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stderr v. stdout

by Bill Mills-Curran

I can't believe I'm revisiting this yet again... I'm struggling with identifying "standard practice" for deciding when to write to stdout v. stderr. In particular, I'm working with processes associated with software maintenance (building, copying, SCM, etc.). I'd love to find a definitive whitepaper on the subject. Does anyone have any pointers? TIA, Bill

May 9, 2002

Re: [Wlug] timezone

by Baris Hasdemir

yes it has timeconfig baris On Wed, 8 May 2002 12:57:00 -0400 (EDT) Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > It's been a couple of years since i've used slack. > > But redhat has a util called "tzselect" > debian has a util called "tzconfig" > > does slack have anything similar? > > > On Wed, 8 May 2002, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > > > hi, > > > > I have a strange-for-me problem. I am one of those paranoid guys, who has > > added"ntpdate time.nist.gov" to the crontab to be executed every day. > > > > the problem is that, every night the system time is set 1 hour earlier of > > the actual time. i.e it is executed at 23:00 and is set to 22:00 after > > ntpdate, as far as I could observe. I am pretty confused about the subject. > > Tried different timezone names, etc, hence more confused. > > > > I also have a problem with the name of the timezone. which timezone name do > > you choose guys? US/Eastern? America/Newyork? GMT+5? EST? EDT? or any other? > > I am using slackware-current. set the timezone to America/New_York and > > whenever I send a mail, sylpheed shows my timezone as GMT-4 and > > #date > > shows my timezone as EDT. > > > > any comments. other than removing the crontab job? :) > > > > thanks, > > baris > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > -- > > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 > Cell: 508-517-4819 > Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ > KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ > AOL IM ID = KarlH420 > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > > To generalize is to be an idiot. > -- William Blake > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

May 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] timezone

by Karl Hiramoto

It's been a couple of years since i've used slack. But redhat has a util called "tzselect" debian has a util called "tzconfig" does slack have anything similar? On Wed, 8 May 2002, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > hi, > > I have a strange-for-me problem. I am one of those paranoid guys, who has added > "ntpdate time.nist.gov" to the crontab to be executed every day. > > the problem is that, every night the system time is set 1 hour earlier of the > actual time. i.e it is executed at 23:00 and is set to 22:00 after ntpdate, as > far as I could observe. I am pretty confused about the subject. Tried different > timezone names, etc, hence more confused. > > I also have a problem with the name of the timezone. which timezone name do you > choose guys? US/Eastern? America/Newyork? GMT+5? EST? EDT? or any other? I am > using slackware-current. set the timezone to America/New_York and whenever I > send a mail, sylpheed shows my timezone as GMT-4 and > #date > shows my timezone as EDT. > > any comments. other than removing the crontab job? :) > > thanks, > baris > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø To generalize is to be an idiot. -- William Blake

May 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Josh Huber

jeff <jmr71769(a)earthlink.net> writes: > you have my vote for apt-get ;) Yes, apt-get is nice but it does miss some things since it doesn't handle Recommends, etc. > dselect isn't bad...if you spare the time to learn it... Indeed. But, I really hate dselect. Personally, I think aptitude is a _much_ better frontend to the packaging system. If you do upgrade from potato to woody, make sure after changing your sources.list to woody you upgrade dpkg and apt-get first, and install apt-utils: <edit /etc/apt/sources.list> apt-get update apt-get install dpkg apt-get apt-utils apt-get dist-upgrade done. ;) ttyl, -- Josh Huber

May 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] timezone

by Michael Frysinger

i have ntpd constantly running and my /etc/localtime is linked to /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern ... this is Slackware 8.0 running hwclock shows my time as the current time that it should be ... the /usr/share/zoneinfo/ setup seems to be distro dependent so only slackware peeps should be able to give help on this one ... -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baris Hasdemir" <penguen(a)hasdemir.com> To: "wlug" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 05:04 Subject: [Wlug] timezone > hi, > > I have a strange-for-me problem. I am one of those paranoid guys, who has added > "ntpdate time.nist.gov" to the crontab to be executed every day. > > the problem is that, every night the system time is set 1 hour earlier of the > actual time. i.e it is executed at 23:00 and is set to 22:00 after ntpdate, as > far as I could observe. I am pretty confused about the subject. Tried different > timezone names, etc, hence more confused. > > I also have a problem with the name of the timezone. which timezone name do you > choose guys? US/Eastern? America/Newyork? GMT+5? EST? EDT? or any other? I am > using slackware-current. set the timezone to America/New_York and whenever I > send a mail, sylpheed shows my timezone as GMT-4 and > #date > shows my timezone as EDT. > > any comments. other than removing the crontab job? :) > > thanks, > baris > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 8, 2002

timezone

by Baris Hasdemir

hi, I have a strange-for-me problem. I am one of those paranoid guys, who has added "ntpdate time.nist.gov" to the crontab to be executed every day. the problem is that, every night the system time is set 1 hour earlier of the actual time. i.e it is executed at 23:00 and is set to 22:00 after ntpdate, as far as I could observe. I am pretty confused about the subject. Tried different timezone names, etc, hence more confused. I also have a problem with the name of the timezone. which timezone name do you choose guys? US/Eastern? America/Newyork? GMT+5? EST? EDT? or any other? I am using slackware-current. set the timezone to America/New_York and whenever I send a mail, sylpheed shows my timezone as GMT-4 and #date shows my timezone as EDT. any comments. other than removing the crontab job? :) thanks, baris

May 8, 2002

nvidia drivers, re-visited and working

by Brad Noyes

Hi All, You may remember that earlier this year i was having difficulty in getting the nvidia drivers to work with my TNT card. Today i figured out the problem. I needed to enable 'Assign IRQ to VGA' in my BIOS. Things seem to work, except some re-draws are slow for X-term, and konsole. --brad

May 8, 2002

Cheap colo!

by Adam Keck

It's not linux, but it is reasonable, finally. http://www.johncompanies.com/collocation/ -Adam "lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum" _____________________________________________ Adam Keck The Mathworks 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma www.mathworks.com FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator _____________________________________________

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by jeff

Chuck Homic wrote: > > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 03:24:30PM -0700, Jeremy wrote: > > I'll have to get used to dselect and all the related apt apps. > > Ughh.... dselect. I recommend *don't* get used to dselect, and just use > apt-get for everything. Flame war? > > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug you have my vote for apt-get ;) dselect isn't bad...if you spare the time to learn it... p.s. who be goin' to episode 2? :) peace -jeff

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Chuck Homic

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 03:24:30PM -0700, Jeremy wrote: > I'll have to get used to dselect and all the related apt apps. Ughh.... dselect. I recommend *don't* get used to dselect, and just use apt-get for everything. Flame war? -Chuck

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

Ok, thinks are looking better. I'll be happy once I can ssh into the box and setup everything remotely. I'll have to get used to dselect and all the related apt apps. --- Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > > acutally i figured it out :-) I had SCSI voodoo. Amazing how those > > little jumpers make a difference... The installer worked and > > booted. But I still think "woody" has bugs in it. The installer > > just loops when after I finish setting up the password info; it > > should ask about PPP, but never does. I do rememeber seeing kernel > > errors on booting (live not floppy) about PPP/serial modules > > missing. So i am trying different various of modules during the > > install. I may have to go to the stable which i think is potato. > > Damn, I picked a bad time to suggest trying woody. This problem is > fixed in sid, and can be fixed by moving /etc/inittab.real to > /etc/inittab. See: > > <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/145434> > <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/145469> > > > We'll see :-) > > Yeah, you could install potato and dist-upgrade to woody as an > alternative, but apart from that little annoying loop bug, woody would > be a better choice. > > The 1.33.18 package is in sid, and hopefully will move into woody by > tomorrow. > > here are the versions for each release: > > base-config | 0.33.2 | stable | source, alpha, arm, i386, m68k, > powerpc, sparc > base-config | 1.33.17 | testing | source, all > base-config | 1.33.18 | unstable | source, all > > ttyl, > > -- > Josh Huber __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Josh Huber

Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > acutally i figured it out :-) I had SCSI voodoo. Amazing how those > little jumpers make a difference... The installer worked and > booted. But I still think "woody" has bugs in it. The installer > just loops when after I finish setting up the password info; it > should ask about PPP, but never does. I do rememeber seeing kernel > errors on booting (live not floppy) about PPP/serial modules > missing. So i am trying different various of modules during the > install. I may have to go to the stable which i think is potato. Damn, I picked a bad time to suggest trying woody. This problem is fixed in sid, and can be fixed by moving /etc/inittab.real to /etc/inittab. See: <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/145434> <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/145469> > We'll see :-) Yeah, you could install potato and dist-upgrade to woody as an alternative, but apart from that little annoying loop bug, woody would be a better choice. The 1.33.18 package is in sid, and hopefully will move into woody by tomorrow. here are the versions for each release: base-config | 0.33.2 | stable | source, alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc base-config | 1.33.17 | testing | source, all base-config | 1.33.18 | unstable | source, all ttyl, -- Josh Huber

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

acutally i figured it out :-) I had SCSI voodoo. Amazing how those little jumpers make a difference... The installer worked and booted. But I still think "woody" has bugs in it. The installer just loops when after I finish setting up the password info; it should ask about PPP, but never does. I do rememeber seeing kernel errors on booting (live not floppy) about PPP/serial modules missing. So i am trying different various of modules during the install. I may have to go to the stable which i think is potato. We'll see :-) -J --- Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > > They are ext2 fs. Are there different flavors of ext2? or of even > > partition maps? > > Well, no there aren't different flavors of ext2 -- unless your > original installation is SO old that it was from the days when powerpc > ext2 was stored in big-endian format on disk. > > As for the partition table, yes there are different types of partition > tables, but if you were using MacOS with that computer successfully, > you were probably using an Apple partition table. > > What kind of output do you see? Any messages in the kernel log? How > about /proc/partitions? > > What kind of output do you see in the dmesg about the Partition check: > > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [mac] p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 > > is what I see... > > What distribution are you trying? > > -- > Josh Huber > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Josh Huber

Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > They are ext2 fs. Are there different flavors of ext2? or of even > partition maps? Well, no there aren't different flavors of ext2 -- unless your original installation is SO old that it was from the days when powerpc ext2 was stored in big-endian format on disk. As for the partition table, yes there are different types of partition tables, but if you were using MacOS with that computer successfully, you were probably using an Apple partition table. What kind of output do you see? Any messages in the kernel log? How about /proc/partitions? What kind of output do you see in the dmesg about the Partition check: Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [mac] p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 is what I see... What distribution are you trying? -- Josh Huber

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

I got it to boot using floppies, but for some reason it didnt recognize the original disk partitions.... It saw the drives but unable to read the maps. I was hoping not to reformat everything... Any ideas anyone? They are ext2 fs. Are there different flavors of ext2? or of even partition maps? --- Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > > Bender lives on! Sadly Futurama wont! :( yeah i thought about debian > > but the last two installs i tried sucked! Once on a sparc and the > > other was on my B&W. RTMF :-) Maybe I'll give debian one last try > > on my 7500. > > Hmm, yeah well...the installer needs work, I know. The woody > installer is a lot better though, so you might want to give it a try. > > > If i can boot via open firmware that would golden! > > Yeah, can you get video output from OF on the 7500? Perhaps with > updated OF patches from apple you could use OF if it doesn't work > right now. booting via quik is much better than using BootX ;) > > ttyl, > > -- > Josh Huber > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Josh Huber

Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > Bender lives on! Sadly Futurama wont! :( yeah i thought about debian > but the last two installs i tried sucked! Once on a sparc and the > other was on my B&W. RTMF :-) Maybe I'll give debian one last try > on my 7500. Hmm, yeah well...the installer needs work, I know. The woody installer is a lot better though, so you might want to give it a try. > If i can boot via open firmware that would golden! Yeah, can you get video output from OF on the 7500? Perhaps with updated OF patches from apple you could use OF if it doesn't work right now. booting via quik is much better than using BootX ;) ttyl, -- Josh Huber

May 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

Bender lives on! Sadly Futurama wont! :( yeah i thought about debian but the last two installs i tried sucked! Once on a sparc and the other was on my B&W. RTMF :-) Maybe I'll give debian one last try on my 7500. If i can boot via open firmware that would golden! -J --- Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > > Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? > > My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall > > it with YDL. Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM > > drive doesnt seem to work! Some files copy, some dont... I will > > just assume its the drive due to age/heat. So I was hoping someone > > (near WPI) had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be > > good). The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install > > BOOTX files). Such a PITA some times. Beside CDROM, what other PPC > > install options still exisit? The boot floppies over network from > > linuxppc.org use to work but i am not sure they are still around. > > YDL seemed like a good choice for now. > > Ah, good old bender? > > I don't have an external cdrom drive, but you could try dding the > debian recsue floppy to a disk and booting/installing from that: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-powerpc/current/p… > > I think that image is for booting older machines. But, I don't know > and I'm not sure if that image even works ;) > > YMMV. (debian is nice though...) > > ttyl, > > -- > Josh Huber > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Josh Huber

Jeremy <mcotis(a)yahoo.com> writes: > Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? > My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall > it with YDL. Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM > drive doesnt seem to work! Some files copy, some dont... I will > just assume its the drive due to age/heat. So I was hoping someone > (near WPI) had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be > good). The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install > BOOTX files). Such a PITA some times. Beside CDROM, what other PPC > install options still exisit? The boot floppies over network from > linuxppc.org use to work but i am not sure they are still around. > YDL seemed like a good choice for now. Ah, good old bender? I don't have an external cdrom drive, but you could try dding the debian recsue floppy to a disk and booting/installing from that: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-powerpc/current/p… I think that image is for booting older machines. But, I don't know and I'm not sure if that image even works ;) YMMV. (debian is nice though...) ttyl, -- Josh Huber

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

Dont be knocking us mac user :) j/k This linux box has been solid for 3 years. Which equals three years of duplicate/old files in usr and usr/local and other misc junk; mad admin skills i know/ anyone hiring? :) I'll let you know about the Plextor later in the week. TIA, J --- doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> wrote: > Hi > > Jeremy wrote: > > > > Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? > > My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall it with > > YDL. > > I can beat you on that "old". I have a Plextor PX-65CS which I bought > Dec 8, 1995 :-). Seriously, if it would be any use to you, you are > welcome to try it. It has a two fifty pin centronics connectors (and I > have a cable from that to a twenty five pin connector). It uses a caddy > but I suspect that is no problem. I assume it will be about as slow > as you can get given its birth date. If you cannot do better, feel > free to try it. > > > Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM drive doesnt seem to > work! > > Some files copy, some dont... I will just assume its the drive due to > age/heat. > > So I was hoping someone (near WPI) > > I am out in Shrewsbury but my son-in-law is in at Worcester Academy > (Steve Daukas, WLUG too) so he might serve as a go-between but I'll > not do anything re scheduling there until I hear from you. > > > had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be good). > > That the Plextor can do. > > > The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install > > BOOTX files). > > Not being a MAC prevert, I cannot comment knowledgeably on that. > > > Such a PITA some times. > > All our hearts go out to MAC users :-) > > doug > -- > Douglas R Waud > 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-2006 > 508 845 1718 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Bad NIC?

by John Stoffel

Andy> I have a network interface on my firewall that is throwing Andy> receive errors at me. They are in the overrun and frame columns Andy> of the ifconfig printout for that interface. I tried to restart Andy> the interface and reload the kernel module to no avail. I also Andy> power cycled the Linksys switch and cabled to a different switch Andy> port. A different cable didn't help, either. I'd rather not Andy> reboot the machine with 135 days of uptime. You've done alot of checks, but you may just have to do a reboot. Andy> I noticed that on a 100 Mbit ethernet segment, I'm getting a Andy> failure rate on approx. 25% of the packets. Reducing the MTU Andy> from 1500 to 768 helps the transfer rate but doesn't solve the Andy> problem. How about if you drop it down to 10mb/s instead and see how it works? It's not like you're going to get anything like that speed through a cable modem/DSL link anyway. This might slow down the traffic enough for the card to be able to deal with it better. Andy> This is the only machine on my home network that shows any Andy> errors.

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by doug waud

Hi Jeremy wrote: > > Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? > My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall it with > YDL. I can beat you on that "old". I have a Plextor PX-65CS which I bought Dec 8, 1995 :-). Seriously, if it would be any use to you, you are welcome to try it. It has a two fifty pin centronics connectors (and I have a cable from that to a twenty five pin connector). It uses a caddy but I suspect that is no problem. I assume it will be about as slow as you can get given its birth date. If you cannot do better, feel free to try it. > Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM drive doesnt seem to work! > Some files copy, some dont... I will just assume its the drive due to age/heat. > So I was hoping someone (near WPI) I am out in Shrewsbury but my son-in-law is in at Worcester Academy (Steve Daukas, WLUG too) so he might serve as a go-between but I'll not do anything re scheduling there until I hear from you. > had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be good). That the Plextor can do. > The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install > BOOTX files). Not being a MAC prevert, I cannot comment knowledgeably on that. > Such a PITA some times. All our hearts go out to MAC users :-) doug -- Douglas R Waud 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-2006 508 845 1718

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerMac CD-ROM

by Skip Gaede

On Sunday 05 May 2002 09:30 pm, Jeremy wrote: > Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? > Beside CDROM, what other PPC install options still exisit? The boot > floppies over network from linuxppc.org use to work but i am not sure they > are still around. YDL seemed like a good choice for now. > > -Jeremy Hi Jeremy, I think you're right, getting an external SCSI CD might be the easiest solution. However, since you asked, there are other solutions! You can setup netatalk on another Linux box and can download any Mac files you need, first to your Mac and then copy them to the other Mac volume on the other machine. The 7.5.3 system folder on the Network Access Disk and the MkLinux Booter will allow you to load a Linux kernel and initRD to install YDL. I now have an installer with the MkLinux booter, a 2.4.6-pre3 kernel and initRD into a small (20 MB) HFS partition. The kernel uses the onboard NIC and can then do a network install of YDL 1.2. The newer releases, though, can only be installed from a local CD or DVD. --Skip

May 6, 2002

Bad NIC?

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I have a network interface on my firewall that is throwing receive errors at me. They are in the overrun and frame columns of the ifconfig printout for that interface. I tried to restart the interface and reload the kernel module to no avail. I also power cycled the Linksys switch and cabled to a different switch port. A different cable didn't help, either. I'd rather not reboot the machine with 135 days of uptime. I noticed that on a 100 Mbit ethernet segment, I'm getting a failure rate on approx. 25% of the packets. Reducing the MTU from 1500 to 768 helps the transfer rate but doesn't solve the problem. This is the only machine on my home network that shows any errors. Any thoughts? Is it a bad NIC or something I've missed? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

May 6, 2002

PowerMac CD-ROM

by Jeremy

Does anyone have a SCSI cdrom that I can borrow/buy for an old 7500? My linux box is such a hackjob of software that I want to reinstall it with YDL. Low and behold I try it last week and the damn CDROM drive doesnt seem to work! Some files copy, some dont... I will just assume its the drive due to age/heat. So I was hoping someone (near WPI) had a CDROM drive i could borrow (external would be good). The drive i think would have to work in MacOS too (to install BOOTX files). Such a PITA some times. Beside CDROM, what other PPC install options still exisit? The boot floppies over network from linuxppc.org use to work but i am not sure they are still around. YDL seemed like a good choice for now. -Jeremy ===== - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

May 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Advise Needed

by Frank Sweetser

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 03:55:11PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > It appears that my computer has been hacked into. The following > services are run periodically throughout the day. How do I go about > finding out what is starting and stopping them and more importantly > prevent them from being run. > > I have a hardware firewall between the computer and isp. > > 17762 root sh -c (safe_finger -l @64.213.97.247 > 2>&1| /bin/mail -s "in.ftpd-64.213.97.247 unknown" root) > & > 17763 nobody safe_finger -l @64.213.97.247 > 17764 root /bin/mail -s in.ftpd-64.213.97.247 unknown root > 17765 nobody finger -l 64.213.97.247 > 17768 root /usr/sbin/sshd > 17770 root sh -c (safe_finger -l @::ffff:64.213.97.247 > 2>&1| /bin/mail -s "sshd-::ffff:64.213.97.247 unknown" > root) & > 17771 nobody safe_finger -l @::ffff:64.213.97.247 > 17772 root /bin/mail -s sshd-::ffff:64.213.97.247 unknown root > 17773 nobody finger -l ::ffff:64.213.97.247 These look like commands generated by tcpwrappers. Check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 18 Full-time WPI Network Engineer, Part time Linux/Perl guy | Woody: What's the latest, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Zsa-Zsa marries a millionaire, Peterson drinks a beer. Film at eleven. -- Cheers, Knights of the Scimitar

May 2, 2002