Re: [newbie] Booting the system errors
You need to make sure you upgrade to the newer Modutils and Initscripts. Atleast that is what I had to do when I compiled a 2.2 on a system with a 2.0.36 Goto the Mandrake Site and click on Updates. I just got the 2.3.12 Kernel to compile on my system and I am running into the Same problems with the sound. Good Luck, James J. Capone Webmaster: http://linuxuser.8m.com Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com Co-Author: Linux for Newbies "Even Common People can attain uncommon results!" - Original Message - From: Jacek Andreas Matulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 6:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Booting the system errors > Hi all, > > I compiled a new kernel and get some error messages during boot: > > Aug 1 23:06:41 localhost modprobe: can't locate module lo:48 > Aug 1 23:06:41 localhost modprobe: can't locate module lo:49 > Aug 1 23:06:41 localhost network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded > > Well I have no idea what module lo is and apperantly it's missing, how to get > rid of this error message? It repeats many times. > > And of course some errors with swap. > > Aug 2 01:06:34 localhost swapon: swapon: warning: /dev/sda1 has insecure permissions 0660, 0600 suggested > Aug 2 01:06:34 localhost rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions succeeded > > Well when setting to the suggested permissions I the swap is not used anymore, > activating swap fails with something like wrong options. > > PLZ help...TIA > > BTW I searched the RedHat server and before they had some mailing lists, but > curretly the server does not know anything about their mailing lists, no info > at all. > > > TIA > > Jacek >
Re: [newbie] The shutdown and halt user
Did you check in Linuxconf under the user accounts section?? - Original Message - From: Ikhlasul Amal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 6:15 PM Subject: [newbie] The shutdown and halt user > I met on /etc/passwd that there exist shutdown and halt username. When I > tried to use their feature (shutdown and halt as shell), I got an error > message telling that I had no permission for using shutdown. How can I > set shutdown so certain users/groups are allowed executing it without > having to have root previledge? (I ever met that option on one > configuration dialog -- but, ooppss, forget what it was!) > > -- > @mal > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [newbie] Telnet
Make sure the Telnet port is open.. Look in /etc/services - Original Message - From: Trevor Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 7:29 PM Subject: [newbie] Telnet > How can I cet my computer to accept telnet connections when I am online > using a modem? > Btw, my last question got screwed up because I could not see what I was > typing. >
Re: [newbie] how does one.....
try goingto the website. They should have a archive there. Http://www.linux-mandrake.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 1:02 AM Subject: [newbie] how does one. > how does one find old posts to this mailing list? i printed a great little > tut someone posted, but i lost my only hard copy and i deleated the mail :( > It was hot to mount a zip drive and it was realy good! > > > thanks > jerrud >
[newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots into Win98... How can I get it back. Thanks, James J. Capone
Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
Hello, We are having this problem sort of at work. We change it VIA LinuxConf and even a few others and it keeps Defaulting back to GMT a few hours later. We have run Grep and Tail commands and everything and still can not figure out why it happens. But if you go to the Mandrake site, I believe there is a fix for your problem if not it is in the RedHat search area.. Thanks, James J. Capone - Original Message - From: Bert Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time > run linuxconf from command line. you can do all kinds of nifty stuff here, > including change the clock > > Jo wrote: > > > GMT would be 5-7 hours ahead of US times. Sorry don't know the answer either. > > > > "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: > > > > > Looks like you have your clock set to GMT. I know there is a way to tell it > > > weather you want local time or GMT when installing, but I don't know how to > > > change it later. > > > > > > Sorry! > > > > > > Ty C. Mixon > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Podein > > > Sent: July 12, 1999 6:57 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time > > > > > > I am having a problem . The clock on my panel displays the > > > time incorrectly . It is 6 hours behind . I have looked > > > through the entire K menu , help files , etc . I cannot find > > > out where , or how to change the time Can someone please help > > > me . >
Re: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup
I use it at work. So therefore it is a security threat as it is. - Original Message - From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 8:09 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Man ? BEWARE virus maybe attached to post by pup > On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote: > > > Forward the file to Me. I can scan it. Also if it is a Virus I think actions > > need to be taken... In most cases Happy99.exe is a virus and can really harm > > your computer. It will send the virus to all the people in your Email Address > > book. So do not open it. It will then attach to your friends email address > > books and attempt to do the same etc.. > > The best solution is, of course, not to use stupid Windoze mailers - why > would anyone want to use them? We have better ones on Linux anyway... > > LLAP > bero > >
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
I was replying to his comment about it being secure... - Original Message - From: Irv Mullins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 09:51 James Subject: Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, you wrote: > > It is secure, If you keep it that way and do not mess with things you do not > > know about. Don't change things if you do not know what it can do to your > > system.. > > That's not really an answer to the question, nor is it accurate. > The question was - why can someone boot a system without the > password? > > Security is relative. If someone has physical access to your computer, > and there is a floppy drive, anyone with a couple of linux boot/root disks can > start the system without knowing any passwords. Similarly, you can lock your > cars and take the keys, but I can come along with a tow truck and steal the car > anyway. Given that, why use passwords? > > The password system serves to prevent accidental changes that would > mess up the software, and to discourage users from looking at other users' > data. It's just a good balance between a system that's totally open (like DOS) > and a system so secure it's unusable. You can change the balance in either > direction, but you can't eliminate the possibility someone will gain access. > Should you change it in the direction of "more secure"? Probably not. > Anyone who knows the "linux single" trick almost certainly knows the > "bring your own floppy" trick also. > > If your need for privacy justifies, you could remove the floppy > drive (probably kinda inconvenient) and/or run an encrypted file system that > makes data almost impossible to retrieve, (and slows down operations > considerably.) It might be easier to just lock the disk drive in the safe > when you're not using it. > > Anyone who has physical access to your computer must be assumed to > be "authorized" to be there, and therefore trustworthy. If that is not the case, > then posting armed guards and vicious dogs would be appropriate.. > > Regards, > Irv > > > - Original Message - > > From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 07:15 James > > Subject: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Recently my system failed to boot (I had added something to rc.local, that > > didn't belong there). On irc I was told that I could still boot if I gave > > linux single at the LILO boot. This worked, but to my surprise I never had > > to enter a login or a password. Even then, I was allowed to change rc.local > > back to what it was. > > > > > > Is this normal? I thought Linux was supposed to be so secure. > > > > > > Jo > > > >
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
It is secure, If you keep it that way and do not mess with things you do not know about. Don't change things if you do not know what it can do to your system.. - Original Message - From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 07:15 James Subject: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single > Hi, > > Recently my system failed to boot (I had added something to rc.local, that didn't belong there). On irc I was told that I could still boot if I gave linux single at the LILO boot. This worked, but to my surprise I never had to enter a login or a password. Even then, I was allowed to change rc.local back to what it was. > > Is this normal? I thought Linux was supposed to be so secure. > > Jo >
Re: [newbie] More Kernel Questions
Thanks Steven, I ran #/bin/bash rm -fR /lib/modules/2.2.9 I then re compiled the Kernel from scratch and it works great. The only thing that fails at Loadup is the MIDI modules. It says it can not find the midi module. That is it. Thanks again
Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade :)
I will have to check and let you know. I had to use the bzImage because the zImage was too big. That is funny on a 2.1 gig drive the zImage was to big. Ohh... I will let you know. James - Original Message - From: Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 2:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade :) > James Capone wrote: > > > the soun drivers to work. With 2.0.36 they worked fine, now when I load the > > kernel it gives me a bunch of errors about the sound. Like no such file or > > directory all on the sound. Every thing else works fine. I had to make the > > Did you build sound as a module, or compile it into the kernel? Have > you looked at /etc/conf.modules? I'm just guessing here, but if you > built it as part of the kernel, and 2.0.36 had it as modules (which it > did in the kernel that ships with Mandrake 5.3), you're going to have > old scripts which still want the modules. Do the drivers work at all in > spite of the errors? > > Since you needed to make bzImage instead of zImage, I suspect that > (like me) you didn't use modules very much, and this may be contributing > to your problem. > > -- > Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good > with ketchup. >
[newbie] Kernel Upgrade :)
Hello All, Finally I got the kernel -2.2.9 to compile load and work. I ran uname -r to make sure and it comes up as 2.2.9 thanks all for the help. Now I need to get the soun drivers to work. With 2.0.36 they worked fine, now when I load the kernel it gives me a bunch of errors about the sound. Like no such file or directory all on the sound. Every thing else works fine. I had to make the kernel with "make bzImage" when i tried it with "make zImage" it would not work. But it works now I just wanted to thank everyone. Thanks again, James J. Capone
[newbie] Kernel Upgrade
I am trying to upgrade to the 2.2.9 version of the Kernel. I went through the entire process for un taring the file through the entire process. I did the make menuconfig I did the make dep I did the make zImage I did the make modules I did the make modules_install I did the make zlilo Even did cp zImage /vmlinuz edited the lilo.conf to look like this image=/vmlinuz Label=Linux etc... When I reboot and try to run Linux with the new Kernel I get the following message Loading Linux. No signature file. Then it stalls Any Help. Can I just run rm -f -d /usr/src/linux re untar the file and start over if I made a mistake Also I did the make clean and make mrproper when all was said and done. Please help, Upgrading from 2.0.36 to 2.2.9 James J. Capone
