how to get dhclient to reconfigure link?
by Joe Smith
I had to unplug my network connection (FC5; single PC-cable modem) for a
couple of hours today, and when I plugged it back in, the kernel
recognized that the link was up again, but the dhcp client did not
reconfigure the link. I tried ifconfig eth0 down/up--no change. I
finally just killed and re-started dhclient, which worked but seems
pretty clunky. What's the recommended solution?
<Joe
17 years
VMware-server-1.0.3-44356 does not work
by Paul Smith
Dear All
When running "vmware-config.pl" on FC6 with the kernel 2.6.20-1.2948,
I get the errors below.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
--------------------------------------
# vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
[/usr/share/icons]
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications]
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
[/usr/share/pixmaps]
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6/build/include]
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'compat_exit'
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'exit_code'
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning:
type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_syscall1'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
Execution aborted.
#
17 years
missing kde control center
by Gene Heskett
Greetings;
Running kde, FC6 system uptodate as of a couple of hours ago.
After tonight's update of about 4 items by smart, the control center is
missing from the kmenu.
How can this be restored?
--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
It would be nice to be sure of anything the way some people are of everything.
17 years
Starting Mysql
by Jim
# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Can some tell what's happening.
Jim
17 years
Re: really REALLY slow computer
by Steve Blackwell
Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> zephod cfl rr com wrote:
>...
>
> HP dc7700p, 2G RAM, 2x250G
>
>...
>
>I've had nothing but frustrations getting Linux
>to run on a dc7700. I gave up.
Gave up! Oh, come on, where's your pioneering spirit?
This is the fun stuff. We just need to find out where to start debugging.
Steve
17 years
Re: how to get dhclient to reconfigure link?
by David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)
Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:46:06 -0400
> Joe Smith <jes(a)martnet.com> wrote:
>
>
>> > I had to unplug my network connection (FC5; single PC-cable modem) for a
>> > couple of hours today, and when I plugged it back in, the kernel
>> > recognized that the link was up again, but the dhcp client did not
>> > reconfigure the link. I tried ifconfig eth0 down/up--no change. I
>> > finally just killed and re-started dhclient, which worked but seems
>> > pretty clunky. What's the recommended solution?
>>
>
> Either
>
> ifdown eth0
> ifup eth0
>
> (which will restart negotiation etc), waiting (which should eventually
> get around to retrying), or run the GUI network config tool and take the
> iface down/up.
It looks like dhclient will "stick" sometimes and not exit with an
"ifdown". I just had this happen this morning. I've been working with
and testing the wireless link on my laptop for about a week with lots of
"ifdown eth0" (the wire) followed by "ifup eth1" (the wireless). This
morning I had to kill dhclient after the "ifdown eth0" before I could
successfully do an "ifup eth1". Maybe if your timing is perfectly wrong
and you catch dhclient when it's getting a new lease or something it
doesn't exit on an ifdown.
BTW, I finally got my wireless running stably on the laptop with
ndiswrapper by going to the 2.6.21 kernel from kernel.org. Really odd
since I configured the kernel with "make oldconfig" and didn't see
anything related to some of the known pitfalls for ndiswrapper (e.g.,
CONFIG_4KSTACKS) but it seems to run fine both over time (several days)
and with lots of traffic (amanda backup keeps getting the rebuilt kernel
files object files as I tweak the configuration). This is with a x86_64
kernel.
Cheers,
Dave
--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce
17 years
what on earth is blkid doing?
by Tom Horsley
Over in the discussion about disk labeling, the blkid tool was
mentioned. I ran it (no args), and it showed the label on
all my partitions, including the /dev/dvd device, which doesn't
have a DVD in it. The label it showed me was the last DVD I did
have in it a few days ago, and I've rebooted several times since
then. Where the heck is this coming from? Does the DVD drive
itself store that? (I probably haven't powered off the system
since that DVD was in there, so I suppose the drive might be
the one stashing it). Another thing to be paranoid about! The
NSA can keep track of which movies you last watched by remotely
querying your DVD drives! :-).
17 years
Mail Preview change in Evolution
by Simon Slater
G'day again
Just a quick question about Classic mail preview in Evolution 2.8.2.1
on FC6. Up until yesterday, selecting an email would preview it in the
pane from its beginning. Now it shows the preview at the end of the
email. I'm sure that I didn't change anything. How can I change it
back? I can't find any reference to this anywhere. I've tried
switching preview view and back again, also closing and re-opening
Evolution but no joy.
Thanks
Simon Slater
17 years
How Do I?
by Art Giles
I need to know how to set my screen smaller. I'v gone in and set it one
higher then the 800x600.It will not hold. It keeps going back to the
800x600.The screen is so big I can not find the Delete button.FC6
Thanks
Oldtimer.
17 years
Problem installing latest Livna NVidia packages
by Matthew Saltzman
Has anyone else had problems installing the latest Livna NVidia updates? Or do
I have something screwed up?
Here's what I get with the newest kernel installed (similar results the last
few days with the previous kernel):
$ sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
macromedia 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 109 kB 00:00
livna : ################################################## 463/463
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:1.0.9755-4.lvn6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-kmod >= 1.0.9755 for package:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for kmod-nvidia to pack into transaction set.
kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2. 100% |=========================| 19 kB 00:00
---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 0:1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.fc6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia i386 1.0.9755-4.lvn6 livna 4.9 M
Installing for dependencies:
kmod-nvidia i686 1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.fc6 livna 2.3 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 7.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): xorg-x11-drv-nvidi 100% |=========================| 4.9 MB 00:12
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9755-4.lvn6.i3...:
[Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9755-4.lvn...:
[Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvi...:
[Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/...:
[Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9755...:
[Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Trying other mirror.
(1/2): xorg-x11-drv-nvidi 100% |=========================| 4.9 MB 00:00
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/xorg-x11-drv-nvid...:
[Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
Trying other mirror.
(2/2): kmod-nvidia-1.0.97 100% |=========================| 2.3 MB 00:06
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.f...:
[Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.29...:
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Server: nginx/0.4.13
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 01:48:30 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 169
Connection: keep-alive
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0....:
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 01:48:33 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)
Content-Length: 409
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/...:
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 01:48:34 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Fedora)
Vary: accept-language,accept-charset
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Language: en
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.2...:
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 01:48:34 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Fedora)
Content-Length: 349
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Trying other mirror.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/kmod-nvidia-1.0.9...:
[Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] Requested Range Not Satisfiable due to
unobtainable file length.
Trying other mirror.
Error Downloading Packages:
kmod-nvidia - 1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.fc6.i686: failure:
kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.fc6.i686.rpm from livna: [Errno 256] No
more mirrors to try.
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia - 1.0.9755-4.lvn6.i386: failure:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9755-4.lvn6.i386.rpm from livna: [Errno 256] No more
mirrors to try.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
17 years
