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Kernel numbers
by Jeff Stevens 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

What does it mean to see an rpm with a kernel of 2.6.10-1.741_FC3, when we go to a site like http://www.kernel.org and see the latest kernel is at 2.6.10? If one wanted to compile their own kernel from this site, would they be losing fixes/etc. from the "-1.741_FC3" portion? Thanks, still learning here... -- Jeffrey Stevens gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D2E5A4E8 Key fingerprint: 1C86 8717 E485 FA4D B9EF 96E2 A1AC 4B00 D2E5 A4E8

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Re: Port forwarding
by Andy 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hi, Jari Marikainen wrote: > I would like to forward incoming traffic from internet to > "<195.198.111.x> port 80" to "<some other ip on the internet> port 80" > in FC3 on the same interface. I would try the DNAT/SNAT iptables targets, along the lines of: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -d 195.198.111.x \ -j DNAT --to-destination 65.114.4.69 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -d 65.114.4.69 \ -j SNAT --to-source <your external IP address on this machine> The second line makes the real server send it's replies through the same path (otherwise it will reply directly to the client) You have to enable/allow forwarding for everything to work. hth, /Andy

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MySQL for an absulute beginner - Need recommandation
by Barry Yu 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Would appreciate point me to a place where I could find the info in learning MySQL as an absolute begginer.

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Re: printer problem fixed -- but why?
by Andrew Couture 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Do you have 'cups' installed? Why not use 'http://localhost:631/', it works well. If you printer doesn't have a driver there, try the 'gutenprint-' package. It is not a *rpm yet, but the instructions are straight forward. andy

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ssh and port 22 problem, cont.
by Gerhard Magnus 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Greetings! I've made some progress on troubleshooting this "ssh & port 22 problem". Here was my original post: When I try to connect from a remote machine to my one at home using ssh I get the error message "ssh: connect to host 64.146.133.1 port 22: Connection refused" -- but using ssh in the outgoing direction (i.e. from home to the remote location) works fine. Here's what's happened since: I have two machines (PuteA and PuteB) sharing an ActionTec DSL modem. The IP I was using was that of my "Gateway" ISP (64.146.133.1) -- an error. But when I used the correct, static IP address of the ActionTec (64.146.133.52) I got this message: ssh: connect to host 64.146.133.52 port22: Connection refused I thought I had port forwarding (for port 22) set correctly on the modem. For troubleshooting, my ISP advised me to run "tcpdump -n host 192.168.0.2" on PuteA, where 192.168.0.2 is the "internal" IP of PuteA. Then I logged on to the remote location from PuteB and tried to ssh from there to PuteA using the static IP address. The ssh from the remote location timed out with the same "port 22: connection refused" message. The tcpdump on Pute A gave this message: > tcpdump: listening on eth0 > 17:27:33.662753 arp who-has 192.168.0.2 tell 192.168.0.1 where 182.168.0.1 is the "internal" IP of the modem. (Sorry if I have this terminology wrong.) My ISP says the problem is the firewall on PuteA and that he doesn't do linux firewalls. Here are my replies to the people who responded to my first post: (1) "Do you have the firewall configured to deny incoming packets to port 22?" How do I check this? (2) "You need to check that sshd is running on your system." Yes. I comes up with each boot. Also "service sshd status" gives "sshd (pid 787) is running". (3) "sshd uses /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. Check that they are configured to allow your remote machine in." Both files have only commented lines. (4) "Also, if your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file has VerifyReverseMapping turned on, you will get kicked out if your remote address does not work with a reverse dns lookup." There's a "VerifyReverseMapping no" line in the file but it's been commented out. (5) "Just to be sure: when you are at home machine, try 'ssh localhost'. If this works, you probably need to check your firewall." It seems to work -- I ssh to the machine itself. (6) "This is common on every system I have ever loaded with FC2. Your iptables are blocking the connection. You can do one of the following: iptables -A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 - j ACCEPT" I tried this. The ssh to PuteA from the remote location still times out. (7) "Oh yes I also took out the REDHAT firewall entrie as I dont have a clue as to how to work with it." I've fiddled endlessly with this "system tool" at each of the three levels of security as well as using the "customize" option to set eth0 as a trusted device and to allow incoming ssh. It doesn't show the settings that actually exist. (8) "If your fedora box is connected directly to a DSL modem, you should be able to find your IP address by running ifconfig from the command line and looking for 'inet addr:' (probably under 'eth0')." eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:81:60:8E inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2005 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:1122075 (1.0 Mb) TX bytes:190214 (185.7 Kb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0x3000 Could this be the problem -- the "inet addr" of 192.168.0.4? As far as I can tell, the modem is 192.168.0.1, PuteA is 192.168.0.2, and PuteB is 192.168.0.3. I haven't set anything as 192.168.0.4. (9) "nmap 64.146.133.52" (The 1598 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) Port State Service 23/tcp open telnet 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http Shouldn't ssh be here? And what's telnet doing open? The books have me scared to death of this... hackers, crackers, script kiddies, etc. Thanks for the help! Jerry Magnus

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tuxtype2 doesn't launch
by Ed Landaveri 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

I have installed tuxtype2 for my daughters to learn typing but every time I launch it the screen goes black as though it will work but not, it returns to the desktop. If I try to launch it from the terminal It gives me a message: Load settings: Settings file doesn't exists! Settings not loaded! Load settings: Settings file doesn't exists! Settings not loaded! Please can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks a lot Linux user number 433512 Free as in Freedom: http://counter.li.org --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near historic lows - Refi $200k loan for only $660/ month - Click now for info

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Can scp be used to update a directory?
by Anne Wilson 09 Feb '08

09 Feb '08

The scp man page is not very verbose ;-) I want to copy a directory, recursively, over the lan, but only those files that are new or updated. MS-DOS could do this back in ...Ummm.... so I can't believe it can't be done in scp, but I can't see how to do it. Anne

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eth0 dont start at bootime
by Wolfgang Morawetz 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Hi, each time i boot fedora i must enable by hand the eth0 device (by the gui congig-tool). What must i do to enable the device at boot? # cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=bugs.acme # cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 # cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 all 3 the same output # Macronix, Inc. [MXIC]|MX987x5 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:50:BF:76:39:8F ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME=bugs.acme USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no Thx Wolfgang alias wfx (http://teg.sf.net)

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Yum on x86_64
by Gareth Bult 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

Hi, I seem to have (finally :) ) acquired a complete(ish) / working x86_64 system .. but I'm still having trouble with a few bits, not least "yum". I get; Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Unreleased Updates Finding updated packages Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 60, in ? yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) File "yummain.py", line 204, in main File "clientStuff.py", line 363, in getupdatedhdrlist File "clientStuff.py", line 409, in bestversion IndexError: list index out of range [root@squizzey oddjob]# (This is a modified system [2.6.0-test11] however it seems to run well) Pointing it at mozilla's channel for SeaMonkey seems to work if I disable the default channels, however... Anyone any ideas ? (I was sort of expecting to see it say "no x86_64 updates supported yet" as opposed to a complete crash) Also, can yum pull SRPMS and rebuild them ? tia Gareth.

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Thunderbird and Snapshot
by Paul Lemmons 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

I am almost certain I have done this before but I am getting old and may be imagining things. I have opened up a new message in Thunderbird (latest and greatest). I have verified that the format is "Rich Text (HTML)". I go to KSnapShot and snap a section of the screen and click on the "Copy to Clipboard" button. I then try to paste it into the note and it simply does nothing. Am I missing something? I would like to paste an image into a note to send as documentation to someone. -- Murphy Says: Real programmers don't eat muffins

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