I have a completely updated Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Recently there have
been some random problem. Sometimes when I try to boot there seems to be no
activity on the splash screen and after a while it takes me to the initramfs
prompt (Failure to mount root filesystem). But again sometimes it boots just
fine with no problems whatsoever.
I found that this was a bug. [1]
The only solution to get around this problem was to append "all_generic_ide"
to the root line in menu.lst. But I read in the bug report discussion that
it may hamper the performance of my HDDs (which are already slow). Is there
any other way to get around this problem?
[1]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/67256
Regards,
Amit.
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List,
A little flashback. I had earlier posted a query about non-destructive
resizing of NTFS partitions (where free space is not consolidated even after
defragmentation) with gparted, for which there was no clear reply. Looking
further, I found that ntfsresize, which is used by gparted, does not need
free space consolidation. However, the only catch is that defragmentation
should not leave any data near the end of the disk.
OK, so partitioning done, I have installed Fedora 8 on my laptop with only
KDE on it (space constraints). I want to add some packages not on the DVD,
but I am facing some problems currently, as follows:
1. Environmental proxy settings: my internet connection goes through an
open proxy that does not require any UID or password. I have manually
configured firefox and konqueror's proxy settings and I can connect to the
internet through them. However, yum / pup / pirut do not work. I have
specified the proxy settings in the root bash profile, my (user) bash
profile, and in the global profile under /etc/profile, but I cannot still
connect. Any pointers?
2. Crashes: The network card control applets under KDE available as
nm-applet or system-control-network crash when run. This happened even
before I had specified any network settings. system-config-network works
properly, methinks. Has anybody else faced this problem, and is there a
solution?
3. Multimedia: Kaffeine, Amarok, etc. are unable to play even audio CDs. I
wonder why. Is this what bleeding edge is supposed to be?
Remember, my system is not updated, as yum doesn't work.
Oh, and having installed grub on /dev/sda3 and not the MBR, I have found and
started using Super Grub Disk (http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/) to
boot Fedora. I have burnt its ISO to a CD/RW. It is really wonderful. I
think all distros should offer it as a part of their live CD distributions.
The ISO is just 3.5 MB, and a bz2 archive is only 500k odd in size.
Hello all,
Thiagarajar College of Engg., Madurai is organising a
national level technical symposium named tecuthsav
(https://tecuthsav.tce.edu). As a part of the event, an online
programming contest(OLPC) will be conducted tomorrow(sunday,
10/02/2008). Please register in the site as a participant and also for
the OLPC contest. The site has detailed information about the contest
site: https://tecuthsav.tce.edu
date:10/02/2008
time: 2:00 pm
contact mail: olpc(a)tce.edu
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HI
I have Linux server ( Cent OS ) that runs a firewall and squid ( which is
behind the fire wall ) . bellow is my iptable file
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu Feb 7 02:43:43 2008
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [5233:333834]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [5:1836]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [1150:71993]
-A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128
-A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 22 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128
-A PREROUTING -i eth2 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128
-A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Feb 7 02:43:43 2008
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu Feb 7 02:43:43 2008
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [68521:21158845]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [36355:23402728]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [93843:100437897]
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -i eth2 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Feb 7 02:43:43 2008
I redirect all request that comes for port 80 to 3128 ( squid machine ) ....
and there with the squid i have blocked few sites.
But i want to block gmail ( but i am not allowed to block port 443... which
gmail works on )
so my question here is how do i block gmail with out blocking port 443 ?
(sorry for binging this issue up again !! but i have not really not found a
permanent solution )
Thanks ! for all the help !!!
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I am trying to write a really simple script to install postfix. my script
begins like this :
#!/bin/sh
echo "this is a script tp install postfix for virtual domains "
apt-get install postfix-mysql
apt-get install mutt
apt-get install telnet
apt get install mysql-common mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev
sysv-rc-conf
apt-get instal openssl
apt-get install libsasl2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-sql
libauthen-sasl-cyrus-perl libauthen-sasl-perl
apt-get install courier-base courier-authlib-mysql courier-ssl courier-pop
sysv-rc-conf --level 235 mysqld on
sysv-rc-conf --level 235 postfix on
apt-get install apache2
apt-get install vim
..... and so on
but as soon as the scipt executes it tries to install postfix-mysql , the
apt-get progam asks the question " Do you want to continue [Y/n]? "
i have to keep pressing " y " ...... what do i put in my script that will
automate this , without asking me the question " Do you want to continue
[Y/n]?"
Thanks for all the help!!
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www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com
Hi all,
i am using ubuntu and did some search in the synaptic package manager
for any vocabulary builder but to no avail. Could anyone direct me to
any vocab builder that comes along with ubuntu or anything else which
i could compile for linux.
Thanks in Advance!!
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Hi ILUG-BOM,
I want help regarding mounting windows network drive in Redhat Linux
AS3/AS4.
I shared the windows folder but unable to mount that drive. Kindly please
help me out.
Warm Regards
Zoheb Ansari.
Hello All,
I am back to using Etch-Kde and while the machine is idle, it shows
occasional net activity. Netstat shows the following entries posted
below. Why are bbc, rocky-mountain, steffani and such sites being
contacted? How do I disable this?
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 debian.local:60323 rocky-mountain.cs:27644
ESTABLISHED
tcp 1 0 debian.local:50722 steffani.debian.org:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 debian.local:54730 ns24102.ovh.net:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 15 0 debian.local:54256 rocky-mountain.csai:ftp
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 debian.local:34230 ftp.de.debian.org:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 0 0 debian.local:34116 linux.csie.nctu.edu:www
ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 debian.local:60323 rocky-mountain.cs:27644
ESTABLISHED
tcp 1 0 debian.local:50722 steffani.debian.org:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 1 debian.local:36845 hk-in-f104.google.c:www LAST_ACK
tcp 1 1 debian.local:32853 newslb306.telhc.bbc:www LAST_ACK
tcp 1 0 debian.local:54730 ns24102.ovh.net:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 15 0 debian.local:54256 rocky-mountain.csai:ftp
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 debian.local:34230 ftp.de.debian.org:www
CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 0 0 debian.local:34116 linux.csie.nctu.edu:www
ESTABLISHED
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Rony.
GNU/Linux !
No Viruses
No Spyware
Only Freedom.
>> games - lots of games - educational stuff will bore them. Then talk
>> about free and pirated (they all must be using pirated cds/movies.
>> Maybe 1 in 10 will grasp the point.
> I plan to. But then what games? Give me a few good examples!
OpenArena and Tremulous (Quake III mods -- rocks); Battle for Wesnoth
(turn-based strategy -- I prefer real-time strategy)
Cheers,
Debarshi
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> I want help regarding mounting windows network drive in
> Redhat Linux AS3/AS4.
> I shared the windows folder but unable to mount that drive.
> Kindly please help me out.
If your network is fine and windows share name, user name
and password are correct, then the following command should
mount the shared folder on Windows server running on
(say) 10.1.1.1 to /mnt on your Linux system.
mount -t cifs -o user=winuser,password=winpass //10.1.1.1/sharename /mnt
Be root to execute this command. If share name or password contains
white spaces, then appropriate quotes needed to be added for your shell
to treat them properly.
Raghu