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Re: [Alug] Taking the Plunge - recompiling the kernel
by Edenyard 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:24:08 +0000, Toby Jaffey wrote: > The bit you seem to have missed is linking (ln) or copying the kernel > includes (in linux/include/linux and linux/include/asm) to /usr/include. > Have a look at these guides: > http://alge.anart.no/linux/robotti/kernel-compile-guide > http://linuxfaq.quartz.net.nz/node86.html > Many thanks for that timely advice! I had another go this morning, having set the symlinks for asm, linux & scsi and - lo and behold - it all worked without further ado. Kernel compiled and is now installed. Even better news - now the USB camera that I pestered so many people over works with Slackware and the new kernel, too. Thanks again to everyone here who contributed to this advancement! Gerald.

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Re: Meeting 4 Nov...
by jh Atkinson 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

Simon.Parkes(a)worldspan.com wrote, asking me, John Atkinson, to get it out. > Here it is, can you forward it onto the list for me please.. > > Simon Parkes > E-Commerce Server Engineer > Worldwide Technical Operations Group > Worldspan Services Ltd. > Office Tel: +44 (0) 208 745 9012. > Office Fax: +44 (0) 208 745 1878 > Home Office Tel +44 (0) 1638 552864 > Home Office Fax: +44 (0)1638 552865 > Fax to E-mail +44 (0) 703 1152199 > Mobile:- +44 (0) 7970 006076 > E-Mail :- simon.parkes(a)worldspan.com > > ----- Forwarded by Simon Parkes/WSL/WSP on 30/10/2001 19:24 ----- > > Simon Parkes > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > 30/10/2001 cc: > 07:28 Subject: Meeting 4 Nov... > > > > OK for the gates there will be a swat team available to help get equipment > over, or you can drive up and they will open automatically, whichever is > your preference !!!! > > Directions.... > > >From Newmarket, follow signs for Cheveley, on entering Cheveley, take first > right up "High Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after > phone box on right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive > BIG HOUSE... Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From Cambridge, follow signs for Newmarket (I'd suggest A1303), at the > first set of traffic lights (nr Nightclubs) in Newmarket turn RIGHT and > follow road for about 3 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up > "High Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From Ely A11, follow signs for Newmarket , go straight across all > roundabouts (3), turn left at "T" junction (Pub on left) and follow road > for about 2 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up "High > Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > >From A14 Bury St Edmunds direction , take first turn off A14 signposted > Newmarket (after the Tuddenham junction), follow road for about 5 miles, at > lights bear left into Newmarket. At next roundabout (Clocktower on it) > turn left, follow road, turn left at "T" junction (Pub on left) and follow > road for about 2 miles.... On entering Cheveley, take first right up "High > Street", carry on past church on left. Immediately after phone box on > right, go through the gates, down to the bottom of the drive BIG HOUSE... > Someone will be around to point you in the right direction.. > > I think that about does it, power points.. There should be plenty > available.... Tables, in process of sorting out, Tea and coffee... > Sorted (small donation to my mum for providing would be nice though).... > Apart from that... The pool heating is off so if you do want to go for a > swim take a thermal wet suit !!!! > > http://www.simon-parkes.co.uk/parents.html for an idea of the place..... > > If any more information is needed please give me a shout... If better > directions are required... errrr I'll see what I can do, post code is CB8 > 9DG .....And the place is called Fittocks House (not Fittocks Stud).... > > Simon Parkes > E-Commerce Server Engineer > Worldwide Technical Operations Group > Worldspan Services Ltd. > Office Tel: +44 (0) 208 745 9012. > Office Fax: +44 (0) 208 745 1878 > Home Office Tel +44 (0) 1638 552864 > Home Office Fax: +44 (0)1638 552865 > Fax to E-mail +44 (0) 703 1152199 > Mobile:- +44 (0) 7970 006076 > E-Mail :- simon.parkes(a)worldspan.com

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Re: [Alug] permissions
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

Mat B wrote: >Dunno if this will help your problem, but there is an option in smb.conf >called >'force create mode' >You bung it in with the other properties of the share and set it to whatever >you want the permissions >to be on files that are 'created' on the samba share, eg. 'force create mode >= 0755'. >Theres a more detailed blurb in the smb.conf man page. Perfect! Many thanks. Jen

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RE: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by Peter Delf 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

>From: "Edenyard" <mail(a)edenyard.co.uk> >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:12:59 +0000 >To: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> >CC: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: Re: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy > >On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:45:29 +0100, MJR wrote: > >> Anyone here with a kernel 2.4 Debian installation CD? I'm sure such things >> exist, but I don't have one. >> > > I've looked in all the usual places, but they all seem to say 2.2.xx >for Debian. That's the frustrating thing: one hears how good Debian is, >but can't try it! I wondered whether it's possible to take a >distribution (e.g., Debian) and install it with another kernel?? I don't >know enough about how all the different bits of Linux fit together to >know whether this is a sensible suggestion. > > Gerald. Check out http://www.uk.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 it's an article on what to add to your sources.list to upgrade to a 2.4.X kernel. I've done it on both my laptop and desktop computers and they run fine now (with proper USB support! yea!). I won't include a summary as i recommend you read all the instructions listed there. A small word of warning though, the apt source is unofficial so therefore it is unsupported, but the maintainer is a registered Debian developer so it's all pretty well maintained. The source addresses start http://people.debian.org/~bunk/ Pete Pete www.crawl-space.org.uk p.delf(a)uea.ac.uk

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Locked Directories-MDK8.0- answer!!!!
by Ricardo Campos 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

ALL credit must go to Syd on this one. You're an absoloute star- there's a pint with your name on it!!!!!!! In a terminal:- su (give password) supermount -i disable umount /mnt/cdrom umount /mnt/floppy mount -a supermount -i enable (optional: it may change your FS type to "auto", so try iso9660 for CD, vfat for floppy) mount -a This did it for me. And of course:- cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak ...Just incase it balls up again! :) I suspect that supermount has problems with windows partitions- poss remove from fstab and mount manually if you want to use them? Thank god for that! :) - No, thank Syd! Ricardo "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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permissions
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

How do you set up a directory so that files being copied into it from a windows machine using a samba share will copy as read only? At the moment they are rwx- - - - - - so I have to chmod manually when a doc is copied in. I've tried to set the whole directory as 755 using the -R option, which works for stuff already there but stuff copied in afterwards is still unreadable. nb - the files are moved in by various mortal users. Thanks! Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by Edenyard 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:59:26 -0000 (GMT), Raphael Mankin wrote: > In general, the answer to your question is Yes. What you would do is to install > Debian, or whatever, in a clean partition and then build another kernel for it. > However, in the particular case of upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 kernels, you also > have to upgrade glibc, binutils and other bits and pieces. It is therefore > ESSENTIAL that you do it in a clean partition. Do not try to upgrade a running > system. > Thanks - I can understand that well enough. If I already have a 2.4.n and I want to make it 2.4.n+1, do I still need to have separate partition - assuming that gcc, glibc, etc., are all within the versions recommended in the sourse README? > The moral is: always build your disks with two root partitions so that you can > do dangerous things without cutting your own balls off. > That seems eminently sound.... Gerald

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Debian problems
by Edenyard 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:15:07 +0000, Ashley wrote: > Just upgraded to Debian unstable (good idea?). Everything appears ok, apart > from my X configuration is lost. X no longer starts during bootup, and the > progs xf86config and XF86Setup are not available. Also startx and X are > unrecognised commands. > I have a vague idea that you run anXious (yes - that IS a capital X in the middle!!) to configure X on Debian. I DID say 'vague'.... Gerald

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ALUG Meeting.. problem..
by Simon Parkes 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

I've just been speaking to the Millennium Centre and they've turned round and told me that there is an issue, they don't have the room for us anymore!!! But I have a cunning plan, we can use the Cinema at my parent place in Cheveley (5 mins down the road), all organised if everyone is ok with that... Bonus, in true Linux tradition, it's free (and there's a sauna and pool available if anyone wants to refresh themselves)... Anyway over to you guys. Simon P.S. The Millennium Centre gave me there sincere apologies for the mistake...

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Taking the Plunge - recompiling the kernel
by Edenyard 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

Please help!!! Having been persuaded (against my better judgment, no doubt) to have a go at this 'Recompiling the Kernel' game, I finally plucked up enough courage this afternoon. I installed all the source code for kernel 2.4.9, installed all the gcc and things for my Slackware 8.0 system and went for it. Ran make menuconfig first of all and patiently waded through the billions of choices there. Managed to save it and a message came up which said, 'make dep next'. I checked with my Kernel HOW-TO V2.5 and that's what it seemed to be saying, too. So I did. VERY soon after typing 'make dep', I got this: /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error1 Well - I don't have a clue what to do now. I read through the Kernel HOW-TO 'Pitfalls' section and (of course) no mention of this particular one. What's missing? Where is it?? <groan> I knew THIS would happen.... Sone kindly soul - please can you get me out of this latest hole? Thanks! Gerald.

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