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postfix dying while sending mails to outside world on FC3
by Ankush Grover 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

hey friends, I don't know what happened the postfix has stopped sending mails to outside world but I am able to receive the mails from outside world .The postfix is able to send the mails within the Lan but not to the outside world. yestarday i did make some changes to my server I am using FC3 like disabling root access on every terminal as there were some attempts to hack the computer so I thought disabling root access on every terminal will make hacking little difficult. I also did chattr +i /etc/services . But today I remove the chattr on /etc/services. The error while sending mails to outside world : Aug 2 10:34:41 mail postfix/smtp[4598]: fatal: unknown service: smtp/tcp Aug 2 10:34:42 mail postfix/qmgr[3172]: warning: premature end-of-input on private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name Aug 2 10:34:42 mail postfix/qmgr[3172]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response Aug 2 10:34:42 mail postfix/qmgr[3172]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description Aug 2 10:34:42 mail postfix/master[3161]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp pid 4598 exit status 1 Aug 2 10:34:42 mail postfix/master[3161]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling the /usr/lib/sasl2/smptd.conf file pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login I am using the latest kernel and my system is upto date through yum.I am not using any 3rd party utility for scanning mails like MailScanner or Amavis-new. The master.cf of my computer smtp inet n - n - - smtpd #smtps inet n - n - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes #submission inet n - n - - smtpd # -o smtpd_enforce_tls=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_etrn_restrictions=reject #628 inet n - n - - qmqpd pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 oqmgr #tlsmgr fifo - - n 300 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp relay unix - - n - - smtp # -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5 showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil # # Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual # pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants. # # maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details. # maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} # # The Cyrus deliver program has changed incompatibly, multiple times. # old-cyrus unix - n n - - pipe flags=R user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user} # Cyrus 2.1.5 (Amos Gouaux) # Also specify in main.cf: cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1 cyrus unix - n n - - pipe user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} ${user} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient I did not make any changes in the master.cf but ran postfix upgrade-configuration command . 2bounce_notice_recipient = postmaster access_map_reject_code = 554 address_verify_default_transport = $default_transport address_verify_local_transport = $local_transport address_verify_map = address_verify_negative_cache = yes address_verify_negative_expire_time = 3d address_verify_negative_refresh_time = 3h address_verify_poll_count = 3 address_verify_poll_delay = 3s address_verify_positive_expire_time = 31d address_verify_positive_refresh_time = 7d address_verify_relay_transport = $relay_transport address_verify_relayhost = $relayhost address_verify_sender = postmaster address_verify_service_name = verify address_verify_transport_maps = $transport_maps address_verify_virtual_transport = $virtual_transport alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases allow_mail_to_commands = alias, forward allow_mail_to_files = alias, forward allow_min_user = no allow_percent_hack = yes allow_untrusted_routing = no alternate_config_directories = always_bcc = append_at_myorigin = yes append_dot_mydomain = yes application_event_drain_time = 100s backwards_bounce_logfile_compatibility = yes berkeley_db_create_buffer_size = 16777216 berkeley_db_read_buffer_size = 131072 best_mx_transport = biff = yes body_checks = body_checks_size_limit = 51200 bounce_notice_recipient = postmaster bounce_queue_lifetime = 5d bounce_service_name = bounce bounce_size_limit = 50000 broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes canonical_maps = cleanup_service_name = cleanup command_directory = /usr/sbin command_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ command_time_limit = 1000s config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix daemon_timeout = 18000s debug_peer_level = 2 debug_peer_list = default_database_type = hash default_delivery_slot_cost = 5 default_delivery_slot_discount = 50 default_delivery_slot_loan = 3 default_destination_concurrency_limit = 20 default_destination_recipient_limit = 50 default_extra_recipient_limit = 1000 default_minimum_delivery_slots = 3 default_privs = nobody default_process_limit = 100 default_rbl_reply = $rbl_code Service unavailable; $rbl_class [$rbl_what] blocked using $rbl_domain${rbl_reason?; $rbl_reason} default_recipient_limit = 10000 default_transport = smtp default_verp_delimiters = += defer_code = 450 defer_service_name = defer defer_transports = delay_notice_recipient = postmaster delay_warning_time = 0h deliver_lock_attempts = 20 deliver_lock_delay = 1s disable_dns_lookups = no disable_mime_input_processing = no disable_mime_output_conversion = no disable_verp_bounces = no disable_vrfy_command = no dont_remove = 0 double_bounce_sender = double-bounce duplicate_filter_limit = 1000 empty_address_recipient = MAILER-DAEMON enable_errors_to = no enable_original_recipient = yes error_notice_recipient = postmaster error_service_name = error expand_owner_alias = no export_environment = TZ MAIL_CONFIG fallback_relay = fallback_transport = fast_flush_domains = $relay_domains fast_flush_purge_time = 7d fast_flush_refresh_time = 12h fault_injection_code = 0 flush_service_name = flush fork_attempts = 5 fork_delay = 1s forward_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ forward_path = $home/.forward${recipient_delimiter}${extension}, $home/.forward hash_queue_depth = 1 hash_queue_names = incoming, active, deferred, bounce, defer, flush, hold, traceheader_address_token_limit = 10240 header_checks = header_size_limit = 102400 helpful_warnings = yes home_mailbox = Maildir/ hopcount_limit = 50 html_directory = no ignore_mx_lookup_error = no import_environment = MAIL_CONFIG MAIL_DEBUG MAIL_LOGTAG TZ XAUTHORITY DISPLAY in_flow_delay = 1s inet_interfaces = all initial_destination_concurrency = 5 invalid_hostname_reject_code = 501 ipc_idle = 100s ipc_timeout = 3600s ipc_ttl = 1000s line_length_limit = 2048 lmtp_bind_address = lmtp_bind_address6 = lmtp_cache_connection = yes lmtp_connect_timeout = 0s lmtp_data_done_timeout = 600s lmtp_data_init_timeout = 120s lmtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s lmtp_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit lmtp_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit lmtp_lhlo_timeout = 300s lmtp_mail_timeout = 300s lmtp_quit_timeout = 300s lmtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s lmtp_rset_timeout = 120s lmtp_sasl_auth_enable = no lmtp_sasl_password_maps = lmtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous lmtp_send_xforward_command = no lmtp_skip_quit_response = no lmtp_tcp_port = 24 lmtp_xforward_timeout = 300s local_command_shell = local_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 local_destination_recipient_limit = 1 local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps local_transport = local:$myhostname luser_relay = mail_name = Postfix mail_owner = postfix mail_release_date = 20040915 mail_spool_directory = /var/mail mail_version = 2.1.5 mailbox_command = mailbox_command_maps = mailbox_delivery_lock = fcntl, dotlock mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 mailbox_transport = mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man maps_rbl_domains = maps_rbl_reject_code = 554 masquerade_classes = envelope_sender, header_sender, header_recipient masquerade_domains = sunup.net masquerade_exceptions = max_idle = 100s max_use = 100 maximal_backoff_time = 4000s maximal_queue_lifetime = 5d message_size_limit = 51200000 mime_boundary_length_limit = 2048 mime_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks mime_nesting_limit = 100 minimal_backoff_time = 1000s multi_recipient_bounce_reject_code = 550 mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain mydomain = sunupdelhi.net myhostname = mail.sunup.net mynetworks = 192.168.1.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = subnet myorigin = $mydomain nested_header_checks = $header_checks newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix non_fqdn_reject_code = 504 notify_classes = resource, software owner_request_special = yes parent_domain_matches_subdomains = debug_peer_list,fast_flush_domains,mynetworks,permit_mx_backup_networks,qmqpd_authorized_clients,relay_domains,smtpd_access_maps permit_mx_backup_networks = pickup_service_name = pickup prepend_delivered_header = command, file, forward process_id_directory = pid propagate_unmatched_extensions = canonical, virtual proxy_interfaces = proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks qmgr_clog_warn_time = 300s qmgr_fudge_factor = 100 qmgr_message_active_limit = 20000 qmgr_message_recipient_limit = 20000 qmgr_message_recipient_minimum = 10 qmqpd_authorized_clients = qmqpd_error_delay = 1s qmqpd_timeout = 300s queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix queue_file_attribute_count_limit = 100 queue_minfree = 0 queue_run_delay = 1000s queue_service_name = qmgr rbl_reply_maps = readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.5/README_FILES receive_override_options = recipient_bcc_maps = recipient_canonical_maps = recipient_delimiter = + reject_code = 554 relay_clientcerts = relay_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit relay_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit relay_domains = $mydestination relay_domains_reject_code = 554 relay_recipient_maps = relay_transport = relay relayhost = xxx.xxxx.xxxxx(my ISP server) relocated_maps = require_home_directory = no resolve_dequoted_address = yes resolve_null_domain = no rewrite_service_name = rewrite sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.5/samples sender_based_routing = no sender_bcc_maps = sender_canonical_maps = sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix service_throttle_time = 60s setgid_group = postdrop show_user_unknown_table_name = yes showq_service_name = showq smtp_always_send_ehlo = yes smtp_bind_address = smtp_bind_address6 = smtp_connect_timeout = 30s smtp_data_done_timeout = 600s smtp_data_init_timeout = 120s smtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s smtp_defer_if_no_mx_address_found = no smtp_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit smtp_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit smtp_enforce_tls = no smtp_helo_name = $myhostname smtp_helo_timeout = 300s smtp_host_lookup = dns smtp_line_length_limit = 990 smtp_mail_timeout = 300s smtp_mx_address_limit = 0 smtp_mx_session_limit = 2 smtp_never_send_ehlo = no smtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 10s smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 500s smtp_quit_timeout = 300s smtp_quote_rfc821_envelope = yes smtp_randomize_addresses = yes smtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s smtp_rset_timeout = 120s smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtp_sasl_tls_security_options = $var_smtp_sasl_opts smtp_sasl_tls_verified_security_options = $var_smtp_sasl_tls_opts smtp_send_xforward_command = no smtp_skip_5xx_greeting = yes smtp_skip_quit_response = yes smtp_starttls_timeout = 300s smtp_tls_CAfile = smtp_tls_CApath = smtp_tls_cert_file = smtp_tls_cipherlist = smtp_tls_dcert_file = smtp_tls_dkey_file = $smtp_tls_dcert_file smtp_tls_enforce_peername = yes smtp_tls_key_file = $smtp_tls_cert_file smtp_tls_loglevel = 0 smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = no smtp_tls_per_site = smtp_tls_scert_verifydepth = 5 smtp_tls_session_cache_database = smtp_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtp_use_tls = no smtp_xforward_timeout = 300s smtpd_authorized_verp_clients = $authorized_verp_clients smtpd_authorized_xclient_hosts = smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts = smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 50 smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0 smtpd_client_restrictions = smtpd_data_restrictions = smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_enforce_tls = no smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s smtpd_etrn_restrictions = smtpd_expansion_filter = \t\40!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20 smtpd_helo_required = no smtpd_helo_restrictions = smtpd_history_flush_threshold = 100 smtpd_junk_command_limit = 100 smtpd_noop_commands = smtpd_null_access_lookup_key = <> smtpd_policy_service_max_idle = 300s smtpd_policy_service_max_ttl = 1000s smtpd_policy_service_timeout = 100s smtpd_proxy_ehlo = $myhostname smtpd_proxy_filter = smtpd_proxy_timeout = 100s smtpd_recipient_limit = 1000 smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit = 1000 smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org, reject_rbl_client opm.blitzed.org, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org, reject_rbl_client dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net, permit smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient = yes smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = no smtpd_restriction_classes = smtpd_sasl_application_name = smtpd smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = no smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks = smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_sender_login_maps = smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org, reject_rbl_client opm.blitzed.org, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org, reject_rbl_client dul.dsnbl.sorbs.net, permit smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10 smtpd_starttls_timeout = 300s smtpd_timeout = 300s smtpd_tls_CAfile = smtpd_tls_CApath = smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = no smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_ccert_verifydepth = 5 smtpd_tls_cert_file = smtpd_tls_cipherlist = smtpd_tls_dcert_file = smtpd_tls_dh1024_param_file = smtpd_tls_dh512_param_file = smtpd_tls_dkey_file = $smtpd_tls_dcert_file smtpd_tls_key_file = $smtpd_tls_cert_file smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0 smtpd_tls_received_header = no smtpd_tls_req_ccert = no smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_tls_wrappermode = no smtpd_use_tls = no soft_bounce = no stale_lock_time = 500s strict_7bit_headers = no strict_8bitmime = no strict_8bitmime_body = no strict_mime_encoding_domain = no strict_rfc821_envelopes = no sun_mailtool_compatibility = no swap_bangpath = yes syslog_facility = mail syslog_name = postfix tls_daemon_random_bytes = 32 tls_daemon_random_source = tls_ipv6_version = 1.26 tls_random_bytes = 32 tls_random_exchange_name = ${config_directory}/prng_exch tls_random_prng_update_period = 60s tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s tls_random_source = trace_service_name = trace transport_maps = transport_retry_time = 60s trigger_timeout = 10s undisclosed_recipients_header = To: undisclosed-recipients:; unknown_address_reject_code = 450 unknown_client_reject_code = 450 unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550 unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550 unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550 unverified_recipient_reject_code = 450 unverified_sender_reject_code = 450 verp_delimiter_filter = -=+ virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000 virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000 virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit virtual_gid_maps = virtual_mailbox_base = virtual_mailbox_domains = $virtual_mailbox_maps virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl virtual_mailbox_maps = virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = virtual virtual_uid_maps = Please let me know if any other inputs are needed. Thanks & Regards Ankush Grover

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USB Printer and Firefox
by Frank Chen 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

We have an HP LaserJet 1010 printer with USB connection. There are two issues using it with FC4. 1) After plug in the USB cable, it takes some time for FC4 to recognize the printer. Is there a way to speed up this process by using a command? 2) We have to restart FC4 after plug in the printer in order to print from Firefox. Is there a way to avoid rebooting the PC? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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gdm could not write to your authorization file
by Yong Chu Eu () 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

HI, I have problem to login KDE(even with root), even i had deleted all file in /tmp, but i can login as root under last Default System Session my error message stated as below: /etc/X11/gdm/preSession/Default:Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Running : /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -1 ":0" "root" Not Enought free disk space on /tmp -- 愿您永远幸福，快乐和安详 Happy & Healthy Always ! ^_^ ! 个人和佛学网页 Homepage:ceyong.alturl.com <http://ceyong.alturl.com> ICQ:16994867/ Yahoo Messenger ID:ceyong MSN Messenger:ceyong at hotmail.com <http://hotmail.com>

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Re: Our (US) $s at work.
by David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

mrsam(a)courier-mta.com wrote: > Two years from now, folks running older versions of RH or FC for which > no glibc update was issued will have their clocks stop showing correct > time for most of the year. > > That's because Washington has screwed around with Daylight Savings > Time, again. They don't have anything better to do inside the Beltway, > apparently. > > I always thought that daylight time was a joke. It's totally stupid, > and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I am aware of the official > excuse for daylight time, but I still think it's stupid, it's dumb, > and idiotic. If anyone is really serious about saving energy, they > should simply change the timezone permanently. > > Starting in 2007, the so-called "standard time" will actually be in > effect for less than half a year. Standard time won't really be the > standard most of the time. Isn't it amazing? The US is now the > laughing stock of the entire world. You can almost see everyone point > their fingers across the Atlantic: “Those dumb yanks, they can't even > make up their mind what time of day it is, most of the time!” > As a non-morning person, I've always said, "The early worm deserves the bird." Daylight savings time is like trying to make a blanket longer by cutting a foot of material off the bottom of the blanket and sewing it onto the top. The blanket is only as long as it is and there are still only 24 hours in an Earth day; if you want a longer "day", move to Mars. Whenever someone tries to convince me of Benjamin Franklin's genius, I just mention daylight savings time. Cheers, Dave

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More and more yum dependency problems
by Harald Grossauer 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Running "yum update" for the first time in almost four weeks, I get the following errors: Error: Missing Dependency: gcc = 4.0.0 is needed by package libtool Error: Missing Dependency: openoffice.org-core = 1:1.9.104-2 is needed by package openoffice.org-pyuno Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies Error: Package mozilla needs mozilla-nss = 37:1.7.8-2, this is not available. Error: Package mozilla needs mozilla-nspr = 37:1.7.8-2, this is not available. Error: Package libtool needs gcc = 4.0.0, this is not available. Error: Package openoffice.org-pyuno needs openoffice.org-core = 1:1.9.104-2, this is not available. Any ideas what is going on here?

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Soundcard
by Marcus Zingmark 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hi! Got Fedora Core 4 installed since yesterday and getting to know it better hour for hour. I have problem with my Soundcard and I'm quite sure it's software related cause it works well under Windows. The thing is that I have sound and all but it's a buzzing sound that's quite annoying that have not been there before. The buzz disapears if I pause the track so it does not seem to be related to the cables/speakers. Linux had no trouble finding my sound device but I'm a bit confused by the name cause the soundcard detector says: "Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI" and I'm quite sure I have Creative Labs Soundblaster 128PCI. Can this be a driver issue? Would be very tankeful for help with this issue, and keep it simple cause I'm really a newbie ;) /// Marcus

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Disc Partitioning for Multi-Boot (long)
by Mike McCarty 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Some of this may be off-topic, some on-topic. I'll spare you the gory details of how we got here. Here's the hardware setup: Main board with 512MB RAM. 3 1/2" floppy drive 24x DVD/CD reader 48x CD writer 80GB WD drive, partitioned as 40GB FAT32 + 40GB unallocated 80GB WD drive, partitioned as 80GB NTFS Win 98 is happily running in the FAT32 partition. We need to get the data off of the NTFS partition. I started up Knoppix, and mounted the FAT32 r/w, and the NTFS r/o, created a directory named "oldd" on the FAT32, and did a massive cp -pr /mnt/hdb1/* . which ran for about 3 hours. Then I did a diff /mnt/hdb1 . and between 6000 and 7000 files miscompare, due to having different names. They differ in the case of the file names. It took 1 1/2 hours to run, so I guess about 1/2 of the data did not get checked. I tried diff --ignore-file-names-case /mnt/hdb1 . and got exactly the same results. Hmm. The man page for diff under FC2 and Knoppix apparently differ. FC2 doesn't list that option... So, ok. I'll try making a script which will do renames, and then go back and do more diffs. And BTW, the names probably need to be fixed, anyway. First question: How better to get that data from the second drive? I've considered using tar and WinZip. Would that be better? But the next question is how to partition the drive so Windows and Linux can co-exist on the first drive? The fdisk supplied with Windows 98 cannot manage that disc. Win98 apparently can live happily in something already formatted for it, but cannot manage the large partitions itself. A utility from Western Digital can manage the partitions, and even format a FAT32 disc and make it bootable. But if it is run on a drive, it insists on wiping the MBR. (That's how we got Win98 on that large partition.) Hmm, maybe use dd to lift the MBR, use the WD utility to repartition, then merge in the bootstrap from the original? I looked at parted but do not feel confident in my ability to use it. I'm not very familiar with dd, either. She'd like to make additional partitions in the 40GB of unallocated space on the first drive, and make a multi-boot system which can boot several versions of Linux for try-out. She's thinking about Red Hat (try Fedora and if she likes it, she'd buy RHEL), Debian, Knoppix, Mandrake, Suse, Puppy, and CentOS. She'd try two or so at a time, and when she found one she likes, she'd go with it. I have the FC2 discs here, and the FC4 ISOs, and don't mind getting the FC3 ISOs if they might be better, so the second question I want to pose is How shall I make a multi-boot system out of that machine, with the possibility of booting at least Windows 98 and two versions of Linux concurrently? I must either not use the second disc, or I must reliably recover the information from it before using it. Also, when a version of Linux has been decided upon, how to re-partition and get maximum use out of the disc with Win98 and Linux on it? I'm strongly considering putting /home on a separate partition. Can we do that in such a manner that different versions of Linux can remount it later without having to save/restore the data there? How about swap? I'm pretty sure Anaconda can handle what she wants, but I'm not so familiar with Anaconda, either. I'm an old hand at *NIX machines from the development standpoint, but not with the admin side of things, and those things differ from system to system anyway. Third question: Her main use for the Linux boot will be web page management. She has tried Open Office, and several other packages which run on Linux, and has not found one with all the features she wants. Apparently there is a package for WinXP which is very nice, and which she likes. Don't ask me, I know nothing about Web Pages. Are there some really nice web management / HTML editors available for Linux? I found Amaya, but it really couldn't install properly when running from CDROM (Puppy). She doesn't want to become a "fiddler" again, though she has, in past done that. She'd like to "install and go" now. Her interest in computers is now more on the "tool" side than the "hobby/fun" side. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!

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supported 802.11g pcmcia card + WPA support
by Peter Magnusson 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hi there. I have looked a looong time for a 802.11g pcmcia (pc-card) card with WPA support that is supported in linux, more exact in FC4. I havent been able to find any, maybe I could get some advices which card I should buy here?

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Slightly OT: Firewire drives - daisy chain or hub?
by D. D. Brierton 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

This is perhaps a little off-topic, but maybe not too much so as the answer might depend on how Linux and FC3 handle Firewire. I need to copy large (~80GB) amounts of data from one external Firewire/IEEE-1394 hard disk drive to another. My machine only has one Firewire port. One of the drives has a Firewire port on the back, so it is possible to daisy chain the disks together. Alternatively I could go out and buy a fairly inexpensive powered Firewire hub and connect the two drives to that. Are there pros and cons to these two methods that I should be aware of? Is one preferable to the other? TIA. Best, Darren -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren(a)dzr-web.com www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) =====================================================================

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VNC problem
by John Aldrich 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

I made the mistake of leaving a full-screen VNC session going from my wife's Windows ME box to my linux box. She couldn't figure out how to get back to Windows, so she rebooted her box. Now, my system thinks that there's a :1 session going somewhere, but I can't seem to find the lock or the PID file. I've looked in my ~/.vnc folder, renamed the .vnc folder to .vnc-old and made a new .vnc folder, and copied the relevant files over, rebooted my box (I needed to anyway, to use the new kernel I installed via up2date awhile back) and still, every time I try to start a new VNC session, I get it starting on :2. Any ideas on how to get the new session started on :1 again? There are no vnc server sessions currently running, I checked. I *did* have a stale .pid file, only visible by root, but it's gone now. HELP! I'd really like to get my :1 session back, since that's the session I tunnel to from my Win2k box at work. :-) Thanks John

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