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RE: [SLE] Compiling 2.4.16 Source : bzImage errors
by Martin.Guillen＠siemens.com.ar 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

I have avoided some problems like that deselecting some experimental things in the .config -----Original Message----- From: Jacek Boboli [mailto:hussaile@ant.pl] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:17 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] Compiling 2.4.16 Source : bzImage errors Hello Chaps ! I am preparing (well, so I define it, it's rather bringing disorder to my PC) my kernel to host ADSL thru the Speed Touch model. I cannot use Papillault's drivers : those are made for PPPoA and in Spain we got PPPoE. Hence, no other way than Verrept's howto. Therefore I need to compile this kernel. Herewith the message which closes my unsuccessfull trials to achieve "make bzImage". quote common.c:68:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:68:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:80:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:80:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here make[3]:***[common.o] Error 1 make[3]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net/atm' make[2]:***[first_rule] Error 2 make[2]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net/atm' make[1]:***[_subdir_atn] Error 2 make[1]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net' make:***[_dir_net] Error 2 unquote last atm rpm was downloaded from linux-atm at sourceforge. also pppoatm and other drivers and patches suggested by Verrept. What is on the hand. Is this a bug in the rpm of the source kernel ? Did I forget something ? As ever I am asking some wise advice to compensate my poor, poor, very poor experience,.... Rgds to all, Jacek -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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Compiling 2.4.16 Source : bzImage errors
by Jacek Boboli 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hello Chaps ! I am preparing (well, so I define it, it's rather bringing disorder to my PC) my kernel to host ADSL thru the Speed Touch model. I cannot use Papillault's drivers : those are made for PPPoA and in Spain we got PPPoE. Hence, no other way than Verrept's howto. Therefore I need to compile this kernel. Herewith the message which closes my unsuccessfull trials to achieve "make bzImage". quote common.c:68:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:68:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:80:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here common.c:80:redefinition of '__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' common.c.63:'__kstrtab_pppoatm_ioctl_hook' previously defined here make[3]:***[common.o] Error 1 make[3]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net/atm' make[2]:***[first_rule] Error 2 make[2]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net/atm' make[1]:***[_subdir_atn] Error 2 make[1]:Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.16.SuSE/net' make:***[_dir_net] Error 2 unquote last atm rpm was downloaded from linux-atm at sourceforge. also pppoatm and other drivers and patches suggested by Verrept. What is on the hand. Is this a bug in the rpm of the source kernel ? Did I forget something ? As ever I am asking some wise advice to compensate my poor, poor, very poor experience,.... Rgds to all, Jacek

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/etc/rc.config, SuSE or LSB
by Jason Joines 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Is specifying which init scripts start via the rc.config file a convention specific to SuSE or is it part of the Linux Standard Base? Thanks, Jason Joines ---------------------------------------------------------

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Man command no longer working
by Michael Coan 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

I am running SuSE 7.3 Pro, 2.4.10 default kernel Wanted to get some information on crontab, so I type the command man crontab I get the error message gdbm fatal: read error I reinstalled gdbm. Still get the same message tried man hdparm, man top, man tex, man anything. Always the same error message. i have experienced a lot of hard lockups recently, but that is another story. Any ideas about restoring man. I looked at /usr/share/man and the files are there. Clicking on, for example, /usr/share/man/man1/crontab.1.gz shows the file crontab.1 Any ideas. Mike -- Michael A. Coan Woodlawn Foundation 524 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801-3410 tel 914-632-3778 fax 914-632-5502

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Sound won't load
by Darren Harmon 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi; My sound is in a mess. After updating the kernel from 2.4.17-10 to 2.4.42 emu10k will not load on startup. I have a soundblaster live card. I tried downgrading to my old kernel but that failed to work. I tried the sound module in yast2, which played the sample sound, but failed to configure sound for the system. Please help, thank you. -- --------------- Darren Harmon http://users.breathemail.net/darren.harmon1/

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Suse Crash Question for the Enlightened
by David Molloy 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi, For the past few months we've been experiencing random but infrequent system crashes on our SUSE7.2 Dell box, which we haven't been able to track down. Previously on these lists, it was suggested that the Intel Network card driver was at fault and this was changed but the crash occurred again today! Essentially, the system runs along fine but then (after a few days or up to a month) it rapidly slows and locks up completely within 10 seconds (remotely or at the term). The only recourse is a nasty hard reboot. Naturally, the first port of call is to watch 'top' and try and see if something hogs the memory/cpu and after failing to find anything, we wrote a script that ran top to files 5 times every second. The somewhat peculiar thing we discovered was that in the top log at the crash time, the "top system time" changed! This happens precisely at the time of the crash, although we get approx. another 50 top outputs, which represent the following 10 seconds before it dies completely. Strangely enough the file modified time remains as the expected time, even though top is feeding out the wrong system time all of a sudden. Very top line of top: 1:39pm up 21 days, 4:07, 9 users, load average: 2.04, 2.14, 2.17 And 0.2 seconds later: 12:07pm up 21 days, 2:35, 9 users, load average: 1.81, 1.81, 1.82 Has anyone got any ideas what could possibly cause strange behaviour like this please? I have system info written below and beneath my name is a more detailed top output file. A couple of other points: - There are loads of Java processes listed but these represent threads and not processes to my knowledge. - The Oracle Process ora_s000_VCP seems to rise in memory (up to 150Mb of 1gig) as time passes and while I'm not sure what this process does I'm wary. - The two kpm processes near the end seem suspicious? - SymLinktoTop is not a strange process, but rather the process used to write the top log. System: Suse 7.2 running Oracle 8.1.7, Tomcat 4.0.1 on a Dell twin Intel CPU server. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated! More top details below. Kind regards, David Molloy ------- TOP Details --------- Two entries before time change: 1:39pm up 21 days, 4:07, 9 users, load average: 2.04, 2.14, 2.17 253 processes: 249 sleeping, 1 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice, 100.0% idle CPU1 states: 8.0% user, 91.0% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle Mem: 1028084K av, 944844K used, 83240K free, 0K shrd, 132604K buff Swap: 1052248K av, 164K used, 1052084K free 456612K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 4171 root 17 0 1060 1060 716 R 99.9 0.1 8:20 SymLinkToTop 912 root 9 0 4744 4744 3300 S 4.2 0.4 4853m gtop 25038 httpd 9 0 4252 4252 3516 S 2.1 0.4 0:11 httpd 25055 httpd 9 0 4264 4264 3516 S 2.1 0.4 0:11 httpd 1 root 9 0 224 224 188 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 init 2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd 3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:04 ksoftirqd_CPU0 4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:08 ksoftirqd_CPU1 5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 89:11 kswapd 6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreclaimd 7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:03 bdflush 8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 3:26 kupdated 11 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0 12 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1 14 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 AIFd 129 root 9 0 612 612 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 apcupsd 130 root 9 0 588 588 504 S 0.0 0.0 1:00 apcupsd 418 bin 9 0 512 512 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap 427 root 9 0 964 964 836 S 0.0 0.0 0:02 sshd 440 root 9 0 636 636 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:03 syslogd 444 root 9 0 1016 1016 452 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 klogd 459 root 9 0 548 548 468 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 lpd 472 root 9 0 704 704 608 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 rpc.statd 474 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:46 rpciod 475 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 lockd <SNIP> Last entry before time change: 1:39pm up 21 days, 4:07, 9 users, load average: 2.04, 2.14, 2.17 253 processes: 249 sleeping, 1 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 4.0% system, 0.0% nice, 95.0% idle CPU1 states: 4.0% user, 95.0% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle Mem: 1028084K av, 944860K used, 83224K free, 0K shrd, 132604K buff Swap: 1052248K av, 164K used, 1052084K free 456632K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 4171 root 16 0 1060 1060 716 R 99.9 0.1 8:20 SymLinkToTop 1 root 9 0 224 224 188 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 init 2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd 3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:04 ksoftirqd_CPU0 4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:08 ksoftirqd_CPU1 5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 89:11 kswapd 6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreclaimd 7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:03 bdflush 8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 3:26 kupdated 11 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0 12 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1 14 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 AIFd 129 root 9 0 612 612 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 apcupsd 130 root 9 0 588 588 504 S 0.0 0.0 1:00 apcupsd 418 bin 9 0 512 512 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap 427 root 9 0 964 964 836 S 0.0 0.0 0:02 sshd 440 root 9 0 636 636 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:03 syslogd 444 root 9 0 1016 1016 452 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 klogd 459 root 9 0 548 548 468 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 lpd 472 root 9 0 704 704 608 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 rpc.statd 474 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:46 rpciod 475 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 lockd <SNIP> 0.2 seconds later at the timechange: 12:07pm up 21 days, 2:35, 9 users, load average: 1.81, 1.81, 1.82 226 processes: 222 sleeping, 1 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 2.0% user, 100.0% system, 0.0% nice, -2.0% idle CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice, 100.0% idle Mem: 1028084K av, 1015296K used, 12788K free, 0K shrd, 91128K buff Swap: 1052248K av, 164K used, 1052084K free 575292K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 996 root 19 0 1044 1044 716 R 99.9 0.1 6:57 SymLinkToTop 1 root 9 0 224 224 188 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 init 2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd 3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:04 ksoftirqd_CPU0 4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:08 ksoftirqd_CPU1 5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 89:10 kswapd 6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreclaimd 7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:03 bdflush 8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 3:25 kupdated 11 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0 12 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1 14 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 AIFd 129 root 9 0 612 612 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 apcupsd 130 root 9 0 588 588 504 S 0.0 0.0 0:59 apcupsd 418 bin 9 0 512 512 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap 427 root 9 0 964 964 836 S 0.0 0.0 0:02 sshd 440 root 9 0 636 636 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:03 syslogd 444 root 9 0 1016 1016 452 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 klogd 459 root 9 0 548 548 468 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 lpd 472 root 9 0 704 704 608 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 rpc.statd 474 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:46 rpciod 475 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 lockd <SNIP> Next entry: 12:07pm up 21 days, 2:35, 9 users, load average: 1.81, 1.81, 1.82 226 processes: 222 sleeping, 1 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 8.0% user, 88.0% system, 0.0% nice, 2.0% idle CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 5.0% system, 0.0% nice, 94.0% idle Mem: 1028084K av, 1015312K used, 12772K free, 0K shrd, 91128K buff Swap: 1052248K av, 164K used, 1052084K free 575308K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 996 root 18 0 1044 1044 716 R 99.9 0.1 6:57 SymLinkToTop 1 root 9 0 224 224 188 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 init 2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd 3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:04 ksoftirqd_CPU0 4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:08 ksoftirqd_CPU1 5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 89:10 kswapd 6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreclaimd 7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:03 bdflush 8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 3:25 kupdated 11 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0 12 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1 14 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 AIFd 129 root 9 0 612 612 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 apcupsd 130 root 9 0 588 588 504 S 0.0 0.0 0:59 apcupsd 418 bin 9 0 512 512 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap 427 root 9 0 964 964 836 S 0.0 0.0 0:02 sshd 440 root 9 0 636 636 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:03 syslogd 444 root 9 0 1016 1016 452 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 klogd 459 root 9 0 548 548 468 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 lpd 472 root 9 0 704 704 608 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 rpc.statd 474 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:46 rpciod 475 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 lockd <SNIP> Very last entry before machine died completely: (about 10 seconds later) 12:07pm up 21 days, 2:36, 9 users, load average: 1.61, 1.76, 1.80 243 processes: 240 sleeping, 1 running, 2 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 2.0% user, 52.0% system, 0.0% nice, 45.0% idle CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 52.0% system, 0.0% nice, 47.0% idle Mem: 1028084K av, 1018600K used, 9484K free, 0K shrd, 91136K buff Swap: 1052248K av, 164K used, 1052084K free 576280K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 996 root 19 0 1044 1044 716 R 99.9 0.1 7:22 SymLinkToTop 915 root 12 0 7468 7468 5708 S 95.3 0.7 1968m kpm 916 root 11 0 7440 7440 5704 S 95.3 0.7 1985m kpm 912 root 9 0 4744 4744 3300 S 42.9 0.4 4833m gtop 766 root 9 -1 11228 10M 1652 S < 4.7 1.0 85:38 X 25012 root 9 0 69896 68M 7652 S 2.3 6.7 0:22 java 25040 httpd 9 0 4252 4252 3524 S 2.3 0.4 0:08 httpd 1 root 9 0 224 224 188 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 init 2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd 3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:04 ksoftirqd_CPU0 4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:08 ksoftirqd_CPU1 5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 89:10 kswapd 6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreclaimd 7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:03 bdflush 8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 3:25 kupdated 11 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0 12 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1 14 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 AIFd 129 root 9 0 612 612 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 apcupsd 130 root 9 0 588 588 504 S 0.0 0.0 0:59 apcupsd 418 bin 9 0 512 512 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap <SNIP>

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Star Office 6.0 Beta
by Dan Am 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi all, does anybody know of a download location where the 6.0 is still available ? Regards Dan

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REcompiling Kernel...
by Mike Garabedian 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

...I waas changing settings for my kernel in my computer and totally screwwed it up, is there a way I can reinstall SUSE and still keep software that is on my linux box there. I have qmail on there for example, and don't want to lose it. Mike

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RE: [SLE] SuSE Firewall and Portsentry
by Steve Fenwick 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi Jeffrey, and all other SuSE people, I scanned with nmap -s S .... from the internal interface. So as you say I am scanning from the wrong side, however I would have thought that it would still hide things. My messages file indicates that a lot of packets have been dropped. I had originally thought that it should perhaps be rejecting the packets and not dropping them. So from what you're saying this would explain the strange results. I am not happy that the machine is announcing it's presence, so I would be relieved if the reason it is is bacause it already trusts me to some degree. Presumably if I dial in via my ISP and try it then I may get different results Thanks for your insight Steve -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Taylor [mailto:jeff.taylor@ieee.org] Sent: 07 February 2002 15:19 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE Firewall and Portsentry I think you don't have the firewall up or it is facing the wrong interface. Or you are scanning from the wrong side. My SuSEfirewall-4.3-3 DENYs (drops) connects rather than REJECTs (return RST packet indicating closed port). However, if it is not up then Portsentry should have screamed like mad when scanned. How did you scan the firewall? Jeffrey Quoting Steve Fenwick <SteveF(a)yeovil-college.ac.uk>: > Hi all, > > Just a quick question, misunderstanding. > > Our server will have a permanent presence on the internet. I have set up > portsentry and when I scan the machine then it is reported as not there. > When I activate SuSEfirewall (not the personal firewall the full one) then > the scan lists all the ports as closed. (except the ones that I've opened) > > Surely it would be better if the host did not appear at all. > > Am I doing something wrong or is this the way that it works ??? If it is the > way it works then how can I hide my host??? > > Thanks in advance > > > Steve > > > This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. > It may contain confidential or sensitive information. > The contents are not to be disclosed, copied, or forwarded to > anyone other than the addressee without permission. Unauthorised > recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to > advise us of the error in transmission, by emailing us at: > info(a)yeovil-college.ac.uk > Thank you for your cooperation. > -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. It may contain confidential or sensitive information. The contents are not to be disclosed, copied, or forwarded to anyone other than the addressee without permission. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise us of the error in transmission, by emailing us at: info(a)yeovil-college.ac.uk Thank you for your cooperation.

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Ximian for SuSE 7.3
by Jon 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Sorry if this is already known, but SuSE 7.3 is now supported. We got this right at Linux World in NY in time for our demo. www.ximian.com Regards, Jon

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