Linux-Misc Digest #836, Volume #27 Sat, 12 May 01 15:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: mail notification (Edwin Johnson)
Very slow KDE apps (Reto Wigger)
Re: disappearing hard disk space (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Mandrake-8.0 + GUI login.. (Dances With Crows)
Re: Phantom directory (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: problem using the nvidia driver under rh (Markus Holzapfel)
Re: cdrecord and fifo memory ("vonbane")
Squid 2.4 and Redhat 7.1 (cistron)
Upgrading libc5 ->glibc ("Rene Scheibe")
Re: inetd (Ashok Aiyar)
Re: Can't login to ftp even from localhost ("StevieB")
Re: serious bug in raidtoos (Armin Ollig)
Re: mail sends, but does not receive (Dave Uhring)
HELP: compiling and installing the kernel (wroot)
how to change the resolution of the command prompt when startinf Linux ? (Yves
Leung-Tack)
Re: mail sends, but does not receive (MH)
problem with Gcombust as normal user (Yves Leung-Tack)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: mail notification
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 May 2001 14:23:19 GMT
Perhaps you have biff or xbiff running. This is the typical mail
notification program. In my computer the /etc/profile runs this program, but
you could remove or have each user turn if off, if desired.
...Edwin
On Fri, 11 May 2001 21:53:05 -0230, Neil Zanella
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> When I ssh to a Linux box there is a program that displays my last
> login time and also displays something like "You have new mail."
> or "No mail." or "you have mail.". I would like to turn these
> messages off as I find them annoying. Could I turn these messages
> off and how please? What is the name of the program that causes
> these messages to be dieplayed? I really think this should be a
> user configurable feature. Ideally I would like to get a plain
> shell prompt after using ssh and nothing else.
>
> Thanks for your replies,
>
> Neil
>
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From: Reto Wigger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Very slow KDE apps
Date: 12 May 2001 14:37:14 GMT
Hello everybody outthere using linux...
Kmail, Konqureor, Knode,.... are starts very slow. They have ~10secs start
time!!!! On my SuSE-7.1-Box they are much faster.
Other apps like GIMP, Quake3, ... start and run very fast. So it must be a
KDE problem.
May anyone help me please?
Software:
Mandrake 8.0
XFree86 4.0.3
KDE 2.1.1
Hardware:
AMD Duron 700MHz
128 MB Ram (DIMM)
ASUS A7V
ATA-66 40GB Seagate HD (accelerated with hdparm)
Thanx a lot
rewi
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disappearing hard disk space
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:05:41 -0400
Professor J Frink wrote:
>
> >Normally if you leave your box on overnight, a cron job automatically
> >rotates your log files (moves them to backups and restarts any affected
> >daemons). But if you turn your box off every night, this does not happen
> >and logs keep accumulating. You might also have some process in debug
> >mode that is causing extra logging. See what files you have in /var/log
> >or 'du -k /var/log' to see total usage of your logs.
>
> Maybe it depends on the version but I find that if your box is off at
> midnight then turn it on later cron will still do your daily cleanup.
>
> Actually confuses some people: "I turn my machine on and suddenly it starts
> thrashing away like crazy and slows down for a while then it's fine!"
>
Red Hat's later releases have something that does that in a cron file.
Here is the beginning of the man page for it.
NAME
anacron - runs commands periodically
SYNOPSIS
anacron [-s] [-f] [-n] [-d] [-q] [job] ...
anacron -u [job] ...
anacron [-V|-h]
DESCRIPTION
Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with
a frequency specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does
not assume that the machine is running continuously.
Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't running 24
hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs
that are usually controlled by cron.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 11:00am up 11 days, 2:11, 3 users, load average: 3.81, 4.17,
3.82
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Mandrake-8.0 + GUI login..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 May 2001 15:05:43 GMT
On 11 May 2001 22:57:08 -0500, Ish Rattan staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
>I have a problem. I installed Mandrake-8.0. No matter what I tried it
>installs GUI login (I disklike such interfaces). First it started
>gdm, so I removed gdm and related files. On reboot, it started xdm
>(with twm). So I removed xdm too. Now it tries(!) to stay without GUI
>(normal text consoles) BUT I see the periodic error message:
>
>ld: "X" spwaning too fast disbaling it for five minutes
>
>Is there a way to fix this with with or without reinstall?
>Any help/insight will be appreciated.
"man 5 inittab" and pay attention to the contents of /etc/inittab .
Every distro I've seen has a runlevel specifically set up for
text-console-only operation. RedHat uses 3, SuSE uses 2. Mandrake
probably uses 3, so also try "init 3" or boot the box with "linux 3".
X is nice if only to have lots of xterms open on one screen. More
context that way, eh?
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Phantom directory
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:09:38 -0400
Graham Vincent wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I have a RedHat 6.2/2.2.19 kernel/Intel machine that is misbehaving:
>
> I try "mkdir hal" and it responds with
> "mkdir: cannot make directory `hal ' : File exists"
Could the file have a screwball name? In your mkdir example, it shows
a trailing blank. Could there be something else going on?
> ls shows no sign of the file but I tried to delete it anyway:
> "rmdir hal" responds with "rmdir: hal: No such file or directory"
> "rm hal" responds with "rm: cannot remove `hal' : Input/output error"
>
> The directory existed once before and was a samba mount point for another
> computer on the network so I tried the above sequence with samba running and
> again with it stopped but got the same response. Samba version 2.0.5a
>
> How can I clear this problem, preferably without a reboot?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Graham
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/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 11:05am up 11 days, 2:16, 4 users, load average: 3.56, 3.74,
3.72
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From: Markus Holzapfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem using the nvidia driver under rh
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 17:10:24 +0200
ThanhVu Nguyen wrote:
> I try to use the driver at nvidia website for linux instead of the
> opensource nv one ... I did like what they say - install the
> nvidia_kernel first then the glx , edit the XF86Config-4 file et etc
> But it seems that when I issue the command startx, it reports that the
> nvdia.o (I assume this is the driver file) is not good ...
>
> I installed the same driver on a very identical computer (of my friend)
> once. But can't on mine. Any ideas ?
>
Maybe the file was damaged. Try to download it again. There's a script at
lokigames (http://www.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/nv_check.sh) which
checks if your nVidia drivers are installed correctly.
cu,
Markus
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From: "vonbane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord and fifo memory
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:08:36 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Widgeteye"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have setup cdrecord and everything is recognized but I get an error
> when I try to write a cd that says the following:
>
>
> cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on
> /dev/zero.
>
> I even get this with simple commands like: cdrecord -eject dev=0,0,0
>
> After thinking about this for awhile I tried a command using the fifo
> memory like so: fs=0 and it worked and I could do a dummy record and
> everything.
>
> SO, after turning fifo memory off, it works, and with fifo memory on it
> doesn't.
>
> This seems to be a problem with my Linux setup itself. Any comments?
> Help? Anyone else ever seen this one?
>
> Thanks
>
>
I had this happen once before too. I believe it has to do with not
having a loopback device set up in your kernel.
If that is not it, I know it was fixed by a change to the kernel.
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From: cistron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Squid 2.4 and Redhat 7.1
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:12:25 +0500
Dear friends,
Is anyone using Squid 2.4 with Redhat 7.1. Are there any problems with
it. Also has anyone used IWil ATA 100 RAID controller with 7.1. What are
your experiences.
Thanks and Regards.
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From: "Rene Scheibe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrading libc5 ->glibc
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:28:00 +0200
I have SuSE 6.0 with libc5 and want to upgrade to
glibc 2.1 or 2.2.
When trying to install the glibc2.1 rpm many conflicts
are displayed.
How can I upgrade? Are the parameter --force save
in this case or won't some proggies work any more?
Please help me...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ashok Aiyar)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: inetd
Date: 12 May 2001 16:32:12 GMT
Reply-To: a-aiyar@northwestern.(remove)edu
On Fri, 11 May 2001 01:32:06 +0200,
Peter T. Breuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> The disadvantage of course is:
>
> a) it's new, hence buggy.
It's not that new. xinetd is about 10 years old.
> b) it uses millions of separate little files instead of one single
> nice human-editable file.
Doesn't have to.
And ... the access control is far more extensive than anything one can
do with inetd+tcp_wrappers. Binding a service to a single interface,
limiting access times, limiting denial of service attacks etc. etc.
Later,
Ashok
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Assistant Professor email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Microbiology-Immunology office: (312) 503-2524
303 E. Chicago Avenue, WARD 4-123 lab: (312) 503-2542
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 fax: (312) 503-1339
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From: "StevieB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Can't login to ftp even from localhost
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 13:02:44 -0400
OK, newbie question: how do you do that? Put something in
/etc/samba/smb.conf?
Thanks,
Stephen
"Holze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9dit9c$tcb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> set security in SAMBA to "SHARE" and guest account to yes and you won't
get
> this message anylonger
>
> regards
> Holze
>
> StevieB schrieb in Nachricht <9dicja$4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I've had no problems with FTP in Caldera OpenLinux or RedHat 7.0. But
now
> >after loading 7.1, attempting to login to ftp from a Windoze PC fails.
> Even
> >going to the linux box and typing "ftp 127.0.0.1" doesn't work. I'm
> >prompted for a Name, I enter my vanilla user account and password and it
> >says "530 Login incorrect. Login failed." Root account and login don't
> >work either.
> >
> >My wu-ftpd file in xinetd.d says:
> >
> ># default: on
> ># description: The wu-ftpd FTP server serves FTP connections. It uses \
> ># normal, unencrypted usernames and passwords for authentication.
> >service ftp
> >{
> > disable = no
> > socket_type = stream
> > wait = no
> > user = root
> > server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
> > server_args = -l -a
> > log_on_success += DURATION USERID
> > log_on_failure += USERID
> > nice = 10
> >
> >Hosts.allow has ALL:ALL. Hosts.deny is blank. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Armin Ollig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: serious bug in raidtoos
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:36:36 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Peter,
thanks for your reply. Here comes the info...
> That's fairly fine, but not very interesting, except for the device
> letters. What are your ide controllers and how many do you have?
Raidtools Version 0.90
Kernel 2.4.2 (#5)
3x PDC20267 IDE ata 100 controllers (compiled the udma feature in the k)
> Well, that's obviously nothing to do with the raid tools! You didn't
> even use them! Complain to the author of the kernel driver, or the ide
> controller driver. Which kernel are you using? I have been using raid
> since 2.0.0 days (and now on 2.4.4) and never have had any problems.
> Sync should be fine, and is the mandatory way to use a mirrored system!
> Are you crazy? This is like saying "I keep my money in a safe, but I
> leave the door open so it's quicker to get at".
I know what sync and async is. And i want it that way.
Your point is true though, especially for linux and ext2fs where
metadata is cached too.....but thats another storry.
> Looks like you've discovered a bug in the hardware IDE controller. Via
> mobo?
No, the mobo is a tyan with a server works chipset and ecc. I dont think
the mobo is bad. We dont use the mobo on board IDE controller.
> The one with the hardware bug in the south bridge that hits when
> you write from one ide channel to another?
>
> Put both disks on the same controller and repeat.
Both disks on the same or different channel on _one_ controller.
Problem still exists.
Have tried this with 2 controllers.
Now i write the same file with the same dd command not to the mirror,
but to both devices that are mounted. I write *concurently* several
times. **No** problem. But if i build a mirror over this devices it
blows the fs.
Any suggestions ?
--Armin
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail sends, but does not receive
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 12:51:30 -0500
MH wrote:
> Recently did a clean install of RH7.1 on one of my client boxes and can no
> longer receive mail messages from my server (using mail). I can send
> messages to the server, and I can send and receive locally, but I can't
> receive from remote hosts.
>
# ps ax | grep sendmail
Is it running?
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: HELP: compiling and installing the kernel
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 14:36:31 -0400
Hi,
I have a few questions that go unanswered even after reading Kernel-HOWTO,
README that comes with Linux source and pestering #Debian:
The failure of these documents to explain this to me, combined with
everyone's pointing out "This is Linux, read the docs!" annoys me.
1) What is the difference between vmlinux and vmlinuz (besides the size)
what is the function of each of them and where should they be installed?
For some reason, I see vmlinuz both in / and /boot (maybe I put them there,
but where SHOULD they be?)
2) What is the significance of the rest of the files in /boot
(System.map
System.map-2.2.18pre21
System.map-2.2.19
System.map-2.2.19.old
System.map.old
boot.0300
boot.b
chain.b
config-2.2.18pre21
map
mbr.b
os2_d.b )
and at what point during the new kernel installation process are they being
taken care of? (cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
definetely doesn't do any of that)
3) Do I need to say "yes" to "kernel module loader" (CONFIG_KMOD) ?
I get contradictory instructions from different sources.
4) For continuous reconfiguration-recompilation-reinstallation-reboot
cycle, does the sequence
make clean && make xconfig && make dep && make bzImage && make modules &&
make modules_install && cp /usr/src/linux/i386/boot/bzImage
/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19 && cd /boot && ln -fs vmlinuz-2.2.19 vmlinuz && lilo
&& shutdown -r now
sound right or am I missing something ? (If yes, then going back to my 1st
and 2nd questions, wtf is vmlinux for and what about the rest of /boot
files?)
5) what does 'make bzlilo' do?
6) If I just want the generic kernel, will 'apt-get update' update it for
me?
7) after 'make modules_install', shoud I run update-modules (on Debian)?
8) Will mishandling /lib/modules foil my chances of successfully booting
from a floppy (it doesn't have its own '/lib/modules', so why not?)
Thanks in advance
Wroot
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From: Yves Leung-Tack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: how to change the resolution of the command prompt when startinf Linux ?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 14:51:06 -0400
Hi,
I have Mandrake 7.2 and I use the command prompt startup (Bash)
(X has to be start manually with).
I'd like to use a higher resolution for that command prompt ex:1024x768
Can someone point me out how to achieve that ?
Thanks a lot ..!!!
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail sends, but does not receive
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:50:45 -0700
Dave Uhring wrote:
> MH wrote:
>
>> Recently did a clean install of RH7.1 on one of my client boxes and can
>> no
>> longer receive mail messages from my server (using mail). I can send
>> messages to the server, and I can send and receive locally, but I can't
>> receive from remote hosts.
>>
>
> # ps ax | grep sendmail
>
> Is it running?
>
>
Yes, but I don't understand why you asked, given the information in my
original post?
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From: Yves Leung-Tack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: problem with Gcombust as normal user
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 14:58:55 -0400
Hi,
When I try to run the gcombust I got these messages :
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot do
mlockall(2).
/usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
underruns.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set
RR-scheduler
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using
setpriority().
/usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
underruns.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. shmctl failed to lock shared
memory segment
Does someone known how to fix this ?
As root, it works just fine. And I check that user is part of the
cdrom/cdwriter group ...
Merci !
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