Linux-Misc Digest #36, Volume #24 Tue, 4 Apr 00 00:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Setting User Limits in Linux (was: Linux bugs!!! (Mark S. Bilk)
Re: Cron reboots my system (Leonard Evens)
Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN???? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux (Ursa_M)
Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN???? (David Efflandt)
Re: "make menuconfig" hangs on RH 6.1 (Dave Brown)
Re: "make menuconfig" hangs on RH 6.1 (Roger Blake)
Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN???? (Dave Brown)
Re: How to force the kernel to use a module? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: X won't start, font error message, help! ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: X won't start, font error message, help! (Hal Burgiss)
bash is really compatible with sh ? (Chan Yick Wai)
Re: bash prompt (Unclebob)
flaky dialup connection ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: ntp.drift (Glenn Valenta)
execute-in-place(xip) for linux? (jauming)
Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN???? ("Ian S. Nelson")
Re: Recommended backup routines (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: Light Weight web browser suggestions? (Dowe Keller)
switching laptop to/from external monitor? (David Efflandt)
Cleaning up my ext2 partition (Richard Beri)
Re: kernel installation (asage)
Re: ppp not compiled in kernel?? (Bill Unruh)
Re: pppd dies from SIGHUP (Bill Unruh)
Re: bash prompt (George Bell)
Also have flaky dial-up (George Bell)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark S. Bilk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Setting User Limits in Linux (was: Linux bugs!!!
Date: 4 Apr 2000 01:11:51 GMT
In article <JO0G4.139$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Conrad Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Have you hear about petalo.c ? It can freeze the whole system under
>2.0.xx and 2.2.xx; while 2.3.xx just can reboot using magic keys, the
>system is been left unusable.
I did a search at http://www.google.com/linux (an excellent
Linux-specific search engine) for petalo.c, and another for
limits.conf when the first search indicated that that file
is the key for setting user limits. Here's what I found:
petalo.c is a very simple program that attempts to allocate
all available memory (or at least 6 GB of it); it can be
found here:
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/1999week39/1174.html
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9909.3/0253.html
There are ways to set a variety of limits on Linux users,
which will guard the OS (and other users) against programs
that use too much memory, or too many files, processes, etc.
This will protect against memory munchers, file fiends,
stack stretchers, login loopers, process procreators... 8^)
search for "limits" on this page:
http://www.math.muni.cz/linux/Linux-PAM/html/pam-6.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO-5.html
http://www.premierweb.com/linux/LDP/LDP/lasg/lasg-www/users/
Here's an excerpt from the PAM page, which describes the
limits that can be set:
Each line of the configuration file describes a limit for
a user in the form:
<domain> <type> <item> <value>
The fields listed above can be filled with the following:
<domain> can be:
+ a username
+ a groupname, with @group syntax
+ the wildcard *, for default entry
<type> can have the two values:
+ soft for enforcing soft limits
+ hard for enforcing hard limits
<item> can be one of the following:
+ core - limits the core file size (KB)
+ data - max data size (KB)
+ fsize - maximum filesize (KB)
+ memlock - max locked-in-memory address space (KB)
+ nofile - max number of open files
+ rss - max resident set size (KB)
+ stack - max stack size (KB)
+ cpu - max CPU time (MIN)
+ nproc - max number of processes
+ as - address space limit
+ maxlogins - max number of logins for this user.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cron reboots my system
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:26:35 -0500
CG wrote:
>
> I have two servers running RH 5 something. At the end of February and
> again at the end of March my systems rebooted for no obvious reason.
> The first time it happened, I thought someone got into the system from
> outside, but I didn't find any real evidence of that.
>
> This happened again at the end of March, and in digging around it
> looks to me like this is something that cron is doing.
>
> Any ideas on how to check this out? Any ideas for why this is
> happening? These servers were set up last April and to my knowledge
> this has never happened in the past, and I made no changes in the
> system configuration.
>
> Thanks for your help.
Check the contents of /etc/crontab and the files in the directory
/etc/cron.monthly. It is remotely possible one of the scripts
in one of the other /etc/cron.* directories could be doing it.
Finally run
crontab -l
as root to see what root's crontab is doing.
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Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN????
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:20:54 GMT
On 03 Apr 2000 20:48:01 EDT, CG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yeh, that much I get, but what does it mean when it's included in a
>command or instruction? Is that supposed to mean it doesn't matter
>what you type there??
Yes, like a variable, place holder or whatever.
cat foo | grep bar
Substitute any legitimate value for 'foo' (ie. a file in this case) and
'bar'.
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Hal B
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From: Ursa_M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:22:16 -0400
Two thoughts: IBM and NetManage (formerly NetSoft). FYI, we use telnet 5250
over TCP/IP from Win95 machines at work to connect to AS/400's. The software
is NetSoft Elite or NetSoft Portfolio. IBM has RS6000's as well as AS/400's
so probably has a solution to this as well.
Good luck,
Ursa_M
(sorry for the bogus return address, but I hate SPAM!)
Greg wrote:
> I'm looking for a 5250 X-emulator that will enable a user to connect to an
> AS/400. I don't need file transfer, just a terminal emulation session.
>
> Any clues? I haven't been able to find one.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN????
Date: 4 Apr 2000 01:33:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 03 Apr 2000 20:48:01 EDT, CG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yeh, that much I get, but what does it mean when it's included in a
>command or instruction? Is that supposed to mean it doesn't matter
>what you type there??
No, it means substitute whatever is appropriate for your system. 'foo'
and 'bar' are often used as generic variables in examples where actual
paths or variable names are unknown to the author, since they may vary.
>On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 00:36:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
>wrote:
>
>>On 03 Apr 2000 20:25:49 EDT, CG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>I sort of gather that it's a made up word, but sometimes I see
>>>instructions or commands in documentation such as
>>>
>>>.../foo/something
>>>
>>>is foo used here like some kind of variable?
>>
>>More or less. From WWII US soldier slang, fubar: Fucked Up Beyond All
>>Repair. Now sometimes foobar, or foo bar ....
>>
>>--
>>Hal B
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: "make menuconfig" hangs on RH 6.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 3 Apr 2000 20:48:58 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Blake wrote:
>When I initially installed RH 6.1 from a cheapbytes.com CD, I
>did not install the development packages due to limited disk space.
>Afterwards I decided to build a new kernel, so individually installed
>packages such as gcc, as86, make, development libs, etc.
>
>The problem I'm running into is that when using the command
>"make menuconfig" the configuration menu never appears -- make
>just sits there spinning its wheels (no diagnostic messages),
>for hours if it's left alone, and I wind up having to abort it.
>
>I'm assuming there is some package needed by menuconfig to work
>that is still missing. Anyone know what might that be? (BTW, if
>I generate a .config file using menuconfig on another system and
>copy it over, the kernel does build with no problems. I'd still
>like to get menuconfig working on this sucker, though.)
>
>--
> Roger Blake
> (remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
I've encountered this. If you install the "ncurses-devel" package,
you usually pick up the piece that make menuconfig needs. (However,
I've also encountered a machine that that didn't help.)
Usually, even though make menuconfig is broken, you can still use
make xconfig. And I don't think there's any way to break make config.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: "make menuconfig" hangs on RH 6.1
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:49:31 GMT
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 19:49:20 GMT, Eric Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>'make menuconfig' uses ncurses, I believe.
Thanks, I'll try installing that package.
>How about 'make config' or 'make xconfig'? Do they work?
Haven't tried 'em -- "make config" is a bit too klutzy for my taste,
and 'make xconfig' is not an option since I'm not running X. (The
system is an old 486 with limited memory and disk space.)
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN????
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 3 Apr 2000 20:56:55 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CG wrote:
>I sort of gather that it's a made up word, but sometimes I see
>instructions or commands in documentation such as
>
>.../foo/something
>
>is foo used here like some kind of variable?
It's an ancient programming example name, usually paired with
"bar", as in /foo/bar or foo.bar, etc. According to "Saving
Private Ryan", "fubar" was a standard GI epithet, "f*****up
beyond all recognition"
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: How to force the kernel to use a module?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:49:51 GMT
I tried these commands. But the ncr53c8xx device is busy.
rmmod can't unload it and insmod can't load sym53c8xx.
I ran 'lsmod' and found that the use count is 6.
Is there a file that specify which modules to load during bootup?
Roger
In article <8caked$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <8ca8pm$ft$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
> >Is there any way to force the kernel to use SYM53C8xx?
> >I tried to edit /etc/conf.modules but it didn't work.
>
> Try 'rmmod' and 'ismod'.
>
> Nasser
>
>
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X won't start, font error message, help!
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:14:56 -0700
"Leonard Evens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Do you have a user xfs?
Don't know.
> What does
> /sbin/chkconfig --list xfs
> show?
I get:
0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
> You might try reinstalling the package
> XFree86-xfs
Tried that, no effect. Error message still reads:
could not open default font 'fixed'
I'm still working on it, thanks for your help,
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: X won't start, font error message, help!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:19:30 GMT
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:14:56 -0700, Matt O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>"Leonard Evens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> Do you have a user xfs?
>
>Don't know.
>
>> What does
>> /sbin/chkconfig --list xfs
>> show?
>
>I get:
>
> 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
>
>> You might try reinstalling the package
>> XFree86-xfs
>
>Tried that, no effect. Error message still reads:
>
> could not open default font 'fixed'
This means X has no fonts at all. fixed is tried when all else fails.
xfs is belly up most likely.
>I'm still working on it, thanks for your help,
http://216.78.198.27/xstuff/xfs.html#trouble
Most likely cause is FS is nearly full, or permissions on /tmp are
amiss.
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Hal B
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chan Yick Wai)
Subject: bash is really compatible with sh ?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:24:30 GMT
# Backup script for cailun.com Linux systems ( v1.0 )
#
# This script is designed to be portable. It intends to be used on any
# Linux system
#
# add this entry into crontab
#
# for clserv1: 0 6 * * 0 /install_bin_path/weeklybackup > /dev/null
2>&1
#
BACKUP_LOG=/tmp/backup.log
CLSERV1FS="/httpd /home /usr/local"
DUMPDEV=/dev/rst0
FLAGS=" 1uf "
if [ ! -f $BACKUP_LOG ]; then
touch $BACKUP_LOG
fi
/bin/mt -f ${DUMPDEV} rewoffl
for fs in $CLSERV1FS; do
if [ -d $fs ]; then
/usr/sbin/dump ${level}${FLAGS} ${DUMPDEV} $fs >>
$BACKUP_LOG 2>
&1
fi
done
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unclebob)
Subject: Re: bash prompt
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 02:31:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about Mon, 3 Apr 2000 07:25:49 +0200
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[....Posted....]
>I want to set the bash prompt to display the current working directory
>(pwd). How do I do that?
PS1="\$PWD $"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: flaky dialup connection
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:48:20 -0500
For about a year I've been able to connect to my dialup ISP without any
problem. About three weeks ago I started having occasional problems. I
would seemingly connect ok, which is to say 'ifconfig' would return a
temporary address for me, but I couldn't go anywhere with the connection.
I couldn't even ping my own ISP. This is now happening about one attempt
in three or four.
If I do a 'route -n' command it all looks ok, If I do a 'route' command
without the '-n' switch it hangs.
Most of the time I can just hang up, redial, and get a good connection.
As far as I know I haven't made any configuration changes at my end, but
the ISP is not admitting to any changes at their end either.
Any guesses?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: 5250 Emulator for Linux
Date: 4 Apr 2000 02:41:48 GMT
Ursa_M ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: > I'm looking for a 5250 X-emulator that will enable a user to connect to an
: > AS/400. I don't need file transfer, just a terminal emulation session.
: >
: > Any clues? I haven't been able to find one.
Enter 5250 in the find box on www.freshmeat.net. I just KNOW u'll get a hit
(then tell us which is best, couch potato that i am :-)
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Registered linux user no. 164098-88940
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: Glenn Valenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: ntp.drift
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 03:05:06 GMT
"H.T. Sun" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have installed xntp on my linux box and it is
>
> working fine. However, I am not sure the functionality
>
> of this file: /etc/ntp.drift. Could some kind soul out
>
> there please educate me on this ?
>
> Thanks
It contains information about how much your hardware clock drifts from the true
time.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ for more info
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From: jauming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: execute-in-place(xip) for linux?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 03:14:21 GMT
execute-in-place(xip) for linux?
is there any one implemented execute-in-place(xip) for linux?
thanks in advanced!:)
please also reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ian S. Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WHAT DOES FOO MEAN????
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:24:38 -0600
Dave Brown wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CG wrote:
> >I sort of gather that it's a made up word, but sometimes I see
> >instructions or commands in documentation such as
> >
> >.../foo/something
> >
> >is foo used here like some kind of variable?
>
> It's an ancient programming example name, usually paired with
> "bar", as in /foo/bar or foo.bar, etc. According to "Saving
> Private Ryan", "fubar" was a standard GI epithet, "f*****up
> beyond all recognition"
Foo and Bar are special in that they are three tmp variable names in
one. You get "foo" you get "bar" and then you get "foobar"
Very convienient. i, j, and k can only do so much. Foobar just sort of
feels right. Not too many letters, not difficult to say.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: Recommended backup routines
Date: 3 Apr 2000 22:27:11 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I'm looking for a good backup routine. I have an entire server
>dedicated to doing backups on our local backbone. It has an Athlon 600
>MHz processor with 128 MB of RAM. It has two NIC cards and has the very
>latest Red Hat 6.2 OS installed. For doing the backups I have a HP
>multi-tape storage device that can hold 6 8GB tapes.
>What are your experiences with dump/restore and/or BRU. I can easily
>but something commercial if needs be, but I was wondering if anyone has
>any input on using the Open-Source programs.
>Also, I'd be very interested in seeing the manner in which anyone might
>back data up. I have about 10 Linux servers that need to be backed up
>periodically. I'd like to architecture this correctly now rather than
>try to change it later on.
Look at (free) amanda: www.amanda.org. It is a wrapper that does the
scheduling and load balancing using the native dump or GNUtar
for the actual backup runs. It takes a bit of work to configure
but runs nearly 'hands-off' once it is set up. You tell it
how many tapes you want in a rotation and how many in a
'dumpset' and it will make sure that each dumpset has at least
one level 0 dump (full) of each filesystem and that you get
at least an incremental of everything every run. It will
bump up the frequency of level 0's if there is space on the
tapes and go down to level 2's if necessary to make things fit.
If you give it a reasonable amount of holding disk space it
will run the dumps in parallel and can recover gracefully from
tape errors or not having the right tape loaded at runtime.
A big plus is that you can do a restore using only the native
tools if necessary (dd and restore or GNUtar). However, note
that there are problems with both dump and GNUtar as distributed
with many Linux systems. You either need GNUtar 1.12 with
the patches distributed with amanda or 1.13.11 or later. With
dump you should probably look up the latest release mentioned
on www.freshmeat.net.
There is a book section about amanda at
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html.
Les Mikesell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: Light Weight web browser suggestions?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 03:30:54 GMT
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Rob Tolman would say:
>>Any suggestions/ recommendations for light weight web browser?
>>Netscape is too much for my machine. Running Slackware 7.
>
>See URL below for several options...
>
>Plausible options include:
>- Chimera
>- MMM
>- Arena
Hey Now!, don't leave out Lynx, its the best www client out there!
--
dowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Virtual" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: switching laptop to/from external monitor?
Date: 4 Apr 2000 03:37:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there a source for info about switching to or from an external monitor
on notebook computers? The Laptop-HOWTO just mentions external monitors
briefly with no specifics.
I have a Sony PCG-F450 with NeoMagic 256AV video (SVGA X server). When
booted with external monitor connected, the text console displays on both.
By using the normal Fn-F7 I can switch to just the external monitor, but
it will not switch back to the laptop display or both again.
If I try to start X with just the external monitor on, the external
monitor goes out, and it looks like my laptop screen is on fire
(apparently trying to use external monitor settings on laptop display).
I can stop that by switching to a console (which appears back on the
external monitor).
So it appears that console output can go to the external monitor, but I
have not found anything yet that tells how to do that in X.
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From: Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cleaning up my ext2 partition
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 23:44:03 -0400
I had an error installing the game Myth2 and I had to reboot, and I had
to run e2fsck to fix things up so I could mount it properly and boot.
Now I have the directory /usr/local/games/myth2 that I cannot delete,
even in the shell I cannot delete this directory, the system just stalls
and I have to close the window. How can I delete this offending
directory? Do I have to use the e2fsck utility? What switches do I use
and how can I log into the system without mounting my drive (/dev/sda5).
My boot dir is on the /sda0 partition. Thanks
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel installation
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 23:39:43 -0400
Thanks
A newbie here, but I think you're referring to the kernel hacking options that are
part of the configuration? which I
did not say yes or module to, because I was trying to keep the kernel slim. Or would
that be something else?
Allison
redtux wrote:
> it sounds like you compiled devfs into your kernel - recompilewithout it changes the
>behaviour of bootup quite abit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ppp not compiled in kernel??
Date: 4 Apr 2000 03:55:40 GMT
In <8cb1ha$tfe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
]> ]with ppp but know even it is now telling me that ppp is not compiled
]in the
]> ]kernel and I know its the original. any one else have this problem?
]>
]> ]any fixes? I can't find anything on this.
]>
]> Sure. Throw away kppp. It is buggy. It gives this error message.
]> Alterntively get an updated kppp. or just ignore the message.
]>
]>
]well I wish I were using kppp this is from the command line no gui at
]all.?
OK. Log on as root. Run
/usr/sbin/pppd
If you get about 10 sec of garbage, you have ppp in your kernel.
If not and you are running the 2.0.x kernel, see if kerneld is running
ps aux|grep kerneld|grep -v grep
should show it if it is. If it is not, start it
kerneld
will do
Then try again.
If still no luck, see if ppp.o exists.
ls /lib/modules/*/
Try insmod ppp
If youare on the 2.2.x kernels, it is kmod which should load the kernels
on demand and it is part of the kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd dies from SIGHUP
Date: 4 Apr 2000 03:57:33 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dennis Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]I have had a similar problem with the same pppd, but on Redhat 6.1. It will dial
]up and as soon as the ppp daemon starts, it hangs up. It could be that i am using
]a Winmodem with linux drivers on /dev/ttys14.. but that shouldn't be a problem..
]i've tried connecting with minicom, kppp, and linuxconf... all die whenever the
]pppd is started.
This seems to have been a bug with Redhat introduced into pppd. Go to
their site and update kppp and pppd-- or get the source and compile it
yourself.
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bash prompt
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 00:54:25 -0400
You maybe can change entry in /etc/profile. The way the prompt appears is
set up in profile. See man bash \PS1 for more info. The settings can also
be viewed in PS1 and PS2 env variables displayed with command "printenv".
Unclebob wrote:
> On or about Mon, 3 Apr 2000 07:25:49 +0200
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [....Posted....]
>
> >I want to set the bash prompt to display the current working directory
> >(pwd). How do I do that?
>
> PS1="\$PWD $"
>
> --
> unclebob icq 3347043 (see headers for e-mail)
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Also have flaky dial-up
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 01:01:50 -0400
By entering "defaultroute" in my file " options " in /etc/ ppp, my dial
connection is a little better but still has problems. Fetchmail now
show messages that it is flushing mail from the server, but there is no
mail to be found! The ping program gives an address for the name in "
ping name" , but fails to ping anything! What is a routing table? Do I
need one? Thanks in advance if anyone can help.
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