Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hi we dont have problem running 2.4.3-20 kernel on mandrake 8. i have also just installed 2.4.7 and it went fine. could you give a snap shot of the 'few lines' you are referring to? maybe that will give us a clue. dm --- Pete Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I wish I could get a snapshot of what few lines comne up but it happens so fast before it reboots. Is there a log file of the boot process or is there a way to have it log those lines to a file? On Wednesday 25 July 2001 23:23, you wrote: hi we dont have problem running 2.4.3-20 kernel on

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread DM
if you can mount the root device to another system, you can look at several logs in /var/log check for boot.log, dmesg, and /var/log/kernel/* --- Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish I could get a snapshot of what few lines comne up but it happens so fast before it reboots. Is

Re: [expert] None existing executable ?

2001-07-26 Thread Bjarne Thomsen
Hello! I have solved my problem, but my solution will unfortunately not help other users with similar problems. Research Systems had posted a new version of their license manager which is linked with libc6 instead of libc5. In the mean time I found others who had the same problem with RedHat

Re: [expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 25 July 2001 16:04, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: What is that? Olaf It's what crackers leave on your machine to allow repeated, undetected access to your machine. A security-oriented web site would help you better. - --

Re: [expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread DM
hi olaf this link might give you some ideas on what it does ... well, at least one of those 'rootkits' http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/forum_message.html?forum=2head=4871id=4871 dm --- Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday

Re: [expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
At 14.21 26/07/01, civileme wrote: A rootkit is an exploitation tool. It replaces selected binaries with hacked versions that simply ignore a few files the cracker wants to stay hidden. ps, ls and slocate are often targets for rootkitting, find often less so. One of our experts was cracked

[expert] Kernel panic during installation

2001-07-26 Thread Andreas Bergstrøm
When I attempt to install LM 8.0 on my computer it hangs during the initial load of the kernel with an error message like this: VFS error: Unable to mount root device or 08:05 Please set a correct root= boot option Kernel panic: Unable to mount root filesystem on 08:05 I have tried setting

Re: [expert] Kernel panic during installation

2001-07-26 Thread Andreas Bergstrøm
Brad Bonkoski wrote: Well, if you are trying to boot drom the install CDROM, there must be something wrong with the boot process of it, so you could just make some boot floppies from the cd, or get the proper images from the Internet and hope there is not other problems with the cd. -Brad

[expert] RAID 5 via software

2001-07-26 Thread Alfredo Cole
Hi: I have setup a RAID 5 system with 3 IDE 20 Gb drives. One of them has a /boot partition, and the rest is assigned to the md0 RAID partition. I can understand that if disks 2 or 3 fail, I can replace them and the information will be rebuilt. But if disk 1, which holds the /boot partition

Re: [expert] RAID 5 via software

2001-07-26 Thread Rusty Carruth
Alfredo Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I have setup a RAID 5 system with 3 IDE 20 Gb drives. One of them has a /boot partition, and the rest is assigned to the md0 RAID partition. I can understand that if disks 2 or 3 fail, I can replace them and the information will be rebuilt. But

Re[2]: [expert] extra special dialup script.

2001-07-26 Thread Rusty Carruth
Bryan D Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... my $now = system(date); Whoops. That exectutes the date command but doesn't capture the output - the output still goes where it normally would (stdout). I think you meant: my $now = `date`; err, oops. Yup. I sit corrected! rc

re: [expert] pthread in glibc?

2001-07-26 Thread David Scott Grogan
Abe, Yes, pthread is part of glibc, but if you're going to develop an application that uses pthreads, you're going to have to install glibc-devel. On my 8.0 system: grogan.dorm:~$ locate pthread.h /usr/include/pthread.h grogan.dorm:~$ rpm -qf `locate pthread.h` glibc-devel-2.2.2-5mdk The

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread DM
you can mount the root device to another linux system. take out the root hard disk from that system and connect it to an existing system then mount it. you can check the logs from there. logs where the system is stopping or maybe clues why it is rebooting. i use this method when a system is

Re: [expert] TFTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Albert E. Whale
I have a similar experience and configuration. Settings which worked on 7.1 do not work in 7.2 either. Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro wrote: Hi! Is anyone using LM as a TFTP server? I mean a TFTP server for files, not for bootp/remote boot. I've configured a directory and the service, but I

[expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Glen Sagers
I'm using MDK 8, 2.4.3, no updates, and ProFTPD on 2 different machines. Both are connected via a 10baseT hub. When I connect to the ftp server of either machine, from either a win or linux client, I get a delay of up to 30 seconds before the connection is made. Then, after password/username

[expert] Vacation Notice

2001-07-26 Thread civileme
I will be absent from posts to this list for the next two months. It is time from a vacation from my favorite hobby to turn my attention fully to my work tasks. LSB compliance testing, software testing, preparation of updates, and coordination of the crashtesters will replace helpig people to

Re: [expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Glen Sagers
I'm connecting by IP, so that shouldn't be a problem. Rusty Carruth wrote: Glen Sagers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using MDK 8, 2.4.3, no updates, and ProFTPD on 2 different machines. Both are connected via a 10baseT hub. When I connect to the ftp server of either machine, from either

Re[2]: [expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Rusty Carruth
Glen Sagers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm connecting by IP, so that shouldn't be a problem. No, you misunderstood. The SERVER does a name lookup on the CLIENT's ip address, regardless of how the client started the connection (by raw ip address, DNS lookup, carrier pigeon - well, ok, carrier

Re: [expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Glen Sagers
No, I don't think so. All the machines are technically workstations, a desktop, a laptop, and a win machine. Mandrake ICS is setup, but I haven't manually configured much of anything on them, yet. I'd just like to be able to easily transfer files from the laptop to the desktop, as well as the

Re: [expert] Adding a new SCSI Card - after initial installation

2001-07-26 Thread Larry Sword
Laura Conrad wrote: Stephen == Stephen Kitchener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen I am having a problem with a SCSI Card that I have added to an already Stephen installed Mandrake 7.2 System Stephen The BIOS detects the card and drive ok on boot, and when the card was

[expert] USB-uhci/ webcam STRANGE problems

2001-07-26 Thread Nima S. Panahi
Hi, My old motherboard's IDE died, so I replaced it with a new AOPEN AK73 PRO(A). On the old motherboard, I used a ZoomCam USB cam with no problems. I just loaded the modules and everything worked. The uhci always used IRQ 3 on my old system. Now, basically everything but the motherboard is the

Re: [expert] USB-uhci/ webcam STRANGE problems

2001-07-26 Thread etharp
have you tried (as root, in a text console) running (typing) kudzu? and what did it say and do? since you changed the MOBO On Thursday 26 July 2001 20:50, Nima S. Panahi wrote: Hi, My old motherboard's IDE died, so I replaced it with a new AOPEN AK73 PRO(A). On the old motherboard, I

Re: [expert] USB-uhci/ webcam STRANGE problems

2001-07-26 Thread Nima S. Panahi
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, etharp wrote: have you tried (as root, in a text console) running (typing) kudzu? and what did it say and do? since you changed the MOBO The strange thing is that it DID NOT recognize and add the USB hub ports until later on. Not that I did not have the USB enable, it was

Re: [expert] USB-uhci/ webcam STRANGE problems

2001-07-26 Thread Larry Sword
Nima S. Panahi wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, etharp wrote: have you tried (as root, in a text console) running (typing) kudzu? and what did it say and do? since you changed the MOBO The strange thing is that it DID NOT recognize and add the USB hub ports until later on. Not that I did

[expert] Anacron cron.daily error

2001-07-26 Thread Glenn Johnson
I get the following message from ianacron when it runs cron.daily and would like to know how I can get rid of it. error: syslog:181 duplicate log entry for /var/log/syslog Thanks. -- Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Anacron cron.daily error

2001-07-26 Thread Michael D. Viron
Glenn, Sounds like you have a duplicate syslog config file for logrotate. Look in /etc/logrotate.d and verify that you have only 1 syslog file, not both syslog and syslog.rpmnew . Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners,

[expert] Need help accessing mail with imap-4.7c2-4mdk

2001-07-26 Thread David Rankin
Alright gurus: I need help again - not surprising. I have 2 domains that point to my LM 7.2 (2.2.19 kernel) server. I have postfix setup and imap-4.7c2-4mdk installed. The pop3 works flawlessly. I am trying to further my mail handling knowledge and I want to use IMAP to get my mail instead

[expert] kdelibs2.2beta1: Cannot build shared libraries on Mandrake 8.0

2001-07-26 Thread Arnab_Ganguly
Hi, I am reporting something that never happened to me before. I wanted to try out kde2,2beta1 for Mandrake 8.0. After trying unsuccessfully to download an uncorrupted binary rpm for kdelibs, I decided to compile from sources. I downloaded the source for kdelibs 2.2beta1 and tried compiling it

Re: [expert] Anacron cron.daily error

2001-07-26 Thread Glenn Johnson
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:31:38PM -0500, Michael D. Viron wrote: Glenn, Sounds like you have a duplicate syslog config file for logrotate. Look in /etc/logrotate.d and verify that you have only 1 syslog file, not both syslog and syslog.rpmnew . Ah, in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog are the

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Bill Beauchemin
How do I mount ther root device to another system and what will this do for me? I looked at all the logs and the one I want is dmesg. The only problem is that as soon as it reboots it overwrites it with new data from the good bootup. On Thursday 26 July 2001 00:18, you wrote: if you can

Re[2]: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread Rusty Carruth
Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I mount ther root device to another system and what will this do for me? I looked at all the logs and the one I want is dmesg. The only problem is that as soon as it reboots it overwrites it with new data from the good bootup. Normally the

re: [expert] gnome-perl Make errors

2001-07-26 Thread David Scott Grogan
Wayne, Try installing libxpm and libxpm-devel, they should install the necessary libraries you need. Dave Grogan Wayne wrote: Greetings everyone. In my search for a new email client, I decided to try either Pronto or CSCMail. Both require the gnome-perl bindings, so I downloaded the tar

Re: [expert] Kernel panic during installation

2001-07-26 Thread DM
what kind of hard disk controller do you have? i had that problem with AIC7000 HD controllers on RH. i needed to get a driver for it at the RH site. i dont know if you are experiencing the same thing. --- Andreas Bergstrøm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I attempt to install LM 8.0 on my

Re: [expert] Compiling Samba

2001-07-26 Thread Albert E. Whale
Oh yeah, here's the reason I want to know how to build the Binaries (I am using the Tar File from Samba). Whenever I attempt to rpm --rebuild ***.src.rpm the required Binaries are not installed on my machine. Further more, I am unable to install these binaries Because I am forced to use the

[expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
What is that? Olaf Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG 8080B CD-RW hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap, hda7 ReiserFS (/home); hdb1: FAT32 with datas

Re: [expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 25 July 2001 21:04, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: What is that? Olaf Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG 8080B CD-RW hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap, hda7

[expert] how to convert from ext2fs to reiserfs ?

2001-07-26 Thread Daniel Woods
I want to upgrade a current LM7.1 server with 8.0-Freq version. I will do a fresh install but not re-formatting /home, /usr/local, /var to keep the data as is. The other partitions can be formatted. They are currently ext2fs and I wanted to know if the install would convert them to reiserfs if I

Re: [expert] how to convert from ext2fs to reiserfs ?

2001-07-26 Thread David Scott Grogan
You might want to go ahead and reformat /usr/local and /var, making back ups of stuff in /var that you need. I don't know of any specific differences, but /var is one of those directories whose layout seems to change a little between versions. /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/bin will be

[expert] Samba 2.2.1a RPM for Mandrake 2.07

2001-07-26 Thread David Rankin
Guys (and Gals), There is still a huge void to be filled for someone smarter than I to compile an RPM or SRPM for the new Samba 2.2.1a that will install on a Mandrake 7.2 system. I don't know if it is possible, but I do know I don't know enough to tell you one way or another. From my

Re: [expert] Anacron cron.daily error

2001-07-26 Thread Michael D. Viron
Ah, in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog are the following entries for syslog (separated from each other by many other entries for other services): /var/log/syslog { rotate 5 weekly postrotate /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd endscript } /var/log/syslog { postrotate

Re: [expert] Adding a new SCSI Card - after initial installation

2001-07-26 Thread Laura Conrad
Stephen == Stephen Kitchener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen I am having a problem with a SCSI Card that I have added to an already Stephen installed Mandrake 7.2 System Stephen The BIOS detects the card and drive ok on boot, and when the card was Stephen first installed and

Re[2]: [expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-26 Thread Rusty Carruth
Glen Sagers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I don't think so. All the machines are technically workstations, a desktop, a laptop, and a win machine. Mandrake ICS is setup, but I haven't manually configured much of anything on them, yet. I'd just like to be able to easily transfer files from

[expert] ld.so and no such file

2001-07-26 Thread Bjarne Thomsen
Hello! This is just to let you know what I have found out regarding the No such file error when trying to execute a certain program. The man pages for execve() states: If the executable is a dynamically-linked ELF executable, the interpreter named in the PT_INTERP segment is used to