Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
*** Bill Mullen Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:35:14 -0400 (EDT) : Buy more beer. ;) That's one of my problems. I'm too lazy. wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] XFS mount problems
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 19:30, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:53, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 02:59, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I've found the problem. diskdrake didn't change the fomatting of the drive when I converted (or thought I had) them from reiserfs to xfs. It only changed the entry in fstab. It was trying to mount reiserfs drives as xfs. When I thought I had formatted them I apparently didn't know that the Format button doesn't do anything. I haven't checked bugzilla for this yet, but I guess I will. That would explain why, as one poster suggested, manually creating the file system did the trick where doing it through diskdrake did not. I found out what was wrong by starting an install of Mandrake 9.2 Beta 2. It was reporting the file system as reiserfs-- contradicting what diskdrake was saying (xfs). Anyway... now to manually create the xfs partitions... Thanks everyone-- for the suggestions. If you might remember it was one of my last suggestions to mount the partitions as reiser. ;) LX It sure was...but did you know why it was a good suggestion? :-P Yes!! ;) LX P.S. The clue was that you had successfully used the partitions before you rebooted. So therefore I was betting it was something simple like that and that your data was intact. I'm beginning to see something here. I think the problem is not that diskdrake isn't doing what it's intended to do, but rather the wording that it uses gives the impression it did something it shouldn't do. Or in understandable English. If it had converted your file systems to xfs.. you wouldn't have been able to use them since they where mounted reiserfs. Unless of course it unmounted and remounted them. I don't think you can umount / on a running system. Meaning that in order to convert it has to do it on an unmounted FS and since the binaries to do it are on the system to be converted... it's a catch 22. So maybe what is needed is a more accurate description via the interface of what it really does (edit fstab for you) rather than actually do the conversions. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] FYI: Streamlined SSH access to different machinesbehind a single IP
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 14:20, Pierre Fortin wrote: Since I just had to solve this problem with the help of google, I documented it here: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/AccessingMultipleMachinesBehindASingleIPAddress __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sweet thanks Pierre James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
*** ed tharp 28 Aug 2003 18:00:37 -0400 : On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. I know the uubp but it doesn't create the right stuff. I experimented with lisp to get my emacs to produce some guinness-like brew but I'm not good enough, yet. So I still have to get up, go to the store (it's more than 40 yards from my home), pay for the beer and carry it home all the way! And upstairs to the apartment! Now ain't life just difficult and hard? wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 19:03, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** ed tharp 28 Aug 2003 18:00:37 -0400 : On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. I know the uubp but it doesn't create the right stuff. I experimented with lisp to get my emacs to produce some guinness-like brew but I'm not good enough, yet. So I still have to get up, go to the store (it's more than 40 yards from my home), pay for the beer and carry it home all the way! And upstairs to the apartment! Now ain't life just difficult and hard? wobo Oh yea, and now i figured out why the clouds are bothering you,,, this is 'sposed to be the one week out of the year, that has nice weather there too, ain't it. sorry. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
Am Freitag, 29. August 2003 01:03 schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: *** ed tharp 28 Aug 2003 18:00:37 -0400 : On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And Yep and it rains all the day *LOL We had 30 °C the last weeks here, and i hate the clouds now, since i want to see the mars :( one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. I know the uubp but it doesn't create the right stuff. I experimented with lisp to get my emacs to produce some guinness-like brew but I'm not good enough, yet. So I still have to get up, go to the store (it's more than 40 yards from my home), pay for the beer and carry it home all the way! And upstairs to the apartment! Now ain't life just difficult and hard? wobo LOL I feel with you wobo :D Steffen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
*** Steffen Barszus Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:37:05 +0200 : ..., since i want to see the mars :( See Mars? Been there, tasted the food, stole some t-shirts. Not really worth all those billions of EUROS. They should rather invent small handy home brewery kits. wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
Am Freitag, 29. August 2003 01:47 schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: *** Steffen Barszus Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:37:05 +0200 : ..., since i want to see the mars :( See Mars? Been there, tasted the food, stole some t-shirts. Not really worth all those billions of EUROS. They should rather invent small handy home brewery kits. wobo Wow ... want to have such a t-shirt ;) Well i guess i need some beer to find some sleep this night ;) But I have none here and wont be able to get one now without driving 30 km ;) Steffen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
*** Steffen Barszus Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:57:01 +0200 : Well i guess i need some beer to find some sleep this night ;) But I have none here and wont be able to get one now without driving 30 km ;) See the necessity of home brewery kits! But I guess we'd better quit that for now. Maybe some people on this list prefer Linux instead of beer (no sense dividing your attention between your 18th beer and a web-script, I swear!). wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
Am Freitag, 29. August 2003 02:06 schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: *** Steffen Barszus Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:57:01 +0200 : Well i guess i need some beer to find some sleep this night ;) But I have none here and wont be able to get one now without driving 30 km ;) See the necessity of home brewery kits! Yep agree ;) But I guess we'd better quit that for now. Maybe some people on this Agree list prefer Linux instead of beer (no sense dividing your attention between your 18th beer and a web-script, I swear!). Never tried that (18 beers %-D ) ;) Steffen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] sata and Socket A motherboard and Mandrake
Hello Everyone, Just looking at a Nforce2 motherboard Epox EP-8RDA3+Socket A motherboard, does this have any problems with Mandrake 9.1?. Is there anyone running sata drives with Mandrake 9.1, are they stable, can one just use a standard Kernel that comes with Mandrake.? The board looks good from it's Web site link http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3pluslang=1 But if it don't work with Mandrake it ain't much good. Cheers Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Login from Windows and Linux
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:19, Michael Lothian wrote: Hi again I've got a few more questions for you/ I was just wondering if it was possible to set up a server that both windows and linux could log into. I'd like to be able to log in from any of my pc's and be able to access all my files and the same from linux too. Is this possible? putty (programs name btw) on Windows means that you can scp and ssh to a linux box to your hearts content and use a single Linux box as a pivot point or file sharing point. Everyone just uploads and downloads from there. If you want browser based I use a product called FileManager (real original name *grin*) You can find it here. http://www.horsburgh.com. I use it over https and it allows 1 or more users to have a private, chrooted and secure area on a box of my choice. We have both common and private areas this way. If you are going over the internet these ways are the best in that done in a secure mannor. If you are on an intranet. Samba and windows Network Neighborhood plus equivalent programs on linux mean fairly straightforward (though substantially less secure so make sure your firewall is good.) file sharing. James Also is it posible to set up both systems under a domain? Rather that a workgroup? If so how? Erm I know these questions are a bit vague but I'm not entirely sure how all this works but I'm wanting to learn. Thanks again Mike __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:25, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to update/upgrade my KDE to the texstar 3.1.3 rpms. When I run urpmi kdebase kdelib kdegraphics kdenetwork it downloads about half of the required rpms (dependencies) but then craps out with: Installation failed, some files are missing: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmp3lame0-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-kdm-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/notlame-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libopenslp1-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/arts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-devel-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-devel-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mdkkdm-9.1-27mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/liblm_sensors1-2.7.0-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-devel-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-common-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/openslp-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database I DID update my database. I just did it again, just now, and ran the same command again - yet I get the same mess above. How do I get past this? They MUST exist as it is in the list the urpmi itself generates based on what exists in the first place. Have you tried just --auto --auto-select (using the /etc/urpmi/skiplist to block anything you don't want.) This way it finds what it needs on it's own. praedor - -- Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - --Hermann Goering -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/TPeBaKr9sJYeTxgRAin9AJjW6URR30VmF6YPde9irnpE+GfzAJwKXcem wD/Xk8t9MHvkQ6o6Ru6REQ== =EJHP -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:25, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to update/upgrade my KDE to the texstar 3.1.3 rpms. When I run urpmi kdebase kdelib kdegraphics kdenetwork it downloads about half of the required rpms (dependencies) but then craps out with: Installation failed, some files are missing: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmp3lame0-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-kdm-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/notlame-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libopenslp1-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/arts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-devel-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-devel-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mdkkdm-9.1-27mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/liblm_sensors1-2.7.0-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-devel-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-common-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/openslp-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database I DID update my database. I just did it again, just now, and ran the same command again - yet I get the same mess above. How do I get past this? They MUST exist as it is in the list the urpmi itself generates based on what exists in the first place. Ooops sorry forgot one thing. If the rpms are already on your box cp them to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms otherwise urpmi won't find them. praedor - -- Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - --Hermann Goering -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/TPeBaKr9sJYeTxgRAin9AJjW6URR30VmF6YPde9irnpE+GfzAJwKXcem wD/Xk8t9MHvkQ6o6Ru6REQ== =EJHP -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 09:31, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Sure! J.C. Woods wrote: So are we all happy now? Alan, I guess the most important thing is that you see your answers. Shoot, you already know your question. *grin*. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:58, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** Bill Mullen Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:35:14 -0400 (EDT) : Buy more beer. ;) That's one of my problems. I'm too lazy. wobo Call friends, invite them over then say... Oh yeah bring some beer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 09:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo You aren't using windows and gasoline hasn't gone up 20% in your area in the last week. The beer however is a problem... James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
I'm in the process of setting up a new mailhost and plan to chroot it; but my current postfix is very anti-spam and documented at http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Pierre - is there a link to this on the HOW-TO page? A bit of organization confuses me on the twiki site: I see links to how-tos in the how-to section, and i see links to tutorials in the references section. Is there a difference, or should we combine these? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
That is absolutely outrageous, I love it (or tivoli backwards) -- David C. Rankin Rankin * Bertin, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] http://archives.mandrakelinux.com
To Whom It May Concern: http://archives.mandrakelinux.com -- search engine comes back with: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.23 Server at archives.mandrakelinux.com Port 80 As it can be seen from above, the configuration of server is such that one is asked to contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any errors, so I chose - instead ;) - this list, for whoever happens to know the folks taking care of archives. Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
Have you tried just --auto --auto-select (using the /etc/urpmi/skiplist to block anything you don't want.) This way it finds what it needs on it's own. I'm experiencing the same problem. It started perhaps on Tuesday - and since then there hasn't been any updates supposedly in main or contrib - which I find extremely odd, since changelog is listing many listings. My take on this is that the mirror or source repository is out of sync with what you've downloaded, and somehow your system thinks the data is current when it isn't. Usually this goes away as things get synced up, but there are a number of potential problems because it's left KDE (particularly) in an unstable state because it cannot find many of the kde RPMs -- the versions are out of synch. Incidentally, there doesn't seem to be anything in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms, although it *looks* like some number of files got downloaded, nothing seems to have been. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] http://archives.mandrakelinux.com
*** stefmit stefmit Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:39:48 -0500 : To Whom It May Concern: http://archives.mandrakelinux.com -- search engine comes back with: Just tried the site and everything worked as it should. wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. Hey Ed, Great site! It just goes to show you that, even after years in the business, there is always a new proto to learn, and the page outlines some really needed skills for effective networking too. Thanks drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX Network/System Engineer http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.htm Let him that would move the world, first move himself. --Socrates Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, David E. Fox wrote: It started perhaps on Tuesday - and since then there hasn't been any updates supposedly in main or contrib - which I find extremely odd, since changelog is listing many listings. Changelog? Are you talking about Cooker/9.2, while Praedor is talking about 9.1 final? AFAICT, Texstar hasn't released any RPMs for Cooker. AIUI, both main and contrib are static repositories, whose contents do not change once the release is final. All the other urpmi sources will change from time to time, but these two will not, and are set in stone. -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't. - Robert Benchley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] capturing packet
I've setup to Real Player to stream through Squid. May I ask how to capture the Real Audio packet from Squid to web or vice versa? I tried tcpdump host some.realaudio.site, but nothing happens. You kind suggestions are greatly appreciated. Are you looking to capture the sound or inspect the actual packet? In the former case, there's an old program called vsound that captures audio from the sound device and outputs a wav file. In the latter case, try using ethereal to capture the packets instead. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sata and Socket A motherboard and Mandrake
I just got an asus with nforce2 and the same Silicon Image Sil3112a SerialATA controller and am running it with 9.2rc2 now. and the drive works fine. I don't know about the 9.1, but you might be good if you can get the updated boot kernels from http://www.netikka.net/tmb/9.1/ and use them to install from and them update to one of the newer kernels from there. I'm not sure at what stage the driver was added. also the newer kernels have a lot of nforce2 fixes. http://www.netikka.net/tmb/Cooker/ as an example, these srpms can be compiled on 9.1 if you edit the spec, and change the gcc build requirement (I comment it out). I'm not sure if the binaries install out of the box or not because of the different gcc versions or whatever. but I'm running one of the tmb kernels on my laptop with 9.1 installed with no problems. On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 19:32, Mark Williamson wrote: Hello Everyone, Just looking at a Nforce2 motherboard Epox EP-8RDA3+Socket A motherboard, does this have any problems with Mandrake 9.1?. Is there anyone running sata drives with Mandrake 9.1, are they stable, can one just use a standard Kernel that comes with Mandrake.? The board looks good from it's Web site link http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3plus=1 But if it don't work with Mandrake it ain't much good. Cheers Mark __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 21:14, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:25, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to update/upgrade my KDE to the texstar 3.1.3 rpms. When I run urpmi kdebase kdelib kdegraphics kdenetwork it downloads about half of the required rpms (dependencies) but then craps out with: Installation failed, some files are missing: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libmp3lame0-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-kdm-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/notlame-3.93.1-2.1plf.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libopenslp1-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/arts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdegraphics-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdenetwork-devel-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-devel-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mdkkdm-9.1-27mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/liblm_sensors1-2.7.0-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.1.3-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-4tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libarts-devel-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-common-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libqt3-devel-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/openslp-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database I DID update my database. I just did it again, just now, and ran the same command again - yet I get the same mess above. How do I get past this? They MUST exist as it is in the list the urpmi itself generates based on what exists in the first place. Ooops sorry forgot one thing. If the rpms are already on your box cp them to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms otherwise urpmi won't find them. Not necessarily so, you can add a local source where ever you keep your downloaded rpms, so at least in searches and installs and such, urpmi finds the downloaded RPMs. I don't know how that works as far as updating for security and bugfixes. praedor - -- Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - --Hermann Goering -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/TPeBaKr9sJYeTxgRAin9AJjW6URR30VmF6YPde9irnpE+GfzAJwKXcem wD/Xk8t9MHvkQ6o6Ru6REQ== =EJHP -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 3:06 am, Eric Huff wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a new mailhost and plan to chroot it; but my current postfix is very anti-spam and documented at http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Pierre - is there a link to this on the HOW-TO page? A bit of organization confuses me on the twiki site: I see links to how-tos in the how-to section, and i see links to tutorials in the references section. Is there a difference, or should we combine these? *I* don't know the difference. Combining them seems logical to me. Otherwise, if moving everything is long-winded we could cross-reference the two pages. What does everyone else think? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:04, J.C. Woods wrote: ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 12:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** J.C. Woods Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 : So are we all happy now? No. Weather is cloudy, I haven't picked the right lottery numbers, one memory slot of my laptop is gone, and there's no more beer in the fridge. How can I be happy? wobo shsh wobo, don't you live in Germany? it's always cloudy. And one of these days,,, if you ever buy any lottery tickets, you might get one number right, but not buying any is why you ain't got none rightg now the beer problem,,, http://www.bofh.org.pl/man/uubp.html. Hey Ed, Great site! It just goes to show you that, even after years in the business, there is always a new proto to learn, and the page outlines some really needed skills for effective networking too. Thanks drjung I can take no credit. uubp was brought to my attention by Tom Brinkman some time ago, and I just searched uubp on google for a link. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 1:18 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: Never tried that (18 beers %-D ) ;) but it would explain why he can't see what he writes :-) Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
*** Anne Wilson Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:37:38 +0100 : On Friday 29 Aug 2003 1:18 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: Never tried that (18 beers %-D ) ;) but it would explain why he can't see what he writes :-) Hey, it wasn't me who could not see what he wrote! But OTOH, sometimes it is not wrong to look for external reasons when your Tux doesn't work as wanted. Remember the origin of the expression for software faults - bugs! wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:28:09 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What does everyone else think? Just cross-reference them, redundancy *is* a good thing in some cases. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ I hope you're not pretending to be evil while secretly being good. That would be dishonest. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Friday 29 August 2003 06:22 am, ed tharp wrote: I can take no credit. uubp was brought to my attention by Tom Brinkman some time ago, and I just searched uubp on google for a link. I think Tom is like H.P. Lovecrafts cthuhlu, he's been around so long he's become an ancient one and knows darn near everything. grin -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
Changelog? Are you talking about Cooker/9.2, while Praedor is talking about 9.1 final? AFAICT, Texstar hasn't released any RPMs for Cooker. 9.2/cooker - here. I don't have texstar as a source. AIUI, both main and contrib are static repositories, whose contents do not True for 9.1 - updates is a different repository. As of 5:30am (god i'm up early) pdt 8/29, it's looking for a number of roms - like libkdebase4-3.1.3-38mdk -- but AFAICT the mirror is expecting a slightly different version of that RPM and as such cannot install. urpmi prints out a number of ftp URLs with these RPMs but does not download them and does not install them, and prints out a you may want to update your rpm database This happens from time to time, and it should sooner or later rectify itself. As of 5:30 all I was able to update was plf. FWIW I use ftp.surfnet.nl as my mirror. If it doesn't get fixed, tnen you reset urpmi sources and start over afresh. I've had to do that a number of times. Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Friday 29 August 2003 07:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 29 Aug 2003 1:18 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: Never tried that (18 beers %-D ) ;) but it would explain why he can't see what he writes :-) Anne lol! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sata and Socket A motherboard and Mandrake
Wow.. Thanks for the info Byron, looks like it may be difficult to install and make the sata drive as the bootable drive.. Although I am not sure about this.. are you using the SATA dive as your main drive? The information about these drives is awfully sketchy at the moment, are they worth the trouble.. what sort of through puts are you seeing.. is it noticeable difference to the ATA133 stuff? Cheers Mark On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 14:48, Byron Poland wrote: I just got an asus with nforce2 and the same Silicon Image Sil3112a SerialATA controller and am running it with 9.2rc2 now. and the drive works fine. I don't know about the 9.1, but you might be good if you can get the updated boot kernels from http://www.netikka.net/tmb/9.1/ and use them to install from and them update to one of the newer kernels from there. I'm not sure at what stage the driver was added. also the newer kernels have a lot of nforce2 fixes. http://www.netikka.net/tmb/Cooker/ as an example, these srpms can be compiled on 9.1 if you edit the spec, and change the gcc build requirement (I comment it out). I'm not sure if the binaries install out of the box or not because of the different gcc versions or whatever. but I'm running one of the tmb kernels on my laptop with 9.1 installed with no problems. On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 19:32, Mark Williamson wrote: Hello Everyone, Just looking at a Nforce2 motherboard Epox EP-8RDA3+Socket A motherboard, does this have any problems with Mandrake 9.1?. Is there anyone running sata drives with Mandrake 9.1, are they stable, can one just use a standard Kernel that comes with Mandrake.? The board looks good from it's Web site link http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3plus=1 But if it don't work with Mandrake it ain't much good. Cheers Mark __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Login from Windows and Linux
Well, first you need to create/configure /etc/smb.conf or /etc/samba/smb.conf (in later versions): see http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/book/toc.html Test the configuration with testparm. Start the smbd in daemon mode (smbd -D) and your off and running My config is as follows: # Global parameters [global] workgroup = RB_LAW server string = RB_LAW Samba Server %v encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *success* passwd chat debug = Yes unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = lpstat logon script = %U.bat domain logons = Yes time server = yes os level = 34 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes dns proxy = No wins support = Yes hosts allow = 192.168.7. localhost min print space = 2000 printing = cups print command = /usr/bin/lp -d%p -oraw %s; rm %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o%p lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable %p queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable %p [netlogon] comment = Rankin-Bertin logon services path = /home/samba/logon browseable = No [guillory] comment = David Guillory path = /home/samba/guillory valid users = @guillory force group = guillory writeable = Yes inherit permissions = Yes [homes] comment = Homes Directory writeable = Yes browseable = No [Applications] comment = Windows Applications path = /home/samba/winapps valid users = @rbpllc,@guillory,@price force group = rbpllc writeable = Yes map archive = Yes inherit permissions = Yes [printers] comment = All the Printing SOB's path = /var/spool guest ok = Yes printable = Yes printer = lp -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax -- - Original Message - From: Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Login from Windows and Linux Erm how? david wrote: Yep, any linux box running samba will do On Wednesday 27 August 2003 12:19, Michael Lothian wrote: Hi again I've got a few more questions for you/ I was just wondering if it was possible to set up a server that both windows and linux could log into. I'd like to be able to log in from any of my pc's and be able to access all my files and the same from linux too. Is this possible? Also is it posible to set up both systems under a domain? Rather that a workgroup? If so how? Erm I know these questions are a bit vague but I'm not entirely sure how all this works but I'm wanting to learn. Thanks again Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:06:03 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a new mailhost and plan to chroot it; but my current postfix is very anti-spam and documented at http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Pierre - is there a link to this on the HOW-TO page? [previous msg missed due to Mdk still not fixing rDNS for list servers] No... twiki is in need of re-organization... I tried to setup some structure to some topics in my first attempts; but I don't have time to clean it up -- besides, I wouldn't want to impose my structure... A bit of organization confuses me on the twiki site: Ditto. I see links to how-tos in the how-to section, and i see links to tutorials in the references section. Is there a difference, or should we combine these? Maybe we should start a new top-level tree(s) and only work on the Table of Contents part of that tree -- when we are somewhat satisfied, then move all the current stuff into it... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:18:34 -0500 J.C. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So are we all happy now? Nope... not until Mdk fixes rDNS for one (more?) of the new servers... : Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sata and Socket A motherboard and Mandrake
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 08:55, Mark wrote: Wow.. Thanks for the info Byron, looks like it may be difficult to install and make the sata drive as the bootable drive.. Although I am not sure about this.. are you using the SATA dive as your main drive? The information about these drives is awfully sketchy at the moment, are they worth the trouble.. what sort of through puts are you seeing.. is it noticeable difference to the ATA133 stuff? Cheers Mark I'm using the drive as my main drive. It worked off the bat. I've booted with a gentoo install cd, and also a knoppix live cd, and the gentoo saw the drive, and the knoppix did not if I recall correctly. I think the knoppix had like a 2.4.20 kernel where as the gentoo disk had a 2.4.21 kernel. Main reason I opted for sata is the cleanliness of the cables, and efficient airflows. (don't care oabout over clocking but still want a well cooled case.) I don't really know how to judge the performance numbers, but here is what hdparm -tt gives: hdparm -tT /dev/hde /dev/hde: Timing buffer-cache reads: 1564 MB in 2.00 seconds = 782.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.04 seconds = 25.66 MB/sec this is on 2.4.22-1mdk here are the results from hdparm -I, the drive is a 120 gig seagate SATA: hdparm -I /dev/hde /dev/hde: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST3120026AS Serial Number: 3JT0JJKQ Firmware Revision: 3.05 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Supported: 6 5 4 3 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 65535 heads 16 1 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors:4128705 LBAuser addressable sectors: 234441648 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 234441648 device size with M = 1024*1024: 114473 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 120034 MBytes (120 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: *READ BUFFER cmd *WRITE BUFFER cmd *Host Protected Area feature set *Look-ahead *Write cache *Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set *SMART feature set *FLUSH CACHE EXT command *Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command *Device Configuration Overlay feature set *48-bit Address feature set SET MAX security extension *DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd *SMART self-test *SMART error logging Security: supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct thats about all the info I think I can think of now. -Byron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] twiki, was:Postfix Mail server
What does everyone else think? Just cross-reference them, redundancy *is* a good thing in some cases. Right now there are just 3 tutorial links, so my humble vote would be to move those to the HowTo page, and in their place, have a cross-reference to the HowTo page. Is that what you had in mind, too? If you all agree, i can take that as my first TwikiTask.. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:28, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 29 Aug 2003 3:06 am, Eric Huff wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a new mailhost and plan to chroot it; but my current postfix is very anti-spam and documented at http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Pierre - is there a link to this on the HOW-TO page? A bit of organization confuses me on the twiki site: I see links to how-tos in the how-to section, and i see links to tutorials in the references section. Is there a difference, or should we combine these? *I* don't know the difference. Combining them seems logical to me. Otherwise, if moving everything is long-winded we could cross-reference the two pages. What does everyone else think? Anne My understanding was that a tutorial was supposed to be an indepth lesson on how to do something like ... oh setup postfix. The HowTo section was supposed to be quick point of info like say how to make a floppy image, or some other quick tip. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What Wiki?
We have a wiki? What URL? -- A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What Wiki?
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 5:25 pm, Felix Miata wrote: We have a wiki? What URL? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main or http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org which is easier to remember and re-directs to the above site. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix Mail server
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 2:58 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:06:03 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A bit of organization confuses me on the twiki site: Ditto. Maybe we should start a new top-level tree(s) and only work on the Table of Contents part of that tree -- when we are somewhat satisfied, then move all the current stuff into it... I find that I either browse the complete index for guessing the page, or have to use the search, which is difficult because it is case sensitive and TWiki words need unusual casing. I think it is a result of success that it has become difficult in this way, but to improve it needs a concerted effort. We would probably need some discussion about criteria for grouping things. I would suggest that volunteers start with a copy of the existing full index on a separate page, so that we can work on it and discuss it, linking as we think best. That way the existing index and search can carry on until we feel we have something better to replace it. What do you think? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] fstab info for mounting /home to remote nfs
Hello, I want to create an fstab entry that will mount /home on a remote machine upon boot-up with an $USER entry so any user who logs into the workstation will have their home directories on an single system. Does anyone know if this can be done and, if so, what is the proper syntax? Many thanks in advance. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks all, I am back in bi-ness with urpmi. I deleted all my sources and re-set and updated the sources. I then managed to get all the needed rpms downloaded and installed...though I find that the texstar rpms actually make my system SLOWER rather than faster (nor same speed). There once was a time when texstar rpms were super optimized so that you might expect slightly better performance from them vs standard rpms, but no more, it seems. Or, at least on my system - an ageing IBM stinkpad celery 366. It takes LONGER for KDE to startup than with the original Mandrake updated KDE 3.1 rpms. It takes LONGER for certain apps to start (kmail, konqueror, etc). If it wasn't such a miserable pain, I would take them out and go back to the official Mandrake rpms but as 9.2 is so close to release, I will likely wait for it (and hope that KDE isn't slower still). praedor On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:54 pm, David E. Fox wrote: Have you tried just --auto --auto-select (using the /etc/urpmi/skiplist to block anything you don't want.) This way it finds what it needs on it's own. I'm experiencing the same problem. It started perhaps on Tuesday - and since then there hasn't been any updates supposedly in main or contrib - which I find extremely odd, since changelog is listing many listings. My take on this is that the mirror or source repository is out of sync with what you've downloaded, and somehow your system thinks the data is current when it isn't. [...] - -- Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. - --Hermann Goering -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/T6wdaKr9sJYeTxgRAopcAJ4/44vhx3MRe/pg/xWSUB89iO0GVgCfaNP4 ipc9MlQow+wQDZpa+NBLogk= =jvLq -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sata and Socket A motherboard and Mandrake
From: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow.. Thanks for the info Byron, looks like it may be difficult to install and make the sata drive as the bootable drive.. Although I am not sure about this.. are you using the SATA dive as your main drive? The information about these drives is awfully sketchy at the moment, are they worth the trouble.. what sort of through puts are you seeing.. is it noticeable difference to the ATA133 stuff? Cheers Mark The Sil3112a was on of the first serial ata chipsets that got support added to the kernel.org kernels... (as it was one of the first to ship...) The mdk kernels recognized the 3112a chipset even before MDK 9.1 was released... as of wether it works... I can't tell you, as I have the chipset but no sata drives yet... but according to the kernel ml you should be ok Regards Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] fstab info for mounting /home to remote nfs
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 12:06, James D. Parra wrote:
Hello,
I want to create an fstab entry that will mount /home on a remote machine
upon boot-up with an $USER entry so any user who logs into the workstation
will have their home directories on an single system.
Does anyone know if this can be done and, if so, what is the proper syntax?
Many thanks in advance.
James
I use a form of this ... however in my case the environment is a mixed
one so what I do is have a small local home dir on the box so that local
.kde .openoffice etc is there (to match what is on that Distro/release
number) This way I never have kde3 trying to use kde2 config files etc
etc. Then I create a dir inside the users home calle d mydata. This
becomes my mount point.
I then use a program called shfs. Nicer than NFS or the like since it's
a lot more robust and secure. It's actually using ssh as the protocol.
http://shfs.sourceforge.net/
Follow the instructions on the website to build the modules.
Then what I had to do was create the RSA key for the user so that they
would use key authentication for ssh logins instead of username password
(you could do either but this is much easier for the user once running)
Once done.
Then I created the following fstab entry.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:22/home/james /home/james/mydata shfs
umask=000,users,noatime,noauto,rw,exec 0 0
(all one line and xxx is the IP number of the box to be logged into)
Now whenever I turn on my box, and there is a network connection. These
directories are automounted and I'm able to use the same data directory
wherever I am. ssh has the advantage that it handles things like
disconnects and no network much cleaner than NFS (it doesn't lock up my
box or hang bootup if it can't get out on the net. In fact if it can't
get to the net it just goes ok and continues. Then I wrote a little
connect script for usage when I wasn't connected at boot but want to be
connected now.
#!/bin/sh
cat /proc/mounts | grep remotehome | awk '{ printf($3) /tmp/var }'
if [ -f /tmp/var ]; then
read var /tmp/var
if [ $var == shfs ]; then
rm -f /tmp/var
exit 0
fi
else
ping -c 3 yahoo.com /dev/null 2 /dev/null
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
/bin/mount /home/james/mydata
else
exit 0
fi
fi
This way it tests for the network.. and connects. (hopefully the script
is right... seems to work ok so far.) Finally I changed shfsmount and
shfsumount (created by shfs) setuid root so that mounting could be done
by the user. One thing I added was the use of compression on ssh to
speed things up, this gets turned on in the ssh config files in /etc on
both ends.
James
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Hi all, I'm setting up some iptables rules to block certain kinds of packets on my ML 9.1 machine. The man page talks about logging options to have it log to the syslog, but I can't seem to figure out the exact syntax to make it work. No matter how I try, I keep getting a bad option message in response. Does anyone know what the actual syntax is on an iptables command to have it log when that particular reject rule is fired? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
