Re: ppp with 0.0.0.0 as local ip
If you recv a dynamic IP from your ISP just put "defaultroute" in ppp.options_out. No need for that IP in this case. On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Martin Schulze wrote: > Dear fellows, > > does it make any difference if I set localip to 0.0.0.0 or don't > specify it at all in the command line of pppd? > > Thxn, > > Joey > > > -- > / Martin Schulze * Debian GNU/Linux Developer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > / http://www.debian.org/ http://home.pages.de/~joey/ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: globally override/fool dpkg dependency mechanism?
Make a directory like 'perl-5.003' somewhere. Make sure you have debmake. Change into that directory and do 'deb-make'. It'll set up a couple things. create a 'Makefile' in the top level that responds to clean, all, install (but does nothing). Change into the debian directory and edit the control file to include the same things perl does. Also edit the rules file to remove the check for root. go up one directory and run dpkg-buildpackage. This should leave a couple dummy packages sitting one directory up. Install the perl one, and you'll now have perl installed (as far as dpkg knows). But just a dummy version. (What I did for ntex when I installed it do dselect would stop telling me that package so and so recommended latex. Just grabbed all the provides out of the standard tex packages, and put them all in one line for ntex). Jim -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @http://www.dimensional.com/~dres | Linux is cool! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How do I remove gpm?
On Apr 26, Bob Nielsen wrote > That took care of it. Thanks Can you tell me which version of gpm you used? I just spoke to James Troup who is the new maintainer. He has a different solution to the problem but there should be no problem anymore. Regards... Joey -- / Martin Schulze * Debian GNU/Linux Developer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / http://www.debian.org/ http://home.pages.de/~joey/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How do I remove gpm?
That took care of it. Thanks Bob On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Martin Schulze wrote: > On Apr 26, Bob Nielsen wrote > > > I just installed Debian-1.2 on a machine with no mouse. gpm was > > installed as part of the base system. I configured it to /dev/null, > > since there is no mouse, but figured it would be petter to remove it > > altogether. I am trying to remove it with gpm --purge, but get the > > message: > > > > dpkg error processing gpm (--purge) > > subprocess preremoval script returned error exit status 137 > > Starting gpm -m /dev/null -t bare > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > gpm > > This is an old release of gpm which is broken :( > > edit /etc/init.d/gpm and remove the entry "killall gpm". After that you can > killall -9 gpm to kill it and then dpkg --purge gpm to remove it > completely > > > Killing gpm before running dpkg didn't help. > > The problem is that /etc/init.d/gpm is called gpm, too. So a > killall gpm would kill this script instead of the real daemon. > > Sorry, my fault. :-( > > Joey > > > -- > / Martin Schulze * Debian GNU/Linux Developer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > / http://www.debian.org/ http://home.pages.de/~joey/ > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How do I remove gpm?
On Apr 26, Bob Nielsen wrote > I just installed Debian-1.2 on a machine with no mouse. gpm was > installed as part of the base system. I configured it to /dev/null, > since there is no mouse, but figured it would be petter to remove it > altogether. I am trying to remove it with gpm --purge, but get the > message: > > dpkg error processing gpm (--purge) > subprocess preremoval script returned error exit status 137 > Starting gpm -m /dev/null -t bare > Errors were encountered while processing: > gpm This is an old release of gpm which is broken :( edit /etc/init.d/gpm and remove the entry "killall gpm". After that you can killall -9 gpm to kill it and then dpkg --purge gpm to remove it completely > Killing gpm before running dpkg didn't help. The problem is that /etc/init.d/gpm is called gpm, too. So a killall gpm would kill this script instead of the real daemon. Sorry, my fault. :-( Joey -- / Martin Schulze * Debian GNU/Linux Developer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / http://www.debian.org/ http://home.pages.de/~joey/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
I've never had any problems with: 1. LILO 2. Partition Magic's Boot Manager 3. DOS config.sys menu+LOADLIN (I used this with a disk that had DiskManager, as I wasn't sure whether it and LILO would try to write to the same point on the MBR.) In any case, making boot/rescue floppies for each o/s is probably a good idea. Bob On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > Hello, > > Well, I looked at it already, but it caused my question: > > How to dual-boot reliably? > > Paul > > > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > Get the LILO+Win95 mini-HOWTO. > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ppp with 0.0.0.0 as local ip
Dear fellows, does it make any difference if I set localip to 0.0.0.0 or don't specify it at all in the command line of pppd? Thxn, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * Debian GNU/Linux Developer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / http://www.debian.org/ http://home.pages.de/~joey/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > > Yes. Use lilo. Here's a copy of my lilo.conf. > > boot = /dev/hda > root = /dev/hda2 > other = /dev/hda1 > label = Windows > table = /dev/hda > I don't know if it needs mentioning or not, but maybe another person will find this usefull if you already know. Windows/DOS MUST be installed in the first partition. DOS's fdisk will interpret the disk as full if say linux is in hda1 and is large enough to go beyond the 1023'd cylinder. And lilo will have to be run after windows is installed to replace the MBR win95 will put there. Boot from floppy "Linux root=/dev/" being the partition you want to run NORMALLY if you have a rescue partition like I do. You could do it from the rescue but it will keep from an error using the wrong lilo.conf file for say compiling a new kernel (make zlilo) if you forgett to make them the same. Hope this is helpfull. --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Linux kernel V. 2.0.27 does not boot; SCSI-trouble
Dear Linux-friends, I am using a 486-VLB-System with an Adaptec AHA2842 (2xHDD (id0 and id1), 1xCDROM (id 2)) and I cannot install the Debian-distribution V.1.2.8 because the kernel V. 2.0.27 does not boot. I have a lot of older kernels and they all boots fine on my machine. The following messages are the last I can read on the screen when the system stops (SHIFT-PGUP does not work). Who can help and explain what goes wrong. . . . scsi:1 host scsi0: Scanning channel A for devices scsi:aborting command due to timeout: pid 0, scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 aic7xxx: (abort) Aborting scb 0, TCL 0/0/0 scsi:aborting command due to timeout: pid 0, scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 aic7xxx: Aborting scb 0, TCL 0/0/0 SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out-resetting SCSI bus is reset for host 0 channel 0 aic7xxx: (reset) target/channel 0/0 aic7xxx: (abort_reset) scb state 0x1, while idle, LASTPHASE=0x9e SCSISIGI=0x0 aic7xxx: (reset_device) target/channel -1/A, active_scb 0 aic7xxx: (match_scb) comparing target/channel -1/A to scb 0 aic7xxx: (match_scb) comparing target/channel -1/A to scb 0 aic7xxx: (reset_channel) Resetting current channel A aic7xxx: (reset_channel) Channel reset, sequencer restarted aic7xxx: (done_aborted_scbs) Aborting scb 0 TCL=0/0/0 scsi0: BRKADRINT error (0x1) Illegal host address Kernel panic: SCSI 0: BRKADRINT, error 0x1, seqaddr 0x0 not syncing - in swapper task -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Double messages?
Am I the only one getting double messages? Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
Yes. Use lilo. Here's a copy of my lilo.conf. boot = /dev/hda root = /dev/hda2 read-only compact install = /kernel/boot/boot.b map = /kernel/boot/map vga = normal prompt timeout = 300 image = /kernel/vmlinuz label = Linux image = /kernel/vmlinuz label = Rescue root = /dev/hda3 read-only other = /dev/hda1 label = Windows table = /dev/hda Lilo installs the MBR AFTER windows is installed, since win95 will replace the MBR. I have a small (2.5MB on /dev/hdb3) partition for kernel images that I mount under /kernel. I just copied the /boot dir to /kernel/boot and vmlinuz and System.map to /kernel. This is to compensate for the 1023 cylinder limitation lilo has (I don't use LBA). I use the same kernel image for my 20MB rescue partition on hda3 for now. I will be putting a stripped kernel image in /kernel for rescue. Put this in /etc/lilo.conf edit it for your system and run lilo. When you reboot it will prompt you for the OS/Image to load for 30 sec's (timeout 300) before autoloading the first Image in the file. On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > Hello, > > Rick Jones wrote: > > > > Dual boot is ok. I think just about all of us use it. > > So, do I use lilo, or are there any special tricks? > And, before you ask, NO, I'm not just another lamer. If i had an ASM > source to Win95, I would know how to do it. But I have no idea where > win95 puts its loader. If it's MBR, then I'm in a lot of troulble. > > TIA, > > Pavel > > > > > On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm about to install Debian on my Pentium 200Mhz, 32MB RAM, 2*3.1 GB IDE > > > western Digital HDDs. > > > I have to use Win95 to do work for school (everything is submitted on > > > floppies in Word for Win 6.0 format, and presentations in Powerpoint). > > > The ? is: is it safe to dual-boot? I am going to install Debian on hdb. > > > > > > Also, has anybody had any experience with using: Supra Express 33.6 > > >SBlaster AWE 64 > > >HP Deskjet 690C? > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > -- > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > > > --Rick > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: wtmp problem
At 10:26 PM 26/04/97 +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >Oh great, you can reproduce it. Can you tell me > >1. which logfile gets corrupted Both the wtmp and utmp. >2. When (before login, during session, after logout) Upon login it seems fine, but upon logout it seems to write two enteries into the wtmp file which corrupts that one. On the utmp side, it seems that after someone has logged in it writes a normal record - if another user logs in it corrupts the last entry and it's replaced with the new users entry until either someone else logs out or a new user logs in. It seems like it's a real mess. I'm not *entirely* sure about the sequence of the utmp corruption - but the wtmp I'm sure of. However, they're both corrupted - suddenly a user appears in a 'who' and then they disappear into thin air (after another user logs in). Regards -- Karl Ferguson Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456- [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services Fax: +61-8-9455-2776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: wtmp problem
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 09:12 PM 26/04/97 +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >>I don't think so. I've seen this behaviour before. The wtmp code >>didn't change between 2.69 and 2.70 - the utmp code did (but very >>slightly, and I still can't find anything wrong with it). Anyway for >>2.71 the new code will be used for utmp in init. > >H - if the code doesn't change then can you explain this:- I just >installed 2.70-1 and started getting corruption on my dialin serial ports. >I go back to 2.69-1 and it's fine - no resetting of the log files, nothing. OK, which log file gets corrupted - the wtmp or the utmp file? Or both? I've heard reports about corrupted utmp files, and I'll try to fix that in 2.71 >I run mgetty for the dialin lines, I hooked up a vt100 terminal to a serial >port on a different machine with 2.70-1 and used plain getty (well, really >agetty in disguise) and found the exact same thing - if I downgrade, it >works a treat. Oh great, you can reproduce it. Can you tell me 1. which logfile gets corrupted 2. When (before login, during session, after logout) Mike. -- |Miquel van |I know one million ways, to always pick| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |the wrong fantasy --- the Black Crowes| | PGP fingerprint: FE 66 52 4F CD 59 A5 36 7F 39 8B 20 F1 D6 74 02 | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: atd and hdparm
> "Nikolaj" == Nikolaj Richers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nikolaj> Hello Karl, On 26-Apr-97, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote >> I really love `atd`! I can use `hdparm` to set a spin-down >> timeout for my harddisks, and they actually turn off now! >> Before, with `at` driven by `cron`, the drives never got a >> chance to spin down. Nikolaj> I'm a fellow Debian user and I've wondered how to let my Nikolaj> laptop's HD spin down with hdparm. I cannot find atd Nikolaj> though, neither on my disk nor through dselect. Nikolaj> Could I ask you where you got it from? `atd` is in the newest "at" package, from bo. If you hit the search engine on http://www.debian.org you should be able to turn it up. As for `hdparm`, just RTFM, and you'll know as much as I do about it. >From what I gather, if your drives are EIDE, they'll support the feature. You may have a bios setting for it too. -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.30t -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
Hello, Well, I looked at it already, but it caused my question: How to dual-boot reliably? Paul Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Get the LILO+Win95 mini-HOWTO. > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Debian and SBC's or PC-104's
Has anyone here had any experience running Debian on one of the Single Board Computers (like the Ampro LittleBoards), or on PC-104(Plus) boards? Just wanted to know what might be involved, and if it was possible. The boards look like they have more or less compatible hardware, but I figured there might be potential snags. Thanks -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
smartlist question
I'm trying to use smartlist (3.10-14). On the first message I send to the test list testing, I get this error (through smail): |- Message log follows: -| flist: Couldn't exec "../.bin/procmail" |- Failed addresses follow: -| "|exec /var/list/.bin/flist testing-request" ... failed: transport pipe: child returned status EX_UNAVAILABLE (69) |- Message text follows: | [etc etc] Then if I link /var/list/.bin/procmail to /usr/bin/procmail I get this: |- Message log follows: -| flist: Can't find ".etc" in "" |- Failed addresses follow: -| "|exec /var/list/.bin/flist testing-request" ... failed: transport pipe: child returned status EX_NOINPUT (66) |- Message text follows: | [etc etc] Anybody who could help? FYI, I haven't integrated procmail in the mail delivery system. Thanks, Giuseppe Vacanti -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Setting Up btmp
Paul Serice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've since deleted /var/log/btmp to get back to the Debian default. > Knowing nothing about anything, I was wondering if someone could fill > me in on why Debian defaults to no btmp. I don't know anything about why the Debian crew decided to remove btmp, but from my own experience a lot of people fumbles when they log in, and as a result they type inn the password instead of the username. Thus you can often find both the account-name and the password if you do "lastb". -- Vebjorn Forsmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 13 6B 4B 7C 83 B7 DC 5C 9C A8 AE C0 AD 22 F4 2048/00952325 1995/05/13 To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: wtmp problem
At 09:12 PM 26/04/97 +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >I don't think so. I've seen this behaviour before. The wtmp code >didn't change between 2.69 and 2.70 - the utmp code did (but very >slightly, and I still can't find anything wrong with it). Anyway for >2.71 the new code will be used for utmp in init. > >But that won't solve this problem. I think it's just the fact that >his /var/log/wtmp file is corrupt ie. not a multiple of sizeof(struct utmp). >There are some rogue programs out there that do not write the 56 bytes >of the current struct utmp atomically, I think. > >Just truncate the wtmp file with cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp and it >will start working again. H - if the code doesn't change then can you explain this:- I just installed 2.70-1 and started getting corruption on my dialin serial ports. I go back to 2.69-1 and it's fine - no resetting of the log files, nothing. If there's something else I can try (yes, I've been through resetting wtmp/utmp back in March when I first reported it to debian-devel) please enlighten me :-) I run mgetty for the dialin lines, I hooked up a vt100 terminal to a serial port on a different machine with 2.70-1 and used plain getty (well, really agetty in disguise) and found the exact same thing - if I downgrade, it works a treat. Baffling. -- Karl Ferguson Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456- [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services Fax: +61-8-9455-2776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Need SCSI Module (scsi_mod.o, sd.o) Driver
When you compile use make zlilo - for the kernel. It will put the new kernel in place. The problem is that you are using a 27 kernel and compiling 28 modules. Just recompile the kernel with the above instead of "zimage" and it will put the new kernel in place and make all the needed changes for you according to your lilo setup. On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, jongmook wrote: > Hellow, >Does anybody have moduluar SCSI divers for kernel 2.0.27 ?. What I > need is two SCSI drivers such as scsi_mod.o sd.o. These modules will be > used to drive SCSI Iomega zip. > I have downloaded Debian 1.2 from www.debian.org and the kernel version > is 2.0.27. I have tried to compile these modules, however, when I use > 'insmod scsi_mod', the kernel give me error message. The error message > was : >' The module scsi_mod.o compiled in Kernel 2.0.28, and the kernel is > 2.0.27. check ' > I just use source files in 'kernel-source-2.0.27' directory for > compilation. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: wtmp problem
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 10:30 AM 25/04/97 +0300, Daniel MOSMONDOR - Mosh wrote: >>Hi! >> >>I am kind of new to this mailing list, so please excuse me if this subject >>is running around for some time. >> >>I have a strange wtmp problem, and something suggests that is has something >>to do with different versions of important system files. I don't consider >>myself as a linux guru (yet) so please help me with information you posses. >> >>Here is the copy of last log: >> >>onyx:~> last -10 >>***~**2 !g`3 Fri Apr 25 10:13 still logged in >>ppp ttyD1 Fri Apr 25 10:12 still logged in >>***~**2 !***cf`3 Fri Apr 25 10:07 - 10:13 (00:06) >>ppp ttyD3 Fri Apr 25 09:47 still logged in >>***~**2 !^`3 Fri Apr 25 09:36 - 10:07 (00:31) >>mosh ftp mosh.bbm.hr Fri Apr 25 09:20 - 09:20 (00:00) >>ppp ttyD2 Fri Apr 25 09:00 still logged in >>mosh ttyp0mosh.bbm.hr Fri Apr 25 08:51 still logged in >>ppp ttyD4 Fri Apr 25 08:44 still logged in >>ppp ttyD0 Fri Apr 25 08:40 still logged in >> >>wtmp begins Tue Apr 22 15:41:03 1997 >>onyx:~> > >This is a problem with the sysvinit package version 2.70 and it's new >glibc6 compatability. If you downgrade to 2.69-1 in the rex distribution >it should solve this problem. I don't think so. I've seen this behaviour before. The wtmp code didn't change between 2.69 and 2.70 - the utmp code did (but very slightly, and I still can't find anything wrong with it). Anyway for 2.71 the new code will be used for utmp in init. But that won't solve this problem. I think it's just the fact that his /var/log/wtmp file is corrupt ie. not a multiple of sizeof(struct utmp). There are some rogue programs out there that do not write the 56 bytes of the current struct utmp atomically, I think. Just truncate the wtmp file with cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp and it will start working again. Mike. -- |Miquel van |I know one million ways, to always pick| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |the wrong fantasy --- the Black Crowes| | PGP fingerprint: FE 66 52 4F CD 59 A5 36 7F 39 8B 20 F1 D6 74 02 | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Need SCSI Module (scsi_mod.o, sd.o) Driver
Hellow, Does anybody have moduluar SCSI divers for kernel 2.0.27 ?. What I need is two SCSI drivers such as scsi_mod.o sd.o. These modules will be used to drive SCSI Iomega zip. I have downloaded Debian 1.2 from www.debian.org and the kernel version is 2.0.27. I have tried to compile these modules, however, when I use 'insmod scsi_mod', the kernel give me error message. The error message was : ' The module scsi_mod.o compiled in Kernel 2.0.28, and the kernel is 2.0.27. check ' I just use source files in 'kernel-source-2.0.27' directory for compilation. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
Get the LILO+Win95 mini-HOWTO. On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > Hello, > > Rick Jones wrote: > > > > Dual boot is ok. I think just about all of us use it. > > So, do I use lilo, or are there any special tricks? > And, before you ask, NO, I'm not just another lamer. If i had an ASM > source to Win95, I would know how to do it. But I have no idea where > win95 puts its loader. If it's MBR, then I'm in a lot of troulble. > > TIA, > > Pavel > > > > > On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm about to install Debian on my Pentium 200Mhz, 32MB RAM, 2*3.1 GB IDE > > > western Digital HDDs. > > > I have to use Win95 to do work for school (everything is submitted on > > > floppies in Word for Win 6.0 format, and presentations in Powerpoint). > > > The ? is: is it safe to dual-boot? I am going to install Debian on hdb. > > > > > > Also, has anybody had any experience with using: Supra Express 33.6 > > >SBlaster AWE 64 > > >HP Deskjet 690C? > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > -- > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > > > --Rick > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
How do I remove gpm?
I just installed Debian-1.2 on a machine with no mouse. gpm was installed as part of the base system. I configured it to /dev/null, since there is no mouse, but figured it would be petter to remove it altogether. I am trying to remove it with gpm --purge, but get the message: dpkg error processing gpm (--purge) subprocess preremoval script returned error exit status 137 Starting gpm -m /dev/null -t bare Errors were encountered while processing: gpm Killing gpm before running dpkg didn't help. How can I get rid of it? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: year-2000 testing
Did anyone test _emacs_ for year-2000 problems? Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
Hello, Rick Jones wrote: > > Dual boot is ok. I think just about all of us use it. So, do I use lilo, or are there any special tricks? And, before you ask, NO, I'm not just another lamer. If i had an ASM source to Win95, I would know how to do it. But I have no idea where win95 puts its loader. If it's MBR, then I'm in a lot of troulble. TIA, Pavel > > On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm about to install Debian on my Pentium 200Mhz, 32MB RAM, 2*3.1 GB IDE > > western Digital HDDs. > > I have to use Win95 to do work for school (everything is submitted on > > floppies in Word for Win 6.0 format, and presentations in Powerpoint). > > The ? is: is it safe to dual-boot? I am going to install Debian on hdb. > > > > Also, has anybody had any experience with using: Supra Express 33.6 > >SBlaster AWE 64 > >HP Deskjet 690C? > > > > Paul > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > --Rick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: INSTALL:dual-boot
Dual boot is ok. I think just about all of us use it. On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote: > Hello, > > I'm about to install Debian on my Pentium 200Mhz, 32MB RAM, 2*3.1 GB IDE > western Digital HDDs. > I have to use Win95 to do work for school (everything is submitted on > floppies in Word for Win 6.0 format, and presentations in Powerpoint). > The ? is: is it safe to dual-boot? I am going to install Debian on hdb. > > Also, has anybody had any experience with using: Supra Express 33.6 >SBlaster AWE 64 >HP Deskjet 690C? > > Paul > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
INSTALL:dual-boot
Hello, I'm about to install Debian on my Pentium 200Mhz, 32MB RAM, 2*3.1 GB IDE western Digital HDDs. I have to use Win95 to do work for school (everything is submitted on floppies in Word for Win 6.0 format, and presentations in Powerpoint). The ? is: is it safe to dual-boot? I am going to install Debian on hdb. Also, has anybody had any experience with using: Supra Express 33.6 SBlaster AWE 64 HP Deskjet 690C? Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 2.1.36 kernel?
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 05:13:55 EDT "Peter Iannarelli" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I installed 2.1.36 yesterday and got the same message at > boot time. ( changing owner of /dev/tty1, 2 ) I could however > still log in. There's a bug in 2.1.36 in fs/inode.c. There's one line patch somewhere on the kernel mailing lists... > Should the same /etc/init.d/network and ppp_options.out > and /etc/ppp/options work between versions ? With 2.1.x series, you have to add more explicit routes in /etc/init.d/network (with the netmask and the interface). I don't know if the defaultroute option of ppp is 2.1-ready. Diald is. You might eventually want to add the route manually in the ip-up script and disable defaultroute. > > I finally got 2.1.36 compiled and running, including modules > > (still using modules 2.1.23 though, because 2.1.34's depmod > > doesn't seem to work). The modules configuration files changed a lot in with modutils 2.1.34, have a look at the distrivuted /etc/conf.modules. Your old one is no more valid (the paths have changed). I had corruption problems with NFS mounted partitions and 2.1.3[56]. I'm reverting to 2.0.14 right now (I'm looking for a SMP-stable kernel). Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: year-2000 testing
Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes: > > If you can do so, please try running your system with the date in the year > > 2000 for a while. Richard Stallman asked if we had tested that GNU software > > is free of year-2000 problems, and I think it's a good idea. Fortunately > > we don't have too many COBOL programs :-) . > > Seriously, someone grab a copy of the Packages file for the alpha > dist---all of those programs have run with the year past 2000 for > several weeks on my AXP box. > > It comprises almost all of the GNU utils---or most of the fairly > mainstream ones. > > You see, the standard clock executable didn't know about the fact that > the firmware kept the time based from 1980... I had a similar experience. About 4 months ago, the /sbin/clock program kept setting the date to 2038 on my development machine. Whenever I noticed it, I would fix it, but everytime I rebooted, it would reset to 2038. I'm still finding files and emails that were written by me in the year 2038. 8) (I'm just glad /sbin/clock was fixed in the next util-linux package!) All in all, in the 4+ weeks I ran in the year 2038, the only major problem I had was with make(1) not recompiling the proper C files (due to there being a ~40 year difference in age between a lot of the source files). 8) I'm not saying I've formally tested the 500+ debian packages on my machine for the year 2000 problem, but the ones I did use seemed to work just fine. Does that help? Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 224-7547http://www.verisim.com/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Filter
In my .procmailrc: :0: * ^FROM:.*(@spam1.com|@spam2.com|\ @spam2.com|@spam4.com) * !^X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (formail -r -A"Precedence: junk" \ -A"X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ; \ echo "Mail refused. All mail from this domain is being rejected"; \ echo "by a spam filter. Have a nice day :-)"; \ echo " --Your Name(and email address)") | $SENDMAIL -t and appended to my .poprc entry: mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f-" HTH, Brandon PS, you can also use the .forward: "|IFS=' '&&exec /usr/bin/procmail -f-||exit 75 #youruserid" PPS, replace the yourself, and spam addresses appropriatly. - Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." --Linus Torvalds On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I get A FILTER to stop SPAM > > Jorge -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Setting Up btmp
There was another question in the list regarding logging, and it got me to wondering about my setup. When I did "lastb", I got a message about /var/log/btmp not existing: "Perhaps this file was removed by the operator to prevent logging lastb info." So all I did was drop down to /var/log and "touch btmp". lastb worked fine afterward. I've since deleted /var/log/btmp to get back to the Debian default. Knowing nothing about anything, I was wondering if someone could fill me in on why Debian defaults to no btmp. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Filter
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I get A FILTER to stop SPAM > > Jorge Hoye .. If the spam can be detected by looking at the mail header (ie the From: field, the Subject: , etc.), it is possible with procmail. procmail will analyse your mail following rules you give it and then, at your choice, delete the mail, forward it to someone else, store it in an alternate directory (useful for mailing lists), or leave it in INBOX, or do what you want ... I believe procmail is a standart option in a debian installation. Anyway, it is a package in section mail. try 'man procmail' There are instruction for a Quick Start. They were sufficient for me, so you should manage it too. Good luck ! PS : if you only want to calm your nerves, you can also do that : bash:~$ for name in `ls` ; do echo 'I don t like spam' | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]; done I did that last time. It's probably stupid but it helps. ( beware, I have 160 files in ~ and a slow link so it took an hour to send all this junk, and it surely wasted precious bandwitch. ) BTW, what are le legal issues of this ? I believe mail spam will be forbidden in Europe like fax and phone are already. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Filter
Where can I get A FILTER to stop SPAM Jorge -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: What gives? --- [vonhagen@les01.supelec.fr: Re: exp(x**2)*erfc(x) not correctly plotted]
Hi. I use gnuplot 3.5beta6.328-1 , with a bo install. By me the following problem does not appear. ( the curve is smooth for x < 27 ) So it's probably not a 'linux' problem, but an installation issue. Alexandre On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I did try the procedure mentioned below in gnuplot. An apparent error does > happen to me, something similar to what is mentioned in the below. > > Is this indeed an error in "linux"? If so, traceable to what? > > Alan Davis > > > > -Forwarded message from info-gnuplot mailing list. > > > >> I'm using gnuplot pre3.6 patch 328 under linux > >> > >> I tried: > >> set xrange [0:40] > >> plot exp(x**2)*erfc(x) > >> > >> I expect an asymthotic curve towards 0. > >> For x = 10 and x = 25 I get a jump. > >> Is there a possibility to force gnuplot to plot correctly? > > > >I tried the same on Solaris 2.5/Sparc with gnuplot beta 330 > >I get the asymthotic curve you would like to have so I suggest this is a > >problem for/of Linux. > > > >Otherwise the curve stops at about 27, that's where the exp function > >overflows.. > > > Alan Davis > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Can't login to bo
After upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3 I cannot login to the system. Each time I type root at the prompt and then password there is a short pause and then I am returned to the login promt again. None of the other passwords work either. Dselect seemed satisfied with the installation after about 3 runthroughs to get everything and the messages at bootup indicate only minor errors eg. cannot find font file /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/cyr_a8x16. I used init 1 at the boot prompt and was able to login to sulogin and look at the new installation. In /etc I found a file login.access with everything commented out so I added '+:root:ALL' at the bottom and then ^D to enter run level 2 but that didn't work either. Any help including suggestions on what to read to resolve this problem will be appreciated. I have read the man pages on login and all its xrefs to no avail. Is there a document which describes the boot process step by step specifically for this release? ie 1.3 bo. I am using kernel 2..0.30. Thanks Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
What gives? --- [vonhagen@les01.supelec.fr: Re: exp(x**2)*erfc(x) not correctly plotted]
I did try the procedure mentioned below in gnuplot. An apparent error does happen to me, something similar to what is mentioned in the below. Is this indeed an error in "linux"? If so, traceable to what? Alan Davis -Forwarded message from info-gnuplot mailing list. >> I'm using gnuplot pre3.6 patch 328 under linux >> >> I tried: >> set xrange [0:40] >> plot exp(x**2)*erfc(x) >> >> I expect an asymthotic curve towards 0. >> For x = 10 and x = 25 I get a jump. >> Is there a possibility to force gnuplot to plot correctly? > >I tried the same on Solaris 2.5/Sparc with gnuplot beta 330 >I get the asymthotic curve you would like to have so I suggest this is a >problem for/of Linux. > >Otherwise the curve stops at about 27, that's where the exp function >overflows.. Alan Davis -End of forwarded message- -- Alan Eugene Davis Marianas High School 15o 8.8'N GMT+10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AAA 196 Box 10,001145o 42.5'E Voice: (670) 235-6580 Saipan, MP 96950 Northern Mariana Islands "in any community where conspicuous consumption is an element of the scheme of life, an increase in an individual's ability to pay is likely to take the form of an expenditure for some accredited line of conspicuous consumption" "there is no class of the community that spends a larger proportion of its substance in conspicuous waste than (the scholarly classes)." "if a close inspection should show that the supposed hand-wrought spoon were in reality only a clever imitation of hand-wrought goods, but an imitation so cleverly wrought as to give the same impression of line and surface to any but a minute examination by a trained eye, the utility of the article, including gratification which the user derives from its contemplation as an object of beauty, would immediately decline by some eighty or ninety percent, or even more" --Thorsten Veblen, _The Theory of the Leisure Class_ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: problem with pcmmdl20.deb!! incorrect dependencies?
On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Dennis Groves wrote:
> now my problem was that everthing worked but ifconfig and route add were
> not run automagicaly :(
> can anybody help me?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I suppose 'automagically' means 'at boot time' in this article ?
If so, you have to edit /etc/init.d/network
(it gets called by /etc/init.d/boot )
Mine was created by the installation process :
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0
IPADDR=134.130.50.22
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=134.130.50.0
BROADCAST=134.130.50.255
GATEWAY=134.130.50.254
ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
route add -net ${NETWORK}
[ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
I don't know if there is a facility to configure it after installation.
But vi (or even ae ) is already a good tool.
Bye,
Alexandre
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Re: 2.1.36 kernel?
I installed 2.1.36 yesterday and got the same message at boot time. ( changing owner of /dev/tty1, 2 ) I could however still log in. On a second machine, which is running 2.1.2, I tried to install 2.1.36. I came up OK but I got pppd errors and masquerading didn't seem to want to work. So I put it back to 2.1.2. Should the same /etc/init.d/network and ppp_options.out and /etc/ppp/options work between versions ? Peter -- > From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Users List > Subject: 2.1.36 kernel? > Date: Friday, April 25, 1997 11:59 PM > > I finally got 2.1.36 compiled and running, including modules > (still using modules 2.1.23 though, because 2.1.34's depmod > doesn't seem to work). Now I can't login; it says error > changing owner of /dev/tty1, 2 etc to whoever logged in. > telnetting in works though. Back to 2.1.29 .. > I have the latest things from bo. Anyone else had this problem? > > > hamish > -- > Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Student, computer science & computer systems engineering.3rd year, RMIT. > http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~moffatt (PGP key here) CPOM: [ ] 42% > > > -- > 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] .
atd and hdparm
I really love `atd`! I can use `hdparm` to set a spin-down timeout for my harddisks, and they actually turn off now! Before, with `at` driven by `cron`, the drives never got a chance to spin down. -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.30t Have you seen the Emperor's new red hat? :-o -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Do teTeX packages work well?
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi all > Why don't we reorganize TeX for debian as follows: get rid of unneccessary > older TeX packages (which I understand are buggy) and replace them with > teTeX. That is, we use teTeX as the basis for debian TeX stuff. Then we > could "value add" to teTeX by packaging stuff that it misses - eg all > the stuff that NTeX has that teTeX doesn't. That is exactly, what we are doing. It is in bo. > The other thing is, (and I haven't tried installing teTeX.deb yet so I > don't know), is there much flexibility with what you do and don't install > with teTeX? Does the debian packaging of teTeX allow you flexibility, or > is it a case of all or nothing? You have the choice to install a base system and the full system. Since this is the packaging of the original distribution, it would be a pain to split it into more packages. > How easy was it to package teTeX for debian? I presume teTeX has its own > packaging system? Was it easy to convert from the teTeX system to the > debian system? If it was difficult, would it be better for Debian to > concentrate more effort on getting a native TeX distribution to be > bug free? It was relatively easy to do package it. The most work was it to make the decessions on what goes in which package and where to install it. Also there had to be some work on the install scripts. Now that we have the packaging upgrading a new upstream version should be very easy. I hope that I can release the next version in the coming weeks. Christoph -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: LILO LBA mode.
> I know I could use LBA mode. I originally used LBA mode for months but > noticed a couple of possible problems. I say possible since I can't prove > they were caused by using LBA mode. > > 1. My drive seemed to fill faster as if the files were using more space > than they should have. I have the same install using 450MB that was using > almost 600 in LBA mode. > > 2. After about 4 months in LBA mode programs began to report missing > files. When I checked manually the files were there. And I started > getting reports of the file system being out of sync. > > As I said. I don't know if it was LBA causing these problems but I > haven't had it happen since I went back to normal mode. > > Has anybody else noticed this? Or does anybody know for sure LBA didn't > cause this. If so I could just switch back to LBA mode and forget it. I'm not sure... but I've been having on-going disk corruption problems. I just checked to see if I hade LBA mode enabled, and it was. I'll try running without LBA mode and see if the situation improves. I hope that's it. Thanks for the idea. Cheers, - Jim pgppfYGztHebD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: LILO cylinder problem
A. M. Varon wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > > > I'm reposting this since I haven't gotten any responses yet. Any > ideas > > would be greatly appreciated. > > If your motherboard is new, you could turn on lba in the bios of > your > computer. > > Linux has no problems accessing my 2.0 gb. EIDE harddisk. > > regards, > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Andre M. Varon Lasaltech, Incorported > Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)433-3520 > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Linux has no problems with my 5 gig eide disk. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: problem with pcmmdl20.deb!! incorrect dependencies?
Nico De Ranter wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm trying to reinstall Debian on my Toshiba Portable using a mirror > on one of > our network servers. To do this I need PCMCIA facilities since my > networkadaptor > is a PCMCIA card. What I did is: > > * I first installed the base system using the regular set of disks I > created. > * rebooted the computer > * I copied the pcmciacs.deb, pcmmdl20.deb, pcmsorc.deb and > pcmmdl2z.deb packages > to a floppy and tried to install them using: > >dpkg -i pcmciacs.deb >dpkg -i pcmmdl20.deb >dpkg -i pcmsorc.deb (not really necessary I gues, but I did it > anyway) > > THIS USED TO WORK, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work anymore? > When I install > the pcmmdl20.dev package, dpkg complains about a missing prerequisit > kernel-image-2.0.27 Index of /pub/mirrors/debian/frozen/binary-i386/base Name Last modified Size Description kernel-image-2.0.27_2..20-Mar-97 05:51 1M kernel-image-2.0.29_4..26-Mar-97 23:13 1M kernel-image-2.0.30_2..22-Apr-97 05:00 2M Now that is funny because I had the same problem, and I notice that it is in the 'base' section of the ftp site of bo/frozen/1.3, however it was not installed by my base disks either, or at least the package was not providing the dependency fufillment? a bug I suppose. > > although that's exactly the kernel that is installed. I even tried > copying the > krnimg20.deb package and installing it but this does NOT make any > difference. dpkg > keeps complaining that the package is missing. I also noticed that it unpacked it but didn't install it as a result of this. so I used dpkg --force-dependency pcmcia-modules-x.deb; now it is installed anyway. I guess you didn't do this because > When I reboot my computer the I get > complaints from cardmgr about incorrect values in System.map (I > don't remember the > exact message, but it's the same message you get when you recompile > the kernel and > forget to recompile the modules). now my problem was that everthing worked but ifconfig and route add were not run automagicaly :( can anybody help me? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, hope I helped you. > > thanks in advance, > > Nico. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
2.1.36 kernel?
I finally got 2.1.36 compiled and running, including modules (still using modules 2.1.23 though, because 2.1.34's depmod doesn't seem to work). Now I can't login; it says error changing owner of /dev/tty1, 2 etc to whoever logged in. telnetting in works though. Back to 2.1.29 .. I have the latest things from bo. Anyone else had this problem? hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust[EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering.3rd year, RMIT. http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~moffatt (PGP key here) CPOM: [ ] 42% -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: LILO (DOH!!) J.B. does it again.
On Fri, Apr 25, 1997 at 02:14:27PM -0400, Rick Jones wrote: > Errr...I don't trust LBA. I ran LBA for several months and began to see a > little corruption in my file system which began to propigate. Even though > e2fsck came up clean programs began reporting missing files but an ls -al > would show the file in the right place. I don't know if it was LBA that > caused it but since I re-installed in normal mode I haven't seen this > problem again. Well, on my machine here I have a 1.6gb and a 3.2gb drive. I need LBA to get things working with DOS/95, and I've never had any trouble with it. I get a couple of zero dtimes on fscks occasionally (on the forced check) but nothing serious. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust[EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering.3rd year, RMIT. http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~moffatt (PGP key here) CPOM: [ ] 42% -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: mh security
On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 00:41:10 -0400, Jason Killen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > [...] I changed inc and msgchk to rwxr-xr-x (instead of rwxr-sr-x). > Does anyone know if what I did could create any problems?? Yes, it will prevent MH users from reading new mail. > Did I fix any problems??? No known problems. > It seems to me that as long as I own my /var/spool/mail file inc and > msgchk don't need to be suid. Not so, the system uses .lock files for locking. inc needs to be setgid mail so it can create the /var/spool/mail/foo.lock file. -- Roderick Schertler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian PPP win95
In your email to me, Stephen Davey, you wrote: > > > I hope someone help I have managed to get a ppp session working for static > ip address with windows 95 but dynamic addressing just will not work > I am running that latest pppd-2.2.0f-24 and the kernal is 2.0.29. > I am also having no luck at all in getting to linux boxes to talk with dialup > ppp. It sounds like you are trying to get win95 to dial into your Linux box? Take a look at my mgetty page (http://www.buoy.com/isp) and try out some of the ideas there. If you have any more questions, email me at the buoy.com address in my .sig Tim PS: Looks like I'll have to write a page for Debian ppp servers -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -- Jimmy Dean ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Downloading Debain
Turbo 'DanB' wrote: > > Hi, > > I am interested in downloading Debian, but I am running into problems... > > I am running Windows NT 4 currently, and have tried to download from > ftp.debain.org and ftp.cdrom.com. > > The ftp client I am using is CuteFTP v1.8 I used CuteFTP until I had PPP working on this side of the box. I believe you can set it to treat links as files. Jim -- Debian Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~jim/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Debian PPP win95
I hope someone help I have managed to get a ppp session working for static ip address with windows 95 but dynamic addressing just will not work I am running that latest pppd-2.2.0f-24 and the kernal is 2.0.29. I am also having no luck at all in getting to linux boxes to talk with dialup ppp. Thanks in advance. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PPP Dialup
I would prefer to avoid a firewall. Infact that is why we have chosen a lynix box. We had a firewall solution before, but we anted to hook it up so that it will work as a notmal dialup conetion. On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > LinuxBOX wrote: > > > > I recently configured my linux box to act as a Dialup PPP Server. However > > I can only see the linux box itself. THe Linux box has an ethernet > > conection to the internet and I would realy like to be able to acces the > > rest of the net with the dialup ppp sesion. Could anyone tell me what I > > failed to do? > > Thanks > > > > Well, if you have an IP for dialin which is on the same subnet (the net > on > your ethernet) as the Linux box, all you need is the 'proxyarp' option > to pppd. If you can't use an IP on this subnet, further discussion will > be necessary but let's defer that until necessary. > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: year-2000 testing
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes: > If you can do so, please try running your system with the date in the year > 2000 for a while. Richard Stallman asked if we had tested that GNU software > is free of year-2000 problems, and I think it's a good idea. Fortunately > we don't have too many COBOL programs :-) . Seriously, someone grab a copy of the Packages file for the alpha dist---all of those programs have run with the year past 2000 for several weeks on my AXP box. It comprises almost all of the GNU utils---or most of the fairly mainstream ones. You see, the standard clock executable didn't know about the fact that the firmware kept the time based from 1980... Mike. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Logging from perl?
Has anyone been able to get the perl5 SysLog module to work as advertised? I cannot get it to log anything. Grrr! -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.30t Have you seen the Emperor's new red hat? :-o -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
