Michel

thanks Motts, it worked... (I'm not against windows, but try this with windows:reading a iso-image from harddisk!!, don't knopw a way to do that) Thanks, Michel

Is there maybe a serevr where you van get th kernelsources of 9.1rc1?

Hello, I have installed Mandrake 9.0rc1 with the iso-images from harddisk. I want to install the kernel-sources know and for that I wanted to get them from the iso's(I don't have a cd-writer by the way). The problem is that I can't let urpmi work withthe iso's....Is there a way to get this done? Thanks...

I think not. As long as they are compatible with your previous cpu-type it is ok. So if you had an intel and now again (or a intel-compatoble, AMD, ...) it should be no problem. I hope this is what you meant.

Does mandrake does detect dma correctley? How can I chedk if dma is enabled? How can I enable it if it isn't? Here is some code from cat /proc/via(motherboard...): ---------VIA BusMastering IDE Configuration---------------- Highest DMA rate: UDMA100 BM-DMA base: 0xd000 PCI clock: 33.3MHz -----------------------Primary IDE-------Secondary IDE------ Read DMA FIFO flush: yes yes End Sector FIFO flush: no no Enabled: yes yes -------------------drive0----drive1----drive2----drive3----- Transfer Mode: UDMA UDMA UDMA PIO Address Setup: 30ns 30ns 30ns 120ns Cmd Active: 90ns 90ns 90ns 90ns Cmd Recovery: 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns Data Active: 90ns 90ns 90ns 330ns Data Recovery: 30ns 30ns 30ns 270ns Cycle Time: 20ns 60ns 20ns 600ns Transfer Rate: 99.9MB/s 33.3MB/s 99.9MB/s 3.3MB/s I think iut is enabled, but I'm not sure.... Thanks

I'll certainly are going too look up those programs, in the meanwhile I've already installed linuw Mandrake rc1. I have not the time to rescue....studies.......It's already taking almost 3days with late nights(ok, I'm a newbie at this. A prof maybe would have sold this in 15 minutes, but like everything you have to learn it first.) I greately appreciate your help and am going to look up the progs during the easter holidays. Thanks and I hope not to many people have to go through this. It is certainly not the baddest thing a person can happen, but also certainly not the most pleasant one.... Thanks again, Michel. student computerscience

I've just installed rc1. I use a ftp-server to download packages and with the textversion urpmi everything works well, but with the graphical version I get RETR-error evrytime

I was talking that the linux graphical-installer uses to partition(don't knwo which). Anyway, during my rescue-attempts I came acroos parted and probably will taht program the, because I've learned a LITTLE bit of it....

Because I combined some explanations on the web to get it to work I'll write them here (as short as I can). I hope this can help.So, a lot of this, you'll find on the normal websites for the alcatel speedtouch usb.This is for the pppoa-protocol, but maybe the pppoe-version isn't so different( but I don't know->using pppoa): 1)This is probably installed already if the modem was detected duirng installation of Mandrake and the rpm (with the module I believe) for the modem is then installed, else: -install the ppp-package(needed by the speedtouch-rpm). You can first try to install the speedtouch-rpm, but it will probably complain that the ppp-package has to be installed: *ppp-2.4.0-2.i386.rpm(there are more recent ones located here->) from http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.p...ubmit=Search+... *(speedtouch-package)speedtouch-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.p....&system=&arch= ( http://rpmfind.net/) (there are MAYBE more recent tar-packages and maybe also rpm, but this will work) 2)be sure you have pppoaX with X a number: you can do "locate pppoa". I had pppoa installed, but I don't know if this is because of the packages...It was located in "/usr/bin/" with me (I find " locate" very good command, but you have to do "updatedb" as root to make a database before you can use it) 3)add these lines to /etc/modules.conf if they aren't there yet(this will load the modules automatically I've read)(where there with me): alias char-major-108 ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty 4)get the driver-package from the alcatel side(and serach for the usb speedtouch modem). It contains mgmt.o. Unzip the package with "tar -xvzf (name package)" (for .tar.gz packages). some typing (copying) now 5)go to /etc/ppp and fill in your username and internetpasword in the files "chap" and "pap" like this: 'your_login' * 'your_password' * (Don't forget to save) ->Go to the file " options" in the same dir and fill it with the following text: lock defaultroute noipdefault holdoff 1#I assigned same values as in /etc/pp/peers/adsl maxfail 0 persist asyncmap 0 This text is maybe not so good, because I don't know the exact meaning of it. I copied it and changed it somewhat. 6)go to /etc/ppp/peers: Change in the file adsl the text(if the file isn,'t there create it): Here is the text: debug kdebug 1 noipdefault defaultroute pty "/usr/bin/pppoa3 -vpi your_vpi -vci your_vci" #look where pppoaX is located for you sync # vpi and vci numbers: see -> user "your_login" #http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/faq.html#q12 novjccomp # don't forget to change "your_login" above to your internet-loginname noaccomp nopcomp nomagic noccp asyncmap 0 usepeerdns holdoff 1 persist maxfail 0 . 7) copy the text above and cpoy it to file:/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_speedtouch.default(I assume it is your default coonection) 8)In the same directory: change draconnect_conf and drakconnect_conf.default (both have the same content) to the right values: (sorry can't open them now, else you have to ask somenone what things are located in this file: you can also use mandrakeinternetwizard in the controlcentrum of Mandrake and make the default internet-account, but maybe it will overwrite /etc/ppp/.... and /net_speedtouch.default.So, save them first) It is something like this: Interface:ppp0(with me, but I think this is ok) loginname:your_loginname provider:provider.country ... If needed make the following symlink(if resolv.conf is located in /etc this will not go and is not needed then): search for resolv.conf (locate resilv.conf): probably in /etc/ppp then (if not in /etc itself->no need to do this then) and do: ln -s /etc/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf ( or ln -s (where resolv.conf is located)/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf ................ I've used the following sites: http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouc...ch/user.en.php3 http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html If you can still not use the modem I advise the above 2 websites that contain more info. Try it and I hope it will work...

If you say what kind of partition it is, you must also give a startsector or a sector. Is it ok if you just use the lowest value(everything upwards is for linux....)?

I first want to thank the people who helped me to rescue my system, but I had not enough time, so I installed rc1. Some feedback for the developpers: 1) The installation is not so very good yet. A normal installation will go I think, (but...) *I tried to use for everything Reiserfs, but is said something about a hash reference(think : not found), the same for xfs.The rest I didn't tried, so I sticked to ext3 for everything..... *The partitioning itselfs goes well... *I don't wanted all that software I didn't need on my PC, so I was going to select manually....During the selection you sometimes get messages that there are dependencies. Some oh those crashed the whole thing so I have gone through the installationprocess 3 times... *During installation of the programs, you get sometimes messages that some programs couldn't get installed...(This is much better than aborting the install-process of course), but I had the impression that once I got such a message they kept coming, the one after the other... With a lot of yes's I got through it. *Then, everything went weel again, till my printer was being set up. It selected the right printer, but when it wanted to configure it, a panic message appeared: fetch_wash.can this be??something like it...). This is not such a problem if you could skip it!!! I couildn't end the installprocess. So I did a "hardware"-reboot and (the most of linux was already installed) started linux. There is something wrong with the drake configprogram for printers, because it won't start(takes a long time and then I end it). *My "windows"-startkey doesn't work automatically. Also the "menu"-key noth. This was no problem in 9.0. My printer was also correctley installed in 9.0.(KDE installed my printer ......) ...My keyboard works fine, except for those keys. And in KDE the menu-message button has the contextr-menu-meaning and there are also combination for the "start"-key *I have a speedtouch USB. I had to install it partially manually last time. Now, also....I even think that the internet-connections in MandrakeConfig center are not saved properly, because when I press the Ok-button, there is nothing in the file .default in networkscripts-dir. Just before I press Ok, the info is saved in the file. It looks like it disappears again. ->That's all for now I think..., but I have another question. I wanted the right names for my windowspartitions now, so I changed them in fstab and made the appropriate dirs in mnt for the extra ones... This went ok, no problems...Anyway, I don't know if it really can have something to do with the following. When I rebooted and wanted to restart in linux. The message Booting the kernel appeared and then everything stopped...No errors nothing... I went into rescuemode and with th thought that I couldn't lose anything(alternative was reinstalling again :( ) I edited lilo.conf. I removed "quiet" and "devfs=mount" in "flags ..or something: something additional and tried again and now linux booted again.... :D . Someone now what quiet and devfs does? When I press restart in KDE I go to text mode, what happened. This is not really a big problem, but is not my intention: I want to restart then. In 9.0 I could go into my windows-partitions as a normal user, know I can't. What can I do to solve this? I don't want to use filesharing...I was thinking about putting root in the users-froup, but I don't know if this is wise or even possible. Anyway, I can't even change the permissions of the mount-points or the owners. (I installed from iso-images on the harddisk, but can't add them to my sources for rpm-install, is there a way to do this?->can't find any lists in /var/lib/urpmi was the error I think in text-mode.) Anotherother good point: I believe that this kernel is faster than the standard-kernel of the previous edition(9.0) . A lot to read, I know.... Thanks, Michel

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Hello, another question....I'm just reinstalling linux, but unlike the normal install, I would like separate partitions for /usr(programs),/tmp(for noexec),/home(ofcourse) and then / for the rest(mostley systemstuf tjhen). and... swap(artoung 250 mb) I was wondering how big I should make "/" .... and /tmp because it is the first time I set it up "manually".... I was looking for a post about this subject, because I know there has been one abou this, but I can't find it? Thanks, Michel

For the persons who are interested: I have looked at my partitions with fdisk and my seperate linux-partition was marked as a DOS-extented partition!!!!! When I removed this partition, and started the mandrake-installer this is what happened. Mandrake didn't complained about a bad partition, instead it gave me the fourth option to use an existing partition... I pressed this one and suddenly it was already formatting. The special thuing about this is that it used the same old partitions and I think I changed them a litlle bit of the normal. Now, anyone who would get in this situation, I advise. Look with fdisk to see if your linux-partition isn't made extented-dos end try to start your linuw nox(I couldn't test this, because I noticed it too late...MAYBE everything is back like it was....). Normally I can now install the new linux-distro with the hope that this won't repeat, anyway with the hope that if it happens no info is lost. Michel

If it is really a topic of this subject I don't know, but it is the best place I think. Anyway, I think this is rather interesting (and very unpleasant for me). I have a dual-boot computer: windows-linux. I have 2 harddisks: 1)completely windows:2 partitions: 1primary 2)shared linux-windows:windows:primary, linux:more than one partition, don't know exactley: used the automatic take a piece of windows-option. windows=primary on 2nd because if something would happen to the first disk I would still have the data on the second one. My problem: Yesterday, i exited linux (properly) and went to windows for defragmenting windows (every few months I do that->one of the reasons I like linux). I defragmented the first disk and a piece of the second(pressed stop-button, because all of the programs are located on the first disk and ofcourse it takes a long time....). When I wanted to restart under linux I couldn't. kernel panic: error 22, mounting ext2 flags...:no init found. Something like that. I tried to mount from rescue mode the partitions seperately tried fsck, tried to install lilo again...Nothing would work, because my separate linuxpartition was now ONE big partition: no more swap, boot, home,... I have not much time and because I'm not so a good rescuer(if that's possible in this case) I downloadede the latest version of mandrake... Like I mentionned above I have 2 primary partitions. I've read that you can have 4 primary partitions. I switched to expert mode and wanted to make "/" a primary partition. It said that I have reached my maximum of primary partitions...??? Maybe because it knows about some "old" linux partitions... So how can I reinstaal linux without making a windowspartition extended(brings along a lot of register-problems because the drive-letters change again and it doesn't change automatically)? I've just thought about going in rescuemode and using mkfs /dev/hdcX Don't know if this is a good command but hope it is possible and maybe I have some primary partitions available now. Some additional questions: -Which partitions should you make primary? -what are good sizes for each partition: */ */boot */var */var/www(don't really need it: can I do size=0?) */var/....(something) */home */usr I know this is a lot and maybe weird, but is all happening to me now.... Thanks, Michel

Maybe an advice: if Shorewall blocks anything, it is probably written down in /var/syslog. If not, you can add an info keyword in policies or set info to yes in shorewall config file I think. Anyway, normally it does this: Start up internet or any network you need. Wait a moment till yuou clock is a minute further than you started the network. Then try to connect to the proftpd-server. If something is blocked, you can check the "/var/syslog"-file (sometimes in "/var/messages"-file) Search for the time you connected to the proftpd-server and check if there are any logs from shorewall...

I have not yet set up a server, but I've set up shorewall for myself a little bit manually. (This is by the way much more powerfull): I think this could help: Add in rules: ACCEPT net fw ftp 20,21 - Maybe you also have to add: ACCEPT fw (zone where rour ftp-server is located) ftp 20,21 - I don't know yet a lot about shorewall but hopefully this helps little bit. If the ftp-server has only to be accessible to a few persons(not the whole internet), I would let the people who have to connect, connect to a number between 1024 and 65000(don't know the max.number exact) and forward it from you firewall to port21. this is much safer I think. I think this can be done without problems. You can drop all traffic to port 21 then. I suppose you know more than me about that if you're going to set up the server.

Is IPv6 a new IP protocol. If yes, what are the advantages if you compare it with IPv4 ( what happened then with IPv5??? ) and is it well supported? Thanks

Another question. I would like to try out the REISERFS-filesystem because I've heard that it would be better for desktop-pc's. I know Mandrake normally uses EXT3, but is there an option or a way to have a REISERFS-filesystem and to let Mandrake to work with it. Thanks

I was thinking about installing Mandrake 9.1 and normally I just choose the mandrakedir on the ftp-server, but there is also a mandrake-crypto and a mandrake-devel directory. What are the differences? You have also a secure kernel and the normal kernel. What is the difference between these? Last question: if I would compile the mandrake-source (not the applications) on my computer, would that result necessary in a faster OS( I know it takes a long time to compile)? If yes, with wich gcc-version should I compile it? Thanks

If it don't works please tell me, maybe I forgot something(it has been a while)....Tell what the error is of course. Michel

Hello, like you µi have a USB alcatel modem(specially bought it because linux recognizes it), but it didn't work properly. I'll keep it short. I'll also used some text of a (think) frenchman you almost surely encountered searching for alcatle usb. My modem connects, but it takes a short while(it first says it isn't connected and then it starts(it also says that another drievr or something is probably trying to acces the device or something, but it works...the tuning comes later) How did I set everything up?(long text, but not much work if it works) -I first placed the file that was asked during the installation (mgmt.o I believe) in "/usr/share speedtouch/". You probably did it already -Normally I expected it to work, but it didn't.... You'll also have to do the following: -in "/etc/ppp/peers" change the file adsl to the following(this is from the frenchman's site): debug kdebug 1 noipdefault defaultroute pty "/usr/bin/pppoa3 -vpi 8 -vci 35"#you maybe have to change where pppoa3 or pppoa2 is #located on your computer the vpi and vci values are probably right, but if not I read that # these depend on your ISP, but I'm not sure about this, just trty these values!!! sync user "<yourloginname>" novjccomp noaccomp nopcomp nomagic noccp asyncmap 0 usepeerdns holdoff 1 persist maxfail 0 -You may also have a look at the files "chap-secrets" and 'pap-secrets" in "/etc/ppp" and be sure that you loginname and password for the internet is filled in correctly and be sure that there aren't any emty loginnames and passwords created by Mandrake(remove those if they are present) -At this moment it worked for me, but when I rebooted and tried again, everything changed back to the old settings(very frustrating!!!). This solved it: In the directory "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts" two files "drakconnect_conf" and "drakconnect_conf.default" weren't filled in completely: my loginname and password for the internetaccount were missing (and maybe also an dns, but this isn't so bad I think). If you haven't yet got your adsl to work hopefullt this helps. First mandrake will say there isn't a connection, but wait...you'll probably see your green adsl-light af the modem blinking. You'll have to wait till it stops blinking and shortly after(or then) you are connected to the internet. Michel

I understand that you don't want one person to have all the bandwith, but if you also want to allow other connections than tcp, there is a very good websites that tells you wich program uses wich ports and protocols and if they are outgoing or incoming(You could also check the log of shorewall) (For example:Kazaa(I think), msn, .....) I hope you only block what is needed. Some things are just pleasant. Here is the link: http://www.pcflank.com/

I've read an OLD article about some hackers that could access the opensource-program tcpdump and placed some spyware in it. It was discovered after 2 days. This isn't long, but it was enough time, so that some people installed this version. Now I thought that if they could acces the program on the server, they can also replace the md5sum. If the mdk5sum would be send by email it could be placed safer, isn't it? You could maybe discover this way that the program isn't any good. I suppose there is a way to get the exact same mdk5sum anyway or isn't there? This was a single case, but we have to be sure that the program is safe. (You could also replace the mdk5sum daily with the exact one(old if replaced)with a cron for example?). Of course some pgp in stead of mdk5 could be a lot better. I don't know if this is really necessary, but some simple security, so that there aren't any changes for users, arrangements can't be bad. Michel

Because the controls in Mandrake for shorewall didn't worked I had to set it up manually. After I've read a little bit the manual it works now. Like someone sait here...I thought that my rpc-port was closed, but it was open...maybe because ALLOWRELATED=yes. (I clicked to scan....???) Now the problem: Anyway you can view your syslog for shorewall info and there you can view wich IP and protocol your ISP uses to set up the communication. For me th protocol is udp. ( You just have to add then ACCEPT net:IP-address ..... these outgoing connections in your rules-file in /etc/shorewall). I don't know if it is so good, but I only accept outgoing connections. I think this is the safest. I suppose ALLOWRELATED will make sure that any connections I want(I asked) will be allowed. If this is not a good idea, anyone please tell me!