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: 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
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]
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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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: 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 Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
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
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: char-major-10
[Trying to find which major-10 device he's opening] sim:~# ls /dev | grep 10, Oops. Make that ls -l /dev | grep 10, Bruce
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
We are in the process of moving the mailing list from its site in Sweden back to the U.S. The current list manager is so swamped with work that he doesn't answer my mail. Thanks Bruce
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.
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
I thought you were just supposed to mail Bruce, directly. I haven't ever tried to get on, though... -- Ed Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel compile problem
i everybody. I want to update my linux kernel to one which can run ELF format. I get the linux kernel 2.0.18 i think is the newest version??. when i try to compile i receive a message on the screen telling me gcc is to old. Then i get the new gcc version and when i try ro run it a see a new message Can't run binary file i think this is because the new gcc is on ELF format. now my question is which gcc (what version ?) or what i have to do for compile the new kernel.? thanks guillermo solis A TI2SAG
Re: char-major-10
I assume that Bruce meant $ ls -l /dev | grep 10, which yields: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ls -l /dev|grep 10, crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 134 Dec 31 1969 apm_bios crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 3 Dec 31 1969 atibm crw-rw 1 root audio 10, 128 Dec 31 1969 beep crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 133 Dec 31 1969 exttrap crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 132 Dec 31 1969 hwtrap crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 2 Dec 31 1969 inportbm crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 4 Dec 31 1969 jbm crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 0 Dec 31 1969 logibm crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 129 Dec 31 1969 modreq crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 1 Dec 31 1969 psaux crw-rw 1 root lp10, 138 Dec 31 1969 qcam0 crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 135 Dec 31 1969 rtc crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 131 Dec 31 1969 temperature crw-rw 1 root sys 10, 130 Dec 31 1969 watchdog -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Re: char-major-10
Hi, 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. char-major-10 is handled by the drivers/char/misc.o (which will be installed in the kernel if: #if defined (CONFIG_BUSMOUSE) || defined(CONFIG_UMISC) || \ defined (CONFIG_PSMOUSE) || defined (CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE) || \ defined (CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE) || defined(CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG) || \ defined (CONFIG_PCWATCHDOG) || \ defined (CONFIG_APM) || defined (CONFIG_RTC) || defined (CONFIG_SUN_MOUSE) ). If none of those options are installed into the kernel, and it will be compiled as a module if one of the above options are build as modules. Therefore there is one alias needed: alias char-major-10 misc Each single device with major 10 will be requested from kerneld with: char-major-10-%d, therefore the following aliases are needed in addition: alias char-major-10-0 busmouse alias char-major-10-1 psaux alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse alias char-major-10-4 amigamouse alias char-major-10-5 atarimouse alias char-major-10-6 ? alias char-major-10-130 wdt (or softdog) alias char-major-10-131 wdt alias char-major-10-134 apm_bios alias char-major-10-135 rtc (this is what i read from the source, it is neighter complete nor i am sure if it is correct). Greetings Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ( .. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED],linux.de} http://home.pages.de/~eckes/ o--o *plush* 2048/A2C51749 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +4972573817 *plush* (OO) If privacy is outlawed only Outlaws have privacy
Debian 1.1.8 and two ethercards ?
As I'm mirroring the Debian site, the system is upgraded if I install something new which happens quite frequently as the systems are new and the required software base has quite not stabilzed yet. However, it seems like something has happened in the last fixes or so as my second ethernet device is not functioning anymore. It worked a week ago, with about 1.1.6 or so. As I need to run some firewalling code I have compiled my own kernel on the v2.0.6 release. The symptons are that the 10Mbit ether-device (the main device is a HP100Mbit) will get a arp address of zero: mpc7 arp -a Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface gandalf.uccs.eduether 08:00:09:7A:A3:90 C *eth0 mpc4.uccs.edu ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 *eth1 ~ The mpc4 computer has not been touched at all, it has worked in the same setup for at least two months now. It also gets ar 00:00 arp entry of the mpc7 computer. On another computer the eth0 device is the 10Mbit device, and the same thing happens, so its not connected to the device number. Anybody have a clue ? The easiest would be to install an older version of Debian, but is it possible to find one and how do I make dselect to downgrade all the components ? Thanks / Heikki
Re: Unidentified subject!
Hi Jan -- You asked: where did mkdosfs go? It got swallowed up into dosfstools, which is in the rex (unstable) distribution. Good luck, Susan Kleinmann
V2.0.x kernel stability
I am trying to install the Debian 1.1 system and am having some serious stability problems. My apologies if this has been discussed on the list already, but I am fast running out of ideas and have not been able to find any hints in the list archives. The symptoms of the problem are that the system boots just fine, but after some (apparently random) period of time, every command starts dumping core with a segmentation fault. Just about the only thing that works after this is a 'sync' or two and a hard reset. I have tried compiling the kernel (2.0.6 and 2.0.18) with no luck. I checked out the SIG 11 FAQ and following a suggestion there, re-compiled GCC and then rebuilt the kernel with that. Still no joy. The PC is an antique 386 that has been running Linux for over 3 years and Debian 0.93 with a version 1.2.13 kernel for most of the last year without *any* problems. I am seeing the problems while trying to update it using a recent base system and the 96-07-14 boot disk series (version 2.0.0 kernel). If anyone has any light to shed on the problem, I would be most grateful for any suggestions. I am happy to provide more specific information on the system if required Please reply directly to me as I am not subscribed to the list at the moment and I will post a summary back to the list if there is anyone else having similar problems. Thanks in advance. David Gray.
Debian 1.1.8 and two ethercards ?
As I'm mirroring the Debian site, the system is upgraded if I install something new which happens quite frequently as the systems are new and the required software base has quite not stabilzed yet. However, it seems like something has happened in the last fixes or so as my second ethernet device is not functioning anymore. It worked a week ago, with about 1.1.6 or so. As I need to run some firewalling code I have compiled my own kernel on the v2.0.6 release. The symptons are that the 10Mbit ether-device (the main device is a HP100Mbit) will get a arp address of zero: mpc7 arp -a Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface gandalf.uccs.eduether 08:00:09:7A:A3:90 C *eth0 mpc4.uccs.edu ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 *eth1 ~ The mpc4 computer has not been touched at all, it has worked in the same setup for at least two months now. It also gets ar 00:00 arp entry of the mpc7 computer. On another computer the eth0 device is the 10Mbit device, and the same thing happens, so its not connected to the device number. Anybody have a clue ? The easiest would be to install an older version of Debian, but is it possible to find one and how do I make dselect to downgrade all the components ? Thanks / Heikki - Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -
Re: char-major-10
Hi Boris -- Bruce suggested: brucels /dev |grep 10, Try instead: ls -l /dev | grep 10, Good luck, Susan Kleinmann
Re: char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote: sgkHi Boris -- sgkTry instead: sgkls -l /dev | grep 10, thks alot all! we solved it with bruce. (well - kinda) *bow* Regards 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] iQCVAwUBMjSj/gz8DjY6pgpxAQH18gP/QLu0Yq2cQBdJBaj2goz4BeUSizsvyqk/ n/W1B/nXrh76Lhnzm2QDoLcmY8fJK3dAqwzdlVEtfRNKtuhNnztBVOneopmcbbpV ldZbUeqAXoTYPUHnKWDrokM/IFYqpbnwfC9UCywWlBWDPLa9Y6SLyx5rZhwsxqd3 OIxSaW5Cdes= =5f2H -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: 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). I've heard good comments about Grail (python based) but not tried it yet myself. Don't have the URL but a search will find it. Marcelo. Marcelo Zacarias - USP/CIAGRI | Cx. Postal 9, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba/SP System Network Admin. | Fn: 019-4294373 / Finger for PGP public key Divisao de Redes Hardware |--- Powered by LINUX --- .. First Law of the Universe: No law applies to ALL of the Universe.
Re: time to split the list?
On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: Some newbies tell me they find debian-user intimidating due to the high level of technical discussion that sometimes goes on there. Is it time to split the list? About 2 years ago I proposed a separate list just for people trying to install the system. At the time we did not have enough traffic for that. We probably do now. I would propose: debian-install debian-nontechnical debian-technical Now I just have to find our list administrator :-) . Bruce This sounds like a good idea, but I'd sure like to see one of the lists a superset of the others if that's possible (a la crossposting?) Also, there's a new section in linux journal providing help with various distributions. Last time I checked, Debian didn't have an entry. Perhaps we should come up with a debian-support list? Thanks Richard G. Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] 201-739-2886 - whippany, nj -- *** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. ***
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
I hate to post a me too message, but I am having the same problems. I
posted a little while ago about it, but I don't remember any body getting
back to me about it.
Shaya
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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?
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Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
If you want to view it that way, graphics were not html, they were a Mosiac'ism. Shaya -- Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: 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: char-major-10
Hi, so is it 10, / 10 ? ls -l /dev |grep 10, From: /usr/src/linux/Documantation/devices.txt: 10 charNon-serial mice, misc features 0 = /dev/logibm Logitech bus mouse 1 = /dev/psauxPS/2-style mouse port 2 = /dev/inportbm Microsoft Inport bus mouse 3 = /dev/atibmATI XL bus mouse 4 = /dev/jbm J-mouse 4 = /dev/amigamouse Amiga mouse (68k/Amiga) 5 = /dev/atarimouse Atari mouse 6 = /dev/sunmouse Sun mouse 7 = /dev/amigamouse1 Second Amiga mouse 128 = /dev/beep Fancy beep device 129 = /dev/modreq Kernel module load request 130 = /dev/watchdog Watchdog timer port 131 = /dev/temperature Machine internal temperature 132 = /dev/hwtrap Hardware fault trap 133 = /dev/exttrp External device trap 134 = /dev/apm_bios Advanced Power Management BIOS 135 = /dev/rtc Real Time Clock 136 = /dev/qcam0QuickCam on lp0 137 = /dev/qcam1QuickCam on lp1 138 = /dev/qcam2QuickCam on lp2 139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM BTW: if you add the alias for char-major-10 you will get requests for char-major-10-%d (with %d is a number from the above list) and you should know which device is missing. Greetings Bernd
Re: char-major-10
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Boris Beletsky wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: listsalias char-major-10-0 busmouse listsalias char-major-10-1 psaux listsalias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse listsalias char-major-10-4 amigamouse listsalias 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* Btw, if your system is working fine (i.e. mouse working, etc.) you can just ignore the kerneld message. It doesn't do any harm, other than being slightly annoying. That's what I do. Everyone: is there no way of knowing the minor number of the char-10 device for which kerneld got the request? (Without patching kerneld, that is.) Christian
Re: char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: lists 10 charNon-serial mice, misc features what i have here is a simple serial mouse i don't understand why is this device was requested in the first place listsBTW: if you add the alias for char-major-10 you will get requests for listschar-major-10-%d (with %d is a number from the above list) and you should listsknow which device is missing. how exactly i add the alias : alias char-major-10 char-major-10-%d ? 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] iQCVAwUBMjS1NQz8DjY6pgpxAQF9FwP+PXUdRnMyAi6pvNWQoburtzmdRlVkLtnD QtFaK3BYR6RlwLEwFxcTBcIy21nGyuTWwhPU6N86Aeer4dt1SH+RvJ72fjwmWijp tcqMNu3jwg220No058AWxcUbwDQuLXvsHMc9/E90MVAYcoJPeiRHhL+sgZsRdqlV 6Rj6GY0lMeU= =rdcA -END PGP SIGNATURE-
-lX11 problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- hello compilong xjed i got this wierd error - --- ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory - --- the reason it's wierd that i do have xlibs and include files installed thks for u're time 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] iQCVAwUBMjS3Qwz8DjY6pgpxAQFTuwQAmzIRBEkTfsgaFUT3RuO73cx0CCcR4FFj eYrve+No1ME1dvhGqKOSCExwH94h/8RDxjniSju2Rv0F9z7fnYKMJ//TJFaQ4k4Z BivS3TbNZEF36biCXoq7TXsfj/fMzuskqgUfagzx3Y1gLr7yGYDAltIkTFm1QXdv gLqBdLWVNkw= =o/uU -END PGP SIGNATURE-
corrupt filesystem superblock
My laptop doesn't boot Linux on hda3 anymore. I just installed a new system by overwriting the swap partition on hda2. My first attempt of running e2fsck gives: The filesystem superblock is corrupt. Try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock using the -b option. (8193 is commonly as alternate superblock; Henc 'e2fsck -b 8193 device' may recover the filesystem.) I tried this, but it didn't work either. Any help as to what I might do now would be welcomed. The partition table is as follows (in sectors) # TypeFirstLast Offset Length Filesystem Type Flags 1 Primary 0 131039 63 131040 Dos 16bit06 None 2 Primary 131040 180431 0 49392 Linux (83) Boot 3 Primary 180432 1032191 0 851760 Linux (83) None and was created by the Debian install disks around February or March. Thanks in advance, Dirk -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
ppp: ip-up, ip-down
Hi, Can anybody send me some example /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down with short discription of what they do please ? Also, how can I execute /usr/sbin/xbase-configure for the second time (on already configured and running system). Nothing happens when I try executing it. Is there a lock file anywhere preventing you from doing so after X have been configured during installation? Thanks a lot. -- Marek Marek Duszynski Tel : 0171 589 5111 extn. 57040 PG Mech-Eng.Fax : 0171 823 8845 Imperial College email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exhibition Road London SW7 2BX UK
Re: char-major-10
Hi, how exactly i add the alias : alias char-major-10 char-major-10-%d ? add in /etc/conf.modules: alias char-major-10 misc or even better load misc.o from /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/misc.o (or /lib/modues/current/misc/mic.o) This module will request itself the char-major-10-%d modules and you will get another missing entry in the logs with the minor number added. Greetings Bernd
Re: kernel compile problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Guillermo Solis wrote: gsolisI want to update my linux kernel to one which can run gsolisELF format. I get the linux kernel 2.0.18 i think is the newest gsolisversion??. yes, but that will change gsoliswhen i try to compile i receive a message on the screen gsolistelling me gcc is to old. Then i get the new gcc version gsolisand when i try ro run it a see a new message Can't run binary file gsolisi think this is because the new gcc is on ELF format. gsolisnow my question is which gcc (what version ?) or what i have to do gsolisfor compile the new kernel.? i whould say - reinstall the all system there lots of thigs that u need to upgrade - libs , etc.. so i think thats the best thing u could do. if u're realy want to do it manualy (NOOO!!!) then email [EMAIL PROTECTED] he is the only person i know that did it. (crazy hacker) Regards 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] iQCVAwUBMjS8Awz8DjY6pgpxAQGdwgP8C0ZLkw0hFpw56wp7aokqOnwmTUkqCrYA t/rrSArAIEnXq2qPNdWflF8hQXH7dGjVFlodnQt34tMD+RBBG/FUecqSbr2mWDra CIHA7esAiOlh9ryC6+In0E0jUxaIW4jZZuLX1f1U+2dLGRX7rUGA0vcs37O1FIte CAygTrnM4J4= =K1dy -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: char-major-10
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: listsadd in /etc/conf.modules: listsalias char-major-10 misc how about : alias char-major-10 off ? cause i realy don't have non serial mice Regards 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] iQCVAwUBMjS8mwz8DjY6pgpxAQHMqQP/bic2RKv/X4e26hPlXBuCRbO50Lq7Nf9z /gJ0hgW1auqc9ljXgDlMYcZW3c5QrodSQ8enqFLlX8yh4pbS3Oc0q+ULyyrdNvET rtreedvzSvQ3VtLMRjphtF8gdG7wt4ygQKhQLcZbPTTcot8a8q7IO7JpjYlsK6YD anIzwd6MOg0= =HfAm -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: gcc can't find termcap library
Bruce Perens wrote: Tell me where the source for scilab is, and I will remove its termcap dependence. I'm a reasonably competent ncurses programmer. Supporting two terminal management mechanisms would not be a good idea. Bruce I agree two terminal management would be bad. However, I want to use an application -- GENESIS http://www.bbb.caltech.edu/GENESIS/ which actually crashes when using ncurses. It gets a segmentation fault in tgetent(). The program works fine under several other UNIXs, on other Linux distributions and even works when linked against libtermcap.a (by using the aout development package). I have been reluctant to report it as a bug because: a) I can't reproduce the problem with a simple test program, b) I know nothing about terminal programming and c) I can't answer questions about the GENESIS source. I have been corresponding with GENESIS support but I think it is unfair to ask them to fix what appears to be a bug in ncurses termcap compatibility. On the other hand I doubt the program is of sufficent general interest to warrant a special Debian version/package. The point I am trying to make is that it may be necassary to support two terminal packages, at least for the time being. Thanks Evan. PS. Although this comes across as a complaint, I think Debian Linux is an outstanding achievment. -- Evan Thomas Department of Anatomy Cell Biology University of Melbourne Parkville, 3052 ph: 9344-5849 fax: 9347-5219
cfdisk not working with 486/DTC
I am trying to install Debian Linux 1.1 on my 486/80, 12meg RAM, 1.3gig SCSI HD, DTC3280 SCSI controller. After booting off my boot (Linux kernal 2.0.0) and root floppies and getting to the cfdisk 0.8d BETA, I run into problems. I try setting up some partitions and Write the table, it complains about sda: unknown partition table. If I leave cfdisk and re-enter, it generally complains about FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition and kicks me out of cfdisk. My only recourse is to boot up DOS and wipe out sector 0 of the hard drive using Norton Utilities or similar. Fortunately, I had my hard drive backed up. Apparently, cfdisk is not writing the partition table properly. I have tried it with my 1.3gig HD (Hitachi DK516C-16) and also tried it with my iomega Zip drive with the same results. This is the same setup I used for DOS/Windows with no problems. Any ideas? David Godshall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel compile problem
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Guillermo Solis wrote: i everybody. I want to update my linux kernel to one which can run ELF format. I get the linux kernel 2.0.18 i think is the newest version??. when i try to compile i receive a message on the screen telling me gcc is to old. Then i get the new gcc version and when i try ro run it a see a new message Can't run binary file i think this is because the new gcc is on ELF format. now my question is which gcc (what version ?) or what i have to do for compile the new kernel.? You should start with your old kernel. Build it with the old gcc with ELF support added. That is, build the kernel as a.out but with ELF support. Now you can install the new gcc (seems to me you need some shared libraries like libc5 and others. Check out the docs in the upgrades directory). You should now be able to build a new kernel in ELF format. Hope this helps, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Dselect
Hi all! I [used to be] an avid Slackware fan. Then I meet Debian about two months ago, and I am VERY Impressed. So far, I am running 2 Debian Boxes, and a third is in the works (Where is the Free Hardware Foundation when you need it?:) I know i have not read all there is to read about Debian, but I was wondering... When I first ftp'd debian, i got it from the 'buzz' directory. I now see the current directory is 'rex'? I'm a bit confused on the seperation. Is this per-version directories? Thanks for any response I get! Daniel Stringfield (Network Adminstrator)
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
Marcelo Zacarias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ) I've heard good comments about Grail (python based) but not tried ) it yet myself. Don't have the URL but a search will find it. I like Grail. It handles many modern html aspects, such as tables, frames, etc. There are times when it uses a lot of memory and rare occasions where it disappears entirely, but all in all it does pretty good. The standard url is http://monty.cnri.reston.va.us/grail/ Searching for Python and Grail can be troublesome considering the popularity of its namesake. Mike Mike Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux! senseitachi wa boku wo fuan ni suru kedo sore hodo taisetsuna kotoba wa nakatta --The Blue Hearts [shounen no shi]
[INDEX of all linux www browsers] (Re: www browser smaller then netscape)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- * i am sorry - u may get this mail twice - just my sendmail playing games on me * On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Marcelo Zacarias wrote: marcelo marceloOn Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: marcelo marcelo On Sep 8, 9:27am, Bill Roman wrote: marcelo Subject: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape) marcelo : marcelo : I've tried Mosaic (2.7 beta), but it's rather dated (no frames, for marcelo : one thing). marcelo marcelo marceloI've heard good comments about Grail (python based) but not tried marceloit yet myself. Don't have the URL but a search will find it. linux www browsers: - http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Amaya - Amaya http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Arena/ - Arena http://www.candleweb.no/ - Candleweb http://www.unlv.edu/chimera/ - Chimera http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html - GNUscape Navigator - an Emacs World Wide Web Browser http://monty.cnri.reston.va.us/grail-0.2/download/grail-linux.tar.gz (http://monty.cnri.reston.va.us/grail-0.2/ - homepage ) - *Grail* (python pkg needed - Debian-1.1/binary-i386/devel/python-1.3-3.deb) http://www.isg.de/visualweb/invisible_e.html - - the command-line counterpart of Innovative oftware's VisualWeb http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/about_lynx/about_lynx.html - Lynx - YE http://www-midas.slac.stanford.edu/midas_latest/overview.html - Midas http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/XMosaic - Mosaic http://home.mcom.com/index.html - netscape (yack!) http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~phonynet/ - PhonyNet - PhonyNet Commuter introduce Phone URL http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/vosaic - integrates continuous media into the World Wide Web http://www.eolas.com/eolas/webrouse/ - Webrouse - - Good luck and hope that helps:) RrrrRrrrRregards! 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] iQCVAwUBMjThCgz8DjY6pgpxAQGhYgP+I/jnn4sYULCsj6F0BAcByWOP4l2EWzjv R/UucQsD/zL/HQ1zfsaTdzsHA3JLjD6nspDtnClaGsD60Qm090X0Xo58BzNnXA+a t6JsV5VKrIYzGrObdJgYszRntF9sw9yUvPr1cO+kGuZOfdWygZmahTRB4NRHyD1W QAvq62uuC+M= =sHjK -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Getty ports - dumb question
Bill Roman wrote: They're running on your virtual consoles. Try holding down the left Alt key and pressing function keys. Log in on each virtual console. Pretty slick, eh? I used this feature a lot when I had only 4 MB of RAM, as that's not enough to run X in (unless you like watching the disk light a lot). Now I usually just open all the xterms I need. Thanks to everynody that responded. I wish I would have known about this feature when I was trying to get X to run. Now that I have X running, multiple xterms do indeed do the job. Jim
Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection
My ISP is worldnet.att.net. They use a PPP connection protocol developed by Shiva. I'm not sure whether it uses PAP or CHAP. I normally access using the windows 95 dialer by filling in the Username and Password fields. There is no logon / dialing script. Is anybody successfully connecting to Worldnet with Linux? How do I configure pppd to emulate the Windows 95 dialer protocol? Jim
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Shaya Potter wrote: spotter spotterIf you want to view it that way, graphics were not html, Golden words! spotterthey were a Mosiac'ism. well.. then consider me a Lynx'ist. ___ 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] iQCVAwUBMjTofQz8DjY6pgpxAQHjHAP+M9sChs9gKAiIttkRW3HK9rF9agcL6f/x jJHknOIiFY4qUjoLEyD1bWqjoPoYgnn+OQDmjSA061Quyy+K5dIyaH2epJT3Xko+ 9ILXaTHdgHp0UE0hq8i00SkuPDAF0oqIJorqwqmyhuEXli4MYrUpXYXRn9PmpkQ4 5mxReE2TpWY= =EZOe -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Mailing list changes coming
Dear Readers, A while back the U.S. Congress passed some ill-considered anti-obscentity legislation that forced me to move the Debian mailing lists out of the U.S. for my own protection. At that time, Anders Chrigstrom of NetGuide in Sweden graciously offered to operate the lists for us. Of late, Anders is under a lot of time pressure and has not been able to answer any of our messages. Fortunately, the U.S. courts overturned the obscentity legislation and it is safe for us to operate the lists from the U.S. again, for now. Over the next few days I will be moving the mailing list management to our internal system, where all 100 developers can access it. I will be soliciting other systems to provide the services of their mail delivery programs, so that the internal system isn't overloaded by delivering mail. At the same time I am putting in a full day at Pixar and am moving into a new home, so please be patient if it takes me a few days to get this done. Thanks Bruce Perens
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/ This URL gives an Access forbidden error. Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
I'm not responsible for the mailing lists, but I understand there's some problems with their maintainance. Bruce is working on it. -- Please read http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. pgpJn2F7c13OE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Dselect
When I first ftp'd debian, i got it from the 'buzz' directory. I now see the current directory is 'rex'? I'm a bit confused on the seperation. Is this per-version directories? As I understand it, buzz is the current stable version and rex is the current unstable version. Ie, buzz contains the latest official release, where as rex is the latest work in progress. The reason for the strange names is to make mirroring the debian site easier. When rex becomes officially released, all that needs changing will be symbolic links rather than the copying and deleting of huge numbers of files unneccessarily. I hope this helps. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: -lX11 problem
Boris Beletsky wrote: Hi Boris, you might try adding an -L/usr/X11R6/lib to the CFLAGS line of the Makeflag (or unlesss you don't use one on the gcc line. I also had this sort of trouble a long time ago. Which compiler version and binutils are you using? It is a misnomer in the configuration of the GCC, ld I think. RESPONSIBILITY OFF just my 2 cents. RESPONSIBILITY ON regards, Stoyan - --- ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory - --- the reason it's wierd that i do have xlibs and include files installed -- Stoyan Kenderov/ phone: +49 721 9652 220 NTG Netzwerk und Telematic GmbH \/ fax: +49 721 9652 210 Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3/\ LINK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany /___ http://www.xlink.net/~kenderov Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's [finger me for my PGP public key]
Re: Do you use SLIP or a variant with Debian?
If so, I'd appreciate a short note from you. I'd like to know if you use SLIP because PPP is unavailable, more expensive, or otherwise inconvenient. I'm using slip because ppp is a more lower level protocol and as such produces more traffic for the same payload. As I'm only interested in TCP/UDP transactions I don't need ppp. -- Cheerio, Jan Jan Wender - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Universitaet Trier, Germany The man who letterspaces lowercase letters also steals sheep (F. Goudy)
Can't install texbin_3.1415-5.deb
Am I too stupid? I can't properly set up the TeX packets. If I do 'dpkg --install texbin_3.1415-5.deb', I get the message 'dpkg: error processing texbin (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139' This message nearly makes me go insane! Is there anyone who was able to set up either the texbins, netscape, elm and som many other? I can't imagine why I ain't able to install the whole thing without errors! Rene Lord, help me to keep my big mouth shut until I know what I am talking about... ____ _ __ _ | _ \___ _ _ _// |_ _|__ __| |_ (_)_ _| |___ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / -_) ' \/ -_) | |(_-/ _| ' \| | '_| / -_) || |[EMAIL PROTECTED] |_|_\___|_||_\___| |_|/__/\__|_||_|_|_| |_\___|\_, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : http://fred.ukbf.fu-berlin.de/~gremlin |__/ Uni-Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Abteilung Medizinische Statistik und Informatik
Re: Dselect
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Servo wrote: Hi all! I [used to be] an avid Slackware fan. Then I meet Debian about two months ago, and I am VERY Impressed. So far, I am running 2 Debian Boxes, and a third is in the works (Where is the Free Hardware Foundation when you need it?:) I know i have not read all there is to read about Debian, but I was wondering... When I first ftp'd debian, i got it from the 'buzz' directory. I now see the current directory is 'rex'? I'm a bit confused on the seperation. Is this per-version directories? Thanks for any response I get! Each Debian distribution is given a name at the beginning of the development cycle. Debian-1.1 has the name buzz, and is static since the last release. Since that time the next release has been being built in rex (otherwise known as unstable). You should feel free to try packages in this area, but be advised that this system is under development (not for the faint of heart) and should be used with caution and the ability to return to your previous state (thank Ian for dpkg). When the next release of Debian occurs, rex will become static (with the addition of a rex-fixed for bug fixes) and there will be a new name assigned to unstable/development. Hope this helps. Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
Same here. Jim Pick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : : : : I have the same problem here ! : I you find out, email me please. : : Phil. : : : : Same problem here also. Do I sense a pattern? : : - Jim : :
libg++-2.7.2.deb is old?
Hello, In order to test a local copy of buzz-fixed before burning it on a CD-ROM, we tried to run dpkg --root=... --unpack, just to see if the files aren't corrupted. We got some results we don't understand completly: 1. Most packages finished fine, they produced output like: (Reading database ... 3368 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace CGI-modules (using .../devel/CGI-modules_2.75-3.deb) ... Unpacking replacement CGI-modules ... Selecting previously deselected package aout-binutils. Unpacking aout-binutils (from .../aout-binutils_2.5.2-11.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package aout-gcc. Unpacking aout-gcc (from .../devel/aout-gcc_2.6.3-13.deb) ... and so on. So I assume it means I'm more-or-less on the right track. 2. some packages produced the following output: Selecting previously deselected package perl. Unpacking perl (from .../devel/perl_5.003-2.deb) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing yigal/debian/buzz-fixed/binary-i386/devel/perl_5.0 03-2.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 (I've cut a couple of lines to fit to the mail message). Notice that the system-level error is No such file or directory. When run without the --root option, it installs fine. In addition, libg++ in particular seems to be still in old .deb format (0.93). I've updated the dpkg I use to be 1.2.14elf, from buzz-fixed. Can anyone explain me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, --Amos
Re: Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection
The following message was posted to the Caldera mailing list a while back.
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Connecting Linux and ATT Worldnet Services
ATT's Worldnet Service uses standard PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) with
CHAP (Challage Handshake Authentication Protocol). While Windows 3.1x or
Windows 95 is required to register a new account, other operating systems
that support PPP with CHAP can be used once an account is registered.
Unless you have already configured your Linux system to use PPP to another
Internet Service Provider, connecting to Worldnet from Linux will take a
little bit of work (recompiling the Linux kernel). I list here a few reasons
why one might want to do this bit of work.
If you have used PPP to connect to other ISP's from Linux, and pretty much
know what you are doing try reading the Expert Notes below.
The Instructions
1. If you have not already done so, activate your Worldnet account using
the installation disks.
2. If you have already successfully installed and used PPP with other
ISP's, skip to step
3. Get a copy of ppp-2.1.2d.tar if your kernel is version 1.2.x, or
ppp-2.2.0e.tar for kernels = 1.3.x.
4. Follow the directions contained within the ppp package for rebuilding
your kernel with PPP support and for installing pppd and chat.
5. Get a copy of the file WORLDNET\DIALER\REG.INI and use the settings in
the scripts below.
6. Add the following line to the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
7. [EMAIL PROTECTED] * password *
where 99 has been replace by number on the Name line of
REG.INI and password is replaced the value on the Password line. The
quotation marks around the password are important to protect special
character that might appear in the password.
8. Create, the following script. I have given mine the name
/usr/sbin/ppp-on.
9. #!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Script to establish connection to WorldNet via PPP.
#
# Look at WORLDNET\DIALER\REG.INI and ATT.SR to get the following settings
#
$DOMAIN=worldnet.att.net; # DomainName from ATT.SR
$SEARCH=$DOMAIN;
$NAMESERVER1=204.127.129.1;# DNS_ADDR from REG.INI
$NAMESERVER2=204.127.129.2;# DNS_ADDR_2
$NAME=[EMAIL PROTECTED]; # LOGIN
$PHONE=6213400; # Cambridge, MA# Phone from ATT.SR
$MODEM=/dev/modem;
$resolv = '/etc/resolv.conf';
open(CONF,$resolv)|| die Cannot open file: $resolv.\n $! \n;
print CONF \#resolv.conf - created automatically by .$ARGV[0].\n;
print CONF domain .$DOMAIN.\n;
print CONF search .$SEARCH.\n;
print CONF nameserver .$NAMESERVER1.\n;
print CONF nameserver .$NAMESERVER2.\n;
$command=/usr/sbin/pppd name \.$NAME.\.
-d connect \'/usr/sbin/chat -t 45 -v ABORT BUSY \\ ATDT.
$PHONE. CONNECT \\\' .$MODEM.
57600 noipdefault modem defaultroute crtscts;
#print $command.\n;
$ENV{'PATH'} = ''; # Make $ENV{'PATH'} untainted
system($command);
Executing this script should then startup up a connection to worldnet.
Give the script a permission of 4755 (chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/ppp-on) if
you want to be able to startup the Internet connection from accounts
other than root.
This script is a bit fancy in that it writes to the file
/etc/resolv.conf the domain name and the nameserver numbers. This can
be handy if you have several similar scripts for different ISP's, each
of which has it's own domain name and nameservers. If perl is not
available, or you want a simpler script, edit /etc/resolv.conf to
contain
domain worldnet.att.net
nameserver 204.127.129.1
nameserver 204.127.129.2
and use the following the following script startup PPP (replacing the
login name and phone number with appropriate values.)
/usr/sbin/pppd name [EMAIL PROTECTED] -d connect \
'/usr/sbin/chat -t 45 -v ABORT BUSY ATDT111 CONNECT ' \
/dev/modem 57600 noipdefault modem defaultroute crtscts
10. Optionally, one may optionally add a script to disconnect ppp. The
following is an example of /usr/sbin/ppp-off
11. #!/bin/sh
# ppp-down - simply kills the ppp-daemon
kill `ps -a | grep pppd | grep -v grep | cut -b 1-6`
Mail and News
The values of NNTP_HOST, SMTP_HOST, POP_SERVER, POP_PASSWORD, and EMAIL_ADDR
can be extracted from WORLDNET\DIALER\REG.INI and used in whatever pop-mail
and news software you choose. The Linux version Netscape 2.0 handles both
mail and news fine.
Ed Kelley's Visual Guide to setting up Netscape 2.0
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
MZ == Marcelo Zacarias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MZ I've heard good comments about Grail (python based) but not tried MZ it yet myself. Don't have the URL but a search will find it. Grail really is pretty good. IIRC, it also ate up over 10 megs of memory when I tested it. -- Juri Pakaste/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
A tiny program to help md5sum all debian packages
Hello,
Attached below is a tiny awk(1) program which will extract the md5sum
information of all the packages listed in a Packages file. The output
is in a format fit for md5sum -c.
I cound't find such a functionality in any of the Debian package
manuals so I hope this helps others.
(it found least 5 corrupted files in my local mirror of buzz-fixed,
I'm re-copying these files to see if the problem is local to my copy).
Cheers,
--Amos
--Amos Shapira | Of course Australia was marked for
| glory, for its people had been chosen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | by the finest judges in England.
| -- Anonymous
--
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
$1 == filename: {
file = $2
}
$1 == md5sum: {
md5sum = $2
}
NF == 0 {
print md5sum, , file;
md5sum = ;
file = ;
}
--
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
On Sep 9, 7:50pm, Shaya Potter wrote: Subject: Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape) : : If you want to view it that way, graphics were not html, they were a : Mosiac'ism. I don't know the history of it, but I'll take your word. In any case, minimal support for inline graphics are now part of the HTML specification. Tables have also been added (recently) to the standard; frames have not. As such, it's not likely that Mosaic or Lynx will support frames in the near future. (Tables are being added to Mosaic. I don't know the status of tables in Lynx). That leaves only a short list of commercial browsers, and that was really my point. (Actually, I don't know of any other commercial browsers that run on Linux and support frames.) Chris -)- -- Christopher R. Hertel -)- University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking and Telecommunications Services
elf-x11r6lib
Hi all, Whilst trying to install tk40 I get a dependency error on elf-x11r6lib. I've checked the Debian Web and ftp sites and haven't been able to find it. Can anyone tell me where to access this file? Simon Martin[EMAIL PROTECTED] Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized as Registered Trademarks of their respective owners.
Re: Base system installation
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: The unresolved symbols messages are harmless (unless you want to use nfs or the de4x5, in which case you end up rebuilding the kernel). The problem here is if you _need_ nfs for mounting disks with the buzz/ hierarchy for installing the rest of the distribution (like gcc and the kernel source).. Jason
Re: time to split the list?
Yes!! (In addition, a master containing all messages would probobly be appreciated by the thorough, the obsesive and the idle.) ALSO: Making either the master or all subsets available as a digest would REALLY help! I'm getting the firewall list this way. It's very tidy. (Perhaps those maintaining it could offer some pointers.) - ef Richard G. Roberto wrote: On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: Some newbies tell me they find debian-user intimidating due to the high level of technical discussion that sometimes goes on there. Is it time to split the list? About 2 years ago I proposed a separate list just for people trying to install the system. At the time we did not have enough traffic for that. We probably do now. I would propose: debian-install debian-nontechnical debian-technical Now I just have to find our list administrator :-) . Bruce This sounds like a good idea, but I'd sure like to see one of the lists a superset of the others if that's possible (a la crossposting?) Also, there's a new section in linux journal providing help with various distributions. Last time I checked, Debian didn't have an entry. Perhaps we should come up with a debian-support list? Thanks Richard G. Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] 201-739-2886 - whippany, nj -- *** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. ***
Re: Base system installation
From: Jason K. Keimig [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: The unresolved symbols messages are harmless (unless you want to use nfs or the de4x5, in which case you end up rebuilding the kernel). The problem here is if you _need_ nfs for mounting disks with the buzz/ hierarchy for installing the rest of the distribution (like gcc and the kernel source).. Yes. I went to build a new disk set, but I am a bit short on time :-) . If somebody else wants to build a disk set, that would be fine. Thanks Bruce
Babel installation fix?
Last week I tried to remove and then reinstall Babel3.6-4 and faced the same bug that someone wrote about last week (I had previously sent a bug report in to the bug-reports address). The error involved MakeTeXTeX filling the drive with the endless loop of trying to make a non-existent (that I can have yet to find) manfnt.mf (if I remembering correctly). dpkg now sees this package sitting there broken. it can't install it and it can't purge it because it always gets stuck in this loop. I haven't heard anything back about either the bug report or the message in this list. How can this be fixed? So far anything I've wanted to install has gone very smoothly. Do I have to completely remove TeX and then reinstall it? (ugh) or is there someway to get Babel to either get installed or purged (I really don't need it, but it won't hurt to have it there) I was content to just have it sit there broken while waiting for word from someone, but now I find that I can't use TeX or LaTeX because it thinks Babel is still there and functional. -- David Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The fundamental question in life is whether we live it from the outside in or from the inside out. - Fritz Perls (founder, Gestalt therapy) --- Home Page: http://www.netins.net/showcase/dmorris/ ---
Re: how to sign up to debian-devel?
The same thing here! But today I got an email from Bruce Perens [EMAIL PROTECTED] who told me, that he had problems contacting the mailing list admin via email and he wants to fix this. Chris -- _,, Christian Schwarz / o \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ! ___; [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / \\\__/ !PGP-fp: 8F 61 EB 6D CF 23 CA D7 34 05 14 5C C8 DC 22 BA \ / http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/ -.-.,---,-,-..---,-,-.,.-.- DIE ENTE BLEIBT DRAUSSEN!
Re: Dselect
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: As I understand it, buzz is the current stable version and rex is the current unstable version. buzz is *NOT* the current stable version. buzz is the version that was pressed on all CDs. If you use buzz, you will be exposing yourself to major security holes discovered since buzz was released. Please use buzz-fixed, aka stable, aka Debian-1.1-fixed, aka Debian-1.1.x. (x is incremented whenever a change is made). The easiest way to stay current is to use the ftp method of dselect and point it at stable. Alternatively you can install all the packages in /debian/buzz-updates/binary. The READMEs in the /debian, /debian/buzz, /debian/buzz-updates, and /debian/buzz-fixed explain all this. Guy
Re: char-major-10
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Boris Beletsky wrote: bruce [...] Do this command: bruce brucels /dev |grep 10, bruce bruceand you will see those devices - you are trying to open one of them. brucePerhaps one of the mouse interfaces? -cut here sim:~# ls /dev | grep 10, Exit 1 sim:~# ls /dev | grep 10 [lots of crap] ---cut here-- 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 The command is kinda wrong. See this: marvin:~ ls -l /dev | grep 10, crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 3 Jan 1 1970 atimouse crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 4 Jan 1 1970 jmouse crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 0 Jan 1 1970 logimouse crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 2 Jan 1 1970 msmouse crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 1 Jan 1 1970 psmouse marvin:~ borik Vad. ++_ Vadik V. (_`[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arbornet.org/~vadik/ Vygonets (_.lf PGP public key (ID 9FC1DED9) available from surfnet.nl Linux hackers are funny people: They count the time in patchlevels.
Re: libg++-2.7.2.deb is old?
From: Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] In order to test a local copy of buzz-fixed before burning it on a CD-ROM, we tried to run dpkg --root=... --unpack, just to see if the files aren't corrupted. [...] Selecting previously deselected package perl. Unpacking perl (from .../devel/perl_5.003-2.deb) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing yigal/debian/buzz-fixed/binary-i386/devel/perl_5.0 03-2.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 It's complaining that it can't find the interpreter for the pre-installation script in the perl package. Install the base system on the disk before you unpack packages to it. The best way is to do it via floppies the way one would normally install a system, as everything will be configured properly. You might try to extract disks-i386/current/base1_1.tgz there instead, but that will not completely configure the system so some stuff might still break. The libg++ doesn't compile with the ELF libc. That's why it's in that state. I'm not sure what's happening with this - whether there is a maintainer working on it or if we're just going to wait for GNU LIBC 6. Watch out for dangling symbolic limks. It's best to test an install from your CD-writable pre-master using the dselect program. Another company got burned by this recently and had to replace 50 CD-writables. Thanks Bruce
Re: Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection
As Ron Welch wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:52:23 -0400 From: Ron Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Lockheed Martin Control Systems To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection The following message was posted to the Caldera mailing list a while back. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ron Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (607) 770-3701 Fax: (607) 770-2056 Lockheed Martin Control Systems 600 Main Street Johnson City, NY 13790-1888 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Connecting Linux and ATT Worldnet Services [ Excellent material elided -- dlc ] Last Update 5 April 1996 I was very unhappy to see this nice explanation ignore the perils of IP routing between the ISP and internal networks. Does anyone suppose its original source could be located so at least a paragraph could be inserted warning of the danger and recommending the user hook up with his network administrator to ensure he doesn't inadvertantly create a backdoor into his organization?
Re: kernel compile problem
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Boris Beletsky wrote: gsolisnow my question is which gcc (what version ?) or what i have to do gsolisfor compile the new kernel.? i whould say - reinstall the all system there lots of thigs that u need to upgrade - libs , etc.. so i think thats the best thing u could do. if u're realy want to do it manualy (NOOO!!!) then email [EMAIL PROTECTED] he is the only person i know that did it. (crazy hacker) Crazy -- yes, hacker -- not yet :) I did it on my slackware (yes! in elder days of Linux) system, well, with HOWTOs in my hands (actually, with nutscrape between my fingers), but I won't tell you to RTFM, I'll gladly help. Well, but I think that upgrading debian packages will work (but I'm not sure). My current system (Debian 1.1, mostly) has a.out libs installed too. Regards borik Borik you promised me RedHat fortune ;) All the best, Vadik the Elf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). ++_ Vadik V. (_`[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arbornet.org/~vadik/ Vygonets (_.lf PGP public key (ID 9FC1DED9) available from surfnet.nl Linux hackers are funny people: They count the time in patchlevels.
Re: -lX11 problem
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Stoyan Kenderov wrote: Boris Beletsky wrote: Hi Boris, you might try adding an -L/usr/X11R6/lib to the CFLAGS line of the Makeflag (or unlesss you don't use one on the gcc line. I also had this sort of trouble a long time ago. Which compiler version and binutils are you using? It's better to run this command from /usr: ln -s X11R6 X11 It is a misnomer in the configuration of the GCC, ld I think. RESPONSIBILITY OFF just my 2 cents. RESPONSIBILITY ON #ifndef RESPONSIBILITY I hate HTMLisms! I like C! :) #endif Vad. ++_ Vadik V. (_`[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arbornet.org/~vadik/ Vygonets (_.lf PGP public key (ID 9FC1DED9) available from surfnet.nl Linux hackers are funny people: They count the time in patchlevels.
Re: 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!! You probably have a hardware problem with the memory. I recently tried to add an extra 16MB to my system. It was EDO ram and worked fine under dos/windows, but not Linux. Linux places much higher stress on the memory subsystem. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Re: missing 'savelog' command
`dpkg -S savelog' on my system reports: debianutils: /usr/man/man8/savelog.8 debianutils: /usr/bin/savelog At some stage it disappeared from my machine as well. I just reinstalled it. Giuseppe
Re: libg++-2.7.2.deb is old?
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: |From: Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] | In order to test a local copy of buzz-fixed before burning it on a | CD-ROM, we tried to run dpkg --root=... --unpack, just to see if the | files aren't corrupted. |[...] | Selecting previously deselected package perl. | Unpacking perl (from .../devel/perl_5.003-2.deb) ... | dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script: No such | file or directory | dpkg: error processing yigal/debian/buzz-fixed/binary-i386/devel/perl_5.0 | 03-2.deb (--unpack): | subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 | |It's complaining that it can't find the interpreter for the pre-installation |script in the perl package. Which interpreter? When I run dpkg -I on the perl package I see only #!/bin/sh scripts. And if it's missing (whatever it is) then what should I do to install it? | |Install the base system on the disk before you unpack packages to it. I did an untar of base1_1.tgz into that directory. |The best way is to do it via floppies the way one would normally install |a system, as everything will be configured |properly. You might try to extract disks-i386/current/base1_1.tgz there |instead, but that will not completely configure the system so some stuff |might still break. Isn't it possible to supply a usable base tree? Why can't a fully configured tree be provided? I might be totally wrong here, but I'd like to test things by manually installing whatever is need to be done, rather than let dselect and the boot disks do their magic behind my back. I think I'd just feel more comfortable with the resulting image if I knew what actually is happening in there. | |The libg++ doesn't compile with the ELF libc. That's why it's in that |state. I'm not sure what's happening with this - whether there is a |maintainer working on it or if we're just going to wait for GNU LIBC 6. I understand. But what's the difference between the --root=... environment and without that would cause such a message? | |Watch out for dangling symbolic limks. It's best to test an install from |your CD-writable pre-master using the dselect program. Another company |got burned by this recently and had to replace 50 CD-writables. Oh, I'm not doing it for profit. I want to help people around me to have easier access to Debian. | | Thanks Thank you for everything. | | Bruce | --Amos --Amos Shapira| Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England. ISRAEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Anonymous
