Linux-Misc Digest #117, Volume #28 Fri, 15 Jun 01 21:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains ("Michael D. Kirkpatrick")
Re: How to stop runaway print jobs? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Workaround to get HP Colorado IDE tape drives to work under RH7.1 (2.4
kernels). (Denis Leroy)
Re: hardware autodetection (Steve O'Hara-Smith)
Re: Linux X goes away??? (George Shapovalov)
Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card (Jesper Petersen)
Help on getting disconnected problem (dial-in getty) ("Yasuki Izaki")
Re: MySQL?? ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Alt key not working in Emacs in Mandrake 8.0 (michael james obrien)
Re: rc.local part 2. (michael james obrien)
Re: OpenOffice BUILD 625 (stable) Issues (Remi Villatel)
Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains ("Ian Jones")
Re: turning a pentium into a vt100! (Johan Kullstam)
Re: MySQL?? (John Hasler)
Re: MySQL?? (Ron Grigg)
Physical memory usage ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to regenerate RPM database? (Dave Uhring)
physical memory in linux (jc fulknier ccna)
Kernel problems (mike)
Re: Alt key not working in Emacs in Mandrake 8.0 (Bob Hauck)
Re: bad python display (Bob Hauck)
Re: Budget Linux compat. Laser printer recommendations ? (Cokey de Percin)
Re: How to regenerate RPM database? (Jean-David Beyer)
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:20:24 -0500
From: "Michael D. Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains
David Caldwell wrote:
> I used to be a customer of @home. They were too nosey for me so I went to
> another ISP.
>
> If I were you I would continue to log all of these scans from them and as
> you find another IP from them scanning, shut it down. Just add the rule that
> drops all requests from the IP's they are using to scan you.
>
> David
>
> "Bit Twister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > That is one of the nodes @home uses to look for the servers you are
> > not supposed to be running. Crackers used to find open news servers
> > and spam the news groups. Also, @home was warned several times about
> > spam from their customers. They got off their duff and closed several
> > spammers down when the Usenet Death Penalty (UDP) was ticking down.
> >
> > I added this to my iphains rules set, Does not log, does not reply.
> >
> > OPS_SCAN1="24.0.0.203"
> > EXTERNAL_INTERFACE="eth1"
> >
> > ipchains -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $OPS_SCAN1 -j DENY
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:29:49 GMT, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >I am a @Home user and running redhat7.1. I am using an ipchains that i
> > >set up and customized from www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/.
> > >I have it set to log everything right now so i can see whats going on
> > >with it. I keep getting these entries on my logs quite a few times a day
> > >and always in sets of about 3 or 4. I am curious as to know what they
> > >are. It looks like some kind of loopback that is trying to connect to
> > >the news service on my machine? Or could this be a spoof trying to
> > >connect to my machine ? Has anyone else seen this or might know what it
> > >is? the ww.xx.yyy.zzz is my ip.
> > >
> > > Jun 2 12:21:23 cx756748-b kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6
> > >24.0.0.203:57827 ww.xx.yyy.zzz:119 L=44 S=0x00 I=31061 F=0x0000 T=247
> > >SYN (#61)
> > > Jun 2 12:21:24 cx756748-b kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=6
> > >24.0.0.203:57827 ww.xx.yyy.zzz:119 L=40 S=0x00 I=31062 F=0x0000 T=247
> > >(#61)
> > >
> > >
> > >rich
> >
> >
> > --
> > The warranty and liability expired as you read this message.
> > If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
> > Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
> > Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
I took it one step beyond that... I set up ipmasqadm and forwarded all their
scans back at themselves. That way, when they scan me, they end up scanning
themselves... :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: How to stop runaway print jobs?
Date: 15 Jun 2001 21:37:14 GMT
In <_SrW6.8754$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Nesbit
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]hi... sometimes when I'm printing big postscript files, I notice that
]after one page or so has come out, the formatting or something similar is
]wrong, so I want to cancel it so that I can fix stuff up and recompile,
]etc. The problem is that usually, by this stage, lpq shows that there
]are no entries (so I think this means that the job is further down the
]line somewhere), and so I have no way of stopping it! I am using an
]HP LaserJet III, and magicfilter which formats the output with gs.
Well, as root, you could kill the lpd command driving the printer (
remember that one of the lpd is the main controller, which should not be
killed or you will get no mre print jobs ever-- of course you could then
restart it -- you do not say what your operating system is--
Eg, just run /usr/sbin/lpd)
]Taking the printer off line and resetting it doesn't help. Neither
]does turning it off then on again. The only way I can get things back
Nope the daemon is still sitting there feeding the printer. It needs to
be killed.
killall lpd
/usr/sbin/lpd
could do it.
But you have to be root to do it.
You could also look to see if gs is still running and kill it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Denis Leroy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Workaround to get HP Colorado IDE tape drives to work under RH7.1 (2.4
kernels).
Date: 15 Jun 2001 14:45:35 -0700
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I think that as long as I don't try to access the tape drive first
> as /dev/ht0 (and thus load the ide-tape module), then Denis's
> fix works fine. I think I could just put this is rc.local
> or just load the modules when I need them to use the tape drive.
>
> I know several people had complained about not being able to use
> the HP Colorado IDE tape drives under RH7.1. I've been trying
> to track them down without success. I just came upon Denis's
> solution by luck, and I think it should be better advertised.
To do that, you can add the line
alias ide-tape off
in the /etc/modules.conf file
Also, adding
below st ide-scsi
will force the auto-load of ide-scsi when you access /dev/st0
-denis
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From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: hardware autodetection
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:16:36 +0200
On 14 Jun 2001 14:46:46 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wroot) wrote:
> When I ask a question about how to get something to work, I often get the kind
> of advice that can be regarded as an algorithm. Why not just put it in the code
> _once_ and make _thousands_ of lives easier?
When it can be done reliably it often is, however the problem with
a fully automated system is it has to work in *all* conditions. A prescription
for a human to follow relies partly on the human spotting when it is failing
to work and doing something sensible.
It is *really* irritating when you can see that the automatics are
making some damn stupid mistake and there is *no* way to fix it. Now which OS
could I possibly have in mind ?
--
Directable Mirrors - A Better Way To Focus The Sun
http://www.best.com/~sohara
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From: George Shapovalov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux X goes away???
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:53:21 -0700
Matroxes are supported fine in 4.x.
Loose red hat (if you do desktop that is, for company requiring support for their
servers RH is the best bet usually, but for desktop better stay with Mandrake, Suse,
Turbo Linux or if you are 'expert/advanced user' Slackware or Root Linux).
If this is too much hassle just reinstall X from source.
Well, before doing hard stuff:
actually it looks from original post, what you need is just to configure X properly:
Get text mode working first (set the distribution to boot into the text mode or edit
/etc/inittab to boot into appropriate runlevel)
then as root run xf86config to get basic working XF86Config file (if you installed
3.3.6 you may even use XF86Setup). Then play with modelines if you want to improve
it (use xvidtune after you bring X up).
Also if you have problems check which XF86Config you X server is using (look into
the log file - with 4.x it is located under /var/log or just lunch X with 'startx
&>startx.log')
David Hartnett wrote:
> J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > JT wrote:
> >
> > > Running RH7.0. I never can be assured if Linux is going to come up in X.
> > > Sometimes it does and somethings its just a blank black screen. When it
> > > doesn't I have to re-install the who OS over again. Running Matrox Millenium
> > > G200 8mgs ram.
> >
> > bzzt, wrong answer - reinstalling may be the
> > windows way of fixing problems, but it's not
> > the answer in the Unix world.
> >
> > Look in the sys logs to find out what is
> > making the X server unhappy -
> >
> > > What confuses me, why would it work sometimes and sometimes not?
> >
> > Flaky hardware?
> >
> > the log entries will shed more light.
> >
> > cu
> >
> > jjs
>
> What's making the X server unhappy is the fact that this new version 4
> is not complete with the necessary drivers for all cards. We will be
> lucky if it is a completed server by the end of the year. The best
> thing is to probably ignore version 4 and install version 3.3.6, which
> performed almost flawlessly because it had a driver base for
> everything. RedHat rawhide has 4.1 for the next release but its
> unknown if it is complete.
>
> I'm dealing with RedHat 7.1 and it is very disappointing.
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From: Jesper Petersen <jesperp**Delete**@nork.auc.dk>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:58:46 +0200
>I generated the above error messages by running "make boot" instead of "make bzImage"
>for kernel-2.4.2-2.
>
>I just downloaded source for kernel 2.4.5 and build the kernel as per in that
>reference. The build of the kernel was successful. But when i reboot it, the machine
>halts at the phase of searching for isapnp cards, with the screen kind of "desolved",
>very weird.
>
>I am gonna rebuild the bzImage for 2.4.2-2 to see if I had any luck. :-(
Unfortunately I can't help you with any compiling problems because another guy
did it for me and I've never succeded in it my self. But write again if I can
be of any help :-)
Hope you make it work.
Jesper
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From: "Yasuki Izaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help on getting disconnected problem (dial-in getty)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:49:37 -0700
Hello,
I have a problem on dial-in port. I can log in through the port, but after a
few seconds
my line is dropped (disconnected). I'm using ttyS1 (COM2) on Redhat 6.1.
Anybody knows what I should look for? Thank you in advance.
Yasuki Izaki
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MySQL??
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:23:38 -0600
> Hi I'm a Linux Newbie....
>
> So' here's a newbie question:
>
> Is there a distribution where MySQL is included???
RedHat does include it. Other distros probably do as well.
> Write me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read the newsgoup. : )
steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (michael james obrien)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Alt key not working in Emacs in Mandrake 8.0
Date: 15 Jun 2001 22:41:47 GMT
Emacs uses a meta key... usually alt works as a meta key as well as an alt
key. I'm not an expert on keyboard layouts, but I can tell you that you
can substitute a press of the esc key for meta in emacs.
Rajesh Radhakrishnan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
: I just installed Mandrake-8.0 and I don't know why the Alt key is not
: working when I launch Emacs. The Alt key is working in xterm,netscape.
: Any suggestions...
: Rajesh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (michael james obrien)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rc.local part 2.
Date: 15 Jun 2001 22:48:09 GMT
Liverpool_fc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: hello,
: i put this line at the bottom of rc.local.
: cp /etc/termcap /home/cpu1/filename
: when i rebooted it did not do the copy.
: this is rh7.0.
: thank you.
Try specifying the full path to "cp"
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From: Remi Villatel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OpenOffice BUILD 625 (stable) Issues
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 01:24:00 +0200
Michael Lavallee wrote:
> I recently downloaded the latest stable binary of OpenOffice, and
> installed it to /usr/local/share/openoffice/
> When I run /usr/local/share/openoffice/soffice the script returns to the
> bash prompt after a few seconds. If I run
> /usr/local/share/openoffice/program/soffice.bin it returns the following:
> ./soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libsfx625li.so:
> cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
I encountered some kind of identical problems. The solution is that only root
can launch OpenOffice. I think that it is written in some doc.
Any way, my solution :
First a little script. I named it "ooffice" and put it in my $HOME. (I adapted
my config to yours.)
===========================================================
#!/bin/sh
#
CMDLINE=$@
# Don't forget the command line.
xhost + >/dev/null
# Allow the connexion of root to X server.
# In fact, we allow everybody but xhost is so tricky...
# That's easier this way.
sudo /usr/local/share/openoffice/soffice $CMDLINE &
echo "OpenOffice launched... Be patient!"
===========================================================
We use sudo, so let's create a config file : /etc/sudoers
============================================================
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
User_Alias FULLTIME = user1, user2, etc
# Put the user(s) you want to be able to launch OpenOffice.
Cmnd_Alias SOFFICE = /usr/local/share/openoffice/soffice
Defaults: FULLTIME !lecture
FULLTIME ALL = NOPASSWD: SOFFICE
============================================================
I am no expert at scripting nor sudo so comments and critics are welcome. I
still understand what I wrote in the script... but do not ask me how I built
that config file for sudo. I certainly RTFM! ;-) All I know is that it works
for me.
Hope it helps.
=====================
Remi Villatel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=====================
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From: "Ian Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: weird entrys logged thru ipchains
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:19:29 -0700
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"Michael D. Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> I took it one step beyond that... I set up ipmasqadm and forwarded all
> their scans back at themselves. That way, when they scan me, they end up
> scanning themselves... :)
Correction, when they scan you, you scan them. I know it seems like stupid
semantics, but if you send the scans out, you are the scanner. Well behaved
stacks don't bounce traffic.
You can do a similar thing with iptables' MIRROR target. I played with it
for a while, but decided it was just adding to the problem. Don't get me
wrong, though...it was fun to see a three way handshake between a box and
itself through me :)
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Subject: Re: turning a pentium into a vt100!
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:38:08 GMT
Massimiliano Caovilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I, I'm trying to emulate a vt100 with my laptop to drive an
> old Sparc over a null-modem cable.
that depends on the flavor of serial port you have on the sparc.
the PC is usually DTE, modems and mainframes are DCE. you would use a
null-modem to connect like to like, i.e., DTE to DTE or DCE to DCE.
if the sparc is DCE, then you'll need a straight serial cable.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MySQL??
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 22:37:25 GMT
Henrik Andersen writes:
> Is there a distribution where MySQL is included?
Debian, of course (others as well, I would assume).
> And PHP support of course....
Of course.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Ron Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MySQL??
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:55:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Hasler wrote:
> Henrik Andersen writes:
> > Is there a distribution where MySQL is included?
>
> Debian, of course (others as well, I would assume).
>
> > And PHP support of course....
>
> Of course.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, WI
Slackware-current has it. Haven't used it but I see it in
the ChangeLog.txt as being upgraded recently.
Ron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Physical memory usage
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:14:05 GMT
How can I determine how much physical memory my app is using at a
given moment? I know this changes as things are swapped, but we just
need to monitor the usage at various times.
I've looked at the /proc/<pid>/maps and /proc/<pid>/stat files.
Unfortunately I don't know how to relate these to physical memory
usage.
Can someone point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Keith
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to regenerate RPM database?
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:17:40 -0500
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> I tried to upgrade my Linux distribution from one release to the next.
> It was so difficult to do the configuration of the new release that I
> just restored everything back to the previous release. Or so I
> thought. In any case, the RPM database is no good: it thinks I have
> the new release installed, when I do not.
>
> I tried
>
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> and it rummages around for a little while, but the database still
> thinks I have the new release in there and I can tell that I do not.
>
> What must be done for it to REALLY rebuild the database; i.e., look at
> everything on the machine and use the right RPMs in there? Or is this
> impossible?
>
rpm(8)
rpm -i --rebuilddb
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From: jc fulknier ccna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: physical memory in linux
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:30:06 -0000
I am new to linux. I have installed RH several times but the KDE memory
program says that I am using 99% of my Physical memory even when my
system is idle. I have tried installing w/ several swap partitions and I
get the same thing. I am using an intel 810 chipset. I'm only running 128
MB of physical Ram but that should be more than enough. I would
appreciate anyone's response on this. Thank You very much!
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: Kernel problems
Date: 15 Jun 2001 17:32:17 -0700
I tried to install a new kernel all went well up to the point where
you create a new bzImage. When I tried to make this image it said no
space left on device. What can I do to fix this. any help would be
graciously apreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Alt key not working in Emacs in Mandrake 8.0
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:44:30 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:35:02 -0400, Rajesh Radhakrishnan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed Mandrake-8.0 and I don't know why the Alt key is not
> working when I launch Emacs. The Alt key is working in xterm,netscape.
Emacs actually uses the Meta key. If you have a 104-key keyboard with
Windows keys, X may have mapped the left win-key to Meta.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.python
Subject: Re: bad python display
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:44:33 GMT
On 15 Jun 2001 17:59:36 GMT, Holland King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have a python program using the tkinter module to create a gui. my
> local system is running woody debian with kde. i am running the program
> on a soloris box. on both my system and the solaris system i am using the
> same version of ssh, python, and tkinter lib. the problem is when i try
> to export the display from the solaris box to my local machine all i get
> is the frame and half the boxes and buttons.
Do you have KDE's "apply colors and fonts to other apps" button checked
in the Control Center? That might have something to do with it.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Budget Linux compat. Laser printer recommendations ?
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:35:57 GMT
Georges Giralt wrote:
>
> Sean Akers wrote:
>
> > My trusty old Laserjet III has finally died after years of faithful
> > service. It's therefore time to replace it with the latest trendy
> > model. I'm on a very tight budget so can any of you wonderful fellows
> > recommend a cheap Linux compatible laser printer. I imagine even the
> > crappest model on the market today can out perform my old Laserjet
> > which I've been very happy with so I really don't need anything fancy,
> > but it must be able to print full page graphics and be compatible with
> > Linux and Windows.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean.
>
> Hello !
> Have you considered the buy of a second hand HP laserjet 4 or 5 ?
> If you buy the 4 go for the 4Mplus which is postscript enabled and
> perhaps you could buy it with the MIO ethernet Jetdirect card and some
> extra memory for it (really usefull for graphic printing)
> Check the total printed pages (but this can be changed if the guy wo
> sold it is somewhat undelicate) mine has passed the 890 000 barrier...
> Hope this helps
Just bought a LaserJet 1200 (_not_ inkjet) for $375US. Does 15 Pages/min,
1200x1200 resolution, 10 sec startup and has 8 megs of memory with hardware
postscript. Works like a dream. Also has a small foot print and is very
quiet. Can't believe it cost less than my HP 870CSI inkjet.
Best
Cokey
--
==================================================================
F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email:
CSC (formerly Mynd) Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to regenerate RPM database?
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:00:11 -0400
Dave Uhring wrote:
>
> Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
> > I tried to upgrade my Linux distribution from one release to the next.
> > It was so difficult to do the configuration of the new release that I
> > just restored everything back to the previous release. Or so I
> > thought. In any case, the RPM database is no good: it thinks I have
> > the new release installed, when I do not.
> >
> > I tried
> >
> > rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> > and it rummages around for a little while, but the database still
> > thinks I have the new release in there and I can tell that I do not.
> >
> > What must be done for it to REALLY rebuild the database; i.e., look at
> > everything on the machine and use the right RPMs in there? Or is this
> > impossible?
> >
>
> rpm(8)
>
> rpm -i --rebuilddb
I told you I had already done that (actually, I did it correctly).
When I do it your way, I get:
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# rpm -i --rebuilddb
rpm: only one major mode may be specified
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]#
It is not enough to copy the manual page; you must understand it.
In any case, this does not work.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 8:55pm up 8 days, 9:50, 4 users, load average: 3.22, 3.25, 3.19
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