Re: Function Keys

2002-11-20 Thread Werner Kuehnel
Thanks for all your replies, I was able to proceed with the installation, however had another problem. I'll open a new thread. Werner "Hall, Ken (ECSS)" wrote: > > Doesn't even seem to need the CTRL all the time. I just did an install and for some >reason the F-keys didn't work with yast using

Re: Is Samba on Linux/390 ready for prime-time?

2002-11-20 Thread John Summerfield
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:04, you wrote: > We have TSM on AIX for Netware file backups which I assume we can use for > Linux/Samba file backups. However I'm concerned about all that backup > traffic going through the network and we'll be considering alternatives. We > also plan to backup the Linux/Sam

Re: NFS mounting read/write

2002-11-20 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:16, you wrote: > Hi All, > >I had a request from our Applications group that they needed read only > access to the Websphere files on one s390 image from a server (CVS). I > created a new mount point and NFS mounted read only /opt/WebSphere between > the two no problem.

Re: Linux kernel bug caused by Samba

2002-11-20 Thread Mark Darvodelsky
Thanks for the assistance with this. Installing Samba 2.2.6 (from the source) solved the problem. Regards, Mark Darvodelsky, Royal SunAlliance Australia - Data Centre. Phone: +61-2-99789081 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAUTION - This message is intended for the addressee named above It may contai

Re: Is Samba on Linux/390 ready for prime-time?

2002-11-20 Thread Mark Darvodelsky
Thanks to all those who responded to my question, especially David Boyes who asked some questions back, and which I will attempt to answer: >1) Do you have VM? If not, I'd recommend acquiring z/VM before you >seriously contemplate Linux-based services. Linux in a LPAR works, but >managing it for H

Re: Asking for RH technical reference

2002-11-20 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine I verify that one, Chris. My proof comes from Intel Linux, Slackware of course. Betsy, grab a copy of Putty, and add the ssh support binary. Or you can go to the SSH website, and obtain a Windows binary that will allow you to login. I use it myself. The big problem will be

Re: Asking for RH technical reference

2002-11-20 Thread Chris Rohrbach
re: root login Some distributions do not allow login to root using telnet. You should be able to 'su' to superuser, though. If it's really necessary to login as root, use an emulator that supports SSH. From my win2k system, I use 'putty' which can use either telnet or ssh protocols. Chris **

Re: Asking for RH technical reference

2002-11-20 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Betsie Spann wrote: > Hi, > Looking for a reference book to teach myself about RH. The type of questions I have >are > Why can't I login as root? > Why can't I issue commands with rexecd? > Betsie Get a copy of the documentation CD and read the manuals on it. -- Chee

Asking for RH technical reference

2002-11-20 Thread Betsie Spann
Hi, Looking for a reference book to teach myself about RH. The type of questions I have are Why can't I login as root? Why can't I issue commands with rexecd? Betsie

SuSE SLES8 for zSeries

2002-11-20 Thread Jim Sibley
I haven't seen this posted on the Marist forum! http://www.suse.com/us/company/press/press_releases/archive02/sles_8.html Regards, Jim Linux S/390-zSeries Support, SEEL, IBM Silicon Valley Labs t/l 543-4021, 408-463-4021, [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Grace Happens ***

Re: zVM interrupt that allows Linux to halt gracefully?

2002-11-20 Thread Jim Sibley
Steve wrote: >Does anyone recall this - or know where I can find the code? The redbook "Linux on IBM eserver zSeries and S/390: Large Scale Linux Deployment" suggests using the external interrupt mechanism. Code is provided. http://w3.itso.ibm.com/itsoapps/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006

Re: zVM interrupt that allows Linux to halt gracefull y?

2002-11-20 Thread Hall, Ken (ECSS)
We have a couple of mods in place that let VM tell Linuz to shut down. There's a patched version of mingetty that automatically logs in the VM console to root, and then all you need is a script in the root PATH called SHUTDOWN (all upper case) that contains: shutdown -y -g0 Then you use the VM

zVM interrupt that allows Linux to halt gracefully?

2002-11-20 Thread p43cibmgs-Arden
I think I recall a while back some discussion of a patch that allows Linux to trap an interrupt when zVM is going down. It allows Linux, in theory at least, a chance to die gracefully before zVM does, or something like that. Does anyone recall this - or know where I can find the code? Thanks,

NFS Version

2002-11-20 Thread Eddie Chen
Am I correct that the SuSE Enterprise Edition 7.0 (Kernel 2.4.7-s390) that the NFS is at Version3 and the Max_buffersize is 32K???

Re: http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Post, Mark K wrote: > Nikolai, > > It's probably an internet routing problem, since I can get to it from > "here." Send me an email offline with a traceroute, just to be sure. > This seems a plausible point at which to mention a problem a client had here. Nothing specific to

Re: Interpreting a crontab file

2002-11-20 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Ihno Krumreich wrote: > Hi, > > If you suspect cron, than look at /var/log/messages to see which > cronjob is startet at that time. Or maybe /var/log/cron which is right on my system. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.compute

Re: how to display real model id on mp3000

2002-11-20 Thread Chris Markle
thx to all on this. I ended up using the hardware console based approach (man is that a nasty user interface imho) to find this as my SuSE system is not up to the level where /proc/sysinfo works. thx again to all for your excellent help. chris

http://linuxvm.org/ not accessible from here

2002-11-20 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
We resolved problem. It is problem with our DNS server So, when I define the site in hosts explicitly 168.103.104.21 www.linuxvm.org I got it :) Sorry for disturbing. Special thanks to Henry Schaffer. WBR, Sergey

Re: OT for L/390 but desperate!

2002-11-20 Thread Nix, Robert P.
First (for several others posting here) gdm has nothing to do with a mouse. It's the Gnome display manager, and the reason you'd want to run it (on an Intel or a 390 Linux server) is to set up xdmcp so that an x-server can log in. If you do something like "ps -ef | grep gdm", what do you see? On

Re: http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread Carlos A. Bodra
Accessing from here is OK... -- Carlos Alberto Bodra Becher VM/VSE System Consultant Sco Paulo - SP - Brasil

Re: http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread Post, Mark K
Nikolai, It's probably an internet routing problem, since I can get to it from "here." Send me an email offline with a traceroute, just to be sure. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Nikolai Dorozhko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Interpreting a crontab file

2002-11-20 Thread Ihno Krumreich
Hi, If you suspect cron, than look at /var/log/messages to see which cronjob is startet at that time. Ihno On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:23:29AM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote: > James, > > The "header" I put in all my crontab files is this: > # MIN HOUR DAY MONTH DAYOFWEEK COMMAND > > It helps remind

Re: Oracle Application Server

2002-11-20 Thread Post, Mark K
http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/ias/devuse.html - Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE Standalone New! v9.0.3 Pure Java - Runs on all Platforms * ** Mark Post -Original Message- From: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL P

Re: compling a vmlinux bootable kernel in RedHat 7.2

2002-11-20 Thread John P Taylor
Thanks Ashley. I knew I had to be missing something basic. The file you want is /usr/src/linux-version/arch/s390/boot/image Move this to /boot/vmlinuz-version and update zipl.conf (note the z in vmlinuz, not X) John P Taylor IBM Hursley

Re: compling a vmlinux bootable kernel in RedHat 7.2

2002-11-20 Thread Adam Thornton
Well, if we were having performance problems, I guess this is why > I initially though that vmlinuz is a gzipped vmlinux, but that's not > right as "file" shows the type of vmlinuz-2.4.9-38 to be "Applesoft > BASIC program data" (which strikes me a being rather strange). 10 REM LINUX KERNEL

Re: Oracle Application Server

2002-11-20 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
It's only Database. I need Application Server. WBR, Sergey "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 20.11.2002 17:13 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Oracle Applicat

Re: http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread Nikolai Dorozhko
It is not accessable from our location now. Nikolai Dorozhko, VM Group Manager IBA, Minsk, Belarus tel. [375] (17) 217-*5710 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 20.11.02 17:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: http://

Re: compling a vmlinux bootable kernel in RedHat 7.2

2002-11-20 Thread Ashley Chaloner
The file you want is /usr/src/linux-version/arch/s390/boot/image Move this to /boot/vmlinuz-version and update zipl.conf (note the z in vmlinuz, not X) Ashley. On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, John P Taylor wrote: > After having compiled a vmlinux kernel, to try and get LVM working, I've > hit a brick wall.

Re: Oracle Application Server

2002-11-20 Thread Post, Mark K
Sergey, http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/htdocs/390soft.html Mark Post -Original Message- From: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle Application Server I can't find subj for Linux/3

Re: http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread Post, Mark K
Sergey, I don't understand the question. The site is at the URL you show. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: http://linuxvm.org/ Where is the linuxvm site? Did i miss

Re: Function Keys

2002-11-20 Thread Post, Mark K
Werner, YaST doesn't require their use, so you should be able to complete the install. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Werner Kuehnel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Function Keys Thanks for your replies. cntrl

Re: compling a vmlinux bootable kernel in RedHat 7.2

2002-11-20 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
After 'make image' your new kernel lie inlinux/arch/s390/boot/image Don't forget to do 'make modules modules_install' and copy System.map to /boot with right name (name of your kernel) WBR, Sergey John P Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

compling a vmlinux bootable kernel in RedHat 7.2

2002-11-20 Thread John P Taylor
After having compiled a vmlinux kernel, to try and get LVM working, I've hit a brick wall. Changing zipl.conf and running zipl angainst the new kernel, gives a boot record that doesn't boot. I also notice that the vmlinux file that comes with the serviced distro is vmlinux-2.4.9-38, that also won't

Re: Function Keys

2002-11-20 Thread Hall, Ken (ECSS)
Doesn't even seem to need the CTRL all the time. I just did an install and for some reason the F-keys didn't work with yast using xterm, so I tried "F 1", "F 2" (just press F, then the number), and it worked. F11 was F "dash" (to the right of the 0), and F12 was "F =" > -Original Message--

Re: Interpreting a crontab file

2002-11-20 Thread James Melin
But my LPAR is hardly doing anything so a 18% jump in resource use is somewhat surprising. I did turn process accounting on, which will show me the most desperately hungry processes over all, however I think top snapshots once a minute or so will do the job to see what was doing what when. If anyo

NFS mounting read/write

2002-11-20 Thread Scott Koos
Hi All, I had a request from our Applications group that they needed read only access to the Websphere files on one s390 image from a server (CVS). I created a new mount point and NFS mounted read only /opt/WebSphere between the two no problem. Now Applications needs to be able to update one

Tivoli TDPO Oracle

2002-11-20 Thread Andreas Wizemann
Now as Oracle Database is running on Linux/390 where can i get the TDPO Agent to do my RMAN backups ? Thanks Andreas

Oracle Application Server

2002-11-20 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
I can't find subj for Linux/390. Does Oracle have it? If not, is Oracle planning to do this? Maybe, someone from the list, know it. Thanks. WBR, Sergey

http://linuxvm.org/

2002-11-20 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
Where is the linuxvm site? Did i miss something? WBR, Sergey

Re: Function Keys

2002-11-20 Thread Werner Kuehnel
Thanks for your replies. cntrl-F and 0 works. But what shall I hit for PF11 or PF12? I don't know if this is ever required during the installation, or do they just use PF1-PF10? Werner David Boyes wrote: > > Hit cntrl-F, release the keys, and then hit 0. This works consistently > for all pf keys