Re: Base system installation
The "unresolved symbols" messages are harmless (unless you want to use nfs or the de4x5, in which case you end up rebuilding the kernel). 20 minutes, huh? You did create and activate your swap partition, didn't you? You can consider your installation successful. Bruce
Re: Debian (not Linux) newbie
I can't help you there. While I use (and maintain) tob and afio, I never use muti-volume backups as I do them off-line anyway. I just define my backup "volumes" such that they will fit on one 170 MB tape. That holds /etc, /home and /usr/local, which is all I need. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
dvilj and dvips-problems
Thanks to everyone who helped me on documentation for beginners on LaTeX. I would be glad if anyone can help me with the following: Everytime when I try to use dvilj or dvips I get a lot of error messages like the following: ** #dvilj4 testpage kpathsea: Running MakeTXPK cmsy7 600 600 1+0/600 ljfour Running MakeTXPK cmsy7 600 600 1+0/600 ljfourB egrep: /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/psfonts.add: No such file or directory Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; scrollmode; input cmsy7 This is METAFONT 2.7.1 (C version 6.1) kpathsea: Running MakeTXPK #! I can't find file 'cmsy7.mf' <*> ...four; mag:=1+0/600; scrollmode; input cmsy7 Please type in another input file name: ! Emergency stop. <*> ...four; mag:=1+0/600; scrollmode; input cmsy7 *** I installed all my packages (Debian-1.1) throug dselect or dpkg and as far as I know there is no dependency-problems here. Can anybody help? Johann.
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
> Hm, I also tried to subscribe mailing to the listserver. I did this
> because of the following text in http://www.debian.org/1.1/release.html
>
> To subscribe to the mailing lists, send the word "subscribe" to one of
> these addresses:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I also didn't receive an answer. Then i tried filling in the form
> http://www.rahul.net/perens/Debian/MailingLists.html. This worked fine.
> There's a link from www.debian.org to this page.
I did use that form to sign up to all the other debian mailing lists, but
it doesn't have an entry for the debian-devel list (I guess bacause it's a
closed list..) I tried mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED], and
I've never gotten a reply back, and I sent the message on the 22nd of
August..
>From other postings, it looks like I'm not the only one having problems
getting on to debian-devel.
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Re: Booting problems
> From: "David C. Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm running into a problem with one, lone Linux box right now. > > After the BIOS bootstraps, the drive and CD-ROM and recognized, and the 3.5" > > floppy is seen, instead of saying "LILO" as a preface to LILO's booting into > > Linux, the following comes up: > > xFA: On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > This is from Debian's master boot record. Press "2" to boot partition 2, > 'F' to boot the floppy, etc. I suggest you re-install the LILO package and > say "no" to the first question (which asks if you want to use the existing > LILO configuration) and "yes" to all subsequent questions. (It took me a while to put out some fires, now I'm back to this...) I reinstalled LILO, according to these directions. > Either the partition is not bootable for some reason, or you have a shift key > down when the system boots. Otherwise you would not see this. Pressing "F" at the "2FA:" prompt does boot it from the floppy, but pressing "2" does not boot it off of /dev/hda2. I checked the partitioning using both cfdisk and fdisk--both agree that /dev/hda2 is active. I'm beginning to wonder if something's scrambled in the MBR at the physical layer. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 3503 WeH, x86720 MTFBWY
Boot hangs with 16M ram
My debian box doesn't seem to be able to boot with 16 megs ram!! Dos and windows works fine, but Linux just hangs after it does partition check. I boot with lilo, using both kernels 2.0.17 & 18. The basic Debian boot disks crash when mounting the ramdisk, dumping register values and informing me of a protection fault. Help!!
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
> > I have the same problem here ! > I you find out, email me please. > > Phil. > > Same problem here also. Do I sense a pattern? - Jim
Re: char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: lists>alias char-major-10-0 busmouse lists>alias char-major-10-1 psaux lists>alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse lists>alias char-major-10-4 amigamouse lists>alias char-major-10-5 atarimouse the only prob is that i don't use bus/msbus/amiga/atarimouse i use simple (trivial!) mman logitech so i don't understand why the kerneld looking for that module *shrug* borik ___ Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For pgp public key, e-mail me with subject "get pgp-key." ___ In Linux veritas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia+ Charset: latin1 Comment: Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iQCVAwUBMjSJvwz8DjY6pgpxAQH1cQQAvA6k5birII9x7nw6eIx+yAwd5ZYBZCoT JS6MjaUzYHPl0BhfPW22Am4L+Fshr2HzXs1JbyBmOMTdDtKjsDZOnJy01SlFrtQx C/AcBQ01y6WDH2qfXHgzH6MZgQOMZzCfg5Bwwbubl+ZwrWuLP6/6rY22Jt6YCUQn q3cyNt1vWiI= =yMvc -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: A couple of Problems
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Jim Worthington wrote: > I tried echoing messages from the /etc/X11/Xsession file. I found that > this > file only gets invoked from xdm. It does not get invoked from xstart or > xinit. You meant startx, not xstart. > Since /etc/X11/Xmodmap is called from /etc/X11/Xsession, it also would > not be > invoked from xinit. Same here. Just put the line "xmodmap /etc/X11/Xmodmap" in your .xsession, that's all you can do :) > I prefer using xinit over xdm since I use several different windows > managers. So what? Do you want to execute X without any window manager? Just make your .xsession look like this: xmodmap ~/.anything xterm -geometry +0+0 That's all! Vad. ++_ Vadik V. (_`[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nether.net/~legolas/ Vygonets (_.lf PGP public key (ID 9FC1DED9) available from surfnet.nl User Failure: Please Insert a Bootable Brain
Re: g77 and gcc-2.7.2.1
Hello David, Thanks for your help but,... > H. Manz writes: > > After this I have detected, that the Fortran Compiler g77 is not > > working longer since it was based on 2.7.2. I have than copied all > > the stuff from the 2.7.2 Version subdirectory to 2.7.2.1. Now > > the compiler was working but only half. > > Doing that could lead to dpkg/packaging inconsistencies in the future. > Compiling you fortran files with 'gcc -c -V 2.7.2' should work. This works for compilation but during the link step I get the message ld: cannot open -lgcc: No such file or directory so I have to either opy the required libs from 2.7.2.1 to 2.7.2 or reverse. I have decided to copy it from 2.7.2 to 2.7.2.1, and yes as soon as a g77 Version for 2.7.2.1 is available I have to remove them before installation. > > > As son as I try to link an > > absolute module it crashes. I think this is because of some internal > > incompatibility between 2.7.2 and 2.7.2.1. > > I don't know. Can you make a small test case? I have tried it but the small one dosnt crah, it works. Hartmut
Re: char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: bruce>You are running kerneld. You go to open a character device with major bruce>number 10. There is no driver for the device and kerneld tries to load bruce>it. Do this command: bruce> bruce> ls /dev |grep "10," bruce> bruce>and you will see those devices - you are trying to open one of them. bruce>Perhaps one of the mouse interfaces? - - sim:~# ls /dev | grep "10," Exit 1 sim:~# ls /dev | grep "10" fd0h410 fd1u1040 hda10 hdb10 hdc10 hdd10 sda10 sdb10 sdc10 sdd10 sde10 sdf10 sdg10 sdh10 tty10 xda10 xdb10 xdc10 xdd10 - - so is it "10," / "10" ? and i am not sure how can i find the solution to this prob. I think i missed somthing. can u plz tell me what exactly device i should create? thks alot borik ___ Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For pgp public key, e-mail me with subject "get pgp-key." ___ In Linux veritas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia+ Charset: latin1 Comment: Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iQCVAwUBMjRyZAz8DjY6pgpxAQGq8wQAwV3vyIalW9NE8DibahoC+dXVn0vGRylm tHP3/LDnUx7AyhI3bWpi/CeebHXu9/DJtAinLiH+0s6JsKlMkyyaa2eUw2od0Et6 LVzM/XKntWgJN9E0WeNsAhFNRuIue7fKmajsOsOxG3l3pITjfMEj0oPY1/9NFhmn y0dP6y+owOI= =iSUF -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Sony CDU31A not recognized at all!?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi Susan! > Have you found the FAQ (published on any Debian site in the directory > doc/FAQ) to be inadequate? If so, can you suggest some changes? > The FAQ you mention is great for a general overview regarding Debian. Actually i downloaded the old and the new version of the FAQ prior to nuking my old Linux setup and read it. Not every line of it but at least the stuff that was important to my mind. Right now at this moment i got my Debian system at least running with X and PPP, so that i can at least access the net. At last! Dselect was so nice as not to install the software after selection as described before but i tried installation from the command line using dpkg and switching back to dselect for choosing what i wanted to be installed. This dselect may be a great invention technically but for easy installation by a newbie it definitely is a nuisance! Sorry if i hurt somebody's feelings... The kind of FAQ i was suggesting would be supposed to cover more specific installation topics and traps like the one i escaped with Bruce's tips after a too long period of anger trying to get it running. You know, there are these small details which make a debuting Debian user get stuck already upon installation and i'd propose to cover these topics in an "Debian-Installation.FAQ". Thanks a lot, Paul *8^) __ Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany Our AMA Homepage in the WWW at http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bender/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 Comment: 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' for public key iQCVAwUBMjQ+5ugqiw1XE3/lAQEbTQQAi5b7p2qeZTk2K81LuutWg4UxVwiVFBXb uqczbAWjI0+x3Vvle6/uP8jgQVlRtb5gOsVQWsO8KCEgWIiLI0zImEmMy59ysE+q lEDlP6NuYTbH5GIi/ffI6QUjjTyKUQ6QtzpofEpuToNipCOhtFPcqX/WXBobG1UZ B2g3V2ximdE= =rw51 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: g77 and gcc-2.7.2.1
H. Manz writes: > After this I have detected, that the Fortran Compiler g77 is not > working longer since it was based on 2.7.2. I have than copied all > the stuff from the 2.7.2 Version subdirectory to 2.7.2.1. Now > the compiler was working but only half. Doing that could lead to dpkg/packaging inconsistencies in the future. Compiling you fortran files with 'gcc -c -V 2.7.2' should work. > As son as I try to link an > absolute module it crashes. I think this is because of some internal > incompatibility between 2.7.2 and 2.7.2.1. I don't know. Can you make a small test case? David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Re: Boot Hangs on New Install [solved]
Thanks to all those who responded. Turns out that I needed to run `lilo'. I'd feel stupid if I didn't think that the installation process should have done this for me when it copied the kernel from the boot disks. It seems like there are two possibilities as two why this didn't happen: 1. The installation instructions are wrong (in which case the Debian installation procedure needs to be modified, as this would be a gross oversight). 2. Something went wrong during my install. Number 2 seems most likely. But I saw no errors (and I was watching closely). But I am now up and running, and things are going well. I'm very much liking `dpkg'. It has lots of nice features that make it hard to screw up (I can even install the same package twice with no ill results). Thanks again, to the entire `debian-user' list. -- Kevin K. Lewis | My opinions may be unreasonable [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but such is the voice of inspiration
Re: Java Workshop
Miro Torrielli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : I doubt it, because there are some new shared libraries : and executables not mentioned in the howto, obviousy in : Solaris format. You may wish to ask Mike Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, he is the maintainer of that HOWTO and very reponsive in general. -Winfried
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
On Sep 8, 9:27am, Bill Roman wrote: > Subject: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape) : : I've tried Mosaic (2.7 beta), but it's rather dated (no frames, for : one thing). Frames are *not* HTML. They are a Netscape-ism. For information on the current draft version of the HTML specification (HTML 3.2), check out http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Wilbur/ I agree that Mosaic 2.7b5 is a bit of a problem. The developers themselves call it "large and hacked". They are working on version 2.8, which will be a major rewrite and will support the HTML 3.2 spec. See the comments in the 2.7b5 release notes: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/XMosaic/help-on-version-2.7b5.html#about Hope that's of use... Chris -)- -- Christopher R. Hertel -)- University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking and Telecommunications Services
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Joey Hess wrote:
> I'm a new debian developer, and though everything else is working fine,
> I'm not signed up to the debian-devel mailing list. I've tried mailing
> the owner, sending subscribe messages to the listserver, etc, and I've
> never gotten any response back (It's been weeks). So, a last plea here:
> how can I sign up to that mailing list?
Hm, I also tried to subscribe mailing to the listserver. I did this
because of the following text in http://www.debian.org/1.1/release.html
To subscribe to the mailing lists, send the word "subscribe" to one of
these addresses:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are a lot of experienced users on this list who can answer
any question you might have. There can be 20 messages a day or more on
this list.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Major system announcements. Averages less than one message per week.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a list for announcements of new package uploads for the
Debian system. It may carry several announcements in a day.
I also didn't receive an answer. Then i tried filling in the form
http://www.rahul.net/perens/Debian/MailingLists.html. This worked fine.
There's a link from www.debian.org to this page.
Jan
>
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Printer hanging on /dev/lp1
I'n using a HP Deskjet 600 printer. Every print job seems to end up with garbage than hangs up the printer. After resetting the printer, the last page comes out. When copying data to the raw device /dev/lp1 tha same happens. Where does the garbage come from? -- Or is it a communication problem? Thanks in advance! == Hubert Palme Bergische Universitaet-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal Computing Center D-42097 Wuppertal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Germany) http://www.uni-wuppertal.de/hrz/daten/adressen/h.palme.html
Unidentified subject!
Hi all, where did mkdosfs go? There has been a package like that in rex sometime, but now it has disappeared. --jan
Base system installation
Hello, I'm new to Unix and just installing Debian Linux base system (07-14-96). At first all goes well, except that I have to use fdisk instead of cfdisk because of lack of memory, but at the end of kernel installation I get the message like this : Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/2.0.6/fs/nfs.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/2.0.6/net/de4x5.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/current/fs/nfs.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/current/net/de4x5.o Determining module dependencies Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/2.0.6/fs/nfs.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/2.0.6/net/de4x5.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/current/fs/nfs.o Unresolved symbols in module lib/mod/current/net/de4x5.o After that program pretends that all is O.K. Sometimes just before that message system remains still for at least 20 min. until I switch to second console, then reading from floppy resumes. I have tried turn off caches, but that changes nothing. I have also written floppies back to files and checked md5sum's. May I consider this installation successful ? My system: VLB MB 486-GVT, CPU i486SX-25, RAM 4MB, IDE HDD 330MB with GoldStar Prime 2C MKIII ISA I/O card. BIOS: AMI V1.02 X0-0100-001121-0010-021993-VIA Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Yours, --- v v Ricardas Cepas
Re: Getty ports - dumb question
I hope its a typo since ttyN is not the same as ttySN (N=0,1,etc) e.g., terminals vs. serial lines. Said that, by default I had more that the really existing serial lines (ttySN) configured To fix that edit the file you'll get after # find /etc | xargs grep tty I remember editing that file as recommended in it. Bruce: That could be part of the installation process in Debian 1.2 maybe. __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Getty ports - dumb question Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at cclink Date:09.09.96 10:02 I did a ps and found these getty ports running: 186 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty2 187 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty3 188 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty4 189 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty5 190 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty6 I only have 2 serial ports ttyS0 and ttyS1. Should these getty ports be running? How are these ports accessed? Are they physical RS-232 ports? Jim
g77 and gcc-2.7.2.1
I have updated my Linux Version from buzz to rex. During this update the GNU-C compiler Release 2.7.2 was replaced by Version 2.7.2.1. After this I have detected, that the Fortran Compiler g77 is not working longer since it was based on 2.7.2. I have than copied all the stuff from the 2.7.2 Version subdirectory to 2.7.2.1. Now the compiler was working but only half. As son as I try to link an absolute module it crashes. I think this is because of some internal incompatibility between 2.7.2 and 2.7.2.1. Now I am searching for a g77 implementation which is working with gcc-2.7.2.1 (from current rex release). I would be happy if someone could point me to the right link. Thanks a lot in advance Hartmut
Re: time to split the list?
I would not like to see the mailing list exchanged for a news group. My news source is very slow and unreliable. I do not seem to get a lot of the messages. Split the mailing list, but do not get rid of it all together. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
On Mon, 09 Sep 1996 00:41:50 EDT Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm a new debian developer, and though everything else is working fine, > I'm not signed up to the debian-devel mailing list. I've tried mailing > the owner, sending subscribe messages to the listserver, etc, and I've > never gotten any response back (It's been weeks). So, a last plea here: > how can I sign up to that mailing list? I have the same problem here ! I you find out, email me please. Phil.
Re: Getty ports - dumb question
[Why do I have gettys running on tty1 through tty6? I only have 2 serial ports] These are virtual consoles using your VGA card. Push LeftAlt-F2 on your console (I think it's Control-LeftAlt-F2 or Shift-LeftAlt-F2 if you are running X) and you will be on tty2. And so on for Alt-F3, through Alt-F6. You can set up some rediculous number (like 64) of virtual consoles and access them via various combinations of the left and right alt keys, shift, and the function keys. By default we only run getty on the first 6. Bruce
Re: char-major-10
From: Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sep 9 03:53:44 sim modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10 You are running kerneld. You go to open a character device with major number 10. There is no driver for the device and kerneld tries to load it. Do this command: ls /dev |grep "10," and you will see those devices - you are trying to open one of them. Perhaps one of the mouse interfaces? Bruce
how to sign up to debian-devel?
I'm a new debian developer, and though everything else is working fine,
I'm not signed up to the debian-devel mailing list. I've tried mailing
the owner, sending subscribe messages to the listserver, etc, and I've
never gotten any response back (It's been weeks). So, a last plea here:
how can I sign up to that mailing list?
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"How appropriate, you fight like a cow." - - Guybrush Threepwood
Debian (not Linux) newbie
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #1 N Hi all, I've been running Linux for almost a year now. I started with Slackware, moved to Red Hat 3.0.3 now I want to move to Debian. I will be moving Red Hat to another machine once I get Debian configured the way I want. I am having two problems getting things set up. One is related to Debian, the other is more Linux in general but I hope someone can get me pointed in the proper direction. First problem is about the backup utilities tob and taper. Up until recently, I have been able to backup my hard drives to tape (floppy tape drive using zftape v1.05) using a single 200 MB (uncompressed) tape. The drive is 1.6 GB and until recently it has not been too full. However, I have now reached the point where I need more than one tape and this is where my trouble started. When I use tob and get to the end of the first tape, afio doesn't prompt for another tape. All it is does it print a 'tape full' error for every remaining file. In /etc/tob.rc, I have the BACKUPCMD set to: BACKUPCMD='afio -oxZv -b 10240 -s0 -T 3k -G 9 $BACKUPDEV < $FILELIST' The -b 10240 was necessary because without it afio complains about a bad block size while writing to the tape. If I understand the man page for afio, -s0 should make afio pause when a tape fills. It doesn't. With -s0, afio behavior is the same. It keeps trying writing to the full tape. I tried using using taper (with zftape). When the tape fills up, taper chokes with a child segmentation error in a dialog box. If I click on the 'OK', taper just hangs. When I didn't fill the tape, taper would work just fine. I've seen folks mention on the list use both tob and taper with success, so I must be doing something wrong. Can someone give me a clue to what it is? :-) Thanks! Bob ... * ATP/Linux 1.42 * Linux, the choice of a GNU generation.
Debian (not Linux) newbie
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #2 N Hi again all... Question #2 of problems getting Debian install. I tried a test install of Pacific Hi-Tech's Debian 1.1.1 CD-ROM on another hard drive (not the one I'm trying to backup) on Friday. All went okay until I got to the part about making a boot floppy. When prompted I stuck a blank floppy in drive a:. The installation program churned out a bunch of 'probing for floppy0' messages and eventually died with 'can't find device' error. I figured it was a bad floppy, so I stuck in another. Same result. Stuck in a third disk. Same thing again. I finally booted Red Hat and just copied over my 2.0.17 kernel to a floppy, ran rdev to set / properly. When I rebooted with the floppy Debian came up. My question is, am I doing something wrong with the Debian installation or is there a bug in 1.1.1? Debian looks like an interesting Linux distribution to play with--as soon as I get things properly backed up and installed. :-) Thanks in advance for any help y'all can offer. Bob ... * ATP/Linux 1.42 * Linux, the choice of a GNU generation.
Re: Problems with Base Install Disks.
From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Rosenberg Yigal wrote: > > to remind you the file are : > > 1) base12-4.bin > > 2) base14-3.bin > > > You can't mix base12 with base14 images. Base12 are for 1.2 meg 5 1/4" > floppies and base14 are for 1.4 meg 3 1/2" floppies. You should be > building either 3, 3 1/2" disks or 4, 5 1/4" ones. Is that what you are doing, Yigal? You should be using base12-1.bin base12-2.bin base12-3.bin base12-4.bin if you have a 1.2 MB floppy, and base14-1.bin base14-2.bin base14-3.bin if you have a 1.44 MB floppy. Thanks Bruce
Re: Netscape3.0 'ERASER' ?
>>> On Mon, 09 Sep 1996 01:30:37 +0200 (MET DST), Stoyan Kenderov <[EMAIL >>> PROTECTED]> said: Stoyan> I started updating my old netscape3.0b5 today with the 3.0 Stoyan> linux-elf binary released recently on their FTP server. Stoyan> Relaying on my experience with earlier versions I proceeded Stoyan> with the update assuming that netscape WILL INCORPORATE MY OLD Stoyan> BOOKMARKS into the new configuration. Stoyan> In vain! It deleted the bookmarks.html file completely... Stoyan> O.K. I made yesterday the obligatory full system backup, so I Stoyan> didn't scream vor vengence, but it was embarassing, isn't it? Stoyan> Could it be the Debian netscape installation package Stoyan> netscape_3.0.deb that wiped out something? (I don't thing so) Stoyan> ? Installation of 3.0 by hand did nothing crazy to my bookmarks file. nathan -- Nathan O. Siemers, Ph.D. Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute 3005 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 727-3741 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getty ports - dumb question
I did a ps and found these getty ports running: 186 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty2 187 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty3 188 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty4 189 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty5 190 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty6 I only have 2 serial ports ttyS0 and ttyS1. Should these getty ports be running? How are these ports accessed? Are they physical RS-232 ports? Jim
Re: Sony CDU31A not recognized at all!?
Hi Paul -- You said: > Well, i think it's time to compose some kind of an Debian-Installation-FAQ > just for these kind of cases. An FAQ of this kind would have saved me and > probably others lots of time and frustration. Anybody interested in > contributing to such an FAQ? Let's see if i can manage to maintain it and > learn from it! Have you found the FAQ (published on any Debian site in the directory doc/FAQ) to be inadequate? If so, can you suggest some changes? (This is not meant tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if you missed it, or if it just didn't help.) Susan Kleinmann
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
don't forget "amaya", w3c's replacement for arena. (Then again, if I want *information* I use lynx or emacs w3. emacs w3 is often more convenient in conjunction with gnus and All Things Emacs; lynx is a lot faster and easy for standalone use... and it's a rather nice ftp client :-)
RE: missing 'savelog' command
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew D Moss) > After installing debian recently, I've started getting messages from > the cron processes that it cannot find the 'savelog' command. I looked > for it on my system and cannot find it. Anyone know which package this > belongs to? > i think its in the cron package cheers ++-+ | Software Engineer - C++ and SQL. | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NT, UNIX and Firewall/Security.| | ++-+
Re: missing 'savelog' command
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Matthew D Moss wrote: > After installing debian recently, I've started getting messages from > the cron processes that it cannot find the 'savelog' command. I looked > for it on my system and cannot find it. Anyone know which package this > belongs to? It's in the package debianutils. It should have been installed by default on your system (it's an essential package)... Or maybe something removed savelog by accident on your system. Anyway, reinstalling debianutils should fix it. Christian
char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Sep 9 03:53:44 sim modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10 any ideas what that module mean? and another one where can i look for module aliases execpt /etc/module.conf i saw it somewhere but can't remmeber now thks borik ___ Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp public key) ___ Commorandi natura deversorium nobis, non habitandi dedit -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia+ Charset: latin1 Comment: Boris Beletsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iQCVAwUBMjNsUAz8DjY6pgpxAQGF/gP+P+fVQPZCwDHfBkJd9pW9j2R/6Ic62AY0 SCx2dLt+IOENTIzw1qq3TnX3ZV9+8D7dnTPzZnG5IwvD1IOaTW+rDAc9zY27m1st v8I4IyPQDA7DMMWdSbBwEatgNQUkMp5jlcfThfP2uk7lU+E98zg3n6XzOODasr+0 2lmPzd/9a4g= =J56T -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Sony CDU31A not recognized at all!?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Try: > modprobe cdu31a cdu31a_port=0x340 cdu31a_irq=5 > > If you use "modconf" (the module configuration menu) use the arguments > > cdu31a_port=0x340 cdu31a_irq=5 > Yeah, wow! This did the trick! But why is it not documented in the help text which is accessible at boot up of the installation disks by pressing the key F4? It wrongly suggests to add as parameter "cdu31a=0x3XX,X" or something like that. This even sounds rather plausible if you know this already from other more or less broken distributions! This is definitely a bug in the installation routine! What a pity that i lost so much time trying to find it out... Well, i think it's time to compose some kind of an Debian-Installation-FAQ just for these kind of cases. An FAQ of this kind would have saved me and probably others lots of time and frustration. Anybody interested in contributing to such an FAQ? Let's see if i can manage to maintain it and learn from it! BTW, i didn't succeed installation anyway. :-( After my CD drive was recognized and the bad-links-fix package from i-Connect (i received a broken Debian-1.1.5 CD from them) was installed as described in their README i could use dselect to select my packages and everything. (This 'dselect' is to my mind a rather awkward program and i didn't enjoy installation with it very much...) But after completion of all selections when i started 'Install' i just got following error message (i wrote it down at home and went to our institute for mailing it): - -cut-here-- Running dpkg -iGROEB /tmp/Debian-1.1.6/stable/binary-i386 find: /tmp/Debian-1.1.6/stable/binary-i386/admin/sudo_1.4.4-2.deb: No such file or directory find: /tmp/Debian-1.1.6/stable/binary-i386/base/mount_2.5l-1.deb: No such file or directory dpkg: subprocess find returned error exit status 1 installation script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. - -cut-here-- Well, i tried continuation and repeated everything various times. The files which are not found by find are definetely there right in the place as reported in the error message. They are just there waiting for 'find' and this damn 'find' just chooses to ignore them for whatever reason there is!? Can't 'find' handle symbolic links on a CD ROM? At this point i just had to give in. Looks like a case for i-Connect anyway... I think this is just incredible! When i was a complete clueless newbie who didn't even know how to pronounce UNIX or Linux and was a complete Windoze addict one and a half year ago i managed to setup a Slackware based system due to proper documentation in little more than a day. And up to this moment i barely managed to install a Debian-1.1 base system since friday evening being stuck again on monday morning... This ain't no good! I'd really wish it to be easier for a non informatics guy like me! Maybe i should switch to Redhat, but i like the idea behind Debian and GNU and actually want to install it on two Linux boxes which i am maintaining at our institute. But these frustrating experiences with my testdrive at my private box give me something to think about... Well, now it is almost 2:30 in the middle of the night and i am tired, pretty desillusioned and rather frustrated about my Debian experiences so far. I'll go home to sleep now and hope to get my Debian system up and running some time really soon. I depend on a Linux box and i definitely want it to be a GNU/Debian machine in any case! Good night, Paul *8^) __ Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany Our AMA Homepage in the WWW at http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bender/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 Comment: 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' for public key iQCVAwUBMjNjgOgqiw1XE3/lAQGh2QP+PSfedWmjKLv9NAO7R23BvYS5QMK3aaeN 3CLK7WJKV/VsMpgtW8UqVsMuVN7LFVIZLyblvBslSDMQHlF/bSUWz6VPMd+50Clk 9fhfcxXxAjTIWzA0ExtWdQxk8g0i5QNY+/hDsQSrX7KgI5dtKJucFr97JdvPpbl0 RK4ihDYbCRc= =MOGv -END PGP SIGNATURE-
