verifying a burnt cd with cdrecord Posted: 01 Jun 2004 09:00 AM PDT Bernard wrote: .... man md5sum .. -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> "In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable." -- Winston Curchill, of Montgomery |
mozilla gets killed Posted: 01 Jun 2004 08:10 AM PDT ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.] On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:10:43 +0200, Al <it> wrote: Yes it does. Linux will kill processes if there is no more virtual memory (ram plus swap). You can add more RAM, or more swap, or try to conserve memory (use top to find out which processes use the most memory.) -- May 25 International Towel Day, in honour of Douglas N. Adams |
Putty Posted: 01 Jun 2004 07:12 AM PDT Chris Cox <net> wrote in news:c9i8a3$airnews.net: It boggles the mind to think that xterm or gnome-terminal don't provide similar enough capabilities. I guess I don't see the point of running putty on a Linux box. -- - Mark -> -- |
problem starting up Fedora on an IBM Thinkpad 600E using Xircom card Posted: 31 May 2004 06:58 PM PDT Hi Lenard, Thanks for the suggestion. I added the GATEWAY statment to ifcfg-eth0 as you suggested, but that did not solve the problem. Also, I have DNS server addreseses in /etc/resolv.conf which appear to be ok. They were taken from my router and seem to work with the other PCs on my LAN. Jim Lenard wrote: |
How can I get my PCMCIA network card to work at boot time in Fedora C2? Posted: 31 May 2004 04:10 AM PDT In comp.os.linux.portable Kevin D. Snodgrass <net> wrote: You should NOT do this for 16-bit PCMCIA network cards. -- Dave |
Computer will not boot from hard disk Posted: 30 May 2004 06:21 PM PDT Hank Oredson wrote: I should have said that this problem only arose recently - the machine is quite old, maybe 5 years, and booted perfectly until recently. I guess there must be something wrong with the SCSI controller, as was suggested. I have another SCSI disk in the machine, and will try swapping them round. -- 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 |
xconfig for kernel unreadable Posted: 30 May 2004 07:19 AM PDT Yep! that was it! thank you lenard, T. "Lenard" <0.0.1> wrote in message news:0.0.1... |
Trouble accessing trough port 80 Posted: 29 May 2004 03:10 PM PDT mcjoe wrote: .... "how are you trying to access the webserver from the public side of the Internet? are you using the IP address that your router gets from your ISP? the other thing to check is, if you're running a firewall (suse-firewall) on the web-server, have you made port 80 open? -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him. |
pppd problem again???? Posted: 29 May 2004 11:38 AM PDT Theophanis Kontogiannis <gr> wrote: I'm running 2.6.4 compiled from a standard source and have no problem with the active-filter option when using pppd 2.4.2, also compiled from a standard source. It's hard to believe the PPP support code in 2.6.5 would cause the error. The only change from 2.6.4 is [PATCH] Patch to hook up PPP to simple class sysfs support according to ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.5 Looks like FC may not have changed the pppd code. If I jumped to a wrong conclusion then I apologize. Here's the line in the standard pppd 2.4.2 code that generates error: pppd/options.c: option_error("error in active-filter expression: %s\n", pcap_ geterr(&pc)); Perhaps your libpcap and mine differ, and mine does the right thing. It was installed back in late 2002: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135878 Oct 21 2002 /usr/lib/libpcap.a Anyway something is different, since the pppd (2.4.1, 2.4.2) filter options work great here. -- Clifford Kite Email: "echo arg|rot13" PPP-Q&A links, downloads: http://ckite.no-ip.net/ /* "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" RFC 1122 */ |
Mandrake9.2, can't find root filesystem while booting Posted: 29 May 2004 07:45 AM PDT Dako Oten wrote: Thanks for your help. The problem fixed. In my /etc/lilo.conf, the root pointted to /dev/hda8 ('root=/dev/hda8'). I used Knoppix to modified it to 'root=/dev/hda7', then use Mandrake install cd to re-install lilo (the 'rescue' option). Now, everything is OK. Thank you very much. Blue Potato |
Best way to partition drive without installing Linux yet? Posted: 28 May 2004 07:21 PM PDT On Sat, 29 May 2004 12:47:30 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote: This was not exactly the response I expected, but I find it accurate. Gave me a good chuckle too. ;-P Thanks Charlie, (or should that be Chuck... short for chuckles) -- imotgm |
IA-64 Linux Question on ProPack 3.0 Posted: 28 May 2004 04:18 PM PDT Alexis, thanks for your informative reply. I believe that we've already applied all published ALTIX patches so far. -Michael On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Alexis Cousein wrote: a| Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:22:21 +0200 a| From: Alexis Cousein <sgi.com> a| To: Michael E. Thomadakis <tamu.edu> a| Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin, comp.os.linux.setup a| Subject: Re: NFS on IA-64 Linux a| a| Michael E. Thomadakis wrote: a| a| > Hello all. a| > a| > We are maintaining an SGI Altix 3700 (128 PE, 10TB RAID storage) currently a| > running PP2.4. a| > a| > Has anyone had experience with using this system as an NFS server? a| a| It works well. a| a| Provided the clients use read and write sizes that are a| a multiple of the base page size -- which, on this machine, is *16KB* - a| the default 8KB xfer sizes are a no-no (and an even bigger no-no for a| the NFS client, which means you do have to patch up many IA32 Linux a| servers quite heavily if they have to act as an NFS server for an a| Altix -- many with a 2.4 kernel do not really support sizes over 8KB, a| though Propack 2.4 does). a| a| The same advice holds for any other Linux server using a 2.4 kernel - a| but of course, 8KB is a multiple of a 4KB base page size on most a| IA32 Linux servers... a| a| As a consequence, NFS v2 is also a big no-no if you want performance, a| given its insistence on limiting xfer size to 8KB. a| a| a| > There is a| > not much discussion for NFS in PP2.4. Can TCP be used as the transport for a| > NFS? a| a| Not without patch 10054. Even with that patch, the 2.4 client code a| is noticeably faster over UDP - unless, of course, you have a dodgy a| network that can't get a 16KB transfer size over reliably, but a| manages to get 1500 byte MTUs over most of the time. a| a| Is there any problem with large files/file systems? a| a| Not unless you're mounting with the "soft" option. There are a| a few spots in the (generic) 2.4 client code that can trigger a| bogus timeouts propagated to the application as errors a| if you use this option. a| a| Don't export with the "async" option (this is generic advice) if a| all your clients are using NFS v3. a| a| There's a performance divot for non root copies of files with the group a| execute permission bit set if you don't have patch 10065. a| a| > How is th a| > throughput? a| a| Throughput is OK for one interface. Scalability for many GigE interfaces a| is poor if you're used to IRIX, and less good than on 2.6 kernels a| (by a huge margin), and even in 2.6 there's quite some work cut out to a| achieve IRIX-level scalability. a| a| -- a| Alexis Cousein Senior Systems Engineer a| com SGI/Silicon Graphics Brussels a| <opinions expressed here are my own, not those of my employer> a| If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals. a| a| |
Question for User Limit Enforcement on IA-64 Altix Linux Posted: 28 May 2004 01:38 PM PDT Thanks Rob, I had checked there before but few technical Altix info was avalable. It's nice they added it. -MT On Fri, 28 May 2004, Rob Warnock wrote: RW > Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 21:32:32 -0500 RW > From: Rob Warnock <org> RW > Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.security, comp.os.linux.setup RW > Subject: Re: Question for User Limit Enforcement on IA-64 Altix Linux RW > RW > Michael E. Thomadakis <tamu.edu> wrote: RW > +--------------- RW > | under the Altix Linux (PP 2.4) a number of interactive limits can be set at RW > | /etc/security/limits.conf (such as, core, data, rss, as, etc.) RW > ... RW > | Any help, hint or pointers to existing documentation for ALTIX is going to be RW > | greatly appreciated! RW > +--------------- RW > RW > Try this for starters: RW > RW > Linux Application Tuning Guide RW > <URL:http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4639-001/ RW > pdf/007-4639-001.pdf> RW > RW > And in general, a lof of the Altix-specific manuals should be on- RW > line at <URL:http://techpubs.sgi.com/>. Look in the "New" section RW > <URL:http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/shownew.cgi> RW > and you'll see a lot of Altix-related titles, e.g.: RW > RW > SGI ProPack for Linux Start Here RW > Porting IRIX Applications to SGI Altix Platforms RW > Linux Resource Administration Guide RW > Linux Configuration and Operations Guid RW > Linux Application Tuning Guide RW > RW > RW > -Rob RW > RW > ----- RW > Rob Warnock <org> RW > 627 26th Avenue <URL:http://rpw3.org/> RW > San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607 RW > RW > RW > |
Crazy mouse kvm problem again with SUSE 9.1 Posted: 28 May 2004 10:59 AM PDT Chris Cox wrote: Maybe dependant on the KVM or could be the mouse driver. My mouse is an MS cordless Intellimouse, connected via a Keyboard/Mouse receiver (see above post) and the mouse uses a USB->PS/2 adapter. Apart from occasional random mouse movements, which pressing Esc alleviates, it doesn't have any problems. Have you tried swapping your mouse out for another model/brand? Does it do the same thing. This should track down whether it is the KVM or the mouse/driver making problems. Dave |
Backup|archive|sync of ms exchange (imap) 2 linux Posted: 27 May 2004 10:17 PM PDT [Followup's set to COLN] In comp.os.linux.networking Hasan Bassrah <mond.at> wrote: According to Debian's 'apt-cache search imap sync', the following came up. isync - Synchronize a local maildir with a remote IMAP4 mailbox mailsync - Synchronize IMAP mailboxes offlineimap - IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support I haven't ever used IMAP stuff, so I can't vouch for any of this. -- Cameron Kerr net.nz : http://nzgeeks.org/cameron/ Empowered by Perl! |
Converting ext2/ext3 fs to ReiserFS or XFS Journaling File Systems Posted: 27 May 2004 07:28 PM PDT On Fri, 28 May 2004 01:37:51 -0400, Ruby Tuesdays wrote: I dont know about Fedora, but if the default kernel to be installed supports those fs, and the 'installation' provides the tools to create those fs, then of course its possible. After 'installation', first make sure that your current kernel supports the filesystems that you want, and you have the proper tools to make them, eg. mkfs.xfs, mkfs_reiser. Provided you have a spare partition with a fs on it, mount it and copy the files from the partition that you want to convert. ex. # cd /var , # find . -depth -print | cpio -pudm /mnt/spare or something like that, to preserve the original attributes of those files. Edit your /etc/fstab, and make sure the mount points do refer to the new partition. reboot/remount(?). Now, create the filesystem that you desired on that old part. , copy the files, reboot and feel the changes. And thats about it, you're done. enjoy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - stderr(Cagayan de Oro) |
gentoo: startup slow when without net Posted: 27 May 2004 12:23 AM PDT co.uk wrote: Brain*fart* ? How about a total neural meltdown ;-) If Linux had a spectrum those two would solidly be on opposite ends of it... -- Jeroen Geilman Analog bits courtesy of adaptr. |
Consistent Linux Crash Posted: 26 May 2004 10:55 PM PDT On 27 May 2004 05:55 UTC, James Caple <net> wrote: [snip] Thermal issues? Any problems when the CPU is loaded up? -- I had to hit him, he was beginning to make sense. |
Question! Posted: 26 May 2004 04:08 AM PDT In comp.os.linux.setup, zagi <hr> wrote on Wed, 26 May 2004 13:08:08 +0200 <c91tql$mg0$srce.hr>: A loaded question. First off, Linux is merely a kernel, although a lot of people get a bit sloppy usage-wise (after all, such nifty stuff can be enfolded around it!). A bit like asking what the best fuel pump for an automobile is. Second, all the distros work for the most part, unless one has strange needs. I favor Gentoo because I like the idea of consistently building systems from scratch, for example; however, the rank newbie might have problems with such a distro, although the directions are for the most part clear enough. (If one's behind a firewall there's a bit of a bugaboo, though; use RSYNC_PROXY=a.b.c.d:e instead of the suggested format in the Handbook. I probably should file a bug... :-) ) I just installed RedHat Enterprise 3.0, however, on a Dell Precision tower, and while I'm having minor problems with Java/JBoss, the install itself was extremely smooth. (It was for work, of course; Fedora is apparently the home version, that much I know. It's using 2.4.21, which is a little long in the tooth by now.) Debian was the system I was using prior to Gentoo; it's a very easy system to work with as well. I've not used Mandrake but have read good things about it. http://www.distrowatch.com contains a list of over 100 distros. Pick one. :-) (They also contain an announcement for FreeBSD 4.10. Go fig.) -- #191, net It's still legal to go .sigless. |
upgrading disk to lvm Posted: 26 May 2004 04:06 AM PDT In article <uio.no>, Patrick Guio wrote: It's my belief that there is no "easy" way. If you have multiple partitions, you might be able to migrate one partition at a time, if you have some spare space. In that case, you could archive what's on one partition onto another partition, redo the partition as a PV, put it in a VG, create an LV, make a filesystem and "unarchive" your data into that LV. Then archive the next partition, declare that as a PV, extend the VG to include it, etc... repeat as necessary. Kinda messy, but possible. For me, I'd add that second disk, put it under LVM, migrate stuff off the first disk, then add that space to LVM. Of course, if you don't have any backup, then obviously, your data is of no value to you, so why don't you just blow it off (pretending you had a disk crash or a totally corrupted filesystem), and start over with LVM. -- Dave Brown Austin, TX |
Fedora Installation problem!? Posted: 26 May 2004 03:04 AM PDT On Thu, 27 May 2004 23:55:52 +0800, "Yip, Laurence" <cityu.edu.hk> wrote: Hello, Please read the info on the above link............I downloaded the workaround boot iso, followed the instructions mentioned on the sight and my install went great. Later __________________________________________________ _____________________________ Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><> |
RTL 8139 with 2.4.2 bf2 kernel (debian) Posted: 26 May 2004 12:53 AM PDT One caution: if you install your own kernel, you must set kernel headers properly; in my system, I install my own kernel in /usr/src/linux-2.4.26, and make a symbolic link /usr/src/linux pointing to /usr/src/linux-2.4.6. Then remove directories, /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux, then make symbolic links /usr/include/asm to /usr/src/linux/include/asm and /usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux. Then you can compile additional kernel modules. On my system, NVIDIA kernel module driver and vmware kernel modules compile and work perfectly. Debian is very generous to your own kernel. I used woody in the past with my own build 2.4.x kernel. But sarge is also stable and comes with newer software (for example apache2 and xfree86 related packages) I upgraded to sarge (testing). Tetsuji Rai wrote: -- Tetsuji Rai (in Tokyo) aka AF-One (Athlete's Foot-One) Born to be the luckiest guy in the world! May the Force be with me! http://www.geocities.com/tetsuji_rai http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/fcgi-bin/fcgi?cmd=view_feedback&id=1855 fax: 1-516-706-0320 |
I can't find what's wrong with my lilo.conf Posted: 25 May 2004 08:44 PM PDT Removing a hard disk will shuffle BIOS device codes. This kills versions of LILO earlier that 22.3. Since then, LILO defers final BIOS device code assignments to drives until boot-time, allowing the boot-time environment to be different from the install-time (/sbin/lilo) environment. Your config file looks as though it were designed for an earlier version of LILO, possibly version 21. --John On 25 May 2004 20:44:28 -0700, com (Jeff) wrote: |
fedora fc2 amd64 802.11 wpc11 question Posted: 24 May 2004 10:46 AM PDT BTW -- running version 4 of the wireless card. jDeGraw Mishawaka, Indiana AMD/Fedora/2.4.23/MythTV! |
intel integrated ethernet problems Posted: 24 May 2004 02:13 AM PDT Thank you for all your help. My company is using RH 8 in a production environment now and I just got a new box to start testing things on, so obviously it has to be the same version as the production environment. I ended up updating the kernel from 2.4.18-14 to 2.4.22 and it somehow worked. Go and figure. |