Linuxers November 2003

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[ILUG-BOM]weird behaviour of "/proc/version"
by psawant＠nse.co.in 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

in my office, i connect to a RedHat gnu/linux m/c through telnet (actually through a software called "putty", which uses telnet as the underlying communication protocol). the initial welcome/login screen shows the following msg: Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma) ^^^ Kernel 2.4.7-10 on an i686 but the contents of "/proc/version" are: Linux version 2.4.7-10 (<some email id>) (gcc version 2.96 20000731) (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98) #<today's date> ^^^ any convincing explanation to the above weirdity, would be greatly appreciated. also, i have a small question, which is related to the above query (actually, it might solve the above absurdity ;-) ) does the file "/proc/version" change (or is updated) at every reboot (or some other convinient time interval). i.e. if i change the entry in "/proc/version" to make it RHL 7.2, will it stay like that forever (or until someone changes it), or will it get rectified at the next reboot? also where does the display shown at login time come from? thanks for all the help!

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[ILUG-BOM]Linuc Certification
by Masa, Uma Maheswaraiah (Cognizant) 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Hi, I'm located in chennai. I want to take linux certification course. Could you suggest some books/training centers/materials etc.. Thanks in Advance, Uma.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM]AMD processor ??
by Aseem Rane 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

<Snipped original mail> Hi, I am having AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with ASUS A7V8X Mothorboard. I have an enclosed PC cabinate to prevent my PC from dust. The cabinate opens only from front when I want to use it. I do face a heating problem. The temperature easily rises to 60+ oC without any process using CPU cycles. I use CPUIdle on Windows which does a very good job to keep the temperature down to 25 oC when CPU is not in use(even when the room temperature is 30+ oC). But for long compilations or while applying Photoshop filters the temperature rises to 65+ oC also. BTW is there any utility on Linux like "CPUIdle" which "cools" the CPU while not in use? Regards Aseem -- Aseem Rane Sr. Software Engineer, L&T Infotech Ltd. Powai.

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[ILUG-BOM]Re: weird behaviour of "/proc/version"
by Rakesh Pal 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Hi The contents of the /proc/version file is not actually wierd it looks almost same as of urs on all systems of Red Hat Linux. This file gives you the version of Linux Kernel, GCC, the version of RedHat Linux installed in your system and dthat email id is of the development team of RedHat Linux so you can email the bugs to them. The display message that you see at the time of login comes from the /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net files. If your logging in through the local terminal in text mode just change the /etc/issue file to what ever you want and that will be displayed everytime you try to login. If you are trying login remotely using telnet or SSH just change the /etc/issue.net file and it will show you the message that you want at the time of login. these changes are permanent and needs to be done only once. I hope i have answered your query. regards Rakesh B Pal CompTIA Linux+ Certified --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:35:42 From: psawant(a)nse.co.in To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Cc: >Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI >-------------------------------------------- > ____________________________________________________________ FREE ADHD DVD or CD-Rom (your choice) - click here! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/56363… AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/56363… This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only

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[ILUG-BOM]Re: weird behaviour of "/proc/version"
by Rakesh Pal 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

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[ILUG-BOM]SCSI driver problem
by punit chaturvedi 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Hi all, i have got a server having a 40 GB seagate Harddisk. When i tried to install Red Hat 7.2/8.0 on it , it got stuck at the time of partitioning. it display this error:- "an error has occurred-no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems.Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem". As i think it will due to that this fresh machine doesn't have SCSi Dreiver. Can anybody help me. Thanks in advance Punit Chaturvedi >From: Vinayakam Murugan <vinayak(a)theargoncompany.com> >Reply-To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" ><linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> >To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >Subject: [ILUG-BOM]RedHat Support to end >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:54:23 +0530 > >Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI >-------------------------------------------- > > >http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/03/1749259 > >Interesting. :-) >-- >Warm Regards >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Vinayakam Murugan > >Viruses getting you down? >Get your virus protected mailbox at http://www.tassm.com > > >Never trust someone called GATES who sells WINDOWS. > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! Only on www.shaadi.com. http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Register now!

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Re: [ILUG-BOM]
by Rakesh Pal 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Hi Dipali, If you have forgot the root password for ur system then its a little bit of head ache but dont worry you can still get to change the new password. If you are using RedHat Linux then just do the following steps. I hope that you have a rescue boot disk created at the time of installation or atleast have the RedHat installation CDs. Boot through the CD or floppy drive and at the boot prompt type linux single and press enter this will take you to single user mode from where you can change the root password to a new one and reboot the system and log in to your root account as usual. If you are using LILO as your boot loader then simply type linux single at the boot prompt and the rest will be same. I hope this fixes ur prob. Note: This is considered as a potential security flaw in Linux System provided the mischeavous guy has physical access to the system. regards Rakesh Pal CompTIA Linux+ Certifed -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: 5 Nov 2003 09:59:12 -0000 From: "dipali panjabrao gaikwad" <dipali_111(a)rediffmail.com> To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Cc: >Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI >-------------------------------------------- > > > BELATED WISH U VERY HAPPY DIWALI.<R> > > > MY QUESTION > > > >&nsp; I M USER OF LINUX OS BUT AFTER VERY LONG TI^@E > RIGHT NOW I WANT TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT BUT I HAVE FORGETED MY PASSWOR > AND I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN MY ACCOUNT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO? > >&nb^@p; REGARD > >^@ DEEPA > > > > >[1] [adstrea^@ > > >References > > 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signa-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > ____________________________________________________________ FREE ADHD DVD or CD-Rom (your choice) - click here! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/56363… AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/56363… This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only

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[ILUG-BOM]changing resolution of X
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

I have installed knoppix 3.2 (I know 3.3 is available) I have done apt-get update and some 90 programs have been installed or upgraded. I now have kde 3.1.4. My only problem (at present) is that the screen resolution is 800x600 and I can get 1024x768 in redhat 9 as well as slackware 9 on the same box. Is there some debian specific tool to configur X in knoppix ? I searched for Xconfigurator but it's not to be found (? rh specific ?) Thanks, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Homeopath and Linux Enthusiast. Mumbai, India. http://www.pavri.net/

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[ILUG-BOM]Bye
by Satya 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

With the very low SNR and the utter, utter, stupidity and lack of sense on this list, it's time I left. Oh, well. -- Satya. <URL:http://www.thesatya.com/> I didn't know it was impossible when I did it.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM]Intenet Connection Sharing on Linux - is it possible ?
by Mahesh Gharat 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Hi, try the following document http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/nano= .txt I tried it and it worked for me(....one year ago....on ke= rnel 2.4.18) Hope this helps! Best Regards, = -Mahesh Gharat Technical Consultant - Information Security<= BR> MIEL e-Security Pvt. Ltd. C- 611 / 612, Floral Deck Plaza, = MIDC Central Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093, India. Tel = No:+ 91 (022) 2821 5050 Fax No:+ 91 (022) 2821 5838 Email: mgha= rat(a)mielesecurity.com On Wed, 05 Nov 2003= Deep Ganatra wrote : >Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJT= I >-------------------------------------------- >Hello, >Right now we have 2 ISPs in the office and i want something like i= f one goes down then 2nd should be up automatically. >is it possib= le in linux to do it ? > >The server is gonna run on RedH= at Linux 9. > >Regards >Deep > &g= t; > > >-- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/lis= tinfo/linuxers [1] [a=] References 1. ="http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"

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