Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 09:12 pm, daddy wrote: > On Wednesday 13 February 2002 09:58, Ted wrote: > > I ran across this once while using COL 2.4. There is no warning > > that tells you that the user passwords have expired. Since I'm > > always changing something or upgrading some package, I u

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread daddy
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 09:58, Ted wrote: > I ran across this once while using COL 2.4. There is no warning > that tells you that the user passwords have expired. Since I'm > always changing something or upgrading some package, I use the root > password a lot. Once logged in as root, I ent

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread daddy
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 08:49, Ian wrote: > > > When passwords time out...you are/should be prompted to change > them. They shouldn't just expire and lock users out. I have yet to see a warning letting any user know that their password will expire under my eD2.4 system. Do I need to set s

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread daddy
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 02:13, Ted wrote: > > I thought that in an earlier post it did state that " I have > forgotten my password" I'm assuming that he meant the "root" > password. I still think this is nothing more than client passwords > timing out. If I wrote that it was a mistake. I h

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 06:49 am, Ian wrote: > > When passwords time out...you are/should be prompted to change them. > They shouldn't just expire and lock users out. I ran across this once while using COL 2.4. There is no warning that tells you that the user passwords have expired. Since

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-13 Thread Ian
Ted Ozolins wrote: > > On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:14 pm, Net Llama wrote: > > I think a key piece of info that is missing here is whether he has > > simply forgetten the password(s), or if something occured to render > > authentication broken. > > > > Tinkering with /etc/shadow may not be th

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-12 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:14 pm, Net Llama wrote: > I think a key piece of info that is missing here is whether he has > simply forgetten the password(s), or if something occured to render > authentication broken. > > Tinkering with /etc/shadow may not be the best idea, especially if this >

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-12 Thread Net Llama
system for a "rootdisk" folder. > > >Mike > > > > === > > OOOPS! I meant "rootkit" > > > > Mike > If I have one what does that mean? You've been haxored. = ~~~~ Lonni J. Frie

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-12 Thread kurt . wall
Typing furiously on February 11, daddy managed to emit: > On Sunday 10 February 2002 07:34, Michael wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:23:49 -0500 > > > > Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > > >You may want to check your system for a "rootdisk" folder. > > >Mike > > >

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-12 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:36:16 -0600 daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >On Sunday 10 February 2002 07:34, Michael wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:23:49 -0500 >> >> Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >> >You may want to check your system for a "rootdi

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-11 Thread daddy
On Sunday 10 February 2002 01:30, Ted wrote: > On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:59 pm, daddy wrote: > > I haven't forgotten my password. No member of my family can > > access their account. > > > > How can I alter my boot up squence so that I boot up into single > > user mode. Once I do, I would t

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-11 Thread daddy
On Sunday 10 February 2002 07:34, Michael wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:23:49 -0500 > > Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > >You may want to check your system for a "rootdisk" folder. > >Mike > > === > OOOPS! I meant "rootkit" > > Mike If I have one wh

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-10 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:23:49 -0500 Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >You may want to check your system for a "rootdisk" folder. >Mike === OOOPS! I meant "rootkit" Mike -- "Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-10 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:49:45 -0600 daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >OK this is what I did. > >Booted up into single user mode >Reset the passwords for the users >Rebooted in the previously broken system >Logged in as if nothing had happened. > >So I have cured the symptom but s

Re: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-10 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:49 pm, daddy wrote: > OK this is what I did. > > Booted up into single user mode > Reset the passwords for the users > Rebooted in the previously broken system > Logged in as if nothing had happened. > > So I have cured the symptom but still don't have any clue as t

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-10 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 20:29:04 -0800 (PST) >> Will changing the 5 to 1 in this line of initab get me to boot up into >> single >> user run mode? >> id:5:initdefault: = At the boot prompt type: linux 1 or linux single Mike -- "Laws for the liberal education of yout

RE: HELP!! (fixed - not solved)

2002-02-09 Thread daddy
OK this is what I did. Booted up into single user mode Reset the passwords for the users Rebooted in the previously broken system Logged in as if nothing had happened. So I have cured the symptom but still don't have any clue as to what the cause was. I'll check my /var/log for any hints that

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread Net Llama
gle > user run mode? > id:5:initdefault: Yes, but if you can get to the point where you can edit that file, then you're already logged in, and you won't need to edit that file. = ~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread Net Llama
ds? Errr...no. Now is not the time to be going to a GUI to solve your problems. You're going to need to get really familiar with the command line. = ~~~

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread daddy
On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, you wrote: > I think a key piece of info that is missing here is whether he has > simply forgetten the password(s), or if something occured to render > authentication broken. > > Tinkering with /etc/shadow may not be the best idea, especially if this > is simply a matter of a

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 09 February 2002 22:59 pm, daddy wrote: > I haven't forgotten my password.  No member of my family can access their > account.   > > How can I alter my boot up squence so that I boot up into single user mode. > Once I do, I would then use the COAS tools to re-enter the passwords? I wo

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread daddy
On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, Net Llama wrote: > I think a key piece of info that is missing here is whether he has > simply forgetten the password(s), or if something occured to render > authentication broken. > > Tinkering with /etc/shadow may not be the best idea, especially if this > is simply a matte

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread Net Llama
d incorrect - login failed > message. > > Even as root. I am currently logged onto another distrib (OL2.3) > ona > > different partition. How can I reset the passwords? Any help would > be greatly > > appreciated. = ~~~

Re: HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread Joel Hammer
e passwords? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.

HELP!!

2002-02-09 Thread daddy
I'm running eD2.4 with kernel 2.2.14. KDE2.2.1 on an AMD k2-300. When I try to log on as any user I get the password incorrect - login failed message. Even as root. I am currently logged onto another distrib (OL2.3) ona different partition. How can I reset the passwords? Any help wou

Re: Script help

2002-02-06 Thread Tom Wilson
"David A. Bandel" wrote: > > Make the line: > ping -c 1 -w 2 192.168.0.$i && arp -n 192.168.0.$i | grep -v Iface >> > mac.txt Thanks to all for the help. This did the trick for me. So simple yet I couldn't figure it out. -- Tom Wilson -- G

Re: Script help

2002-02-05 Thread Ian
Tom Wilson wrote: > > Hi all, > > First, my script abilility rests in /dev/null. That being said, what I am *trying* >to do is get a text file with a list of MAC addresses and the corresponding IP's for >certain ranges of IP's. > > Part of my solution: > --- > for i i

Re: Script help

2002-02-05 Thread David A. Bandel
On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 03:26:27 +0800 begin "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > Hi all, > > First, my script abilility rests in /dev/null. That being said, what I > am *trying* to do is get a text file with a list of MAC addresses and > the corresponding IP's for certain ranges of IP

Re: Script help

2002-02-05 Thread Joel Hammer
Well, I don't understand the -w option. And I don't understand the pipe command, and I don't understand what the arp cache is too well, but: Why not just ping all these addresses first, then use arp to get their MAC's? If you are on this network, your arp cache will store those mac's, at least for

Script help

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Wilson
Hi all, First, my script abilility rests in /dev/null. That being said, what I am *trying* to do is get a text file with a list of MAC addresses and the corresponding IP's for certain ranges of IP's. Part of my solution: --- for i in `seq 100 120`; do ping -c 5

Re: Need help with a bash script - -n and -z always giving "true" ?

2002-01-23 Thread Joel Hammer
I think the problem is this: The command: [ -n A_String_of_Some_Sort ] is not a valid command. I am an amateur, so not too slick, but I would do this: a=`mount | grep etc...` [ -n "$a" ] && { PREMOUNTED=yes echo Already mounted } [ -z "$a" ] && { m

Need help with a bash script - -n and -z always giving "true" ?

2002-01-23 Thread JW
Hello, I'm trying to write a bash script for a back up job. Unfortunately I'm not getting anywhere. >I need to mount a file system only if the filesystem is >_not_ already mounted. > >I'm thinking of it like this: Ok, I've been reading documentation and wrote a test script. I've so far manag

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:58:57 + Dallam Wych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: Dallam, Would you mind turning off signatures for posting to the list? Sylpheed keeps popping up this annoying dialogue box: can't verify signature from (?). thanx, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread Keith Antoine
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:56,Pam R scribed: > I had the same problem but 100% of the time when the list started up and I > was mailing via my normal isp (btinternet.com) so I now use uklinux for all > mails to the SxS lists and that works fine. > > Pam I have two lousy choices with cable and the se

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread Kurt Wall
Scribbling feverishly on January 17, Pam R managed to emit: > On Thursday 17 January 2002 2:51 am, burns wrote: > > On January 16, 2002 03:34 pm, Dallam Wych wrote: > > Knowing btinternet as I do, I can almost > > > assure you that the trouble is on their end not yours. Their service > > > seems t

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread Dallam Wych
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 08:20:21PM +, Pam R wrote: > Trying. Good Luck Pam...Here's hoping there aren't to many leaves on the phone lines :) Regards, Dallam -- Dallam Wych [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024: A89A2371 "Ipsa scientia potestas est" 2717 4EB8 461D 743B 47CF Registe

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread Pam R
On Thursday 17 January 2002 2:51 am, burns wrote: > On January 16, 2002 03:34 pm, Dallam Wych wrote: > Knowing btinternet as I do, I can almost > > > assure you that the trouble is on their end not yours. Their service > > seems to vary depending on what region of the country that you live > > in.

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-17 Thread Pam R
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 5:53 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > Pam R babbled on about: > > was mailing via my normal isp (btinternet.com) so I now use uklinux for > > all mails to the SxS lists and that works fine. > > > > Pam > > to this thread using btinternet and see if issue still exists. th

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread David A. Bandel
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:47:55 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > Hrmmmcan someone (Mike or Doug prolly) explain why there is no MX > record here: > 3. dig linux.nf cause you didn't ask for it: [david@tole david]$ dig linux.nf MX ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> linux.

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Net Llama
the screw-up fairy has visited us again... > ___ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http:

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread burns
On January 16, 2002 03:34 pm, Dallam Wych wrote: Knowing btinternet as I do, I can almost > assure you that the trouble is on their end not yours. Their service > seems to vary depending on what region of the country that you live > in. ...And as I recall from having lived in Herts, what day of t

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-16 Thread Peter Ruskin
rudient to not load the drives from amd, > if so how would I do this. Once that is done, I could have a small > script to perform the mount in /etc/profile. Is this valid & proper > method of mounting? > > > I have really liked all the comments and help from all of you, THANKS

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Dallam Wych
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:53:49PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > to this thread using btinternet and see if issue still exists. thanks Doug, I am using btinternet and haven't had a problem with the few posts I have made to this list. Knowing btinternet as I do, I can almost assure you that t

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Pam R babbled on about: > was mailing via my normal isp (btinternet.com) so I now use uklinux for all > mails to the SxS lists and that works fine. > > Pam to this thread using btinternet and see if issue still exists. thanks -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Keith Antoine babbled on about: > There seems to be problem somewhere with the list server that is > intermittant. I occasionally have mail returned as relaying denied, I then > copy and resend, it then goes fine. No idea why either. 1 of 2 things: 1. DNS timeouts trying to resolve your host 2. y

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Douglas J Hunley
David A. Bandel babbled on about: > Doug, you still using my server as backup? May not be a good idea for the > moment, at least not until the pending lawsuit against Cable & Wireless > Panama is resolved. (They've been harrassing me -- or they're more > incompetent that even I imagined -- by dr

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-16 Thread Rick Sivernell
g? I have really liked all the comments and help from all of you, THANKS cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux w

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-16 Thread Pam R
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 2:03 am, Keith Antoine wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:58,Douglas J Hunley scribed: > > forwarded per Joel's request. He can receive mail from the list fine, but > > whenever he tries to send to linux.nf he gets rejected with what's below. &g

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-15 Thread Keith Antoine
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:58,Douglas J Hunley scribed: > forwarded per Joel's request. He can receive mail from the list fine, but > whenever he tries to send to linux.nf he gets rejected with what's below. > anyone know how to help him? There seems to be problem somewhere with t

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-15 Thread Kurt Wall
nd testing the performance with and without and making your own decision. > mile long. It's not critical, I get all other sounds, but would be nice to > have working. Just glad to get the cdrw problem fixed. Thanks again for the > info. Glad to help.

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-15 Thread Jim Conner
Well, I gotta open the case and check. It worked about 2 years ago when this box had Windows on it. Yes, I've been in the box since then and might have bumped the wire loose or something. As far as the settings in KMix, I have all the volumes maxed(I'll probably be either deafened or scared

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-15 Thread David A. Bandel
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:58:46 -0500 Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: [snip] > > 451 [EMAIL PROTECTED] reply: read error from linux.nf. > > ... while talking to mail.panamanow.net.: > >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <<< 550 5.7.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Relaying

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-15 Thread Dave Anselmi
Jim Conner wrote: [...] > As for fixing cd audio, it's on that big to-do list that's a mile long. It's > not critical, I get all other sounds, but would be nice to have working. If you have sound working generally, there are only 2 things I can think of to add for CD audio. First, you need a

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-15 Thread Jim Conner
Thanks for the tip on kernel config. I probably said yes and/or no to the wrong things when I config'd kernel 2.4.16. The last one I did was for kernel 2.2.14 on eD2.4 and it was much simpler, in some ways. There's another reason or two that I will have to recompile the kernel and will try

Re: Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-15 Thread Tim Wunder
Douglas J Hunley wrote: > forwarded per Joel's request. He can receive mail from the list fine, but > whenever he tries to send to linux.nf he gets rejected with what's below. > anyone know how to help him? > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Su

Fwd: Need help to get back on the list

2002-01-15 Thread Douglas J Hunley
forwarded per Joel's request. He can receive mail from the list fine, but whenever he tries to send to linux.nf he gets rejected with what's below. anyone know how to help him? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Need help to get back on the list Date: Thu, 10 Jan 200

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Kurt Wall
Scribbling feverishly on January 14, Jim Conner managed to emit: > Found another wrinkle on my system. This may affect some and not others > depending on hardware and such. If you have DMA turned on when you compiled > the kernel, it will enable DMA for the cdrom and cdrw. This will cause a

RE: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Folks, This topic has raised a lot of questions, and even touched on an area where I may be able to contribute (for a change). The question was raised about whether to copy the CD image to hard drive before burning to CDRW. That will work more reliably in some cases, and won't hurt. The usual

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Ken Moffat
This has correccted the problem. Thanks. (again) On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:12:26 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:30, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > >> ln -s /dev/srX /dev/scdX > > > PMFJI .. I have /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 for cd-rw and dvd. > > Should I do step 3 a

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Jim Conner
Found another wrinkle on my system. This may affect some and not others depending on hardware and such. If you have DMA turned on when you compiled the kernel, it will enable DMA for the cdrom and cdrw. This will cause a kernel oops when you mount the cd and the only way out is the reset but

Re: devfs was Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread David A. Bandel
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:39:31 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:57, David A. Bandel wrote: > > > If you have something better (than devfs), I know lots of folks who > > would like to hear your idea of how to do it. > > We have no argume

Re: help-configmg

2002-01-14 Thread Lee
No mistakes. > I check what Windows offers on ist web pages. Nothing > helps. > ... > Can you help me to solve this problem. > or > If I can be sure, that it is his mistake, I can make > some more preasure on that guy who sold it to me. > But if I bring the computer to some

help-configmg

2002-01-14 Thread sencer vardarman
crashes by saving, wich happens often. The one who built and sold it says it is not his problem. I installed Windows again. Nothing changes. I tested the memory with memetest86. No mistakes. I check what Windows offers on ist web pages. Nothing helps. ... Can you help me to solve this problem. or

devfs was Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:57, David A. Bandel wrote: > If you have something better (than devfs), I know lots of folks who > would like to hear your idea of how to do it. We have no argument about the 'goodness' of devfs. devfs is going to happen, because it has to. I have run devfs (past ten

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:30, Ken Moffat wrote: >> ln -s /dev/srX /dev/scdX > PMFJI .. I have /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 for cd-rw and dvd. > Should I do step 3 above? Yes. It does no harm. > Jan 13 07:23:05 localhost kernel: sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there a symlink will fix that. > I ass

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-14 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:15, Tim Wunder wrote: > Upon investigation, I made a WAG that the reason I needed to load ide-scsi > during boot was that I had IDE CDROM support compiled into the kernel. Bugger, bugger, bugger. I *forgot* all about that wrinkle. You are right sir. -- http://linux.nf -

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Keith Antoine
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:45,Tim Wunder scribed: Now thats interesting and i'll have a look at mine. > Well, I removed the /dev/sr0 and sr1 files and took "hdd=ide-scsi" out of > grub's menu.lst file and, upon first reboot, my ide CD-ROM was no longer > seen by xcdroast as a scsi device. > > In ord

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Keith Antoine
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:06,David A. Bandel scribed: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:33:19 +1130 > Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > > [snip] > > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. >

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Tim Wunder chose to write: Yeah, I know, replying to my own post, yada, yada > My COL3.1 apparently uses both srx and scdx to refer to the same things: > brwxrwxrwx 2 root disk 11, 0 Apr 27 2001 /dev/scd0 > brw--- 1 dad root 11, 1 Apr 27 2001 /dev

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:33:19 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First. > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. Promise > from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. > 3) > ln -s /dev/srX /dev/scdX > > iterate X 0, 1 ... > PMFJI ..

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 08:27:28 -0500 Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After reading that bedtime reading page, it's a wonder anything works... I'm always amazed anything works (when I'm at the controls). -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linu

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread David A. Bandel
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:19:15 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:36, David A. Bandel wrote: > > > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > > > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. > > > > W

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:36, David A. Bandel wrote: > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. > > What's your source for this? /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt plus latest releases of most Distr

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, David A. Bandel chose to write: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:33:19 +1130 > Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > > [snip] > > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. > > What

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Tim Wunder
Rick, I'm bowing out on this one, now. Checking my own system sure seems to have confused the issue (for me, anyway). I've got 1 SCSI CDRW and an IDE CD-ROM and they both work and I'm not having any problems. That being said, however, I seem to have both "hdd=ide-scsi" in the kernel line of my

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread David A. Bandel
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:33:19 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: [snip] > > modern distros deprecate the use of srX, get rid of them, literally. > Promise from me that you can do no harm by deleting them. What's your source for this? I run 2.4.17 w/ devfs (the late

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-13 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 04:56, Rick Sivernell wrote: >I am having continual problems with cdroms. I have the following > scsi id 4 42x scsi cdrom > scsi id 5 Yamaha 6x4x16 cdwriter > hdc is a 52x ide cdrom drive [snippetty hack] Rick, your problem is your misunderstanding of srX and scdX

cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Rick Sivernell
List I am having continual problems with cdroms. I have the following scsi id 4 42x scsi cdrom scsi id 5 Yamaha 6x4x16 cdwriteronly one that seems to work all the time scsi id 6 scsi dat 4mm tape drive not a problem ow. hdc is a 52x ide cdrom drivethere on bootup but

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Ralph Sanford
Somewhat inexperienced at this SCSI setup, but looking at my system the real SCSI CD's are sr0 and sr1. The sr? values are assigned based on the SCSI id number. In fact I recently (yesterday) had a problem adding a SCSI dvd as SCSI id 0 on a system that already had SCSI id 4 and 5 because the SC

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Rick Sivernell
List Thanks for response. Need to add some info here. Running ew 3.1.1 using kde 2.2 /var/log/messages: Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: scsi ID 6 Jan 1

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:37:36 -0500 Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I've seen somewhere that sr0 and sr1 are outdated. (?)) And I > > I stand corrected. > (jeez, and I JUST read the damn bedtime reading page, too!) > > Tim I didn't mean to correct, just offer an alternative. I'v

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Ken Moffat chose to write: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:02:53 -0500 > > Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recommendation: > > Remove all symlinks in /dev > > Remove the kernel line "hdc=ide-scsi" > > Re-boot the system and look at your /dev directory. As I understand it, > > you >

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:15:18 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:02:53 -0500 > Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Recommendation: > > Remove all symlinks in /dev > > Remove the kernel line "hdc=ide-scsi" > > Re-boot the system and look at your /dev dire

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Ken Moffat
end="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" This works in Redhat7.1, ELX and Libranet. I deleted my cdrom links in /dev (cdrom->hdb and cdrom1->hdc) and replaced them with ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom ln -s /dev/scd1 /dev/cdrom1 Just another alternative to investigate. The stepbystep site was

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Rick Sivernell chose to write: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:12:15 -0500 > Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok now have read the BedTime reader. What I get is > > 1 If cdrom is not IDE-RW then hdx=ide-scsi is not needed, > especially if you have real scsi cdroms & writers. > A

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:12:15 -0500 Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok now have read the BedTime reader. What I get is 1 If cdrom is not IDE-RW then hdx=ide-scsi is not needed, especially if you have real scsi cdroms & writers. 2. if you have 3 cdrom drives you should have sr0 sr1

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 12 January 2002 14:45 pm, Rick Sivernell wrote: > I am > not getting  a stable cdrom operation all the time. On all CD drives? or just the IDE one? -- ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire,

Re: cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Tim Wunder
Rick, There's a new page on linux.nf under Bedtime Reading under IDE-Burners that explains the ide-scsi module. You'd do well to check it out. I believe your problem stems from the assumtion that /dev/sr0 and /dev/scd0 are different devices. From reading that newly authored bedtime reading pag

cdrom help

2002-01-12 Thread Rick Sivernell
List I am having continual problems with cdroms. I have the following scsi id 4 42x scsi cdrom scsi id 5 Yamaha 6x4x16 cdwriteronly one that seems to work all the time scsi id 6 scsi dat 4mm tape drive not a problem ow. hdc is a 52x ide cdrom drivethere on bootup but

Re: quota help needed

2002-01-11 Thread Kurt Wall
Scribbling feverishly on January 11, John Hiemenz managed to emit: > > I've got a friend who has a problem with quota. > > as a regular user, what are the methods for determining where files are that > are causing one to exceed quota? $ du $HOME More generally, see the du man page. Or, for

Re: quota help needed

2002-01-11 Thread Net Llama
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quota help needed

2002-01-11 Thread John Hiemenz
I've got a friend who has a problem with quota. as a regular user, what are the methods for determining where files are that are causing one to exceed quota? Obvious files are easy, but there are some temp files created or . files and these are being elusive. I've thought of find, but sinc

Re: dhcp help, please...

2001-12-30 Thread Dave Anselmi
Jerry McBride wrote: > Well... That's about what I've done. I've got the server reliably online via >dhclient. I have to figure out how to get my fixed IP firewall to work correctly with >dhcp. > > Could you give me a "heads up" if I need to set anything in dhclient.conf to allow >for my intra

Re: dhcp help, please...

2001-12-30 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:46:59 -0700 Dave Anselmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > ---snip--- > > The dhcp hurddle I haven't quite cleared is understanding what I've done. ---snip--- > What you have is the software from the Internet Software Consortium. dhclient is >the cl

Re: dhcp help, please...

2001-12-30 Thread Dave Anselmi
Jerry McBride wrote: > I'm getting ready for the pending @home to @comcast change over and the biggest >hurddle I have yet to make is implementing dhcp. > > I'm working with dhclient as supplied with workstation 3.1. From the commandline or >a fresh boot I can get dhclient to negotiate with my

Re: dhcp help, please...

2001-12-30 Thread David A. Bandel
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 23:33:22 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: [snip] I'll let someone else handle the first question. > > Also, what happens when the lease expires? Is a new lease automatically negotiated or do I have to manually intervene in some manner like

dhcp help, please...

2001-12-29 Thread Jerry McBride
I'm getting ready for the pending @home to @comcast change over and the biggest hurddle I have yet to make is implementing dhcp. I'm working with dhclient as supplied with workstation 3.1. From the commandline or a fresh boot I can get dhclient to negotiate with my isp for a new ip address an

broadcast2000 troubles, adsl help

2001-12-14 Thread Steve Thompson - UG
Hello all, been a long time since i've been on the list. had to unsubscribe so i wouldn't get fired at work i have a few questions. i recently got dsl!!! yippy it is working great. the zyxel modem that earthlink sent also assigns ip addresses, so i got my 2 machines going thru it with

Re: rat help

2001-12-13 Thread Richard R. Sivernell
Declan Well I have just yesterday got all to work, well as best as the crappy S3 Virge card will. The card is bad in gui mode. The rats all do work now. I actually did pretyty much the same as your post, and that was most reassurring as to how I proceeded. Will replace the car very soon now.

Re: HELP!! - NIC won't run full duplex

2001-12-13 Thread R. Quenett
" > > Something funky about these rtl8139 cards and this particular I'm running some of these. I had some of the half-duplex trouble a while ago but they all run fine now. They're on monolithic kernels and they're autodetected fine, no need to pass any append= parameters... Memory fades,

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