mod_auth_mysql-2.20 and apache-eapi
Hi all I'm attempting to try a web based dns management program called myWebDNS on a Red Hat 7.2 box (my desire is to delegate the ability for users to change their own dns settings for their own domains). I'm stuck because it requires mod_auth_mysql-2.20. I found an rpm, but it requires apache-eapi which i cannot find. Anyone have rpms for these buggers that work on Rh7.2 (apache 1.3.x) tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: using cdrecord to backup files.
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 13:29, Shaheen Tonse wrote: (c) The probability of both happening is even smaller: the multiplication of those 2 small numbers. (assuming that Murphy's Law does not kick in.) The whole reason for doing backups is to safeguard against Murphy's Law. geesh charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: postfix rpm + mailman rpm = GID error
On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 16:00, Eric Sisler wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Eric Sisler wrote: > > > > Does anyone have mailman running with postfix using the RedHat supplied > > > RPM's? I have postfix-1.1.5-2 & mailman-2.0.8-1 and I'm nearly there, but > > > I'm running into the dreaded "wanted GID X, got GID Y error". > > > >This should be an faq at this point. See this thread for the details, but > >basically you just have to put the mailman aliases in a seperate map file > >and set the gid of the generated .db file to 'mail'. > > > >http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/redhat-list/2002/03/msg01016.php > > I looked at the thread and in fact most of my setup is identical to > yours. I did change the ownership on the mailman-aliases.db to no avail. > > [snip] > > >The error says it expects gid=12. Give it to em! (on the .db file) > > And therein lies the rub. It isn't the permissions on the .db file, it's > mailman's wrapper script that's causing the problem: > > Mailman mail-wrapper: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 12, GOT gid > 99. (Reconfigure to take 99?) mmh. I don't believe I changed the wrapper at all : [root@rabbit /root]# rpm -V mailman S.5T c /var/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py S.5T c /var/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.pyc SM5T /var/mailman/data/pending_subscriptions.db > > If I change postfix's "default_privs = mail" then the script runs fine, but > I'm wondering if this presents a security risk. There aren't many > files/directories owned by mail, so maybe this doesn't. > > I realized after sending the first message that although I started with the > RH provided postfix RPM, I'm now using the one maintained by Simon Mudd, > located at http://www.ea4els.ampr.org/~sjmudd. Are you using the stock > RedHat RPM? I wonder if that's part of the issue. Nope, mine is from a sjmudd rpm > Also, do you have "DELIVERY_MODULE" set to "Sendmail" or "SMTPDirect" in > /var/mailman/Mailman/Default.py (or possibly > /var/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py). I'm using the default of "SMTPDirect" as > the documentation says the other option isn't "secure". so am i. > At any rate, it does appear to be working, I'm just not sure about the > possible security implications. I don't know why it works for me, but not you. Sorry charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: perl/tex question
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Blake Thornton wrote:
> >
> > I'm guessing it's output to stderr you are still seeing. Try
> >
> > chdir("/path/to/latex/files") or die "chdir failed: $!\n";
> > my $rc = system("latex filename.tex > /dev/null 2>&1");
> >
>
> Beautiful!! It worked great.
>
> Can you (or anyone else) explain to me the command
> my $rc
Well, based on your comment, I'd suggest you do some reading in general
(the perl man pages are really good, in this case 'man perlfunc', and
there are lots of other good perl resources).
The system command returns the exit status of the program executed. I
captured that above in a variable called $rc. The my keyword controls it's
scope (no time to explain that now :)
Anyway, the return code is actually the code "wait" returns, and you need
to divide by 256 to get the actual value. You would do something like
$rc = $rc>>8;
if ( $rc != 0 ) {
print "Yikes, the system call failed!\n";
}
Read up on the system command. There are things you should be aware of
regading security thta you should be aware of too, as well as you should
always check the exit code to determine if it was a success.
hth
charles
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Re: Stat logging on multiple servers
On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 22:32, Joe Bifano wrote: > no. I was told that it was not a good way to do it. What is your > experiance with syslog? > > have you tried configuring syslog to log web traffic to a central > > server? It works fine. You have to launch syslog on the logging server with th e-r switch (see /etc/sysconfig/syslog) and then modify the /etc/syslog.conf on each web server to direct some or all messages to the central server (or both the local box and central server). I would keep the system clocks well synchronized on the boxes too. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Stat logging on multiple servers
On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 14:42, Joe Bifano wrote: > Hi all, > > Wondered if there was a good way to get web stats from 2 or 3 machines we > are setting up as web servers in a server farm. We could have them all > write to an NFS mounted logs directory on another machine but wanted to know > if there was a better way. Is there a way that 1 hard drive can connect to > several machines just for logs? > > Thanks, > > Joe have you tried configuring syslog to log web traffic to a central server? charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
stopping email at the firewall for an IP
Hi I asked this recently but no-one replied. Some joker is annoying th ehell out of me by trying to send a email to any name he can come up with (automated) at my domain. here is an example Mar 13 13:02:45 rabbit postfix/smtpd[31864]: reject: RCPT from 1Cust240.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net[63.27.139.240]: 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: User unknown; from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mar 13 13:05:23 rabbit postfix/smtpd[32757]: reject: RCPT from 1Cust240.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net[63.27.139.240]: 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: User unknown; I get dozens of these an hour. So i decided to block his class C since it's allways a dynamic IP on 63.27.139.0/24. Well my rule isn't working. Here is what I tried # stop this asshole filling my mail log $IPTABLES -A INPUT --source 63.27.139.0/24 -j silent silent is a chain that just does a DROP. I tried -I too. yes I'm aware this should stop all traffic from that block, but I'm fien with that :) Can anyone tell me why this isn't stopping him/her in his tracks? thanks charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: php update and mysql
Hi Jack > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/4/2002 8:37:04 AM >>> > i noticed after updating php (and it's components) that it seems to > no > longer function with mysql. why would red hat release an update that > would break this functionality? is there a way to repair this? Try this ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Openssh on RH7.2
> On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 01:14, Arman Magluyan wrote: > > So I thought, maybe I need to upgrade my Openssh to 3.02P and I removed > > using rpm -e opensshxxx and then did untar the version from openssh.org but > > it looks like this is just a client, not the daemon. Even tried the RPM > > version but still no luck. You need the openssh-server rpm hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Upgrading recompiled source rpm's - how?
On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:23, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:52:24AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > > > I downloaded the .src.rpm files, did a "rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm", > > and now have foo.rpm in my /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory. How do I > > tell rpm to install/upgrade/freshen these files over the versions that are > > currently residing on my box? (i'm going from the standard 386 binaries to > > recompiled for PII binaries). > > This is done the same way you install/upgrade/freshen any other rpm. Just cd > to the /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 directory and do an rpm -F or rpm -U. > > If the version does not appear to be newer than what was installed, you may > need to either --force the upgrade, or do an rpm -e on your existing version > and then an rpm -i on the new version. To be clear, -F is for "Freshen". It will only update rpms already installed. -U is for "Upgrade or install if not already there". hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: no mysql connection after up2date
On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 10:34, Nick Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all > I've just run up2date and installed the php packages to fix the > vulnerabilities that have come to light. > > Now I can't conect to mysql Most likey need to ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: installing package kernel-2.4.9-31 needs 3Mb on the / filesystem
On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 23:54, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Charles Galpin wrote: > > >> installing package kernel-2.4.9-31 needs 3Mb on the / filesystem > > > >This should read "needs an additional 3Mb". In other words 3Mb more than > >you have. > > > >Dunno. This happened to me on my firewall with a tiny disk - my > >solution? Put a bigger drive in my standby firewall and deployed it. > > How big a disk are you using these days? I'm still building fully > functional Red Hat gateway/network monitor/DHCP/DNS boxes on 370MB > (500ish, minus generous swap space) ... it's getting to be more of a > challenge with every release, though ... Red Hat's definitely not the > right distro for slim devices. About that I think - box if off now so I can't verify to be sure. I also partitioned her up pretty heavily with the intent of mounting most of it read only. This also led to less available space on each chunk. I'm fortunate that old 1-2gig drives are readily available (read lying around) so I just "upgraded" my $55 firewall boxes. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: perl rpms
On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 00:00, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:45:07PM -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: > > I always have a hard time findign perl rpms. Where do you guys go for > > them? > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/DMA/CPAN/RPMS > > I don't think this has been updated for 7.2. Thanks! ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
perl rpms
I always have a hard time findign perl rpms. Where do you guys go for them? For example, this evening I want to install the MIME::Parser module which appears to come from the perl-MIME-tools rpm. rpmfind has lots of rpms for mandrake, PLD (polished?), and even conectiva, but not much for Red Hat. If I try rpms for other distros, I get all kinds of dependecy problems - like perl-devel which I can't find eitther. I would just use CPAN but I'm trying (really hard) to keep my system rpm based. tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: installing package kernel-2.4.9-31 needs 3Mb on the / filesystem
On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 15:34, Bill Jacobs wrote: > Installing a new kernel with RPM I get: > > installing package kernel-2.4.9-31 needs 3Mb on the / filesystem This should read "needs an additional 3Mb". In other words 3Mb more than you have. Dunno. This happened to me on my firewall with a tiny disk - my solution? Put a bigger drive in my standby firewall and deployed it. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: How to get CGI work
- Original Message - From: "Jianping Zhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can somebody give suggestion how to get cgi work. I strongly suggest you read the CGI man page # man CGI hth Charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: High Memory Problem
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 17:00, Benny Pedersen wrote: > --- Reply to a message --- > By: Cameron Simpson > ->: a Mail > :>: Re: High Memory Problem > > > [ _Please_ don't construct new messages by replying to old ones; > > it embeds them in other threads. If you do do this, please > > delete the References: and In-Reply-To: header lines before > > posting. > > - Cameron > > ] > > do we need custom email programs to be here ? Absolutely not. What gave you that impression? All you need is a telnet client. hummff :) What Cameron is saying is send a fresh message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of replying to an arbitrary thread. Most nice mailers have threading features and when you do that it thinks it's part of that other thread (even when you remember to change the subject because it uses the header info). charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Release/patches/updates questions
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 09:34, Kerry Miller wrote: > This is probably a dumb question, but I'm just curious so I'll ask it > anyway! > > If I download the iso's for 7.2, have those iso's been frozen and I'll still > need to install all the errata/updates, etc. or do the iso's get updated > periodically? For instance, if I download 7.2 today will it include some or > all of the updates which have been released since 7.2 came out, or would I > still need to apply all the patches and updates? I believe it has always been Red Hat's practive to "freeze" the iso once it has been released. That way there is no guessing. You always need to apply the updates. If this is a one off, just use up2date. If thi si for a number of machines, download everything from the updated dir and do a rpm -F *.rpm on each machine. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
what's wrong with this iptables rule?
Hi Some idiot has been filling up my logs for the past few days with these attempts to send mail to bogus addresses. Mar 1 09:31:33 rabbit postfix/smtpd[30016]: reject: RCPT from 1Cust63.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net[63.27.139.63]: 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: User unknown; from= to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I want to stop him at the firewall and not log the packets. But my rule doesn't seem to be stopping them. # stop this asshole filling my mail log $IPTABLES -I INPUT -p tcp --source 63.27.139.63 --dport 25 -j silent silent is a chain that just does a DROP. So what's wrong with this rule (other than profanity in the comment)? tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
named[760]: notify failed: not authoritative for notify zone(REFUSED)
I keep getting this error in my logs named[760]: notify failed: not authoritative for notify zone (REFUSED) Can anyone tell me how to determine if this is a problem with my named notifying someone else, or them notifying me? I tried calling named with -d 8 but I see no more debug info than without it. thanks charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: can't boot upgrade from 6.0 to 7.2
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 18:42, doug piper wrote: > At this time, I have created several boot disks. The first disk was created during >the > install, or rather, ugrade, from the RH CD. After that, I used linux rescue from the >RH CD > and did mkbootdisk and created disks identical to the first disk. All of them hung >as I > described in my original email. In each case, the disk created was in vfat. > All of the disks which I used to boot 6.0 (and continue to use on another machine) >were > formatted to ext2. I can't speak for the vfat - I've always thought the boot disks were ext2. > Remember, I have 2 separate hds and am trying to boot to hdb. Following the >instruction and > notes in the 7.2 CD, I installed Grub on hdb rather than hda. Again, sorry I wasn't following this very closely. Ok, based on the above, before slashing and burning, you still have the opportunity to coax grub/lilo to do the right thing - boot off of hdb. There are much more qualified people than me on this list, but in a nutshell you can do things like tell it to use hdb, or if that fails logically switch the hda and hdb drives. It will require some reading in any event. You may just want to take the easy route and do a fresh install. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: can't boot upgrade from 6.0 to 7.2
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 12:06, doug piper wrote: > Thanks to all of you! I think that a new install is the right thing to do although I > don't believe that there is anything wrong with the upgrade except that I can't boot > into it. > I do still have one question. Where do I put GRUB? I followed instructions and put it > into MBR of hdb as per RedHat instructions should I have put it into MBR of hda > instead? I believe this is the essence of my problem. > Today, I need to get some work done and will not have time to deal with this until > tomorrow. I'll let you know how it comes out Doug, I haven't been following this thread carefully, but this sounds like your problem. If you made a boot floppy, boot off of it and fix your grub settings and run grb-install. If you didn't make a boot floppy (shame on you :) then try this - boot off the 7.2 install CD. Choose upgrade. Deselect all packages. MAKE A BOOT FLOPPY. What *should* happen is it will install little to nothing, and then create you aboot disk - possibly fixing your boot issue ate the same time (in which case you won't need the boot disk). hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: How do I set multiple IP addresses for ethX
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 10:26, Michael Oatman wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a simple config file which I can edit which will let me have multiple IP >addresses for a > single interface (eth0 and eth1)? on 7.x (at least) see /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases It is well documented hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Faxing to/from Linux server.
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 10:49, Wayne Stout wrote: > Or if you're looking for a commercial solution, try Vsifax. We use it here > for our fax server. Actually, Vsifax is the reason we got our first Linux > server on the network. (I've added a couple more since then ) :) > > Their website hasn't been overly helpful when I've needed help, but their > tech support is simply wonderful. Their webpage is http://www.esker.com > > And no, I have no ties to the company other than using the product. I was going to say the same thing but couldn't remember how expensive it was and he didn't sound like it was for enterprose use. Regardless, I evaled their product and it worked very well. Their tech support was outstanding. comes with windows clients too. Hylafax is a good free solution. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Apache behind Router
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 01:38, Dave Lewis wrote: > I have a linux apache web server that used to also be my router. > Since I got a netgear router I decided to put it behind the router... > simple.. so I though > I have reconfigured everything, and telnet works fine through the router > and to the box, however http does not. I setup the filter to forward the > port 80 through and it is reaching the box however it\'s not making it > back out to the internet. the machine can ping internet addresses (i.e. > www.yahoo.com) and such... The trouble does not however occur when I use > the ip of my box... just with ANY of my multiple domain names... I don't > think this is a router problem, since internet and telnet are working. > Currently I'm at a loss and I though that perhaps this might ring a bell in > someone's > mind and might be able to shed the light on my more than likely stupidity :) Sounds like you just need to change your virtual hosts config to use your internal IP address. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Merge, split, direct traffic!
Hi Ashley I happened to be playing around with something very similar this weekend. My ISP is forcing me to switch my IPs over to a new subnet, so I was trying to get both worling simultaneously to avoid any downtime. I ended up shortening the TTL in my DNS and biting 15 minutes of downtime :) I tried using two different gateway boxes to my lan, as well as using two interfaces on one box suppporting both IP sets. Anyway, I quickly realized that if the internal server is using gateway A (say the Cable server) as it's default route, traffic coming into gateway B (say the DSL server) will try go out gateway A, and not back through B. Then I found that if you are using NAT, you can't have the traffic come in one interface and then leave out another (even if both interfaces are on the same box because I tried that too solving the gateway problem). It makes sense to me know, but I had to try it to figure it out. Now, based on you description, this is what I would do. I would setup your network below (but you don't need 2 network cards on the internal server, just a hub/switch) and have the internal server use the cable server as it's default route. So, all normal internal use will take advantage of the fast downloads. Then I would nfs mount your internal server data dir read only on the DSL server. Run your ftp server here and do your downloads from work through it (or uploads to it rather). This will give you faster traffic out controlled by which IP/name you use. You can of course push stuff home via the cable server to get the best speed that way. What do you think? Sounds quite doable to me. A bit of a waste of that DSL connection though. You could always ssh over to it and kick of downloads from to to make use of the bandwidth. There may of course be better solutions to this - I make no claims about being an expert on this stuff. charles - Original Message - From: "Ashley M. Kirchner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As of today I have both DSL service (256K) as well as Cable (1.5Mb/128K). As you can tell, the upstream on the cable is puny and unfortunate for me since I tend to transfer some rather large files up to my server at work. Obviously I would favor the DSL for upstream, and the cable for downstream... (you can already guess what I'm getting at, don't you?) > > So, can it be done? All I honestly care for is *upstream* FTP transfers...nothing else. Email, WWW, *downstream* FTP, and whatever other dang traffic can go just fine over the Cable connection. Now I realize it's not easy to split up/downstream FTP connection, so even if all FTP connections go through the DSL, I'll be happy. > > I can easily have the Cable connected to one server and the DSL to another (actually, in a sense it's already setup that way, but only the cable one is on the network...the DSL server is a lone cowboy at the moment). But what I believe can't be done is somehow merge these two servers into one "network" where everyone else sitting behind them (masq machines) can have access to both. Each server has a completely different set of IPs, from two completely different providers. > > Maybe I'm dreaming, but this is about the most logical solution that I could think of: > > > [ Cable Server ][ DSL Server] > eth0: DHCP IP from provider eth0: Static IP from provider > eth1: Static private IP eth1: Static private IP > | | > | | > \ / > \ / > +-+---+ > | > | > [ Internal Server ] > eth0: serves private network (goes to HUB) > eth1: serves eth1 on Cable Server > eth2: serves eth1 on DSL Server > > The Internal Server will then do the traffic directing, throughsomething, not sure yet. > > Have I gone insane yet? Does this even make sense? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: autoinstall rpm's dependencies?
On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 18:16, gregory mott wrote: > if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those > packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some > straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? up2date will do this, providing Red Hat provides that rpm. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: list archives
On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 17:09, Monte Milanuk wrote: > I'm not very experienced w/ this sort of thing; what exactly are people > referring to when they say the resources required are too great? Too > much disk space, too much RAM, too much CPU speed, or too much machine > time? Too much of all the above? Pretty much all of the above can be a factor, but I'd say the biggest cost is bandwidth - if the site is popular. Bandwidth isn't cheap, the rest are. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: list archives
On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 13:51, Monte Milanuk wrote: > Any other good, reliable, frequently updated archives around? http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat should be updated nightly. The index is sufficiently large to make updating on the fly too resource intensive. In fact Chuck had the moongroup archives update once a week because of this. By doing some tweaking and using twice the disk space needed by the archive I was able to get indexing down to just over an hour a day for updates, and *no* downtime. We could have broken the indexes down into smaller pieces but that prevents you from searching multiple list simultaneously (at least doing so easily). I personally think they are a much better resource than Red Hat's archive, but I am biased. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: simple default route question, RH7.2 [SOLVED]
Hi Paul First, I think you missed the fact that the problem is solved. Second, I know how to tunnel X through ssh. This pc has no X libs, apps or anything. An X gui is in no way appropriate for this task. Then I did say I would *rather* edit the files anyway :) charles On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 12:51, Paul Hamm wrote: > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ is the location of the scripts and > configurations for networking since at least 6.0 the other location is where > the fancy new gui dumps its crap then links them to network-scripts/ the > file to edit is most likely ifcfg=eth0. Try "> sudo grep -r GATEWAY= > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*". Remote use of X through a firewall is > quite easy using "> ssh -X " thats if you allow ssh and the > remote server is running X. > > -Original Message- > From: Charles Galpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Thanks though, and see below for my fix. > > > > anyone? > > ooh. me. me. Type your gateway IP in correctly you idiot. Then it works > as expected! > > charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: simple default route question, RH7.2 [SOLVED]
Hi Paul, thanks for replying On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 11:32, Paul Hamm wrote: > The location is in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ there is > another one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ there is a new very > complicated gui called "neat" that handles these files if you don't want to > edit the individual files. while I prefer doing it by hand, I'm not opposed to using a tool. However this is a gui, and I need a console based solution (firewall). I think the files you refer to above are a side effect or result of that tool too, since I don't have them. Thanks though, and see below for my fix. > -----Original Message- > From: Charles Galpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:28 AM > To: Redhat List > Subject: simple default route question, RH7.2 > > > I can't figure out where the default route gets set up in 7.2. For > whatever reason I didn't get prompted to setup networking during the > install, so I set it up manually. From the looks of it, ifup uses the > GATEWAY and GATEWAYDEV env variables set in /etc/sysconfig/network to do > this automatically, but it isn't working. > > I can manually set the default route, and put that in static-routes or > rc.local, but I *know* this works on other machines without doing that. > > anyone? ooh. me. me. Type your gateway IP in correctly you idiot. Then it works as expected! charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
simple default route question, RH7.2
I can't figure out where the default route gets set up in 7.2. For whatever reason I didn't get prompted to setup networking during the install, so I set it up manually. From the looks of it, ifup uses the GATEWAY and GATEWAYDEV env variables set in /etc/sysconfig/network to do this automatically, but it isn't working. I can manually set the default route, and put that in static-routes or rc.local, but I *know* this works on other machines without doing that. anyone? tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Theoretical question disk space question
On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 00:48, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Generally with a mountpoint you either: > > - Store NOTHING underneath it, for the obvious reason. > that most of the time it will be inaccessible. > This effectively avoids your "wasted space" scenario. the is reminds me that when I fo\irst started palying with linux, and was never sure if things were mounted properly or not, I do something like touch /mnt/floppy NOT_MOUNTED so if I did an ls on that dir I'd know immediately that a floppy wasn't mounted. Of course when it was mounted I'd see the contents od the floppy (or nothing). This applies to anything else you mount, including over nfs. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: find image dimensions
> > On 09:20 22 Feb 2002, Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | what is the easiest way for me to determine an images width and height? The ImageMagick rpm contains a number of tools for converting/viewing/identifying images. They work great from scripts. The command you want here is called 'identify' hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
DNS recursive queries and security
Hi When using http://www.squish.net/dnscheck/ to examine some DNS configurations it reports: Security: Server NS1.DOM.COM (x.x.x.x) is recursive when getting the SOA record. According to the bind book, bind will make recursive queries to it's forwarders (if you use the forwarders option). I was, so I commented the section out and restarted named, but it still reports this error. I'm guessing this is just a propagation thing. Is this the correct interpretation? Do I have anything to worry about? I tried several other well-known domains and they get the same security warning. redhat.com does not :) tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: losing DSL connection after lots of updates
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 12:12, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 11:55:56AM -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: > > > > Anyone seen anything like this? Anyone know how to query rpm for all > > packages installed since a date (so I can see what else changed) > > rpm -qa --last (shows all in date order) awsome. sorry for not bothering to look that up myself :) > > Does it happen with any regularity (like when the lease is up)? I have > seen something similar but it was the ISPs problem, with the way the > handled ARP traffic or somesuch. Since I'm not there it's hard to tell. I'll set up a cron job with wget to a non existant file so I have a record of when it's alive or not. That should give me a good idea. Good question though. The ip never changes btw. I could just have a cron job run ifup periodically, but what a hack. I'd rather fix it. Here is what changed. Yes, I'm guilty of not keeping her current (until now). XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-15 Sat 16 Feb 2002 10:12:11 AM EST kernel-source-2.4.9-21Sat 16 Feb 2002 09:44:40 AM EST kernel-headers-2.4.9-21 Sat 16 Feb 2002 09:44:07 AM EST kernel-2.4.9-21 Sat 16 Feb 2002 09:35:07 AM EST printconf-0.3.61-3Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:30:06 PM EST Omni-foomatic-0.5.0-4 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:30:04 PM EST ghostscript-6.51-16 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:30:00 PM EST Omni-0.5.0-4 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:50 PM EST vim-minimal-6.0-7.13 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:42 PM EST vim-enhanced-6.0-7.13 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:42 PM EST vim-common-6.0-7.13 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:37 PM EST uucp-1.06.1-33.7.2Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:30 PM EST redhat-config-network-0.9.10-2Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:28 PM EST usermode-1.46-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:26 PM EST nfs-utils-0.3.1-13.7.2.1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:25 PM EST foomatic-1.1-0.20011218.3 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:13 PM EST Xconfigurator-4.9.39-2Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:09 PM EST initscripts-6.43-1Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:07 PM EST util-linux-2.11f-17 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:04 PM EST ttfonts-ja-1.0-7 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:29:01 PM EST tmpwatch-2.8.1-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:54 PM EST sudo-1.6.4-0.7x.2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:54 PM EST rsync-2.4.6-10Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:54 PM EST pine-4.44-1.72.0 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:53 PM EST pam-devel-0.75-19 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:50 PM EST openldap-servers-2.0.21-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:49 PM EST openldap-clients-2.0.21-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:47 PM EST openldap-2.0.21-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:46 PM EST cyrus-sasl-plain-1.5.24-23Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:46 PM EST cyrus-sasl-md5-1.5.24-23 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:46 PM EST cyrus-sasl-devel-1.5.24-23Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:45 PM EST XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-15 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:44 PM EST XFree86-twm-4.1.0-15 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:44 PM EST cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-23 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:44 PM EST XFree86-tools-4.1.0-15Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:43 PM EST Mesa-3.4.2-10 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:42 PM EST XFree86-4.1.0-15 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:30 PM EST pam-0.75-19 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:11 PM EST mutt-1.2.5.1-1Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:09 PM EST modutils-2.4.13-0.7.1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:07 PM EST mod_auth_pgsql-0.9.9-2Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:06 PM EST libxslt-1.0.7-2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:05 PM EST libxml2-2.4.10-0.7x.2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:03 PM EST iptables-1.2.4-2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:02 PM EST groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:28:01 PM EST groff-1.17.2-7.0.2Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:58 PM EST glibc-profile-2.2.4-19.3 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:55 PM EST glibc-devel-2.2.4-19.3Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:46 PM EST gdb-5.1-1 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:35 PM EST eel-1.0.2-2 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:33 PM EST at-3.1.8-23 Fri 15 Feb 2002 11:27:31 PM EST apache-m
losing DSL connection after lots of updates
I ran up2date on a 7.2 PC that was getting a bit behind in updates (but running perfectly). One of the updates was the 2.4.9 kernel. Since then it is constantly losing it's DSL connection. Since I'm administering it remotely I'm having trouble figuring out what's going wrong. There are no signs of trouble in the logs, and a simple ifup eth1 brings the interface back up. Using dhcpcd-1.3.18pl8-13. I honestly don't remember the old version number, but it was updated. I'm booted back off the 2.4.7 kernel since that's the only easy change I can back out of, but have yet to see if this fixes it. Anyone seen anything like this? Anyone know how to query rpm for all packages installed since a date (so I can see what else changed) charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: more cd burning questions
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 12:31, Brandon Dorman wrote: > > > > and then later > > > > > > hdc: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) > > > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > > > hdd: ATAPI 6X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 768kB Cache, DMA > > > > thats not so good. It looks like the IDE driver attached itself to your > > CD-ROM drives. After you made your changes to /etc/lilo.conf, did you > > forget to run /sbin/lilo ? > > I ran lilo, no errors reported. But I never saw you say you rebooted. You did reboot right? charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: retrieving https was:Re: sending data from wget into perl?
> > > dbrett wrote: > > > > > > >Does anybody know of a program which will get https pages? See my other post regarding fetching web pages using perl. I haven't done it myself, but I'm pretty sure there will be SSL enabled versions of the libwww-perl modules on cpan.org charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: sending data from wget into perl?
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 14:19, daniel wrote:
> i'm not sure if this is off topic or not
> but i think that's my problem...
> here's what i want to do
>
> 1. grab a page off the web
> 2. process it with a perl script
>
> that's it
> i thought something like
> wget www.site.com/index.html | perlscript.pl
> would work
> but no
> instead it just downloaded the index.html file and exited
>
> this has got to be easy
> i just have no idea how to do it
> suggestions?
Sure is an easy one. The answer is to do it all in perl, and your script
will be portable, even to messydos,
use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; #instantiate a user agent
my $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => "www.site.com/index.html");
my $response = $ua->request($request);
if( $response->is_success ) {
# do something useful or..
print $response->content;
} else {
# if it fails print the error and save it as the output
print $response->error_as_HTML;
}
Easy eh?
See the HTTP::Request and LWP::UserAgent man pages for details.
hth
charles
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Re: Thoughts on possible XP upgrade with RH 7.2
On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 18:46, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Brandon Dorman wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > >Please no flaming. I currently have a dual boot RH7.2/Win98 system, > >primarily booting into linux but I need win98 for cd burning (too much > >work for me to set it up) and printing (again, too much work for me, I'm > >just too lazy i guess.) and am going to get WinXP at a "heavily > >discounted" price. > > If you only use it for CD burning, then why do you want Windows XP? > > Just trying to get the story straight. ;-) Mhh maybe crack is cheap where he lives? :) I'm with David - it would be much easier/cheaper/faster to just setup cd burning aand printing under linux. Ask us for help with that, or stop being stingy and share your dealer. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
up2date claims I need an smp kernel
I'm trying to run up2date for the first time on a 7.1 box. When I run up2date -u, it claims I need to allow kernel-smp to be installed. It's a single processor machine! Advice? Not ready to upgrade her to 7.2 right this second, thanks. charles The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration: NameVersionRel Reason --- kernel 2.4.9 21 Pkg name/pattern kernel-headers 2.4.9 21 Pkg name/pattern kernel-source 2.4.9 21 Pkg name/pattern Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies... There was a fatal RPM error. The message was: To solve all dependencies for the RPMs you have selected, The following packages you have marked to exclude would have to be added to the set: Package Reason === kernel-smp-2.4.9-21 Pkg name/pattern ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: how to access drive A and CDROD and TAPE from Command line
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 06:32, Ben Logan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 11:59:09AM -0500, Jianping Zhu wrote: > > how to access drive A and CDROD and TAPE from Command line. For how to use a tape drive, check the archives - this has been explained in detailed several times http://www.prairienet.org/redhat/ hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: nvidia driver horrors
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 10:29, Nick Wilson wrote: > I think the problem may be todo with the fact that after installed all > of ther errata the kernel is no longer 2.4.7-10 but 2.4.9-13 (only just > thought of this) and I expect the kernel headers are the problem. > > Time to try the sources I think! yes, that'sd your problem. Get the source rpm and rebuild/install after you change (or even recompile) your kernel. I find it highly annoying thta just recompiling the same kernel version requires rebuilding the NVIDIA driver. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
- Original Message - From: "rpjday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I can't help you with resising XP - i just wiped it clean and started > > over. > > i'd be interested in hearing just how smoothly the process of setting > up that 8100 as a dual boot machine goes. i got an 8100 a few months > ago and, yes, it came pre-installed with windows choice i made>, since i had no intention of running windows whatever. > > the instant i got it, i blasted the windows install and installed > red hat, but not before i noticed that, naturally, the pre-installed > windows takes up the whole disk, and i suspect it will do the same > with yours. > > this means you can't just add red hat, you have to downsize > windows first. and before you think, hey, no problem, i'll just > *re-install* windows on a smaller partition, think again. what > you will likely get is not a windows install CD, it will be a > windows *reinstall* CD -- that is, no original media but a CD > that just lets you recover to your original layout. these days, > dell (and others, i assume) not shipping original media. they're > being totally sleazy and shipping only enough to let you recover > if you trash your original install. Dell gave me real media - standard XP plus a bunch of disks containg apps, utilities etc. In fact, mine came with w2k installed, but an XP license on the sticker. All it took was a phone call to get them to send me a XP CD. With the CDs they provide you can intall windows anyway you like (or dislike :) ) It went very smoothly once I stopped trying to get both w2k and XP on it 9as well as Linux). Just do windows first, then linux. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: ssh via browser?
- Original Message - From: "gregory mott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: ssh via browser? > if i want to be able to get into my redhat box from the internet via a > browser, is there a handy plugin or whatever that provides the same level > of security and peace of mind as ssh? Yup, check out mindterm. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: tape backup whoas..
- Original Message - > Hello all, i am currently looking for an easy way to backup files with my > scsi HP surestore. Is there a way i can treat this device as a hard drive, > or floppy? > If so what commands should i go MAN'n ? I would rather stay away from amanda > and the like and just write scripts to do what i want using commands. Any > help on this is appreciated.. Let me give you the big pic and perhaps you > can give me some insite... > > I will be taking the files that need backing up from my ns1 ns2 web and mail > server tar'n them up PGP'n them and sending them off to a backup server > which is just an email server with security to let no one in cept those > servers. This way i can have 1 email per server per day of its important > files and having tons of history behind it as in days. I then want to tape > backup my /var/spool/mail dir every day or whatever.. well the tape part of > something i have never done before.. PLEASE HELP! ;) I think you mean't 'woes', but believe it should be 'woooaahh' - as in hold your horses. Before I answer your question regarding the tape drive, I must advise you to *not* do this via email. It's imply a very bad idea for many reasons - search the archives for a recent thread regarding large attachments. Use scp or something else instead. Now, the commands you are interested in rtfming are 'mt' and 'tar'. You can search the archives (http://www.prairienet.org/redhat) for more complete descriptions, but basically.. your tape should be /dev/st0, but you might find it useful to make a symlink to it as /dev/tape. mt lets you manipulate the tape - rewind, retention, check it's status, skip around archives etc. tar puts things on tape. these two tools can be used effectively to create your own backup scripts. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: recover /dev files related to ethernet after idiot deleted them
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 10:52, Chuck Mead wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10 Jan 2002, Charles Galpin posted the following: > > CG>Oh boy. I need to recreate some devices but I don't know which ones. > > Why not reinstall the dev rpm? methinks my friend charlie isn't thinking too well under pressure. Hadn't though of that - ried it, but it didn't help. Running an "upgrade" from the CD did though. Of course it broke a few other things, but the box is back up and limping along. Good enough for the next two weeks till I get back from my trip. thanks though. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
recover /dev files related to ethernet after idiot deleted them
Oh boy. I need to recreate some devices but I don't know which ones. Let's say hypothetically (wink wink) I know this idiot who has an old box that he has gotten sloppy about maintaining, yet has a few dependencies on it (like his mothers website). Ohwww. Let's say he didn't upgrade his ssh on that box a while back when the ssh1 vulnerability was announced. Yes, he knows better. Well he got hacked yesterday. So while he was attempting to clean up and buy some time until he could migrate his stuff to another box, he deleted a few files and directories under /dev/ because the exploit was hiding there. He only remebers for sure about deleteting /dev/.xman and /dev/ida. I'm pretty sure .xman was just the crackers stuff, and /dev/ida has been recreated with MAKEDEV, but did delete a few things with the same timestamp of the time of the attack. Hoewever. After this brilliant move and a courtesy reboot after removing ssh, locking the firewall down further, etc, the external ethernet interface won't start. The error messages form ifup eth1 are SIOCSIFADDR: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device SIOCSIFBADADDR: No such device SICOADDRT: No such device So I'm pretty sure some more devices need to be recreated. Does anyone know what ones? Please excuse me while I go beat myself ^H^H^H^H^H him some more. thanks charles p.s. please spare me the flogging. I know what I am doing is wrong, but I'm just trying to buy some time (about 2 weeks). At that time the box will be reformatted and repurposed. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
wvlan_cs module missing in 2.4.17 kernel source?
Hi I upgraded my 7.2 laptop to the 2.4.17 kernel from a tarball, and find that my wireless ethernet card driver wvlan_cs is not included. Other pcmcia network card drivers are there and build fine. How come the module is missing? Is this considered a legacy card or something? What's the best way top resolve this - use the good old pcmcia-cs package? thanks charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
[OT] temporary internet access in England
Hi Sorry for the off topic post, but I think this is my best chance at getting reliable info from the British folks on the list. I'm probably going to be making a trip to England in the next few days [1] and I'll be there long enough to want internet access while I'm there [2]. Who would be the best dialup provider? I'd prefer something that has country wide dialup numbers, and hopefully something I can signup for from here and pay for via CC instead of on the telephone bill since I'm not sure where I am staying. Price is less important than reliability/speed. Any and all suggestions welcome. tia charles [1] this trip was planned for early March for my grandfathers 100th birthday - but his death has moved it up to the next few days. [2] Ok even if I wasn't staying long I'd want internet access. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: [REDHAT] Re: 2 IP addresses on one card? How?
- Original Message - From: "David Kramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This will work...but did you know that you don't need a separate IP to > > have a second domain name? Unless you need to run a secure web server, > > it's not a necessity, any more. > > Yes, I know this, but my DSL package comes with two IP addresses, so... save it for a rainy day :) > > > 2) If I want to have different email addresses on the second domain name, > > > how can I do that? > > > > The specifics vary, depending on which MTA you're using, but in most > > cases, it revolves around using the virtual user table. Check your MTA's > > documentation regarding implementation of virtual users and domains. > > I was afraid of that. I'm using sendmail, and virtusertable looks VERY > complicated. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. that you are. http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html or see moongroup.com or the prairienet.org/redhat/ archives for plenty on this topic hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Tape Unit in Linux Box
- Original Message - From: "Ted Hilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Okay, I will try these things, but I'm sure I did all this before. Then > I will get back to you. Will have to wait till the wife gets home so she > can watch the Linux server having the IDE Tape Drive as I can neither > see nor hear it from my work position. seeing or hearing is entirely optional. If you follow my steps and be patient, you can do it all without being anywhere near the tape drive itself.. I actually prefer not to be near the damn things - way too noisy. > Bye-thanks, Ted > PS. I have a couple of streams going on this problem, so I hope it does > not get too confusing. Not confusing, except I only see one other (rather long) message from you about this. You are analyzing this too closely :) 1. it is IDE. too bad, but get over it. It should work fine. It is normal for it to make lot of noise when booting - it rewinds/retensions the tape i think. But don't confuse a SCSI drive with using SCSI emulation (software) 2. If you are running a stock Red Hat kernel it can already support scsi emulation (with a reboot after configuration). 3. Just do things I suggested, step by step and let us know when you see a problem - again you don't need to be physically near it. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: LG-CDRW problem
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 15:05, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:47:18PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > > > > My problem is that my CDR has no drivers. I am using red hat 7.2 and on > > previous versions, I didn't have any problems. On the loading screen, the > > cdr is read as : > > hdc: LG-CDRW CED-8120, ATAPI CD/DVD ROM > > hdc is an IDE device. > > > When I go into the /dev directory, the /dev/cdrom is listed as a link that > > points to /dev/scd0. > > scd0 is a SCSI device. > > # ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/hdc Actually since it's a CDRW he really wants to use scsi emulation. He had better make sure that is setup properly. His lilo/grub config should include "hdc=ide-scsi" stanza as part of his boot options. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: SNAP, CHAP and PAP
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 00:16, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Yes that is my problem...a palm (most prob. running a linux version) can > connect 100% to the network, but the moment I try M$, no luck ! > > I still need to add the params to /usr/sbin/pppd hey ? > > Will this also stop RedHat from popping up the login screen ? Yes. It should work just as if dialing up to any other ISP. > So you didn't remove your rpm did you ? possibly a poor way to do it - certainly lazy. Other than the rpm database knowing the pppd file was modified, there is really no harm. It might be best to take the time to modify the spec file and rebuild the source rpm. I took the time to dig up the bug report - it looks like you can find a modified spec file there as well as urls to "fixed" prebuilt rpms: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55367 And if you are bored, see this thread in the archives for the dirty details: http://www.prairienet.org/library/redhat/redhat-list/2001/12/threads.html#00068 > Cheers, > > Pieter hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Tape Unit in Linux Box
On Sun, 2001-12-30 at 00:16, Ted Hilts wrote: > I need some basic information about tape units in the Linux > environment. I understood - perhaps incorrectly - that TAR would work > with any tape unit as long as the tape unit was properly designated in > the system. This was according to the builder of the Linux Box. > > IS IT NECESSARY TO INSTALL DRIVERS before Linux can utilize a tape unit > or do the drivers come as part of Linux? The tape unit is Seagate model > #STT28000A-RF ATAPI drive - Travan 8 Gig. > > If drivers are required and if they were installed where would I look > for them and how would I reenable them? The tape unit is not working > after the Linux box was serviced and several technicians told me that > there were no drivers installed. But I am fairly certain the tape unit > worked when the box was built and was sent in for service. I could be > mistaken because the box went in for servicing just after it was built. > It's been many months since this happenned and I am just getting around > to dealing with the problem. ARE THERE ANY LINUX TAPE EXPERTS OUT > THERE? I would appreciate your suggestions. Please, no need to shout. I do mot consider myself a tape expert, but since I have had both ATAPI and later SCSI tapes working under linux, I can help. First make sure it's getting recognized. Check /var/log/messages - it should shouw up as /dev/ht0 Second, make symlink to that device from /dev/tape. This just lets programs like mt use it without having to specify the device. Third, unless you have compiled your own kernel, the ide-tape module should get loaded automatically when you try use the tape. If you have built your own kernel make sure it is included either as a module or compiled in. You can do a lsmod to see if the module is loaded. Try and use it. You can do things like mt status mt rewind mt retension etc. If they work, try tarring something to it tar czf /dev/tape /etc tar tzf /dev/tape Let us know if any of these steps fail and we can help determine why. If you are in fact mistaken about this being atapi, everything I just said is still valid, except the device will appear as /dev/st0. One last thing. I have not done this myself, but have heard that using scsi emulation for the atapi drive works well, and allows you to use backup programs that usually won't work with atapi drives because of differences in the wayt mt treats the drives. I plan on trying this soon. > Thanks, Ted welcome charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Problems getting RH 7.2 to boot properly
On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 13:33, K Old wrote: > I am having all kinds of (what seems to be) memory leaks or something like > that, during bootup. > > I am attaching my boot log, for those that can help, and can send other logs > if needed.. > > I don't know what to do from here. I don't see any memory problems in the log. How about just showing the problematic lines. happy new year charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Majordomo, sendmail and my hair
On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 11:47, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Hello Charles, > > Here goes : > > ls -l > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 18 Dec 27 13:38 majordomo -> > /majordomo/wrapper > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 18 Dec 27 13:39 wrapper -> > /majordomo/wrapper > > I think these was created using : > > ln -n /majordomo/wrapper wrapper > ln -n /majordomo/wrapper majordomo wrapper should be a file, and so ln -s /majordomo/wrapper wrapper should work. I doubt this is you problem, but try it if all else fails. > I use echo 'lists' | mail majordomo to test my installation and here is what > I get back. > > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:44:44 +0200 > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details > Parts/Attachments: >1 Shown 12 lines Text >2 Shown462 bytes Message, "Delivery Status" >3 Shown290 bytes Message >3.1 Shown 1 lines Text > > > The original message was received at Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:44:44 +0200 > from pieter@localhost > >- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - > "| /majordomo/wrapper majordomo" > (reason: service unavailable) > (expanded from: majordomo) > >- Transcript of session follows - > Message delivered to mailing list majordomo > smrsh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs > 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable > Lastly my sendmail.cf has this line in it... > > Mprog, P=/usr/sbin/smrsh, F=lsDFMoqeu9, S=EnvFromL/HdrFromL, > R=EnvToL/HdrToL, D=$z:/, > T=X-Unix/X-Unix/X-Unix, > A=smrsh -c $u Can't help you here - I'd learn how to use a .mc and m4 so you can at least sort-of understand what the hell the sendmail configuration is. Nevertheless, sendmail still thinks wrapper has not been blessed by smrsh.Sorry, I can't tell why. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Majordomo, sendmail and my hair
On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 06:58, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have just installed majordomo from source and it passes all the checks. I > have one problem thougt, when I send mail to it it fails will the command > that it can't execute my "wrapper" I have checked the FAQ etc. and they say > I should check my smrsh config. This is where my hair comes into it How > do I config. smrsh to be allowed to execute/see wrapper. I have made links > to the file in /etc/smrsh , /var/adm/sm.bin and /usr/adm/sm.bin and still no > luck. Hi Pieter You'll have to provide more details, because a symlink to wrapper in /etcv/smrsh should work (assuming you have the smrsh feature in your .mc file). How about you show us the output of ls -l /etc/smrsh as well as your sendmail.mc and the exact error message sendmail is giving you. Keeping your hands away from your head should help prevent the hair loss. Try sitting on them. :) charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: GCC 2.96 downgrading under Red Hat 7.2
Hi Matthew I hope you don't mind me taking this off list - I think it's a bit off topic. I had a need to do this the other day. So I installed 2.95.3 from a tarball and installed it under /usr/local However the code I am trying to compile (Orbacus Notify) still does not compile. I made sure the 2.95 gcc/c++ is the one being used, as well as put a number of directories in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH - /usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib:/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu:/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3 Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? The code I am trying to compile *should* compile with this compiler thanks charles On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 11:46, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Daniel BI wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > Cold anyone tell me how to downgrade the gcc 2.96 compiler > > under linux red hat 7.2 to 2.95 ? > > The short answer is: Don't. > > The longer answer is: Fix your code first. In most cases, code that won't > compile under 2.96RH is broken code. In order to compile and run stuff > distributed for your RH7.2 system, you will *need* the 2.96RH compiler and > libraries. > > If you really, really need to support the older compiler (I do), you can > install it separately (without RPM). See below. > > > I ended up messing my C libraries.. > > No surprise there. > > > Anybody could tell me exactly what C related > > (cpp, gcc, gcc-c++, libstdc++, etc.. ??!!!) programs and > > libraries do I need in order to make it to work (compile) ? > > You can add support for gcc 2.95.3 by grabbing the tarballs from > ftp.gnu.org. Follow the install directions, but have everything > (compilers and libraries) install in /usr/local/. Then you can > set your PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to compile with the old gcc and link the > old libraries. Finally, link *statically*. > > > When trying to run .configure in order to build up MySQL 4.0, > > it says that it has gcc, c++, but it says that the C++ cannot > > build executables.. > > If you tried this after the botched downgrade, I'd suspect that that's > your problem. Otherwise, not sure what to suggest here. One thing is, > there are RPMs for MySQL4 in the Mandrake Cooker distribution. Many > Cooker RPMs play well with Red Hat's distribution. > > Did you try compiling with 2.96RH? The docs at mysql.com suggest that > 2.95.2 or higher should work. Makdrake also uses the 2.96RH compiler, > so if there are problems, the Mandrake SRPMs might have patches you could > use. > > > A link to where to find them all at once (rpm preferrable), > > would also be great, but I can find them if I know what I > > need. > > > > I did some rpm -ivh --force because I had some version > > conflicts.. anybody can enlight me a little bit :) ? > > Don't rpm --force unless you are very, very sure that nothing will break > as a result. Especially avoid forcing installation of libraries. > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: GRUB Problem after Install Win98
On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 20:38, Wendy Nexcom wrote: > How do I reinstall the GRUB? grub-install /dev/hda hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Can I Uninstall Grub, as I'm not using it?
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 14:54, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Chuck Mead wrote: > > >DT>>CG>> Well... I've been using grub for about a year and a half and have not > >DT>>CG>> ever had a problem like that. I also don't think that grub could have > >DT>>CG>> b0rked your partitions. IMHO your attempt to install XP was wrong-headed > >DT>>CG>> in the first place (have you completely taken leave of your senses?) and > >DT>>CG>> I have a deep suspicion that you got what you deserved for mucking > >DT>>CG>> around with it. :-) > >DT>>CG> > >DT>>CG>I fear you may be right. Not to worry, I am seeking help. :) POS locks > >DT>>CG>up anyway under windows (a nvidia driver issue) > >DT>> > >DT>>Bwaahahahahahahahaha! :-) > >DT> > >DT>redhat-list: Friendship ... sympathy ... a helping hand in time of > >DT>need ... and when all else fails, a good public asskicking. > >DT> > >DT>>=} > > > >Welp... it's apparent to me that in this case... EVERYTHING FAILED! > >(including any residue of common sense Chas may have had before he began > >this ill-advised and misbegotten journey into travail!) The story gets worse. I tried again, this time with XP first, then Linux. All was fine. So I got bold and tried to throw windows 2000 back in the mix and it screwed things up royally. Basically it looks liek it screwed up the XP install and somehow thinks the XP partition is it's C: drive. weird. Oh and then it appears the floppy has crapped out on me. Perfectly good floppies that boot and are readable on other machines will not boot on this laptop now, or be read from windows 2000. > Well, XP aside, I think I'd smack him around first for using an > unfamiliar bootloader on a multiboot workstation. I have a > triple-boot (yes, I retired one of the _four_ systems that were on it) > laptop, and believe me, when you finally get Windows, OpenBSD, and Red > Hat all coexisting peacefully on one hard drive, you do _not_ > experiment with bootloaders unless you have a lot of free time on your > hands. ;-) I know how to make it work with LILO, and dammit, I ain't > gonna mess wit' dat. Well to be fair, it works fine on my old dual boot laptop, so I had no reason to believe it would be a problem. Anyway, I could have just left the original windows 2000 on this thing, but how much fun would that be? Now, also note that you only have one OS from Redmond in that set - like I have always only had. It appears to me that microsoft can't even get it's own OSs to play nice together when another OS has "spoiled" it's playground. I'm going to muster up the courage to try a simple triple boot (say RH7.2, XP, QNX) but with only one microsoft product sometime this weekend. No I really don't have the time to spend on this :) charles p.s. I never said I was the sharpest knife in the drawer, but dammit I defy you to challenge my stubborness! ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Can I Uninstall Grub, as I'm not using it?
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 10:55, Chuck Mead wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 21 Dec 2001, Charles Galpin posted the following: > CG>So, I'm not sure what went wrong, or who to blame, but I don't think > CG>grub helped. I like to think this would not have happened with lilo. > CG> > CG>Again, XP was involved and I'm very suspicious of it. > CG> > CG>Good thing it was a fresh install. :) > > Well... I've been using grub for about a year and a half and have not > ever had a problem like that. I also don't think that grub could have > b0rked your partitions. IMHO your attempt to install XP was wrong-headed > in the first place (have you completely taken leave of your senses?) and > I have a deep suspicion that you got what you deserved for mucking > around with it. :-) I fear you may be right. Not to worry, I am seeking help. :) POS locks up anyway under windows (a nvidia driver issue) charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Can I Uninstall Grub, as I'm not using it?
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 10:20, Chuck Mead wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 21 Dec 2001, Charles Galpin posted the following: > > CG>On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 08:07, John P Verel wrote: > CG>> While upgrading to 7.2, I first installed grub, had problems, changed > CG>> my mind and went back to lilo. I now have grum installed, but am not > CG>> using it. > CG>> > CG>> Is there any reason why I could not uninstall it? It is taking up some > CG>> good bit of space in my boot partition. > CG> > CG>rpm -e away. No harm can or will be done. I'm not too happy with grub at > CG>the moment myself (that and XP, but that's another story). > > I'm curious... what's the problem with grub? well.where to begin. Ok, from the beginning. I had install w2k and RH7.2 on my new laptop. All worked well, including reistalling grub since I installed them linux, then w2k. BTW, this involved doing a bit of reading about how to setup booting other OSs, and identify partitons. So far so good. Seemed a bit overkill, but worked. I'm not sure why, but I'll blame my friend Tom (and the fact that in some sick way the Fisher Price look and feel attracted me) I considered installing windows XP on a spare partition I made by moving /home. Being adventurous and not entirely happy with w2k I decided to do it. Well, XP did it's thing and took control of the MBR. No prob, I booted off my boot floppy, ran grub-install and rebooted. Somehow XP booted instead of w2k when I chose the w2k menu (had not added XP choice yet). So, I rebooted and added a choice for XP. and tried to beef up my existing config with options like hid/unhide/makeactive. I tried to look for a tool that could verify my grub.conf before rebooting, but found none. I wasn't worried since I had the boot floppy. Well, when I rebooted, grub said it didn't like the partitions I was referencing. So on the grub command line I tried a few things - hiding and unhiding partitons etc. The grub shell is rather powerful and has tab completion etc. It was after mucking around in grub that I found i could no longer see my partitons!! I tried to boot of the floopy and got a kernel panic. I booted off the resuce CD, and fdisk revealed all my partitions were gone except for a little 32MB partition up front which dell puts on - it's partiton type had been changed. So, I'm not sure what went wrong, or who to blame, but I don't think grub helped. I like to think this would not have happened with lilo. Again, XP was involved and I'm very suspicious of it. Good thing it was a fresh install. :) charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: sql's
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 06:56, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi Linda, > > Anthony wrote: > > > If you can use a simpler implementation that excels on reads, > > use MySQL. > > > > I prefer PostgreSQL because it has everything I'll need and the latest > > versions are also fast enough that speed is not an issue. > > So if you just need to access a few tables and you implement the queries in > software (PHP, perl) mysql is probably the speediest solution. This is the > case for many webservers. > If you want to setup a "real" SQL database you should go with postgresql. But > for simple purposes it's probably not as fast as mysql. I think Anthony's point is that you won't notice any lack of performance form postgresql so you might as well use it, since it's a better choice long term. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Can I Uninstall Grub, as I'm not using it?
On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 08:07, John P Verel wrote: > While upgrading to 7.2, I first installed grub, had problems, changed > my mind and went back to lilo. I now have grum installed, but am not > using it. > > Is there any reason why I could not uninstall it? It is taking up some > good bit of space in my boot partition. rpm -e away. No harm can or will be done. I'm not too happy with grub at the moment myself (that and XP, but that's another story). charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 06:58, rpjday wrote: > On 19 Dec 2001, Justin Ellison wrote: > > > Go to www.whacked.net - you should be able to find it from there. > > > > On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 20:46, Charles Galpin wrote: > > > On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: > > > > Adam, > > > > > > > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you > > > > subscribe the the linux-dell-laptops mailing list at > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/groups/linux-dell-laptops. This is an excellent > > > > laptop, and if planned out correctly, works great with Linux. Read the > > > > FAQ, it has details about setting up a suspend to disk partition as well > > > > as your other partitions. It also goes over setting up the rest of the > > > > hardware. > > > > > > Hi Justin > > > > > > I just got an I8100 today. Where is this FAQ you speak of? I can't find > > > it on the linux-dell-laptops archive on yahoo. > > i've been running rh 7.2 on an inspiron 8100 for a couple of months now -- > love it, just love it. apparently, there's a collection of i8k user-space > utilities you can have some fun with, prebuilt rpm, at www.freshrpms.net > -- look for "i8kutils". i'm just about to see what these are all about. > > and FYI, the nvidia drivers work just fine on my ultra xga screen. if you > have any trouble with that, drop me a line. Thanks. So far everything has gone fine. As you said, the nvidia drivers were easy to install and work great - you have to love 1600x1200 on a laptop. Sound and ethernet (both built in and wireless) work automagically as pretty much everything else did. It looks like we need to compile in a kernel module to make the i8k stuff work. I installed it and got that far. When I do my kernel burn in test, I'll mod the kernel config. First off I need to make sure it works ok under w2k - aparrantly some people are experiencing lockups due to nvidia driver problems. I've had it lock up on me twice, but it's hard to tell what happened since it was idle at the time. I am having trouble finding a css library for xine to play encrypted DVDs. I seem to be able to play unencrypted DVDs ok, but with an older (maybe .4?) version with support for encrypted DVDs I couldn't get sound to work. Anyone have a newish version of xine that works with encryptred DVDs? Under w2k I can hot swap the floppy/DVD, so I'm hoping to find a way to do this under linux too. Linux does this happily with hot-swap hard drive carriers as long as there is a drive in when you boot. Without it, linux somehow needs to be told to rescan the IDE bus and detect the device. I believe the same needs to occur here with the floppy/dvd switching. Anyone know how to do this? Oh, I had to do some manual rpm conflict resolution toget ximian gnome to install - right after a fresh 7.2 install. I dunno. otherwise very happy. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: stupid ximian gnome question
On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 20:31, Chad and Doria Skinner wrote: > Move quick! I moved my window above the top panel so I could see what you > were talking about and found that if I move the mouse quickly it would not > bring the panel to the front. > > 2nd option: slide xmms ontop of the panel on top of the play list. Then move > across xmms and the play list should be on top of the xmms window so you can > grap it and move it out of the panel area. Then you should be able to move > xmms off the panel as well. rofl. Thanks for responding. I guess I should have reported that it somehow fixed itself. In other words after stopping xmms and restarting it came back on top of xmms - however it didn't do it the first time. I dunno, but thanks again. I suspect your idea of moving xmms over would have done the trick for sure. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 20:07, Adam Getchell wrote: > Similar question for an upcoming Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. It comes with XP > already installed. Will I be able to install RH 7.2 on another partition, > write grub to the bootsector, and have Grub dual boot XP and 7.2? Or do I > need to install Grub/RH 7.2 first? To answer your question, yes. Assuming you have an available partition to install Red Hat on, the installer will setup GRUB for you, and allow you to provide a label to boot XP with. Now, if you have to repartition like I did, you can install in either order, but it's simpler to reinstall XP first, then linux. The reason is that windows screws up GRUB so you have to fdisk /mbr it to get windows to boot, then you need to boot off your linux boot floopy to reinstall grub before you can boot both again. So, in short anything is possible but the simplest is windows first, then linux, grub in MBR. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: > Adam, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you > subscribe the the linux-dell-laptops mailing list at > http://www.yahoo.com/groups/linux-dell-laptops. This is an excellent > laptop, and if planned out correctly, works great with Linux. Read the > FAQ, it has details about setting up a suspend to disk partition as well > as your other partitions. It also goes over setting up the rest of the > hardware. Hi Justin I just got an I8100 today. Where is this FAQ you speak of? I can't find it on the linux-dell-laptops archive on yahoo. tia charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
stupid ximian gnome question
Ok, This is a stupid one. I collapsed my xmms playlist and moved it over the panel at the top of the screen, but instead of staying on top it dropped behind it. If I put the focusa on xmms it comes back on top, but i have to move the mouse over the panel to get to it which lowers it. Anyone know how I can get it back? or how to temporarily move/remove the top panel (wthout losing settings). guis. grrr charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Watching a directory
On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 09:51, Tomas Garcia Ferrari wrote: > My goal as web developer is to indicate an interest on a directory and if > a given user upload a picture to it, fire a program / script to downsizing, > rename it, etc, etc. I would need to port this as well to Mac OS X, so it > should be somehow open and portable... Now I'm trying to use Perl + > ImageMagick + PerlMagick to do this and using cron to check every minute or > so if new files were uploaded. But, as you said, polling is not the best way > around... Why not support a file upload for the image and do your processing as it arrives. No polling would be necessary and it would happen as fast as possible.In addition, you can control what they upload by name/extension and size. I know php supports it, and I imagine it's also possible with a perl module. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: kernel 2.4.9-12 & port forwarding
On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 06:31, juaid wrote: > I need port forwarding running under kernel 2.4.9-12. > > I used ( in older kernels like 2.2.x ) the ipmasqadm command that doesnt > work under 2.4.x ( RedHat Linux 7.1) > How is this feature implemented under new kernels ? As far as I know, you have to use iptables to masquearde with a 2.4 kernel. Bite the bullet and learn iptables (there were several postings yesterday regarding HOWTOs), it's worth it. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: DHCP & IPTables on 7.1
- Original Message - From: "David Talkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Yeah, so do I. The down side is every time you upgrade it gets > >overwritten. Maybe Red Hat will make this one of those nifty files > >containing network parameters int he future so we don't have this problem > >in the future? > > Grr. Don't get me started on that. My preferred solution is to give > _my_ startup script a different name, and disable theirs. samba, > mysql, apache all likewise ... Hehe. Good idea. But, it kind of defeats the point of using a distro like Red Hat's then doesn't it :) Actually they have improved. Take for example dhcp - you can now set "PEERDNS" in your ifcfg-eth* file to control dhcpcd (or pump) overwriting your /etc/resolv.conf. Back in the day you had to edit ifup to change the call to dhcpcd, and since it's really a symlink to /sbin/ifup you would lose it on an upgrade. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: your mail
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, linhaijun wrote: > Hei! > Swagger! > You should prepare a Wall of Crying for yourself . Please explain what this means and why. All three lines in fact. > > ___ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Have you been to this page and read it? It tells you how to subscribe. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Telnet disabled by default
I must admit, Dave, that you are pretty good at that shameless plug thing :) On Tue, 1 May 2001, Dave Wreski wrote: > > If it's not too much of a shameless plug, check it out at > engardelinux.org. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Stable vs. Release
Would you care to elaborate on the problem with java under 7.1? thanks charles On 28 Apr 2001, Jack Bowling wrote: > Still some config files here and there to massage but no problems with > 7.1. Now...if Sun would get off their asses and fix their bloody > java. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Partition(s) do not end on cylinder boundary
Wow! Excellent. I troed a number of things, but not expert :) All I ended up doing was deleting the partitions and recreating them. For some reason the newly created partitions *did* end on a cylinder boundry. I'm assuming some change has occured in fdisk. I had one strange thing happen - which probably isn't related to this, but occured during this fiasco - my win98 wouldn't boot anymore, complaining himem.sys was missing (it was there). It seems to be a common problem after installing antivirus software, and a device= line in my config.sys fixed it. funny though. Anyway, glad you solved this without starting from scratch. Now if I could only get my X working again :) charles On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Geoffrey Knauth wrote: > I had this problem on upgrading my laptop from RH7.0 to RH7.1: > > An error occurred reading the partition table for the block > device hda. The error was: > > Partition(s) do not end on cylinder boundary > > This occurs because the drive geometry detected by the kernel > used by the installer is > different that the drive geometry used when the drive was > partitioned. This can be > corrected by specifying the drive geometry on the kernel > command line when booting the > installer. > > In all my previous updates, I never had this problem. I noticed Charles > Galpin had a similar problem from his 2 redhat-list messages with the > subject line, "Redhat 7.1/kernel 2.4.2 & disk geometry on boot." > > Like him, I was wondering what C/H/S values I should use. I've seen > different values, 16383/16/63 and 33521/16/63. > > Not exactly knowing what to do, I tried the "expert" option when booting > RH7.1 CD1, expecting to have to enter something special at some point. > > Well lo and behold, I really didn't have to enter anything special at > all. This time anaconda figured out the geometry of /dev/hda OK and > proceeded with the rest of package selection and installing software, > instead of bombing out with the error message I noted at the top. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: Multi Boot
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Raoul Anderson wrote: > 2.Did you run lilo after you booted up Linux from the floppy, so that the > lilo > first stage loader get written to /dev/hda7? - I am pretty sure I did, but > is there an easy way to check this? jsut run it again to make sure. As root, run /sbin/lilo -v and make sure you don't get any errors. > 3.Is the location of the kernel accessable to the BIOS. (You man nave to > use the lba32 option of lilo.) - How do I know this? (probably a silly > question, but I am still fairly new at this!) 'man lilo.conf' for details, but if you had this option you would see lba32 on a line by itself in your lilo.conf. make sure this is in there before running lilo again hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: dumb question: what software do I need to put an ISO image backto CD?
or if you prefer a GUI, xcdroast works nicely, looking at the boot messages in /var/log/messages can also help figure out your device id. as far as using cdrecord directly, I use /usr/bin/cdrecord dev=0,2,0 fs=4096k -v speed=4 -eject your.iso you will need to change the device number and speed for your drive. hth charles On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, David Talkington wrote: > Tym Rehm wrote: > > >I use Adaptec, but I believe any cd-writer software that can use .iso files > >will work. Do you download disc 2 also. You need both discs this time. > > >>I have downloaded the latest version of RH (7.1) in ISO format > >>(seawolf-i386-disc1.iso). Now, what software do I need to restore it on CD > >>so it can be bootable as the original. > > You didn't say what operating system you'll be using to create the CD. > If it's Linux, cdrecord is all you need. Check the (excellent) man > page for some good usage examples; it's not difficult at all. > Probably the hardest part is figuring out what device is your CD > writer; you can determine that with 'cdrecord --scanbus'. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: How do I use fsck ?
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Hello Charles, > > Yes I am Afrikaans :) Take it you are from South Africa ? yes, but emmigrated to the US in '86. > Back to the topic...How do I get fsck to fix the files, from what I can > remeber it only does a check of the files. As for the backup, I don't have > any since it's not a mission critical system (only a proxy server) What I > would like to do is get a copy of some file that I have stored on the raid-0 > part. If I boot from the CD will the restore option work ? I think I saw > that there ! I also don't have a restore disk...this is kinda a test system > as well. It is posiable to be my hardware since it's all patched together. Check the man pages for fsck and e2fck for details, but you can have it "fix" the files. Fixing really means cleaning up the filesystem, not recovering you data though. I'd try a 'e2fsck -f -p' on it. I have no raid experience so I'm hoping someone will jump in here and help, but if it's not the / partition, you should be able to mount it form a rescue disk. I think you mean 'rescue' not 'restore' disk. I just tried this with a the 7.1 CD and it failed for me. I believe it has worked for me with older (6.x) releases. At the boot prompt for the install CD, type 'linux rescue'. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: How do I use fsck ?
Hoe gaan dit Pieter? You will most likely need to make a trip to the site, or instruct someone there how to do this. You need to boot off a rescue floppy or cdrom, and run fsck on that partition. It may fix the problems, and it may not. I have had a situation where the file corruption occured to critical files which prevented the machine from booting, even after running fsck. I had to carefully restore files from backups until I could get it to boot. A bit hard to do over the phone with someone. I'm hoping you have backups available. If this has happened before, suspect your hardware. In my case it was the hard drive overheating, and then corrupting the filesystem - I won't buy quantum anymore. Veels geluk charles p.s. sorry about the crappy Afrikaans (assuming you are Afrikaans, given your name :) ) On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Hello Guys and Gals, > > I have a curropted / part. The system doesn't want to boot, and its at my > remote site. I have had this happen before...What can I do to fix this ? > > Thanks, > > Pieter De Wit ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: apache-ssl setup problem?
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, gary@umc wrote: > Dear all, > > I have downloaded apache-ssl-1.3.12_1.40-1.ppc.rpm, but when I tried to > install, it prompt me the following dependencies error, > > > # rpm -ivh apache-ssl-1.3.12_1.40-1.ppc.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > ld.so.1 is needed by apache-ssl-1.3.12_1.40-1 > /usr/local/bin/perl5 is needed by apache-ssl-1.3.12_1.40-1 > > > what is ld.so.1 and where can I get it? > what does ppc means? as the name of apache-ssl? Hehe. Sorry to laugh, but if you don't know what ppc is, then you have the wrong rpm! ppc stands for Power PC. Unless you are running a powerpc, this will not work on your machine. Find the i386 version, or build from the source rpm. But, to answer your question (in case you get the same error after getting the correct rpm), ld.so.1 comes from the ld.so rpm (shared library tool). hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Dragon Slain! Fire Put Out!!
Just so you understand, it was not interchange that was zipping the logs, but logrotate. 'man logrotate' for details, but you have plenty control over how big the let the files become, how man copies to keep, etc. charles On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ben Ocean wrote: > Hi; > Thank you everybody that gave me good advice. Apparently, closing the port > for *interchange* caused that program to log errors as it tried to access > the port (apparently quite frequently), then it gzipped the logs and put > them in other logs, so many logs that when I erased the file it took about > ONE HOUR of CPU time!! Good grief!! No wonder slocate went berserk every > time it tried to do it's thing. Once that crap was clear, updatedb set > everything back to normal. Yay! Thanks again :)) > BenO ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Where are my kernel source files in RH 6.2 with updated kernel?(add'l info)
Hi Jerry On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Jerry Garrison wrote: > I installed the rpm called 'kernel-source-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm'. I'm a newbie > and I don't understand what you mean by 'build it yourself'. Does that > happen automatically when I install the source rpm or is there something > else I need to do? Should I have installed file under the 'SRPMS' heading > called 'kernel-2.2.17-14.src.rpm' instead? This simply installs the kernel source. What this means is you now have the C files used to compile/build the kernel. You have not actually changed anything on your system. Until you compile a kernel, configure/install it, and then reboot, you have not actually used it. In case it is not clear, this does not mean you have upgraded your kernel! All it means is you have the source files for a 2.2.17-14 kernel. To see what kernel your are running right now, do uname -a The kernel version will be the third field (After Linux your.machine.name) > A directory called 'linux-2.2.17-14' was created. yup, that where it goes. > It looks like that that VMware is looking for directories called 'asm', > 'linux' and > 'net'. When I do a 'whereis' on these, the response back says that they are > all in /usr/include. But when I go there, 'net' is there, but 'asm' and > 'linux' are linked to /usr/local/src/linux/include/. And there's nothing > below the /usr/local/src level. Ok, whereis just looks in your path and tells you what *executables* match the parameter you give it. You want to use 'locate' Try 'locate asm'. You should find it under /usr/src/linux-2.2.17-14/include > So I still need the files called 'asm' and 'linux'. They aren't in the > ''linux-2.2.17-14' directory. 'net' is, but 'asm' and 'linux' aren't. I'm not running 2.2.17, but they sure do exist for 2.2.16 > > > I am trying to install VMware. It wants to know the location of the > > > 'directory of C header files that match your running kernel'. In a > later > > > prompt, it refers to the files it needs as 'the directory of kernel > > > headers'. The prompt suggests that the files may be in > > > /usr/src/linux/include. But those files all have to do with the old > kernel. > > > I had to upgrade from 2.2.14-5.0 to 2.2.17-14 because I have an i810 > > > chipset. Ok, here is the bottom line. make *sure* you are running 2.2.17-14 first (see above). Then just make a symbolic link from /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-2.2.17-14 like this ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.17-14 /usr/src/linux and vmware should find the files. If you are not running 2.2.17, install the kernel-source or kernel-headers for the kernel you are using hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: problems bringing up eth0
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Mark Donchek wrote: > o.k., I have counted to ten and feel much better now. Thanks David. I > believe eth0 is up bec. if I look in netcfg it says eth0 is running, and is > congired to do so at startup. Forgive my newbie question but I do not know > what ifconfig is. It is not a recognized command on my installation, and I > dont see a file. It's in /sbin . These are tools useually used by root, and so are not in "regular" users paths. If you 'su -' to root, you will pick up root's path. Now, you should have been able to have done 'locate ifconfig' to find it. 'man locate' for details. hth charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: mount-2.10r-5 and kernel-2.2.19-7.0.1
Hi Erica, and welcome. You have come to the right list. 'lsof' will show you what prgrams are accessing the zip driver Here is a quick example using a cdrom (expect similar behaviour for the zip). In this case, as soon as I mount the cdrom, vmware/windows starts using it. lsof reports this nicely [root@kanga iso]# lsof /mnt/cdrom [root@kanga iso]# mount /mnt/cdrom [root@kanga iso]# lsof /mnt/cdrom COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME vmware 11890 root 11r BLK 11,1 181956 /dev/scd1 [root@kanga iso]# umount /mnt/cdrom [root@kanga iso]# lsof /mnt/cdrom [root@kanga iso]# I doubt your version of mount is to blame. Try lsof. hth charles On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Erica B. Tanner wrote: > Hello Redhat community! I am new to this list and hope it's the right > list for the question I have. > > I just reinstalled Redhat 7.0 after a system crash and just finished > patching my box. I am now having problems umounting my zip disks. > Every flavor of umount that I use, even -f, gives me a 'busy' error, > even though I know nothing is using it. I had to boot to run-level 1 to > unmount the thing. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Remote virtual terminal question
Yet another suggestion would be to try 'lftp'. You can kick off multiple simultaneous downloads, and watch their progress. You can also exit lftp and it will keep downloading. I'm not sure if you can re-connect to it once you have left though. hth charles On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Kerry Miller wrote: > I had a brainstorm but it (like so many others...) may not work. I was > going to download the RH 7.1 iso's, but we've got a pretty slow connection > so I wanted to do it at night when our traffic was low. I can get into my > computers at work from home, so what I'd like to do is start downloading > each of the 4 files, each on a different virtual terminal. Is there a way > to control the virtual terms from home, like if I'm telnetted in? ( I > know...use ssh..., but it's the same problem) I can telnet into my box and > start the download, but when I log out won't it drop the ftp connection? > > Alternately, could I start an ftp download and put it in the background > some way so I could start 3 more downloads? Is there a way to keep the > download running after I disconnect from my telnet session? Or, is there a > better way to do it that I don't know about yet? Maybe I'll just have to > buy the cd's... buy em anyway! ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Renamed System file
Yes, this just failed for me too. It went ahead and tried to run anaconda (which I'm guessing it shouldn't) and just hung. On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Brad Bonkoski wrote: > I know that's the idea, but we have a "real customer" who tried this, > and it did not work for him? > > -Brad > > Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: > > > > Yes - just boot the installer CD with the "rescue" argument. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Task reduction... archives...
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:07:12PM -0400, Anthony E . Greene wrote: > > No matter what I search for I get tens of thousands of matches, and the > > matches do not actually match. > [...] > > > > Red Hat's archives for this list are useless. > > Ok, so no "wonder" after all... :-( The *real* wonder is why no-one from Red Hat cares to comment on this. Anyone? Trond, Bernhard? Even off the record? charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Task reduction... archives...
So Chuck, what's the status? I saw someone offered to take this over - doe it look like this is going to happen? charles On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > > > Red Hat's archives for this list are useless. > > > > Today I was more lucky ...I searched for pine and got more than 20 000 > > results .. I tried then to connect the words to search for, i.e. to > > specify my search: I tried to search for 'pine AND pfeiffer' or 'pine > > +pfeiffer' or terms similar to these and never got a hit with both terms > > in it on the first hits, sometimes even no hits at all... > > > > I had more luck as to narrowing the search with google ... > > ... but even the results on google were nothing compared to the quality of > the search results at moongroup.com > > Wolfgang ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Mail scan/filter
Saving a copy outbound mail is trivial with postfix (inbound too of course). I'd send you to moonroup.com, but she looks down -try postfix.org charles On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Martin Sieben wrote: > Hi, > > I need to set up my system (RedHat 70, sendmail) to save all email (in- > and out). Actually I need to save all emails with attatchments. With full > info. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Where are my kernel source files in RH 6.2 with updated kernel?(add'l info)
When you upgraded your kernel, did you use an rom, or install the source rpm and build it yourself? If you intalled the rpm, you need to install the kernel-headers rpm for your version (2.2.17-14 it looks like) and you should find the files in /usr/src/linux-2.2.17-14 If you built the kernel, they shoudl be under /usr/src/linux-2.2.17-14 hth charles On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Jerry Garrison wrote: > I am trying to install VMware. It wants to know the location of the > 'directory of C header files that match your running kernel'. In a later > prompt, it refers to the files it needs as 'the directory of kernel > headers'. The prompt suggests that the files may be in > /usr/src/linux/include. But those files all have to do with the old kernel. > I had to upgrade from 2.2.14-5.0 to 2.2.17-14 because I have an i810 > chipset. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Task reduction... archives...
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Chuck Mead wrote: > I am beginning to shutdown some of the things I've done over the last > couple of years in favor of some other, more rewarding uses of my time. And what might be more rewarding than helping us all? :) > Anyone want to take over the archives? I would, but I don't have the bandwidth. > (Note that Red Hat is doing a much better job then they were 3 years ago > so maybe no one needs to). Can't comment, your's has served me well. charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: interface scripts
Hi Ted I honestly haven't taken the time to look at your script (too busy right now), but noticed the name. In my experience init.d scripts with '.' in the name will not get stopped/started automagically for you on bootup/shutdown. Jsut somethign to keep in mind once it's working to your satisfaction. hth charles On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote: > > I am wondering if someone would be so kind to look at what I have for an > interface script and tell me how far off base I am. What I am trying to do is > to install an sl0 interface to tie the linux kernel to an application . > Slattach is the daemon that is used.. > > I used chkconfig --add rc.slip to tell my system that this script exists. > That works fine, and it gets installed when I reboot . I know however that it > is not sophisticated and is missing various things such as a 'start' and > 'stop' function. I have no idea how to install that part, even though I am > still looking over other scripts found in /etc/rc.d/init.d... ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Redhat 7.1/kernel 2.4.2 & disk geometry on boot
Anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out what geometry I need to feed the kernel in this case? tia charles On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Charles Galpin wrote: > Hi > > I have a laptop which I used fips to create a linux partition on years > ago. When I did this, the partitions did not end on cylinder boundries, > but everything worked fine so I never worried about it. > > It has run several versions of linux (up to 7.0 beta) fine. > > Now, when running the 7.1 installer, it fails with this error > > "An error occurred reading the partition table for the block device > hda. The error was: > > Partition(s) do not end on cylinder boundry. > > This occurs because the drive geometry detected by the kernel used by the > installer is different than the drive geometry used when the drive was > partitioned. this can be corrected by specifying the drive geometry on the > kernel command line when booting the installer." > > and fails. A lovely descriptive error message though. > > However, despite this very clear message, I cannot seem to give the > correct geometry to the installer to make it happy. > > I have tried various attempts such as > > linux hda=839,240,63 > linux hda=1023,239,63 > > etc. with no change. Can anyone identify the C,H,S I should be using to > get this to work? > > > Here is what fdisk reports: > > Normal: > > Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 839 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 278 2101648+ b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 279 768 3703927+ 83 Linux > Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(278, 0, 1) > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(767, 224, 63) > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) > /dev/hda3 805 8201152905 Extended > Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(804, 0, 1) > Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(819, 59, 63) > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) > /dev/hda4 821 838136080 a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation > /dev/hda5 805 820115258+ 82 Linux swap > > Expert: > > Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 839 cylinders > > Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec CylStart Size ID > 1 80 1 10 239 63 277 63 4203297 0b > 2 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 4203360 7407855 83 > Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(278, 0, 1) > Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(767, 224, 63) > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) > 3 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 12156480 230580 05 > Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(804, 0, 1) > Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(819, 59, 63) > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) > 4 00 0 1 820 239 63 837 12398400 272160 a0 > 5 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 63 230517 82 > > thanks > charles > > > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Redhat 7.1/kernel 2.4.2 & disk geometry on boot
Hi I have a laptop which I used fips to create a linux partition on years ago. When I did this, the partitions did not end on cylinder boundries, but everything worked fine so I never worried about it. It has run several versions of linux (up to 7.0 beta) fine. Now, when running the 7.1 installer, it fails with this error "An error occurred reading the partition table for the block device hda. The error was: Partition(s) do not end on cylinder boundry. This occurs because the drive geometry detected by the kernel used by the installer is different than the drive geometry used when the drive was partitioned. this can be corrected by specifying the drive geometry on the kernel command line when booting the installer." and fails. A lovely descriptive error message though. However, despite this very clear message, I cannot seem to give the correct geometry to the installer to make it happy. I have tried various attempts such as linux hda=839,240,63 linux hda=1023,239,63 etc. with no change. Can anyone identify the C,H,S I should be using to get this to work? Here is what fdisk reports: Normal: Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 839 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 278 2101648+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 279 768 3703927+ 83 Linux Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(278, 0, 1) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(767, 224, 63) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) /dev/hda3 805 8201152905 Extended Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(804, 0, 1) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(819, 59, 63) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) /dev/hda4 821 838136080 a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation /dev/hda5 805 820115258+ 82 Linux swap Expert: Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 839 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec CylStart Size ID 1 80 1 10 239 63 277 63 4203297 0b 2 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 4203360 7407855 83 Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(278, 0, 1) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(767, 224, 63) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) 3 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 12156480 230580 05 Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(804, 0, 1) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 14, 63) logical=(819, 59, 63) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1023, 14, 63) should be (1023, 239, 63) 4 00 0 1 820 239 63 837 12398400 272160 a0 5 00 14 63 1023 14 63 1023 63 230517 82 thanks charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: New RH features :)
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Rick Warner wrote: > > > NEW RED HAT FEATURES > > + New graphical configuration tools for easy setup of BIND, Apache, > >and DNS > > Wow, they are separating BIND from DNS, or is it DNS they are separating > from BIND? :) Can't you read Rick? They are seperating BIND from DNS (using Apache) :) ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Reinstalling RH6.2
Sorry, I didn't mean to spread false info. I am surprised by what you say though. I was very sure you would lose your windows partitions too. Oh well, gald it worked for you. charles On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Kumar wrote: > Charles, > Thank's for your info. I have already re-installed the > RH6.2, and it was successful. > I have selected a Gnome Workstation type install, and > the installation program has formatted only the > existing "Linux Partitions", and choose the software > packages to load. > It's, up and running now, Even i am able to boot to my > DOS partition fine. > > Thank's to all. > -- Kumar. > > --- Charles Galpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Kumar wrote: > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > Lately i have found that my Linux PC was under > > attack > > > ( Adore/Lion/Ramen ). > > > Now i am trying to reinstall the OS on it now. > > > > > > 1.) Want to do workstation installation only > > ( > > > GNOME). > > > > NO! NO! stop. this will wipe out all your existing > > partitions and OSs!! > > > > Do a custom install > > > > > 2.) Dose the reinstallation recgonise my > > > previousely make partitions ? > > > > custom, yes > > > > > 3.) Or do i need to go thru the process of > > > repartationing it. > > > > a workstation install will wipe the disk clean > > > > > 4.) Dose the reinstallation process do the > > > format of the disk partitions. > > > > optional > > > > > Previousely: > > > 1.) Installed RH6.2 on Compaq 1277 Laptop. > > > 2.) Dual OS ( Windows'98/Linux) > > > 3.) 1.25G for Linux partition. > > > > just let the installer format the linux partition. > > Use custom and pick you > > packages carefully and you will be fine. > > > > Of course, try spend some time securing it this time > > or you will be > > getting very familiar with this installation > > process. > > > > charles > > > > > > > > ___ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: SSH Client for Windows
cuat and paste works fine with putty. Highlighting with the left button selects, and you can configure it to paste with the right or middle button. charles On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Alan Mead wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Jeffery Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:50 PM > Subject: SSH Client for Windows > > >: What recommendations would you make for FREE Windows SSH Clients? If any? >: Thanks >: j > > I've used putty, in fact I now use putty most of the time, but IIRC it is > harder to cut and paste between putty windows than TeraTerm (with it's SSH > module; both free, AFAIK). TT also supports printing the screen buffer. > Putty may be a shade more reliable but they are both more reliable than, > say, Windows98. HTH. > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
