Newbie Questions
by LinuxMedia
> I am about as new as they come. I have downloaded
> Fedora and am about to install. I have a Windows 98
> machine and am not sure if I want to set up a dual
> boot or just put Fedora on this computer.
When setting up a dual boot computer (I haven't done it in a while
though), I used to like to take the Windows Hard Drive out and (either)
put it in the "slave" position on the first IDE ribbon (or) put it on
the second IDE ribbon (either master or slave). Then I put the "new"
drive in the "master" position on the first IDE ribbon (to install Linux
on). I like to do this because...
1) you can install Fedora on the first (new) drive and use GRUB (linux
boot loader) to boot both Linux and Windows
2) You don't have to resize partitions or do some procedure to "make
room for Linux" and take the chance of loosing any data on the Windows
drive.
3) If you run into problems or have a problem getting the dual boot
working, you can just put the Windows drive back.
> I need some instructions on installation of Fedora
> from a hard drive. The instruction with Fedora are
> too limited for me. Can someone please direct me to
> a more detailed source.
I've installed (both) Fedora Core 3 and Fedora Core 4 from CD and I
found the install process to be pretty simple and strait forward. You
have the instructions on the left and the choices on the right.
The first thing you are confronted with in the install process is the
choice of checking your CDs for errors. If (when the checking process is
over) it keeps telling you that the CDs are bad, then reboot into the
first CD again, and at the "boot:" prompt, type "linux mediacheck
ide=nodma" (don't include the quotes). Press ENTER and do the checks
again. If the disks are good, then this should solve the incorrect
reporting of bad disks.
At some point, you will be asked what kind of install you would like to
do. I would choose the (standard???) (don't remember what they call it)
install. It's the first choice. It should give you all you need for a
well rounded, very usable Desktop computer. The second choice is
simular, but includes extra progams for a bit more advanced users that
want to build programs and other things. I would just choose the first
choice of "type of install" that is offered.
In the world of Linux, there are many different "window mangers" to
choose from. Your "Desktop" can look like a Windows Desktop, A Mac
Desktop or anything you can imagine in your mind. The "default" Fedora
desktop is called "Gnome". I use one called "KDE", so I'm not sure how
to do this with the Gnome window manager, but with KDE, you can go to a
menu called "add/remove applications" and it's very easy to use. Maybe
someone here can tell you the equivelant of "add/remove applications" in
the Gnome Desktop. And at that point, you could even choose to install
and use KDE if you like. If you do, then at the login screen, press
"Sessions" and choose KDE. If you like it, I can tell you how to make
that the one that starts by default when you log in.
There are command line install programs, but I hope someone can tell you
an easy Gnome menu item that gives you a simple GUI since you'll be
overwhelmed with so much info as it is.
Hope this helps,
Rocco
18 years, 2 months
Chrootkit found "suspicious" file
by Mike McCarty
I ran chrootkit today, and it spit this out [in the middle
of a bunch of "nothing found" reports]
Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while...
/usr/lib/qt-3.3/etc/settings/.qt_plugins_3.3rc.lock
/usr/lib/qt-3.3/etc/settings/.qtrc.lock
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Gaim/.packlist
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/.packlist
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/build/.config
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/build/scripts/.pnmtologo.cmd
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/build/scripts/genksyms/.genksyms.cmd
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/build/scripts/genksyms/.parse.o.cmd
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/build/scripts/genksyms/.lex.o.cmd
[etc]
Total of 200 files it didn't like. I don't see anything there that
looks particularly suspicios. What's going on? Anyone know?
It also found this...
Checking `chkutmp'... The tty of the following user process(es) were
not found
in /var/run/utmp !
! RUID PID TTY CMD
! root 3928 tty1 /sbin/mingetty tty1
! root 3939 tty2 /sbin/mingetty tty2
! root 3945 tty3 /sbin/mingetty tty3
! root 3951 tty4 /sbin/mingetty tty4
! root 3957 tty5 /sbin/mingetty tty5
! root 4082 tty6 /sbin/mingetty tty6
chkutmp: nothing deleted
Why can it not find the tty?
Mike
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18 years, 2 months
smartctl on FC4 broken for 3ware 9xxx (13c1:1002) RAID cards?
by Robinson Tiemuqinke
Hi,
I installed a FC4 box, and tried to use smartctl to
show disk parameters on SATA drives, or SATA drives
connected through 3Ware RAID5 card, but neither works,
my smartctl version is 5.33. my kernel is
2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp. I added two "-T permissive" but
still no luck.
Any suggestion are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[root@testbox01 ~]# lspci | grep RAID
03:01.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series
SATA-RAID
[root@testbox01 ~]# lspci -n |grep 03:01.0
03:01.0 Class 0104: 13c1:1002
[root@testbox01 ~]# rpm -qf /usr/sbin/smartctl
smartmontools-5.33-1.5
[root@testbox01 ~]# uname -r
2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp
[root@testbox01 ~]# smartctl -a -d 3ware,1 /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.33 [x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu]
Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
WARNING - NO DEVICE FOUND ON 3WARE CONTROLLER (disk 1)
Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an
ATA/ATAPI device)
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To
continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
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18 years, 2 months
httpd basic authentication problem
by azeem ahmad
hi list
i have configured webdav and created a htpasswd file as well.
i have done it acording to sugetions. but now its says mysql table not
found, while i dont know how it is trying to find mysql tables
below is current config
Alias /dav/ "/var/www/dav"
<Directory /var/www/dav/>
DAV On
AuthType Basic
AuthName "must"
AuthUserFile "/etc/httpd/dav/davlogin"
Require user webdav
</Directory>
and here is error_log entry
[Mon Nov 27 04:28:56 2000] [error] [client 192.168.3.6] MySQL ERROR: Table
'test.user_info' doesn't exist: /dav/
[Mon Nov 27 04:28:56 2000] [error] [client 192.168.3.6] MySQL user webdav
not found: /dav/
Regards
Azeem
18 years, 2 months
[FC4] wlan interface broke down after update
by Marko Asplund
hi
i updated FC4 with yum a few weeks ago and after the update my wlan
interface stopped working. it's a dual boot system and wlan works fine
on Windows XP so it shouldn't be a hardware issue.
when i boot the system here's what happens:
...
Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0:
Determining IP information for eth0... done.
[ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth1: cannot change name of wlan0 to eth1: File
exists
cannot change name of wlan0 to eth1: File exists
cannot change name of wlan0 to dev5346: File exists
cannot change name of wlan0 to dev370: File exists
cannot change name of wlan0 to dev17832: File exists
... the last line is repeated over and over
the problematic update included the following packages among others:
kernel-2.6.15-1.1831-FC4
udev-071-0.FC4.2
module-init-tools-3.2-0.pre9.0.FC4.1
libselinux-1.23.11-1.1
any ideas on how to fix this problem?
br. aspa
18 years, 2 months
FC4: Make nvidia driver default
by Gabriel Flepp
Hi,
I work here with a removable Harddrive. I use it on two different
PC's. The two workstations are quite equal (more or less).
Everytime i move from one to the other Fedore detects a new graphic
card and changes the driver back to nv (instead of nvidia), and
it changes the keyboard back to us (instead of sg). Is there a
way to tell Fedora my correct defaults? Or can I stop Fedora from
rearanging my xorg.conf?
Thanks for any help
Regards
Gabriel Flepp
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18 years, 2 months
New DHCP For Linux?
by taharka
February 22, 2006
New DHCP For Linux?
By Sean Michael Kerner
A new DHCP client for Linux is set to take advantage of an expected new
feature in a future Linux kernel.
The new DHCP client is being proposed by kernel developer Stefan Rompf
and will (when completed) automatically recognize when a Linux user has
disconnected from a particular DHCP server and look for a new
connection.
Full article at;
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3586801
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
18 years, 2 months
Good News from eAccelerator
by David Cary Hart
With FC5 coming close, I tested the 2/15/06 beta from eAccelerator.
This version works with PHP 5.1. If you have a great deal of PHP, EA
increases performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled
state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely
eliminated. This is particularly effective with "includes"
particularly during traffic spikes. It also speeds up squirrel
noticeably.
The stable version of php-eaccelerator is in Fedora Extras.
If anyone wants to try the beta (not recommended on a production
server) I have an rpm available on request.
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18 years, 2 months
webdav
by azeem ahmad
hi list
i have configured a webdav directory. but when i try to connect to it, it
doesnt ask for credentials
how could i make it
configuration is as below
<Directory /dav/>
DAV On
AuthType Basic
AuthName "must"
AuthUserFile "/root/davlogin"
<LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS>
Require user webdav
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>
Regards
Azeem
18 years, 2 months
