Linux-Misc Digest #723, Volume #24 Mon, 5 Jun 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock (Akira Yamanita)
Isapnp and Aztech 3000 modems - PLEASE HELP! (R.Joseph)
Re: patch & diff (Duane)
Re: RH6.1 & 3COM etherlink 10MB 3c509b (Akira Yamanita)
Re: Bash Scripting (Akira Yamanita)
mapping a Large Object into memory... (Chris Quinn)
NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 6 June 2000 LXNY General Meeting: Organizing for Freedom of the
Net ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Many questions and much dissatisfaction (Garry Knight)
Re: Linux based companies (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland)
Sounds in KDE ("ajohnno")
Re: troubles compiling kernel/modules (Mark Bratcher)
disabling kernel boot time messages ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: First Boot of Winlinux (Monty)
Re: XBF-neomagic-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm vs XBF-i740-libc5-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm ("Daved")
Re: Sounds in KDE (Dances With Crows)
Re: Red Hat 6.2 and Old a.out Binaries (Jim)
P3 halts on bootup (Checking 'hlt' instruction...) (Andrew Powell)
Date Errors (Chris Aakre)
Re: Date Errors (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland)
Re: Bastille has rendered my box *too* secure! (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Many questions and much dissatisfaction (Grant Edwards)
Equalizing MP3 (or WAV) Volume levels (John Scudder)
Re: Assorted beginner difficulties. (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: root login remotely (William Wueppelmann)
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 01:13:03 GMT
David Efflandt wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:35:11 +0200, Cristiano Marini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >My Linux 6.0 read incorrectly the real time clock when during startup calls
> >hwclock
>
> The CMOS clock calendar has nothing to do with the real time clock. The
> real time clock (rtc) is a precise timer.
>
> >In my system is arc=false and uts=false and I tried both hwclock &
> >hwclock --directisa
>
> --directisa is only for Alpha cpu and not for Intel like yours.
>
> Instead you want to set your system 'date' properly and then run
> 'hwclock --systohc' (or 'setclock' in RedHat).
>
> The easiest way to set your system time accurately before doing that is
> with 'ntpdate -b timeserver' from the 'xntp' package.
I use rdate.
rdate -s timeserver
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From: R.Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Isapnp and Aztech 3000 modems - PLEASE HELP!
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 01:05:18 GMT
OK, here is my dillema: I am using an Aztech Sound III 336SP
soundcard/modem (model AZT3000) on a Corel Linux machine. In trying to
set the modem up (using kppp) I find that the program is _able_ to find
the modem, but when it does it always tells me that 'Sorry, the modem
is busy.' Now, I know it is not, becuase I haven't been able to get it
working yet. I have been told by a few people to use _isapnp_ to
detect/configure my modem, but I cannot for the LIFE of me figure out
how to use isapnp in this situation!! Please help; I am really
desperate and I know this CAN be done, I just can't figure out how!!
Thank you!
--
R.Joseph
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: patch & diff
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:31:47 -0700
Kostis wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> I've been trying to work out how I can use patch and diff to keep two
> directories synchronised but failing miserably.
>
> Can someone please tell me how to perform the following "simple" task?
>
> Say I have a directory /usr/local/src/Master containing lots of text
> and binary files.
>
> I do:
> cp -R /usr/local/src/Master /usr/local/src/Slave
>
> Now I make some changes in /usr/local/src/Master and I
> want /usr/local/src/Slave to reflect them.
>
> I tried:
> diff -rP /usr/local/src/Master >/usr/local/src/patch4Slave
I generally use the -u option, and I assume you meant:
diff -urP /usr/local/src/Slave /usr/local/src/Master
>/usr/local/src/patch4Slave
>
> This works fine... (...i.e. it produces a reasonably looking patch file)
>
> Now I try:
> patch -p1 -f -d /usr/local/src/Slave < /usr/local/src/patch4Slave
The diff command you gave puts the full path into the patch file. The -p
option you gave told it to strip off just the leading slash in the path.
With the diff command I used, this works for me:
patch -p4 -f -d /usr/local/src/Slave < /usr/local/src/patch4Slave
>
> ...it didn't work.
>
> How do I now apply patch4Slave to the Slave?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Kostis
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.1 & 3COM etherlink 10MB 3c509b
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 01:38:37 GMT
MGA wrote:
>
> Please help!
>
> I am trying to install my 3COM network card in Linux redhat 6.1 (It works
> fine in Win98/Win2000), but for some reason it doesn't work. After reading
> the documentation available in the "How to" and Red hat help I followed the
> steps to load the modules in the kernel, with the IRQ 5 and IO=0x300 (as
> found in the DOS utility program), and then I stop the network services and
> fire them up again, but when it tryies to bring up the eth0 interface
> (associated to this network card) it just come with [FAILED] , which is
> ****ing annoying (sorry, but I have been trying for hours ;-D).
> I checked that the PNP feature in the NIC was disabled, and tried with
> different IOs, but again [FAILED].
>
> please...what can I do?...
Don't specify any parameters. It usually works without them.
What model NIC? What module are you using? Are you using DHCP?
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bash Scripting
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 01:42:15 GMT
George Walford wrote:
>
> I need to write a BASH script that autoupdates a few FTP servers. It
> takes the files from a "hidden" FTP server and copies all the files
> that have been altered or added in the last 24 hours over to the 4 ftp
> sites.
> Finding the altered/new files should not be hard as I can use the find
> command and some of its arguments to identify the files.
>
> This would be placed in a BASH script that cron would execute every
> night at midnight so that it uploaded the new files to the servers.
> <snip>
You'd probably be better off using something like mirror handling
this for you unless you're doing this as some sort of personal
scripting project.
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From: Chris Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mapping a Large Object into memory...
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:50:20 +0100
Hello everybody,
I am interested in implementing a persistence system in support of
a functional language I use, and have been trying to find a solution
to the problem of efficiently detecting when data objects have changed.
So far I believe what I will have to do is take the descriptor for a
database Large Object (flat file style access) and mmap it, thus letting the
VM decide which pages and when to save. The trouble is the descriptor
will not be a regular file or socket or shared mem descriptor.
Now I remember reading some time ago about device files and how the kernel
is registered with the appropriate handlers for a device (read(),write() etc)
via a structure. My question is: is there a counterpart in user space
whereby a file descriptor can be associated with a provided handler structure
(filled with functions relating to accessing the db Large Object)
such as will be acceptable to the mmap() function?
I'm really groping around and maybe I ought to be thinking along a different
line, so if anyone out there has a better insight into what I am aiming
for than I do (!) then please feel free to point me in the right direction.
Thankyou for your indulgence.
Chris Q.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 6 June 2000 LXNY General Meeting: Organizing for Freedom
of the Net
Date: 5 Jun 2000 21:53:43 -0400
LXNY will have a general meeting Tuesday 6 June 2000.
This meeting is free and open to the public.
The meeting runs from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. After the meeting full and
precise instructions on how to get to our traditional place of refreshment
will be given in clear.
Thanks to support of the IBM Corporation, the meeting is at their building
at 590 Madison Avenue at East 57th Street on the Island of Manhattan.
Enter the building at the corner of Madison and 57th and ask at the desk
for the floor and room number.
This meeting will be a discussion and organizational meeting.
Over the past year it has become clear that the fight for free software is
part of the great struggle for freedom of speech, for freedom of
association, and for freedom of copyright, now joined in legislatures,
courts, newspapers, and meetings of the IETF around the world.
LXNY must be prepared to act quickly and effectively to inform the world
of what is at stake when a teenager in Norway is threatened with jail for
exercising his right of decryption, or when an editor in New York is
hauled into court because his magazine mentions the existence of the free
program, which Jon Johansen worked on, which plays movies stored on a
certain sort of disk.
http://slashdot.org/interviews/00/01/31/096228.shtml
http://slashdot.org/yro/00/04/05/1237247.shtml
http://www.opendvd.org
http://www.2600.org
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0018/howe.shtml
http://www.feedmag.com/re/re340.html
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu
http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/ip/policy-comment.html
http://www.eff.org
We will hear reports on the correlation of forces from members who have
gathered information from official and unofficial sources.
LXNY needs volunteers for the hard work of education and propaganda ahead
of us. If you want to help come to this meeting.
Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
PS. "the right of decryption" is not due to me. Michael Smith once said
"Encrypting and decrypting are fundamental human rights.".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Garry Knight)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.graphics.rendering.renderman,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Many questions and much dissatisfaction
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 02:57:24 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>Using MAndrake 7.0
> 1)Sound Card: During boot, ISAPNP fine, modprobe stage
>returns "/lib/.../ad1816.o - device or resource busy" (Yes, module
>exists). Anyone have any idea why?
This can happen when your BIOS detects a PnP soundcard before the OS
gets to see it. Turning off PnP detection in your BIOS might solve the
problem.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux based companies
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 04:06:35 +0200
Vikram V Asrani wrote:
> Does any one know of any linux based companies / companies doing work with
> the linux OS which are NOT located in California ?
Linpro AS, Oslo Norway. www.linpro.no
Lilo Sandefjord Norway, www.lilo.no
--
�ystein Gyland
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From: "ajohnno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sounds in KDE
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:42:31 +0800
I can't seem to get system sound running in KDE on Redhat 6.1. I can get
full audio elswhere, but cant seem to get the sounds up and running. Any
ideas?
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: troubles compiling kernel/modules
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 22:20:21 -0400
Jeroen de Vries wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently recompiling my kernel making it usefull of burning CD's
> I have to configure it so that my ide cd-rom act as a scsi drive.
> I read all about it in the cd-writing HOW-to.
>
> But i've one problem, kernel is compiled and installed, modules are made and
> installed, but when i reboot the machine and it comes with finding module
> dependencies i get a list of modules and an error of unresolved symbols...
>
[snip]
When you compiled, did you compile the same version of kernel that you
already have installed? If you do, then it will write your new module
list to an existing one in /lib/modules/<kernel_version> and you might
get those errors.
If this is your scenario, remove the old stuff under
/lib/modules/<kernel_version> first, then redo the 'make
modules_install' and see if the problem goes away.
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: disabling kernel boot time messages
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 02:23:41 GMT
does anyone know of any information, resources, or patches concerning
suppressing the Linux kernel boot messages? I am able to (for the most
part) keep the init process from making noise through modification of
the script files it uses. However, I am unsure as to whether there is a
similarly easy method of approaching the kernel output, or whether I
will have to play with the kernel directly. Any information would be
greatly appreciated.
jw
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From: Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: First Boot of Winlinux
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 02:30:04 GMT
Thanx. I'll give it a try. The only problem is that i deleted Winlinux
cause I didn't get a reply to this for a while. I hope it works.
kilakilo wrote:
>
> Hey whats up, I got WinLinux2000 also and noticed the same problem. I
> think this should fix it up. Just go back into Windows and use ScanDisk
> (Thorough) It will fix any messed up files that are usually in the FAT
> system. I hope it works for you like it did for me.
>
> Monty wrote:
> >
> > I just got the non beta version of Winlinux 2000. When I boot it for
the
> > first time it says it is checking the FAT system, since it is the
first
> > boot. It never stops doing this. Could someone help me?
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
>
> --
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From: "Daved" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XBF-neomagic-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm vs XBF-i740-libc5-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:30:05 -0400
The neomagic server was incorporated into the svga server (at least with
SuSE version) awhile ago except it seems to have been left out of X 4.0.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8hheqk$t08$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Which is the newer version ?
>
> XBF-i740-libc5-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
> or
> XBF-neomagic-glibc-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
>
> The former seems to be the newer version as it is bundled with Redhat
> 6.1
> However the latter seems to work better from what i find on the web.
>
> Advice
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Babu
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Sounds in KDE
Date: 05 Jun 2000 22:35:11 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:42:31 +0800, ajohnno
<<8hhlds$t2a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I can't seem to get system sound running in KDE on Redhat 6.1. I can get
>full audio elswhere, but cant seem to get the sounds up and running. Any
>ideas?
# cat >> /etc/sysconfig/soundcard
CARDTYPE=ES1371
^D
...fill in the blank for your soundcard, though I don't think it matters
much. Restart KDE (you may have to restart X itself) for changes to take
effect.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 and Old a.out Binaries
Date: 6 Jun 2000 02:37:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>On 5 Jun 2000 11:57:16 GMT, Bastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On 5 Jun 2000 03:20:17 GMT, Jim wrote:
>>>I just upgraded Red Hat 6.1 to 6.2, and lost the ability to execute ancient
>>>a.out type binaries. The "6.2" a.out compatibility library package IS
>>>installed, so that's not the problem. I may have lost the path to it
>>>somewhere though. As I recall, I had the same problem for awhile with 6.1,
>>>and finally found how to make the libraries available at run time. But I
>>>can't locate the notes for that.
>>>
>>>Does anyone recall the trick to this, making these libraries available, or
>>>is this possibly some new problem?
>>
>>Make sure your kernel has enabled support for "a.out binaries". If the
>>libs are where they are supposed to be, they don't have to be loaded
>>or declared additionally.
>>
>
>
>Also, try insmod'ing the binfmt-aout.o module. A recent kernel change
>make the kernel request the modules using a different magic number from
>what it used to be.
>
>You can check the syslog if you have any failed request to load any
>binfmt-xxxx module.
Well, rebuilding the kernel with a.out support did it, so I guess the standard
Red Hat build disabled that ...
Thanks,
Jim
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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 21:39:00 -0500
From: Andrew Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: P3 halts on bootup (Checking 'hlt' instruction...)
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as a web server. This past weekend the system stopped running. On
bootup, the sequence stops at the message, "Checking 'hlt'
instruction...". This was not a problem before.
Typing "linux no-hlt" at the "LILO Boot:" prompt allows for proper
bootup, but placing append = "no-hlt" in /etc/lilo.conf does not produce
the same results.
Convincing HP technical support that there is a problem with the
system/processor appears to be a challenge, and I wanted to see of other
linux folk knew more about the problem.
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From: Chris Aakre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Date Errors
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 19:50:57 -0700
When I logged on one time, I noticed my time/date was off. It was set
approximately 2 months 30 days behind, and my hours were one fast.
I used date --set="Mon blah blah 2000" to set it correctly, then
everything worked. When I rebooted, it set it back to the same thing it
was before, 2 months and 30 days behind, and the hours one fast. It
doesn't seem to want to stay. Anyone know why this would be
happening? Thanks in advance...
Chris Aakre
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Date Errors
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 04:57:28 +0200
Chris Aakre wrote:
> When I rebooted, it set it back to the same thing it
> was before, 2 months and 30 days behind, and the hours one fast. It
> doesn't seem to want to stay. Anyone know why this would be
> happening? Thanks in advance...
Sure that the bios date is correct ?
--
�ystein Gyland
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Subject: Re: Bastille has rendered my box *too* secure!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 02:57:20 GMT
"Rev. James Cort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<snip>
> One final question: I can't use rxvt or xterm in X anymore! Not even as
> root - though xiterm in afterstep works.
>
> I get the error: "no more available ptys"
>
> I've checked, and I've got Unix98 pty support compiled into my kernel
> together with /dev/ptyXX support - any other ideas?
<snip>
Try adding this to your /etc/fstab (and mount it.):
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.graphics.rendering.renderman,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Many questions and much dissatisfaction
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:04:37 GMT
On 5 Jun 2000 23:11:26 GMT, Wildman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I think mutt and slrn are the best. They're included in most
>>distributions.
>
>How do you keep procmail from making the email it processes unreadable by
>mutt?
I've used procmail for years and never had any problems reading
the results with mutt. I never had to do anything in
particular. AFAIK, I just have procmail put mail into normal
mbox format files.
What sort of problems are you having?
--
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at GIRDLES in each CIRCULAR
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From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Equalizing MP3 (or WAV) Volume levels
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 23:05:39 -0500
When getting a collection of MP3s together to burn a CD, I find that
many times there are obvious differences in the level of loudness from
MP3 to MP3. Is there an easy way to equalize the individual volumes of
a collection of MP3's or WAVs. I had been using Kwav to adjust the
loudness, but that is pretty much trial and error. What I would like is
some kind of indicator of the average or relative loudness of a MP3 and
then have some control to adjust it.
John
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Subject: Re: Assorted beginner difficulties.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:08:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Thanks for that Gerald, here is the latest. The binary module
> released by Lucent for the WinModem is apparently compiled for Redhat
> 6.1. Does somebody know what version of the kernel that release uses? I
> am trying to use the module for my Corel Linux kernel version 2.2.12.
> When I enter
>
> insmod -f ltmodem.o
>
> a warning states that the ltmodem.o module is compiled for version
> 2.2.12-20. Shouldn't the -f switch cause the module to be inserted
> anyway, but all that happens is a load of undefined symbols as
> mentioned earlier. Gerald has told me that insmod can only insert
> modules of the same version. Does this mean that I have to use a new
> kernel? I only installed Linux for the first time a couple of days ago
> and I haven't been able to find documentation on how to replace the
> kernel. My Linux instalation is running in a Windows partition, can
> anybody help me insert this module or give me advise on how to upgrade
> the kernel please?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
One problem is that Redhat(and others) often adds patches of their own
to the given kernel version so you can still end up with
mismatches. I'm guessing here that the -f means it ignored the
version number but still had problems loading the module because
things didn't "fit together well." Anyway, run lsmod after the above
to see if it happened it load it anyway...
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: root login remotely
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:08:07 GMT
In our last episode (Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:14:35 -0500),
the artist formerly known as Craig McCluskey said:
>Chi Kwong wrote:
>> I can only login to root via su at the mo. Can someone let me know what file
>> it is that enable root to login from the login prompt ?
>
>You DO NOT want to do that!
>
>If you want to use remote root access, use ssh to connect to the system
>as a normal user and then execute "su -" to switch to root and have your
>system act like you just logged in.
Wait a second - is he saying he can't even log in as root from console?
That is something you do want to be able to do.
If you can't log in as root from the console (while you're sitting down at
your machine, as opposed to trying to log in remotely), check the contents
of the file /etc/securetty. It should have entries like
tty1
tty2
tty3
and so forth. If it doesn't, something's gone wrong. You should make sure
that the file contains at least "tty1", allowing you to log in from the
main virtual console.
However, it is true that you don't want to be able to log as root from any
non-console terminals. That's leaving the keys to the kingdom hidden under
the doormat. Well, maybe not quite that bad, but it's poor security
practice.
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It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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