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Crontab Issue.....Please Help

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 10:08 AM PST


Jeroen Geilman wrote: 

Or dump them in /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,etc.}. I really like that
approach to creating new cron processes so that they get executed in
sequence with other cron jobs, to prevent things like "updatedb"
soaking up cycles and CPU needed by a dump process.

Recommendations for centralized software package management

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 09:03 AM PST


Davide Bianchi wrote: 

cfengine is a *scalable* pull system. I've done push-based software
changes to over 10,000 machines in one night: it's an adventure. I'd
have preferred to switch to cfengine, but there was too much
infrastructure in place.

You need careful reporting of failures and bugs, and you need a very
good inventory of the systems and their differences to start with, and
you need good security of the package transmission system.

Red Hat Linux SOHO router setup

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 05:33 AM PST

Thanks to the Old guy, and all the others who replied to my post:

First off an anecdote from another old guy (65 years of age) that I
found amusing:
Excerpt from a post on Google Groups comp.os.linux 

 

 

 



Thank you Frank. I am now aware of the need to learn an entirely new
language. :)

I will do my best.


Probably that means I ought to get out a fine cigar, warm up the easy
chair
and turn on the Yankees. Damn...baseball season is over.


This is truly complicated for a newbie, oldtimer though. Sorry it just
is.
But its fun to see if I can make heads or tails out of it.


Doug

______________________________

Thanks for the suggestion to download the cd images from the redhet
archive via distrowatch. I had googled for iso downloads, and
accidentally stumbled onto distrowatch with the link to the iso images
of the succeeding releases. I have downloaded the 7.3 iso images, and
have yet to burn them to CD. I also ordered a damnsmalllinux CD, but I
doubt it includes an installer. I do like the description of the ted
editor in this distribution. I think I remember it is compiled with
GTK+, and assume it doesn't need an X-window manager to run in a
graphical mode. I especially like the html color-coding, and C-style
auto indenting -- really all I need in a text editor.

I also found a post explaining the difference of the different ppp
methods to connect via an ethernet connection to a DSL modem. I have
yet to figure which authentication method my DSL provider uses.
Information on Linux setup at ISPs is rare. I know with my Fedora 5
installation DHCP works, but I wonder how the ISP differentiates me
from the rest of the subscribers since no identification on my side is
provided.

I'll keep you posted on my progress until all my computers are set up.

Regards,
Léiwe Kléeschen (Dec 6 is the day of St. Nicolas aka Santa Claus)
jiverbean
Luxembourg

file protections on FC5 getting reset (for a dumb*ss)

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 02:47 AM PST


Michael Heiming wrote: 

Thank you. I guess this is different from FC2?
Probably just 'cuz all the device names changed. I don't know where FC5
got /media/ZIP250 from. And usb storage devices seem to jump around on
my system.
Need something like a "hosts" file for devices, to fix them at a scsi
device id or something...

my computer cannot be booted from bootable CD (please help)

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 02:32 PM PST

In comp.os.linux.setup Steve <com> wrote:

| I have windows XP installed, and I attempted to install Linux in
| different partition. I think I chose some wrong installation settings,
| and it turned out my computer cannot be booted from bootable CD such as
| Windows XP, and even Linux Installation CD.
|
| Now, after I turned on my PC, it attempted to load Windows XP, but it
| seemed hang there. When I attempted to boot from Windows XP CD or Linux
| Installation CD, it hanged there too. Any ideas what I should do now?

When you say "attempted to ..." how far does it get to with each?

It sounds like the partition table has been changed. Other possibilities
are that geometry settings in the MBR are changed, or some partition data
is written over with something else. Typos that you didn't notice during
the install could be a culprit. But Windows is also known to mess with
things.

To boot into your installed system, assuming it is still in an OK state
on disk, using a CD, you need to specify at the boot prompt a partition
to be mounted as the root filesystem. This is usually "root=/dev/whatever"
done at the prompt. You have to start typing quickly or the prompt will
timeout and use its default (which may be an initial ramdisk that just runs
the installer from the CD).

Example input at prompt if you installed Linux on partition 4 of the primary
IDE disk: root=/dev/hda4

Since you posted online, you have something that works to get online with.
There are a number of rescue disk images available if the installer CD you
have doesn't do the right things.

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| Phil Howard KA9WGN (ka9wgn.ham.org) / Do not send to the address below |
| first name lower case at ipal.net / net |
|------------------------------------/-------------------------------------|

install problems

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 01:11 PM PST


Eef Hartman wrote: 

Hmm. I read that that the X Server has an option called
ForceBIOS, which somehow tells the BIOS to accept a new
resolution.

This is the command that I found:

Option "ForceBIOS" "1280x1024=1280x800"

But I haven't tried it yet... very busy....

Need Good Info re Dual Boot Install

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 10:01 AM PST

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:31:10 -0800, Richard Vaughn wrote:
 

Is there a drive order problem. Windows is sensitive to which drive it
boots off of, it wants to be on the first drive (take this with a grain
of salt, I don't know a lot about Windows). Linux doesn't care where it is
so it can be on the second drive.

Dual display: one X and one text?

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 06:53 AM PST

Matt Giwer wrote:
 


The machine is in a server rack where one connection is to a kvm switch
to show the console (text mode) and the other video connection drives a
42" plasma screen in another room (via a kvm extension) for 3D
visualization.

It isn't absolutely mandatory that the primary console be a text
console. It could be X as well but I'd prefer it to be just text (hence
the question). If it is an X session, it would have to be a completely
different X session from the one on the plasma screen. I thought this
would be a pretty basic thing to be able to do but it isn't proving to
be so. It is looking more like I'll end up with a serial console to
another machine since noone else seems to be able to do this either.

Debian Download

Posted: 03 Dec 2006 07:42 AM PST


Alan Adams wrote: 



Thanks fren.
I think i'm on it,on the way downloading.
Thanks

Grub error - can't access HDD

Posted: 03 Dec 2006 12:56 AM PST

B H2 wrote:
 
 

Unfortunately I don't run ubuntu,
but I think all distributions can be run in "rescue mode",
where Linux runs on the CD, but can look at the hard disk
to see the setup there - and also re-install grub.

I always use Knoppix for this purpose,
as it is remarkably good at running on almost any machine.

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

hda purchase

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 07:37 PM PST

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:37:55 -0500, linxlvr wrote:
 

OK.
I purchased a WD caviar SE 7200 rpm sata 160 GB
It seems to be recognized by fdisk,
so rebooted w/ my original drives to dwnload a fresh copy to install deb from.
Can I get a second drive later and raid them w/o it affecting the install?
(Hardware raid in motherboard w/ an identical drive)

--
dw

How do I "clone" the root account / create a second admin account ?

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 11:16 AM PST

"Tom F." <com> writes:
 
 
 

In particular, run
su
enter the root password and you are root. Do the job you need to do and
then exit.


 
 

Do it as root. Log in to your account aand then su to root.

 
 

You certainly can, however it is silly, since that user IS root. There is
no difference.

Eg make a user
altroot with uid 0. If you log in as altroot you will then BE root. It is
the uid that is important, not the name.


 

How to find out the current version of Linux + softwrae from COMMAND LINE ??

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 10:33 AM PST

Matt Giwer wrote: 

By that I mean this from Dreamhost

Linux wiggle 2.4.29-grsec+w+fhs6b+gr0501+nfs+a32+++p4+sata+c4+gr2b-v6.189 #1 SMP
Mon Feb 7 13:23:30 PST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux