Linux-Misc Digest #839, Volume #27 Sun, 13 May 01 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Phantom directory (Graham Vincent)
Re: The Distributions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Upgrading libc5 ->glibc ("muzh")
Re: kgcc, where is it in rh 7.1? (Silviu Minut)
Re: The Distributions (Silviu Minut)
Re: tv tuner modules (Silviu Minut)
Re: modem (Silviu Minut)
Re: Configuring CDRW & RH 7.1 ("ThanhVu Nguyen")
Re: Configuring CDRW & RH 7.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 4GB RAM Problem... (Juergen Pfann)
Re: Can't login to ftp even from localhost (James Richard Tyrer)
Odd Lilo Dual-Boot Behavior ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mail sends, but does not receive (MH)
Re: Ximian GNOME - CTRL key no longer selects items (Stephen Hui)
Re: Odd Lilo Dual-Boot Behavior (David Efflandt)
Re: mail sends, but does not receive ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Graham Vincent)
Subject: Re: Phantom directory
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:57:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Graham Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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"
>> 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?
>
>umount it. Or mv it. You may have to ipalias for the other coputer
>while doing so :-).
>
Thanks Peter.
After a "umount /hal" the directory magically reappeared and everything is
fine again :-)
Regards,
Graham
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The Distributions
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 04:28:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marshall Lake) writes:
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. If not then
> please direct me. Or if there is a document available someplace
> which already covers this subject then please let me know.
> I would like to hear what others think is the best Linux
> distribution available containing the 2.4.x kernel.
> The most important factors for me are 2.4.x kernel availability,
> everything working, amount of utilities and programs available with
> the distro (the more the better), and latest versions of everything.
> Unimportant factors for me are ease of installation (I figure I
> should be able to install anything as long as others already have)
> and cost (within reasonable limits).
> I appreciate any input at all.
I would submit that this is a silly question.
If you're unworried about ease of installation, then I'd find it
remarkable that it would be of any importance to have kernel 2.4.x, as
you should certainly be capable of compiling and installing it.
What you are in effect _really_ looking for is to see which
distribution is the most "bleeding" of "bleeding edge." That seems to
be a near battle between Red Hat 7.1, SuSE 7.1, and Mandrake 8.0, as
all are very recent releases. Alternatively, you might install
Debian, and upgrade everything to "unstable."
I would commend a different approach, namely to pick some set of
applications that you are _actually_ worried about running, and
compare what versions are available forthe respective distributions.
It will almost always be the case that whatever distribution most
recently released a version will be most "on the bleeding edge."
--
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http://vip.hyperusa.com/~cbbrowne/resume.html
"A statement is either correct or incorrect. To be *very* incorrect is
like being *very* dead ... "
-- Herbert F. Spirer
Professor of Information Management
University of Conn.
(DATAMATION Letters, Sept. 1, 1984)
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From: "muzh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading libc5 ->glibc
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 16:57:52 +1200
My understanding is that there are so many differences and
incompatibilities between libc5 and glibc2 that it is easier and less
hassle to simply do a new installation, using a glibc distro.
In article <9djo95$ilc74$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rene Scheibe"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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...
>
--
Never trust a man in a suit --
cll
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kgcc, where is it in rh 7.1?
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:08:23 -0400
Oh, so 7.1 still needs kgcc to compile the kernel? You'd think they got
over that. I compiled the 2.4 kernel with gcc-2.96 patched and it's
working fine.
John Doe wrote:
> Can someone tell me how I
> can install kgcc for redhat 7.1?
>
> I looked under RPMS directories
> with cheapbytes cds 1 and 2 and
> cannot find anything named kgcc
>
> Thanks
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Distributions
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:04:18 -0400
This is taboo.
This question has been posted here many times before and so this is the
place to ask it, I guess. However, the more experienced tend to dislike it,
because virtually every time it leads to rants and wars of opinions.
But, since you've asked, here's a short answer: Redhat.
Or SuSE maybe. I heard Mandrake is not bad either. Not sure which.
Oh, and I don't know if you're aware, but did you know linux is free? If you
have a slow connection and you can't download three 650M disks you can spend
$2 and buy whatever you want from cheapbytes.com. Life is good...
Marshall Lake wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. If not then please
> direct me. Or if there is a document available someplace which already
> covers this subject then please let me know.
>
> I would like to hear what others think is the best Linux distribution
> available containing the 2.4.x kernel.
>
> The most important factors for me are 2.4.x kernel availability,
> everything working, amount of utilities and programs available with the
> distro (the more the better), and latest versions of everything.
>
> Unimportant factors for me are ease of installation (I figure I should
> be able to install anything as long as others already have) and cost
> (within reasonable limits).
>
> I appreciate any input at all.
>
> Marshall Lake - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://melake.erols.com
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tv tuner modules
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:05:04 -0400
What chip does it have?
Eric Geordi wrote:
> Anybody know what the right tuner module to load is for a phoebemaster tv
> card w/o the fm radio ? Thanks
>
> Eric
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:19:27 -0400
If it's not a winmodem, you can. You need the isapnptools. Boot windows,
see the IRQ and the I/O address. Back in linux, do
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf # first see if you already have an
isapnp.conf file and back it up if you do
edit isapnp.conf by un-commenting exactly one stanza corresponding to the
resources you saw under windows.
Then you do
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
Finally, you tell linux about them using setserial, otherwise the kernel
will try to use some defaults when talking to the modem, which the modem
"won't hear" cause it's expecting other values. Say your modem will be
using irq 11. Then
setserial /dev/modem irq 11
Now if you do
setserial -a /dev/modem
you'll see irq 11.
Also, /dev/modem must be a link to /dev/ttyS? as follows:
com1 <---> ttyS0
com2 <---> ttyS1
etc.
Ozus wrote:
> is there any way to get my creative modem blaster (ISA) work with linux
> ???
> i'm using RHL 7.0
>
> thx in advance
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From: "ThanhVu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring CDRW & RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:27:29 -0400
The reason I asked is because I saw the tutorial on rh & cdrw says that you
need boot linux with lilo. (at linuxnewbie.com) ...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Christian Rose"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ThanhVu Nguyen wrote:
>> I read that I need to recompile the kernel and add scsi support in
>> order to configure cdrw - but then someone told me RH 7.x should
>> already recognize CDRW, all I need is the cd record software ... But I
>> need to use lilo to boot to linux (which I don't, I boot to linux using
>> a floppy )
>>
>> Has anyone faced the same situation like I do and have everything
>> worked out ?
>
> To be honest, I don't understand your question.
>
> Yes, I know that people have reported that Red Hat Linux 7.1 finds CDRW
> devices and configures them out of the box, and yes, Red Hat 7.1
> includes cd-writing software (most notably cdrecord but probably also
> some frontends), but no, I don't understand why that has something to do
> with the way you boot into linux.
>
>
> Christian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Configuring CDRW & RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 05:43:14 GMT
"ThanhVu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The reason I asked is because I saw the tutorial on rh & cdrw says
> that you need boot linux with lilo. (at linuxnewbie.com) ...
Which is quite inaccurate. You do _NOT_ "need" to boot Linux using
LILO.
--> On IA-32 architectures, some distributions use a program called
"GRUB" instead of LILO.
--> On a system running some variation on MS-DOS [Windows 95/98
probably qualify well enough), there is a program called LINLOAD
which boots Linux from DOS.
--> On Alpha systems, Linux can assortedly be booted using programs
called MILO and SRM that are _not_ the same thing as LILO.
--> On SPARC systems, there is a boot program called SILO.
--
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From: Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: 4GB RAM Problem...
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 08:09:56 +0200
Sipke de Wal wrote:
>
> Does your MOBO support caching for up to 4GB ???
> If so is it enabled in the BIOS??
>
> Some OS-ses like to allocate RAM from the highest locations downwards so
> they might run into uncached ram very soon if the caching on your MOBO is
> not effective for the top of RAM. And that slows things down dramatically!
>
While this is true e.g. for socket 7, AFAIK with Pentium II and above,
the (L2) cacheable area is no more an issue of the main board, but
the CPU - and that is 4GB for PII Deschutes and later incl. all
variations (Celeron Mendocino/Coppermine, various Xeons) IIRC.
Thus I guess, this is not the problem here.
Juergen
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Can't login to ftp even from localhost
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:00:49 GMT
StevieB wrote:
> Hosts.allow has ALL:ALL. Hosts.deny is blank. Any suggestions?
Yes. Fix your security profile!!!!
hosts.deny should be either "ALL: ALL" or "ALL: PARINOID".
Then hosts.allow should list the specific hosts that you wish to allow.
JRT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Odd Lilo Dual-Boot Behavior
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:45:26 GMT
Okay, let me start off by describing my setup. I have a Slackware
7.1-current/Win98 dual boot box. Linux is the primary master drive and
Windows is the primary slave drive. LILO is used to boot both, using
map-drive to fool Win. On the Slack side, I have an ipchains script
set up which blocks all incoming SYN packets and I also have the Win
partitions mounted at boot via fstab. The Win side is also protected
by a software firewall (Tiny PF). I normally just have the computer on
in the evening and turn it off when I go to bed (the fans annoy the
hell out of me).
Here is the oddity. I was running some tests on my development MUD
driver that required leaving Slack up and running (and connected to
the net) for about 5 days straight. Slack was running Apache, SSHD and
the MUD driver as Internet services. Only the MUD driver had an
incoming SYN hole poked through ipchains so other developers could
help me with the testing. Now, ever since LILO changed to use
map-drive instead of the any_d loader, Win has always seen the Linux
partition as an "unformatted" drive (drive G: on my setup). It would
complain about "drive G" every time the anti-virus software was run or
when the trash bin was emptied or when I'd accidently click the drive
in windows explorer. But ever since Slack was up those 5 days, Win no
longer sees the Linux partition in any of those cases (just as Win
didn't see the Linux partition back in the any_d loader days).
So my question is, does Win see the Linux partition for others with
this same setup? I am concerned that someone could have managed to get
through the ipchains setup and installed a rootkit since I forgot to
put in a rule to deny all packets to system priviledged ports (it only
was denying SYN packets) and I also forgot to turn off Apache and SSHD
when I finished the testing that involved them. But I also had never
let the system sit overnight since the install to run the nightly cron
jobs (which one of my friend's suspects to be the cause of the change
in behavior).
TIA
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail sends, but does not receive
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:02:23 -0700
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Dave Uhring wrote:
>>> MH wrote:
>>> # ps ax | grep sendmail
>>> Is it running?
>>>
>> Yes, but I don't understand why you asked, given the information in my
>> original post?
>
> And I don't understand why you don't understand. Your original post
> contains no data, only suppositions, rumours, and hearsay:
>
> 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.
>
> Prove what you say. Show the output of "ps ax | grep sendmail", for
> example! Even if we believe you as to sendmail running (and I don't),
> sending mail locally may not necessarily involve sendmail, so it may not
> say anything about sendmail.
>
> Peter
>
[mhaag@ZEUS mhaag]$ ps -ax | grep sendmail
644 ? S 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections
[mhaag@ZEUS mhaag]$
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Ximian GNOME - CTRL key no longer selects items
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:48:42 GMT
AHA!! So I wasn't the only one!!
Well, I never figured out exactly how to fix it, but it corrected itself
after a few days. I had left it alone, and rebooted this morning to
remove a piece of hardware, and lo and behold, it decided to fix itself.
Alas, all is not hopeless. But if things like this keep up, then we're
looking at the same sort of problems that annoyed me about Windows....
On the plus side, GNOME 1.4 does seem to be better than the previous
version.
Stephen.
Flacco wrote:
>
> Since upgrading to GNOME 1.4, using the CTRL key when clicking on items
> in lists no longer selects individual items. For example, if I want to
> select a few messages in Evolution, I click on one item, then CTRL-Click on
> subsequent items to select them. But now the additional items do not get
> selected.
>
> Is there some way I can fix this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Odd Lilo Dual-Boot Behavior
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 08:50:16 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 13 May 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, let me start off by describing my setup. I have a Slackware
> 7.1-current/Win98 dual boot box. Linux is the primary master drive and
> Windows is the primary slave drive. LILO is used to boot both, using
> map-drive to fool Win. On the Slack side, I have an ipchains script
> set up which blocks all incoming SYN packets and I also have the Win
> partitions mounted at boot via fstab. The Win side is also protected
> by a software firewall (Tiny PF). I normally just have the computer on
> in the evening and turn it off when I go to bed (the fans annoy the
> hell out of me).
>
> Here is the oddity. I was running some tests on my development MUD
> driver that required leaving Slack up and running (and connected to
> the net) for about 5 days straight. Slack was running Apache, SSHD and
> the MUD driver as Internet services. Only the MUD driver had an
> incoming SYN hole poked through ipchains so other developers could
> help me with the testing. Now, ever since LILO changed to use
> map-drive instead of the any_d loader, Win has always seen the Linux
> partition as an "unformatted" drive (drive G: on my setup). It would
> complain about "drive G" every time the anti-virus software was run or
> when the trash bin was emptied or when I'd accidently click the drive
> in windows explorer. But ever since Slack was up those 5 days, Win no
> longer sees the Linux partition in any of those cases (just as Win
> didn't see the Linux partition back in the any_d loader days).
>
> So my question is, does Win see the Linux partition for others with
> this same setup? I am concerned that someone could have managed to get
> through the ipchains setup and installed a rootkit since I forgot to
> put in a rule to deny all packets to system priviledged ports (it only
> was denying SYN packets) and I also forgot to turn off Apache and SSHD
> when I finished the testing that involved them. But I also had never
> let the system sit overnight since the install to run the nightly cron
> jobs (which one of my friend's suspects to be the cause of the change
> in behavior).
I can't answer whether you have been cracked. But I have never had Linux
partitions show up in Win95 or Win98, except when I had a Win program
running that could read ext2. What partition type do your Linux
partitions show up as in Linux fdisk. Did you change anything with fdisk
lately?
Another thought is that Win sees added partitions, but is sometimes
doesn't notice removed partitions. Or if scandisk runs from the
scheduler, it finally realized that the partition(s) were removed.
--
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail sends, but does not receive
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:01:04 +0200
MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>> MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Dave Uhring wrote:
>>>> MH wrote:
>>>> # ps ax | grep sendmail
>>>> Is it running?
>> Prove what you say. Show the output of "ps ax | grep sendmail", for
>> example! Even if we believe you as to sendmail running (and I don't),
>> sending mail locally may not necessarily involve sendmail, so it may not
>> say anything about sendmail.
> [mhaag@ZEUS mhaag]$ ps -ax | grep sendmail
> 644 ? S 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections
> [mhaag@ZEUS mhaag]$
OK. Now login to your "server" and telnet to port 25 on ZEUS and type
helo ZEUS
bye
And tell us the result. Monitor what is happening on ZEUS while you do
this. It sounds as though you have a sendmail compiled with tcpwrappers
and you have deny ALL in hosts.deny (which is correct). If that is the
case you will have to make an exception for sendmail in hosts.allow,
with "sendmail ALL:ALL". This appears to have been slipped in in RH
7.1, for example.
Peter
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