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RE: [Wlug] shot power supply?

by dibb_jim＠emc.com

Most drives require +5 and + 12 volt supplies. Some newer (very new) drives only require +12V. -----Original Message----- From: bryon3245(a)netzero.com [mailto:bryon3245@netzero.com] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:54 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] shot power supply? I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and I am pretty sure that the power supply is shot. I was wondering if there are any tests that I can do to make sure that it is the power supply and not something else. I am sure that there is nothing wrong with the power cord. When I plug in the cord and push the power button nothing happens and nothing lights up. I was also wondering why there are four cords going to each drive. I know it needs a positive and negative and posibly a ground but what is the last one for. What does each cord do? Is it possible to replace it with a generic PSU becuase i heard that only dell ones will work with a dell computer. Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 22, 2002

shot power supply?

by bryon3245＠netzero.com

I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and I am pretty sure that the power supply is shot. I was wondering if there are any tests that I can do to make sure that it is the power supply and not something else. I am sure that there is nothing wrong with the power cord. When I plug in the cord and push the power button nothing happens and nothing lights up. I was also wondering why there are four cords going to each drive. I know it needs a positive and negative and posibly a ground but what is the last one for. What does each cord do? Is it possible to replace it with a generic PSU becuase i heard that only dell ones will work with a dell computer. Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

April 22, 2002

Whee! MIT Flea

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

::Dances around:: Got so much great swag at the flea this time ^_^; Anyway, I picked up two Dolch 486DX/33s, on board scsi, 32meg for $15. It's been a loooong time since I've run linux on a 486 (slack 2.something, iirc) I'm thinking Debian potato would be alright? I most likely won't install X, but if I do, I'll use X3.foo with a minimalist windowmanager... Any suggestions? It's going to be alot of shoehorning for sure. I won't lie, I haven't ran a linux system since my P200 died, she was a fileserver and random-use machine. So, getting these running would be great so I could fool around at work during slow hours. Thanks, James KB1FJQ

April 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Jason Calvert

Yes I agree, but since it came with a ping and only once, I figured it was not a worm but a person on the other end. On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 08:50, Charles R. Anderson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 08:39:00AM -0400, Jason Calvert wrote: > calvert> It does not really look like some one is trying to break through your > calvert> file wall, they are not sending acks or anything strange, they are > calvert> simply trying to view content on your httpd server which you are not > calvert> running I guess. Have they scanned any other ports?(other than the ICMP > calvert> ping?) If I saw an port scan or ack packets I would be more concerned. > calvert> If you have a dynamic IP it could be someone trying to return to a site > calvert> they were at before... > calvert> Usually a break in attempt will cause a lot more traffic that a http > calvert> request. > > Actually, unsolicited http requests like this are usually viruses like > Code Red or Nimda. > > Sometimes the IP address doesn't have a DNS reversal. In either case, I > like to look them up in ARIN/RIPE/APNIC: > > >whois 66.189.81.226(a)whois.arin.net > [whois.arin.net] > Charter Communications (NETBLK-CHARTER-NET-5BLK) CHARTER-NET-5BLK > 66.188.0.0 - 66.191.255.255 > Charter Communications (NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080) OXFD-MA-66-189-080 > 66.189.80.0 - 66.189.83.255 > > To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the > handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. > > The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet > Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. > Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related > Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. > > >whois \!NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080(a)whois.arin.net > [whois.arin.net] > Charter Communications (NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080) > 12405 Powerscourt Dr. > St. Louis, MO 63131 > US > > Netname: OXFD-MA-66-189-080 > Netblock: 66.189.80.0 - 66.189.83.255 > > Coordinator: > Charter Communications (ZC119-ARIN) ipaddressing(a)chartercom.com > 314-965-0555 > > Domain System inverse mapping provided by: > > NS1.CHARTER.COM 24.196.241.11 > NS2.CHARTER.COM 24.213.60.79 > > Record last updated on 12-Dec-2001. > Database last updated on 17-Apr-2002 19:59:25 EDT. > > The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet > Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. > Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related > Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. > > > > If the results come up with RIPE, redo the query with whois.ripe.net. > If the results come up with APNIC, use whois.apnic.net. > > -- > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Motherboard Monitor

by Charles R. Anderson

lm_sensors? http://freshmeat.net/projects/lm_sensors/?topic_id=862%2C146 On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 06:21:48PM -0400, Michael Frysinger wrote: vapier> are there any utilities out there that you guys vapier> know of that work with the sensors that vapier> motherboards have ? i'm looking for something vapier> that can obtain CPU temperature, fan rpm's, vapier> and all that other fun stuff ... at this point i just vapier> want something so i can read those values ... vapier> i dont need any fancy programs really ... vapier> -mike -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Motherboard Monitor

by Brian J. Conway

> are there any utilities out there that you guys > know of that work with the sensors that > motherboards have ? i'm looking for something > that can obtain CPU temperature, fan rpm's, > and all that other fun stuff ... at this point i just > want something so i can read those values ... > i dont need any fancy programs really ... Lmsensors is pretty much the standard and consists of kernel modules that are loaded depending upon your chipset and then read by external programs. I used to use a nice dock app to keep track of things, but I've found recent releases of lmsensors to be highly unsafe for SMP use and would dump my kernel when I tried to load or access them, though I might have just misconfigured one of the modules. Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

April 18, 2002

Motherboard Monitor

by Michael Frysinger

are there any utilities out there that you guys know of that work with the sensors that motherboards have ? i'm looking for something that can obtain CPU temperature, fan rpm's, and all that other fun stuff ... at this point i just want something so i can read those values ... i dont need any fancy programs really ... -mike

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by jeff

another fun toy for the paranoid is lsof - a really nifty process tool. shows ALL the stuff tunning on your machine and who's running them. maybe check for rootkits and stuff like that. :) but i agree with the other guys...i get tons of http and ftp and even some ssh hits every day. of course, earthlink's network - especially in my ip range - is littered with nimda and code red IIS machines. scary... -jeff

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Jeremy

I would have to agree. If you have DSL/broadband, it seems that you are bound to get these "random" hits. Like Charles said, most are the http IIS virus which you dont need to "worry" about. My PPC linux box gets tons of the http hits which I just ignore, as well as the occasional SSH hits, and anonymous FTP (which anon is turned off). Acutally I am surprise you only got 2 http hits. Usually a few an hour for me. Anyway, just keep tabs on your daily logs. Possibly install log analyis tools. Actually, if you have openssh installed, I believe it installs a neat simple script called: "logcheck.sh" It doesnt do much, but shows failed login attempts etc. Start a crontab and have it email u the results. PS if your running Intel definately keep update to date on patches; or is this no longer true (i.e. asm buffer code etc)? -jeremy no warrently included --- "Brian J. Conway" <bconway(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: > > Looking at my log file from my firewall reveals that not I've got > > people trying to through my firewall from... > > > > 66.189.81.226 (and 246) (http connect attempts) > > 62.163.126.100 (same domain as yesterday) > > > > How do I track them back to the ISP's and send a message to their abuse@ > > address? > > > > Someone's trying to ping me from 66.189.24.226 as well. > > [dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 66.189.81.226 > 226.81.189.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer > cpe-66-189-81-226.ma.charter.com.[dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 62.163.126.100 > 100.126.163.62.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer a126100.upc-a.chello.nl. > [dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 66.189.24.226 > 226.24.189.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer > cpe-66-189-24-226.ma.charter.com. > > > Am I being paranoid or could my isp be trying to crack my firewall to > > see if I've got any servers running? > > Port scanning isn't illegal, I wouldn't be that concerned unless something > actually gets broken into, and it doesn't sound like you're in imminent > danger of that. There's a lot of noise that's gonna show up in firewall > or PortSentry-type logs, especially on cable or DSL IP ranges, I really > don't pay it much attention myself. It's your call, of course. > > Brian J. Conway > bconway(a)wpi.edu > > "LINUX is obsolete" > - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Charles R. Anderson

On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 08:39:00AM -0400, Jason Calvert wrote: calvert> It does not really look like some one is trying to break through your calvert> file wall, they are not sending acks or anything strange, they are calvert> simply trying to view content on your httpd server which you are not calvert> running I guess. Have they scanned any other ports?(other than the ICMP calvert> ping?) If I saw an port scan or ack packets I would be more concerned. calvert> If you have a dynamic IP it could be someone trying to return to a site calvert> they were at before... calvert> Usually a break in attempt will cause a lot more traffic that a http calvert> request. Actually, unsolicited http requests like this are usually viruses like Code Red or Nimda. Sometimes the IP address doesn't have a DNS reversal. In either case, I like to look them up in ARIN/RIPE/APNIC: >whois 66.189.81.226(a)whois.arin.net [whois.arin.net] Charter Communications (NETBLK-CHARTER-NET-5BLK) CHARTER-NET-5BLK 66.188.0.0 - 66.191.255.255 Charter Communications (NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080) OXFD-MA-66-189-080 66.189.80.0 - 66.189.83.255 To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. >whois \!NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080(a)whois.arin.net [whois.arin.net] Charter Communications (NETBLK-OXFD-MA-66-189-080) 12405 Powerscourt Dr. St. Louis, MO 63131 US Netname: OXFD-MA-66-189-080 Netblock: 66.189.80.0 - 66.189.83.255 Coordinator: Charter Communications (ZC119-ARIN) ipaddressing(a)chartercom.com 314-965-0555 Domain System inverse mapping provided by: NS1.CHARTER.COM 24.196.241.11 NS2.CHARTER.COM 24.213.60.79 Record last updated on 12-Dec-2001. Database last updated on 17-Apr-2002 19:59:25 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. If the results come up with RIPE, redo the query with whois.ripe.net. If the results come up with APNIC, use whois.apnic.net. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Skip Gaede

On Thursday 18 April 2002 08:05 am, Wesley Allen wrote: > OK, > Looking at my log file from my firewall reveals that not I've got > people trying to through my firewall from... > > 66.189.81.226 (and 246) (http connect attempts) > 62.163.126.100 (same domain as yesterday) > > How do I track them back to the ISP's and send a message to their abuse@ > address? > > Someone's trying to ping me from 66.189.24.226 as well. > > Am I being paranoid or could my isp be trying to crack my firewall to > see if I've got any servers running? > > Time to batten down the hatches... > > Wes Hi Wes, Thye're out there! I had the same problem when I setup an http site to debug an app I was working on. I kinda forgot about it and kept getting virus droppings in my scripts directory. Eventually I figured out what was going on and tightened the security on the site so I was the only one whjo had write access and that stopped it. I think there are folks who have nothing better to do than to write webbots to look for things inside their ISPs domain. As long as you have adequate protection against write access, you're probably OK. Some of the accesses were from machines operated by my ISP. I don't know what they were for :-} --Skip

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Jason Calvert

It does not really look like some one is trying to break through your file wall, they are not sending acks or anything strange, they are simply trying to view content on your httpd server which you are not running I guess. Have they scanned any other ports?(other than the ICMP ping?) If I saw an port scan or ack packets I would be more concerned. If you have a dynamic IP it could be someone trying to return to a site they were at before... Usually a break in attempt will cause a lot more traffic that a http request. Jason On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 08:05, Wesley Allen wrote: > OK, > Looking at my log file from my firewall reveals that not I've got > people trying to through my firewall from... > > 66.189.81.226 (and 246) (http connect attempts) > 62.163.126.100 (same domain as yesterday) > > How do I track them back to the ISP's and send a message to their abuse@ > address? > > Someone's trying to ping me from 66.189.24.226 as well. > > Am I being paranoid or could my isp be trying to crack my firewall to > see if I've got any servers running? > > Time to batten down the hatches... > > Wes > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Brian J. Conway

> Looking at my log file from my firewall reveals that not I've got > people trying to through my firewall from... > > 66.189.81.226 (and 246) (http connect attempts) > 62.163.126.100 (same domain as yesterday) > > How do I track them back to the ISP's and send a message to their abuse@ > address? > > Someone's trying to ping me from 66.189.24.226 as well. [dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 66.189.81.226 226.81.189.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer cpe-66-189-81-226.ma.charter.com.[dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 62.163.126.100 100.126.163.62.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer a126100.upc-a.chello.nl. [dogbert@ladyluck /]$ host 66.189.24.226 226.24.189.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer cpe-66-189-24-226.ma.charter.com. > Am I being paranoid or could my isp be trying to crack my firewall to > see if I've got any servers running? Port scanning isn't illegal, I wouldn't be that concerned unless something actually gets broken into, and it doesn't sound like you're in imminent danger of that. There's a lot of noise that's gonna show up in firewall or PortSentry-type logs, especially on cable or DSL IP ranges, I really don't pay it much attention myself. It's your call, of course. Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

April 18, 2002

I hate crackers (not the kind you eat)

by Wesley Allen

OK, Looking at my log file from my firewall reveals that not I've got people trying to through my firewall from... 66.189.81.226 (and 246) (http connect attempts) 62.163.126.100 (same domain as yesterday) How do I track them back to the ISP's and send a message to their abuse@ address? Someone's trying to ping me from 66.189.24.226 as well. Am I being paranoid or could my isp be trying to crack my firewall to see if I've got any servers running? Time to batten down the hatches... Wes

April 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Phillip G Deneault

LOL, Netops has much better methods for annoying its users then using Netbus. :-) Wouldn't you agree Mike? :-) Phil On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Michael Frysinger wrote: > dont let netops confuse you, its coming from them :/ > -mike > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the OpenVMS Guy maddness of art." - Henry James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

April 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Michael Frysinger

dont let netops confuse you, its coming from them :/ -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wesley Allen" <wallen(a)charter.net> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:51 Subject: [Wlug] netbus attack... > Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. > Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through > yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them > around a bit. Any ideas? > > Wes > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Chuck Haines

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 iptable -A INPUT -s IPOFATTACK -j DROP On 17 Apr 2002, Wesley Allen wrote: > Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. > Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through > yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them > around a bit. Any ideas? > > Wes > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > - ---------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AOL: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPILA Lab Manager | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | http://gdc.wpi.edu | MSN: CyberGrex | - ---------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OSF1) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8vdFq7HPTHjUkyKwRAuq9AJ9GtulXC4x2rCIftAMfpcSrNX0vnACcCxZA O8jItcQM8R0BHfEZE9yhYWg= =N7JM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Wesley Allen

Ahh, yes, that's a good one. Wes On ed, 2002-04-17 at 12:56, Brian J. Conway wrote: > > Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. > > Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through > > yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them > > around a bit. Any ideas? > > It sounds like you already are refusing connections (or just dropping > the packets). If it looks like it's casual portscanning I'd just ignore > it. If it's coming from the same source constantly over a period of time, > send a nasty email to their provider's abuse@ address. =) > > -b > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Phillip G Deneault

And if its from a 130.215 address, please tell WPI Netops. We like to stop that kinda thing. :-) Phil On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Brian J. Conway wrote: > > Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. > > Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through > > yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them > > around a bit. Any ideas? > > It sounds like you already are refusing connections (or just dropping > the packets). If it looks like it's casual portscanning I'd just ignore > it. If it's coming from the same source constantly over a period of time, > send a nasty email to their provider's abuse@ address. =) > > -b > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the OpenVMS Guy maddness of art." - Henry James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

April 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] netbus attack...

by Brian J. Conway

> Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. > Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through > yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them > around a bit. Any ideas? It sounds like you already are refusing connections (or just dropping the packets). If it looks like it's casual portscanning I'd just ignore it. If it's coming from the same source constantly over a period of time, send a nasty email to their provider's abuse@ address. =) -b

April 17, 2002

netbus attack...

by Wesley Allen

Hi, my firewall is detecting a "netbus attack" from an external source. Anyway I can basically refuse connections? Nothing's gotten through yet, but it's a pain to see someone doing it and I'd like to smack them around a bit. Any ideas? Wes

April 17, 2002

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by jeff

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April 17, 2002

bug report

by Bill Mills-Curran

I need some advice on where to send a bug report. Here's what happened: I was accessing an SMB filesystem mounted "mount -t smbfs" when file accesses (things like "ls" and "cd") started producing "Segmentation fault" messages. I looked in my system log and found: Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: kernel BUG at dcache.c:128! Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: invalid operand: 0000 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: CPU: 0 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: EIP: 0010:[dput+43/384] Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c014592b>] Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: eax: 0000001c ebx: c0628c40 ecx: ffffffff edx: 00000000 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: esi: c6dd18c0 edi: c2497bc0 ebp: c0628c40 esp: c5c89f54 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Process tcsh (pid: 5018, stackpage=c5c89000) Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Stack: c02128db c021297b 00000080 c3404c60 00000000 00000200 c3404c60 c3404c60 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: c6dd18c0 c0134531 c0628c40 c3404c60 00000000 00000000 bffe8148 c0133603 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: c3404c60 c625fc20 00000000 c3404c60 00000000 c3404c60 08119408 c0133653 Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Call Trace: [error_table+42755/46744] [error_table+42915/46744] [fput+113/208] [filp_close+83/96] [sys_close+67/80] [system_call+51/56] Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Call Trace: [<c02128db>] [<c021297b>] [<c0134531>] [<c0133603>] [<c0133653>] [<c010901b>] Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Apr 16 16:58:53 pent584 kernel: Code: 0f 0b 83 c4 0c ff 0b 0f 94 c0 84 c0 0f 84 33 01 00 00 8d 43 I tried to dismount the suspect filesystem, but I couldn't -- filesystem busy, even though there were no live processes on it. Then, operations on other filesystems started failing, finally ending up with a frozen system. I power cycled, and everything is happy again. So, here's what I found in the MAINTAINERS file: SMB FILESYSTEM P: Urban Widmark M: urban(a)teststation.com W: http://samba.org/ L: samba(a)samba.org S: Maintained DEVICE FILESYSTEM P: Richard Gooch M: rgooch(a)atnf.csiro.au L: linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org S: Maintained BTW, I'm running RedHat 7.1. So, who do I tell? TIA, Bill Mills-Curran

April 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] 3D and Laptop

by Chris Ogren

I have a Dell 4000 notebook with the Rage128 chipset and 1400x1050 capable display (sxga+??). I have occasioanlly encountered odd behavior of the xserver locking up and the display washing out when I try to logout of Gnome. This behavior does not occur every time though. I think possibly an X server config problem or perhaps I need to install an updated version of XFree86 4.x. Could you post a copy of your X config and XFree86 version? Although I wish I had the nVidia chipset now. Thanks, Chris On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 10:42, Brian J. Conway wrote: > > Anyone have any recommendations for a linux laptop with 3D hardware > > acceleration? I'm not particularly interested in the closed source > > nvidia drivers so I'm leaning towards the Radeon 7500. > > I couldn't be more happy with my Dell Inspiron 8000 that I bought about 11 > months ago (before the nVidia chipset was available, unfortunately). They > now offer the choice between ATI or nVidia chipsets, and I couldn't speak > more highly of Dell both for personal use and the large number we have at > work. I'm using the 32MB version of the Rage 128 chipset, and it does DRI > as well as I can expect it to, though I don't use it for much gaming > beyond TuxRacer. My $0.02. > > Brian J. Conway > bconway(a)wpi.edu > > "LINUX is obsolete" > - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 13, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA

by Brad Noyes

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 08:27:20AM -0400, desdinova(a)soupforare.net wrote: > On 10 Apr 2002, at 23:04, Mike Long wrote: > > > I am going through a back log of emails... the Zaurus (from Sharp) > > rocks!!! It is a full linux operating system on a hand held device. > > The number of apps available to it is growing by the day. It has a > > full keyboard (small but usable) and many other nice features. When > > you install vnc server on it you can get a really cool window on your > > desktop to interact with the device. > > I've been wondering how difficult/how much code hacking is needed > to compile stuff for it. > Is there an emulator or something so I can play with it? If you use QT embedded, which the Zaurus uses, you can compile a native x86 version that will run on X using the frame buffer. Also there are cross compilers that you can compile with so the resulting binaries will run on the arm processor. > > I'd love to get one, especially if I could get NetHack/Zangband to > run on it. ;) I used to have nethack on my iPAQ (don't know now to play, so i uninstalled it, but i did work). --brad > > James > KB1FJQ > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 12, 2002