[SLUG] X authorization error messages

[Peter Rundle]

Sluggers,

I've just installed Debian on a VMware virtual machine, and I'm
trying to get it to run X. So I installed the packages and the 
xdm login screen comes up no problems. When I try to log in 
however it appears to accept my username etc but then it just
throws me back out. In the users .xsession-errors file there are 
messages like, 

  Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by the server
  Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
  /usr/bin/X11/WindowMaker fatal error:could not open Display ":0"

If I kill off X and xdm and log in as root on the console and
then do a "startx", no problems. A normal user however cannot
startx, it just flicks up then dies.

Hints?

Thanks

Pete

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Re: [SLUG] Re: cfengine

[Jeff Waugh]

> since you're about the 7th SLUG person to ask about cfengine, am i allowed
> to give this talk this month?

NetFilter *and* cfengine? Dastardly combo.

> (or are we still trying to get non-committee members to give at least one
> talk?)

Not this month... A newbie and an oldie. ;)

> (oops, did i say that out loud? ;)

Dropping hints like anvils, Gus.

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[SLUG] Re: libc6 issue with Deb Unstable

[Angus Lees]

\begin{Herbert Xu}
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 10:40:17PM +1000, John Ferlito wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > > 
> > > Nope, but then I'm not using those 586/686 optimised debs.
> > 
> > Where do they come from. Does someone hav a repository somewhere or are
> > you recomiling them yourself?
> 
> It's compiled by the glibc maintainer and is part of sid.

unless things have changed since i last updated(*), the optimised
libraries were dropped, since there were too many problems while
upgrading (trying to keep them in sync, etc).


(*) - its a girl :)

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Re: [SLUG] MySql question

[James Wilkinson]

This one time, at band camp, Simon Bryan said:
>Hi,
>Can anyone point me at some resources that describe how to move an MySql 
>database from one server to another?

mysqladmin -h server2 create dbname
mysqldump -h server1 dbname | mysql -h server2 dbname

you might want to make sure the dump gets the whole database structure
before you rely on its integrity

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Re: [SLUG] MySql question

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 01:47:28PM +1000, Simon Bryan said:
--> Hi,
--> Can anyone point me at some resources that describe how to move an MySql 
--> database from one server to another?

I find that something like the following works well..

newserver:/var/lib/mysql# scp -r user@oldserver:/var/lib/mysql/dbname ./
..
..
..
newserver:/var/lib/mysql# chown -R mysql.mysql dbname


- then you just have to add user/db access records to go with if needed, and do a 
'mysqladmin reload'..

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[SLUG] Re: cfengine

[Angus Lees]

\begin{James Wilkinson}
> Ok, who's used/using cfengine?  Got any configs/urls to configs that are
> nicely explained so that I can work out how to use it?  I've got 5 or so
> Debian machines that really want to be managed nicely; actually, I've
> got one lazy admin (me) who wants to easily manage these 5 machines.
> 
> I've read the stuff in the cfengine-doc package, but it's still not
> crystal clear yet.

i've used cfengine for exactly that purpose for quite a while, and
have been intending to give a talk on it for ~8months now.

since you're about the 7th SLUG person to ask about cfengine, am i
allowed to give this talk this month?  (or are we still trying to get
non-committee members to give at least one talk?)
(oops, did i say that out loud? ;)

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[SLUG] MySql question

[Simon Bryan]

Hi,
Can anyone point me at some resources that describe how to move an MySql 
database from one server to another?




Simon Bryan

IT Manager
OLMC Parramatta
http://www.olmc.nsw.edu.au



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Re: [SLUG] Friday afternoon request for help - PLEASE

[Crossfire]

Simon Wong was once rumoured to have said:

> One more basic question...when setting up PCMCIA support (so that I can boot
> without hanging) using Make config, make all and make install.  Is this
> compiling it into the kernel?

No...

PCMCIA is implemented differently on Linux 2.2 and 2.4:

Linux 2.2: the pcmcia-cs tarball contains modules and the cardutils.
  Building the package builds the modules against your running kernel,
  and builds the cardutils to match that module set.

  PCMCIA kernel support in 2.2 can only be done as modules without
  extremely messy hacking.

Linux 2.4: The pcmcia-cs tarball contains the cardutils.  Building the
  package builds the utilities for the kernel's PCMCIA support [but it
  not linked against any specific version].

  PCMCIA kernel support in 2.4 is part of the standard kernel source
  distribution, and is availible under the HotPluggable device
  support.  (Be sure to enable experimental drivers).  You can either
  compile it in direct, or include it as modules.  I suggest the use
  of modules.  However, building it into the kernel will not solve all
  your PCMCIA isseus - you still require the cardutils, otherwise your
  new nifty Linux 2.4 PCMCIA won't help you much.
 
> Or, does it install some config files somewhere and where would you
> recommend looking for them /etc somewhere?

/etc/pcmcia directory IIRC.

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RE: [SLUG] Friday afternoon request for help - PLEASE

[Scott Ragen]

Simon,
I believe you can backup /lib/modules/(kernel version)
but also backup /usr/src/linux-(kernel version)

The reason you don't have to change the kernel is because you installed
these as loadable modules?
they don't need hard code kernel changes, but this I'm not too sure about,
I'm still a newbie at this too.


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Subject: RE: [SLUG] Friday afternoon request for help - PLEASE



Jon and James,


Thanks for the tips.

I spent a fair portion of the weekend repartitioning and reinstalling Red
Hat.

Thanks for the tips about partitions.  I have separated my / and /home so
that at least I shouldn't lose any personal data or setups if there is a
next time.  I'm not sure I should mention it here but I have Windoze on
another partition but have split more to Linux this time now that I've
started to use it and appreciate it's stability (but not mine!).

One more basic question...when setting up PCMCIA support (so that I can boot
without hanging) using Make config, make all and make install.  Is this
compiling it into the kernel?

If so, why didn't I have to copy that new kernel into my /boot and or update
LILO?

Or, does it install some config files somewhere and where would you
recommend looking for them /etc somewhere?

I ask so I can backup more of my essential services like that and my
Linmodem support.


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Re: [SLUG] Friday afternoon request for help - PLEASE

[Martin]

> One more basic question...when setting up PCMCIA support (so that I can boot
> without hanging) using Make config, make all and make install.  Is this
> compiling it into the kernel?
> 
> If so, why didn't I have to copy that new kernel into my /boot and or update
> LILO?


it sounds like you were compiling the PCMCIA support as a module, not
compiling it into the kernel...

which means that only the modules needed to be updated...

later
marty

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RE: [SLUG] Friday afternoon request for help - PLEASE

[Simon Wong]

Jon and James,


Thanks for the tips.

I spent a fair portion of the weekend repartitioning and reinstalling Red
Hat.

Thanks for the tips about partitions.  I have separated my / and /home so
that at least I shouldn't lose any personal data or setups if there is a
next time.  I'm not sure I should mention it here but I have Windoze on
another partition but have split more to Linux this time now that I've
started to use it and appreciate it's stability (but not mine!).

One more basic question...when setting up PCMCIA support (so that I can boot
without hanging) using Make config, make all and make install.  Is this
compiling it into the kernel?

If so, why didn't I have to copy that new kernel into my /boot and or update
LILO?

Or, does it install some config files somewhere and where would you
recommend looking for them /etc somewhere?

I ask so I can backup more of my essential services like that and my
Linmodem support.


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Re: [SLUG] libc6 issue with Deb Unstable

[Herbert Xu]

On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 10:40:17PM +1000, John Ferlito wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > 
> > Nope, but then I'm not using those 586/686 optimised debs.
> 
> Where do they come from. Does someone hav a repository somewhere or are
> you recomiling them yourself?

It's compiled by the glibc maintainer and is part of sid.
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[SLUG] raidhotremove

[Howard Lowndes]

How do you logically remove a partition from a RAID1 array with
raidhotremove?

I umount'ed the filesystem that was running on the array and I was able to
raidhotremove the hot spare partition and raidhotadd it back, but I cannot
raidhotremove one of the main array partitions; I get told that the disk
is busy, even though the array is not mounted.

I can raidstop the array OK, but then raidhotremove tells me that the
array is not running.

What I am trying to achieve is to remove one of the main array partitions
to ensure that the array re-synchs successfully with the hot spare.

The only way that I was able to achieve what I wanted was to raidstop the
array, edit the /etc/raidtab to use the failed-disk directive and then to
mkraid with the --force option (well, the other real option, actually).

There has to be a better way - like raidhotremove that works (8-(

Pity about the missing man raidhotremove (8-(

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Re: [SLUG] libc6 issue with Deb Unstable

[John Ferlito]

On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Before I go diving into recovery mode - anyone got a problem using
> > libc6-2.2.2-4 and the associated libs (libdb2 and locales) since the end
> > of last week.
> 
> Nope, but then I'm not using those 586/686 optimised debs.

Where do they come from. Does someone hav a repository somewhere or are
you recomiling them yourself?


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Re: [SLUG] libc6 issue with Deb Unstable

[Herbert Xu]

Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Before I go diving into recovery mode - anyone got a problem using
> libc6-2.2.2-4 and the associated libs (libdb2 and locales) since the end
> of last week.

Nope, but then I'm not using those 586/686 optimised debs.
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[SLUG] libc6 issue with Deb Unstable

[Tony Green]

Sluggers,

Before I go diving into recovery mode - anyone got a problem using
libc6-2.2.2-4 and the associated libs (libdb2 and locales) since the end
of last week.

I'm getting 'seg faults' when I try to use tar, ls -l (yes, ls is OK on
its own, just ls -l dies).

I had a bad crash just after upgrading, so I'm not sure if its a bad
unstable package or a result of a fsck gone wrong.

Cheers

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[SLUG] DNS / Things For Committee

[Jeff Waugh]

> I have a standing offer for anyone who needs DNS secondary service. Plus
> you can always use secondary.com or granitecanyon.com (I find
> secondary.com better).

There was discussion about SLUG offering secondary DNS and possibly dynamic
DNS to members a while ago.

I'll be bringing this up during this Tuesday's committee meeting - if anyone
has stuff or ideas the committee should talk about when we meet, please
reply here, or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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