Hyperthreading with 2.4.23 ?

Hi, has anyone got HT working with kernel 2.4.23? When I switched from 2.4.22, I lost HT on my Dual Xeon Servers (Serverworks chipset). I tried to google for some infos regarding the change and got several hits, but nothing really helped: tried to activate/deactivate ACPI in the kernel configs,

Re: Connection refused.. / Could not connect

, Thomas Chris On Tuesday 18 November 2003 11:21, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: Hi, I'm getting a Connection refused error (Mozilla 1.5, Firebird 0.6.1, Konquerer 3.1.3, Lynx...) when trying to accesss some sites from my testing/unstable box, for example http://www.simpleware.co.uk

Re: Connection refused.. / Could not connect

Hi, I'm getting a Connection refused error (Mozilla 1.5, Firebird 0.6.1, Konquerer 3.1.3, Lynx...) when trying to accesss some sites from my testing/unstable box, for example http://www.simpleware.co.uk/. I assume it might be some network protocol problem because I have no problem

apt-proxy still maintained?

Hi, I frequently encounter problems with streaming debs from apt-proxy, (both stable and testing/unstable) getting error messages like MD5Sum mismatch or 404 File does not exist on any server A second download is ok. The bug reports indicate that this is a common problem and the maintainer

Re: Faked From-Adress with my domain on them

Hi, I have not, will not and never will use anyone elses domain name. The address you see in any email is a result of your email programs modifying email headers. Or someone is spoofing a mail. probably you are using something like From: kevin in your mail headers, which is not a valid

Re: 2 NICs and the source ip address

Hi, have you checked: NAT -- network address translation (aka Masquerading)? You will find a lot of helpful information in yes, as I mentioned briefly Is there an easy and preferred way to accomplish this goal (which seems to be not that uncommon)? Should I use iproute2 or even

Re: 2 NICs and the source ip address

Hi, It depends on your routing configuration where the packets go to. Could you send the output of ok. Let's be specific now. This is the setup: / \ (

2 NICs and the source ip address

Hi, I'm wondering whether there is a simple and preferred way to configure the ip parameters for the following situation: Host A has 2 NICs (say eth0 and eth1), where eth0 is connected to the LAN and is given the ip address 1.2.3.4. The DNS entry of host A points to that ip address. In

libxml-sax-writer-perl does not utf-8 encode!

Hi, after installing a few new packages (sorry, cannot exactly figure out, which dependencies where resolved and installed by apt) on my sarge system, I encountered problems with utf-8 encoding and perl/xml. It seems like a bug to me, but since I'm rather new to perl/xml programming I won't send

Re: Open source browser und Diba

Hallo, kannst Du etwas mehr Infos geben wie Du die Verbindung zur DiBa hergestellt hast (Pakete, Versionen, Einstellungen). wenn man als User Agent MSIE 5.0 o.ä. mitgibt, dann klappt es offensichtlich mit fast jedem Browser mehr oder weniger gut. Sonst tut sich bei mir nach der Anmeldung im

Re: Acrobat Reader as mozilla plugin

Hi, acroread-plugin from http://marillat.free.fr/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/index.html works fine for me. Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Woody: Apache SSL not starting

Hi! I installed the apache-ssl package from Woody. When I try to start it using /etc/init.d/apache-ssl start I get the following messages leading to the impression that apache-ssl was started correctly: Starting web server: apache-sslReading key for server prag.datech2.er.heitec.net:443

Re: Tuxracer and 3D accelaration in debian

Hi, Has anyone run Tuxracer in debian testing? (XFree 4.03). Yes, I do (with my ATI Rage 128 Pro) Any ideas about the reason and how to fix it? Thanks. I got the 3d acceleration working immediately after installing xlibmesa3 instead of one of the other libmesa variants available for

memstat shows many /lib/ld-2.1.3.so processes

Hi, there is an odd phenomenon on one of my potato systems. memstat shows many ld replicas eating up the available memory. It seems that each process running is accompanied by such a loader replica resident in memory. Any hints? Thanks, Thomas # memstat 40k: PID 1

Re: kppp

Hi, don't know which version of kppp you are running. Maybe you hit one of the problems discussed in /usr/share/doc/kppp/README.Debian: kppp and execution of kppp == In order to actually use kppp you must first be a part of the dip group. This is the same for using PPP

ypbind grabs port designated for another service

Hi, just had to handle a problem where CUPS (IPP printing subsystem) didn't work any more after a reboot. While checking the log files I noticed that cupsd could not bind to its (static) port 631 because ypbind was listening on that port already. Is there a standard way to handle such a

Lilo and removable device (LS120)

Hi, just trying to make a boot floppy with Lilo. Problem: This floppy should boot a second machine that has no floppy drive but a ls120 ide floppy. This second system is not running linux (yet). The floppy inserted in the ls120 drive is recognized as /dev/hdb . If the second machine had a

Re: Full Automatic Unattended install like RedHat Kickstart

Is there a install format in Debian like Red Hat's kickstart; a text file with all options, prompts, package selection, disk partioning, root passwd, ... etc for a full installation with ANY keyboard interaction. Thanks, Terry Orlowski Hi, you might

Re: Perl @INC - include NFS mounted repository

Hi, (1) you can setup the PERL5LIB environment variable (or PERLLIB if you want it to apply for both Perl4 and Perl5) to contain the appropriate search path for the Modules (a colon-separated list of directories) If you want local modules to be found first, just put the NFS

Perl @INC - include NFS mounted repository

Hi, I'd like to include a NFS mounted repository (actually a very comprehensive Debian installation) into the Module Search Path of Perl. Boundary conditions: * transparent for the users * Modules that are also locally available should not be loaded by NFS. Does anyone know how to manage

Xfree86 keyboard extensions and Emacs META Key

Hi, just tried to finetune my XF86Config file. I found the following effects: 1. When I use the keyboard extensions: LeftAlt Meta RightAltModeShift #RightCtlCompose #ScrollLock ModeLock XkbDisable then the Alt Key works as META in Gnu/Emacs (fine!). But the

Re: automounter NIS

hi, I have a debian machine running as a nis client. I cant get the amd to mount my remote home directory (on a solaris ) Can you please help me get the automounter (amd or autofs) to work with the NIS auto.home map. there is a bug in the /etc/init.d/autofs script that prepends a /etc to all

ld.so.conf: use nfs mounted libs if not locally available

Hi, I want to configure thin clients with only a few packages installed locally and a nfs-mounted software repository. I put the libs-directories of the nfs repository in /etc/ld.so.conf on the clients to make the shared libs available to the clients. But this has the effect that the remote

set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user

Hi, is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom? Thanks for any hint! Regards, Thomas Gebhardt

how to export /home to an unfriendly environment

Hi, when exporting /home writable to public pc rooms by nfs (nfs means not for security) one has to rely on the strength of BIOS passwords to preserve data security. I'd not like to do that. And even if the BIOS password is save, one may unplugg the linux box and fake the ip address (and even the

Re: /usr Read-only

Hi, On potato /usr is told to be a Read-only file system ?! My fstab says: /dev/hda7 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 man mount: defaults Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async. So, what's wrong here? Regards, Thomas

Re: Kicstart in Debian-Linux

Hi, there has been a tutorial on the 6th International Linux Kongress about Automated installation (cf. http://www.linux-kongress.de/papers.html) The methods presented there are based on Suns Jumpstart and were demonstrated with a Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Thomas

Re: apache-ssl and virtual hosts

Hi, How can I use virtual hosts on the SSL port in apache? here is a snipplet from my httpd.conf that works for me. Regards, Thomas # Port 443 Listen 137.248.9.9:443 Port 80 Listen 137.248.9.9:80 NameVirtualHost 137.248.9.9:80 VirtualHost

openldap-utils cannot bind to slapd

Hi, just trying to populate my first ldap directory. Somehow I cannot bind to the server as the admin user. Here is my access configuration (slapd.conf): access to * by dn=cn=admin, ou=People, o=Universitaet Marburg, c=DE write defaultaccess none When I try ldapsearch -v -D cn=admin,

European mirror of inofficial KDE debs

Hi, there is a partial mirror (only i386 debs) of http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/debian/ at ftp://ftp.uni-marburg.de/mirror/debian-snowcrash.tdyc.com . It contains mainly kde packages. /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.uni-marburg.de/mirror/debian-snowcrash.tdyc.com slink rkrusty or deb

Re: BLAS library?

Hi, Is there still not a package available that contains the BLAS library? The fact that LAPACK is there is great, but I need BLAS too. I realize there's an optimized PPro version of the BLAS library, but this is for light development work on an old 486 and I'm not even sure the PPro

Re: Citrix ICA and Debian Linux 2.0

Hi, you need libx6 from the oldlibs section. I'm getting the following output results: bash-2.01$ ldd wfica libXaw.so.6 = not found libXt.so.6 = not found libX11.so.6 = not found libc.so.5 = /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40009000) bash-2.01$ ldd wfcmgr

Re: backspace behaviour

I have never had this problem at home, but now it happens to me at work. My backspace does not work in Netscape, only the delete key. My backspace does not work in rxvt and nor the delete key. Hi, did you install kde 1.1? uncomment ! i386 and alpha keycode 22 = BackSpace keycode 107 =

Re: xterm-debian?

Hi, Does anyone know why the default TERM for xterm under Hamm is xterm-debian? No other remote system has this term type defined and when I ssh from an xterm to such a remote system, I always get errors. (I'm aware of solutions like if TERM == xterm-debian then TERM = xterm) you may

how to adjust @INC Path of Perl

Hi, on my slink system perl frequently does not find its modules. I get error messages like this: Can't locate Net/FTP.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at

system frequently screws up when printing

Hi, when I try to print to my HPdeskjet 890 (attached to /dev/lp1) the system frequently locks up after printing some lines and I have to reboot the system. No obvious log entry. Any hints what to do? I have a Dual Pentium II machine, Debian Hamm, lprng 3.4.2-5 and Linux version 2.0.35

Fonts for gimp?

Hi, when I try to build a logo with the Xtns menu of the gimp, I get a Script-fu error message telling me that there is a font missing. Are the relevant fonts available as a deb package? I have installed all obvious related packages, so it might be a matter of misconfiguration? Thanks, Thomas

Re: Fonts for gimp?

Hi, sorry: Are the relevant fonts available as a deb package? I have installed all obvious related packages, so it might be a matter of misconfiguration? I just noticed that I had not included the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/ in my X Fontpath. So it's my fault, Cheers, Thomas

jdk1.2 as .deb package?

Hi, is there a jdk1.2 .deb package available somewhere? Or is somebody working on it? Thanks, Thomas

Reading mail with Web-Browser?

Hi, is there a Debian tool that provides http/html access to mail? (something like a hotmail service?). Yes, I know that netscape can fetch mails by pop and imap; I am looking for some utility that produces native http/html (maybe by fetching the mails itself with pop or imap). Thanks, Thomas

how does libc5-compat work?

Hi, obviously it is still possible to run (most) of the old libc5 binaries in hamm. Somehow ld knows when it is necessary to use the libs from the libc5-compat directory. How does this mechanism work? I have a program that segfaults; obviously it tries to use both libc5 *and* libc6: $ ldd

xview and xviewg in hamm

Hi, after the upgrade to hamm an old libc5-executable that depends on xview did segfault (I had both xview and xviewg installed.): # arb Program ARB will be startet in the background, please wait # /bin/arb: line 118: 946 Segmentation fault (core dumped) arb_ntree $args ARB done I tried

Re: iBCS compiling

Hi, did set the SMP support in the CONFIG file correctly? Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/etc/cron.deny ?

Hi, is there a way to deny users to run cron jobs? Thanks, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NIS slows down login?

Hi, Are you using libc6_2.0.7pre1-4 and nis_3.2.1-3.deb ? If not, upgrade. Yes, I do: $ dpkg --list libc6 nis Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:

Re: NIS slows down login?

Hi, Just out of curiosity, do you have any Win95 workstations on that network? If so, try running tcpdump on the linux box and dump the network interface to the screen. Are you seeing billions of ARP requests from the Windows boxes to teh network broadcast address? If so, this will throw

NIS slows down login?

Hi, when I activate NIS on my (up to date) hamm system, logins and su are rapidly slowed down even for local users. It takes several seconds to su from root to a local user, i.e., a user listed in /etc/passwd. The NIS maps are rather large (about 5000 users). ypbind is bound to the local NIS

Re: Packaging Gimp .99.15

Hi, Examples, please? I run a libc6 system, and there are way more packages available than are there on my libc6 (1.3.1) CDROM. What packages aren't available on a libc6 system? There are frequently unresolved dependencies on the ftp mirrors. Some Packages stay in Incoming for a

Re: adduser and NIS

Hi, Talking about /etc/nsswitch.conf: /etc/nsswitch.conf is part of the package base-files of bo. There are no manual pages, however. Is there any program (parts of the nis package ?) that take care about nsswitch.conf? Or is it just a sneak preview of a future NYS/NIS+ package? Thanks, Thomas

where to set default ulimit values

Hi, I am trying to enlarge the default ulimit -s (stack size) value on a debian 1.3.1 system. Obviously login isn't linked with libpam, so /etc/security/limits.conf isn't read. There is an ULIMIT entry in /etc/login.defs, but that seems to be ignored also. I can lower the ulimit -s limit in

Re: StarOffice3.1 and libc5

Hi, I recently was able to download StarOffice and get it untarred, etc.. Now, I need to upgrade libc5 to libc5.4.4 or greater. In the Debian packages, I noticed there was no 5.4.4. So here's the question: If I have a Debian 1.3.1 system with libc5.4.33 installed: Package : libc5

Re: NIS/AMD questions

--pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Jul__9_23:00:25_1997-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) If the NIS server is down for a NIS domain, root cannot log on the console. This is annoying, accounts which are in /etc/passwd (like root) should

Cannot set up a NIS slave server

Hello, I just tried to set up a NIS slave server (Version 2.20-1) in a domain that is mastered by an AIX workstation. The command ypinit -s master results in the error message can't yp_bind: Reason: RPC failure Can't enumerate maps from . Please check that it is run. The maps are not

Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

Hello Andrea, You have to set the nis domainname first. Do you mean that I had to set up /etc/defaultdomain and run /etc/init.d/nis stop and /etc/init.d/nis start? I had done this (as described in /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto). This does not seem to the problem. Cheers, Thomas --

Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

Hello, It's strange, because the ypinit output says that the domain is not set. Do you think the message can't yp_bind: Reason: RPC failure Can't enumerate maps from master. Please check that it is run. means that the domain is not set? At least the second line indicates that the Linux

libc5-dev and kernel-source

Hello, How do the include files in /usr/include/linux relate to the files in /usr/src/kernel-source-/include/linux ? Most of the include files are identical, others are different. Isn't this a possible source of confusion? Cheers, Thomas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: By default fvwm2 starts xterm -- why?

Hi, I wonder why fvwm2 starts a xterm when starting. I didn't found any call of xterm while browsing through the startup files in /etc/X11/fvwm2. Have a look at /etc/X11/Xsession Cheers, Thomas -- Th. Gebhardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])