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> 1. RE: limiting CPU access per user (Gavin McDonald)
> 2. adding new hardware (dbrett at tcn.net)
> 3. Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188) (Wayne Bastow)
> 4. Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188) (Stuart Sears)
> 5. server freezes from time to time (PE1750 RHEL 4) - Unable to
> handle kernel NULL pointer (G?tz Reinicke)
> 6. Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188) (Johnie Stafford)
> 7. Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188) (Wayne Bastow)
> 8. Amount of data passed through a port (Edson Noboru Yamada)
> 9. autofs and cifs syntax (Bruce W. Martin)
> 10. Re: autofs and cifs syntax (Ed Wilts)
> 11. Re: server freezes from time to time (PE1750 RHEL 4) - Unable
> to handle kernel NULL pointer (Ray Van Dolson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:51:11 -0700
> From: "Gavin McDonald" <gavitron at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: limiting CPU access per user
> To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
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> Perhaps the Sun n1GE Grid-Engine Software would be useful in this
> instance?
> The tools are really meant to schedule jobs across many machines,
> with many
> CPUs, but you could probably repurpose their scheduling tools to
> restrictuser jobs to one CPU on a single system with similar ease.
>
> http://www.sun.com/software/gridware/
>
> -G
>
> Regards,
>
> Gavin McDonald
> ========================
> EVI Logistic Enterprises
> email: me at gavitron.com
> phone: (604) 313-3845
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of George Magklaras
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:02 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: limiting CPU access per user
> >
> > A wrapper script that takes what is to be executed, check it out and
> > then dplace it to a certain CPU(s) comes to mind. Since dplace
> can also
> > maintain a global count of all active tasks in each CPU that
> should not
> > be a problem for you to check out what happens at your end.
> >
> > If it's not going to be a wrapper script, then that could form
> part of
> > your queue system scripts. We handle this issue by placing the
> dplace> arguments in our PBS scripts.
> >
> > Maybe someone has a more straightforward solution, but this is
> what we do.
> >
> > --
> > --
> > George B. Magklaras
> >
> > Senior Computer Systems Engineer/UNIX Systems Administrator
> > The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo,
> > University of Oslo
> > http://www.biotek.uio.no/
> >
> > EMBnet Norway: http://www.biotek.uio.no/EMBNET/
> >
> >
> > Mark Haney wrote:
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> > > I have an SGI box that I want to be able to allow certain
> users access
> > > only to certain processors. I looked at dplace and cpuset,
> but they
> > > both rather require the user to manage the jobs. As this is
> less than
> > > perfect, is there a way to limit a user to be able to run jobs
> on only
> > > certain CPUs, similar to sudo where a user my be able to have root
> > > access to certain applications?
> > >
> > >
> > > - --
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> > > Mark Haney
> > > Sr. Systems Administrator
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:46:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: dbrett at tcn.net
> Subject: adding new hardware
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> I have a laptop with a Broadcom wireless card. The Broadcom
> website
> appears to indicate it supports Linux. I don't know how to
> configure
> Linux to support the card. When installing and starting up the
> wireless
> card is not discovered.
>
> How do I add the Broadcom to Fedora 5?
>
> david
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:10:26 +1000
> From: "Wayne Bastow" <ayu.njoman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188)
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
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> Hi,
>
> Running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2).
>
> We have a barcode reader that will only work with an older version of
> kermit than that which is supplied with AS4. The vendor isn't
> upgradingtheir barcode software for a few more months. We are
> moving our
> inventory application, which requires files to be loaded from the
> barcode reader, from TRU-64 to Redhat. The version of kermit needed
> which works is cu188 [Kermit 5A(188)] but I only have the binary for
> TRU-64. I've found some links through Google to the source but the
> linksno longer exist.
>
> Has anyone out there a copy of the source that I can get, please?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Wayne
> --
> Wayne Bastow
> Wyoming, NSW, Australia
> 33.41 degrees S, 151.35 degrees E
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:46:11 +0100
> From: Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com>
> Subject: Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188)
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4461B663.7060709 at sjsears.com>
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> Wayne Bastow wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2).
> >
> > We have a barcode reader that will only work with an older
> version of
> > kermit than that which is supplied with AS4. The vendor isn't
> upgrading> their barcode software for a few more months. We are
> moving our
> > inventory application, which requires files to be loaded from the
> > barcode reader, from TRU-64 to Redhat. The version of kermit needed
> > which works is cu188 [Kermit 5A(188)] but I only have the binary for
> > TRU-64. I've found some links through Google to the source but
> the links
> > no longer exist.
> >
> > Has anyone out there a copy of the source that I can get, please?
> you can probably find src RPMS for older versions of kermit on
> ftp.redhat.com
> lftp ftp.redhat.com:/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/3/en/os/i386/SRPMS>
> ls ck*
> - -rw-r--r-- 6 ftp ftp 2915735 Oct 21 2003
> ckermit-8.0.209-2.src.rpm
>
> or on ftp.download.fedora.redhat.com
> there is at least a version for fedora core 1 on there
>
> or possibly ckermit from
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html
>
> regards
>
> Stuart
> - --
> Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
> To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:04:19 +0200
> From: G?tz Reinicke <goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de>
> Subject: server freezes from time to time (PE1750 RHEL 4) - Unable to
> handle kernel NULL pointer
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <4461BAA3.2010207 at filmakademie.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> in the last week and today again our PE1750 with raid 1, dual CPU
> freezes. The OS is RHEL 4 with kernel-smp-2.6.9-34.EL. We used
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL before and AFAIK there where no freezes.
>
> A couple of days before the freezing starts, we changed one defect
> harddisk and rebuildet the raid with a new harddisk from dell. Other
> hardware/software wasn't changed
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Regards
> Götz Reinicke
>
>
> The last messages on the terminal and in /var/log/messages are:
>
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> dereference at virtual address 000001b8
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: printing eip:
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: c0185420
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: *pde = 31cb6001
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: SMP
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Modules linked in: iptable_filter
> ip_tablesdcdipm(U) dcdbas(U) parport_pc lp parport md5 ipv6
> autofs4 i2
> c_dev i2c_core sunrpc dm_mirror dm_mod button battery ac ohci_hcd tg3
> floppy sg ext3 jbd megaraid_mbox megaraid_mm sd_mod scsi_mod
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: CPU: 3
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c0185420>] Tainted: P
> VLI
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.9-34.ELsmp)
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: EIP is at show_map+0x70/0x111
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: d38d1544 ecx:
> 00000008 edx: e94ed2b0
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: esi: 00100071 edi: f5f2f280 ebp:
> d986ac80 esp: cb5aef24
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Process lsof (pid: 20988,
> threadinfo=cb5ae000 task=d72d83b0)
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Stack: 00000070 00124000 00000008
> 0000000600030069 cb5aef40 e94ed2b0 c032c980
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: c032c980 f5f2f280 00000000
> d38d1544c0174614 000001f2 00000000 00000400
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: b7fe2000 00000007 00000000
> 0000000600000000 c032ce60 dd391480 00000400
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Call Trace:
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: [<c0174614>] seq_read+0x1c7/0x2c2
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: [<c015a3d9>] vfs_read+0xb6/0xe2
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: [<c015a5ec>] sys_read+0x3c/0x62
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: [<c02d251b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: [<c02d007b>] schedule+0x46b/0x8d3
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: Code: c1 e0 0c 50 89 f0 24 80 3c 01
> 19 c0
> 83 e0 fd 83 c0 73 f7 c6 04 00 00 00 50 75 1b 83 3d bc 11 41 c0
> 00 75 19 8b 54 24 18 8b 42 70 <8b> 80 b8 01 00 00 39 43 04 73 07
> b8 78
> 00 00 00 eb 05 b8 2d 00
> May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
> May 10 06:30:11 mail root: Process did not exit cleanly, returned
> 0 with
> signal 14
>
>
> --
> Götz Reinicke
> IT Koordinator - IT OfficeNet
>
> Tel. +49 (0) 7141 - 969 420
> Fax +49 (0) 7141 - 969 55 420
> goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de
>
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> Mathildenstr. 20
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> www.filmakademie.de
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: 10 May 2006 05:55:45 -0500
> From: Johnie Stafford <jms at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188)
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <oqwtcu174e.fsf at olympus.glorifyhim.com>
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>
>
> If you can't find the 188 version, I've got source to the 190 version
> from 4/1995. Its newer than what you're looking for, but it might
> work. I've also got the 192 version from 12/1996.
>
> Johnie
>
>
> >>> On Wed, 10 May 2006 10:46:11 +0100, Stuart Sears
> <stuart at sjsears.com> said:
>
> ss> Wayne Bastow wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant
> Update 2).
> >>
> >> We have a barcode reader that will only work with an older
> version of
> >> kermit than that which is supplied with AS4. The vendor isn't
> upgrading >> their barcode software for a few more months. We are
> moving our
> >> inventory application, which requires files to be loaded from the
> >> barcode reader, from TRU-64 to Redhat. The version of kermit
> needed >> which works is cu188 [Kermit 5A(188)] but I only have
> the binary for
> >> TRU-64. I've found some links through Google to the source but
> the links
> >> no longer exist.
> >>
> >> Has anyone out there a copy of the source that I can get, please?
> ss> you can probably find src RPMS for older versions of kermit on
> ss> ftp.redhat.com
> ss> lftp
> ftp.redhat.com:/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/3/en/os/i386/SRPMS>
> ss> ls ck*
> ss> -rw-r--r-- 6 ftp ftp 2915735 Oct 21 2003
> ss> ckermit-8.0.209-2.src.rpm
>
> ss> or on ftp.download.fedora.redhat.com
> ss> there is at least a version for fedora core 1 on there
>
> ss> or possibly ckermit from
> ss> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 21:22:15 +1000
> From: "Wayne Bastow" <ayu.njoman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Old Version of kermit Source Code (cu188)
> To: jms at pobox.com, "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
> <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> <8b5356090605100422t752cdb83j438151ff71e021e7 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> On 10 May 2006 05:55:45 -0500, Johnie Stafford <jms at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you can't find the 188 version, I've got source to the 190
> version> from 4/1995. Its newer than what you're looking for, but
> it might
> > work. I've also got the 192 version from 12/1996.
> >
> > Johnie
> >
> >
>
> I eventually got a copy and it compiled fine. We will test it
> tomorrow.
> Thanks for your replies.
>
> Wayne
> --
> Wayne Bastow
> Wyoming, NSW, Australia
> 33.41 degrees S, 151.35 degrees E
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 09:13:57 -0300
> From: "Edson Noboru Yamada" <enyamada at gmail.com>
> Subject: Amount of data passed through a port
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to know how much data has been recorded to a tape within
> some interval
> (for example, the last 10 minutes). Using Solaris, I can obtain
> this information
> using kstat (using the appropriate options, I can learn how many bytes
> has passed
> since the last boot); is there something similar in Linux?
>
> TIA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:49:38 -0500
> From: "Bruce W. Martin" <redhat at vuiis.vanderbilt.edu>
> Subject: autofs and cifs syntax
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>,
> Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
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>
> I have been looking at howtos and googling for a couple of weeks
> and
> can't seem to find the answer to fix an autofs problem.
>
> I am using RHEL4 with a 2.6.9 kernel.
>
>
> under RH7.3 and a 2.4.x kernel I had a /etc/auto.net file with the
>
> following entries:
>
>
> dragon -fstype=smbfs,rw,credentials=/opt/
> dragonlo,gid=10009,fmask=660,dmask=770 ://10.1.1.223/anyuser
> sting -fstype=smbfs,rw,credentials=/opt/
> stinglo,gid=10009,fmask=660,dmask=770 ://10.1.1.35/Export
>
>
> This worked fine to mount /net/dragon and /net/sting.
>
>
> Upgrading the machine to RHEL4 with a 2.6.9 kernel
>
> I can still mount /net/dragon but not /net/sting. The difference
> between the two machine is that dragon/10.1.1.223is a Mac running
> MacOS 10.4.x and sting/10.1.1.35 is a WinXP machine.
>
> A little more googling yielded that I should replace smbfs to cifs
>
> and as a result some of the other option names changed.
>
> so now the entry for sting looks like this:
>
> sting -fstype=cifs,rw,credentials=/opt/
> stinglo,uid=500,gid=10009,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770
> ://10.1.1.35/
> Export
>
> but it still is not working.
>
> Can someone tell me what is wrong and/or point me to documentation
> to
> get this to work.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:17:29 -0500
> From: Ed Wilts <ewilts at ewilts.org>
> Subject: Re: autofs and cifs syntax
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20060510151729.GB15041 at www.ewilts.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 08:49:38AM -0500, Bruce W. Martin wrote:
> > I have been looking at howtos and googling for a couple of weeks
> and
> > can't seem to find the answer to fix an autofs problem.
>
> [snip]
>
> With my RHEL 4 rebuild, I'm using the following for an XP Pro client:
>
> [ewilts at pe400 ~]$ cat /etc/auto.samba
> twilts -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/usr/local/d800.credentials
> ://d800/twilts
> It works just fine...
>
> > A little more googling yielded that I should replace smbfs to
> cifs
> > and as a result some of the other option names changed.
>
> I'm still using smbfs... kernel 2.6.9-34.
>
> .../Ed
>
> --
> Ed Wilts, RHCE
> Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
> Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:34:35 -0700
> From: Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at digitalpath.net>
> Subject: Re: server freezes from time to time (PE1750 RHEL 4) - Unable
> to handle kernel NULL pointer
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20060510153435.GA10769 at digitalpath.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:04:19PM +0200, Götz Reinicke wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > in the last week and today again our PE1750 with raid 1, dual CPU
> > freezes. The OS is RHEL 4 with kernel-smp-2.6.9-34.EL. We used
> > kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL before and AFAIK there where no freezes.
> >
> > A couple of days before the freezing starts, we changed one defect
> > harddisk and rebuildet the raid with a new harddisk from dell. Other
> > hardware/software wasn't changed
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: CPU: 3
> > May 10 06:30:09 mail kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c0185420>]
> Tainted: P
> > VLI
>
> What module are you using that's tainting your kernel?
>
> I found that using a third-party MPPE module (now included with
> the kernel
> proper) would cause kernel panics like this when in SMP mode.
> Running in
> single processor mode fixed the problem. Fortunately we didn't
> really need
> that second CPU anyways.
>
> Ray
>
>
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