Re: problem with rebuilding the samba rpm from the source rpm

> On Saturday 01 February 2003 09:23 am, Rishi Gangoly wrote: > > > > > checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files > > /var/tmp/samba-2.2.7-root > > > > error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: > > /usr/bin/findsmb > >

Re: ARCServe

I've got a hold of the ARCServer 9 for Linux beta, they don't seem to have the released version available for download. Running csetup fails when it tries to set up ingres. It complains that there is 0MB available and that it needs 850MB, there is 6GB available on the filesystem it is trying to w

2.4.20- the devil is in the details

Hello again Charles, Yes, to all of the questions below. To add salt to the wounded system, my son's box just compiled fine. I have noticed that the image file for the 2.4.20 kernel is half of all of the others in /boot. Jim Christiansen wrote: Hello Charles, Thank you for the post. I foll

Re: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #947 - 10 msgs

Anthony, Until just yesterday, I had the latest SuSE with KDE on one of two Linux drives on this machine. Depending on what mirror I got SuSE from to do their network install, KDE was more or less stable. I did the install three times in the hope of making the desktop operate properly and was unsu

Re: Unable to upgrade to Psyche

hmm, you mean you re-installed from scratch and reformated the disk and still had this problem?? what did you do, let diskdruid format it for you? since you have a totally hosed system, format it with a dos disk so linux will see it as a totally alien filesystem and realize everything has to go awa

Unable to upgrade to Psyche

I had been running Psyche very successfully with a RedHat boxed set since it was released. I attempted to upgrade my nv drivers to nvidia drivers and ended up fscking the entire system. After three days of trying to fix it, with some amount of help, I gave up and tried to format and install f

image file size in boot

Is it normal that when I run: mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-2.4.20.img 2.4.20 the 2.4.20 image file size is only 67k rather than the dozen 2.4.18 an 19s that are over 136k? I still can't get my new 2.4.20 kernel to boot, the computer just black screens. My son's computer boots to the new kernel ju

Re: Compiling 2.4.20

Justin Clacherty wrote: You need the image file. It is the initial RAM disk that linux uses to boot the system. Try 'man mkinitrd', basically you need to run this in /boot (assuming you've already copied your kernel to there). mkinitrd -v imagename kernel imagename can be whatever you want and

rh8.0 and Acer 7200D

Hi all, I am a beginner in Linux. I recently install RH8.0 on my Acer 7200D. Every now and then, the machine will crash (stop responding) or the X server just die for some reason unknown to me. All I have open (excluding the services running) is just mozilla, XMMS, some terminal and eclipse.

Re: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #947 - 10 msgs

http://www.School-Library.net Read, Connect, Learn! > >Message: 2 > >Message: 6 >Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:04:26 -0800 (PST) >From: anthony baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: sos, sinking quickly, mayday, mayday >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I hadn't rebooted my mach

Re: ARCServe

 We have for an evaluation - and got the core to work. We didn't extend with database access etc. but it seemed to install fairly easy. Any specific questions? - Original Message - From: Justin Clacherty To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:41 PM

Re: USB Direct-Access / Camera

On 3 Feb 2003, Dan Devine wrote: - I've implemented the suggestion to have my CDROM comfortably working on - the non-scsi channel ( I do not see any registered scsi devices in - /proc/scsi/scsi until I attempt to mount the usb camera. This seems - alright to me, because I don't know of any advant

Re: sos, sinking fast, mayday, mayday

Seems I have gotten fsck to run, after all. deleted a lot of stuff, relocated lost inodes, altered erroneous numberings... really, I would be lying if I pretended to understand what happened, but I am writing to you from the errant psyche box now. I half expect the monitor to spin around while the

Re: sos, sinking quickly, mayday, mayday

Hi Anthony, You entered "halt" from a command line, didn't do a shut down via the Gnome Menu log out screen? I'm wondering if you had programs running that hung if you did and if your shut down was unclean. Why else would a file system check be triggered at boot up? What's coming to me here is tha

sos, sinking quickly, mayday, mayday

I hadn't rebooted my machine since I upgraded to psyche in October, or something, so , just for the heck of it, I gave her the "halt" command and powered her down before leaving this morning. Now, we're experiencing technical difficulties. Several attempts to boot her up have failed. She has att

Re: not allowing previous passwds as valid

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 at 2:48pm (-0500), Margaret_Doll wrote: > Is there a way for the system to maintain a password history for each > account, so that a user cannot return to a previous password? > > If I set a user's password to expire in 45 days, he/she will > temporarily change the password a

ARCServe

Has anyone here used/installed ARCServe for Linux?   Justin.

Re: Compiling 2.4.20

You need the image file. It is the initial RAM disk that linux uses to boot the system. Try 'man mkinitrd', basically you need to run this in /boot (assuming you've already copied your kernel to there). mkinitrd -v imagename kernel imagename can be whatever you want and you use that name in gru

Re: sudo and globbing

Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] snip all the comments shell expansion Yup... it all makes sense now.. thanks -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

USB Direct-Access / Camera

Thanks to all who replied before to this thread Synopsis:  Attempting to connect Fuji FinePix-3800 camera as a mountable external usb drive.  Still not working, but believe I'm closer to the problem... More:  I've seen the advice about mounting USB devices, memory, scsi, whatnot

modutils version for kernel 2.5.59+?

Hi, It is my understanding that some low-level details about how the 2.5.x series of kernels loads modules has been changed, requiring an upgrade to modutils. The version of modutils here is listed as 2.4.21-13: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules The version of modutils

Re: Swapon, Schmapon

Jay, Many thanks, Jay, I located the offending entry in /etc/fsab and edited it out. On reboot, the item did not display. Regards. John Lowell - Original Message - From: "Jay Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: Re: Swapon,

Personal xinitrc file not picked up by X !

Hello all, Wanting to customize X loading I put a .xinitrc file in my home directory with some changes. But it is not picked up by X when loading ! X only picks up the default xinitrc file in /etc/X11/xinit. I have tried renaming the file xinitrc but to no avail. Anyone have an idea about this

Re: Password Program

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 15:16, Michael Klama wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a program available that will automatically > generate passwords based on parameters that I set? man mkpasswd -- "It's time to KISS your BOT goodBYYEE!" -- Metabee, 'Medabots' -- P

Re: Virtusertable

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:43, Thom Paine wrote: > I am trying to set up 5 domains on my box and I only want a few email > addresses for the domains. I've tried configuring the virtusertable to have > the specific ones that I want, but if I try and send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can still email

Re: Password Program

You can try mkpasswd. Michael Klama wrote: Can anyone tell me if there is a program available that will automatically generate passwords based on parameters that I set? Mike -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Virtusertable

Am Mon, 2003-02-03 um 20.43 schrieb Thom Paine: > I only want to accept mail for a few names, specifically this one, and a > couple of others. Is there a way to tell sendmail to reject all the rest in > the virtusertable? Or am I even trying to do it with the right file? You may write in virtusert

Re: Compiling 2.4.20

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:46:14AM -0800, Bob Parry wrote: > I also have tried to compile 2.4.20 for my RH 8.0 system. I tried > to find an rpm version but it failed to install. I have everything > running with the new kernel accept the Ethernet Card. You can install the rpms from the rawhide di

Password Program

Can anyone tell me if there is a program available that will automatically generate passwords based on parameters that I set? Mike -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Swapon, Schmapon

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:49:41PM -0500, John Lowell wrote: > I've just installed Red Hat 8.0 on a new drive and in the initial scrolling after >booting reports an attempt to turn on a swap file that doesn't exist, which it so >notes: > > swapon /dev/sdc5 no such device [FAILED

unsubscribe

-Original Message- From: Cameron Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NFS suprises. On 17:33 02 Feb 2003, Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | Im using NFS install of phoebe-beta, and trying to pull from grou

Virtusertable

I am trying to set up 5 domains on my box and I only want a few email addresses for the domains. I've tried configuring the virtusertable to have the specific ones that I want, but if I try and send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can still email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get them in the same account. I o

not allowing previous passwds as valid

Is there a way for the system to maintain a password history for each account, so that a user cannot return to a previous password? If I set a user's password to expire in 45 days, he/she will temporarily change the password and then reset it again to the first password. There won't be an effe

length of a valid password

I know how to use the -M option on chage to set the number of days during which a password is valid. Can one use "chage -M 90 * " to globally set password validity length? Is there a way of setting a date on which the passwords expire? This is beneficial at a location where turnover is seasona

Swapon, Schmapon

I've just installed Red Hat 8.0 on a new drive and in the initial scrolling after booting reports an attempt to turn on a swap file that doesn't exist, which it so notes:   swapon /dev/sdc5  no such device [FAILED]   Clearly this item is not needed and should be edited out o

Re: USB Camera and SCSI Mass Storage device

mån 2003-02-03 klockan 02.53 skrev Dan Devine: > Where is the USB device? I've successfully mounted /dev/scd1 with the > addition of this line to the /etc/fstab > /dev/scd1 /camera usbfs defaults 0 0 > > > when examining the mount, I get the following directory.. > /camera > 001 002 003

Re: rpm -e kernel(old one) doesn't come back

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:44:06AM -0500, Margaret_Doll wrote: > I then issued "rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14" and the process never came > back. "ps" show the process running with no time. "top" doesn't show > the command at all. Files from 2.4.18-14 is no longer in /boot. > /etc/grub/grub.conf

Compiling 2.4.20

I also have tried to compile 2.4.20 for my RH 8.0 system. I tried to find an rpm version but it failed to install. I have everything running with the new kernel accept the Ethernet Card. I have tried both compiled and module versions to no avail. I think the trouble may have to do with the way

rpm -e kernel(old one) doesn't come back

I had three kernels installed on one of my computers. I issued "uname -a" to ensure that the system was using the latest kernel of the three installed (2.4.18-18.8.0). I then issued "rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14" and the process never came back. "ps" show the process running with no time. "top" d

Re: Redhat's Bind config tool

I am the person trying to fix the Red Hat config bind tool. The whitespace you are seeing is caused by xsl. Basically the config data is stored in an XML database and the uses XSL to translate it to its final form (Not My design). When XSL translates the file it leaves all this white space.

Re: How do I change the . (dot) to a , (comma) sign on my keypad?

On Sun, 02 Feb 2003, 13:37:11 +0100, dA K6 wrote: > Hi. > > How do I change the . (dot) to a , (comma) sign on my keypad? > > I'm using a Finnish MS Natural keyboard with LANG="en_US" set in i18n > 'cause I want the system in English. Have tried xmodmap, but can't get it > to set . as a , sign,

Re: Load balancing

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 02:11:38PM -0500, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Not quite I meant mirroring several sites over several different > servers in a failover situation. You may be able to get by with a simple DNS round robin, depending on exactly what you're trying to do. For more complex so

Re: sudo and globbing

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:24:36AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > work using sudo. At least in this instance > > sudo ls /root/inst* > ls: /root/inst*: No such file or directory The correct syntax would be: sudo sh -c "ls

Problem with virtual consoles

I had a problem with RedHat 8.0, when i try to use virtual consoles (CTRL+ALT+[F1-F7]), the X window reduce it size and freeze up, and I can olny back to X pressing CTRL+ALT+F8. How can I solve this problem?. Thanks.

Re: Load balancing

On Monday 03 February 2003 11:11, Jonathan M. Slivko uttered: > Not quite I meant mirroring several sites over several different > servers in a failover situation. This would be a function of Red Hat Advanced Server, and Cluster Manager that comes with RHAS. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For W

RE: Load balancing

Anything open source? -- Jonathan On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Joe Klemmer wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:11, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > > Not quite I meant mirroring several sites over several different > > servers in a failover situation. > > -- Jonathan > > Depending on what exactly you

Re: USB Camera and SCSI Mass Storage device

Hi, Here is the sequence for my Fuji FinePix1300: [root@ganesha /]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/camera mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, or too many mounted file systems Ok, I knew that one . Now let's try... [root@ganesha /]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/cam

RE: Load balancing

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:11, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Not quite I meant mirroring several sites over several different > servers in a failover situation. > -- Jonathan Depending on what exactly your needs are, Coyote Point Systems has a good product. T

Re: sudo and globbing

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 08:34, Tim Waugh wrote: > > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > > work using sudo. At least in this instance > > Globbing is done by your shell, i.e. before sudo is executed. The > shell can't read those files, so you lose. > > Perhaps u

Re: Logitech Cordless Elite Duo: issues and useful keysyms

On Sat, 01 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And yes, I didn't say that but I am using it as ps/2. Interesting > that the keycodes differ between ps/2 and usb. Annoying is more like it :) >>I still want to use the keyboard over USB, so kernel support for >>keycodes over 255 would be nice...

RE: Load balancing

Not quite I meant mirroring several sites over several different servers in a failover situation. -- Jonathan On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Piero Calucci wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 15:24, Jonathan Slivko wrote: > > I was sort of wondering the same thing, just with two or more servers serving the >

Re: sudo and globbing

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:24:36AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > work using sudo. At least in this instance Globbing is done by your shell, i.e. before sudo is executed. The shell can't read those files, so you lose. Perhaps

Re: sudo and globbing

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Harry Putnam wrote: > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > work using sudo. At least in this instance > > as root > ls /root/inst* > /root/install.log /root/install.log.syslog > > as user > > sudo ls /root/inst* > ls: /root/ins

RE: sudo and globbing

> -Original Message- > From: Harry Putnam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Mon, February 03, 2003 3:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: sudo and globbing > > > I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't > work using sudo. At least in this instance > >

sudo and globbing

I didn't notice anything in man sudo to explain why globbing doesn't work using sudo. At least in this instance as root ls /root/inst* /root/install.log /root/install.log.syslog as user sudo ls /root/inst* ls: /root/inst*: No such file or directory sudo ls /root/install.log

Re: USB Camera and SCSI Mass Storage device

i have to hot plug my camera and usb disk key if they are plugged in on boot up they get the same id as my burner. but it seems from what you put earlier i think /dev/sdb1 should have mounted your camera. my camera( a Olympus c-4000) puts all the images in a directory structure of 100olymp/ so p

Re: Chris N Kline/Boulder/IBM is out of the office.

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 10:18, Chris N Kline wrote: > I will be out of the office starting February 3, 2003 and will not return > until February 4, 2003. > > I'm away for training. I will respond to your message when I return, if > not sooner. If you need assistance, please contact our hotpager by

Chris N Kline/Boulder/IBM is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting February 3, 2003 and will not return until February 4, 2003. I'm away for training. I will respond to your message when I return, if not sooner. If you need assistance, please contact our hotpager by calling IBM Operations at 303-924-3573, or contact my t