Re: inn / suck - help me!
Paul Haggart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Argh, this has caused me problems to no end! Can someone please send me a > working configuration for suck and inn? > I can get suck to gather news and send it locally, but I can't figure out > how to get locally written messages sent to my ISP's news server. I don't > want to use nntp-style reading, because I don't have a 24/7 connection. This sounds like you need an entry in the `/etc/news/newsfeeds' file. Here is what I use when sucking news to and from the NNTP server at the Univ. of Va.: ME:*,!control,!junk:: overview:*:Tc,WO:/usr/lib/news/bin/overchan murdoch:/!local:Tf,Wn:news.virginia.edu The NNTP server here is at the address `news.virginia.edu' and it adds `murdoch' (the other name of the server) to the `Path' header. With these entries in the newsfeeds file, INN places the message id of any article that needs to be sent to UVa's NNTP server to the `/var/spool/news/.outgoing/news.virginia.edu' file. Articles will be marked as outgoing unless either (1) the article contains `murdoch' in the Path (in which case it was "sucked" from UVa's server), or (2) The article is marked for local distribution (via a Distribution header). The get-news.inn script automatically posts messages listed in the `/var/spool/news/.outgoing/' file to the remote NNTP server. Here's a template that you can use for this file: ME:*,!control,!junk:: overview:*:Tc,WO:/usr/lib/news/bin/overchan :/!local:Tf,Wn: where = the entry that your ISP's news server places in the `Path' header. = the address of your ISP's news server as listed in the `/etc/suck/get-news.conf' file. -- Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mouse : can't locate module char-major-10
Hello All, I am new to Linux and of course new to the Debian distribution. Recently I tried to install X on my box using the vga16 server. When started, the server immediately die with a message "Cannot open mouse : (no such device). Because X is a rather complex package, I tried to troubleshoot my mouse problem using gpm. The result was the same as with X, now the message is gpm : /dev/psmouse : No shuch device. Because psmouse is a symbolic link a also tried psaux and because it still didn't work, I even tried /dev/msmouse and /dev/inportbm (in fact this is a non-sense because my mouse is a PS-2 style). The problem is not the mouse hardware, because under Windows95, the same mouse on the same PC work ok. It is discovered as a PS/2 compatible mouse using interrupt 12. The computer is a Gateway 2000 P100. I think they use an Intel Alladin mother-board, but I am not completly sure. The mouse is a Microsoft "Mouse Port Compatible 2.0" I had also a look at /proc/devices and I didn't find any mouse device there. Also /proc/interrupts do not show any entry for interrupt 12. Finally I found that every time a started X or gpm, I got an entry in daemon.log : "modprobe : can't locate module char-major-10 So it seems that I need to load a module for my mouse. In /usr/lib/module_help/modules I found that modules should exist for psaux and mouse, however I didn't find any psaux.o or mouse.o on my system. Now I am stuck. I only see two possibilities : 1)I really need to load psaux.o and mouse.o; but where can I found those files? 2)The mouse driver is build in the kernel and for some reason the mouse is not detected at boot-up. How can I force the mouse configuration? I have really no idea which of those two possibilities is correct. As I am new to Linux maybe I made a stupid mistake. All the software was loaded from the stable subtree of the distribution. Kernel is 2.0.6. Any help would be appraciated. Thanks, Andre Dewevre Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running Debian
Daniel Stringfield writes: > On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, George Bonser wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >Daniel Stringfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > How about a SVGALIB based program? That should fit on a floppy. > > > Now we have a possible three!:) dselect, xselect, and vselect > > > ...cut >> > NCURSES or SLANG, possibly? (isn't slang similiar to ncurses? Kick me if > its not) OR like I said, something based on SVGAlib... (which does not > use X) > Have a look at SVGATextMode it's very good. I got mine of a InfoMagic CD but its on Sunsite, gives you whatever size screen you want for dselect, I usually use 116x36. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard mess
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote: > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually, > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file. People have kept saying this and everyone assumes that the person asking knows how to point Netscape to XKeySymDB. First of all, I tried using dselect to install Netscape. Unfortunately, it insists on having version 3.0-beta4-1 and the only version I could get off of netscape was 3.01-beta1. Dselect fails on the install. The installation process explicitly states not to just re-name another package. So, I installed Netscape by hand. Now, having done this, I do not have any of the app-config stuff or anything else for Netscape that the *.deb binary would have taken care of. So, how do I manually set up Netscape to point at XKeySymDB ? ( I know where/what XKeySymDB is, I just don't know how to tell netscape to use it. ) /- /\oo/\ Debian ! /\oo/\ \ | | The more clocks you have ... | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | . the less sure you are | | http://www.connect.ab.ca/~vithar | of what time it is ! | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: imake config
> > Where does one find > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config? dpkg -S config [..] xdevel: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config [..] -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Use Debian/GNU Linux! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
8-bit clean gpm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello. I have switched from Slackware to Debian, and I'm impressed. My problem: (well, one of my problems :-) gpm does not behave 8-bit clean, which is a real pain for non-english languages. Is there any way to configure it properly, or it is just a bug? [ Note: I'm using a console font, having changed SOFTFONT in /etc/kbd/config ]. Thanks. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMn40hyqK7IlOjMLFAQHSiAP/QrRKao4iFBImO0SsmI6okSMAxhgNFjMi MFMjCnL/49pZHOPIONgttL3QfiL1jYfHVXUAt5fd7BqKubkS+ldZctvfQWGBn9yP xLlC7XitI7IOX1Spej647D35Bj6KaGUm1NrATYKcFeqGC7bImLSTSPpKjzYjNPjm XKMym/FFBgo= =GpOU -END PGP SIGNATURE- Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rearranging partitions WAS: Re: Question??
Hi All, > > Not very good; you'll have problems with symlinks, special files in > > /dev, etc. Try: > > > > umount /dev/hda1 > > mke2fs /dev/hda1 > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt > > umount /home > > cd / > > find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt > > > > Edit lilo to point to your new root and reboot. After reboot: > > > > mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt > > rm -rf /mnt/* > > cd /usr > > find ./ | cpio -pdmv /mnt > > umount /mnt > > rm -rf /usr > > mkdir usr > > mount /dev/hdb2 /usr > > > > If you don't have enough space in /dev/hda1 to hold everything, you > > can take a few more steps to copy directories individually instead of all > > your tree. The key is to use cpio and to *always* exclude the destination > > directory from the list of files to be copied (otherwise, you'll just > > fill up your disk). Check the line > > > > "find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt" > > > > It tells you everything. > > > > See ya, > > Nelson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Three points: > > 1. I didn't ask for help; it was [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Puryear) who asked, >whose signature has been cut out. (And I'm lazy, but the mail reader I use >doesn't put in those nice "On Fri, 13 Nov 1331, Anders Andersson wrote:" >lines. > Yes, it was me(David). Thanks everyone. There was lot of help. I ask this not because I didn't read the man pages but to get ideas that are not in the man pages. Sorry if it was dump question(which I'll have to say not, since most debian users are new unix user and don't know all the little things to make life easier). Thanks to all, David p.s. Please don't expect me to not ask dump questions onces in a while.:-) > 2. Have you read cp's man page under debian. I suggest you do so. Look for >"-a". > > 3. If you still refuse do use "cp -a" then I would suggest the "tar -cpf - >some dirs |(cd target; tar -xpf -)" method in stead of cpio. Only because >I know tar's arguments and not cpio's. > > Nitpicking at 26 rpm, > > MartinS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ETA of the new X packages
The person who is building X is expecting to upload them within the next two weeks - he says sooner, I'm being conservative. The hold-up is due to our packaging system going through some changes that require editing of installation scripts. The X source builds 27 binary packages, no surprise that some edits would be required. This will be uploaded to "unstable" when it is ready. It will not be in the code-freeze area for 1.2, but you will be able to install it on a 1.2 system without trouble. The code-freeze for 1.2 happens today. Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard mess
> > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually, > > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file. > > > > This probably the case for other Motif apps, too. > > And how can we do this? The netscape package is available under contrib. To use the existing XKeysymDB file, either compile the app with the correct directory or set the env var: csh:setenv XKEYSYMDB /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB bash: set XKEYSYMDB="/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB"; export XKEYSYMDB Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- Debian GNU/Linux! Search it at http://insite.verisim.com/search/debian/simple -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard mess
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote: > > > I am using the latest version of Debian (brand new system installed > > > yesterday). Is there something to be done to properly set up X? > > > > I found that Debian/XFree86/whoever by default maps both the BS and Del > > keys to , which is irritating with Netscape and when logging in on > > other computers. > > Netscape's problems are partially solved by overriding the key > > function to in /etc/X11/Xresources.. however, still sending a > > when I want to go over the line... > > AR!!! > > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually, > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file. This makes the backspace key work as expected, but the delete key still does not do what is expected, at least on my system. Both delete and backspace are mapped to delete and both do the same thing (delete the previous character). Does your delete key work right (delete the current char instead of the previous)? Gerry -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xinitrc, X11, and cpp/GLUT
"larry" == "Larry 'Daffy' Daffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: larry> Fulko van Westrenen writes: -> For one or another strange reason initx fails to read ~/.xinitrc -> Does anyone know what the reason can be? All configurations look -> normal to me. My .fvwmrc is read without any -> problem. /etc/X11/config looks good to me. Do I need to check any -> other file? larry> First, you should probably be using startx, rather than larry> xinit. startx is configured to do things 'right' under the larry> Debian system. Second, does your /etc/X11/config contain the First startx doesn't seem to be configured to do things 'right' on my Debian box. I can start X with xinit but with startx the server just starts and stops !!! I copied the old slackware .xinitrc and startx works. L.D. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question??
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What about all of the plain files in / ???
Jim.
>
> On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Martin Stromberg wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > What do I need to consider when copying "/" to another partition? Reason
> > > I ask is I would like to put it in partition which had dos. Here is what
> > > I would like to do:
> > >
> > > Old setup:
> > >
> > > hda1 -- dos
> > > hdb1 -- swap
> > > hdb2 -- /
> > > hdb3 -- /home
> > >
> > > New setup:
> > >
> > > hda1 -- / {/etc, /boot, /bin, /lib, /sbin, /proc, /var, /tmp, /cdrom,
> > > /mnt,
> > > /floppy}
> > > hdb1 -- swap
> > > hdb2 -- /usr
> > > hdb3 -- /home
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > David
> > >
> >
> > Well, this is how I would do it, supposing you don't have anything on that
> > FAT
> > partition you want to keep.
> >
> > umount /dev/hda1
> > mke2fs /dev/hda1
> > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
> > cp -a /etc /boot /bin /lib /sbin /var /tmp /cdrom /floppy /mnt
> > mkdir /mnt/proc
> > Edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf so it's using hda1 instead of hdb2 and run lilo.
> > Edit /mnt/etc/fstab to reflect the changes.
> > Reboot. Now the system ought to boot having the hda1 partition as / and the
> > previous / on /usr.
> > cd /usr
> > rm -fr etc boot bin lib sbin proc var tmp cdrom mnt
> > mv usr/* usr/.??* .
> > rm -fr usr
> >
> >
> > Anybody seeing something I've missed? Please say so!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hack,
> >
> > MartinS
> >
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> What about /dev ?
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dselect problem
Hi, I'm working with Debian 1.1 and since last week, when I want to install a .deb packages via ftp, I receive the following message: Processing status file... Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 75, chunk 6898 Please, What can I do to solve this problem??? Thanks Rafa -- Name: Rafael Torres Carot E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nm /lib/libc.so
Bernd Eckenfels writes: > some softwre PAckages run nm on libc to get the available functions. This > wont work with ELF anymore. nm only prints symbols for .a files. Arent the > symbols in .so needed for linking? You have to use 'nm -D'. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nm /lib/libc.so
Hi, some softwre PAckages run nm on libc to get the available functions. This wont work with ELF anymore. nm only prints symbols for .a files. Arent the symbols in .so needed for linking? 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 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cpio WAS: Rearranging partitions
> > > Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:29:32 - > > From: Nelson Posse Lago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Martin Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Rearranging partitions WAS: Re: Question?? > > > find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt > > Thank you! Wonderful syntax, and demo of several nuances that have > escaped me until this day. I got out the man pages for grep and cpio, > and decoded the above, to learn how it does what I correctly intuited it > would do. > > Could you briefly summarize why cp -a or tar -cvf are inappropriate or > less functional? In my opinion they aren't any less functional. I've even read that "tar -cpf - /|(cd /mnt; tar -xpf -)" manages to avoid going into a loop with regard to /mnt! I haven't verified this but I'm not surprised - GNU software is the way to go! The con regarding "cp -a" is that it's GNU cp. Versions on other systems fuck up symbolic links e. g. The pro regarding tar is, there is one on every system, and combining two tars with pipes works everywhere (to my knowledge). This makes tar ideal for scripts that must work on all platforms. > Can an unmounted(*1) root filesystem be successfully > mirrored, identical to the original, on a target partition with a new > filesystem -- using cp -a or the tar -cvf (*2) method? The answer is yes. Both can do that. > > Christopher W. Hafey > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1078 New Britain Ave Apt 217 > WA1TNR since 1974 | W Hartford Ct USA 06110-2434 > http://www.ntplx.net/~tingri | tel. 860-236-5400 > - > (*1) mounted on /mnt or anywhere but /, I meant > (*2) and corresponding tar -xvf method, to extract as target > > --- Just opi(-um-)nions, MartinS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tail -f /var/adm/messages
You probably set the debug flag on diald. At least this is the output I got when I did that. "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. -- From: Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: tail -f /var/adm/messages Date: 03 November 1996 07:00 What did I do to get the following output from "tail -f /var/adm/messages"? Nov 3 12:44:01 Johann last message repeated 65817 times Nov 3 12:45:01 Johann last message repeated 66331 times Nov 3 12:46:01 Johann last message repeated 66326 times Nov 3 12:47:01 Johann last message repeated 63128 times Nov 3 12:48:01 Johann last message repeated 50075 times Nov 3 12:49:01 Johann last message repeated 54363 times Nov 3 12:50:01 Johann last message repeated 61691 times At first it worked well while I was trying to debug my ppp-script (which btw I so far did not succceed with). I changed some file-permissions as a result of the output of the messages-file. At the moment the above output is all that I get. Can somebody help, please? Johann Spies -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rearranging partitions WAS: Re: Question??
>
> On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Martin Stromberg wrote:
>
> > > What do I need to consider when copying "/" to another partition? Reason
> > > I ask is I would like to put it in partition which had dos. Here is what
> > > I would like to do:
> > >
> > > Old setup:
> > >
> > > hda1 -- dos
> > > hdb1 -- swap
> > > hdb2 -- /
> > > hdb3 -- /home
> > >
> > > New setup:
> > >
> > > hda1 -- / {/etc, /boot, /bin, /lib, /sbin, /proc, /var, /tmp, /cdrom,
> > > /mnt,
> > > /floppy}
> > > hdb1 -- swap
> > > hdb2 -- /usr
> > > hdb3 -- /home
> > >
> >
> > Well, this is how I would do it, supposing you don't have anything on that
> > FAT
> > partition you want to keep.
> >
> > umount /dev/hda1
> > mke2fs /dev/hda1
> > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
> > cp -a /etc /boot /bin /lib /sbin /var /tmp /cdrom /floppy /mnt
As another awake reader noticed: I forgot /dev. The previous line should be
"cp -a /dev /etc /boot /bin /lib /sbin /var /tmp /cdrom /floppy /mnt".
> > mkdir /mnt/proc
> > Edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf so it's using hda1 instead of hdb2 and run lilo.
> > Edit /mnt/etc/fstab to reflect the changes.
> > Reboot. Now the system ought to boot having the hda1 partition as / and the
> > previous / on /usr.
> > cd /usr
> > rm -fr etc boot bin lib sbin proc var tmp cdrom mnt
> > mv usr/* usr/.??* .
> > rm -fr usr
>
> Not very good; you'll have problems with symlinks, special files in
> /dev, etc. Try:
>
> umount /dev/hda1
> mke2fs /dev/hda1
> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
> umount /home
> cd /
> find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt
>
> Edit lilo to point to your new root and reboot. After reboot:
>
> mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt
> rm -rf /mnt/*
> cd /usr
> find ./ | cpio -pdmv /mnt
> umount /mnt
> rm -rf /usr
> mkdir usr
> mount /dev/hdb2 /usr
>
> If you don't have enough space in /dev/hda1 to hold everything, you
> can take a few more steps to copy directories individually instead of all
> your tree. The key is to use cpio and to *always* exclude the destination
> directory from the list of files to be copied (otherwise, you'll just
> fill up your disk). Check the line
>
> "find ./ | grep -v /mnt/ | cpio -pdmv /mnt"
>
> It tells you everything.
>
> See ya,
> Nelson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Three points:
1. I didn't ask for help; it was [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Puryear) who asked,
whose signature has been cut out. (And I'm lazy, but the mail reader I use
doesn't put in those nice "On Fri, 13 Nov 1331, Anders Andersson wrote:"
lines.)
2. Have you read cp's man page under debian. I suggest you do so. Look for
"-a".
3. If you still refuse do use "cp -a" then I would suggest the "tar -cpf -
some dirs |(cd target; tar -xpf -)" method in stead of cpio. Only because
I know tar's arguments and not cpio's.
Nitpicking at 26 rpm,
MartinS
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Re: Hylafax packages?
On 3 Nov 1996, Robert Nicholson wrote: > Somebody a few weeks ago had mentioned that they were preparing hylafax > as packages? That was myself. I was almost finished and then I discovered debmake :-) I've spent the past week or so getting to grips with it. The finished packages should be available in a matter of days. Dermot -- Dermot BradleyEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Communications Director Tel: +44 1232 572003 Genesis Project Ltd Fax: +44 1232 560553 Belfast & Coleraine & Desertmartin, N.I. WWW: http://www.gpl.net/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running Debian
Fabien Ninoles writes: > Agree with the principle of a bare-bone select for installation and a > more pleasant for a complete installation and see no trouble to have the > two (or three) in a distribution. But I have to disagree to the principe > to replace the info with colors. Used them to enhance an information but > not to provide it. Please fix it before you improve it. First make it right, then make it pretty. John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: inn / suck - help me!
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Paul Haggart wrote:
> Argh, this has caused me problems to no end! Can someone please send me a
> working configuration for suck and inn?
>
> I can get suck to gather news and send it locally, but I can't figure out
> how to get locally written messages sent to my ISP's news server. I don't
> want to use nntp-style reading, because I don't have a 24/7 connection.
>
> Thanks in advance.
I use suck with CNews locally and INN on the remote system which feeds me.
CNews creates a /var/spool/news/out.going/sentex/togo file which contains
references to the articles that are to be sent out to my ISP (sentex).
If you use INN locally, I think that things should work similarly as far
as getting locally posted messages to your ISP's news server. (At least
the relevant portions of the get-news.cnews and get-news.inn looked
very similar).
(I used dpkg -i suck_2.6.3-1.deb)
Here's the files I've had to configure:
1) I set up a /etc/suck/get-news.conf file with the following entries:
server: xwing.xwing.org
remoteserver: news.sentex.net
outgoingfile: sentex
2) I set up the required /etc/suck/sucknewsrc file. Here's its
(partial) contents:
alt.comp.hardware 2096
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt 24343
alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned 702
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt 8334
alt.fishing 40064
alt.folklore.computers 156001
3) I had to customize some paths in the /usr/sbin/get-news.cnews
file. Note that I've added a number of echo statements in order
to verify that all the paths that get-news needed were correct.
They weren't on first try. Here's the contents of this file:
#!/bin/sh
# NOTE: this script probably needs to be run by root.
# Most systems will not let a normal user run rnews
LOCAL_HOST=`cat /etc/suck/get-news.conf | grep "^server:" \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c8-`
REMOTE_HOST=`cat /etc/suck/get-news.conf | grep "^remoteserver:" \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
SITE=`cat /etc/suck/get-news.conf | grep "^outgoingfile:" \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
echo "LOCAL_HOST is ${LOCAL_HOST}"
echo "REMOTE_HOST is ${REMOTE_HOST}"
echo "SITE is ${SITE}"
SPOOLDIR=/var/spool/news# base directory for articles to be
rposted
NEWSDIR=/usr/lib/news # base directory for news binaries
BINDIR=/usr/bin # base directory for suck rpost and
scripts
SBINDIR=/usr/sbin # base directory for scripts (Added
this Nov. 3/96)
TMPDIR=/tmp # location for suck.* files
DATADIR=/etc/suck # location of sucknewsrc and killfile
MSGDIR=/var/lib/suck# where to put MultiFile articles when
getting them
BATCHFILE=${TMPDIR}/batch.$$# Name of batchfile to build for rnews
or innxmit
OUTGOING=${SPOOLDIR}/out.going/${SITE}/togo # location of the list of
articles to upload
echo "OUTGOING is ${OUTGOING}"
echo "SPOOLDIR is ${SPOOLDIR}"
SCRIPT=${SBINDIR}/put-news # my filter for rpost
OUTFILE=${TMPDIR}/suck-tmp.$$ # used by rpost as article after it is
filtered
echo "OUTFILE is ${OUTFILE}"
echo "SCRIPT is ${SCRIPT}, used as filter for rpost"
echo "filter output file is \$\$o=${OUTFILE}"
RPOST=${BINDIR}/rpost # my rpost
SUCK=${BINDIR}/suck # my suck
TESTHOST=${BINDIR}/testhost # my testhost
RNEWS=/usr/lib/news/input/rnews # location of rnews
# is the local host up and running so we can post articles we download?
${TESTHOST} ${LOCAL_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
LOCAL_RESULT=$?
# is the remote host up and running so we can download articles?
${TESTHOST} ${REMOTE_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
REMOTE_RESULT=$?
if [ ${REMOTE_RESULT} -eq 0 -a ${LOCAL_RESULT} -eq 0 ]; then
# download articles
#if using rnews change the -bi to -br
${SUCK} ${REMOTE_HOST} -br ${BATCHFILE} -dt ${TMPDIR} -dm ${MSGDIR} -dd
${DATADIR}
SUCK_STATUS=$?
if [ ${SUCK_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Downloaded Articles"
mv ${DATADIR}/sucknewsrc ${DATADIR}/old.newsrc
mv ${TMPDIR}/suck.newrc ${DATADIR}/sucknewsrc
rm ${TMPDIR}/suck.*
if [ -f ${DATADIR}/suckothermsgs ]; then
rm ${DATADIR}/suckothermsgs
fi
fi
# now upload articles
if [ -s ${OUTGOING} ]; then
# outgoing articles to post
${RPOST} ${REMOTE_HOST} -b ${OUTGOING} -p ${SPOOLDIR} -f
\$\$o=${OUTFILE} ${SCRIPT} \$\$i ${OUTFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error remote posting"
exit -1;
else
echo "Remotely posted articles"
rm ${OUTFILE} ${OUTGOING}
fi
fi
echo "You can hang up the modem now"
if [ ${SUCK_S
perl 5.003.07-1 breaks Yard 1.7
Hello all, there seems to be a problem with the latest (on my mirror ;-) version of perl, 5.003.07-1, and Yard 1.7. With the previous version there were no problems, now Yard 1.7 bombs with Can't locate object method "autoflush" via package "IO::Handle" at ./make_root_fs line 37. even though there is a use FileHandle; in the file. Thanks, Arrigo -- Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk/~agbt Mathematics Dept. Imperial College of Science & Technology - London - UK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rex updating error (second times).
Hi all, When I tried to update my old rex installation I got the next error message from update menu in dselect. > Uncompressing /install/Debian/stable/binary-i386/Packages.gz ... stdin: > not in compressed format > > update available list script returned error exit status 1. > Press RETURN to continue. I checked the Packages.gz file. It was fine. What is the reason of it ? Any idea in connection with it ? Thanks. -- Peter Sulyok Department of Computer Graphics Institute of Mathematics and Informatics University KLTE, HUNGARY Address: H-4010 Debrecen Tel.: (36)-(52)-31/2793 Egyetem ter 1. Fax.: (36)-(52)-416857 PO.Box.: 12 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NIS ypxfr of hosts.{byaddr,byname}
Second attempt... the first one went with no reply.
Hello all,
the problem is with a slave YP (NIS) server, a Linux box
running Debian, and a SunOS box serving the maps. ypxfr manages to
grab all maps _except_ the hosts.{byaddr,byname} which returns a DBM
error on the Linux machine:
# /usr/lib/yp/ypxfr -f -h ypserver hosts.byaddr
ypxfr: Local dbm operation failed
Any suggestions are welcome.
Ciao,
Arrigo
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Re: [Poss. Solved] gsfonts 4.01-3
joost witteveen scripsit: |That works, but it's better to upgrade to gs-aladdin_4.03-4 or |gs_3.33-2. That also solves it. Absolutely true, only that my mirror didn't have it on Friday ;-) I have now upgraded and fixed it the "proper" way. Thanks, Arrigo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gsfonts -answer
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Re: Fvwm2 question
David Puryear writes: -> I used to use fvwm with NoPPosition and SmartPlacement in system.fvwmrc. -> I tried to use same thing in fvwm2 and it doesn't work. Any ideas as to -> how I can use them in fvwm2? Both of these have become options to the Style command, so that they can be enforced on a per-window basis. So, do: Style * NoPPosition Style * SmartPlacement -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy. --Kurt Vonnegut -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
inn / suck - help me!
Argh, this has caused me problems to no end! Can someone please send me a working configuration for suck and inn? I can get suck to gather news and send it locally, but I can't figure out how to get locally written messages sent to my ISP's news server. I don't want to use nntp-style reading, because I don't have a 24/7 connection. Thanks in advance. -- Paul Haggart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - /\oo/\ Debian Linux - PGP 0xD61313E9 GCS a19 d-(pu) s:+ C+++ L+++>$ P+++ W+ N* w-- PS++ Y+ PGP++ X+ R+ tv++@ h! y* "Is all the world jails and churches?" - Rage Against the Machine -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running Debian
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Agree with the principle of a bare-bone select for installation and a more > pleasant for a complete installation and see no trouble to have the two > (or three) in a distribution. But I have to disagree to the principe to > replace the info with colors. Used them to enhance an information but not > to provide it. I suppose I can agree with that. There should be additional visual clues other than color to convey information. The system shoould be useable on systems with monochrome displays and by individuals with poor color vision. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard mess
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote: > > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually, > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file. > > This probably the case for other Motif apps, too. > And how can we do this? --- Little Billy goes to the zoo: " Looks mom! an elephant like those on the Internet! " === Fabien Ninoles aka Baggus Mage || Not knowing where you go [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| always lead you to a http://www-edu.gel.usherb.ca/ninf01 || Baggus End... --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running Debian
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, George Bonser wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Daniel Stringfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > How about a SVGALIB based program? That should fit on a floppy. > > Now we have a possible three!:) dselect, xselect, and vselect > > > > Kind of like make config, make menuconfig and make xconfig > > I agree that there should be some kind of bare-bones select for installation > but I think dselect has gotten to the 10-lbs in a 5-lb bag stage. I would > go for a select that installs the required packages then runs mselect > (menu-select) or xselect to pick and choose the other stuff. > > Colors can be useful to convey information without additional characters > causing information overload though that would limit the utility of the > program for people with poor color vision. Red in uppercase meaning purge, > red in lowercase meaning remove, yellow meaning dependancy problem (uppercase > is required, lowercase suggest), green means add or install, white or black > means hold and blue means that the package has a newer version available but > is not currently selected to be changed. > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Agree with the principle of a bare-bone select for installation and a more pleasant for a complete installation and see no trouble to have the two (or three) in a distribution. But I have to disagree to the principe to replace the info with colors. Used them to enhance an information but not to provide it. --- Little Billy goes to the zoo: " Looks mom! an elephant like those on the Internet! " === Fabien Ninoles aka Baggus Mage || Not knowing where you go [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| always lead you to a http://www-edu.gel.usherb.ca/ninf01 || Baggus End... --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a .deb package for Netscape ?
Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: sun\bject line pretty much says it all. I like the debian
: install mechanisim!
Yes. There is. Why do you ask? Look on the ftp site.
Debian has more than 800 packages in rex which is soon to be released. You are
bound to find
almost everything you can think of there.
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Re: Keyboard mess
> > I am using the latest version of Debian (brand new system installed > > yesterday). Is there something to be done to properly set up X? > > I found that Debian/XFree86/whoever by default maps both the BS and Del > keys to , which is irritating with Netscape and when logging in on > other computers. > Netscape's problems are partially solved by overriding the key > function to in /etc/X11/Xresources.. however, still sending a > when I want to go over the line... AR!!! Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually, all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file. This probably the case for other Motif apps, too. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- Generated by Signify v1.01. For this and more, visit http://www.verisim.com/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
