascule -- you're correct about the small /boot partition. A nice 10-20M partition can hold quite a few kernels for playing around with. Yuri -- the one thing that it sounds like the FAQs left out concerning the small root partition is the need to create partitions for all of the large portions that hang off root (/usr, /var, /tmp, /opt, etc, etc). The idea of a small root partition is that in the case of a crash, you have a very small chance of trashing vital system binaries (those things in /bin, /lib, and /sbin). The advantage is that since these files don't change very often, you can mount that partition as read-only and completely bypass the need to fsck them when the system is brought back up. Indeed, by mounting / read-only, you can also reduce the possibilities of unnoticed hacker activity -- they'll need to remount the drive read-write in order to compromise system binaries. That's something that will be noticable to you in the logs. The last thing that it provides is extra protection against "fast fingers". I don't know if it's happened to you, but on more than one occasion I've typed 'rm *' instead of 'rm *~' and trashed a large directory (in my case, /etc. Bad choice, let me tell you!) So, if you're going to use the small root idea, you'll need to do a bit more partitioning on the drive to accomodate it. Here's what I'd try: /boot 10M / 100M /usr2G /var500M /tmp500M /home 2G /opt2G /root 500M Adjust the sizes appropriately for the things that you'll be doing with the system. With a partitioning scheme like this, you could mount /boot, /, /usr, and /opt as read-only and protect the items that are installed there. Leave /var, /home, and /tmp as read-write because that's where applications write their temporary data. Now, doing something like this has its tradeoffs: Pro: Increased protection against script-kiddies and "fast fingers" Reduced likelihood of system corruption in the event of a crash Reduced fsck times after a crash Con: Makes quick administration more difficult because you'll have to remount a read-only partition as read-write in order to make changes Makes system installation and upgrade a bit more taxing because of the need to remember all those partitions and their use. For my home system, I don't go to any of these lengths. I have nothing valuable enough that I can't afford to lose it to a reinstall. I have nothing secret enough that I have to worry about script-kiddies destroying it. I have a firewall secure enough that I don't worry about script-kiddies. :) For my work system, all of those ideas are put to use along with adding immutable flags to system binaries and configuration files (one more thing for a script-kiddie to have to figure out), mounting web content from a read-only media, and tripwire checking nightly. Hope this information helps, -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Mutt or Pine
Wayne Petherick wrote: > > Howdy all, > I have read all of the mutt and pine how to's and man pages that exist and > still cannot get either to work. I appear to have my fetchmail set up properly > in that it downloads my mail fine, but I do not know where to!!! I am guessing > that where it downloads it to is where I have to point my Pine MUA to, but I > cannot find in any how to's where this is and how to set it up. I would > appreciate if anyone would avoid the temptation to point me to another how > to (unless of course it is written for a complete spoon!) and give me some > straightforward settings so I can get (preferably Pine) my mail up and running. > I am gettting frustrated with underdeveloped GUI's. > > TIA, > > Wayne Check /var/spool/mail/. If it isn't there, check your mail transfer/local delivery agent setup to see where it's configured to put the mail. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Version 7.1
Robert Krueger wrote: > > Hello, > I currently have RH 6.1 installed, and have several issues that I had > hoped would be fixed in the upcoming 7.1 LM. These are: > > Linksys LNE 100TX ethernet card w/tulip driver and DSL support. Yes, the tulip chipset is supported by the kernel. > SoundBlaster Live! sound card compatibility Probably need external drivers for it. Check the Creative Labs site for more information. > Promise Technologies Ultra66 DMA support Takes a bit of work, but it's possible to install on drives on the UDMA/66 interface. > HP Deskjet 722C support ( graphics and text ) Not a clue... Check the Ghostscript site for more information. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] multiple X sessions
bascule wrote: > > i have read that it is possible to have more than one X session open (on > different consoles) but when i switch to ctrl-alt-2 for example, and > login and then run startx i get an error message: > Server already active for display 0 >if no server running , remove /tmp/.X0-lock Try startx -- :1 -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] [newbie] Fix the damn mailing lists already
ATTENTION MANDRAKE STAFF: It's been expressed on these lists a couple times now, but noone from Mandrake has deemed it necessary to respond or fix the problem. It would appear that someone has subscribed the expert list to the newbie list. It's causing a doubling of the traffic and is causing messages to be sent to me three times (I'm subscribed to both lists). I'm about ->this<- close to just saying screw it and unsubscribing. I don't have the patience to wade through the duplicates to find the "real" messages. Fix the damn mailing lists. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] msec and startup scripts
tommiy wrote: > > Anyone else noticed that the startup script for mandrake appear to be > slightly stuffed? > > Just look at /etc/bashrc for instance. it checks to ensure that the > /etc/profile file has started by using a variable. Now start an X > session and look at a users path (not root) then start a terminal > session and look at the pathsee something different...the x session > has the path repeated a number of timesanything from 2 to 3 > weird why they did this...i know what they were trying to achieve but it > doesn't work. > > Look at .bashrc which in itself calls /etc/bashrc...but hang on it has > never called /etc/profile so the variable PROFILE_LOADED hasn't been set > so /etc/bashrc runs /etc/profile again and adds to the path yet > againcumaltive effect Old problem, unfortunately. It would appear that noone at Mandrake has taken the time to read the bash manpages to find out how the /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile scripts are supposed to be used and which login types they're used for. Damn annoying... -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] modem/internet connection/cdrom2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks Charles, > > For all of your help trying to figure this out with me. I do not think I > have a winmodem though, it is a 'Creative Modem Sound Blaster Flash56 PCI > DI5630' modem. With an IRQ:10 and I/O:03E8h-03EFh according to my 'windows > system resource report', and from my receipt of purchase. > > I have asked since I first installed and have not yet heard any ideas as to > if it would be a 'good idea' for me to reinstall? As during my installation > I set the modem to the wrong com port? I think I see where my modem is and > Linux is recoginzing it, just not as what it is 'a modem', it appears from > my windows system resource report that my modem has an IRQ;10, also when I > ran > > cat /proc/pci > > that (device 11) as per below, has an IRQ:10 also, which leads me to > believe that it (device 11) is in fact my modem and Linux sees it but it is > not properly defined. How to redefine it, of this I am not sure if it is > best to re-install or if I can manually set the proper configurations for > it from within Linux so that it has the proper settings to function? That odd IRQ could indeed explain alot of your problems in attempting to communicate with your modem. Linux defaults the serial port IRQs to the "typical" IRQ for that port (ie, IRQs 3 and 4). You need to explicitly tell Linux that your serial port is at another IRQ by using: setserial /dev/ttyS irq where you replace with the serial port you're configuring (COM port - 1 (COM1=ttyS0)) and with the IRQ number. > Also if re-installing is the appropriate method, are there any pointers > that anyone could give prior to doing so? I get the feeling that you are > and have been right on target with your ideas regarding my modem, and as a > result I think you have at least helped me to locate it from within Linux. Reinstallation is NOT going to solve your problem. You'll have spent another hour waiting for the new software to install and you'll be in exactly the same place you're in now. Sound productive? Didn't think so. > Thanks again to everyone, > > b/web > Wade > > I thought winmodems were software modems and not hardware modems, something > like a 'unimodem', do I have to purchase a new modem? I also see in looking > through the files at Creative for my model 'PCI DI5630' that my modem is > supported by Win 95/98 and Win NT, and that it has a Data Interface: PCI > bus, and a Host Interface: PCI bus, with a system requirement of Pentium > 100 or higher and a 'PCI slot'? Winmodems are defined by the lack of a $.50 part on the board that supplies a "real" serial port to the operating system. Instead, the emulate the hardware in software and drive the thing that way. All in all, it's a nice way for Intel to get people to buy new chips. You're getting confused by Windows terminology though... "Unimodem" is simply a generic modem driver used under Windows when a modem-specific driver isn't necessary. My Zoom 56k modem uses unidriver, but it is not a Winmodem. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Where is CONIO.H
bluebottle wrote: > > On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote: > > > > Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Steve > > Nice to see you posting again. > Thanks! It's nice to be back. Things have finally slowed down enough that I have time to _play_ with my Linux machines. :) -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > > No, not anymore. If you have an html enabled browser (but I believe only on > Windows machines, and that only because of permissions) you can actually > 'activate' the virus simply by previewing your mail. I'm not an expert, but > I think the only reason there aren't more viruses for Unix / Linux is that > there aren't enough people that no how and actually have the motivation to > write those viruses. Most anybody can write one for Windows with just a > basic knowledge of 'Visual Basic'. Actually, the reason for the lack of Linux virus' is because it's difficult to infect the system binaries and libraries necessary for a good virus outbreak. As a normal user, a virus can only affect files you own. > > Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or > macro and you activating it? > > > > Seve > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM > > Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here > > > > > > Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people > saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might > > have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there > are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I > > feel sorta stupid :) > > > > Thanx > > > > -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] CRON
Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: > > And how do I run, say: > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > > on every startup? > > Thanks Add the command to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] GCC...where are you???
David Ramsey wrote: > > [snip] > pretty much select any package you want. And then it seems that it will > make all the required entries in the environment and required symbolic > links. Otherwise, if you just install the RPM file, it does not. Please understand that the only thing the installer does is use RPM to install a list of packages. Just like you'd do from the command line. The same things happen in either case. Symbolic link and environment creation gets done by post-install scripts within the RPM package that would run the same at install time as they do at the command line. My guess is that you were missing other packages and took the "voodoo problem resolution" method popularized by Windows and reinstalled. If you expect to get much further than the three-days-at-a-time Linux usage, you're going to have to take a bit more time in researching and resolving the problem. Just as an example of the "voodoo problem resolution" method: I work in the IS department with one other person. Part of our job entails monitoring a SQLBase SQL server for crashed and hung processes. We got a call one afternoon that the server was hung. I opened the console tool, found the offending process, and killed it. My partner, who was in the bathroom at the time, came out and declared with a straight face that flushing the urinal must have cleared it up. THAT is what voodoo problem resolution is. No effort to understand the problem or resolution, just declaring that "something" must have fixed it. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] to stop the iloveyou virus spreading do this
Martin Solms wrote: > > > Our cleanup effort? Deleting the "Found a bad attachment" messages from > > the postmaster mailbox and watching the outgoing queue rise because of > > closed SMTP servers on the remote side. > > > > -- > > Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey Steve > > Congrats!! Good to know that you guys have your heads screwed on > correctly and that you were not hit!!! Walking through London yesterday > they had huge newspaper headlines: Virus hits London etc!!! Sometimes it pays to have a back-asswards network where no two machines even come close to matching. :) -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Permissions
Wizaerd wrote: > > Coming from a MS background, the hardest thing I've had to deal with in > trying to learn Linux is the file permissions stuff. In MS, everything is > open until you specify permisssions for it, but in Linux it's completely > opposite of that. Everything is locked down until you tell it to be more > open. This has always been a stumbling blcok for me. > > I have Apache and PHP on my system. Apache starts as root but child > instances are run as nobody. In a PHP script I'm trying to make a directory > but am told I do not have the required permissions to do that (which would > mean 'nobody' doesn't have the correct access rights.). > > How do I make /home/Apache/htdocs a directory that 'nobody' can create other > directories in? Add "other" group permissions to the htdocs directory. Something like: chmod o+rwx should do the trick, but is NOT RECOMMENDED. Allowing the webuser to modify the web site is a problem just waiting to be exploited. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?
Hash wrote: > > On Fri, 05 May 2000, Steve Philp wrote: > > > * Add the '*' to the /etc/ppp/[chap|pap]secrets files. > > * Add the noauth line to kppp > uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. > > > ping www.yahoo.com > > ping 216.32.74.51 > > > > works, you've got DNS troubles. In that case, check /etc/resolv.conf to > > ensure that you've got the correct IP numbers entered. > > > Hi... > Does kpp read /etc/ppp/*.secrets file ?...Mine are empty > Also the /etc/resolv.conf file only contains the ip numbers after the connection > has been made...I have checked on three linux distros and all are the same.. > I think the Authentication line in kppprc tells the isp the secrets > but I may be wrong You are correct, kppp ignores the standard pppd files contained in /etc/ppp. My apology for spreading bad info. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] SIGHUP?
Paul wrote: > > Hi all > > Sometimes I feel like I know a bit about Linux, sometimes I run into > something that stumps me. > > Just now, I found this in a text-file: > > "give qmail-send a SIGHUP" > > Can anyone tell me what a SIGHUP is, and how you give it to a running > process? killall -HUP qmail-send For information on signals, try 'man 7 signal' -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Printer fonts
Bob wrote: > > On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > > I am looking for a way to set the fonts in the KDE mail client. An > > "Apperance Tab" is indicated. Haven't locaated that. > > Found GZIP even figured out how to setup Opera for Linux, a few buggs(it's only > an ALPHA) promises to be a very good browser. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. The thing's been in development longer than Mozilla and isn't anywhere close to being usable. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
WolfRyder wrote: > > I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right > now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, > would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter > and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would > justsit there! LILO has absolutely nothing to do with that. If you're able to boot Windows, LILO is working correctly. Strike your login problems up to another Microsoft "innovation". > Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We > guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my > bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. > I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I > don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to > try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. Do you have any notion of what the maximum resolution of the monitor is? 1024x768? 1280x1024? Start with a "generic" monitor that supports your max resolution. From there, start at 640x480 and work your way up. I think you'll have better luck with this method than with asking for the max resolution right off the bat. The other thing you may want to check is that you're really booting into graphical mode. At the LILO prompt, enter "linux 5". That will guarantee that it tries graphical mode. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] to stop the iloveyou virus spreading do this
Oliver Stieber wrote: > > if you are running windows nt/98/95 > > make > local_machine\software\microsoft\wab read-only > using regedit32 > > create the following files > c:\winnt\system32\MSKernel32.vbs > c:\winnt\Win32DLL.vbs > c:\winnt\system32\LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs > > and set the files to readonly, Or simply remove Windows Scripting Host from the Accessories portion of Windows Setup. Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Windows Setup. I get to be a bit glib about the "I Love You" mess. We had a few messages come in that were infected, but all of them were stopped at the email gateway by filters that explicitly toss attachments that we don't consider safe (.exe, .hta, .vbs, etc). While sites around the city were shutting down their external connections to "protect themselves", we ran merrily through the entire day. Our cleanup effort? Deleting the "Found a bad attachment" messages from the postmaster mailbox and watching the outgoing queue rise because of closed SMTP servers on the remote side. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Where is CONIO.H
"Gunther C. Hebein" wrote: > > Hi all! > Under DOS there is library for C++ called CONIO.H; > There are many functions like "clrscr() etc..). Where's that library > under Linux? Try the ncurses libraries. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert
"Alan N." wrote: > > Mage Grimau wrote: > > > > Don't really need to post those alerts here - 90+ % of viruses are written > > for windows and don't affect linux at all. The Loveletter virus is one - it > > depends on the Windows Scripting Host (otherwise known as the Windows > > Security Hole). > > > > I get a chuckle out of all these. Most of the time running Linux, you > can collect them > and send them to "friends" you don't like.. :) And what better way to tell someone you love them than to send them a good reason to choose Linux. :) -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?
Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > OK, I'm not a real Linux geek... yet. I am a Mac user, and have been > successfully using Macs for more than ten years, without any major > problems. But for professional reasons, I wanted to get into Linux, and > chose Mandrake because it was supposed to be the simplest to get running. Please keep in mind that "simplest to get running" really only applies when comparing between Linux distributions. Truthfully, I'm not even sure that's true anymore. Red Hat and SuSE have done some amazing work in the last couple versions. > > I see no need to have to edit files with cryptic commands when there are > GUI interfaces that do the same thing. So, to connect my computer to the > Internet, I tried to use Kppp. I am amazed that it does not work, and > that the only way to get it to work seems to be to read a ton of Linux > books and docs. Despite the pretty pictures, this is still the same Unix your father used. The GUI is only a thin cover over the CLI in Unix. And, as you've discovered, a pretty poor cover at that! > So, here's what happened. First, following the instructions given in > some bacis Linux books, and the Mandrake doc (as well as doc on web > sites), I entered the necessary info in Kppp - account info, such as > phone number, user name, password, etc. I tried to connect. Zip. > Computer tells me > > >May 3 14:22:52 localhost pppd[917]: The remote system is required to > >authenticate itself but I couldn't find any secret (password) which would > >let it use an IP address. > > OK, this is wonderful. All the doc says it is so easy... Some kind > souls tell me that I need to add the "noauth" argument. OK, why do I > need to do this? I mean, why does it default to auth? Because it's more secure to authenticate the remote system. You want to ensure that you're really talking to the machine you think you're talking to. You have a couple options to fix the problem, both of which have been previously mentioned on the list: * Add the '*' to the /etc/ppp/[chap|pap]secrets files. * Add the noauth line to kppp > But when I try to do this, Computer tells me that I can only do it as > root. Now, all the docs and books say, don't use root unless you really > need to. But if I can't connect to the Internet as a normal user, I need > to be root. So I log in as root, and "noauth" and get the connection up. > The connection, and nothing more. > > In spite of the fact that I have my ISPs DNS numbers correctly entered, > nothing happens. Computer is searching in the ether and cannot find any > nameservers. I try, on the advice of a kind soul on this list, to > uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. Question: once the connection is up, try this: ping www.yahoo.com ping 216.32.74.51 Do both of them give results? If the top one fails while the second one works, you've got DNS troubles. In that case, check /etc/resolv.conf to ensure that you've got the correct IP numbers entered. If both of them fail, you've got routing problems. Check 'route -n' and report the results. > So, still no connection. > > What gives? If everyone else can get a connection up, is there something > wrong with my installation or my computer? If the books and docs show it > is so easy, why I am having so many problems? And this noauth thing - > why do I have to add it, when, apparently, no one should need auth except > in special cases? Actually, I don't think I've ever used the default 'auth' configuration. > I'm a bit taken aback by some of the stuff I need to do to get this up > and running. Especially because I have been hired to write tutorials > about Mandrake for a web site, and need to explain to others how to do > these things. Sure, most things work out ok, but when I see just how > complicated it is to get a simple ppp connection, I am really shocked. > (BTW, it was actually much easier to get my Linux box networked with my > Mac over AppleTalk; definately a power user thing, while a ppp connection > is really a basic). > > One last thing to keep in mind while being frustrated with Linux. You are no longer an end user. You are an administrator. It's a whole 'nother mindset. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] MTAs--Sendmail vs Postfix vs Qmail
"Bruce E. Harris" wrote: > > Ok, I know I just pulled a pin on this gernade, but please hear me out, and pse > no flames. > > I am trying to learn how MTAs work, and it seems to me Sendmail would be the > best choice since is it everywhere. I want to develop a marketable skill for > when I retire from the USAF in a little over a year. > > I have Postfix installed by default on Mandrake 7.0, and close to getting it > working, but I wonder should I dump it and spend my time on Sendmail > since it is so popular, and many local friend (sysadmins) who can and will help > me with Sendmail but have no knowledge of Postfix or Qmail. If you're in it to learn, take some time and get familiar with Sendmail. It's not the easiest mailer to understand or configure, but it's a powerful bugger. If you need to get something up and running quickly, I'd (personally) go with Qmail. I've setup a few of them and can probably do it in about ten minutes from source to fully configured mail server. Add a few extra tools and you've got a web-based management interface for virtual domains, users, mailing lists, autoresponders, aliases and all the rest. It's what we use and have found it to be a great solution (even for my non-command-line literate coworker -- thus the web interface). I haven't played with Postfix, but I've seen a few messages on this list from others who do. I'd be interested in knowing how they like working with it. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] Crash after hardware change
Mr A V Moisseenkov wrote: > > Dear experts, > > I installed Mandrake 7.0 on a powerful computer, > where it worked fine. Than I took the hard drive > out and inserted it into my home computer, > which is a Pentium 120, Cirrus Logic 5446. > > Now, when Linux boots and goes through all the > text-mode messaging fine, it fails to start up > KDE and starts blinking in the text mode. > > What's interesting about the blinking is that > it is still possible to login, but the keyboard > works only when the display is on (half a second). It sounds like you told Mandrake to start in graphic mode when it boots. Since it was probably setup for a different graphics chipset (or a different resolution), it just keeps trying to restart gdm. flash, text, flash, text sounds about right for the problem. > I had kudzu service on and it reconfigured my > graphics card, I believe. > > I am interested in: > > - Whether I can run KDE without reinstalling > the OS You'll need to rerun Xsetup to reconfigure the graphics modes since your home system doesn't support the chipset or mode you originally configured. > - How do I stop Linux from starting KDE by > default. At the lilo prompt, enter: linux 3 this will boot the machine into runlevel 3 (instead of 5) which is straight text mode. You'll be able to run Xsetup from here. > Before installing Mandrake I tried Corel Linux. It > managed to reconfigure itself without any work or > even notice from my side. It also configured itself > automatically for our university network, which > Mandrake did not do even after I tried to manually > alter the networking configuration. Unfortunately, > Corel Linux crashed twice in two days... Interesting distribution, really. It worked well on one machine here, but was absolutely horrible on the other. Now it's gone from both. It was a freebie install anyway, it came with Corel Office 2k. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Re: [newbie] SMP Support
Christopher wrote: > > Howdy people, first off - Mandrake is my fav distro and I've tried quite a > few - bravo! Now, to my prob. Does the installer for Mandrake (I have 7.0) > detect for SMP support or is that something I add after installation? My > hardware is a Abit BP6 with two 500 mhz Celerons, 128 megs of RAM, VooDoo 3 > 3000 AGP, ect. If it would work in SMP mode, I'd be very very happy :-) > Thnx! > > ~Christopher Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and install an SMP kernel. No worries there. 7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 days... -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Network Printing
R_Yeo wrote: > > Hi, > I have 3 boxes running LM: a desktop and 2 notebooks. The > desktop is connected to a printer. > I cannot print from any of the notebooks to the desktop. I > have read the Printing-HOWTO and edited my /etc/printcap files and I > have also created an /etc/hosts.lpd file with the following line: > ALL:LOCAL > > I set up the printtool and when I test it, I get the message: > desktop: lpd:lp:Your host does not have line printer access > > when I do an lpq. "LOCAL" would be the 127.0.0.x network, probably not what you intended. Change the LOCAL to your actual network range and give it another try. I also ended up playing around with the files for awhile one night trying to get network printing working. I've since wiped that system, else I'd have more detailed information to offer. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] What's this process?
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Monte, it manages RAID configurations. > > > Hmm...I wondered about that after seeing it in the shutdown > screen is there any way to turn that OFF if you're not > using RAID? Recompile the kernel. It's actually a kernel process. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Http Security
"Edwin Casimero @PLUG" wrote: > > Guys, > > I placed my Bulletin Board Service on my Firewall. > This BBS uses CGI scripts to start. > How can I password protect this so that only my employees > will see the BBS? > > -Edwin- Use .htaccess files in the BBS directory along with the appropriate configuration in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. www.apache.org probably has better details. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?
Ron Johnson wrote: > > Dave Lers wrote: > > > > telnet-server > > H. Since I have telnetd, but don't have the telnet-server > rpm, where does /usr/sbin/in.telnetd come from? > > Is there an rpm command to find which rpm contains a certain > file? Try: rpm -qf -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Cannot open printer description file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello all! > > > > I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during > > installation and maybe that was a bad choice. > > > > Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the > > Print button in Netscape gets me the error: > > > > [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt > > lpr: cannot open printer description file > > > > Known bug with a fix? Missed a step during setup? Any ideas? > > Yes, change permissions to world readable. This is fixed for 7.1. And the updated packages for 7.0 will be available when? -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] [OT] NIC problem
Christopher Quale wrote: > > Sorry to go off topic, but I greatly respect > the general knowledge of this newsgroup. > > I have a 3com 3c589 pcmcia network card > that has recently been acting really strange. > I know that it is configured correctly > (/etc/sysconfig/network and ifcfg-eth0, etc..) > but here is the problem: it is assigned an > internal IP of 192.168.1.5 and I can ping > another computer such as 192.168.1.2 (as > well as 192.168.1.5 and localhost), but > as of yesterday (it was working fine before > then) I cannot ping the IP Masq gateway > 192.168.1.1 . The computer shuttles between > two similarly configured networks (192.168.1.* > addressing scheme with 192.168.1.1 as the > ip masq gateway) and the exact same problem > occurs. Also, this is happening in both > linux and windows. The network is otherwise > operating normal for other clients behind the > IP masq machine. It appears, for some > (hardware?) reason, that 192.168.1.1 is > inaccessable to my NIC. Does anyone know > what (if any) remedies there are for this? > I have never come across something like this. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Best, > Chris Sounds like a netmask problem to me. Ensure it's set to 255.255.255.0. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Cannot open printer description file
Hello all! I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during installation and maybe that was a bad choice. Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the Print button in Netscape gets me the error: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt lpr: cannot open printer description file lpr is installed as: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /usr/bin/lpr -r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 16292 Jan 10 08:30 /usr/bin/lpr* /etc/printcap is installed as: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /etc/printcap -rw-r- 1 root adm 486 Apr 27 00:02 /etc/printcap I've searched both the newbie and expert archives at mandrakesoft.com, but it doesn't appear anyone has come across this problem (frankly, that's a bit surprising!) Known bug with a fix? Missed a step during setup? Any ideas? -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
"Bruce E. Harris" wrote: > > Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. > > I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL > speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is > suppose to be running at over 400kps? One thing you may not have taken into consideration is the pipe that connects the other end to the Internet. If it's connected via ISDN, that would certainly explain your download speed. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] NT Exchange Server behind a Linux Router
Orlando Lewis wrote: > > I have NT Server Exchange 5.5 that I want to run behind a RedHat 6.1 box. > Could someone recommend a solution via software or other wise that will > allow me to use this mail server behind a linux router. I want all mail > handled by the NT box and all Ftp services handled by the Linux box. > > Thanks in advance. What problems are you currently experiencing when having it setup like this? -- Steve Philp, MCSE / MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Problems with PPP.
"John P. Wilson" wrote: > > I'm using netcfg to connect to my ISP. I'm having some weird problems, > however. > > I can use nslookup to get DNS information fine. But if I telnet, I get to > > [fuzzylogic:~/.gnome/panel.d/default]$ telnet my.isp.com > Trying 6.6.6.6... > Connected to my.isp.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > > and then it hangs. No "SunOS 5.6" or login prompt or anything. The modem > lights just sit there, not blinking (aside from the flurry of blinking > when I first connect.) It's likely the remote system looking for ident and DNS information. Most systems are setup to check that an incoming connection is allowed to connect (/etc/hosts.allow, hosts.deny). After that, most will attempt to do an ident lookup on the remote user to get info for the logs. I'd look at the logs on the remote system to see what's hanging things up. -- Steve Philp, MCSE / MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Problems ... with Graphics Card Daytona 3D ...
Michael Flaig wrote: > > Hello ... > > my Dad has buyed a new Graphic Card and now I want to run Mandrake on > his Computer. > The Problem is not the Chipset, because it is a supported one (SiS 6326) > ! > If I want to run the Card it detects everything well ... (the Chipset > has to be chosen manually) but at the Test in every Resolutions the > Fields where Text schould be is only a black bar. > The Card is: Daytona 3D from Palit (www.palit.com.tw) and the Chipset > 6326. > > It doesn´t work but the Chipset is supportet ... any Ideas ? Search the mailing list archives available at the MandrakeSoft website. This chipset, while supported, is a pain to get configured correctly. The archives have the answers to getting it working! Good luck! -- Steve Philp, MCSE / MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Qmail
Vincent Danen wrote: > > Is there a reason why there are no RPMs for Qmail? I was reading on the > site and it looks like they prefer pure source distribution, and no binary > distribution, but I didn't see it forbidden. Is there no way that Qmail > can be distributed in binary RPM format, ie. in contribs or something? > Just curious... I'm going to be playing with it here and was hoping for > something a little easier or "Mandrake optimized". There are RPM packages available for most of the Qmail tools. Check www.qmail.org for links to them. The reason for no _shipping_ binaries is because of the restrictive distribution terms used by DJB. He wants to maintain control of the source and installation of it. He's extremely proud of the security scenario he's created for Qmail and wants to ensure that distributed packages stick to that security. Even without binary packages, it's only about a 15 minute job to setup Qmail on a system. Add 1 minute if you need to do user or host masquerading. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Faq-O-mat & co.
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Denis Havlik wrote: > > > :>> What is REALLY missing is a kind of a "summary-writeup" - once we have > > :>> discussed something to its limits, someone should write a summary of the > > :>> whole discussion and add it to a FAQ-o-mat. In this way, we would soon > > :>> have a rather accurate, easy to use and up-to-date source of > > :>> Mandrake-specific Linux informations. > > :>> > > :>I think Denis has just volunteered to write the FAQ! ;-) > > > > I hope I am not the only one who knows what is a FAQ-o-mat. It is a web > > based service which enables people to write answers to some questions > > whenever they see fit, other people to actually find those answers and yet > > another people to update things if they see that something does not work. > > > > Maintaining such a machine is not such a big deal - I am not sure about > > setting it up, but this should be done by Mandrake I think. I have not > > suggested that any of us should write and maintain a big FAQ - and I am > > not going to do it myself (unless i get payesd to do so). However, adding > > several answers now-and-then is certainly something I am willing to do. > > > > Time out Denis, kick back, chill out and have a herring. It's Friday and we're > all havin' a little fun, sorry if you think we're picking on ya. Nobody's > asking anyone to do anything so how about easing off on the keyboard and give > the ol' fingers a rest. Have a great weekend. How about instead of going to all the effort of creating ANOTHER site, we all contribute something to www.mandrakeuser.com. I'm sure Tom Berger would appreciate the help! (I haven't forgotten you Tom, just very busy lately!) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SO51a Save/backup -- Solved! (mostly)
Ron Stodden wrote: > > On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, Axalon wrote: > > > It's not Sun's responsability to watch the permissions of your files, > > thats your job. > > No, the installation process is entirely Sun's responsibility. This includes > actively preventing every possible kind of mal-installation.That's the > name of the game, Sir! [same philosophy applies to Linux-Mandrake] ARGH! Does that mean that Linux should somehow magically prevent me from: rm -rf /usr or maybe from modifying /etc/inittab and putting things into a tailspin? Come on. Grow up and act like adults that can take responsibility for your actions. This is getting ridiculous. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Kernel modules not modular kernels?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > > Jason Antonacci wrote: > > > > > > Is there any linux os flavor (or any os period) that allows the loading of >multiple kernels? I remember a professor during an SMP discussion stating that a >"low level SMP kernel" can be used to load "higher OS kernels" onto individual >processors. This type system would allow os redundancy on a single peice of hardware >as well as serices. Another plus would be testing and evaluation on an identical >platform. Some of my associates have suggested Java, but I reject that outright >because it is not an OS. > > > > > > > The big one that comes to mind is VMWare. It will allow you to run a > > wide variety of operating systems as user processes. > > > > There is a user-space linux kernel floating around that will allow you > > to run more "linux machines" as processes of the real, physical machine. > > If anyone knows a URL, it'd be much (s**t, i've forgotten howto spell, > must still be to early) appreciated (yay ispell) :-) I saw mentions of it on the linux-kernel mailing list. I don't know whether I've still got archives of that mail or not. I'll check it out and post a URL if I can find it. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Kernel modules not modular kernels?
Jason Antonacci wrote: > > Is there any linux os flavor (or any os period) that allows the loading of multiple >kernels? I remember a professor during an SMP discussion stating that a "low level >SMP kernel" can be used to load "higher OS kernels" onto individual processors. This >type system would allow os redundancy on a single peice of hardware as well as >serices. Another plus would be testing and evaluation on an identical platform. >Some of my associates have suggested Java, but I reject that outright because it is >not an OS. > The big one that comes to mind is VMWare. It will allow you to run a wide variety of operating systems as user processes. There is a user-space linux kernel floating around that will allow you to run more "linux machines" as processes of the real, physical machine. Beyond that, you're treading into the territory of mainframe monsters... I do remember reading that IBM has ported Linux as a "virtual machine" to their 390 series and is now working on porting it to act as the "main" operating system of the machine. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] mailing list software?
John Aldrich wrote: > > Can someone recommend a good, easy to use (preferably > perl-based) mailing list package for RedHat/Mandrake? My > boss gave me the job of coming up with a package to do > that. > Also keep in mind that it will probably be remotely > installed, configured and managed via ssh, so the easier > the better! :-) > John I've got ezmlm installed on the work server along with qmailadmin for a web-based administration of the whole system (pop accounts, forwarding, aliases, mailing lists, and auto-responders). It's a pretty nice setup, I must say. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] 2nd request: Vanishing Mouse Pointer in KDE
"Vanco, Donald" wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Civileme [mailto: > > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 4:16 PM > > > Just a note to let you know I saw your post. > > > > I am still trying to duplicate the behavior. Anything else I > > should know > > about your install? Did you format all partitions or just > > some? What sort of mouse? What does the Pointer Device section of > > /etc/X11/XF86Config say? > Here's a bit more detail: > Compaq Armada 1750 laptop (ATI Rage Pro LT graphics) > BIOS set to support both internal (touchpad) and external PS/2 mice > (simultaneously) > Fresh install, 3 partitions (/boot, /, swap) all formatted during set-up > running MACH64 Xserver > XF86Config driver set to "PS/2" - device: have used /dev/mouse and > /dev/psaux (but sym link is OK) > Pointer vanishes regardless if I have the external mouse connected or not > no difference between a session started via kdm or startx > no log entries in /var/log pertaining to pointer issues > no error output from X pertaining to pointer issues > > I recently installed a few of the RH 6.1 "PowerTools", but was experiencing > the issue before that. I've not really done much to the system after the > initial 6.1 install other than a few updates (still on 2.2.13-7 kernel - > will try to update today but have not been able to compile source) > > Thanx! > Don > > > "Vanco, Donald" wrote: > > > > > I posted last week about my mouse pointer vanishing in KDE > > when my screen > > > goes into "suspend" mode. Anyone have any clues or > > experience anything > > > similar? Past installs of 6.1 have not done hits - only > > this time! (fresh > > > install after nuking RH 6.1) > > > Any help appreciated. > > > Thanx > > > Don > > I don't have the manpage for the Mach64 X server handy, but you might look into adding the sw_cursor option. It's possible that one of the sleep modes is disturbing the hardware cursor. It's worth a shot, anyway... :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SO51a Save/backup -- Solved! (mostly)
Bug Hunter wrote: > > Hmm. On a philosophical front, I disagree that is not sun's > problem. I think it is. Bullshit. Sun has included pretty specific instructions for installation of the software. You want to install it? ./setup. Want to install it for a network? ./setup /net. Want to install from the network for your personal copy? /opt/Office51/bin/setup. How much easier can this get?! > If Linux is to achieve "world domination," then it and its applications > must take care of the blind, ignorant, (and sometimes idiot) user. Who really cares if it achieves "world domination" if this is the kind of pablum-puking crap we have to deal with. Linux HAS sharp edges. Linux HAS blind alleys. Linux HAS thirteen ways to screw yourself before you even realize you've been screwed. Get used to it. > DOS and Wind*ws and Mac applications and OS tends to hold peoples hands, > making it more difficult (not impossible) to screw up an installation to > the point a single user can't use it. Mind you I'm not talking about > security. You must not be talking about a user that installs applications into those environments either. Seriously, Windows won't let a user screw it up? Ha ha. And that sentiment goes for security issues as well. > I've been an idiot in the past. I've been ignorant more often. I've > struggled with Linux and its applications. I've usually won. And don't you feel better for it? Want to deny that sort of joy from future Linux users? > However, only 5 to 10 percent of the world can handle a computer with > any reasonable certainty of success. The other 90 to 95 percent need an > appliance, but think they want a computer. To get linux into their hands, > it needs to be more like an appliance. And that includes application > installs. No, it just means that the personal computer is the wrong solution. Take WebTV, as an example. Need to send email and do occasional web surfing? Why bother with the maintenance and cost of a PC when you can have a bulletproof box for $200 and never have to worry about it. Keep in mind, however, that appliances like WebTV don't exclude Linux. They simply hide the complexity for the given task. > As much as I hate to admit it, Corel might be on the right path. They > don't have it right yet, but they are heading the right direction. For a specific market, yes. Whether it's a significant market will remain to be seen. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Stoopid FTP Question
Charles Curley wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 02:47:31PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -> Sorry for this boneheaded query, but I can't figure this out and this list should >be the quickest answer:: > -> > -> ftp, interactive mode. How the heck can I retrieve a whole directory structure? > -> > -> I've tried many permutations with "get" to no avail, and the man page didn't >really help. > -> > -> Thanks! > -> Chad > > There is no way to get an entire directory structure with recursive > descent with standard FTP. Be careful with statements like that. Some FTP servers will allow you to issue something like: get directory.tgz and it will tar and gzip the directory tree for you so you can transfer the whole thing as one file. If you go high enough in the tree, you'll get your recursion. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SNMP mapping?
"Vanco, Donald" wrote: > > Hello - > Slightly off topic but: > Anyone seen a tool for mapping SNMP devices? I've done a quick > search for SNMP @ FreshMeat.net and found a few possible tools, but none > really have that great of a description - do any of you have any experience > with such a tool? I'm looking for something that can map a network topology > similar to HP OpenView or Sun NetManager. Have any high level tools been > ported to Linux? > Pointers appreciated... > Thanx > Don Computer Associates has ported Unicenter TNG. They shipped some freebie disks out awhile ago. RH6.1 includes it with their Professional box set also. Check CA to see if it's available online. I've loaded it, but haven't played with it yet. If you try it out, let us know what you think! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] What is causing this?
Kari Suomela wrote: > > I keep seeing these in my messages log, and can't pinpoint what is > causing it: > > === Cut === > Nov 29 21:40:01 k4 identd[1876]: Returned: 4599 , 21 : NO-USER > Nov 29 21:40:01 k4 identd[1877]: Returned: 4599 , 21 : NO-USER > Nov 29 21:40:03 k4 identd[1878]: Returned: 4600 , 13014 : NO-USER > Nov 29 21:40:06 k4 identd[1879]: Returned: 4601 , 13016 : NO-USER Remote hosts are using the ident daemon to find out who is connecting to them. From the logs, your machine is returning 'NO-USER' to each of the requests. Not particularly helpful to remote administrators, but it does cut down on the useful information that you provide to would-be crackers. They're harmless messages. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SO51a - saving & backup -- No go!
Ron Stodden wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, B Sher wrote: > > > Unfortunately, none has yet really figured it out. > > Room for doubt on that one! > > > There is one variable that has changed in this picture: In this last > > installation of Mandrake 6.1 from my PowerPack CD, I added a separate > > /home partition and installed StarOffice in /home/sher. This is where I > > installed it before, too, but this time /home is a separate partition, > > while before it was part of the single / partition that Linux was > > installed into. > > I told you did I not, that StarOffice 5.1 will not navigate over mount > points. This would indicate that SO is not using the standard file system > commands. [which should be warning enough to stay away] > > It also indicates that it was never tested by StarDivision or Sun > Microsystems on an installation which is spread over many partitions. > [as is recommended by many Linux devotees] Having just tested my 5.1a installation, I think you might be overstating the problem. I opened my copy of StarOffice, started a new text document, clicked File, Save As... then navigated to a directory that is mounted (/mnt/backup, an 8G partition on another drive), entered a filename and saved the document. No errors were reported and the file exists in the specified location. Now, if you want to limit that statement to NFS mounts, that might be something. But please, stick to the facts. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Basic Install
David wrote: > > haha. > > You know Steve, I just finished downloading cooker, and was just thinking of > that question, and was thinking > of that same thing!, i just was not sure if u would have to go into the > "select individual packages " or not... > Thanks Nope, no need to go into the 'select individual packages' unless you know there's something you want that's not installed by default. I tend to use it to pick up the joe editor for installation, it doesn't seem to be included in any of the predefined packages. > So too continue this a wee bit more, too compile the Kernel and re-do the RPM > packages ( as in compiling them for my Dual PII, and getting a taste of doing > RPM packaging ) To compile kernels you'll need egcs, glibc-devel, bin86 at the very least. Nothing else pops to mind quickly. > which "developing" packages would i require to install at first, to accomplish > the compiling and packaging? No, you'll just need to be sure that the libraries and development packages you need for the "compiling package" are installed. > Hope this makes some sence, > > Thanks Again > David > > Steve Philp wrote: > > > Here's a nasty little secret I've never seen documented anywhere. To > > get the absolute smallest installation, just unselect ALL of the group > > choices (like GNOME Desktop, KDE Desktop, Network Management, Kernel > > Development, etc) during installation. You will get a minimum booting > > system that works very nicely for building onto. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] linuxconf & installing newly compiled kernel
TRAVIS LOYD wrote: > > I've compiled a new kernel as I've done many times in the past. This time I'm > trying to use linuxconf to automatically configure lilo for me. Linuxconf > doesn't provide me with a list of choices concerning which the root partition > to install to and if I type in '/dev/hda1' (what I am using now) it says that > that is an invalid choice. I'm sure this isn't the advice you wanted, but I'd just skip using Linuxconf. I've never liked the damned thing and can't figure out why people would willingly submit themselves to it. Installing a new kernel is only a few commands (from your message, it would appear that you know what those are...). -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Basic Install
David wrote: > > Hello All... > > I'm curious too know, if some could give me an idea of what would be the > minimum install to get a basic system up and running.. > > What i'm after is too do a system from the ground up installing just the > progs that i want on the system, recompiling them as i install them > etc.. > > Basically I'm doing this out of a combination of curiousity, and to get > a more in depth working knowledge of linux in general. > > Any ideas would be mucho.. > > Thanks > David Here's a nasty little secret I've never seen documented anywhere. To get the absolute smallest installation, just unselect ALL of the group choices (like GNOME Desktop, KDE Desktop, Network Management, Kernel Development, etc) during installation. You will get a minimum booting system that works very nicely for building onto. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] A new problem with linux (all of 'em)
Bug Hunter wrote: > > Unfortunately, that is basically impossible, if the virus detector is > going to work. The boot sector is where viruses most often live. The > boot sector is where lilo must live. Virus detectors look at the boot > sector and notice it changed, or block writing to it. The original poster could, of course, use loadlin to get around it. I'm sure there's a way to force Win95/98 to post the menu of choices usually gotten to using F8. Simply put Linux as the default choice and the system will boot to that. You'll end up putting the Linux boot block into the Linux partition instead of the MBR, but it _should_ work (haven't tried it). > On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Denis Havlik wrote: > > > :>Try turning off the virus detection in your BIOS. (helll!!) ;) > > > > On the other hand, he IS right - noone should cry VIRUS for LILO. Making > > some BAD publicity for those who do it could help. > > > > (just my 2c) > > > > Denis -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] A new problem with linux (all of 'em)
Civileme wrote: > > Steve Philp wrote: > > > Civileme wrote: > > > > > > Trend ChipAwayVIrus(R) On Guard Ver 1.63A > > > [SNIP] > > > My reaction, since Trend doesn't have a consumer complaints dept, was to > > > write FIC Sales and sever my relationship. I will no longer offer > > > computers with FIC boards until they change their policy. I'll also > > > copy this to Slashdot and see if a few folks feel interested in > > > slashdotting www.antivirus.com, or FIC. > > > > Can't you turn it off in the BIOS? The Abit BP6 board I own also has > > virus detection, but it's toggle-able in the BIOS. > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Noppers--no such option. Nor on the web sites. Nor on the CD that came with > it. I asked where I could, for patches that would allow it to be turned > off... No such luck. > > Still, the idea that a virus detection program would suspect LILO smells like > a deliberate attack. I doubt it's an attack. My last three motherboards have all carried anti-virus stuff in the BIOS. Can't say I've ever turned it on though. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] A new problem with linux (all of 'em)
Civileme wrote: > > Trend ChipAwayVIrus(R) On Guard Ver 1.63A > [SNIP] > My reaction, since Trend doesn't have a consumer complaints dept, was to > write FIC Sales and sever my relationship. I will no longer offer > computers with FIC boards until they change their policy. I'll also > copy this to Slashdot and see if a few folks feel interested in > slashdotting www.antivirus.com, or FIC. Can't you turn it off in the BIOS? The Abit BP6 board I own also has virus detection, but it's toggle-able in the BIOS. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] /bin/sh: /sbin/rmmod: No such file or directory
Michael Webb wrote: > > Just a quick one here. > How do I fix this probleme? > It has developed since a reboot (no changes where made, was using a switch > box and though I was giving the windows box a three finger salute but > instead rebooted th elinux box..DOH!). Reinstall the modutils package. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] To much memory used
"Roberto A. F." wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> My linux mandrake is slow but it's seem required to much merory.
> What do you think ? 28Mb only for a shell bash as user !
Remember that part of that memory (around 10M from the looks of it) is
being used for filesystem caching and buffering.
> PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME
> COMMAND
> 286 roberto8 0 1344 1344 944 S 0 0.0 2.1 0:00 bash
> 241 xfs0 0 1340 1340 772 S 0 0.0 2.1 0:00 xfs
If you're not running X, turn off xfs. You can use:
chkconfig xfs off
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs stop
to stop it.
> 280 root 1 0 1156 1156 892 S 0 0.0 1.8 0:00 login
>
> 301 roberto 10 0 1044 1044 860 R 0 0.5 1.6 0:00 top
> 153 root 0 0 764 764 408 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 klogd
>
> 143 root 0 0 648 648 528 S 0 0.0 1.0 0:00
> syslogd
> 183 root 0 0 636 636 532 S 0 0.0 1.0 0:00 crond
>
> 198 root 0 0 600 600 496 S 0 0.0 0.9 0:00 lpd
> 168 daemon 0 0 512 512 428 S 0 0.0 0.8 0:00 atd
Do you use this? I haven't come across anything in home use that I use
this for. For the most part, I just schedule it with cron. Turn if off
if you're not using it.
> 1 root 1 0 492 492 416 S 0 0.0 0.7 0:04 init
> 217 root 1 0 468 468 392 S 0 0.9 0.7 0:00 gpm
Do you need mouse control on the text console? If not, turn it off.
> 281 root 1 0 424 424 356 S 0 0.0 0.6 0:00
> mingetty
> 282 root 1 0 424 424 356 S 0 0.0 0.6 0:00
> mingetty
> 283 root 1 0 424 424 356 S 0 0.0 0.6 0:00
> mingetty
> 284 root 1 0 424 424 356 S 0 0.0 0.6 0:00
> mingetty
> 285 root 1 0 424 424 356 S 0 0.0 0.6 0:00
> mingetty
> 2 root 0 0 00 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00
You've also got 5 empty terminals running. Need 'em? If not, you can
pare that down to 2 or 3 by editing /etc/inittab.
> kflushd
> 3 root 0 0 00 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00
> kupdate
>
> --
>
> {*}
> <> \./Z/ Roberto A. Foglietta
> <><> |_
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> DDNNNDMNIF web-mst: http://www.fisica.unige.it/linuxgrp
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Question for C/C++ programmers
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > Jason Straight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Once upon a time, I programmed the Amiga in C. Today I would like to be > > able to code C on linux. The basic stdout stuff is easy, but I want to > > know what references I should buy for understanding the system calls and > > programming X/GTK/QT and device programming. Eventually I would like to > > understand linux well enough to do things like write device drivers for > > the kernel, etc. > > > > What books are reccomended by the experts? > > for kernel the best book i know is : > > kernel device drivers > > by a.archangeli from oreilly associates. You mean Alessandro Rubbini? At least, that was the name I thought went with that book. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Upgrade from 2.2.9 to 2.2.13
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > I just upgraded my Kernel from 2.2.9 to 2.2.13 > > > > > > I copied the files, did make dep; make clean; make bzlilo; make modules; > > > make modules_install > > here is your problem, you've run "make dep" then "make clean" removeing > all the work "make dep" just did You know I love you, but you've spent too much time at the keyboard again... make dep; make clean is correct ordering... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] info needed
Jack Malone wrote: > > Ok i installed corel linux yesterday an when it booted I get lots of > traffic showing up on my hub from the linux box an win98 box. > i then blew away corel an put mandrake on the linux box an i get the same > thing. nothing it going out over the cable modem just between the two boxes > but I can not determin what is causing the traffic. I have sygate running > on the win98 box for now to share the net access from the cable modem, it > is supplying an ip go the linux box via dhcp. Can someont tell me where to > look to see what is causing all this traffic. the lights on the hub are > going 90 to nuthing. i can unplug one cat5 cable from hub an in a littlw > while hook it back an the traffic is stopped an i have internet access. > then sometimes even that will not work. Im at a loss for now as what to > look for thanks in advance for helping You need to find out what's causing all of the traffic. Use tcpdump on your Linux machine to get that information: tcpdump -i eth0 will show everything going over the first ethernet connection. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] High level SMP systems...
Matthew Hart wrote: > > Does anyone know of any board manufacturer who makes a quad way SMP intel > P2/3 motherboard? Looks like Intel makes an SC450NX board for quad PII/III/Xeon. That's the only brand that Pricewatch shows available... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Problem Linking GAMESS object files
"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote: > > Due to an abortive attempt to upgrade from the Mandrake v6.0 distribution > of Linux to v6.1, and the subsequent reversion to 6.0, I lost the version > of GAMESS with which I had been happily working. Subsequently, I received > the 6 Jun 1999 distribution. I'm using the distribution default > installation of g77 on a K6-2/300 with 128MB of RAM. > > Compiling went smoothly, without any error messages. However, when I > attempted to link the object files to generate the executable I got the > following messages: > > Sun Nov 21 11:09:09 EST 1999 > GAMESS will be linked into the executable image gamess.06.x.chdir objectgcc > -o ../gamess.06.x gamess.o unport.o blas.o zunix.o ddi.o ddisoc.o aldeci.o > basecp.o basext.o bashuz.o bashz2.o basn21.o basn31.o bassto.o cphf.o > cprohf.o delocl.o dftstb.o drc.o ecp.o ecpder.o ecphw.o ecplib.o ecpsbk.o > efdrvr.o efgrda.o efgrdb.o efgrdc.o efgrd2.o efinp.o efinta.o efintb.o > efelec.o efpaul.o eigen.o ffield.o frfmt.o guess.o gradex.o grd1.o grd2a.o > grd2b.o grd2c.o gugdga.o gugdgb.o gugdm.o gugdm2.o gugdrt.o gugem.o > gugsrt.o gvb.o hess.o hss1a.o hss1b.o hss2a.o hss2b.o inputa.o inputb.o > inputc.o int1.o int2a.o int2b.o iolib.o lagran.o local.o loccd.o locpol.o > mccas.o mcqdpt.o mcqud.o mcscf.o mctwo.o morokm.o mp2.o mp2ddi.o mp2grd.o > mpcdat.o mpcgrd.o mpcint.o mpcmol.o mpcmsc.o mthlib.o nameio.o ordint.o > parley.o pcm.o pcmcav.o pcmder.o pcmdis.o pcmpol.o pcmvch.o prpel.o > prplib.o prppop.o rhfuhf.o rxncrd.o ryspol.o scflib.o scfmi.o scrf.o > sobrt.o soffac.o sozeff.o statpt.o surf.o symorb.o symslc.o tdhf.o trans.o > trfdm2.o trnstn.o trudge.o vibanl.o zheev.o zmatrx.o qmmm.o -lf2c -lmunport.o: > In function `abrt_':unport.o(.text+0xc8): > undefined reference to `G77_abort_0'unport.o: In function > `flshbf_':unport.o(.text+0x1e1): > undefined reference to `G77_flush1_0'unport.o: In function > `tmdate_':unport.o(.text+0xa22): undefined reference to > `G77_fdate_0'iolib.o: In function `openda_':iolib.o(.text+0x45c): > undefined reference to `G77_getenv_0'iolib.o: In function > `mqopda_':iolib.o(.text+0x962): > undefined reference to `G77_getenv_0'iolib.o: In function > `raopen_':iolib.o(.text+0x208b): > undefined reference to `G77_getenv_0'iolib.o: In function > `seqopn_':iolib.o(.text+0x263e): > undefined reference to `G77_getenv_0'collect2: > ld returned 1 exit statusunset > echo1.340u 0.960s 0:02.51 91.6% 0+0k 0+0io 4484pf+0w > > I suspect that I failed to install a critical application when I > reinstalled Mandrake v6.0, but I don't have a clue as to what it may be. > > I would greatly appreciate any assistance which may be forthcoming to > resolve thiw problem. >From the looks of the function names that it's missing during the link, I would imagine it's probably a Fortran library that's missing. I'm not familiar enough with the distributed Fortran libraries to even make a GUESS what package it might be in... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > [...] > > > > Overall, though, I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between > > the drive on UDMA/66 and the drive on a "normal" interface to want to > > fight with it anymore. I'm perfectly happy with the drive on a normal > > interface. > > With it on, > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.75 seconds =73.14 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 21.91 seconds = 2.92 MB/sec > > I'm not gonna switch it just to show you guys, but on hde cache reads hit > around 125-150, and buffered gets up to about 5-10. A mighty big > improvment, but Something's mighty wrong with those readings Axalon... Here's my 18G WD: [root@tippy /root]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda /dev/hda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.73 seconds =73.99 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.81 seconds =16.80 MB/sec That's with: /dev/hda: multcount= 8 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq= 1 (on) using_dma= 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead= 128 (on) geometry = 2193/255/63, sectors = 35239680, start = 0 Like I said, I'm mighty happy with these readings... just how much faster do I need Netscape to launch?? :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Newbie Question
John LeMay wrote: > > I'm actually not a newbie, and this is embarrasing to ask, but here > goes. I added the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > > PILOTRATE=115200 > export PILOTRATE > > However env does not show this var as being set after I login. Why??? > Shouldn't this var now be set for every user unless it is overwritten by > something like the user's .bash_profile? Add it to /etc/profile instead of /etc/rc.d/rc.local. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66
Bart³omiej Muryn wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Axalon Bloodstone > > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 10:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66 > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > > > > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > > > > > > > > > At 04:06 PM 11/19/99 +0100, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > > > > > >Bart³omiej Muryn wrote: > > > > > >> Exactly! It is stupid and simple - I did it - but... > > > > > >> But do not work > > > > > >> Linux don`t want to boot (not install) from this > > disk! (when plugged to > > > > > >> ATA/66) > > > > > >> It`s hanged after recognition of IDE controlers. > > Kernel can see the HPT366 > > > > > >> controler correctly, see the disks, but cannot see > > the partitions etc. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Any idea? > > > > > > > > > > > >Well, maybe you have to activate something in the BIOS > > to let it boot > > > > > >on this controller ... or rather, to tell the BIOS > > that the _primary_ > > > > > >IDE interface (ide0) should be the HPT366, not the Intel BX. > > > > > >Just guessing, I really don't know ... > > > > > > > > > > What motherboard? Some of them treat the HP366 as a > > SCSI controller (in > > > > > terms of boot order, etc...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > latest bios has the option to switch the EXT boot order > > from scsi to > > > > udma66. Read the howto, and the conversation between me > > and Steve from the > > > > archives, if you still have problems lets us know > > > > > > Even after all of that, I never did get my UDMA/66 drive > > booting. It > > > simply spits an 'LI' at me and that's it. Andre Hedrick's > > HPT366 notes > > > say that booting support isn't yet available for the > > chipset. I tend to > > > believe him. > > > > > > I've now got the UDMA/66 drive on the normal IDE controller and I'm > > > using it like that. > > > > I've done the same, my time is worth more than the speed > > improvements :) > > > > -- > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > > --Axalon > > > > Maybe, but: > It is simple to not use the ATA/66 but it is the same sollution as "if Your > computer is too new - don`t install linux"... And this question is not to > make the linux start, but to make linux use the newest hardware sollution. > > So: > I switched off the BIOS support for ide0 and ide1. I`m booting the kernel by > loadlin.exe from dos prompt (in reality from especially prepared M$ Win98 > start menu). > Results are: > 1. Kernel is loaded to memory w/o problemz, then uncompressed. > 2. I`v got: "PIIX4: device disabled (BIOS)" GREAT!!! > 3. But when all disks and CDrom are correctly detected, kernel says: > "ide0 at 0xcc00-0xcc07,0xd002 on irq 15 > ide1 at 0xd800-0xd807,0xdc02 on irq 15" > And system hangs up! > > So it will be the "(...)booting support isn't yet available for the > chipset.(...)" > So, > > 4. I copied the "/" (root) filesystem to the second drive (not an ata/66, on > normal ide1, I enabled it in BIOS, I updated the mounts in /etc/fstab and > restarted again. > the reaction of kernel was the SAME! > > But when I`m starting all linux from drive with ata/66 connected to normal > ide with second drive (which have only fat32 partition) connected to the > HPT366 controller all starts w/o problems and I can mount the second drive > correctly. (I have problem then with cdrom on HPT366 controller, but it is > not so important cause CDrom is not an UDMA66 device.) > > Then I have second question: > > Maybe mr. Andre Hedrick is wrong, and we can use this controller only to > mount non-system (I mean: no /home , /usr , /boot , / ,) filesystems??? Actually, if you just put /boot onto a "normal" IDE interface with the rest of the system on the UDMA/66 interface, and include HPT366 support into the kernel, you are able to boot the system. Overall, though, I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between the drive on UDMA/66 and the drive on a "normal" interface to want to fight with it anymore. I'm perfectly happy with the drive on a normal interface. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] diskdrake
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > SteveThanks. I tried your suggestion but it didn't run that way > either. I logged in as root, opened an X-session and then opened a > Konsole window and [SNIP] > Use of uninitialized value at diskdrake.pm line 63 (#1) > * ERROR: Can't locate auto/Gtk/events_pend.al in @INC (@INC contains: . > /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 > .) at my_gtk.pm line 80 > Can't locate auto/Gtk/events_pend.al in @INC (@INC contains: . > /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 > .) at my_gtk.pm line 80 > * ERROR: Can't call method "destroy" on unblessed reference during > global destruction. > [root@alan /root]# > > got a pretty similar net result, it didn't run. Except this time it's not a permissions problem, it's a missing file problem! You'll need to find the events_pend.al file that's necessary to run diskdrake. Or, if it's already installed, find out why it's not working correctly. BTW, it's alpha-quality code for a reason... :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] [OT] LILO
Arandir wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > > If I remember the commotion correctly, Be's boot loader is LILO. They > > originally shipped it without source and got a big > > Welcome from the open source community. :) > > Actually, they don't have to ship it with the source, only the license. They > DO have to make the source available somehow though. If you ask for the source > and they say they can't give it, then there's a problem. You're right, of course. My apologies for the confusion. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Large Hard drives....Multiple OS's
Michael Konrad wrote: > > The BeOS boot manager works great. Install Win98 first, then install linux-setup > lilo so that it boots from its hard drive partition, then install BeOS(max 1.5Gig > partition). If I remember the commotion correctly, Be's boot loader is LILO. They originally shipped it without source and got a big Welcome from the open source community. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Thanks!!! Was Multiple Questions
"Shannon M. Johnston" wrote: > > First off I want to thank everybody for the great answers that I got to > my questions. > I now feel more comfortable in my position. > I do have one more thing... > What should I need to know to set up a secure firewall? 1) What you're running now, and 2) What you need to continue running, and 3) What you're trying to protect. They may seem like glib answers, but those are the three most important things you'll need to answer before you can even make an intelligent decision about how arrange your firewall. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Logitech Scanman Color
Sridhar G wrote: > > Hi, > > Had a look at the SANE web page. The Logitech Scanman color is not listed. > Does it mean that my scanner is not supported. > > > :~>Hi, > > :~> > > :~>Has anyone used a hand scanner - Logitech Scanman Color with any Linux. > It > > :~>is a handheld scanner which connects to a ISA board. Is there a > standard for > > :~>scanners in Linux like TWAIN in Windows? > > :~> > > :~>Thanks for your info > > > > Take a look at the mail-archive - I have posted the SANE -web page few > > days ago. Sridhar, The Logitech Scanman series is quite old and was waay before SANE's time. I _do_ recall there being a standalone driver for the Scanman series that I picked up from Metalabs a few years ago. I'm not sure where it was kept, but it seemed to work fine for the Scanman 256 that I had at the time. Give metalabs a try, it's probably still there... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] diskdrake
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > HelloI downloaded diskdrake from a cooker mirror today and got this > when I executed it: > > [root@alan alan]# diskdrake > * scsi devices are available > Use of uninitialized value at fs.pm line 27, chunk 12 (#1) > > (W) An undefined value was used as if it were already defined. It > was > interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a mistake. To suppress > this > warning assign an initial value to your variables. > > Use of uninitialized value at fs.pm line 51 (#1) > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Sat Nov 20 14:48:28 1999 Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at > my_gtk.pm line 31. > [root@alan alan]# > > Can anyone tell me how to execute it so it actually runs. Thanks. > > Alan You've attempted to run the problem when you've logged into X as a normal user and have su'ed to root. Login to X as root. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] problem with ATA/66
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > > > At 04:06 PM 11/19/99 +0100, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > > >Bart³omiej Muryn wrote: > > >> Exactly! It is stupid and simple - I did it - but... > > >> But do not work > > >> Linux don`t want to boot (not install) from this disk! (when plugged to > > >> ATA/66) > > >> It`s hanged after recognition of IDE controlers. Kernel can see the HPT366 > > >> controler correctly, see the disks, but cannot see the partitions etc. > > >> > > >> Any idea? > > > > > >Well, maybe you have to activate something in the BIOS to let it boot > > >on this controller ... or rather, to tell the BIOS that the _primary_ > > >IDE interface (ide0) should be the HPT366, not the Intel BX. > > >Just guessing, I really don't know ... > > > > What motherboard? Some of them treat the HP366 as a SCSI controller (in > > terms of boot order, etc...) > > > > latest bios has the option to switch the EXT boot order from scsi to > udma66. Read the howto, and the conversation between me and Steve from the > archives, if you still have problems lets us know Even after all of that, I never did get my UDMA/66 drive booting. It simply spits an 'LI' at me and that's it. Andre Hedrick's HPT366 notes say that booting support isn't yet available for the chipset. I tend to believe him. I've now got the UDMA/66 drive on the normal IDE controller and I'm using it like that. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Post-install PAM/Passwords configuration
Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > > Run 'setup' and choose 'auth config'. > > WTF. I've been using Redhat for nearly 3 years and I've never > known about this "setup". Thanks for the tip! Heh, no problem! > I did know about "configurator, mouseconfig, sndconfig, ntsysv > though. > > I sure would be nice if they have a textmode version of "netcfg", > instead of X-only netcfg. I absolutely hate using Linuxconf... I completely agree! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Post-install PAM/Passwords configuration
Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > When I installed Mandrake, I chose to DISactive shadow passwords > and DISable MD5. > > Is there a way for me to reverse that decision now, to make my > installation as though I had installed Mandrake with the default password > options? > > --Derek Run 'setup' and choose 'auth config'. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDE Konsole Configuration
Phil Edwards wrote: > > 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... Yup, looks like Konsole isn't able to handle the other terminal types. >From looking at the xterm manpage, you should be able to use something like: xterm -xrm termName:vt220 -xrm decTerminalID:220 it still looks like you'll need to do the export TERM=vt220 once the terminal opens though, because export shows the TERM set to xterm. Hope this helps! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDE with 8 bits display
Denis Havlik wrote: > > :>The window manager has nothing to do with color depth. Color depth is a > :>decision of the X server. > :> > :>To start X in 8 bit pixel depth, use: > :> > :> startx -- -bpp 8 > > Sure. And if your wm does not do rendering, but actually tries to get all > the colors it needs for all those fancy icons, you will end up with > beautifull flashy screen. > > It has been a long time since I have used the -bbp 8 for the last time > (because of the wabi), maybe every wm does the rendering today... I _think_ there's a setting in the KDE Control Panel to set how many colors KDE grabs for itself. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDE with 8 bits display
"Pastor Torrente, Guillermo" wrote: > > The basic idea is: > > Is there a package to substitue KDE icons with other ones more > appropiate for 8 bit working? It would help a lot when using an Xterminal > connected to a Linux box (and enjoy KDE, which I like more than CDE*). > > In case of Gnome I guess the same... > > * Note that CDE is a pretty good few-color handler Check the CD to see if there is a KDE lowcolor icons. I know that KDE issued something like that with 1.1.2, just don't recall whether Mandrake shipped it. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] NIC speed configuration
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, I'm Gary. I was wondering if you can answer the following question > > for me: Is there a way in Linux to force a capable network interface card > > (NIC) to run at a certain speed? For example, if I have a NIC that can > > run at either 10 or 100Mbps, can I configure it so that it runs at the > > speed I want - either 10 or 100Mbps? Also, how can I tell what speed my > > NIC is operating in; is there some command or file that can tell me this > > info? There are utilities available to "force" a speed. Do a web search for Donald Becker (the site is something like cesdis.nasa.gov, but I'm not sure of the rest). As for which speed it's coming up at, I'd imagine that you can find the answer in the boot messages. 'dmesg' will show the boot messages. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDE Konsole Configuration
Phil Edwards wrote: > > 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? Have you tried: export TERM=vt220 then attempting the telnet to the AIX box? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] KDE with 8 bits display
Denis Havlik wrote: > > No idea if KDE or gnome can/will do rendering. > I do know that WindowMaker can do it - therefore, I would sugest using the > WM, withouth gnome/KDE. The window manager has nothing to do with color depth. Color depth is a decision of the X server. To start X in 8 bit pixel depth, use: startx -- -bpp 8 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] funny - www.redhat.org - Why Resolve to Localhost?
Chris Roupp wrote: > > Humm... i wonder what that bogus address does to web bots. Might be a fun way > to make some bot traps. > > -chris If you don't run an HTTP server on the webbot machine, it will do nothing. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] funny
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RIGHT ON! Fortunately for me, I report to a CEO who is at the same time > computer-challenged and industry-wise. I have begun moving Linux, NT out. He > is all for it, as long as it worksWHICH IT DOES! I have the incredible luck of having a boss who tells me what she wants and when she wants it without an edict on the how to accomplish it. She's highly computer-literate, but she also recognizes that the IS department is PAID to make these kinds of decisions. After all, we're the ones that will have to manage, secure, and maintain the systems after implementation. I'm NOT arguing that Linux is the correct solution in every instance. If I were getting paged every Sunday night to fix a problem with one of our Linux machines, you must realize that I'd have no second thoughts about ripping it right back out and replacing it with something that worked. Fortunately, that hasn't happened for our tasks. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] funny
Christopher Cox wrote: > > Yeah, I felt a little foolish after I determined that www.redhat.org is > registered up to 127.0.0.1. > > But in the other hand I would not put linux on a client of mine's desk at > this point. Closet, yes, desk, no (Linux is replacing some NT & Unixware > servers). Mandrake has made some large strides in making the OS more user > friendy, but it seems allot less stable as well. Why not? It's fire and forget! I did this _exact_ thing with my parents. They use the computer for exactly two things: email and web browsing. Prior to the Linux Experiment, I got calls weekly about something that didn't work. They don't abuse the machine, they haven't loaded anything on the machine. It just pukes. I put in the Linux machine, configured it once for their dialup connection, gave them both logins, started X, and showed them how to connect and start Netscape. Ameritech isn't gaining any long distance money from them calling me anymore. I'm not losing my hair trying to debug the latest bits that ended up under the desk. And they're damned happy! For business use, you bet I'd do it. In a heartbeat. The only thing holding me back right now is the non-availability of industry-specific applications. I can guarantee you that management would be extremely happy if we could move to another solution. No business risk from illegal software would be right up there -- a local hospital recently got fined $250,000 for employees copying software. No licensing issues when implementing a new server -- that could save us large amounts of money. Remote administration, software distribution, system management. All at zero cost. I recently looked into PC-rdist for use in distribution Y2K patches to the 100 PCs in our shops. Each of the solutions was outrageously priced considering we could do the same for _ZERO_ dollars on another platform. If people would look at this from a _SYSTEM MANAGEMENT_ view, they'd see that Linux offers tremendous value. For home users, we've been straddled with a number of issues because of the Windows dominance and our notion of playing fair. Dual-booting, installing it themselves rather than pre-installed from a vendor, no vendor support for hardware, etc. Consider the possibility of Linux arriving preconfigured on your next machine. That reduces the difficulty of installation problem to exactly nothing. For the most part, you can download binary packages that you install quickly and easily. And system cleanup through the package management system beats Windows uninstallers any day. How many times have you looked at a drive after uninstalling a Windows application and STILL found remnants of it on the drive? How many times have you been bitten because two applications each install their OWN, modified library into the system directory? Count how many times the uninstaller just threw up it's hands and asked for YOUR advice about shared libraries that it didn't have a clue about -- do they belong to me? can I delete them? what else is going to break? It's a VERY real problem that administrators on Windows platforms face day in and day out. Do YOU have time to sit and track the dependencies of each piece of software on the machine? How do you explain to the user that while the application functions correctly for the PC across the hall, it doesn't work on theirs despite the fact that they're loading the exact same copy of the exact same application and libraries as that other PC (it's a network install)? I'm living this life. I get paid well to do it, but if you think I don't pine for the possibility of doing it in a better way, you're nuts. I'd LOVE to put stable computers in front of these people that don't break when I install a Microsoft-issued service pack onto a computer that contains nothing but Microsoft software and vendor drivers. > I really am hoping for Inprise to release BCB4.0 to Linux, then I suspect a > lot more apps will make themselves availablebut that is only a guess. I don't get this logic... Compilers, IDEs, libraries and the rest have been available on Linux from the very beginning. What sort of "magic bullet" is BCB4? Is it just that it offers a pretty picture for programmers to look at while coding so they don't feel intimidated? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!
Matthew Hart wrote: > > Thanks Steve, > > I have now tried that (even tried putting an append statement in the > LILO.CONF as well). > Unfortunately that didn't work. > > Is this going to be a Kernel rebuild job, if so any pointers? Well, if the LILO line didn't detect it, there's something wrong further down. Check your BIOS to see if you have the 'Memory hole at 15M' option turned on. If it is, turn it off, it will cause a problem for sane operating systems. Beyond that, you may need to take it up with the linux-kernel mailing list for more advice. > > Matthew Hart wrote: > > > > OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box, > > > > Config is as follows; > > > > Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset) > > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html > > 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards. > > Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB) > > 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD > > LS120 Floppy > > 128MB RAM PC100. > > > > Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake. > > I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me > > 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok). > > > > But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to? > > Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest. > The input at LILO will look like: > > linux mem=128M -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!
> Matthew Hart wrote: > > OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box, > > Config is as follows; > > Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset) > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html > 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards. > Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB) > 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD > LS120 Floppy > 128MB RAM PC100. > > Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake. > I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me > 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok). > > But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to? Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest. The input at LILO will look like: linux mem=128M -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] New Mandrake Kernel is SMP only
"Vanco, Donald" wrote: > > Is there a reason you cannot compile your own kernel from source? You may > have better luck... > I think the question is why was the kernel update mislabeled... > > -Original Message- > > From: Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 12:17 PM > > To: Mandrake List > > Subject: [expert] New Mandrake Kernel is SMP only > > > > > > Hello; > > > > I just downloaded the updated Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk. However this seems > > to be a "SMP" version. I checked there is another one on the FTP > > server which claims that it is SMP (2.2.13-22mdksmp). > > > > But they booth boot with a banner which proclaims they are both SMP. > > > > My OpenSound module fails to load claiming that I need a SMP version > > of OSS. When I downloaded the SMP version from www.opensound.com, > > I'll get the message that my kernel does not have loadable module > > installed. > > > > Any Ideas? > > > > Thanks. > > M.S. > > -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Ethernet Network issues
Tadghe Djin wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > What are the outputs of > > ifconfig > > route > > > > on two of the boxes connected via the hub? > > > > -sen > > ifconfig's output > > [root@victory scsi]# ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:28:D9:EE > inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:67 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:134 > collisions:1139 txqueuelen:100 > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6800 This card has a problem. You're showing 134 carrier errors and 67 other errors on that interface along with over 1100 collisions. Fix the card and the network problems will be fixed. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Printer problem on upgrade to 6.1 from 6.0
Bill&Virginia Hodges wrote: > > My printer ceased to function when I upgraded my pentium box from > Mandrake 6.0 to 6.1. > It is a postscript printer connected to my only parallel port > at port 0x378 (IRQ 7). > Upon issueing "lpr xxx.ps" the printer starts as if it is going to print > > but nothing is printed. It is not queued in the spool either. > /etc/printcap defines /dev/lp0 as my printer device. > > [hodges@hodges linux]$ ls -alt /dev/lp0 > crw-rw1 root daemon 6, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/lp0 > > Any suggestions? try this to see if it will print the job: echo "^L" > /dev/lp0 To get the ^L, you'll need to hit control-v, control-l. If that gets the document to print, you need to use printtool to enable sending an end of page at the end of your print job. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Something usefull
"Lord And Master;)" wrote: > > I don't know if anyone else has had this problem But I did and solved > it. > > the realplayer g2 dose not suport ESD sound demon. So I created this lil > script to get around it. > > cut here > > #/usr/bin/sh > esdctl off > /usr/bin/realplay > esdctl on > --- > cut hear. > > I just put this script in my ~/bin dir and created a menu item that runs > it. It suspends the sound demon runs the player then turns it back on > when you close it. > > realy simple but It may have been overlooked.. Does esddsp work in this case? Something like: esddsp realplay I haven't tried it... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Printer Woes-bug and lsmod
WH Bouterse wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback ! > > 1000 AK time > I will log out now but not reboot. I know all this means something but > what? Endlessly installing, and uninstalling and rebooting as a L-M 6.1 > experience is leaving me tired and frustrated. After all of this fighting, have you considered recompiling your kernel and including the printer into the kernel instead of using modules? I know I would have! I just don't have enough hair to risk losing some on something like printer modules. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network
Mike Hill wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I am looking for suggestions on a program to run on a Linux Mandrake system > that is the gateway for numerous local clients to get to the internet. > (I.P. Masquerading). > > The company I am setting this up for wants to monitor all internet access > (financial company). > > Im curious if there is some program that does a good job of monitoring all > Internet traffic going through it. (logging sites visited,etc). You might try using Squid. We use it in conjunction with Internet Junkbuster to block, filter, cache, and track the sites visited by our users. We have setup Junkbuster as a blocking system to limit the sites available to our users. We've only got about 30 people on the system who have Internet access and the "allowed sites" list is rather small right now. We use Squid as a cache to try and conserve the limited bandwidth we have available to the Internet. Both of these programs will allow tracking of sites visited. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Sound configuration -- add to Install!
Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 11:12 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Sound configuration -- add to Install! > > > > > > > If you can get it to work "out of the box" - I never have. > > > > Here's what I do: > > > > * Create a directory for the fonts: > > > > mkdir /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > > > * Copy the fonts into place: > > > > cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF/. > > > > * Create the fonts.dir file: > > > > cd /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > ttmkfdir -o fonts.dir > > ln -s fonts.dir fonts.scale > > > > * Tell the X Font Server about the new fonts: > > > > chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF > > > > * Restart the X Font Server: > > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart > > > > * Use a font browser to see if they're installed: > > > > xfontsel > > > > I've written these instructions while doing each of the steps, so I can > > verify that it works. At least on 6.1... :) > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Thanks, Steve, it now works fine. > > I also linked to the font directory in MS Windows and installed those fonts > as well. > > (rhetoric question) So why doesn't it work by default? Good question, I don't know. I would imagine that adding the ttfonts package to your system should _at least_ make it look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts, though I haven't tried a before-and-after on it. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] BUG: 6.1 initscripts-4.23-33mdk
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > ^ is that a type-o ? i have 2mdk and 5mdk localy (i'd really hate to think > i'm that outdated, but it is posible) Here's the header from rpm -qi initscripts, the package comes from the MacMillan 6.5 Deluxe. Name: initscripts Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.23 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 33mdk Build Date: Tue Sep 7 15:15:29 1999 Install date: Wed Oct 27 19:08:21 1999 Build Host: chanae.alphanet.ch Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: initscripts-4.23-33mdk.src.rpm Size: 164474 License: GPL Packager: Pablo Saratxaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : The inittab file and the /etc/rc.d scripts. > > I was messing with /etc/rc.d/init.d/network tonight trying to help out > > another user to get aliased interfaces to work correctly. I had hacked > > the file to bits without creating a backup (shame on me, I know). > > > > I used 'rpm -e --nodeps' to remove the initscripts package thinking I > > could easily reinstall it from the CD. How wrong I was. > > > > I used 'rpm -i --nodeps --force' to install the package but > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network didn't reappear. Actually _NONE_ of the files > > contained in the package got installed (rc.local, for instance, didn't > > get replaced -- my changes were still at the bottom of the file). > > I didn't need to use --nodeps or --force, the latest versions i know do > not require linux_logo anymore so you shouldn't ever need tell it nodeps. I had to use --nodeps to remove the package because the kernel depended on it. I had to use the --force on the installation because RPM believed it was still installed. linux_logo was removed along time ago -- until the wraparound on the processors line is fixed, I refuse to use it. > > The --nodeps in both of the above lines are necessary because RPM > > (rightly) believes that the package is necessary. The --force is > > necessary upon reinstallation because RPM (wrongly) still believes the > > package is installed. > > stupid rpm bug. it does not like the > > [ -f /var/lock/TMP_1ST ] && rm -f /var/lock/TMP_1ST > > for the %postuninstall (bash2 issue if i remeber right) It doesn't sound like the same sort of problem that's affecting the portmap package then. In the initscripts case, the package no longer shows in the package listing. In the portmap case, the package continues to be shown despite not being installed any longer. > > Thinking it might have been a bad package, I installed the source > > package and rebuilt it with 'rpm -bb' then reinstalled it. Still no > > change. RPM thinks it installed the package! > > > > Finally, I ended up just going into the BUILD/ directory and hand > > copying the files I needed back into their directories. > > rpm -bi --short-circuit initscripts.spec > cp -r /var/tmp/initscripts-something/* / # <- this isn't right but you get > the idea I just did a 'make install' in the BUILD/ directory. Seemed like the direct path to me! :) > > Is something horribly broken with the RPM database that it's not getting > > updated when packages are removed? I previously reported a bug with > > portmap in which it's entry didn't get removed from the database when > > the package was removed -- any progress on that one? > > > > So, the question is -- How did initscripts files get installed in the > > first place if they won't install now? How do I GET that package to > > reinstall correctly?? I can provide 'rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force' > > output if necessary... > > (touch /var/lock/TMP_1ST \ > rpm -e initscripts --nodeps && \ > rpm -i initscripts-4.42-3mdk.i586.rpm ) || ( \ > rpm -i --replacefiles --replacepkgs initscripts-4.42-3mdk.i586.rpm ) > > Something like that, you probably should never ever rpm -e initscripts > just imagine had your power gone off :) No biggie. Installs don't scare me. > Q: How did initscripts files get installed in the first place if they won't install >now? > A: the initial packages (base section, from comps) are installed via cpio >not via rpm > > Not sure about subsequent rpms.. Makes sense I suppose. I'm still not sure about initscripts being correct yet. I'll take another look through the spec file to see if anything obvious jumps out at me. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Question!
alann wrote: > > Hey all.. I have a trivial question but I'm curious. > > Dloading many mandrake cooker packages, I have noticed a difference in > some .mdk names. > > For instance foo.bar.1.1.1-mdk5.tar.gz > > What is the designation ( if any ) of the 5 after mdk.. > > I have seen mdk1,mdk3, mdk5, and mdk6.. > > Does this mean anything? > > Just curious.. > > ALan Revision level of that version. Typically for fixes to the specification file, missing files, recompilation, etc. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SCSI scanner trouble
Randy wrote: > > Ok I tried that. The device is /dev/sgd and I changed the permissions on it to > 600, then 644. Could I be doing that wrong. What permissions does on set on a > device to share it? I would imagine that 666 would be more appropriate. Normal users will need to read and write to the device. > In the mean time I'll be looking at sane dox to see if that could be a problem. > But I get a device not available from xscanimage on the command line. > > Thanks again... > > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I have a scsi scanner attached to my system and so far only root is able to use > > > it. I have changed the permissions on the /dev/scanner and I still can't use > > > it. Any ideas what I'm missing? > > > > > > I'm using Mandrake 6.1, and it's a fresh install. My SuSE 6.1 defaulted to all > > > users having access to it. > > > > /dev/scanner is probably just a link to the real SCSI device. Check the > > permissions on the real device. > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] BUG: 6.1 initscripts-4.23-33mdk
I was messing with /etc/rc.d/init.d/network tonight trying to help out another user to get aliased interfaces to work correctly. I had hacked the file to bits without creating a backup (shame on me, I know). I used 'rpm -e --nodeps' to remove the initscripts package thinking I could easily reinstall it from the CD. How wrong I was. I used 'rpm -i --nodeps --force' to install the package but /etc/rc.d/init.d/network didn't reappear. Actually _NONE_ of the files contained in the package got installed (rc.local, for instance, didn't get replaced -- my changes were still at the bottom of the file). The --nodeps in both of the above lines are necessary because RPM (rightly) believes that the package is necessary. The --force is necessary upon reinstallation because RPM (wrongly) still believes the package is installed. Thinking it might have been a bad package, I installed the source package and rebuilt it with 'rpm -bb' then reinstalled it. Still no change. RPM thinks it installed the package! Finally, I ended up just going into the BUILD/ directory and hand copying the files I needed back into their directories. Is something horribly broken with the RPM database that it's not getting updated when packages are removed? I previously reported a bug with portmap in which it's entry didn't get removed from the database when the package was removed -- any progress on that one? So, the question is -- How did initscripts files get installed in the first place if they won't install now? How do I GET that package to reinstall correctly?? I can provide 'rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force' output if necessary... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] SCSI scanner trouble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a scsi scanner attached to my system and so far only root is able to use > it. I have changed the permissions on the /dev/scanner and I still can't use > it. Any ideas what I'm missing? > > I'm using Mandrake 6.1, and it's a fresh install. My SuSE 6.1 defaulted to all > users having access to it. /dev/scanner is probably just a link to the real SCSI device. Check the permissions on the real device. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] FAQ or what? (Steve)
Tom Berger wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > Tom Berger wrote: > > > > > > I am seeing this 'lynx' question now for the fourth time. It is > > > covered by MUO, right from a link of the frontpage. However, for the > > > sake of whatever, I am willing to provide a list FAQ. > > > > > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers > > > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post them weekly. This is really > > > getting annoying. > > > > Tom- > > > > Here's a frequent one: > > > > Q:I have gotten my system to dialup via PPP, but when I try > > to use Netscape I get an error that the host could not > > be found and to check the SOCKS variable. What have I > > forgotten? > > > > A:The most likely cause for this problem is that you have not > > specified the Domain Name Server addresses necessary to > > translate human-readable host names to IP addresses used by > > the operating system (ie, www.my.com -> 192.168.4.1) > > > > To fix the problem, edit /etc/resolv.conf and ensure that > > it contains the DNS IP addresses provided by your ISP. > > > > The file, at minimum, should contain: > > > > search > > nameserver > > nameserver > > > > For more information about the various configuration items > > provided in /etc/resolv.conf, use the command: > > > > man resolver > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks, that's exactly how I wanted it ;-). What about the other > nine? *grin* Lemme check my archives :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] FAQ or what?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Sylvain GIL wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Tom Berger wrote: > > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers > > > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post them weekly. This is really > > > getting annoying. > > Can you fix that by creating a tmp dir in your $HOME ? > > :-) > > > > lynx is broke. > huh mount? > huh ppa? > huh ide-scsi? > > theres 4 :) Netscape says something about SOCKS? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] FAQ or what?
Tom Berger wrote: > > I am seeing this 'lynx' question now for the fourth time. It is > covered by MUO, right from a link of the frontpage. However, for the > sake of whatever, I am willing to provide a list FAQ. > > Please name the top ten questions asked here (and provide answers > ;-)) and I'll compile them and post them weekly. This is really > getting annoying. Tom- Here's a frequent one: Q: I have gotten my system to dialup via PPP, but when I try to use Netscape I get an error that the host could not be found and to check the SOCKS variable. What have I forgotten? A: The most likely cause for this problem is that you have not specified the Domain Name Server addresses necessary to translate human-readable host names to IP addresses used by the operating system (ie, www.my.com -> 192.168.4.1) To fix the problem, edit /etc/resolv.conf and ensure that it contains the DNS IP addresses provided by your ISP. The file, at minimum, should contain: search nameserver nameserver For more information about the various configuration items provided in /etc/resolv.conf, use the command: man resolver -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Sound configuration -- add to Install!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:17:08 +, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > ... > > There is no reason in the world why a newbie, full of > > excitement for Linux and used to multimedia out of the box > > in Windows and Mac should have to send a letter to our > > list asking for help in configuring his sound card. That > > should be automatic. And that would make Mandrake the > > distribution of choice. > > > > Yours, > > I must admit, configuring for sound I found pain, but not too difficult. I > Looking at multimedia apps I downloaded and started compiling XMMS until the > process told me that it was already installed. > > The other thing I am looking for and have yet to find is a TrueType font > server for Mandrake+XWindows. Is on included in the 6.1 Distribution? If > not, can someone point me to a URL that will help me compile one? TTF support is built into the xfs fontserver. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Re:
Hoyt wrote: > > > Does anyone know how to change a NIC from 1/2 duplex to full duplex? > > Cheers > > Jim Adams > > The card manufacturer usually has at their website a utility program to do > this. You suppose that's a Linux app? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
