Re: Oversized kernel

Are you using "make bzImage:" when you compile? It makes for a smaller kernel Eng Se-Hsieng wrote: Dear all, I've just compiled a new kernel and the vmlinuz is over 2Mb in size. Since mkbootdisk returns : Not enough space and I don't have a CD writer on my system, I'm unable to create a boot di

Re: rpm

On Wednesday 04 December 2002 11:32 am, Dave Pomeroy wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 9.0. Everything is cool except when I try to run > rpm to ad a package I get an error saying that I have 2 different versions > of RPM. Anyway to fix this without a reinstall? Thanks for your help. > > > Dave

Securing my box

I recently had a friend port scan me as a test of my ip_tables based firewall And like I wanted he discovered there were no ports open. However if I do a "netstat -a | grep LISTEN" I see tcp0 0 localhost.localdom:1024 *:* LISTEN tcp0 0 *:printer

A way to transfer drives?

I'm looking for a way to upgrade my HD and maintain file/directory structure. I've got a 20GB with partitions for / /home /usr how can I copy/clone this drive over to it's 60B replacement? Thanks!

Compile Options for Optimized Programs

Awhile back I found some options for optimizing programs on a i686 (Athlon) processor during compile..something along the lines of - O3 -mpcu -march do things options (environment settings I believe) ring a bell to anyone, and if so how do I impliement them? Thanks!

Deny Remote User Logins

I'm running RH7.3 allowing ssh remote access only, I want to create a user account that can log on locally (console) but not remotely. Is this possible? Darryl - To u

How-to make rpms?

Any tutorials on how to make rpms from .tar files? Thx Darryl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMA

Creating a Safeweb like Server?

Anyone know of any how to's that would help be create and anonymizing proxy server, that'd be totally web based? Thanks! Darryl - To unsubscribe from

XFree86 4.1.0 and xfs problems

I'm running into a problem with Xfs not loading my /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/freefont and TrueType directories, it just says they weren't initialized any ideas where to start troubleshooing this error? Darryl XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (Red Hat

OT: Help with X4.1.0 Upgrade

Hello, I just updated my RH box to X4.1.0 and it failed, totally. It keeps repeating the error Symbol .LC2 from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a is unresolved! In my log file, now I'm running RH 7.0 with kernel 2.4.5 using an Althon 900, 256MB ram, ATI Radeon64MB. Any ideas wh

Can someone tell me what's wrong with this rule?

I'm trying to block my MySql port from the outside world and I've RTFM like all hell so I'm just about the point where my hair is turning grey. I'm using the rule /sbin/iptables -A -FORWARD -i -eth0 -p tcp --dport 3306 --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j DROP to try to block it, but everytime I port

Re: Linux 2.4

You're close, but you really should do it this way make xconfig (and make all the changes your system needs here), then make dep, make bzImage, make modules make modules_install And lastly, www.linuxdoc.org has some really good links on how to do it properly. Happy hunting Darryl nomit kal

Testing 3d performance

I've got Kernel 2.4.4 and an ATI Radeon 64, with X4.03 and the dri modules installed along with the latest Mesa, what programs can I run to benchmark it performance? Thanks Darryl -- "Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; one e

How to tar and gzip a directory?

Hello! I want to tar and compress my home directory to another drive can anyone tell me a good command line instruction to use for this? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.

Printer Drivers?

Does anyonw know where I can find the printer driver for a USB Canon BJC-3000 ? I've already got kernel 2.4.3 compiled and USB ready. Thanks! Darryl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body o

A Sample Netfilter Setup?

Does anyone have a sample netfilter setup I could see ? I'm having a great deal of trouble with my setup.Thanks Darryl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Setting up NetFilter

I've just downloaded and compiled Kernel 2.4.2 and I've been looking around for some good information on how to set iptables up. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! Darryl -- "Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal