Re: Missing fsck
On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: The installation finished without an fsck, which would prevent normal booting. I had encountered this problem in an earlier test, and was not sure if I had made the correct choices in the dselect (S)elect phase, so I re-ran the installation, being very careful about my choices. Same problem here. Not many details, as I simply fixed it and did not take any notes at the time, since I misdiagnosed it as some random screwup on my part. -- Todd Graham Lewis Manager of Web Engineering(800) 719-4664, x2804 **Linux** MindSpring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?
On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, joost witteveen wrote: It means that Linux has another extra feature (VC's) that most (all?) other usixes don't have, but whether that means Linux is much better than FreeBSD/SCO/NT, I really don't know (I don't use the other systems) FreeBSD has virtual consoles as well. Ok, how's this for a killer Linux feature. killall(1). I f*cking _love_ killall; you just have to be careful not to use it on non-Linux systems. 8^) __ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 719 4664, x2804 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote: Exactly what is this multi screen session concept that allows you to type ALT-F4 and login again... I'd like to read the documentation on this feature. 8^) This is one of many undocumented goodies which lie scattered throughout the Linux universe, waiting for you to stumble across them. It's called virtual consoles, and alt-f[0-6] is the default configuration if I remember correctly. You have a whole bunch of consoles available from your single keyboard/monitor, and you can switch back and forth. (I'm writing this from F3, where I usually keep my mailbox with all of my mailing lists.) You could add more virtual consoles if you wanted, but you probably don't need to. Also, did you know that you can have a session going, quit from it, and resume that session later? You can, and the company that brings it to you is not ATT. 8^) Do a man on screen and read for yourself. Next thing you know, you'll be playing with (ctrl-z, bg, fg, jobs) and command-line editing. Ain't Linux great? __ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 719 4664, x2804 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote: Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things. OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux. Virtual consoles aren't even Linux-specific, although they were one of Linus' main beefs with Minix, as I recall; from the beginning they have been a touted feature, if not a linux-only one. __ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 719 4664, x2804 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: syslog daemon is dying
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Branden Robinson wrote: I have a similar problem (but I can eventually get syslogd and klogd to both come up by ./etc/init.d/sysklogd restart over and over again). I did a test -e for every file mentioned in /etc/syslog.conf and got a 0 status every time? Does anyone have any other suggestions? Yeppers; run strace. Mine dies when it tries to do gethostname on the local machine, which almost makes sense, since it is on a location on the network different from its destination, and the DNS server is unreachable right now. But then again, why is it not getting the localhost name from /etc/hosts? I have named set up in forwarder mode, (order host, bind). $0.02 __ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 719 4664, x2804 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clone(), and I don't mean threads.
I have a debian machine. It's got tons of stuff on it, but no package files. I have another machine, this one with no Linux at all on it. I insert a floppy into the second machine, attach a null-modem cable between the two, fire up the clone-server on the first machine, and start up the second. The second machine goes through the installation process. It calls the first machine to see what packages the first has installed. It then requests the full packages, which the first machine regenerates on the fly from it's disk of installed packages. To do this, you would have to keep some more state concerning the pristine state of config files, etc. (You don't, e.g., want the second machine to ge a copy of your passwd file.) Other than that, though, it'd be great if any Linux machine could serve as an installation base for any other machine you want to install on. It seems to be doable, and it'd really leverage off of the free nature of the beast. I can see it now; someone wants to install Linux on their machine, I just take my laptop, attach a cable, and let it go. No digging for a CDROM, you can just do it right there. I'm just dreaming, right? __ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 719 4664, x2804 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Potential problem with stable
Hello, all. I just switched from RedHat to Debian on my home machine, and I am very impressed. I needd a number of packages, set the ftp install running, went to bed, and woke up to the configuration script. This and tons of other stuff has almost completely converted me. This is a problem which people have referenced on linux.dev.kernel, but I figured that I'd follow the advice I give to others, and come here first. When I try to remake my kernel, the `make dep` hangs and starts chewing CPU. Below are the last 10 lines of the strace: write(1, rm -f .hdepend\n, 15)= 15 brk(0x8033000) = 0x8033000 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5680 sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL) = 0 wait4(-1, [WIFEXITED(s) WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0], 0, NULL) = 5680 write(1, gawk -f scripts/depend.awk `find..., 113) = 113 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5681 wait4(-1, As you can see, it hangs, apparently, in the middle of a wait call and just shoots the loadavg through the roof; it has to be killed after that. I have a clean 1.1-stable release that I installed three days ago. Nothing is on the machine not from a .deb package other than ssh. I did apply Alan Cox's suggested kernel patch. 386/40, 16MB RAM, 1.0GB IDE, etc. Feel free to email me instead of cluttering the list. If anyone needs more info, I'm happy to provide it. If I do figure it out, I'll be sure to post the answer here. TIA, and keep up the good work. Todd _ Todd Graham LewisCore Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Standard Disclaimers) (800) 719 4664, x2804
Retraction: Re: Potential problem with stable
Well, it looked like it was hanging. After I posted my report, I decided to let one go and see what happened. Turns out my machine was just really slow in doing the sed script. These things happen on a 386 with no math coprocessor. GRIN=SHEEPISH Never mind /GRIN _ Todd Graham LewisCore Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Standard Disclaimers) (800) 719 4664, x2804
