On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:14, James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 14:08, AAW wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 02:32 pm, Vincent Danen wrote:
> > > On Wed Jul 23, 2003 at 12:21:27PM -0700, David Guntner wrote:
> > > > (Again, this is in the hopes that someone from Mandrake is still
> > > > reading this list)
> > > >
> > > > Well, at least partially. :-)
> > > >
> > > > In addition to the other error I reported regarding the new kernel
> > > > (2.4.21- 0.24mdk) causing all files to be written as world
> > > > writable, I noticed something else in my system processes. My
> > > > morning E-Mail from my nightly cron jobs reported:
> > > >
> > > > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `m': invalid format
> > > > character /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid
> > > > format character /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@':
> > > > invalid format character /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf:
> > > > `m': invalid format character
> > > >
> > > > Nothing has been changed in that file. This only showed up with
> > > > the new kernel in place. Please go over the new kernel and release
> > > > a bugfix for these two problems. Thanks!
> > >
> > > Ummm... let's be a little logical here.
> > >
> > > Why would you blame the kernel for something in msec? The kernel
> > > touches /boot and /lib/modules... why would it have anything to do
> > > with msec?
> > >
> > > Did you look at line 66 of that file? What does it say?
> > >
> > > The previous issue could potentially be attributed to the kernel, but
> > > I highly doubt it. This one I think attributing to the kernel is
> > > pretty far-fetched.
> >
> > I'm now seeing similar behavior under both the old and new kernels.
> > However, I never saw the behavior before installing 0.24mdk.
> >
> > kernel-2.4.21-0.24mdk:
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `U': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `y': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `T': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `p': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 66: printf: `m': invalid format character
> >
> >
> > kernel-2.4.21-0.18md:
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `U': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `y': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `T': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `p': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `@': invalid format character
> > /etc/cron.daily/msec: line 69: printf: `m': invalid format character
> >
> > Below is a list of the packages installed since the last clean admin
> > report 07-22-2003 at 10:11:34 am. The arts packages are rebuilt from
> > cooker SRPMs. I also rebuilt and installed kdelibs (29mdk), but that
> > was after problem showed up.
> >
> > libarts-devel-1.1.2-8mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 09:58:58 PM CDT
> > arts-1.1.2-8mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 09:58:56 PM CDT
> > libarts-1.1.2-8mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 09:58:43 PM CDT
> > kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.24mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 04:21:12 PM CDT
> > kernel-source-2.4.21-0.24mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 04:12:07 PM CDT
> > kernel-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk Tue 22 Jul 2003 02:09:39 PM CDT
> >
> > Arn
>
> Arn,
>
> What languages do you run on this box and does /etc/sysconfig/i18n
> have a lot of mention of UTF-8?
>
> James
Ooops forgot to mention, I don't doubt the kernel problem... I'm just
curious as to conditions... maybe, just maybe, my dumb luck will hold
out and I will ask the right question that gives someone with
intelligence an idea. *grin* I'm wondering if maybe something in the
codepages got hosed. Since it does seem to be a error that could be in
this area.
>
>
>
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