From fnaumann@mail.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Wed Apr 7 04:17:07 2004 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:06:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim DeClercq To: mint_list Subject: [MiNT] Not syslogd, but kernel problem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Delivered-To: mint@fishpool.com Delivered-To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: jimd@panix.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-ID: X-List-ID: There I was, running telnet over ppp and typing something in pico on a telnetable shell host, when my screen started to fill up with notices that a fatal error had occurred, and that I needed to reboot. Did that, ran fsck, and my MiNT drive file system was gone, and all the files wound up attached to lost&found. I had a tape image backup, restored that, and still had some file defects, and I found the syslogd program to be both running and not running. So, not thinking too hard, I re-loaded EasyMiNT, and although I do not have pppd dialing again yet, I added all the dozens of rpm files I think I need, and did yet another image backup. Next time I will try something different. There is only one relevant file that EasyMiNT installs that is not captured by an image backup of a MiNT drive, and that is a new kernel. No, I will not upgrade. The kernal I probably need, to make LDW Power, the spreadsheet work, is inconveniently far back, and important programs such as Bash will not run on earlier kernals. There is nothing else wrong with 1.15.12, but what it did to me would really make a good virus payload. Either the kernel has found a way to modify itself, or something mysterious like Boxkite file selector, the only one that works with my good typing program, has a way of changing something in the kernel. Next time, I try rebooting with a new kernel. -- /"\ Jim DeClercq--jimd@panix.com--Sylvania, Ohio, USA \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | I'm a .signature virus! | X against HTML mail | Copy me into your ~/.signature| / \ and postings | to help me spread! | .