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YoMama
by c g 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

I have just completed an installation of 8.0, and downloaded the updates. So pretty much a clean install. One problem... My system now identifies itself as: Hostname: YoMama Domain: sofa.de does anyone have an idea why this would happen? Goose _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Firebird (database)
by Koenraad Lelong 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Anyone has this running on V8.1 ? Any things I need to be aware ? Thanks. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.

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Kernel Panic
by Ron Joffe 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Was wondering if someone with a bit more kernel knowledge could take a look at this output from /var/log/messages. This is an SLES-8 machine one a dell 2600 with dual Pentium Zeon's (Hyperthreading is on as you can see by the CPU#3). Here is the interesting part, after this occured the machine was still usable, but had the performace equivelant of an 8086 :(. (it took about 5 minutes just to log in from the console. Thanks, Ron May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 79726173 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: printing eip: May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: c029ce60 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: *pde = 00000000 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Oops: 0000 2.4.19-64GB-SMP #1 SMP Wed Apr 16 12:42:15 UTC 2003 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: CPU: 3 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: EIP: 0010:[tcp_v4_rcv+400/1392] Not tainted May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c029ce60>] Not tainted May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: eax: 79726173 ebx: 9c1000c2 ecx: 9c1001c6 edx: c2ebb300 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: esi: 071000c2 edi: ce159300 ebp: ec14a044 esp: c281fdb8 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c281f000) May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Stack: 00000000 c281fe34 c0282b90 c0490248 00000000 13ed0104 00000002 000013ed May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: 00000000 00000006 ce159300 ec14a030 c0282cde ce159300 c281fe54 c382c000 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: 00000000 00000006 00000000 00000001 00000000 c0282b90 c0272307 ce159300 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Call Trace: [ip_local_deliver_finish+0/368] [ip_local_deliver_finish+334/368] [ip_local_deliver_finish+0/368] [nf_hook_slow+263/480] [ip_local_deliver_finish+0/368] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Call Trace: [<c0282b90>] [<c0282cde>] [<c0282b90>] [<c0272307>] [<c0282b90>] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [ip_local_deliver+83/128] [ip_local_deliver_finish+0/368] [ip_rcv_finish+537/642] [ip_rcv_finish+0/642] [ip_rcv_finish+0/642] [nf_hook_slow+263/480] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [<c0282913>] [<c0282b90>] [<c0282f19>] [<c0282d00>] [<c0282d00>] [<c0272307>] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [ip_rcv_finish+0/642] [ip_rcv+416/592] [ip_rcv_finish+0/642] [net_rx_action+542/880] [do_softirq+217/224] [do_IRQ+251/304] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [<c0282d00>] [<c0282ae0>] [<c0282d00>] [<c026a64e>] [<c012d459>] [<c010b66b>] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [default_idle+0/80] [call_do_IRQ+5/13] [default_idle+0/80] [default_idle+44/80] [cpu_idle+50/80] [printk+23/32] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: [<c0107110>] [<c010e2e8>] [<c0107110>] [<c010713c>] [<c01071b2>] [<c0127ff7>] May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Code: 39 18 0f 84 30 03 00 00 8b 40 10 85 c0 75 f1 f0 ff 02 31 c0 May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: <0>Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: In interrupt handler - not syncing May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.19-64GB-SMP May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Loaded 21658 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.4.19-64GB-SMP. May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.19. May 19 14:28:56 sciremc-CADOPS kernel: Loaded 867 symbols from 27 modules.

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CRON Anger...
by Richard Whittaker 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Greetings: I'm trying to setup a shell script to run regularly, and thus far, all my quests for information have turned up dry, so I am hoping this list will provide what I seek.. I have this shell script, demonstrating the attendant permissions: shaggy:~ # cat archmrtg.sh #!/bin/sh export FILEDATE=`date +%m%d%Y` export ARCHDIR=$1"archive/"$FILEDATE mkdir $ARCHDIR cp $1index.html $ARCHDIR cp $1*day.png $ARCHDIR You have new mail in /var/mail/root shaggy:~ # ls -l archmrtg* -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 132 Jun 12 17:16 archmrtg.sh shaggy:~ # ...I am trying to run this file in CRON with this crontab entry: 31 17 * * * * /root/archmrtg.sh /db/shaggy_oravl01/opt/apache/htdocs/servers/laurel/ ...and I am getting this error, and I haven't been able to find any reference to it ANYWHERE.... >From root(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca Thu Jun 12 17:31:01 2003 Return-Path: <root(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca> Delivered-To: root(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca Received: by shaggy.nwtel.ca (Postfix, from userid 0) id BB0E61D215; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:31:00 -0700 (PDT) From: root(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca (Cron Daemon) To: root(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca Subject: Cron <root@shaggy> * /root/archmrtg.sh /db/shaggy_oravl01/opt/apache/htdocs/servers/laurel/ X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> Message-Id: <20030613003100.BB0E61D215(a)shaggy.nwtel.ca> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:31:00 -0700 (PDT) /bin/sh: line 1: alert.pl: command not found ...has anyone seen this error before, and what can I do about it?? I am not using anything called alert.pl anywhere that I know of, and what does /sbin/sh want with it??? shaggy:~ # /bin/sh -version GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i586-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. shaggy:~ # Thanks in advance, Richard W. Richard Whittaker, CISSP System Manager NorthwesTel Inc. Whitehorse, YK (867) 393-7756

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Weird keyboard problem?
by Alan Wardroper 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Folks, I just replaced RedHat with SuSE8.2 on my Thinkpad T23. While it looks good, I'm having this weird keyboard problem that I've never seen before with any other distro: Sometimes (at random) the keyboard refuses to accept input. Happened once during install so I couldn't set the root password, forcing a forced reboot and reinstall. It's annoying if I'm in X as root, but YaST can reset the keyboard, but as I usually boot to the console it causes big problems when I can't log in or out. Also, if I'm in X as a normal user, resetting the keyboard requires the root password so I'm stuck with forced reboot. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and/or knows how to fix it. Been looking around and haven't found any other mentions of this kind of thing, except a PCMCIA/keyboard lock issue. I tried the fix below and it didn't work: >Insert the option irq_list=3,5,7,9,10 for the variable PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS in the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia, so only the listed IRQs will be >probed. Only list available IRQs. >PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS="irq_list=3,5,7,9,10" Thanks

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apache problems
by Bruce E. Harris 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

I am stumped. Apache was working just fine and I guess I made a change that killed it. I worked with the http.conf file and even deleted apache and reloaded it, and keep gettint this error. This is even with a newly installed apache with a default http.conf file. ANy recommedations? Failed to start apache : Starting httpd [ Mailman PERL PHP4 Python Nagios ZopeKeepHomes ]stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device ..failed -- Best Regards, Bruce "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin

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KGPG and evolution encryption issues
by Bill Jarrett 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

I have been having a problem with GPG. I am running a fresh install of 8.2, with all available updates. I can create a gpg key, which works fine at the command line and in Kmail, however when I try to send an e-mail to myself in evolution, I cannot decrypt it when it arrives. I also have this issue with the KGPG applet. When I use the applet to encrypt clipboard, it never accepts my passphrase for decrypting. Has anyone else experienced this? Bill Jarrett

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RE: [SLE] Choosing Linux Distro
by Jonathan Shilling 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

If your going to running windows clients, it may be a good idea to pick up a book on Samba. I rather like the "Unleashed" series of books. Another good book on Samba is "Samba : Black Book" by CoriolisOpen Press. ISBN: 1-57610-455-9. Jonathan > -----Original Message----- > From: Filipe Joel de Almeida [mailto:filipe.joel@netcabo.pt] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:06 PM > To: 'BandiPat' > Subject: RE: [SLE] Choosing Linux Distro > > > Thank you all for your comments. I have placed a post like > this one in some > RH lists, and I got no useful answer. > > Patrick, thankfully I have nobody telling me what to do (one > of the good > things in being my own boss), so the reason I posted this question was > basically to be sure I wasn't doing a wrong choice. > > I plan on starting to use Linux as my desktop system and then > starting to > use it as a Server to see how can it replace our clients servers. The > biggest problem on moving from Windows to Linux is that most > clients are > small companies with only one server, and almost all of them have some > windows apps that need to run on the server, so the server > has to be windows > :( > > As a newbie that I am, I'll need some support in the > beginning, and this > list is much more "user-friendly" than the red hat ones. > Comparing all the > comments I got from the lists, I decided that SUSE was > definitely the best > system to start with, so I already ordered it from amazon > together with 2 > books, "SUSE Linux Network" and "SuSE Linux Server". > > Any of you guys has any other suggestions about good literature that I > should read after I finish up these ones? > > Filipe Joel de Almeida > Network Consultant > Filipe.Joel(a)netcabo.pt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BandiPat [mailto:penguin0601@earthlink.net] > Sent: quinta-feira, 12 de Junho de 2003 16:42 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] Choosing Linux Distro > > On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:05, Filipe Joel de Almeida wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've got a company that does Network Administration in several > > clients, but up until now we've only worked with M$ systems. > > > > I'm starting to use linux (just brought a machine home to install > > it), and my goal is to try to find out if with Linux we'll > be able to > > replace some of our clients systems. > > > > One of my newbie questions is about what distro should we use. We > > need something that's not very complicated to start with, but that > > allows us to implement good server solutions. > > > > Right now I'm trying to choose between Red Hat and Suse. One of my > > friends (who is a Red Hat fan) told me that he didn't like SUSE > > because we were a bit dependant on their configuration > tools (I think > > he mentioned YAST). > > > > Can you please tell me if SUSE would be the best distro for me to > > start with, and why? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Filipe Joel de Almeida > > Network Consultant > > Filipe.Joel(a)netcabo.pt > ============================ > Filipe, > If this were a mixed list, I am sure you would get differing opinions > for each distro, but it's not, so I am guessing you are > leaning toward > SuSE as a recommendation. :o) > > I would guess that you are searching for valid reasons to present to > those in charge to do so though. As many have here I am > sure, so have > I, given Red Hat a try on some occasion and we stay with SuSE because > of that. I like Wayne, find RH to be more cryptic and difficult to > install and even use beyond that. I don't think anyone can > say it's a > bad distro because of that, just more difficult to use in > most cases. > I live in the Red Hat state here in the USA, so there are many users > around my area, I was almost one too when first starting. After > reading several reviews on those available though, I chose > SuSE. Many > of the RH users I have gotten to install SuSE are still with SuSE! > Many are new users that have seen both installed and they are still > with SuSE, so that indicates much to me. Compare the costs > of each Pro > package and the contents of each. I think you'll find SuSE to be the > best buy there. Consider the support also you will need, in > fact sign > up on the RH mail list and compare the differences. I haven't, but > understand that list to be not as "user friendly" as SuSE's. > > Now the pros & cons (in my opinion): > SuSE is easier to install and maintain > SuSE follows the LSB closer > SuSE has YaST2 > SuSE & IBM like each other > SuSE & Oracle like each other > SuSE likes most hardware > SuSE can take it's users from small to large, when they are ready > SuSE is not Red Hat :o) > > Then too, remember, as the old saying goes, you won't get fired for > choosing IBM hardware for your shop, so it is for Red Hat > too. If you > choose RH, you won't get fired as it will work well for you also. RH > has proven to be a great Linux server distro and it is used heavily > there. I believe their recent attempts at a desktop Linux have not > been one of their best moments. They will get there, but if you are > looking for both server and desktop, I think SuSE will make your move > easier. > > Patrick > -- > --- KMail v1.5.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- > Registered Linux User #225206 > On any other day, that might seem strange... > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > >

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Microsoft To Kill Popular Linux Antivirus Product(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Microsoft To Kill Popular Linux Antivirus Product The RAV product line comes from Romania's GeCAD Software Srl, which Microsoft said yesterday it is buying. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,82045,00.html?nlid=SEC2 -- Planet Earth - a subsidiary of Microsoft®. We have no bugs in our software, Never!, We do have undocumented added features, that you will find amusing, at no added cost, to you, at this time.

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Re: [SLE] YoMama
by c g 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

> >* c g (susegoose(a)hotmail.com) [030612 13:39]: > > My system now identifies itself as: > > Hostname: YoMama > > Domain: sofa.de > > does anyone have an idea why this would happen? > >It sounds like you're running the rescue system. Maybe you didn't >remove the CD when rebooting? > Well, I did check that. no cd in the drive to boot from. There did seem to be a system error related to the harddrive before the time that I rebooted then noticed the "YoMama" hostname. Goose _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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