i installed squid using "urpmi squid" on a fresh mandrake 9.1 (minimal, without x)...

i haven't been able to make it work cuz i'm getting stuff like this (i get the same when running "squid -z", "squid start", or "squid stop"):


[root@nikita squid]# squid -k reconfigure
FATAL: Icon Directory /usr/share/icons: (2) No such file or directory
Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE1-20030121): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.010 seconds = 0.010 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 348
Aborted (core dumped)


also, i get stuff like this when starting or stopping squid from /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid:


[root@nikita root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid start
init_cache_dir ufs:/mnt/squid... /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid: line 147: 1396 Aborted (core dumped) $SQUID -z -F 2>/dev/null
Starting squid: [ OK ]
/etc/rc.d/init.d/squid: line 148: 1398 Aborted (core dumped) $SQUID $SQUID_OPTS 2>/dev/null

[root@nikita root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid stop
Stopping squid: /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid: line 147: 1462 Aborted (core dumped) $SQUID -k check >/dev/null 2>&1
[FAILED]


WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY DELICIOUS SQUID???


=(

okay it seems like i figured-it-out, i'll post to confirm it all works fine once i'm completely sure...

meanwhile, here's the two things i did:


i created a link to the place where i found the icons to be in reality:

ln -s /usr/lib/squid/icons/ /usr/share/icons


then i realized i had forgotten about permissions when i made the partition for squid's disk cache (/mnt/squid) during the mandrake install, so i changed the owner from root to squid:

chown -vR squid.squid /mnt/squid/

=)

CONFIRMED. it's working beautifully...