Re: dvips top margin
Nick I installed Debian 1.1 and found that my tex files were no longer Nick leaving a margin at the top of the page. I traced it to Nick /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps where a4size was set instead of Nick letter. Correct. Also the app-defaults file for xdvi sets a4 paper and deskjet mode. We really need a script that sets these. Any takers? -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Re: X authorization
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Re: nfs daemon
From: Alex Romosan [EMAIL PROTECTED] would any one care to enlighten me why the nfs daemons are commented out of /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs. i needed to mount a disk off another linux machine and i couldn't do it until i turned on the daemons by hand. are there any security issues associated with this? the same daemons are also commented out of /etc/inetd.conf. Well if not configured properly (ie proper restrictions) it is possible for anyone to mount your drives and then convince your system that they have root file priveliges. I saw this on our local Sun nfs server before I was given root access and fixed it. IMHO, all network daemons should be disabled by default and the sysadmin should have to enable them one by one. I hate spending an hour on a new system just turning off things that I don't want running. Andrew
texbin install problem
I am having difficulty in installing the texbin package: Here's a transcript of my installation effort via dpkg: dpkg -i texbin_3.1415-5.deb (Reading database ... 33461 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace texbin (using texbin_3.1415-5.deb) ... Unpacking replacement texbin ... Setting up texbin (3.1415-5) ... dpkg: error processing texbin (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: texbin I made sure that I had texlib (1.0-3), metafont, kpathsea, libc5 (=5.2.18-1) installed prior to trying the above (depends for texbin). If anyone could give me a pointer on how to correct this situation, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Nick -- Nick Busigin[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: as86?
Marcus Hightower writes: Marcus Does anybody know where I can find this as86 thing. See the Debian FAQ (from the doc-debian package, or the ftp site) 7.4. How can I find out what package produced a particular file? To identify the package that produced the file named foo execute either: o dpkg -S filename. This searches through the lists of installed files. This is (currently) equivalent to searching all of the files having the file extension of .list in the directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/. o grep foo Contents, or zgrep foo Contents.gz. This searches for files which contain the substring foo in their full path names. The files Contents and Contents.gz reside in the major package directories (Debian-1.1, non-free, contrib, etc.) at a Debian FTP site. A Contents file refers only to the packages in the subdirectory tree where it resides. Therefore, a user might have to search more than one Contents files to find the package containing the file foo. Hence: miles:~ [root] # zgrep as86 /mirror/debian/rex/Contents.gz usr/bin/as86 bin86 so you have to install the bin86 package. Marcus Also does the zimage automaticly gets installed when you do a Marcus make zimage or does it just makes it without installation. Use the kernel-package from the rex/binary-all/misc directory. It will build a .deb file with your kernel and install it all for you (you need to read some doc, though). -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
fvwm2 as default wm from xdm
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:58:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Q1? Can someone please tell me how to set fvwm2 as the default window manager. I believe the system uses whatever comes first in the list in /etc/window-managers. I have fvwm2 first in the list, and that's what I get as a default. -Randy -- http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~gobbel/ NOTICE: I DO NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL MESSAGES OF ANY KIND. I CONSIDER SUCH MESSAGES PERSONAL HARRASSMENT AND A GROSS INVASION OF MY PRIVACY. By sending unsolicited commercial advertising/solicitations (or otherwise on or as part of a mailing list) to me via e-mail you will be indicating your consent to paying John R. (Randy) Gobbel $1,000.00 U.S.D./hour for a minimum of 1 hour for my time spent dealing with it. Payment due in 30 days upon receipt of an invoice (e-mail or regular mail) from me or my authorized representative.
Re: HELP: Probs configuring X
Justin Stodola wrote: Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand side of the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased intensity that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This occurs in all video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480. Anyone have any suggestions? Most likely, that bright band is caused by retrace, which is from the electron beam coming on too soon. A few minor adjustments in the XF86Config file will take care of that. There's a good document on making these adjustments. On a Slackware system, it's /var/X11R6/lib/doc/VideoModes.doc; don't know where it hides on a Debian system. -- +---+ | Technical Support Engineer, Cyclades Corporation | | 800/88-CYCLADES (882-9252) or (510)770-9727, x258 | | Maker of High Performance Multiport Serial Cards | +---+
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
Christian Schwarz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, couldn't the files in app-defaults be marked as config files (DEBIAN/conffiles) in the packages? Only if you want Ian Jackson to post a bug report against your package---conffiles do not belong in /usr. Please look at /usr/doc/X11/debian.README for the proper procedure for making system-wide changes to application default values. Mike.
Re: ELM and PGP
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Boris Beletsky wrote: liw [snip crap about MIME/PGP] [snip more crap] and btw. there are very good scripts for pine that filter the incoming mail and check the sig, and decrypt . also there are scripts for outgoing mail to sign and crypt. take a look: -BEGIN PGP MESSAGE ANALYSIS- -MIDDLE PGP MESSAGE ANALYSIS- -END PGP MESSAGE ANALYSIS- Yeah. These are made by lilo and patched for me. Now I sent these scripts back to lilo to solve a security problem (well not a big one, actually, but still ok). If you want to get them (the insecure version), mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject get pgppine. ++_ Vadik V. (_`[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arbornet.org/~vadik/ Vygonets (_.lf For PGP public key, email me with sibject get pgp Linux hackers are funny people: They count the time in patchlevels.
Re: HELP: Probs configuring X
Justin Stodola ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand : side of the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased : intensity that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This : occurs in all video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480. [description of Monitor and graphics card deleted] : Anyone have any suggestions? Yes. The blank signal after the horizontal sync may be to short for your monitor. You have to edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Increase the fifth number of the modeline by about 32. (You can experiment which value yields the best result.) An example: Assume the modeline in question looks like this: Modeline 800x600 70 800 876 1020 1164 600 600 618 625 +hsync +vsync then increase this number -- Alternatively it may be sufficient to shift the image to the right by using the control elements of your monitor. Hope this helps, Chris -- Christian Linhart [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Development * Internetworking * LinuxGNU Support snail-mail: Wagingerstra_e 12/6, A-5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA/EUROPE
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
If you disagree with this, as many seem to, please propose a solution whereby package maintainers can easily make sure that app-defaults files are updated to reflect any changes introduced in the upstream app-defaults file. Well, couldn't the files in app-defaults be marked as config files (DEBIAN/conffiles) in the packages? Then dpkg creates checksums of these files and when a package is updated, it can be replaced (if there were no changes) or it can ask the user what he wants to do with it (replace, leave under different name, i.e. add .dpkg-dist extension). The original point was that if these are editable at all, they shouldn't be on a read-only filesystem (as /usr is allowed to be). Personally, since these are _defaults_ that are intended to be overridden by user configuration, I think they are fine where they are. These programs are not system utilities that need to be configured. These are just defaults and there are documented ways for a user to change them as to their individual preferences. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with axe, hope like hell
Re: fvwm2 as default wm from xdm
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Q2? Is there a deb install package for olwm/olvwm and those related apps that go along with it? (such as the slackware install has) The xview-clients package contains olwm. There is no olvwm package available yet (and nobody declared to work on one). Sven -- Sven Rudolph [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/
Is xcolorsel in a Debian package?
Just curious. I need it, found an xcolors package that I cannot use (the first reason being that I can't handle a window of 932x2246 on my 1152x900 display!), but no xcolorsel package. Yves. -- Yves Arrouye Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7, avenue Leon BolleeWeb: http://www.fdn.fr/~yarrouye/ 75013 Paris Work: +33 45 95 64 59 France Home: +33 53 61 09 55
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
On Sep 16, 8:48pm, Christian Schwarz wrote: } Subject: Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11? } } Michael Alan Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: } If you disagree with this, as many seem to, please propose a solution } whereby package maintainers can easily make sure that app-defaults } files are updated to reflect any changes introduced in the upstream } app-defaults file. } } Well, couldn't the files in app-defaults be marked as config files } (DEBIAN/conffiles) in the packages? } } I think all this is done automatically by dpkg now (at least in the } newest revision of dpkg). I've seen this working with a few other } packages, since I upgraded to unstable a few days ago. That wouldn't resolve Michael's problem: assume I change my app-defaults file for SomeApp, just to adjust colors to my tastes. Then comes a new release of SomeApp, with new features controlled by X resources that are in the app-defaults file. What will dpkg do, then? Propose me to keep my modified file (1), or replace it (2). If (1) changes are that I loose the ability to use the new feature because the app-defaults file lacks some defaults (in most cases the app will even not run). If (2) I get the new feature but lose my colors changes. It is extremely hard to update a changed file automatically (don't talk about patch, please, this works only if the organization of the file didn't change), so the best way is effectively to make resources mofifications *outside* of the app-defaults file to keep them local and still be able to upgrade nicely. Yves. -- Yves Arrouye Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7, avenue Leon BolleeWeb: http://www.fdn.fr/~yarrouye/ 75013 Paris Work: +33 45 95 64 59 France Home: +33 53 61 09 55
Re: Master.debian.org down yggdrasil.com down ...
On 16 Sep 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote: master.debian.org is down since Sunday. Any plans to bring it back up? yggdrasil.com is also down (Even the DNS Servers are not reachable!) and is the gateway from the usnet linux.debian.user group to the mailing list. Can we establish alternate gateways so that at least the usenet groups will still work? Could be a problem with your 'bit' of the net. From here, both are up as I speak. Check again... Christian
Re: llseek error large partitions
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: I am encountering an error formatting large partitions (2.8 gb). Equipment is a pentium 100, Adaptec 1542CF, DEC DSP5300. The drive partitions just fine, then when the debian install program tries to read past around 2.1 gb I receive a message badblocks: Cant resolve symbol llseek. Also, I receive this message when past this point and writing the inode tables, 256/350 mkfs.ext2: Can't resolve symbol llseek Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? The install discs have a slimmed-down version of C library on them to allow the rest of the installation system to fit. In the process of slimming libc, bits have been missed out: it seems like llseek() is one of the functions that have been purged. Please could you file a bug against the installation discs virtual package? (I would do it myself, only I can't remember the exact name). Austin
Mouse
Hi, I've just installed the X11 distribution (xbase, xserver-s3 and xfntbase). When I try startx it comes back with no mouse found or a message to that effect. I am using a Dell P120t with a bus mouse connected to the on board interface. I see quit a few mouse devices in /dev. Which one is active? How can I extract this information without having to turn to the experts? A minor observation on the Web sites I have looked at so far with respect Linux and Debian. From my point of view as a UNIX user, DOS/Windows/Embedded programmer there is very little on-line information available that I can make sense of. Probably in 6 months time I'll understand about half of it Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, maybe the philosophy is only those who know can learn, maybe I don't have the right IQ, but the fact is that up till now I have come up to a brick wall. The information available in the HOWTOs is very good, but from an initial startup point of view, if things go wrong I need to browse through a couple of MB of data, not very productive. As I said, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, please any advice that may be advantageous. 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: HELP: Probs configuring X
Run the program xvidtune, tune your monitor to look like you want it to, and then push the Show button. Copy the output from xvidtune to the /etc/X11/XF86Config to replace the current settings for the adjusted video modes. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen Web:http://www.et.byu.edu/~andersee/ 2485 South State St. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Springville, Ut 84663phone: (801) 489-1231 --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- Justin Stodola wrote: Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand side of the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased intensity that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This occurs in all video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480. My hardware: STB Powergraph 64 Video(S3 Trio64V+ Chipset) MAG DX17F Monitor(30-64kHz Horizontal, 50-100Hz Vertical) I am using the xserver-s3, and configured for the S3 Trio64 chipset. Anyone have any suggestions? Justin Stodola Senior-Physics Dept. U of Ky [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What where huh?
Hi Marcus -- (From section 5.7 of the FAQ:) Debian-1.1.x, a.k.a. stable and buzz-fixed: A copy of the the current release with the updates applied. The minor number is changed whenever new updates are added. I'd agree that a search engine front end to the FAQ would be helpful. Good luck, Susan Kleinmann
Re: HELP: Probs configuring X
There's a good document on making these adjustments. On a Slackware system, it's /var/X11R6/lib/doc/VideoModes.doc; don't know where it hides on a Debian system. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/VideoModes.html Gerry
Re: X authorization
Hi Derek -- You asked: How is the X authorization set up in Debian? Lukas Nellen provided a nice answer to this a while ago. I'm just repeating it here: I am running xdm and I discovered that only the login user can start an X window. There are 2 situations when I cannot start a X window: (1) when I try to start a window after 'su' to root. I discovered this can be fixed if I do 'xhost +mymachinename'. How to this automatically? A line in Xaccess or some /etc/X11/X???.hosts file? Below is a solution for users of startx. If you want to run xdm, then you'll have to replace the 2nd file mentioned with an appropriate file for xdm (It's whatever file starts up xdm.) Create 2 files in /usr/local/bin. File #1 is called mkcookie. Here are its contents: ---Start of mkcookie -- cut here- #!/bin/sh # create a magic cookie for X11 # From Lukas Nellen [EMAIL PROTECTED] if [ -z $1 ]; then display=0 else display=$1 fi cookie=`ps auxwwee | md5sum` xauth add :$display MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 $cookie xauth add `hostname`:$display MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 $cookie ---End of mkcookie -- cut here- File #2 is called startx. Here are its contents: ---Start of startx -- cut here- #!/bin/sh # From Lukas Nellen [EMAIL PROTECTED] mkcookie exec xinit -- -auth $HOME/.Xauthority ---End of startx -- cut here- If you're trying to execute an X command as root from a display owned by user, then as root execute these commands: ln -s /home/user/.Xauthority ~/.Xauthority export DISPLAY=`hostname`:0== this is a bash-ism; you may want sentenv for csh. (2) after establishing a PPP connection to my service provider and changing my hostname (I have only a dynamic IP address from my ISP). Here I suppose there is nothing I can do except do xhost from my ip-up script after fixing (1). Guy Maor suggested the following addition to your /etc/ppp/ip-up script: --cut-- # # edit /etc/hosts # myip=$4 myname=`nslookup $myip | sed -n 's/Name: *\(.*\)/\1/p'` sed -e /femto/s/.*/$myip $myname femto/ /etc/hosts /tmp/hosts mv -f /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts chmod +r /etc/hosts --cut-- Note that the big space on the sed line is a tab, but it's just for readability. Then put your machine's name on the /etc/hosts the first time with a bogus address. Don't put it in the loopback line; and replace femto aboce with whatever your machine's name is. My /etc/hosts looks like this for example: 127.0.0.1 loopback localhost 128.83.111.163 slip-33-3.ots.utexas.edu femto 128.83.204.246 telesys1.ots.utexas.edu telesys1 telesys 128.83.185.40 ns1.utexas.edu 128.83.185.41 ns2.utexas.edu Hope that helps. Susan Kleinmann
Re: HELP: Probs configuring X
Yes. The blank signal after the horizontal sync may be to short for your monitor. You have to edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Increase the fifth number of the modeline by about 32. (You can experiment which value yields the best result.) An example: Assume the modeline in question looks like this: Modeline 800x600 70 800 876 1020 1164 600 600 618 625 +hsync +vsync then increase this number -- The program xvidtune may be of benefit here to help you tweek these values. Gerry
Re: HELP: Probs configuring X
[forwarded by request] ---BeginMessage--- Paul Christenson wrote: Justin Stodola wrote: Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand side of the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased intensity that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This occurs in all video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480. Anyone have any suggestions? Most likely, that bright band is caused by retrace, which is from the electron beam coming on too soon. A few minor adjustments in the XF86Config file will take care of that. There's a good document on making these adjustments. On a Slackware system, it's /var/X11R6/lib/doc/VideoModes.doc; don't know where it hides on a Debian system. The document you mention is in /usr/doc/X11. Also, Justin, you might want to try xvidtune. This is an application that allows you to interactively adjust your X settings. As a last resort, you may want to fetch the most recent X11 S3 server from ftp.xfree86.org, and install it in /usr/local/bin, then edit your file /etc/X11/Xserver so that the first line is /usr/local/bin/your-new-server-file. Good luck, Susan Kleinmann ---End Message---
Custom installation boot disks?
I need to create a custom installation boot disk to install Debian on a system at work. This is a custom server, with a SCSI main drive on an Adaptec 2940UW controller. Once I get the main drive supported and the base installed, I can finish it from there. I've heard here that the custom kernels available do not work. Can they be made to work, or would creating my own be better? (I have a working Debian machine at home.) Where are the docs hiding to create my own install boot disks? Speed is important here; I have to have this machine operational by Thursday morning. -- +---+ . | Technical Support Engineer, Cyclades Corporation | | 800/88-CYCLADES (882-9252) or (510)770-9727, x258 | | Maker of High Performance Multiport Serial Cards | +---+
Re: llseek error large partitions
Also, I receive this message when past this point and writing the inode tables, 256/350 mkfs.ext2: Can't resolve symbol llseek Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? The install discs have a slimmed-down version of C library on them to allow the rest of the installation system to fit. In the process of slimming libc, bits have been missed out: it seems like llseek() is one of the functions that have been purged. Yes. Please could you file a bug against the installation discs virtual package? (I would do it myself, only I can't remember the exact name). No need to. This bug has been reported at least twice already: #3892: mkfs.ext2: can't resolve symbol 'llseek' Package: rootdisk; Reported by: Paul Traina [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 51 days old. #3451: Missing label 'llseek' in e2fsck - rootdisk Package: rootdisk; Reported by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 74 days old. Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: dvips top margin
I installed Debian 1.1 and found that my tex files were no longer leaving a margin at the top of the page. I traced it to /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps where a4size was set instead of letter. I don't recall any questions from the installation of the dvipsk about the paper size. dvips should probably use libpaper and/or /etc/papersize but dvips doesn't support this yet, is someone working on this? I don't know whether this is a common problem or something weird that I did but I thought I would just drop a note to the net in case anyone else is having the same problem. One might say that this is a common problem. Erick
Sox problems
Hi, I am having some problems using the Sox utility: (1) Does the sox binary distributed with debian Sox package support the play and pplay commands that are found in Lsox? The latter commands appear to be more automated than the former. For instance, an AIFF file (ring.aiff) is played correctly using the Lsox/play ,command, but using: sox ring.aiff -t au - /dev/audio I just get something that sounds more like a low-frequency hum than a bell ring. I attach the gzipped ring.aiff in uuencoded form at the end of this message. I found it at: http://www.rhfleet.org/RHF/exhibits/digitize/bell_aiff.html (2) I am having trouble with the WAV files from CNN interactive. Sox just produces noise... [The AIFF files has problem (3).] (3) Some AIFF files produce the error message: sox: Bogus AIFF file: INSTrument but no MARKers eg see: http://itc-media.byu.edu/xsnd/hal.aiff --Derek Lee begin 644 ring.aiff.gz M'XL(Y2/C(``VXQ-7(S,F(W+F%I9F8`-;R)CUS9E9WM[_%R\BL]D,I-[ ML52+5*UJ]38]/6BC#7LPTP,/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'LAC'3X];2*I=*I2J2M9!)YKY% MQO;V=Q=_)[EMAIL PROTECTED]/N?[_^;_^'O_NYO__[? MX=_9F''_M.,A7^3_2__'5O]\Q__X[_'O_VGAOWQ'RG]P!,JV0VN;^NZ-C_Y MZG\=_G/MR[U_G^[^-G/^,7_=A6]FWT^F'W[X[_ZZ7+WX,WE_WGU%\D_%F?' M-_-'?Q]\+33O9_L_^[_^3/1XN?CG^U./S)T^[NTD_N4?C[#?GAW7O_CY M7ON?Y2]?+,/_W7AW_=1-K?IC_V[]\6]P4[1OVWR__^72^M3T]^-.CKV?I MP_`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`7]Q9?NLZA0M9Y=/_VSZGH^ MXORHXU7;V;MI$?FV]N_/V]\WI\_,*,'P??M*-IM[-___(W;ESX21_]^K@ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/;]AW=N-S\7-9;43S1[._OA7#VQUVOFQVOV]-/I551L3# MP1=OO=+@X[EMAIL PROTECTED]'U_^D#='8?KD_09/WMQLKLQ'V_. M+R[COQC?A?9L.M_[=/J][GI??;C__5$Y:I=*_[?V\WUM7(QF/RP^$N^^$Z M/I\;+'3W[/[EMAIL PROTECTED])Q.WND_W;FJG?::W9_77T^:(*HVMUZ^X..' M:;7A?359W]^Y_EXN7JK]_?C[J_NAWMF,;GY9'II*=LW)T9-?A,;4_+K\[-[Q MVXLFG?^]_?F(/]*KIW^O4LAR^[J.3Y?#QA\MOI#_WTG7O-[\;YC*+OW; M^F[4L_LS_R3X/IQ6RDRY]\6)Z?BH.^W'7?'TT/GI?-6G'=#/YTY]6UNUFZ M\?/J5U4Y.GO==?)CNIF%KVN\O'#Y/B/`HN!I^,%B^/QOYT8Z\XRE^/NXV MO)OS\]V?52=Z/BOI\_G0J5$3_N+(,^K?GSZ3?3D\?R2=YW[^?77W1 M95/_V:;\\?7_2[.FZO?SS[O+-=4]_=^VMUNBBD+0_V7WX]]79C\S#Z^C)[ M\*2ZSFY^WVX=#K^[SMMRY^]\K?5KK69M-_^?O-#S^/,O2G^[%EYU[K\^#/ MHZ.3Y96N_?A],65]R0^#\0/[]R#GS;O`GG'UIYM?OD'G[=QLMO\X_3ISC`0 MR=EOHT^S]GPJ+B\__%3GHB=AC]/3KXYV;[EMAIL PROTECTED] ME'5^^.C)N]]YZ-8#]VO?]C]63L/\A^Q`OCD?=%[!^S=%^6SD!V,EN_ M[/W+L7B_'CQTZ7ET9+L_YG\]/6935\=;;7_;C\+/#Z?/[EMAIL PROTECTED] M'QSXW[U8W]`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`=?7G]:%3G_79^9?#VY,?WDQ?_S! MS;ED6+PL\U7WZM\V//QW7^;;#PS?OQWGZ1P_;;Z?)=;U+]Y\%3_RTOMY M\+D\8.VU-.+[[P_W;U=](K7AS]MOCYOU9OKGWW2N__)*I[-4D?[IQ^AV? M7W@/GWC?7F\%FT[?O=/_7ZD%3-OSIY^GM9EQ\[-1[LG/YS(M,D_EJ]/V9.= M+AR^_9Z[6GPSOK8O3Q\]EW0K8LWY:_?I5N!'$\*O]@/CX4RSMW\GKT27Q[ M5`TZ]M'3ZO51M*.['?WCR^7CIU6?-[?+C3\9O[SHRKG;?CSY8CDY\G.^,6W MP'03F3QA[NG'^1W-ZFX'7PRGGYYGGMWXXW^Z/OHL[4NE=,WDX./E^]F];(( M/C\\.;9I*M,GQ:^/PHU\*8;PKP^1V]=WF]=3AX\[LN;Z+#/??R]-Y#'@3F M^*OJX\VBZ/IB=OB7PE%JW1Q?_/XJTEZX+N]X/59^O3A[);=?=]N/@^_OTZ MW7I\,/ERN2F8OL7WVP\'W*CSG]Z/VW45CKK.?I=OF[TMMKWW$6//,F MSKX^\\^Z^%G+/1L_2;/S#)9+Y5?[5\=##B4IU]FSX=+TZF_+IZ_E%P:(V M6_\P.?KZ9NG8Z/V_'KPB[UIP:=WQZ3ZGW3*GDZ;V3%VIK2YJH^7Q^$^ MG`;M?+I$_?F([EMAIL PROTECTED]/^]BO]`WU^JWYP?BDD[OWZC/WIP]Y*W^Y\%OS^ M79_[K;]Q^KMB[UE^G9U?##G;MO:WW3[1UXKX[6-OUL)[[]S[EMAIL PROTECTED] MQI^M+XO+]N'SVY?OK.I=0^R=V_9XX=,Y[/OKX:/LSW;C%-GWRH7]29XOE: M].V7;^2,C*OYQ]\')[EMAIL PROTECTED]/]PF@;[EMAIL PROTECTED]K?OKC;[NE)M6 M:Y\\.'_7FM)E]YHOS_*-09RO7;UBCS?93=4G=U[-IB=\:0+/]DK7QY'HTJ- M]=$/YL/[O0J;B_G)_S-55V4[/'AS0_=:)Q$]_G7WP6;H[KRYR_[9Q_DM\N@ MN1D=#L^^NAU8N['-WAQO_01'K_^?O;T_O*ZZ.IB[_7S\]T%'1KNY/?GH6[ M9=E%V^CIT_[*]V_6XPQ6]Y'-#PZ:;V[W1IQ[[=%7\B?K?/;/GT$_GN MHA9SS`Z_6ZQ?D\/%]?!!^,IPMW=+N?Z35;'APT;IU\TL71^VK\\V7VR MQKA7O7/]\KC*U?--I\GE\=F/Y:;XYM71X,#42A]?B4_?M;LK:H1P^];XZ, MI_S-'QK]WYDA/[EMAIL PROTECTED])9_\(%_?AR$M;C3K^;^P:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MNZCN/YR_68A(#9^MO3[2:P-KDNE7UQN/1E4;+V_BY_OM=S-E*-=_^T/X;TT
Re^2: dvips top margin
Nick I installed Debian 1.1 and found that my tex files were no longer Nick leaving a margin at the top of the page. I traced it to Nick /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps where a4size was set instead of Nick letter. Correct. Also the app-defaults file for xdvi sets a4 paper and deskjet mode. We really need a script that sets these. I had another problem with the latest version of TeX which I could not seem to fix by adjusting dvips/config.ps. It was that an extra 1 seemed to have been added to the margins on all sides. I fixed this using vmargin, but that wasn't necessary before. What additional config file should I be looking at? Susan Kleinmann
Re: Custom installation boot disks?
Hi Paul -- You asked: I need to create a custom installation boot disk to install Debian on a system at work. This is a custom server, with a SCSI main drive on an Adaptec 2940UW controller. Once I get the main drive supported and the base installed, I can finish it from there. I've heard here that the custom kernels available do not work. Can they be made to work, or would creating my own be better? (I have a working Debian machine at home.) Where are the docs hiding to create my own install boot disks? If I were you, I'd just make my own. Here's what to do: Fetch the latest kernel. I use tsx-11.mit.edu, and get the latest version from /pub/linux/sources/system/v2.0 I think the latest version is 2.0.20. If you unzip and untar the kernel into, say, /usr/local/src/linux-2.0.20, then cd to that directory. Install the Debian package kernel-package. (Even though you're not supposed to, I then) execute make config. Execute: make-kpkg kernel_image This will make a .deb file which includes the kernel and modules. Install the Debian package boot-floppies (which is in the devel section). Then run bootdisk.sh. It takes three arguments: -- the full path name of the .deb file containing your kernel -- the device name for your floppy, e.g., /dev/fd0 -- the number of blocks on your floppy, e.g., 1440 If you forget, just execute bootdisk.sh with no arguments, and then you'll get reminded from a Usage statement. There are scripts in there to make a rootdisk and basedisks as well, but you can just as easily use the rootdisk and basedisks provided at any Debian archive. HTH, Susan Kleinmann
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
Brian C. White: Personally, since these are _defaults_ that are intended to be overridden by user configuration, I think they are fine where they are. These programs are not system utilities that need to be configured. These are just defaults and there are documented ways for a user to change them as to their individual preferences. However, a sysadmin might want to have a way to make a global override. For example, to configure Mosaic to use a proxy. Wouldn't it be nice if the relevant scripts allowed this? All that is needed is that they use /etc/X11/app-defaults/Foo, if it exists, after they have used /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, and before they use ~/.Xresources. I'm afraid I don't have time to do this, but it should be simple. -- 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. pgpnigbZBV4eF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re^2: dvips top margin
Susan I had another problem with the latest version of TeX which I could Susan not seem to fix by adjusting dvips/config.ps. It was that an extra Susan 1 seemed to have been added to the margins on all sides. I fixed Susan this using vmargin, but that wasn't necessary before. Weird. Do you get those margins even when you say $ latex testpage to run this LaTeX2e-updated utility that originates from Lamport? On my box the rulers go right to the edges. Susan What additional config file should I be looking at? I don't know. -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Re: Mouse
There is not support for busmice in the standard boot disk kernel. Try # dmesg | grep -i mouse to see if your mouse was detected by the installed kernel. You will probably get no output, so you can confirm that the kernel does not know about your mouse. Otherwise you should see the line recognizing the bus mouse. Solution: You will have to recompile the kernel (download the kernel-source_2.0.6.deb, etc, etc.) If you have installed the linuxdoc package (check the name as my memory may not serve here) then try to look at the Busmouse howto (in Debian the doc is under /usr/doc/... ). A last word... yes. it takes times to known any new OS... and since Linux + Debian are moving targets, that's the price you pay. cheers, lazaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Mouse Author: debian-user@lists.debian.org at cclink Date:17.09.96 05:25 Hi, I've just installed the X11 distribution (xbase, xserver-s3 and xfntbase). When I try startx it comes back with no mouse found or a message to that effect. I am using a Dell P120t with a bus mouse connected to the on board interface. I see quit a few mouse devices in /dev. Which one is active? How can I extract this information without having to turn to the experts? A minor observation on the Web sites I have looked at so far with respect Linux and Debian. From my point of view as a UNIX user, DOS/Windows/Embedded programmer there is very little on-line information available that I can make sense of. Probably in 6 months time I'll understand about half of it Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, maybe the philosophy is only those who know can learn, maybe I don't have the right IQ, but the fact is that up till now I have come up to a brick wall. The information available in the HOWTOs is very good, but from an initial startup point of view, if things go wrong I need to browse through a couple of MB of data, not very productive. As I said, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, please any advice that may be advantageous. 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: Re^2: dvips top margin
Hi Dirk -- Susan I had another problem with the latest version of TeX which I could Susan not seem to fix by adjusting dvips/config.ps. It was that an extra Susan 1 seemed to have been added to the margins on all sides. I fixed Susan this using vmargin, but that wasn't necessary before. Dirk Weird. Do you get those margins even when you say Dirk $ latex testpage Dirk to run this LaTeX2e-updated utility that originates from Lamport? Dirk On my box the rulers go right to the edges. Right. That's what I get also. Your question prompted me to double check the headers on similar files I'd produced last semester, and sure enough I did have to use vmargin then also. (But I don't remember whether I had to use it because I would have otherwise had 2 margins.) Thanks for your help. Susan
Digests?
I am very interested in following this list, but am being buried under individual messages. Is there a digest option available? Or is there an up to date archive through which I could keep track of things? Thanks! Bruce Stough
How to create a Packages file?
Hello, I'm patching the 1.1.8 in preperations to burn it to a CD-ROM, and would like to provide an updated Packages file but can't find a tool to create such a file. Can anyone tell me how to create an updated Packages file, please? I'm not on the mailing list (but read it through Usenet) so will appreciate a direct copy of any response. Thanks, --Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
?-html
Hi, Please does anyone know of a program/script I can run to provide an html output for my manual pages? or better still act as the front end of man? I have heard that there is some utility for doing this, though I have not come across it yet Thanks Jonathan ...when the morning stars sang together and the sons of God shouted for joy?
STB Powegraph graphics card problem (was:HELP: Probs configuring X)
Justin Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand side of Justin the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased intensity Justin that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This occurs in all Justin video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480. Justin My hardware: STB Powergraph 64 Video(S3 Trio64V+ Chipset) MAG DX17F Justin Monitor(30-64kHz Horizontal, 50-100Hz Vertical) Me too, same problem with the same card (on a Gateway2000). Not the same monitor though. And no, playing with the XF86Config parameters for hsync doesn't help much. The best I could do was with this: Vendor: Gateway2000, Model: Vivitron 1572 Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1 hsync range 0: 31.50 - 64.00 vsync range 0: 50.00 - 120.00 944x750 73.00944 944 1064 1184750 753 768 785 I still get a 2mm brighter line on the left, so that's where I put Goodstuff buttons and Icons, and put Emacs safely on the right. Not the solution, just a way to survive (the alternative was to switch back to Windblows, can you imagine?) Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/ + + + + + + + + + ++ The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him. True accident report, from the Toronto News on July 26, 1977. + + + + + + + + ++
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, a sysadmin might want to have a way to make a global override. For example, to configure Mosaic to use a proxy. Wouldn't it be nice if the relevant scripts allowed this? All that is needed is that they use /etc/X11/app-defaults/Foo, if it exists, after they have used /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, and before they use ~/.Xresources. I feel like a broken record, here, but would people involved in this discussion please look at /usr/doc/X11/debian.README? Otherwise you're wasting both your own and others' time. For instance, it mentions the solution to the above mentioned issue: Please note that this distribution expects you to leave app-defaults files unchanged. If you want to customise X applications globally, put your customisations in /etc/X11/Xresources. Mike.
Re: seeking WWW browser (smaller than Netscape)
Smaller than Netscape? I downloaded Netscape and was surprised to see that the Linux version comes in at about 2 Mb smaller than the Win95 version :-) Mark
Re: XFree86 3.1.2F plans?
I had the same problem. My Mach64 chip is also new and wasn't recognized by the Debian Mach64 package. In my case the solution was simple, although it may not work in all cases. I installed the debian Mach64 Xserver (xserver-mach64.3.1.2-5.deb) and I then only downloaded the new 3.12G Xserver (XF86_Mach64) without any of the config files or supporting applications. I renamed the 3.12G server to XF86_Mach64.312G and placed it in the /usr/X11/bin/ directory with my other Xservers. When I edited the config file /etc/X11/Xserver to point to the new server everything worked like a charm. The beauty is that I haven't overwritten any of the debian controlled xserver files and have only added one additional file (/usr/X11/bin/XF86_Mach64.312G). Thus when the next debian release comes out I can upgrade without fear. Of course I am not totally sure of what mixing the binary with the debian config does, but it works and is giving me good results here. Mark David C. Winters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article [EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Shawn Asmussen wrote: I agree. I would very much like to be running the F beta in its entirety, and with Debian I do not know how to go about doing that and being positive I am not breaking anything in the process. I realize that the owner of this package does not plan to release any of the beta versions as a Debian package while there is no source code, but I for one would VERY much appreciate some sort of instruction on what all is neccessary in order to take out the stock Debian XFree and replace it with one of the beta versions without breaking anything in the process. Okay. Here's how I got X 3.1.2[D|E|F] running. The background: The machines I was given to work with have Mach64 chipsets and the hardware appears to be so blasted _new_ I couldn't get the .deb X to work.
Re: cfs Debian package available!
Hi, 1. I need a non US and a non Canada Web site, otherwise it would become illegal to export Debian without the permission of either government and ATT. I vote for a non-us (or euro or whatever) Section for things like: xntp, SSLeay, ssh, cfs... There is already SSLeay and ssh on the Uni-Mainz (GERMANY), perhaps we can build a euro-master for distributiing that part of debian? 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
Re: Shouldn't go app-defaults in /etc/X11?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Please peruse /usr/doc/X11/debian.README, to understand why I say that, on Debian, app-defaults files are not considered configurable. For those who would like to specify their own application resource files, you can set the environment variables XFILESEARCHPATH (system wide defaults) and XUSERFILESEARCHPATH (per user defaults) in the startup scripts. For more info, look at X(1). To me, this looks like the `politically correct' way to provide per site X default files. BTW, I got this and other useful X tricks from the book `X user tools' by L. Mui and V. Quercia, pub. by O'Reilly Cheers, Lukas --- Dr. Lukas Nellen | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depto. de Fisica Teorica, IFUNAM | Apdo. Postal 20-364 | Tel.: +52 5 622 5014 ext. 218 01000 Mexico D.F., MEXICO| Fax: +52 5 622 5015
Re: Digests?
Bruce, We are currently moving the list server to another site. The move should take place in a few days - all of the pieces are working but I am still testing them. I will enable digests when that is done. Thanks Bruce
