'libfdisk error reading sector' during debian installation
As i am new in LINUX, a few suggestions about solving the following problem would be most helpful. I try to install the debian version (floppy media) on an old Compaq Deskpro 386/20. I installed a non-standard harddisk (Conner, not recognized by the BIOS)so I boot from my rescue disk with the startup options : hd=683,16,38 to indicate the correct disk geometry. To create the partitions, I use CFDISK with the same parameters (-c, -h and -s) In-between the installation phases, when I get 'Installation program is determining the current state. etc' an error message comes in-between: 'libfdisk error reading sector 311296. Operation not permitted' This sector must be the last sector in the first partition. Even when I changed the size of my 2 partitions (Ext Linux and Linux swap), the number changes and still seems to indicate the last sector of the first partition. I can continue the installation, file system creation and bad-track checking seems to work but at the installation of the base system, after copying the 6 'base'-floppies, uncompression of the zipped file doesn't work and I should copy the 6 floppies again and again. Is there a solution
Re: sudo doesn't ask for passwd
hi Ship's Log, Lt. Joey Hess, Stardate 031298.0612: > > This is quite normal, if you have used sudo a few minutes before and it > asked for a password. The prob. is that it always does so and not only after using it. :( I cannot figure out how this can be ... I'll tried to check /etc/pamd. but it looks fine ... Donnow what else I could check. greetings -- Alexander N. Benner - irc: #Hosanna - secret service sig : Do u really scan? MAT 10:26 for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. HDGFHEGFGDCAGBHDHEHCGPGOGPGNHJCAHAHCGPHEGFGDHEGFGE Uran Libia (I love Israel) North Korea RAF Sprengstoff Islam Plutonium Bomb
Thinkpad 755C files
ok, here's the xf86config & gpm files for the thinkpad 755C; I forget who needed them. begin 644 xf755.tgz M'XL(``J4:#8``^T::V_B2'*^'[EMAIL PROTECTED],.]$FI,(@0FW!")#YG$:W:FQ M&_#&=OO:[1#V;O>W7U7;YI&0>:PNL[LZE_+`5=55U?7JIMMW\W;3%L'\V1." M6:DTZW5X!HV&V3!W_FLPS9II`C2;M:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&I5!'"DF`9XM MV>KF;)29-XIDN.?)+S=A.NI/B)VZH(@\`^+NA!5USZ;A2Y(@[EMAIL PROTECTED] M',!"6`!6L(N8QP@)@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@*:A)!O5$Z]:HJ!( MS-6*28[L#K`H$K:KC7:$'?L\4$R1QKGK\0A>*331F*0CC-=%%(:*',X\<`,@ M:D:$E:N6(E8@>:2D:Y.4(C+97NR0'1G9. M.Z?_7$\NC&>>&[EMAIL PROTECTED]:$M'F`HU`4SJ8L)$3<\TB&B];K&6\M+.H9 MHYZ0'*M25VG-JZ7PB1?E;.:#KIK',D"U7(]R!+I.:Z5`$8:$SX7GB15-$)N! MX]*\HE,=/HHNFXE;KJ>41#\0"BU.[*!8A-L0IZ1HR7`",YYZ#E6[Y"BV,RM) M-F#Q!# MZ<7X>@K(875&TX\P[D-G]!%^'(S.B]#[<&7U)A,86RAL<'DU'/00.QAUA]?G [EMAIL PROTECTED];.,.1H_$4AH/+P13%3L=:92ILT)N0N,N>U;W`Q\[98#B8?J1H]0?3$N_P"287 MG>$PG>*'OM7K4159X[_UNE,XZZ%%G;-A+U&`T^D..X/+(IQW+CMOR2H+QCC0 MTFP;J]Y?]#02U73PISL=C$YX-+7PL8CSLZ:;P>\'[EMAIL PROTECTED] M0*X<]U'66(O!D:->(H<982]WI,DF,H"_DIT[#LM`SFW'+,I8B2&9-, MX%"YKF`D20UJ+TF=HT.FIAA<*$ZU8$ M1I\ZFE'`A=-:S*Z86M(::I3C2)8_F*;5+'ONC#Z5Y6*FV?KHX)3O$-LY*N+A_D(=#=S4I5S7EG-_28K0!H^SPVW(8L?A.T\]8[%BX:\CH9K6B [EMAIL PROTECTED]:GK)?I'0\<([EMAIL PROTECTED] MI;(XABK2/0-WX:63RD8G^UL_.6[7X9%.9&-U)+,[EMAIL PROTECTED]<\>VN77.>E'=7>$*>XQ*[A+9VH\>"&TKG=*R.^R2.0O3]!JV1X_E\AV_#.=O&UHU" MCZVU-JTP3-8@@G:*O-QT*MA)*ETMZ*&-L&\1;3:>4';SZ617ZT\GNU;]1MG? MG)^3=V\[>7KFZ?D'34_,3K/YO\S/[Y2(W^KTW^*81[9`?VB_F+_=+[_W0=J? [EMAIL PROTECTED](=GS__I6UW]?[Y;[-1S<]_OP<\AS)7MOY2_2%)A<+SPG-8>&+& M/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"2J7DC&6VAIG`FKUS?'T$>.=BGX!7Y$=U]SHOQ#\5+$*_)(50Q[8( MGDK'%^J_5JO5=^K?I"NA1J.9U__W@".(F!]Z=+I/IY&QW-Z;Z(/)+#\*1\`= M+'[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]<(A<),'X&`"?_&I5H?W1I*K2.C@(^&D;7[^7$@ M0L)X8N$&=.K)([EMAIL PROTECTED]'[EMAIL PROTECTED]@Z%/EA)"=8]0W1)J>X3: MEE#?(]2-/:WWU#9V><%H;*4T]RG-+:6U3VEM*>U]2MLX/&%?R.SXVT<:C9VB??\FF[T#[CIL*/^DLEI&;O3:64;SU\*R2^Z\Y=-ZE9W4C=:8V+[ M@/U!)0>56`]\(46,:Y[D#B)FS+Y)$3,//Q-*2`=WXFM.]VGXO.0,BF+2R-ES)"'1GN".:=@)#AZH"PQZ&#V-!M. M#\GPS2C)Z>*-[B-O<'%G"WU+\FO9B8EGMK!]AXZ,[EMAIL PROTECTED]@,1<99D`']-.&A\ M*-U`@<]<3\^42WT/F5:R'H]Q,!:H!E[^HT_7(R]!G^='H1!>F0:6?[B>]"R4 MK_#!V(E%;2<6<^S1FU:R$X>-V[>12$.3Q&'?\X^&XV$II;7T>"4]7D5CG$0STK9>^7,)@+9FG]#Y. M\ADV^N1N3*=^$3`2U/'=*'BI8'.)II$H!YOWRG6XMP9FVSR*W!DN&C-QQZ/D [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]&$(QL,C4ERSBA',S\L#[!5OS,8Q ML)#.C\!F0?8:@'[Y1V(WPI6"R85^DR<52S*2`XCF>V MX;XTV:UN+M#I2^L2.8O9UA7-9,G[,=3><&V+I:V_VQ8RC]"WVF.'').^Z!)' M^OV5:$GOYOA<,?W2$K,5K7H^YE%J9"B%XC:]BZ3?!^"WS(L37[YRC]%.-.5? ML5#T?@)M5UZGS7*ZL17_9U^T#UE"[D+S];M%[M9FO:I2)T2^)(0DV-'G?V^V M%Y^%>W$HJ'7(WX11M9`X]XU1\N"3P4H_=TI_KY1._GE\^FOY4ZU2*7VJ59N? M:C7ZT,0/+?K0:GTR<$W^O;,XAQQRR"&'''+((8<<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]"&'''+((8<< @<[EMAIL PROTECTED]"&'''+((8<<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]"_FRS_Y0!0 ` end rick --
Re: libstdc++.so.2.8 problem
Here's something someone posted a few days ago -- Folks, If you are getting the error /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info after upgrading to slink, please go through the mail below. Mitch's solution worked for me. This issue may be irrelevent when the new stuff shows up on the servers. This is just a repost; I have little other info. Regards -- Ghane >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 1 10:05:41 1998 >Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 00:51:06 -0500 >From: Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sanjeev Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Upgraded to unstable, now unstable Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > Folks, > > Have used Debian for critical office uses for over two years now. And > last saturday, being in Office, decided to upgrade from hamm to slink. > (Please do not shoot yet). > > Near the end, I started getting: > > update-menus: error in loading shared libraries > /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > > Hmmm. No problem, will right it self, I thought. The same sort of > library problems had occured when upgrading my Debian/Sparc installtion. > > But no way. Many tools have stopped working (groff, etc); and to top it > all, apt-get and dselect too. So no hope of the next day's updates on > slink righting matters. > [snip] There is another way to do this that I've seen bouncing around, but I don't have the link to it yet. Downgrade your dpkg to 1.4.0.31 and upgrade your libstdc++ if it hasn't been already. Make sure apt is at 0.1.9. You can get a tarball of all these debs from http://blevins.simplenet.com/foobar/ dpkg should still work, although dselect and apt are hosed. After installing the files above, both dselect and apt should work. Other packages may still have problems with the __register_frame_info problem, but they are being recompiled and uploaded so they should work themselves onto your mirror after a few days. Hope this helps, -Mitch Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta Tel: +91(11) 6941831, 6946619 Eurolink Systems Ltd Fax: +91(11) 6943732 New Delhi, India email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eurolink doesn't pay me to speak for it, so I don't Old age is not an accomplishment, nor youth a sin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Linux newbie needs help
Þann 04. desember 1998 reit Jiri Baum svohljóðandi: > Hello, > > Jeff wrote: > > Thanks but when I dpkg the .deb file, it says qt1g depends on xlib6g. > > Where could I get that? Thanks. > > Same place as the first .deb file, in the directory main/x11. > > Actually, if you don't have xlib6g, that most likely means you are missing > most or all of X11, too. > Seems like Jeff is having the same problem as im having. I have xlib6g on my Debian but i cant install qt1g couse my xlib6g is of an older version (i installed the version x.3.xx something but qt1g needs x.5.xx something i think) so be aware what version of xlib6g your downloading. ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
mouse speed in X
Does anyone know how to change the BASIC mouse speed (not the acceleration) in X. The 'xset m' only changes the acceleration and threshold, but what I want is a faster non-accelerated mouse speed. I've tried 'xset m 4 1' which gives a good speed, but it makes the mouse 'jerky', since it moves the pointer 4 pixels at a time. Happy for any suggestions...
Re: Who's the ian part in Debian?
Just another Ian... ;) President of SPI, Highly Worshiped Grand Poohba of the Debian Project. Hah, just another Ian! Now, what about Ean... Ok, its friday and I'm still caged at work -- Greg. Shaleh wrote: > > Ian Murdock is the "ian". Debra is his wife. > > Ian Jackson is just another Ian (we have a few). > > On 04-Dec-98 zhaoway wrote: > > Just curiousity from a, hmmm :-) > > Who is the ian part in debian? > > Ian Jackson or Ian Murdock? What's the relationship between the two? > > And where'e debra mentioned in the debian faq? Just curiosity, > > in no means I want to be offensive. And sorry for my poor english :-) > -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html Greg VenceKH2EA/4
Re: suid script
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Jiri Baum wrote: > The way I remember it is: > > 1) kernel opens the file, finds it suid > 2) kernel executes the shell with that uid > 3) shell opens the same filename > > If some fast file-moving is done between (1) and (3), one can substitute > something else for the suid script. > > Don't forget the user can copy / link a suid script into his home directory. Ahh, link is the thing I was looking for. Otherwise, the person who made the suid script would be responsible for the exploit, which wasn't making sense to me. I think it's probably the kernel that does the open on step 3, but it's no big difference in the point you were making. I wonder how other unix variants that allow suid scripts do this? Or better question: are there any? This has been very interesting, thanks for all the info. Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |
dpkg-buildpackage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote: > > > Is it possible when installing a debian package with: > > > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > > , followed by ./configure, make, make install, > > The correct method is: > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > cd packagename.dsc > debian/rules build > debian/rules binary > > cd .. > dpkg -i packagename.deb > Ummm, what's wrong with dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc cd packagename dpkg-buildpackage cd .. dpkg -i packagename.deb I think you don't even have to be root if you use the fake-root package, whatever that is. I used to use debian/rules build, until someone pointed out the dpkg-buildpackage command to me. ---Preston
Re: Glossary and Nomenclature generation (LaTeX)
>Please could someone inform me as to the 'standard' way of generating
> glossary and nomenclature entries within a latex document
>
\makeglossary in the preamble
\glossary{entry}in the text part
works in a similar manner to index.
Re: Rar for Linux
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 10:50:00 +0100 Resent-from: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Thomas Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Precedence: list X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/27812 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Length: 341 On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 09:54:59AM +1100, Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: > I have a copy of rar for linux, in the form of the file rarlinux. How do i install or execute this? > I have done a chmod (755) on the file What does `file rarlinux` say? rarlinux is self-exe archive, just chmod u+x and run it OK
My experiences with a scanner
Hello! Just wanted to share with you my recently lived experiences with a scanner. This week I bought an UMAX Astra 1220S scanner. I had been looking for a scanner that worked unfer Linux for some time. I always read carefully all scanner-related messages posted to the Debian lists and to the "Ask Slashdot" section of /. Well, I read pretty good comments about the UMAX scanner so I decided to give it a try. My experience has been completely positive! Everything worked out of the box with no problems at all. I installed SANE, recompiled my 2.1.131 kernel with generic SCSI support and voila! SANE is pretty cool. It even allows you to scan over the network. The command line scanimage utility is very good and the xscanimage X-based utility is very nice too. Debian has packages to convert the output from scanimage (PNM -portable aNyMaP- formats) to almost any graphic format. The scanner+SANE combination together with the HylaFAX fax software is a powerful team that allows to send faxes just like a normal fax machine does. peloy.-
gawk: bug or feature?
Hi,
this is not -probably- debian specific, but I have no other distribution to
test, so here's my question.
I'm filtering a file using gawk. since there are line that look alike, but
differ only by two chars, I decided to take this approach:
/pattern/ { if line-of-type-1 {
FIELDWIDTHS=fields1;
flag=1;
} else {
FIELDWIDTHS=fields2;
flag=2;
}
flag==1 { do something }
flag==2 { do something else }
my understanding of gawk working:
get a line from file
scan pattern in order of appearance and if a match is found, execute action
until end-of-file
so it should do:
get line 1
decide if it's type-1 or type-1 and set FIELDWIDTHS accordingly
apply FIELDWITDHS using one of the "do something" rules
instead, this is what I see:
FIELDWIDTHS is correctly assigned the right record len spec.
BUT
lines are splitted using the previous value of FIELDWITDHS (for ex, the
first line is splitted without caring of FIELDWIDTHS). by 'previous value I
mean the value FIELDWIDTHS had before /pattern/ rule.
I've tested this behaviour with gawk 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2, with debian
distribs from 1.1 to 2.0. same behaviour. so maybe this is the intended way
of working for awk. is this the right answer? I've read awk manpage, but ..
I don't find anything that confirms or denies it.
Can anybody help me? I'd submit a bugreport, if this is a bug. but I don't
want to bother the mantainer, if I'm wrong.
sorry for my english. TIA
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Timezone Problem
I posted this to the list not too long ago, and the only response was I got was a message saying "That's what you get for running unstable distributions." As stated in my original message, the problem began with hamm. The reason I was trying the unstable distributions was to attempt to clear up the problem. After seeing that it did not help, I went back to hamm. This message is being sent on a hamm system, and, as you can see, it contains an invalid timezone stamp. Any help would be appreciated. On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: > What's wrong with the Debian timezones? I never had any problems with bo > (that I remember), but when I upgraded to hamm, then slink, and now > potato, something's wrong with the timezone. I have my system set up so > that the system time is GMT, but the local time is Central. /etc/timezone > contains one line: > CST6CDT > > The above looks correct, because I am in Central and we have Daylight > Savings Time in the summer. And Central is 6 hours east of GMT, so it all > looks good. *However*, on outgoing mail (such as this message), it says > "-0600 (EST)". This is not correct. I am not in Eastern, and if I were, > that would be -0500. I checked in /usr/doc/timezone, but it's just glibc > info. Not very useful. I checked some of the headers on this list, and I > am not the only one experiencing this problem. What's up? > /---\ | pretzelgod | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | (Eric Gillespie, Jr.) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |---<*>-| | "Universal obedience is universal stagnation; | | disobedience is one of the conditions of progress." | | --Robert G. Ingersoll| \---/
RE:Serial port problem/modem
I have a 28.8 modem that worked under Windows 3.1 before I switched my machine over to Debian 2.0.34. I have a serial mouse that I got working fine using gpm and now I would like to configure the machine to use my modem. THe problem is that I can not seem to get the machine to recognize that there is anything in COM2. The modem is internal and not a WinModem. The /dev/ttyS0 is the only COM port that the kernel sees on boot-up. ANy hints out there?? TIA John Greer
Re: [Re: Netgear NIC card support]
TO all: Thanks again to all who have responded to this request of mine. While following all your tips and suggestions, I also decided to drop by the BayNetworks website (http://NETGEAR.baynetworks.com) and selected the FA310TX Drivers section. For ver4.0 and higher, BayNetworks is providing a Linux Driver for web download along with FAQ's. Ian is right, this FA310TX shows a NETGEAR logo and not a DEC logo on the chip. Also interesting is BayNetworks recommends using their Linux Driver instead of Tulip. Thanks again to all, Rathon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a Tulip-compatible card. The origional card was actually a DECchip Tulip, but the one with the Netgear logo is a Tulip clone. I don't know if it's as good as the DECchip one, but I have gotten it to talk to a network, using both kernel 2.0.34 and 2.1.125 Unfortunately, I haven't been able to try it out on a multi-card configuration. I do know the DECchip works flawlessly with two (That's what my gateway is running) and do know of another no-name card that my ISP wanted me to use, that wouldn't work with another network card installed. It just couldn't detect the interrupt. Don't return the card unless you can't get it to work with either kernel's Tulip driver. I have eight of these cards in my home network, including one of the new ones, and I haven't yet had a problem. The drivers even detected when I swapped my 10M hub for a 10/100 and worked at TX without rebooting. I wish I could say the same for the one 3com card I'm using. Hope this helps. I just happen to like Bay Networks. --Ian On 1 Dec 1998, rathon wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a Netgear Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter card - FX310tx by Bay Networks. > > Then I looked thru the EthernetHOW-TO and this card is not listed anywhere. > > I am using Debian2.0. Does this mean no driver, no support ??? > > Can anyone confirm for me pls ? > > I need to know if I should return this and get something else. The price > was good though. > > Regards, > Rathon > > > Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: Linux newbie needs help
Hello, Jeff wrote: > Thanks but when I dpkg the .deb file, it says qt1g depends on xlib6g. > Where could I get that? Thanks. Same place as the first .deb file, in the directory main/x11. Actually, if you don't have xlib6g, that most likely means you are missing most or all of X11, too. If you are connecting to the Internet directly from your Debian box, it's probably easiest to point dselect at the ftp site (read the guide carefully), select what you want and then let it automatically download everything it thinks it needs. However, if you only have an ordinary modem, this will take quite a while - it may be better to buy, beg or borrow a CD. Otherwise, if you want to keep on with dpkg, someone else already pointed you to www.debian.org - on the pages listing the packages, each page has links for related packages. Here's what the words mean: "Depends" - you need to have this other package "Recommends" - you probably need to have this other package "Suggests" - you might want to have this other package Note that dpkg won't let you install any packages that have a "Depends" until you get the other package, too. HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: problems+suggestions
Hello, > Would dpkg --get-selections >> foo > dpkg --set-selections << foo > > not do this? Single '>' and '<', please. Sorry to nitpick, but a beginning user would probably be quite confused by the prompt for the here-document. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Name suggestion
Hello, > Witness a post of mine on Monday: "Upgraded to unstable, now unstable" ;-) Mind you, the problem was actually in "broken", I mean, "frozen". Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Should be installing Linux soon. Questions.
Hello, > 1. Could someone please explain X-Windows to me. You realise that entire volumes have been written on that topic? :-) > What are desktop environments, A desktop environment is a bunch of X programs that are designed to work well together. Typically, there's some sort of button-bar for launching the individual pieces (file browser, mail program, whatever else is there). To complete the look'n'feel, some desktop environments include their own window manager. > window managers, etc.? A window manager is a program that provides title bars to windows, so that you can move them, resize them, iconify them etc. It also provides menus on the "desktop" and on the title bars. Theoretically, windows come without title bars. In practice, you always have a window manager running, so you almost never see that. The only time I've seen it is when I quit out of one window manager and start another (you can do that while applications are running). > Does it have a spell checker. A spell checker is fairly standard in Linux. Debian definitely has one (for quite a few languages). > 3. I currently have two networked computers. Both with Windoze 98. I am only > going to install Linux on one of them. Is there any way that I could network > them so when I install Linux, I can FTP Netscape, KDE, Star Office, etc. > from the Windoze computer to the Linux one? Better still - you can have Linux show up in the network neighborhood. I'm using that here at home - my Linux computer shows up as T: on my Win95 box. Let me know if you want any more details... HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: suid script
Hello, > > Because shell scripts are supposidly very often full of securitry holes when > > suid. ... > the executable (bash, whatever) opens the file > it closes it > it changes uid/gid to reflect suid status -> so it becames root or whatever > it reopens it > and executes it The way I remember it is: 1) kernel opens the file, finds it suid 2) kernel executes the shell with that uid 3) shell opens the same filename If some fast file-moving is done between (1) and (3), one can substitute something else for the suid script. Don't forget the user can copy / link a suid script into his home directory. > I heard that some Unix systems (Solaris i think but not sure) provide a way to > overcome this by feeding the script to the executable through /dev/3 or > something like it (like a new STDIN) Presumably the kernel hands the open file to the shell, rather than the filename - which agrees with what you are saying (file handle 3). The other way is to use sudo which grants access based on the filename rather than on the inode information. Since the filename is what the shell is given, you get agreement between the two. HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Is this really the right thing to do?
Hello,
> An option for showing only those packages that nothing depends on
> could be useful.
That bit's easy. My first PERL script did that. But what about alternatives?
Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--
#!/usr/bin/perl
print <) {
next unless /^Status:\s*\S+ ok installed\s*?$/mi;
s/^(\S+?:)/lc($1)/emg;
%pkg = ('',split /^(\S+?):\s*/m); chomp %pkg;
$_ = "$pkg{depends},$pkg{recommends},$pkg{'pre-depends'}";
s/\(.*?\)//g; s/\|/,/g; s/\s+//g; s/,,/,/g; s/,$//; s/^,//;
for (split /,/) {$used{$_}=1};
next if $pkg{essential} =~ /yes/i or $pkg{priority} =~ /required/i;
push @inst,$pkg{package};
$desc{$pkg{package}}=$pkg{description} if $v;
}
if ($v) {
for (sort @inst) {print "$_ - $desc{$_}\n\n" unless $used{$_}};
} else {
for (sort @inst) {print "$_\n" unless $used{$_}};
}
Re: Newbie needs help
Hello, Firstly, I'm not sure which way you'll want to go, so please don't hesitate to ask me for more details on some point that I skim over... > The install worked fine (minus I can't boot from the HD). I don't have any experience with this, but the most common response I've seen to this problem is: have you re-run lilo? > I'm having problems with the FTP. The modem connects fine to my ISP > (i'm using ppp) but when I try to open a site I get "unable to look up > host" error. Have you tried to ftp by IP number? > Also I have no clue how to install the software packages. Probably easiest to get FTP working first, and then tell dselect to use the ftp access method. That way it'll do everything for you. > I tried to download to floppy and then transfer over (which is a problem > since my zip program doesn't do a split) and then run DSELECT. When I > choose the floppy access method, it says to enter the floppy with the > packages file. The Packages file is a list of all the packages. Since you only downloaded an individual deb, it's probably easier to do it manually. Mount the floppy mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt and then install the packages with dpkg dpkg -i /mnt/*.deb Don't forget to unmount the floppy afterwards umount /mnt Note that if dpkg complains about a missing dependency, it means it *hasn't* installed that package (so don't delete it yet). You can switch between using dselect and using dpkg as you wish - so you can use dselect for ordinary stuff, but dpkg when there's something special (like broken ftp, or if you need to use force). Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: problems+suggestions
Hello, Did you *intend* to upgrade to slink? I have the feeling that you might be upgrading to it inadvertently, which would explain most of your problems... If so, you'll have to consider what you want to do now. In general, unless you have a particular reason to go for unstable or frozen, it's probably best to stick with the stable distribution as much as possible. However, if you got this far already, it might be easier to stay here than to go back. Glossary: 2.0 = hamm = stable (the latest released version) 2.1 = slink = frozen (the next version, not yet released) 2.2 = potato = unstable (the version after that) > I'll take the suggestion first :) Others already answered this. BTW, many Debian programs will give you a short help text if you run them with just a --help switch, for example: dpkg --help > And well, wouldn't it be possible to have a HUGE warning if trying to remove > things that dselect (or whatever package program running) depends on? Actually, dselect won't let you do that at all, and the dpkg help says: "WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your installation." for the relevant option. > dselect: error in loading shared libraries > /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2: undefined symbol > __register__frame__info > > What deb(s) do I have to do to fix it? Actually, this isn't a problem with a missing deb, it's a miscompiled library. You'll need to download the very latest libstdc++ (check Incoming just to make sure) and manually install that: dpkg -i filename.deb > As if that wasn't enough, I can't start X anymore after upgrading the > hardware. I swapped motherboard+mem+kbd+mouse(from ps/2 to serial). It > just hangs on a black screen or the gray grid like screen at X startup.. Two suggestions: (a) Fix the __register_frame_info problem first, just in case it's related. (b) If you are upgrading to slink from hamm, the X packages were reorganized; you'll be almost certainly missing xterm, and maybe other things. Make sure you either have the old xbase or the new xterm (depending on what you want to do). (xterm is the program that gives you a command prompt in X) HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Unused libs for deletion?
Hello Gunnar,
> Is there some script I can use to find out which installed packages
> aren't used by other packages.
Something like the below?
Note that it doesn't even attempt to do are alternatives and virtual packages.
This means that it'll miss some things that aren't necessary, and it'll list
some things that provide something useful.
Hope it helps...
Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--
#!/usr/bin/perl
print <) {
next unless /^Status:\s*\S+ ok installed\s*?$/mi;
s/^(\S+?:)/lc($1)/emg;
%pkg = ('',split /^(\S+?):\s*/m); chomp %pkg;
$_ = "$pkg{depends},$pkg{recommends},$pkg{'pre-depends'}";
s/\(.*?\)//g; s/\|/,/g; s/\s+//g; s/,,/,/g; s/,$//; s/^,//;
for (split /,/) {$used{$_}=1};
next if $pkg{essential} =~ /yes/i or $pkg{priority} =~ /required/i;
push @inst,$pkg{package};
$desc{$pkg{package}}=$pkg{description} if $v;
}
if ($v) {
for (sort @inst) {print "$_ - $desc{$_}\n\n" unless $used{$_}};
} else {
for (sort @inst) {print "$_\n" unless $used{$_}};
}
Re: No more C++ ?
Hello, > Really? I couldn't find that thread. In any case, the problem is > that there's no file libstdc++.so - I fixed this by (as root) doing > the following: > cd /usr/lib > ln -s libstdc++-2-libc6.0-1-2.9.0.so libstdc++.so Did you try ldconfig first? It *should* do this for you - that's its job. (Just wondering if you didn't think of it or if something's broken...) Hmm, I guess something's broken either way, because the relevant postinst should have run ldconfig for you. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: how to shut pppd in script
Hello, > The idea is to disconnect from ISP after all scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ > are executed. I do this also. My way is to have a script in ip-up.d, called "zzz-hangup", which calls "poff" - that way it doesn't have to check anything (the scripts get done in alphabetical order). > kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid' ... > kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid' You need backticks (`) in both cases. Like this: kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid` However, since poff exists, it's probably better to use that. HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Rar for Linux
On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 09:54:59AM +1100, Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: > I have a copy of rar for linux, in the form of the file rarlinux. How do i > install or execute this? > I have done a chmod (755) on the file What does `file rarlinux` say?
Re: dpkg-source -x
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote: > Is it possible when installing a debian package with: > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > , followed by ./configure, make, make install, The correct method is: dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc cd packagename.dsc debian/rules build debian/rules binary cd .. dpkg -i packagename.deb > to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed, > so that I can later uninstall it with dpkg/dselect? If you do this, then yes. HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
RE: USR; dialing wrong number
On 04-Dec-98 Eugene Sevinian wrote: > Hi all, > Could someone explain my why the USR33600 modem which was working > without any problem under w95 does not work under Debian. It simply > pretends that it works but dial absolutly wrong phone number :(((. > The only differens is that under w95 it was installed with explicitly > set port/irq. However,on my computer, which has w95 as well, it is set to > PNP mode. Any tips are welcomed. > Eugene, the phone number is controlled by the script in /etc/chatscripts/. Edit the number after the ATDT.
USR; dialing wrong number
Hi all, Could someone explain my why the USR33600 modem which was working without any problem under w95 does not work under Debian. It simply pretends that it works but dial absolutly wrong phone number :(((. The only differens is that under w95 it was installed with explicitly set port/irq. However,on my computer, which has w95 as well, it is set to PNP mode. Any tips are welcomed. TIA, Eugene
Re: What installation with Debian 2.0?
On: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 20:51:43 +0100 Georg Lohrer writes: > after many obstacles I have running a Debian 2.0 installation. But > without looking at the cryptic usage of dselect it's still a secret > for me what installation is the best/correct/only one. On the CD-ROM > are the directories: [...] > What's with these different directories? You are using the JFL CD-ROM set, aren't you? All 4 directories are actually the same, there are some symlinks causing this trouble. You can choose any one of those. Torsten BTW: Please disable HTML postings/mailings.
Re: suid script
On: 03 Dec 1998 12:58:14 -0600 john writes: > > Joey Hess writes: >> Because shell scripts are supposidly very often full of securitry holes when >> suid. > > There's a bit more to it. There is a race condition that would > permit you to substitute a script of your choice for the suid script > and have it run suid. Other Unixes provides an alternate mechanismus[1]. Is it secure and does Linux support it? Torsten Footnotes: [1] The kernel opens the script by itself and the interpreter/shell uses a /dev/fd/ devices to access the already open file.
Re: Unused libs for deletion?
On: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 13:06:15 +0100 Gunnar Isaksson writes: > > Is there some script I can use to find out which installed packages > aren't used by other packages. > > It's about time for me to get rid of all the unused libraries that > has been installed when testing various games and other stuff. > > I need some simple way to list all such deletion candidates. Is > there a script for this somewhere? I will email Gunnar a little perl script I wrote recently. If more people are interested please tell me and I will put it onto my webpage. Torsten
pcmcia card...
Hi everyone- i'm having some problems with pcmcia on a laptop here. i'm trying to get it to recognize a 3com 3c575bt cardbus ethernet card, and the stock pcmcia modules aren't cutting it. so, i'm installing hamm from scratch. then, i install new libc6 (v2.0.7u) so that i can install v3.0.6 pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules (modules corresponding to the 2.0.34 kernel). this actually works pretty well, and at this point, the card is usable with the kernel that comes in the kernel-image package. now i want to recompile the kernel for apm, ps/2 mouse, etc., so i: - install kernel-source (still version 2.0.34) - reconfigure kernel for apm, ps/2, and pcmcia - compile and install new kernel image. when i reboot with the newly compiled kernel, the 3c575_cb module doesn't want to load. the relevant errors are: pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_R6a97aa56 pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol unregister_netdev_R84fb480b pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol init_etherdev_Rc8833d67 pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol dev_kfree_skb_R61d50ea2 pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_R81c3bb43 pcmcia/3c575_cb.o: unresolved symbol dev_alloc_skb_R36d7a14b are there kernel configuration options that i've missed in order to get these symbols defined? do i basically need to install pcmcia-source and recompile modules myself? thanks in advance... -alan
Re: Xemacs scrolling
*- Daniel Elenius wrote about "Xemacs scrolling" > I would really like it if xemacs didn't scroll two lines short of a > full screen on C-v/M-v. Is this configurable? > > Lets see: The help(describe-key) for C-v says === C-v runs `scroll-up' `scroll-up' is an interactive built-in function (scroll-up &optional N) Scroll text of current window upward ARG lines; or near full screen if no ARG. A near full screen is `next-screen-context-lines' less than a full screen. Negative ARG means scroll downward. When calling from a program, supply a number as argument or nil. If `signal-error-on-buffer-boundary' is nil, the usual error and loss of zmacs region is suppressed when moving past end of buffer. == And the help(describe-variable) for next-screen-context-lines says == `next-screen-context-lines' is a built-in integer variable. Value: 2 Documentation: *Number of lines of continuity when scrolling by screenfuls. == So it looks like you need to put a (setq next-screen-context-lines N) in your .emacs and change N to whatever number you want. Hope this helps, -- Brian - "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Upgrading from hamm to slink
I've decided I can't wait any longer and want to perform the upgrade from hamm to slink this weekend. Is there anything I need to watch out for? My plan is to first upgrade to the latest version of apt (I think I'm using 0.16 on my hamm system) and then just firing off an "apt-get dist-upgrade" from a slink mirror on my local disk. Any caveats? Any documents I should read first? TIA, Gary
Re: dpkg-source -x
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote: > Is it possible when installing a debian package with: > > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc > , followed by ./configure, make, make install, > > to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed, > so that I can later uninstall it with dpkg/dselect? No, because that would be the wrong way. The right way to install a package "from the source" would be: dpkg-source -c packagename.dsc cd packagename debian/rules build su debian/rules binary cd .. dpkg -i packagename.deb Then yes, you will be able to uninstall it by using dpkg.
dpkg-source -x
Is it possible when installing a debian package with: dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc , followed by ./configure, make, make install, to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed, so that I can later uninstall it with dpkg/dselect?
VM and mail folders
Hi list! I hope some kind soul can help me with this problem. I use fetchmail/procmail/VM for mailing system, and I have the following problem: When I start VM, the contents of my /var/spool/mail/daniel are moved to ~/INBOX, which is good, since it voids the problem of the mailbox being written to by procmail while I'm reading it. The problem is that this doesn't apply to my other mail folders. For example, I have this list in ~/mail/debian. In VM, to read the mail in that folder, I just open that file, but it's not copied to its own INBOX, which I would like. Can this be done with VM? If not, how does it work with other mail readers? Thanks in advance.
Xemacs scrolling
I would really like it if xemacs didn't scroll two lines short of a full screen on C-v/M-v. Is this configurable?
RE: Subjects not so comfortable
> > I have a small config feeling question? > > Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it > > would be more comfortable to have a constant string > > in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy > You could filter on part of the footer. I hae my xfmail filter set to > work on debian-user string in the message. Of course the proper way is with the X-Mailing-List header :-) Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |
GPM + Xemacs
I am unable to copy text with gpm into my xemacs (that is, in the console, not X). The other way doesn't work either. I can't even copy within xemacs with the mouse. Anyone knows how this can be fixed?
Re: [how to shut pppd in script]
Hi, Thanks to all responded, the problem was cured by specifying full path for each command (thanks, Javi). best regards, Vladimir Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
ACER extensa 390
Hi I have an ACER Extensa 390 and I am having problems with the configuration o X11. I have Debian 2.0. Any sugestions? At\'e breve Pedro Quaresma de Almeida Departamento de Matem\'atica Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ phone: 351 39 791170
RE: Subjects not so comfortable
You could filter on part of the footer. I hae my xfmail filter set to work on debian-user string in the message. On 04-Dec-98 Andrea Novara wrote: > Hi! > > I have a small config feeling question? > Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it > would be more comfortable to have a constant string > in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy > filtering. > > If anyone have better suggestions or cat filter > using other header than from, can mail such > tips? I'm using elm's filter program now! > > Many thanks > -- > Saluti, Andrea > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ` > > ''' ''' > ''' > ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' >''' ''' ''' ''' ''' > ' ''' ''' ''' ''' ' > ' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' > > There's no Linux 95 or 98 because Linux is forever!! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > --- -- E-Mail: Mark Ciciretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 04-Dec-98 --
RE: What's in kernel 2.1/2.2?
IIRC there was an article about the 2.2 kernel in the December issue of Linux Jornal. It might be on the web page , http://www.linuxjornal.com , if you don't get the magazine. For information about the 2.0 and 2.1 kernels look at LinuxHQ, http://www.linuxhq.com . The kernel patches section list what was changed from the previous release of the kernel, and there is a link the the actual kernel patch On 04-Dec-98 Moore, Paul wrote: > Hi, > I see that people are hoping for kernel 2.2 to be released by Christmas. > I've looked (honest!) and yet I can't see a straightforward list of the > major new features expected in 2.1/2.2. Can anybody point me at > something I could look at? (Short of the sources :-) > > Thanks, > Paul Moore. --- -- E-Mail: Mark Ciciretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 04-Dec-98 --
RE: Subjects not so comfortable
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- There's a header line that I use to sort by. In one of messages, look for: X-Mailing-List: It will list what mailing list the message came from and you should be able to sort by it. On 04-Dec-98 Andrea Novara wrote: > Hi! > > I have a small config feeling question? > Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it > would be more comfortable to have a constant string > in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy > filtering. > > If anyone have better suggestions or cat filter > using other header than from, can mail such > tips? I'm using elm's filter program now! > > Many thanks = * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * * * -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- ---* *Darren Benham * Version: 3.1 * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++>* * * E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- * * Debian Developer * PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b DI+++ D++ * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+* * * --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ---* = -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNmgks7bps1lIfUYBAQF+rQP7B2ElUaunwUGrAyBDJAl6svxu1prbTzLn vapmMhM41ZlNz+u9d4av86GnP9CzaIvt3lJHKW+CsBQxPLns/hTztGhhoFX5mFcJ Jzoj6ERADd7Eq16LgN0NAFkf1YSRhsjmFZRWPwFOaQZzYkcKwXoNBKFd/awOZCad ZYJvZKDlxms= =KUBT -END PGP SIGNATURE-
autofs question
Hi all- Is it possible to use the autofs (kernel based automounter) package to do Sun hosts type maps? Thanks, Tim Tim Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Specialist Office: Snow Hall 643 Department of Mathematics Voice: 785-864-7311 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Fax: 785-864-5255 #!/bin/perl -sp0777ihttp://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/
RE: error linking X11 lib (FIXED)
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > Make sure you have xlib6g-dev and/or xlib6-dev (for libc5) very strange that I have xlib6g-dev installed and libX11.so was missing. I reinstalled it and it's fixed now. Thanks, []s, Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21
RE: error linking X11 lib
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > Make sure you have xlib6g-dev and/or xlib6-dev (for libc5) just after I replyed I checked the file list for xlib6g-dev and found that libX11.so is missing in my system. Is it a symlink for libX11.so.6.1? Thanks []s, Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21
Re: Who's the ian part in Debian?
zhaoway wrote: > Just curiousity from a, hmmm :-) > Who is the ian part in debian? > Ian Jackson or Ian Murdock? What's the relationship between the two? > And where'e debra mentioned in the debian faq? Just curiosity, > in no means I want to be offensive. And sorry for my poor english :-) http://debian.org/intro/about#history
Re: error linking X11 lib
*-Mário Olímpio de Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | The error is: | gcc -O -I../inc -I/user/openwin/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o | ../bin/Linux/hierarchy hierarchy.c ../lib/Linux/libIM.a | ../lib/Linux/libFFT.a ../lib/Linux/libjpeg.a -lm -L/usr/lib | -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11 | ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory Do you have xlib6g-dev installed? ld wants to find /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so, but that is a symlink made by the -dev package. -- Eschew obfuscation(go on; look them both up) (Brian White) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [-: .elOle. :-] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: error linking X11 lib
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > Make sure you have xlib6g-dev and/or xlib6-dev (for libc5) linux1: ~/progs/magick$ dpkg -s xlib6g-dev Package: xlib6g-dev Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 3234 Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: xfree86 Version: 3.3.2.3a-8 xlib6-dev isn't installed (but I'm running slink). thanks Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21
Dual Booting w/Lilo ?
From: AJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, im a sort of *new* debian user (used it like 3 years on shells.. installed it like 3 weeks ago). anyway heres my question: Right now im booting from a linux bootdisk which a) takes a few minutes and b) is a pain in th ass... Now i know if i use lilo linux will boot only but i also have a windows95 partition that i need to use for some stuff like games and junk that i cant do in linux. Is it possible that when i turn on my computer i get a 'BOOT:' prompt and i can type either: 'win' for windows or 'linux' for linux using Lilo? if i can.. can someone give me an example of there lilo.conf file thanx (sorry if this sounds confusing i didnt know how to write it any other way), AJ - Sure...just ad the following two lines to your /etc/lilo.conf: other = /dev/hda1 label = windows then run /sbin/lilo to write to disk. This assumes that your windows partition is the first on your hard disk, with linux being the second and third (for swap and os) Now at the boot prompt (or at the lilo prompt hit left space to get the boot prompt) type linux or windows. If you forget what labels you have, then hit at the boot prompt. Do nothing (if lilo is configured not to prompt, with a timeout) and you get linux by default. You can of course make windows the default if you want by specifing windows as the first thing lilo tries to boot. See man pages for lilo.conf and lilo. _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
libstdc++.so.2.8 problem
I just updated debian (slink) via dselect, there was about 40MB of updated stuff and I did not look very carefully what got upgraded (I know I should have been more careful). Now I get this error with many programs (with dselect for example): dselect: error in loading shared libraries /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info What went wrong and what can I do to fix it? I have following libstdc packages installed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# dpkg -l | grep libstdc ii libstdc++2.82.90.29-1 The GNU stdc++ library (old egcs version) ii libstdc++2.92.91.58-5 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version) ii libstdc++2.9-de 2.91.58-5 The GNU stdc++ library (development files) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# ldconfig -p | grep libstdc libstdc++.so.272 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.272 libstdc++.so.27 (libc5) => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libstdc++.so.27 libstdc++.so.2.9 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.9 libstdc++.so.2.8 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8 libstdc++.so.2.7.2 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.7.2 libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2 -- Janne Löf
RE: Who's the ian part in Debian?
Ian Murdock is the "ian". Debra is his wife. Ian Jackson is just another Ian (we have a few). On 04-Dec-98 zhaoway wrote: > Just curiousity from a, hmmm :-) > Who is the ian part in debian? > Ian Jackson or Ian Murdock? What's the relationship between the two? > And where'e debra mentioned in the debian faq? Just curiosity, > in no means I want to be offensive. And sorry for my poor english :-)
Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution
Hi Now I also want to write :) Ship's Log, Lt. Jiri Baum, Stardate 041298.1122: > > > Usually, when you see a system with a bunch of mount points, it's because > > there's more than one disk. Using 4 2GB drives is better than one 8GB > > drive because: > And a couple of others: > > 3. cheaper > > 4. you can do RAID if you like one more : I have a 2 GB partition and it neets hours to be checked. I would not want to wait for a 8GB partition. Sure now I have to wait for the others to ... But geuess how fast my 60MB / is ready in case of an emergency ... Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hdb1 63885 2864231944 47% / /dev/hdb9 761184 142804 579045 20% /var /dev/hdb52270179 210241050415 98% /usr /dev/hdb61014784 481124 481221 50% /usr/local /dev/hdb71014784 423447 538898 44% /home /dev/hdb81014784 71737 890608 7% /tmp /dev/hda3 653192 56610353347 91% /home/ftp/pub/data/sounds /dev/hda1 307240 21889688344 71% /misc/d00F *sigh* I guess I need a new HD ... (oh yes, the last one is my win partition 300MB should be enough for everyone ...) bye -- Alexander N. Benner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Christian - PHI-Student WEB: http://www.nikodemus.home.pages.de/ IRC: Efnet Nikodemus #Hosanna, #Baptist, #Ixthys ## 82.64% of all statistics are made up !! ##
Re: Subjects not so comfortable
*-Andrea Novara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | I have a small config feeling question? | Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it | would be more comfortable to have a constant string | in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy | filtering. | | If anyone have better suggestions or cat filter | using other header than from, can mail such | tips? I'm using elm's filter program now! Filtering on the subject may not be the safest solution. This list has a header like this: X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org That should be a safe line to filter on. -- The only way tcsh "rocks" is when the rocks are attached to its feet in the deepest part of a very deep lake. (Linus Torvalds) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [-: .elOle. :-] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: error linking X11 lib
Make sure you have xlib6g-dev and/or xlib6-dev (for libc5) On 04-Dec-98 Mário Olímpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to compile some programs (like example.c) from > imagemagick package, that require -lX11 option in gcc/g++ command line. > Every time I tried this, I get an error from ld not been able to find > libX11. But they are all installed. > >linux1: ~# ldconfig -p | grep libX11 > libX11.so.6 (ELF) => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > libX11.so.6 (libc4) => /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libX11.so.6 > libX11.so.6 (ELF) => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > libX11.so.6 (libc5) => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 > libX11.so.3 (libc4) => /usr/X11R5/lib/libX11.so.3 > > The error is: > gcc -O -I../inc -I/user/openwin/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o > ../bin/Linux/hierarchy hierarchy.c ../lib/Linux/libIM.a > ../lib/Linux/libFFT.a ../lib/Linux/libjpeg.a -lm -L/usr/lib > -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11 > ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory > > What I'm doing wrong here? > Thanks, > []s, > Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but > IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
error linking X11 lib
Hi, I'm trying to compile some programs (like example.c) from imagemagick package, that require -lX11 option in gcc/g++ command line. Every time I tried this, I get an error from ld not been able to find libX11. But they are all installed. linux1: ~# ldconfig -p | grep libX11 libX11.so.6 (ELF) => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 libX11.so.6 (libc4) => /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libX11.so.6 libX11.so.6 (ELF) => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 libX11.so.6 (libc5) => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 libX11.so.3 (libc4) => /usr/X11R5/lib/libX11.so.3 The error is: gcc -O -I../inc -I/user/openwin/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o ../bin/Linux/hierarchy hierarchy.c ../lib/Linux/libIM.a ../lib/Linux/libFFT.a ../lib/Linux/libjpeg.a -lm -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11 ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory What I'm doing wrong here? Thanks, []s, Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21
Re: Subjects not so comfortable
> "Andrea" == Andrea Novara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! I have a small config feeling question? Since we > spawn hundreds of messages each day, it would be more > comfortable to have a constant string in subjects such as > [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy filtering. There is an X-Mailing-List header that you can filter on - it includes the list name. Mike
Re: Kernel build
i forgot to say: you can continue where you ended, with make zImage time isn't lost - hey, i'ts linux ! -- Peter Rabenecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] one night is all that stands between them and freedom- but it's going to be one hell of a night --- Begin Message --- Javier Velasco schrieb: hi javier Hi Debian users: I am trying to build a custom kernel based on hamm. Basically I am trying to generate a new kernel with Initio scsi card support, for Pentium processor and only the basic modules I need at home (no more scsi drivers, a few filesystems etc). My problem is that when "make zImage" gets to compile the files under ...arch/i386/boot it gest stuck because it is missing as86. I have looked around the 3 CD of the official hamm distribution but couldn´t find it. I also tried to assemble the files with as, but with no success. I will appreciate any help. Thanx in advance. you have to install (besides the kernel-sources-package): the kernel-package bin86 (herein is the as86)-16-bit assembler and loader -- Peter Rabenecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] one night is all that stands between them and freedom- but it's going to be one hell of a night --- End Message ---
Re: Kernel build
Javier Velasco schrieb: hi javier Hi Debian users: I am trying to build a custom kernel based on hamm. Basically I am trying to generate a new kernel with Initio scsi card support, for Pentium processor and only the basic modules I need at home (no more scsi drivers, a few filesystems etc). My problem is that when "make zImage" gets to compile the files under ...arch/i386/boot it gest stuck because it is missing as86. I have looked around the 3 CD of the official hamm distribution but couldn´t find it. I also tried to assemble the files with as, but with no success. I will appreciate any help. Thanx in advance. you have to install (besides the kernel-sources-package): the kernel-package bin86 (herein is the as86)-16-bit assembler and loader -- Peter Rabenecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] one night is all that stands between them and freedom- but it's going to be one hell of a night
Re: Linux newbie needs help
I'd suggest you read over the GCC-HOWTO... But the gcc compiler can be found at: ftp://ftp.debian.org/net/ac121/linux/distributions/debian/hamm/hamm/binary- i386/devel -Jay In a message dated 12/3/98 1:59:33 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Uh, help. Where can I get a C-Compiler? >
Re: aol.com not blocked anymore? (was Re: just a test - please ignore)
Well, if you read this, I suppose that block has been lifted (maybe just in my case?). IMHO, blocking AOL is a BAD idea - I can understand the need to control spam, but stopping messages from the world's number one e-mail service isn't a very friendly thing to do. There are people that still use AOL constantly (especially here at the office) and run Linux as well. I do have other e-mail accounts tho - so if I have to, I'll switch to my Bigfoot address. :) My 2 cents -Jay In a message dated 12/3/98 12:39:53 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I always thought aol.com has been blocked, because the signal to spam > ratio is so high? > > Jens > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Sorry, but I needed to test my connection to this list - my messages don't > > seem to be going out. >
Re: Dual Booting w/Lilo ?
Fist you need to boot up under linux, then using your favorite text editor (I like vi) open up your /etc/lilo.conf file. delete the line that says 'delay=' replace it with the word 'prompt' Then move to the end of the file, and add these lines: other=/dev/hda table=/dev/hda label=95 If you're not sure which partition your W95 and Linux partions are on, switch to another terminal (Alt-F2), logon, and type: fdisk Then at the prompt type the letter 'p' and enter. Your Windows95 partition will be your other primary partition (it must have the number 1, 2, 3, or 4. Anything above number 4 is a logical drive that is living in an extended partition.) Then you want to make the Linux partition bootable (which you can do either from Linux or Windows95) using fdisk. If you use Linux's fdisk, be sure that you only have one partition marked as being active. Sean At 12/4/98 8:33:00 AM, you wrote: >Hello, >im a sort of *new* debian user (used it like 3 years on shells.. >installed it like 3 weeks ago). anyway heres my question: >Right now im booting from a linux bootdisk which a) takes a few minutes >and b) is a pain in th ass... >Now i know if i use lilo linux will boot only but i also have a >windows95 partition that i need to use for some stuff like games and >junk that i cant do in linux. >Is it possible that when i turn on my computer i get a 'BOOT:' prompt >and i can type either: 'win' for windows or 'linux' for linux using >Lilo? if i can.. can someone give me an example of there lilo.conf file > >thanx (sorry if this sounds confusing i didnt know how to write it any >other way), >AJ > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: Dual Booting w/Lilo ?
AJ wrote: ... >Is it possible that when i turn on my computer i get a 'BOOT:' prompt >and i can type either: 'win' for windows or 'linux' for linux using >Lilo? if i can.. can someone give me an example of there lilo.conf file Here's a sample /etc/lilo.conf that allows booting from a choice of kernels as well as Windows 95. This configuration delays for 20 deciseconds before booting the first image in the list. If you press before the time limit expires, you get a prompt. lilo also has options to prompt by default, and to timeout and boot the default if the prompt is not answered within some time limit. Edit to fit your circumstances and then run /sbin/lilo to implement it: boot=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.1.125 label=Linux append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra parport=auto" read-only # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33 label=Linux-33 append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra" read-only # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34 label=Linux-34 append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra" read-only # Windows 95 other=/dev/hda1 label=Win95 If your Linux root partition is not on the same drive as your DOS/Windows C: partition, you must make boot=/dev/hda (1st IDE drive) or /dev/sda (first SCSI drive), whichever holds the C: partition. If they are on the same drive, you can have boot the same as your root partition, as I do here. This is somewhat safer. -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Therefore despise thou not the chastening of the Almighty." Job 5:17
Re: Dual Booting w/Lilo ?
Ok, this is my lilo.conf: boot = /dev/hda root = /dev/hdb2 install = /boot/boot.b map = /boot/map vga = normal delay = 50 ramdisk = 0 read-only default = linux image = /vmlinuz label = Debian alias = linux image = /boot/vmlinbackup label = backup other = /dev/hda1 label = MS table = /dev/hda Now, translating this: hda is my C drive, which contains Win95 on it. hdb is D drive with Linux on it. hdb2 is where my / is. If you got anymore questions, email me. HTH, Andrew ___ Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354 need you. |
Re: Kernel build
Get bin86 package from debian site. ___ Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354 need you. |
Re: Netgear NIC card support
This is a Tulip-compatible card. The origional card was actually a DECchip Tulip, but the one with the Netgear logo is a Tulip clone. I don't know if it's as good as the DECchip one, but I have gotten it to talk to a network, using both kernel 2.0.34 and 2.1.125 Unfortunately, I haven't been able to try it out on a multi-card configuration. I do know the DECchip works flawlessly with two (That's what my gateway is running) and do know of another no-name card that my ISP wanted me to use, that wouldn't work with another network card installed. It just couldn't detect the interrupt. Don't return the card unless you can't get it to work with either kernel's Tulip driver. I have eight of these cards in my home network, including one of the new ones, and I haven't yet had a problem. The drivers even detected when I swapped my 10M hub for a 10/100 and worked at TX without rebooting. I wish I could say the same for the one 3com card I'm using. Hope this helps. I just happen to like Bay Networks. --Ian On 1 Dec 1998, rathon wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a Netgear Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter card - FX310tx by Bay Networks. > > Then I looked thru the EthernetHOW-TO and this card is not listed anywhere. > > I am using Debian2.0. Does this mean no driver, no support ??? > > Can anyone confirm for me pls ? > > I need to know if I should return this and get something else. The price > was good though. > > Regards, > Rathon > > > Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
What's in kernel 2.1/2.2?
Hi, I see that people are hoping for kernel 2.2 to be released by Christmas. I've looked (honest!) and yet I can't see a straightforward list of the major new features expected in 2.1/2.2. Can anybody point me at something I could look at? (Short of the sources :-) Thanks, Paul Moore.
Who's the ian part in Debian?
Just curiousity from a, hmmm :-) Who is the ian part in debian? Ian Jackson or Ian Murdock? What's the relationship between the two? And where'e debra mentioned in the debian faq? Just curiosity, in no means I want to be offensive. And sorry for my poor english :-) --zhaoway
Re: proxy ftp software ?
> -> The 'squid' package offers a very flexible and configurable FTP and HTTP > -> caching-proxy server. > > yes but it uses http protocol which is not very good (means it's unusable) > for FTP client; Use TIS firewall toolkit: fwtk_1.3-1.deb from Debian 1.3 distribution. Bye Guido. -- +++ | Guido Bozzetto | Office phone fax: +39 0432 548314 | L'avar al è chel | \/ I | E-mail: :-) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | che si lambiche | OO like | Web:http://www.nauta.it/~bozzetto/ | a vivi puar | -- Linux | Talk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | par muri sior +++
Dual Booting w/Lilo ?
Hello, im a sort of *new* debian user (used it like 3 years on shells.. installed it like 3 weeks ago). anyway heres my question: Right now im booting from a linux bootdisk which a) takes a few minutes and b) is a pain in th ass... Now i know if i use lilo linux will boot only but i also have a windows95 partition that i need to use for some stuff like games and junk that i cant do in linux. Is it possible that when i turn on my computer i get a 'BOOT:' prompt and i can type either: 'win' for windows or 'linux' for linux using Lilo? if i can.. can someone give me an example of there lilo.conf file thanx (sorry if this sounds confusing i didnt know how to write it any other way), AJ
Re: Subjects not so comfortable
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Andrea Novara wrote: > I have a small config feeling question? > Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it > would be more comfortable to have a constant string > in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy > filtering. > > If anyone have better suggestions or cat filter > using other header than from, can mail such > tips? I'm using elm's filter program now! Please install the Debian procmail package and read /usr/doc/procmail/QuickStart It tells you how to filter lists like this one.
Re: recommendations for an X news client?
On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 08:27 +, Peter Bartosch wrote: > }-> I'm looking for something better than knews and netscape's news client -- > }-> any suggestions? > > slrn? > > if you've used mutt slrn won't be a problem ;-) You could try news-peruser. I believe the latest version has switched to gtk+. As for slrn I'd use it if it had an option to just download the headers and mark interesting articles for later retrieval. Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .plan: To find a job working with Linux
Compressing hard disk
Hi, Did someone managed to install e2compr-1.06.orig ? My hard disk is too small to fit everything, and I heard e2compr was acting as stacker. But I was unable to install it on my linux, the compilation and the kernel patch both failed. I have a 2.0.34 kernel. Has someone tried and managed to do it ? With what kernel version ? Is someone planning to do a deb file ? ( does one exist already ) ? TIA -- \\|// VDB g (O O) OOO~(_)~oOOO~~~ <:o) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :-xxx ooO~Ooo ~~:-)
Subjects not so comfortable
Hi! I have a small config feeling question? Since we spawn hundreds of messages each day, it would be more comfortable to have a constant string in subjects such as [ DEBIAN ] that allows easy filtering. If anyone have better suggestions or cat filter using other header than from, can mail such tips? I'm using elm's filter program now! Many thanks -- Saluti, Andrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] ` ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' ' ''' ''' ''' ''' ' ' ''' ''' ''' ''' ''' There's no Linux 95 or 98 because Linux is forever!!
/boot
Hello. I am about to try Debian 2.0.2, in an effor to decide which of the distributions I intend to keep on my small network. Was using RH 5.2, and on initial install of RH, created a 10 Mb /boot partition. Will Debian optimally use the /boot partition, during the install and during use, or should I repartition /boot , to include it in the / (root)directory ? Thanks for any and all assistance. Kevin McMillan
Re: remove mail periodically?
Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If so, then you should be able to simply delete them with an appropriate
> "find" command, perhaps from a cron job (add a file to /etc/cron.daily).
>
> Try:
> find . -mtime 7 -exec ls -l {} \;
find would return files wich are exactly 7 days old.
he will need to launch this each day.
I ahve seen a tool on readhat named tmpwatch which removed files older than
an amount of hours.
--
o-o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michel Verdier)
http://www.chez.com/mverdier
Re: upgrading libc6
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I want to upgrade libc6 from 2.0.7t to 2.0.7u to use apt and wine. >But when I type: " dpkg -i libc6_2.0.7u-6.deb ", it prompts > > libc6 conflicts with sysvinit (<< 2.75) > sysvinit (version 2.72-3) is installed. > dpkg: error processing libc6_2.0.7u-6.deb (--install): > conflicting packages - not installing libc6 Get libc6_2.0.7u-7.deb Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Re: Linux cannot use swap bigger then 460Mb ?
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Jan Krupa wrote:
> I have Pentium II, 512 Mb RAM, Linux debian 2.0,
> kernel 2.0.36
> I need quite big swap, so I created 7 swap partitions
> hda3,hda5,...,hda10, as seen below:
[...]
> When the system is loading it prints that the 7 (seven)
> sawp partitions are activating, and that's mean that I have
> 860Mb of swap.
>
> Unfortunately when the mathematica3.0 is running,
> after using ("consuming") all RAM memory it can only
> use up to 460Mb of swap and then it prints message:
> 'out of memory' and exits the calculations
Hmmm. You might want to ask on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing
list. That's where the real kernel gurus hang out. I just saw today that
the 2.0.x kernels have problems with more than 960MB of RAM. The 2.1.X
kernels do better. The figure 512+460=972 is so close to that 960 number
that I wonder if they're related?
I also know that Linux can't use more than 128MB of swap per partition,
but that doesn't seem to be your problem. I suppose you could see if maybe
there's a bad spot in one of the swap partitions - run mkswap again or
something.
Beyond that, I can't really offer any suggestions. If it's any
consolation, I'm green with envy - I have a 486-100 with 64MB of RAM and
32MB of swap. :->
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles(248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Economies don't like step functions." - Dr. Leonard Bieman
Re: how to shut pppd in script
Vladimir Popov wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The idea is to disconnect from ISP after all scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ ar
>e
>executed. When I run script:
>
>=
>#!/bin/sh
>if test -e shut.ppp
>then
> echo "It exists"
>else
> echo "It doesn't exists"
>fi
>=
>
>everything is ok. But when I place script
>
>=
>#!/bin/sh
>if test -e shut.ppp
>then
> kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid'
>fi
>=
>
>in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d it isn't working. If I run in command line
>
>kill 'cat /var/run/ppp0.pid'
>
>it works. Where I'm wrong?
[I assume those single quotes (') are actually backquotes (`)? Otherwise
it would never work.]
I suspect that the ppp0.pid file is not written until after the ip-up
script has run. Try putting a line in ip-up to test this:
ls -l /var/run/ppp0.pid >/tmp/ppp.test 2>&1
and see what you get in /tmp/ppp.test.
--
Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1
"Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.
Therefore despise thou not the chastening of the
Almighty." Job 5:17
Re: HELP: jikes & libstdc++.so.2.8 probs
On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 15:56:15 +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > > what can i do to get this solved? Install libstdc++2.8_2.90.29-2 which should be on most mirrors by now. Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: Is ssh version 2.0.x going to be added to Debian ?
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 14:14:18 -0800, Geoffrey L. Brimhall wrote: > Is this going to be put into Debian at some time ? Perhaps. If someone volunteers to package it. > If not, what are the issue (not enough free time to do it, > not-freeware-enough-license, etc) ? SSH2's license defines "commercial use" more broadly than SSH1. So broad, that the SSH1 maintainer isn't interested in packaging it. Ray - who encourages people to work on a free SSH 2 protocol implemenatation - see http://www.net.lut.ac.uk/psst/ -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: egcs 1.1.1
On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 21:20:51 -0600, Chris Frost wrote: > Has anyone grabbed egcs 1.1.1 and compiled it? The last egcs 1.1.1 prerelease (which is identical to the release) is available in both frozen and unstable. Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: Linux newbie needs help
Hello, > Just successfully installed my first linux box with no problems. Now I want > to install KDE. If you are using Debian, you need to install it the Debian Way... Most of KDE is in the contrib, X11, extra section. If you select it with dselect or apt, it'll automatically download whatever else you need (Qt library, JPEG library, etc). So you shouldn't need to worry about it. If you are doing it manually with dpkg, it'll tell you what's missing and you have to go get it yourself before it'll let you go on. > In the KDE install guide, it says that I need the Qt library. The Qt library is in the qt1g package (non-free, libraries, optional). If you install via dselect or apt, you don't need to worry about it. > I downloaded Qt, untar-ed it. When I type ./configure (like > it says to do in INSTALL) it says: ... > Uh, help. Where can I get a C-Compiler? It's called gcc, and Debian has it in the main, devel, standard section. However, you don't need it for installing packages from Debian, because they're all available pre-compiled. > One more thing. Are there any free POP3 clients for Linux? Yes. In Unix the mail system is standardized, so you'll need several parts: a POP fetcher (such as "fetchmail"), a user program (such as "mutt" or "elm" or "pine" or whatever) and a program for general mail delivery, such as "exim". All these are available within Debian. The setup is like this: outside world | ^ | | v | fetchmail / | / |/ v / mutt <---> exim Terminology you'll see elsewhere: exim is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA) mutt is a Mail User Agent (MUA) HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Understanding /root, /usr, /var and so on
Hello, > -> the /usr is the main area comparable to WINDOWS PROGRAMMS, > > it contains programs, sometimes configs, docs etc etc ^^^ I thought /usr is not allowed to contain configs? Configs should go into /etc, /var, the user's home directory or the current directory. If you find a Debian package that has a config in /usr, it's a bug, because FSSTND compliance is mandated by the Policy. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Understanding /root, /usr, /var and so on
Hello, > Please help me for the right understanding: I think you have it almost right... > the /root contains only the kernel and the device drivers, Actually, that's just "/". It's called the root directory, but it's not actually under /root. (/root is the administrator's working area.) > the /home is the working area / space for the user (with space for > store of their own data?), Yes. Each user gets a subdirectory of /home. > the /usr is the main area comparable to WINDOWS PROGRAMMS, Yes. If memory serves, it can actually be on a read-only partition. > /var for printer, mail, newsgroups. Yes - also for other sundry things that need to be written, including system logs in /var/log Let's see what other directories I have: /tmp - temporary files /bin, /sbin, /lib - (part of /) system programs (programs that need to be available even when /usr is missing) /boot - boot file /dev - (part of /) devices /etc - (part of /) configuration files /initrd - no idea - what is this? /mnt or /mount - some admins use one of these for all their mount points /proc - system information (not actually on disk) HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: procmail autoreply script?
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Felix K.K. Chang wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I use a procmail/fetchmail/smail combination. I know that exim is
> the recommended mta now, but I do not want to change right now.
> I was wondering if someone could help me with the following problem.
>
> I have a mail address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This address will be obsolete
> within a few weeks so I want to reply to people who use that
> address that I have a different setup. I may not use a .forward file,
> btw.
>
> I basically want a procmail entry that sends the mail to my inbox as
> usual
> but also replies to the sender with some message like 'please use
> address
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>
> Can some procmail guru help me with this? I find the procmail docs
> somewhat unclear.
Install the procmail-lib package. Has many good examples. I use this for
my pgp reply script:
:0
* ^Subject:.*pgpkey
* ! ^FROM_DAEMON
* $ ! ^X-Loop: $MY_ADDR
{
# Save a copy just in case
:0 c:
pgp.requests
:0 fhw
| formail -rI"Subject: PGP Key Request: Michael Beattie <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>" \
-I"From: Michael Beattie <$MY_ADDR>" \
-I"Precedence: junk" \
-I"X-Loop: $MY_ADDR" \
-I"Mime-Version: 1.0" \
-I"Content-Type: application/pgp; format=keys-only" \
-I"Content-Description: PGP Key: Michael Beattie <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>" \
-I"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit"
:0 fbw
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HTH,
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Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution
Hello,
> > I decided to partition my hard disk into:
> > /boot 50MB
> > /home 50MB (maybe more)
> > /root 50MB
> > /var150MB (maybe more)
> > /usr700MB
> > /etc50MB
> > /swap 128MB
> > /dos200MB
> > /tmp50MB
> > -
> > Sum.1428MB -> rest: 270MB for ???
> >
> >Would this be a good idea? Any criticism welcome!!!
Probably better to design it by starting out with everything in one big
partition ("/") and saying *why* you want things separate for each one.
As others have pointed out, having many partitions wastes space, because you
need to leave a bit to spare in each one separately. Perhaps more importantly,
it'll end up making things *messy* rather than organized, because when you run
out of space on one of them (and you will), you'll start putting things where
they don't belong, soft-linking them all over the place.
On my disk, the only thing I have separate is the swap partition.
That said, here's the things you might reasonably want to make separate:
Most likely:
swap space - much more efficient
/boot - if your disk is over 1023 cylinders and you boot with LILO
Maybe:
/tmp, /var, /home - try & stop runaway processes (either 3 partitions or 1)
/usr - to be mounted read-only
Probably not:
/etc - some of the files are needed during boot
/bin, /sbin, /lib - programs needed for boot and minimal admin
/root - too small to worry about
You can, of course, divide it finer - eg have a partition for /var/spool to
guard against mailbombs, but leave the rest of /var on the root partition.
> Usually, when you see a system with a bunch of mount points, it's because
> there's more than one disk. Using 4 2GB drives is better than one 8GB
> drive because:
>
> 1. if one drive goes down, you only lose the data on that one drive,
> not the other 3.
> 2. there are 4 I/O paths for data (i.e. you can read from more than
> one disk simultaneously) which reduces I/O wait times and speeds up
> the system.
And a couple of others:
3. cheaper
4. you can do RAID if you like
HTH
Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Installing .deb pkgs on other Linuxes?
Hello, > Does anyone know how I can go abt installing .deb pkgs on other > Linuxes such as Redhat? Others have pointed out how to do via the "convert to RPM" route. If you don't want to do that, or can't, you can do: ar x xyzzy.deb Which will give you two tarballs, one with control information (which you would read and carry out manually) and t'other with the program itself. HTH Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: first attempt to run UUCP; failed
On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 03:20:54AM +0400, Eugene Sevinian wrote: > 54.54 1060) Calling system spyur (port ttyS2) > 54.54 1060) DEBUG: fcsend: Writing "ATZ\r" sleep > 55.56 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Looking for 3 "OK\r" > 55.56 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Got "\r\nATZ\r\r\nOK\r" (found it) > 55.56 1060) DEBUG: fcsend: Writing sleep "ATM0L0E1Q0\r" sleep > 57.60 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Looking for 3 "OK\r" > 57.60 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Got "\nATM0L0E1Q0\r\r\nOK\r" (found it) > 57.60 1060) DEBUG: fcsend: Writing "ATDP" \D "562635\r" > 57.60 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Looking for 7 "CONNECT" > 57.61 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Got "\nATDP562635\r\r\nNO CARRIER" > 50.95 1060) DEBUG: icexpect: Found 10 "NO CARRIER" Perhaps your delay is not long enough between dialing and connecting -- especially since you are pulse dialing, which is quite slow. I can't remember how you increase it exactly though, it's been some time since I played with this stuff. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
procmail autoreply script?
Hello all, I use a procmail/fetchmail/smail combination. I know that exim is the recommended mta now, but I do not want to change right now. I was wondering if someone could help me with the following problem. I have a mail address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This address will be obsolete within a few weeks so I want to reply to people who use that address that I have a different setup. I may not use a .forward file, btw. I basically want a procmail entry that sends the mail to my inbox as usual but also replies to the sender with some message like 'please use address [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Can some procmail guru help me with this? I find the procmail docs somewhat unclear. Thanks in advance, Felix -- ir F.K.K. ChangHaarlemmerstraat 303 http://stad.dsl.nl/~changfkk 2312 DV Leiden mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/Fax 071 5147683 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Overdag 0251 492927 ___
Re: serial terminal hangs at login prompt
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I've tried connecting two different terminals to the serial port on my > hamm box. One was an old pc with terminal emulator software, the other > is a genuine Digital VT100. Both hang at the login prompt. > > I ran 'getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100' most recently for the VT100. I got > the login prompt, but when I typed my username, there was no response > on the screen. I have also setup /etc/inittab to run getty and do get > the login prompt on the VT100 when the hamm box boots. Okay, check `ps ax` when you have typed in your username and pressed enter. I sometimes had this problem, and it was the cable I was using. I get this: ... 204 S1 S0:00 /bin/login -- ... > When I did 'man getty' I got the man page for 'agetty'. It indicated > that the '-L' switch should be used if the terminal hangs at the login > prompt. I did 'find / -name "agetty*"' and no files were found. I > looked up both getty and agetty in 'Linux in a Nutshell' and found > that '-L' only works for agetty and not getty. I searched > /stable/main/packages for 'agetty' and couldn't find it. my options in /etc/inittab are so: T1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L -w ttyS1 19200 vt220 (the -w tells it to wait for a CR before sending the login prompt - handy for when the terminal is off when my box boots.) Try it with vt220. I use it because it supports all the function keys, and ,... etc > Q1: Where can I find 'agetty'? I think mgetty IS agetty. > Q2: Is it possible my manpage and executable are mis-matched? Have no idea. the options within the man page work for me, and I have mgetty too. (with the agetty man page) > Q3: Is there something that I'm overlooking in trying to connect > a serial terminal? Check the settings within the terminal. specifically if you are using a direct or null modem cable. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - WinErr: 003 Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Re: mounting /cdrom only for group cdrom
Installing sudo is a good way to go about that sort of thing... it's a very good general-purpose solution for this sort of requirement. If you like, I can email you the relevant portions of my configuration-file. On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 07:26:51PM +, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > How can I make that the users of the group 'cdrom' (and only those > users!) can mount /cdrom? > > I've tried with the 'user' option but then everybody can mount the > cdrom. I've also checked the permisions of /dev/cdrom and they're allright > (read for user+group).
Re: masq server hardware req's
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, David Stern wrote: > On Thu, 03 Dec 1998 04:09:47 PST, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 12:06:10AM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > > > Sorry for the dig, but "Only in America" > > > > America has nothing to do with it. Only in the net-idiot land of > > Gatesville and Windowstown. Okay... Gatesville is in Redmond, and Windowstown? That must be american. It's Windowscity over here. I hardly know anyone that uses a non-M$ OS. > Not exactly. Christmas email reindeer animations were a conspired by a > renegade faction of Santa's elves who have ties with Microsoft > headquarters hometown, Redmond, WA (U.S.) city officials. > > In response to the U.S. Justice Department Microsoft antitrust lawsuit > investigation, Redmond city mayor said regarding the allegation of ties > to Santa's elves: "I don't remember .. I don't know what that means". Something stinks of Bill here. > The U.S. Justice Department now believes a splinter group of the > Santa's elves faction has fled to New Zealand and that Christmas email > reindeer animations will increase dramatically by December 25, > particularly for Debian Linux users. ARRRGGHHH!!! NO! Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - "Bother," said Pooh, as the rip cord came away in his hand - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Kernel build
Hi Debian users: I am trying to build a custom kernel based on hamm. Basically I am trying to generate a new kernel with Initio scsi card support, for Pentium processor and only the basic modules I need at home (no more scsi drivers, a few filesystems etc). My problem is that when "make zImage" gets to compile the files under ...arch/i386/boot it gest stuck because it is missing as86. I have looked around the 3 CD of the official hamm distribution but couldn´t find it. I also tried to assemble the files with as, but with no success. I will appreciate any help. Thanx in advance.
Re: proxy ftp software ?
-> Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: -> > -> > is there a package to create a proxy ftp server ? -> -> The 'squid' package offers a very flexible and configurable FTP and HTTP -> caching-proxy server. yes but it uses http protocol which is not very good (means it's unusable) for FTP client; -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia BIC coord for *.sk; admin of netlab.irc.sk; co-admin of irc.felk.cvut.cz
