Re: [expert] advice please postfix ect.
Thanks Guys , all fixed :)) removing lines myhostname = masq worked. So next step is attack my sons machine as he has the same probs with the same ISP, but this time add a pop server so his windows machine can get the mail. Thanks again Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? TIA, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] PCTEL HSP56 on LMR741/748 Mother board
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:42 pm, Luis Duran wholly or partly mentioned :- i am using a very old DOS modem wit jumpers, man, it can be so slow. Luis, Have you checked that this modem will work on the Internet? It might be good to post the name and specifications that you know on the list. It sounds like a winmodem? Always send as much information with any question. There is no such thing as too much specific information. Everything you have might not be enough to get a reply even. Charlie -- The simplest questions are the hardest to answer. Northrop Frye This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Sound problem after MB upgrade
I recently upgraded my MB to a Tyan Thunder K7X Pro and now I'm having problems with sound in MDK 9.1. I'm using the same sound card as before (SB live) and same MDK version (stock kernel). Here's a description of what happens: After a reboot sound players like xmms will lock up when attempting to play a sound file. I can get sound to work by killing the app and kmix, restarting alsad and soundd, then restarting kmix. Strangely, kmix has the master and PCM controls muted when I restart it at this point. Unmute and sound works with one glitch: If I try to adjust the volume from xmms, the sound stops. Twiddle the PCM control in kmix and sound comes back. Any clues as to what might cause this strange behavior? Would a kernel upgrade fix this? -- Thomas K. Gamble Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Diagnostics Instrumentation (C-ADI) p:505-665-4323 f:505-665-4267 MS-E543 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:19:21 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? 1)Are you sure that it is showing you an update for the kernel or is it showing you an update for kernel-source and kernel-doc? 2)On the 2 systems which do not show the update do you have anything listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list? No pkg ion the skip.list will appear in MandrakeUpdate or rpmdrake. Charles -- Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus. (By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark A. Horton KA4YBR) - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21.6mdk http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Sound problem after MB upgrade
FWIW, this is what i had to do on my 1st install of 9.1 (2nd worked ok): 0. Run and save kmix 1. Run the aumix gui (i just type aumix at the cl) 2. Under Mute, Mute All is checked (despite the sliders being non-zero). Click Mute All to uncheck it (this will actually mute all: the sliders all go to zero) 3. Now go back and reselect mute all (the sliders then all go back to non-zero values) 4. Save settings 5. Sound should now work, try alsamixergui if not IF you're running ALSA drivers: after installing the alsa-utils, i ran alsactl store (as root) and rebooted. Sound worked on bootup w/o fiddling... eric On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:14:11 -0600 Thomas K. Gamble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently upgraded my MB to a Tyan Thunder K7X Pro and now I'm having problems with sound in MDK 9.1. I'm using the same sound card as before (SB live) and same MDK version (stock kernel). Here's a description of what happens: After a reboot sound players like xmms will lock up when attempting to play a sound file. I can get sound to work by killing the app and kmix, restarting alsad and soundd, then restarting kmix. Strangely, kmix has the master and PCM controls muted when I restart it at this point. Unmute and sound works with one glitch: If I try to adjust the volume from xmms, the sound stops. Twiddle the PCM control in kmix and sound comes back. Any clues as to what might cause this strange behavior? Would a kernel upgrade fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:19:21 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? 1)Are you sure that it is showing you an update for the kernel or is it showing you an update for kernel-source and kernel-doc? 2)On the 2 systems which do not show the update do you have anything listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list? No pkg ion the skip.list will appear in MandrakeUpdate or rpmdrake. Charles Are they all getting their info from the same mirror? The one machine could be getting it's info from a mirror that needs to catch up with the rest. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) Maxims for Revolutionists Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Monday 28 July 2003 09:19 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:19:21 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? 1)Are you sure that it is showing you an update for the kernel or is it showing you an update for kernel-source and kernel-doc? I meant source, of course - sorry ... 2)On the 2 systems which do not show the update do you have anything listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list? No pkg ion the skip.list will appear in MandrakeUpdate or rpmdrake. No entries Charles Thx, Stefan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Partition Commander 8 Reviews?
Hey, I just bought Partition Commander 8 and it seems to do the job of resizing and moving EXT3 NTFS server very well without any 'error' messages. It even handles ReiserFS. I would highly recommend this over Partition Magic. Actually, I would recommend that people stay away from Partition Magic because of all the errors it keeps reporting when trying to handle any of the file systems created with Diskdrake. Sevatio wrote: I was just wondering if any of you have used Partition Commander 8 and what you thought of it. I need to be able to resize Ext23, ReiserFS Windows 2000 Server NTFS partitions. Is this software up to the task? I've used Powerquest Partition Magic Powerquest Volume Manager (for MS Servers) and I think Powerquest puts out some junk that most of the time reports errors rather than do the job that's needed. Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Sound problem after MB upgrade
On Monday 28 July 2003 09:11 am, Eric Huff wrote: FWIW, this is what i had to do on my 1st install of 9.1 (2nd worked ok): 0. Run and save kmix 1. Run the aumix gui (i just type aumix at the cl) 2. Under Mute, Mute All is checked (despite the sliders being non-zero). Click Mute All to uncheck it (this will actually mute all: the sliders all go to zero) 3. Now go back and reselect mute all (the sliders then all go back to non-zero values) 4. Save settings 5. Sound should now work, try alsamixergui if not IF you're running ALSA drivers: after installing the alsa-utils, i ran alsactl store (as root) and rebooted. Sound worked on bootup w/o fiddling... No joy. Still requires the same nonsense to get it to work. The only difference I noticed was that cycling the aumix mute, setting the levels and saving lets me adjust the volume from xmms without the PCM control muting itself. Some progress though. Thanks. eric -- Thomas K. Gamble Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Diagnostics Instrumentation (C-ADI) p:505-665-4323 f:505-665-4267 MS-E543 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mii-tool for GigE?
Hi All, I know how to use mii-tool for manipulating e100 nics, is there a similar tool for e1000? Seems its not meant to work with Gig cards, getting error below: $ mii-tool eth0: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth1' failed: Operation not supported eth1==e1000 _Thanks Richard = __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT: What is BBCode?
BBCode? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root0 Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan On 28 Jul 2003, Jack Coates wrote: Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mii-tool for GigE?
Try ethtool Guillaume. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 15:57, Tru64 User wrote: Hi All, I know how to use mii-tool for manipulating e100 nics, is there a similar tool for e1000? Seems its not meant to work with Gig cards, getting error below: $ mii-tool eth0: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth1' failed: Operation not supported eth1==e1000 _Thanks Richard = __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Vmware MDK 9.2 beta
Hi , i've just downloaded det latest MDK beta, but I can't seem to get the display to work in vmware under installation Anyone tried this ? --- Trond Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: What is BBCode?
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: BBCode? A pseudo-HTML type of code usable only within the message posting area of certain types of websites which contain forums, of the sort that are provided by several packages like phpBB. While BBcode will vary from one implementation to the next, it is usually a set of commands enclosed in square brackets (as opposed to HTML's angle brackets), and with the same [on]text[/on] on-off convention of using a forward slash before the option name to signify the turning off of that option. Examples: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode http://www.programmers-unlimited.com/forum/bbcoderef.php http://2002.sxsw.com/forum/faq.php#bbcode HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't. - Robert Benchley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Setting PATH
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 17:25, Jure Repinc wrote: How do I set system wide PATH for bash? edit /etc/profile And how do I set PATH for individual users? edit ~/.bash_profile Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: What is BBCode?
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 9:36 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: BBCode? A pseudo-HTML type of code usable only within the message posting area of certain types of websites which contain forums, of the sort that are provided by several packages like phpBB. While BBcode will vary from one implementation to the next, it is usually a set of commands enclosed in square brackets (as opposed to HTML's angle brackets), and with the same [on]text[/on] on-off convention of using a forward slash before the option name to signify the turning off of that option. Examples: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode http://www.programmers-unlimited.com/forum/bbcoderef.php http://2002.sxsw.com/forum/faq.php#bbcode HTH! Sort of g It is, of course, on forum sites that I have seen it, but I don't really see the point. Ah well, I'm turning into a real old fogey that thinks plain text should be good enough for anyone in a serious discussion vgb Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
Viestissä Maanantai 28 Heinäkuu 2003 23:30, Ryan Hanlon kirjoitti: Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root0 Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan 'man msec' will tell you how to change the security level... Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:30, Ryan Hanlon wrote: Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root0 Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 that's very nice, now cat /etc/sysconfig/msec like I said :-) That's where you'll see the level that's being set. And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan man msec -- you can msec [level] to change it. On 28 Jul 2003, Jack Coates wrote: Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Setting PATH
Hi How do I set system wide PATH for bash? And how do I set PATH for individual users? Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Why doesn't msec set directory permissions?
I asked this question on the newbie side but received no replies. Maybe it is a question for the experts... Because the machine in question will end being a server connected 24x7 to the Internet, I set its security level to higher (4). However, I want to change the privileges for /usr/share/doc to be world browsable and readable. I used drakeperm to set the directory permissions and when I look at /etc/security/msec/perm.local I see the following line: /usr/share/doc/adm.adm755 I then ran msec but when I checked the permissions on the directory I still see: drwxr-x--- 297 admadm In /var/log/messages I do see that msec is reading the perm.local file. Any idea why is msec ignoring my permissions? Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
Sorry :) /etc/sysconfig/msec says: UMASK_ROOT=022 SECURE_LEVEL=4 HISTFILESIZE=10 UMASK_USER=022 TMOUT=0 I tried running msec but no matter which level I set it to, it still doesn't seem to affect the perl behavior. Whatever level I set does show in /etc/sysconfig/msec. Ryan On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:30, Ryan Hanlon wrote: Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 that's very nice, now cat /etc/sysconfig/msec like I said :-) That's where you'll see the level that's being set. And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan man msec -- you can msec [level] to change it. On 28 Jul 2003, Jack Coates wrote: Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
dang, there goes the easy solution. Next step is to rpm -e --force perl and urpmi perl. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry :) /etc/sysconfig/msec says: UMASK_ROOT=022 SECURE_LEVEL=4 HISTFILESIZE=10 UMASK_USER=022 TMOUT=0 I tried running msec but no matter which level I set it to, it still doesn't seem to affect the perl behavior. Whatever level I set does show in /etc/sysconfig/msec. Ryan On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:30, Ryan Hanlon wrote: Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 that's very nice, now cat /etc/sysconfig/msec like I said :-) That's where you'll see the level that's being set. And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan man msec -- you can msec [level] to change it. On 28 Jul 2003, Jack Coates wrote: Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Setting PATH
You actually might want to create a file in /etc/profile.d: echo PATH=$PATH:/great/path /etc/profile.d/path.sh chmod a+rx /etc/profile.d/path.sh That's it. Guillaume. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 17:40, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 17:25, Jure Repinc wrote: How do I set system wide PATH for bash? edit /etc/profile And how do I set PATH for individual users? edit ~/.bash_profile Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
stefmit grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? I don't know why it showed up on the one, Mandrake screened kernels out of the Mandrake Update program. You don't WANT them to show up there, because then you might be temped to use MU to update a kernel. At which point, you end up with a *really* big mess on your hands. Download the kernel manually, then use rpm to install it (-ivh), not update. Remember to run lilo (assuming that's what you use for your boot loader) to put the new kernel into the boot sequence. When you're sure that the new kernel works, rpm -e the old kernel, edit /etc/lilo.conf to take references to the old kernel out and set the new kernel as the default, run lilo again, and you're done. --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 10:51, stefmit wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 09:19 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:19:21 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? 1)Are you sure that it is showing you an update for the kernel or is it showing you an update for kernel-source and kernel-doc? I meant source, of course - sorry ... 2)On the 2 systems which do not show the update do you have anything listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list? No pkg ion the skip.list will appear in MandrakeUpdate or rpmdrake. No entries looks like kernel source and doc are installed on the ones it shows up for but not on the other one. when working right it should only show you updates for installed software. James Charles Thx, Stefan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. Avi On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 20:00 America/Chicago, David Guntner wrote: stefmit grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? I don't know why it showed up on the one, Mandrake screened kernels out of the Mandrake Update program. You don't WANT them to show up there, because then you might be temped to use MU to update a kernel. At which point, you end up with a *really* big mess on your hands. Download the kernel manually, then use rpm to install it (-ivh), not update. Remember to run lilo (assuming that's what you use for your boot loader) to put the new kernel into the boot sequence. When you're sure that the new kernel works, rpm -e the old kernel, edit /etc/lilo.conf to take references to the old kernel out and set the new kernel as the default, run lilo again, and you're done. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry :) /etc/sysconfig/msec says: UMASK_ROOT=022 SECURE_LEVEL=4 HISTFILESIZE=10 UMASK_USER=022 TMOUT=0 I tried running msec but no matter which level I set it to, it still doesn't seem to affect the perl behavior. Whatever level I set does show in /etc/sysconfig/msec. Ryan Ok... I'm a dummy here but one question. Does the first line in the perl script the one that should be something like #!/usr/bin/perl Actually say that or does it say #!/usr/local/bin/perl If it does then either change the second to the first or but a symlink in usr/local/bin to perl in usr bin. (second one is better you'll see this a lot.) James On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:30, Ryan Hanlon wrote: Here's the /etc/security/msec directory: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root Jul 10 11:47 security.conf* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 27 Jul 10 11:05 server - /etc/security/msec/server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 193 Mar 7 06:41 server.4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 104 Mar 7 06:41 server.5 that's very nice, now cat /etc/sysconfig/msec like I said :-) That's where you'll see the level that's being set. And env says SECURE_LEVEL=4. From that directory though, I can't see the correct way to set it lower than 4. I don't think you can just change the variable (I can 'export SECURE_LEVEL=1', but it doesn't change the perl behavior). Ryan man msec -- you can msec [level] to change it. On 28 Jul 2003, Jack Coates wrote: Funky. What's the msec SECURE_LEVEL? cat /etc/sysconfig/msec. If it's 4 or 5, that's a damn good place to start looking. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:14, Ryan Hanlon wrote: I installed 9.1 a few weeks ago, and just recently discovered that non-root users can't run perl scripts. If I run any script with #!/usr/bin/perl in the first line, I get something like this: -bash: ./test.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied The script itself is executable, and permissions are correct on Perl. (/usr/bin/perl is a link to perl5, which is a link to 5.8.0, which is 755) There are no \r's or other odd characters in the shebang line. There are no acl's set on any of /usr/bin/perl* or the parent directories. Any normal user can execute /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl, but can't run somescript.pl by itself. If this is a problem with the default Mandrake setup then I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I haven't found any suggestions on Google except the usual things above. Is there anything else that can cause this? Maybe extra restrictions set in kernel-secure? I can't imagine why someone would think that's a security feature. And for the bonus question, how can I undo whatever it is that prevents users from running perl normally? Appreciate any thoughts. Ryan __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: What is BBCode?
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 14:48, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 28 Jul 2003 9:36 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: BBCode? A pseudo-HTML type of code usable only within the message posting area of certain types of websites which contain forums, of the sort that are provided by several packages like phpBB. While BBcode will vary from one implementation to the next, it is usually a set of commands enclosed in square brackets (as opposed to HTML's angle brackets), and with the same [on]text[/on] on-off convention of using a forward slash before the option name to signify the turning off of that option. Examples: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode http://www.programmers-unlimited.com/forum/bbcoderef.php http://2002.sxsw.com/forum/faq.php#bbcode HTH! Sort of g It is, of course, on forum sites that I have seen it, but I don't really see the point. Ah well, I'm turning into a real old fogey that thinks plain text should be good enough for anyone in a serious discussion vgb Anne Anne, This is what I think of when someone talks to me about elegance in programming. I really hate to hear that word spoken around working programs that need to be modified in a minor way. To me it usually means 1. I can't read code and figure out what it's doing, but I writes code real good like. (translation: that bug fix will take 6 months while I rewrite your entire code base.) 2. The guy who invented that language is an idiot. My religion has a higher god than his. ( translation: I can't understand the logic constructs in that language so I've got another one I think I can program in.)AKA My language is cooler than your language. 3. Lack of research to see if what they are inventing already exists. (translation: I didn't know about that tool you are using... the one with the bug eyes... yeah yeah google that's it.) I often refer to this disease as the M$ syndrome, or, the NIBM(not invented by me) so it can't be any good, problem. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Vmware MDK 9.2 beta
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:55, subscribe wrote: Hi , i've just downloaded det latest MDK beta, but I can't seem to get the display to work in vmware under installation Anyone tried this ? --- Trond Not trying to push you out, or, blow you off. But (and it would be helpful if you would please.) Could you post this question in the cooker. Since that list is specifically aimed at the beta (and pre-beta) MDK distro, chances are better someone can actually fix your problem. Also since it is an important program (vmware) I'm sure they would be interested in knowing about the problems you are having. James __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:26, Avi Schwartz wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. Avi Avi Not quite... if you do Fvh... things could get real spooky. You never upgrade or freshen a kernel.. It always has to be installed (ivh ) otherwise all of the proper scripts to bind it to your computer will not get run and the end result will be.. a bit bucket. James On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 20:00 America/Chicago, David Guntner wrote: stefmit grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? I don't know why it showed up on the one, Mandrake screened kernels out of the Mandrake Update program. You don't WANT them to show up there, because then you might be temped to use MU to update a kernel. At which point, you end up with a *really* big mess on your hands. Download the kernel manually, then use rpm to install it (-ivh), not update. Remember to run lilo (assuming that's what you use for your boot loader) to put the new kernel into the boot sequence. When you're sure that the new kernel works, rpm -e the old kernel, edit /etc/lilo.conf to take references to the old kernel out and set the new kernel as the default, run lilo again, and you're done. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
Avi Schwartz grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. No argument there. :-) --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
On 28 Jul 2003 18:26:34 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok... I'm a dummy here but one question. Does the first line in the perl script the one that should be something like #!/usr/bin/perl Actually say that or does it say #!/usr/local/bin/perl Or worse: #!/usr.perl\r\n ? ^^ This is one of the most subtle problems when a script won't start... it's not visible in most editors unless in hex mode. This bug makes it appear the progname contains a carriage return as the last character of its name. I didn't respond sooner because the Subject implies the script does work when run as root... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ATTN MANDRAKE: Kernel update and then everything is world writable?
On Fri Jul 25, 2003 at 03:02:12PM -0600, Charlie wrote:
Please back out to 18mdk or 13mdk until we get this fixed. I have to pull
those kernels off the mirror sites now.
Thanks for alerting us to this. This sort of thing demonstrates the need
for a formal bug tracker for post-release releases.
Thank you Vincent, secteam members, Juan and the kernel developers.
You're very welcome.
The information above and the notification(s) you sent regarding kernels and
XFS being safe helped with the install I had to help with yesterday. It
would have been a nightmare to have to call the gentleman to explain any of
this after finally convincing him to give Mandrake a chance.
Yeah.. I can imagine that wouldn't be too much fun.
If you're wondering he's thoroughly impressed and he's already advocating the
distribution to his total neophyte business neighbour.
Good stuff!
Damn! You MandrakeSoft people are good. :-)
Well, certainly do make our best effort. =)
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Re: [expert] Copying a file across NFS
This sounds exactly as you describe... collisions! They are due to a number of reasons; but some things to check: 1. Bypass the hub with a direct (rolled) cable. If this works (check collisions in ifconfig), then replace your hub with a switch which doesn't suffer from the following... Note: some hubs are really switches... A real hub is a cheap buffered repeater -- the buffer is rather small (acts like an elastic buffer); it snaps when a sending NIC's crystal is out of specs -- the snap results in the hub sending a jam (collision) back to the sending NIC. Bypassing the hub eliminates the hub's elastic buffer. I'm surprised you're able to send that much data if this is the problem though... Well the hub I use a LinkSys NH-105 connects all the machines on the network, our DSL router, my Linux box, our File server, and my wife's laptop. I have not recently checked my wife's laptop, but the only time that I see these collisions is between my box and the file server. And yes, I did get 650Mb to pass after rebooting the server. 2. Near end collisions: are your cables direct, or running through hookups around the house? Poor connections and not enough twists in the pairs or poor cable at the sending end can result in near-end collisions due to crosstalk from sending signal back into sender's receiver circuitry -- hearing itself. We just moved, and right now all connections with the hub to machines are less than 10 feet. So I don't think there is a problem there, but maybe the hub to FS cable is bad, it has gotten a bit of strain, as I forget it is only 3 feet long. 3. If your NIC is an Intel eepro10, consider trying something else... I had this very problem when transferring large files... interestingly, the apparently random failures were at exactly the same point on any specific file. No I run a mixture of 3Com 3C509 and D-Link RTL 8139 using the 8139too driver. 4. If you're using coax, you may have termination problems (no need to discuss now unless you have coax). Nope, CAT-5e. I will check the cables and the hub as you say, and replace as needed, upgrading the hub if needed. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
David Guntner wrote: James Sparenberg grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:26, Avi Schwartz wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. Not quite... if you do Fvh... things could get real spooky. You never upgrade or freshen a kernel.. It always has to be installed (ivh ) otherwise all of the proper scripts to bind it to your computer will not get run and the end result will be.. a bit bucket. Oh yea, foo. What he said. Like I said in *my* original reply to the poster, use -ivh to install the new kernel and -e to remove the old one. Quit confusing me! :-) --Dave Read the post! Avi is saying the instructions, which he quotes, are wrong (for the kernel). -- _ YO! - \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 08:26:24PM -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote:
Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the
latest Security Advisory since they say there:
To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade
manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server
mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
It's a canned message. If people are going to read that part of the
advisory, they should also read the part about following the instructions at
a page on MandrakeSecure:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php
I love it when people read the inconsequential part of an advisory and miss
the actual advisory text.
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Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
David Guntner wrote: James Sparenberg grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:26, Avi Schwartz wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. Not quite... if you do Fvh... things could get real spooky. You never upgrade or freshen a kernel.. It always has to be installed (ivh ) otherwise all of the proper scripts to bind it to your computer will not get run and the end result will be.. a bit bucket. One set of instructions said to use urpmi kernel. I did and it worked. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 19:30, Pierre Fortin wrote: On 28 Jul 2003 18:26:34 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok... I'm a dummy here but one question. Does the first line in the perl script the one that should be something like #!/usr/bin/perl Actually say that or does it say #!/usr/local/bin/perl Or worse: #!/usr.perl\r\n ? ^^ This is one of the most subtle problems when a script won't start... it's not visible in most editors unless in hex mode. This bug makes it appear the progname contains a carriage return as the last character of its name. I didn't respond sooner because the Subject implies the script does work when run as root... I was kinda keying of the fact that he said a normal user could do /usr/bin/perl somescript.pl but not somescript.pl even though it is 755 in permissions. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] autoconf
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] autoconf -- PLEASE NOTICE --- this version is meant to coexist with autoconf-2.13 (for backwards compatibility); to that end, the various Cool. I seem to remember that happening before. With a little bit of checking I found it in the autoconf2.5 rpm. No wonder urpmi said nothing to do when I said to upgrade autoconf. select it by providing the environment variable WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5 set to `1' (use WANT_AUTOCONF_2_1 if you want the 2.13 version). It seems more packages are requesting 2.5 - especially KDE etc. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
Vincent Danen wrote:
On Mon Jul 28, 2003 at 08:26:24PM -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote:
Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the
latest Security Advisory since they say there:
To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade
manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server
mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
It's a canned message. If people are going to read that part of the
advisory, they should also read the part about following the instructions at
a page on MandrakeSecure:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php
I love it when people read the inconsequential part of an advisory and miss
the actual advisory text.
I have been among those who have diligently read through the whole page
to come across the inappropriate (wrt kernel) canned message. It is
not easy to make a distinction between what is merely there because it
might be part of a page template and what is to be taken as part of the
instruction, especially if this is the first time you are trying to
understand how to upgrade the kernel or do any manual update. It would
be better, imo, if this could be excluded from the kernel advisories
and, also, if the url to the kernel upgrade instructions were a
hyperlink, thus making it more likely someone will follow it in their
browser and giving it more visual 'weight'.
Regarding the instructions for the kernel upgrade, they include:
'Once you have modified your lilo.conf or menu.lst file, execute lilo
-v or sh /boot/grub/install.sh, again depending upon your bootloader.'
I have never re-installed grub (over 3 years) after only modifying
menu.lst and there have been others who have expressed a reservation
about this instruction. My understanding was that it was not necessary
(1) but my understanding might be incomplete, so I would appreciate some
clarification here.
Thanks.
Rolf
(1) From Tom Berger's MUO Docs, which is, hopefully, temporarily offline:
The configuration file ('/boot/grub/menu.lst') allows changes 'on the
fly'. No extra installation step after editing needed.
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Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 21:48, James Sparenberg wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:26, Avi Schwartz wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with rpm -Fvh *.rpm. Avi Avi Not quite... if you do Fvh... things could get real spooky. You never upgrade or freshen a kernel.. It always has to be installed (ivh ) otherwise all of the proper scripts to bind it to your computer will not get run and the end result will be.. a bit bucket. James I think I would have used the adjective foobarred. BTW, I have it on good authority that urpmi can update the kernel files now. --LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Filter That, Beach! --Lanman, MDK Newbie List Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Test
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Re: [expert] Can't run perl scripts as non-root in 9.1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wanted us to know: Or worse: #!/usr.perl\r\n ? ^^ This is one of the most subtle problems when a script won't start... it's not visible in most editors unless in hex mode. This bug makes it appear the progname contains a carriage return as the last character of its name. In other words, it's in dos format. Open the file in vi, run :set ff=unix and then save it. Now the script will work. Another way to spot it is from the output of the file command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ file sandpiper sandpiper: ASCII English text [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ file sandpiper.dos sandpiper.dos: ASCII English text, with CRLF line terminators I didn't respond sooner because the Subject implies the script does work when run as root... Same here. - -- Blue skies... Todd Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc They dont need to adjust their pricing, they just need to lobby for new laws to protect their flawed business models. Oh wait, they just did that. --Dan Hollis Linux kernel 2.4.19-24mdk 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/JfKnIBT1264ScBURAriAAJ454qHUdHZxktyD+SM3cuMWLMlYywCcCuca 3gDT/W0ImSOW7Nd+E1P8G2A= =uVJX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Test
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Re: [expert] Sound problem after MB upgrade
Thomas K. Gamble wrote: I recently upgraded my MB to a Tyan Thunder K7X Pro and now I'm having problems with sound in MDK 9.1. I'm using the same sound card as before (SB live) and same MDK version (stock kernel). Here's a description of what happens: After a reboot sound players like xmms will lock up when attempting to play a sound file. I can get sound to work by killing the app and kmix, restarting alsad and soundd, then restarting kmix. Strangely, kmix has the master and PCM controls muted when I restart it at this point. Unmute and sound works with one glitch: If I try to adjust the volume from xmms, the sound stops. Twiddle the PCM control in kmix and sound comes back. Any clues as to what might cause this strange behavior? Would a kernel upgrade fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Does this MB have an onboard sound card and is it still enabled in CMOS? If so, disable it. Otherwise, you might look at /proc/interrupts and see if the sound card is using the same interrupt as some other card (most likely network or video). If it is, you might try moving it to a different slot in the computer and see if that solves it (it seems PCI cards sometimes assign interrupts based on which slot a card is in). Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Test
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 21:20, David E Fox wrote: hey strau __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
