Re: "idled" the thing that wouldn't die
As the other reply said, daemons are in /etc/init.d. You can do stuff /etc/init.d/daemon (stop|start|restart|reload) or whatever it supports. If a package failed to remove its functionality when you removed it, please file a bug. Install the bug package (apt-get install bug) and see the man page for it, makes things alot simpler. On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 07:46:27PM -0500, Tom wrote: > I decided to try the idled package which disconnects users after being > idle for a specified period of time. When I first discovered that it > does not recognize someone in X as using the machine I tried to > uninstall it using dselect. After rebooting I was still being kicked or > the system after 60 minutes. I went back to dselect and purged the > application. rebooted. No change. Next I decide to reinstall, but to > modify the config file. I tried to change the default idle time before > log out to 300 minutes from 60. I also added my user name to the exempt > list. Rebooted. This all had no effect. > My current idea is to remark out the line which loads this thing at boot > up. I am not sure how to do that, or even which file I need to edit. > Any help is appreiciated. Thanks > > By the way, is it really necessary to reboot to turn of a daemon? -- Rafael Kitover [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Where can I ge Debian stickers?]
*- rathon wrote about "Re: [Where can I ge Debian stickers?]" > I would even buy a Debian Hat or a T-shirt if there was any.. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone know where I can get "Powered By debian" stickers? > You can get a lot of stuff with any image you want on it at http://www.my-mug.com/ -- 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 -
Re: upgrade to slink
When Alexander Kushnirenko wrote, I replied: > > Hi, Ralph! > > I'm sorry for such a long delay in answering, Holidays really took over me. > Briefly I don't know what your problem is. I tried your > /etc/apt/sources.list, it works for me just fine. Please don't apologize; this is a very busy time for most of us, and you did, after all, reply. > > > > > E: Line 8974 in package file > > > > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages > > May be it's worth trying to remove that file (or better moving it to some safe > place), and start over. It won't do any harm for your system, I just tried > it on my computer, after "Update" it'll get another file for you from > official site. It looks like it's structure is corrupted > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Pac > kages > > Well, that's the only bright idea that I got. I'm well past that problem - I don't even remember what I did to get around it (I think I just rm'd the file and tried, tried again). Slink broke my fvwm95 window manager, and after fooling around with it for a few days, I decided to give wmaker a try. I'm very glad I did! I like it already, and am very aware that I'm using only a fraction of its capabilities. > > Sasha. Thanks for your concern and reply, Sasha. Ralph > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > > > > > Hi, Ralph! > > > > > > Could you please specify more details: when it happens? > > > > Immediately after "Updating package file cache" message > > > > > Did you succeed in installation of APT? > > > > I've been using the apt method of dselect for Hamm for months. > > > > > Which version of APT are you running? > > > > Not sure - apt-get --version says "E: Unknown option --version" > > > > > Did you select it in you access method? > > > > Yes > > > > > Could you please include your /etc/apt/sources.list > > > file? > > > > OK. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sasha. > > > > Thank you, Sasha > > > > > > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free > > > > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > > > > > > > When I try this I get: > > > > > > > > E: Line 8974 in package file > > > > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages > > > > is too long. > > > > > > > > Whay's up with that? > > > > -- > > - > > Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The IQ of the group is that of the member > > whose IQ is lowest divided by the number > > of members. > > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; > > name="sources.list" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Disposition: inline; > > filename="sources.list" > > > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > > > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110-- > > -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.
RE:Adding memory
I have just purchased some more memory for my machine so that i can upgrade it to 64megs. Is there anything that i need to do so that Debian will recognize it or should I just put it in and start the machine up??? /\ /\/\ /\/\ MONTANA- Home of the "Reasonable and Prudent" John Greer
Re: X questions
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:18:41AM +0100, Marcus Geiger wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to know, with which X-toolkits some of the traditional X applications > are implemented: ghostview, offix-files. (isn't it the athena widget set ???). Easy :) ldd `which ghostview` will show you what dynamic libraries the application uses. Xaw/Xt is the athena widgets. Xm is lesstif, etc. When in doubt go to the packages search page on www.debian.org and put the library name in "contents" to find the relative package. -- Rafael Kitover [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AWE 64 setup ?
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:42:24AM +0100, Didier Verna wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Is there a simple way to setup my SoundBlaster AWE 64 for debian ?
please install:
Package: awe-drv
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 462
Maintainer: Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: awe
Version: 0.4.3-pre-2-1
Replaces: awe-utils, awe-patch
Provides: awe-utils, awe-patch
Depends: libawe0.4, libc6 (>= 2.0.7u)
Conflicts: awe-utils, awe-patch
Description: Linux AWE32 driver source and utilities
[..]
Package: isapnptools
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 1.16-4.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), dpkg (>= 1.4.0.21), grep, awk
Suggests: pciutils
[..]
after that configure Your kernel like:
!!!
please note:
the irq's and th io'sare based on the
configruation of my systems, this
are my individual settings of this
items .
It is highly recommended You will
change these parameters to the
dependencies of Your system.
!!!
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
CONFIG_SB=y
CONFIG_ADLIB=y
CONFIG_AUDIO=y
CONFIG_MIDI=y
CONFIG_YM3812=y
SBC_BASE=220
SBC_IRQ=9
SBC_DMA=3
SB_DMA2=7
SB_MPU_BASE=330
SB_MPU_IRQ=-1
DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536
CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y
CONFIG_AWE32_SYNTH=y
an build a new kernel, don't forget to add the line
sound in Your
/etc/modules
[..]
# loading the sound module
sound
#st
next step
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
edit the resulted file, maby result is:
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.16 1998/10/09 22:19:06 fox Exp $
# Board 1 has serial identifier 41 12 94 bb 9f c5 00 8c 0e
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x020b)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/311737247 (LD 0
# ANSI string -->Audio<--
(INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 3))
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 7))
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
(NAME "CTL00c5/311737247[0]{Audio }")
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/311737247 (LD 1
# Compatible device id PNPb02f
# ANSI string -->Game<--
(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0200))
(NAME "CTL00c5/311737247[1]{Game}")
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/311737247 (LD 2
(IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))
(IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0A20))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0E20))
(NAME "CTL00c5/311737247[2]{WaveTable }")
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)
#end of /etc/isapnp.conf
--
Peter
Re: xterm not found in slink
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:28:31AM +0100, Gernot Bauer wrote: Hi Gernot, > There are many "obsolete" packages (like xbase-client and others - when > I try to de-install them, I get dependency-errors...) but no xdm or > xterm-package. :( > > Is it a problem of my debian-mirror? I dont' know, but if You are use the german mirror it could be happened try: entry in your /etc/apt/sources.list # begin of file /etc/apt/sources/list # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free #end of file and than if You like to upgrade Your whole distribution: apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade if Your not sure, or like to see what happened if You do this type before the above line, first apt-get -s update; apt-get -s dist-upgrade which give Your a overlook what would happen if You really start the apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade note: if You like this: you have to install xterm and xmodmap and also Your xfont-upgrades via apt-get update xterm; apt-get install xterm apt-get update xmodmap; apt-get install xmodmap etc, You also can install only packages via install like the above lines, apt-get will handle the dependencies itself, no matter and You don't need to handle dependencies Yourself cYa -- Peter
Re: X won;t start after partial slink upgrade :-(
Stan Brown wrote: > > In an attempt to get the siag office automation suite set up, I have > been partialy upgrading my hamm system to frozen. > > I have installed xbase, which warned me that I would need othe > packagse > now. I added xter, and xbas-clients, but now my system will not start > X. > > The symlink for the appropriate X server (the S3 one if it matters) > was > missing, so i create it by hand. Now X will start if I run the raw X > serve (X). However I have no startx script. > > What packages do I need? > > Is there aconfiguration script that I can run to fix this? > > Thanks. > I was afraid something like this would happen since X was broken down into about a dozen packages in slink. I believe you will need to do a complete install of the slink X11. You might need to forcibly remove all hamm X11 packages before installing slink's X11 stuff. In slink, X11 is broken down into ~12 packages, some like xbase and xfonts-base are obvious, others like xdm and xprt aren't so obvious. The version number in slink for these files is 3.3.2.3a-8. So when you upgrade using dselect take a look at every file, in the x11 sections, with the above version and read its description to determine whether you need it or not. -- Ed C.
RE: more on the remote access server
[ you should post to debian-isp i think ] On 28-Dec-98, ivan took time to write : > So as to gain as much experience and knowledge as I can I want to set up > the home system so that it emulates a major ISP as closely as possible. I > have 3 486 machines and 1 pentium 133 and 1 pentium 200. i'm working with an isp having one 486 and one pentium computer both Debian 2.0 > As I understand it, a major ISP has on seperate machines proxy server > (squid), web server (apache), news server (slrn/inn ?), mail server > (sendmail), IP allocation (DHCP). No firewall is required because no user the last two items (DHCP and mail server) don't need specific computers. of course it depends on the number of customers you have ! > will have a shell account and no machine on my LAN will have any > information of any value. If I am right a firewall is not needed by an ISP > because the clients both send and receive requests and information and so > the servers have to sit outside of any firewall anyway ??? You're _VERY_ wrong. You _absolutely_ need a firewall First to protect your customers : you don't want someone using Back Orifice to control from the Internet the computer of your customers. Then to protect yourself: you have to block for example external (ie from Internet) telnet access to your computers, etc... In fact it's better to use a 'deny all; allow some' politic. Deny all trafic then carefully enable some of it. For example: allow web access from anywhere to web server (and not to anywhere else) etc... You should also be a 'politically' correct ISP : your firewall has to insure that all packets you're sending are really using IP from your network (to prevent IP spoofing from your part) and you should discard all packets coming from Internet with IP like 10.* or 192.168.* (see RFCs for details), that is private IPs which should not be relayed. > I assume that to handle 15 incoming lines I need 15 modems (and 30 lines > requires 30 modems etc). How do I connect these 15 modems to the LAN ? Do yes. you have many solutions. one of them is to buy a cyclade card, you put it in a computer with linux and then you can plug in it 8 modems for example, and as far (use version 2.0.36 it's better) linux have now 8 new serial ports. in that case you use pppd, authentication done by standard unix ways (/etc/passwd and friends) linux is then doing the routing and everything. as far as everything goes the customer at the other end of the modem has an IP (statically or dinamically assigned, both are possible) and is directly connected to the net. > I need 3 machines each with 5 serial ports ? I understood that something > like the cisco 1603 ISDN router has 'x' number of serial ports that the that's another solution: buy a specific hardware > modems plug into and a 10baseT connection to plug into the LAN. The router > is then in charge of directing traffic back to the requesting client. But > if this is the case, who verifies the logins, assigns IP numbers and > initiates the ppp connection to the dial-in client ? don't know for that sorry. I think you will have audience on debian-isp too. Patrick
Re: [Where can I ge Debian stickers?]
I would even buy a Debian Hat or a T-shirt if there was any.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know where I can get "Powered By debian" stickers? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: upgrade to slink
Hi, Ralph! I'm sorry for such a long delay in answering, Holidays really took over me. Briefly I don't know what your problem is. I tried your /etc/apt/sources.list, it works for me just fine. > > > E: Line 8974 in package file > > > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages May be it's worth trying to remove that file (or better moving it to some safe place), and start over. It won't do any harm for your system, I just tried it on my computer, after "Update" it'll get another file for you from official site. It looks like it's structure is corrupted /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Pac kages Well, that's the only bright idea that I got. Sasha. > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > > > Hi, Ralph! > > > > Could you please specify more details: when it happens? > > Immediately after "Updating package file cache" message > > > Did you succeed in installation of APT? > > I've been using the apt method of dselect for Hamm for months. > > > Which version of APT are you running? > > Not sure - apt-get --version says "E: Unknown option --version" > > > Did you select it in you access method? > > Yes > > > Could you please include your /etc/apt/sources.list > > file? > > OK. > > > > > Thanks, > > Sasha. > > Thank you, Sasha > > > > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free > > > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > > > > > When I try this I get: > > > > > > E: Line 8974 in package file > > > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages > > > is too long. > > > > > > Whay's up with that? > > -- > - > Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The IQ of the group is that of the member > whose IQ is lowest divided by the number > of members. > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; > name="sources.list" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; > filename="sources.list" > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > --82107DDBF4FA925F2C251110-- >
Re: _very_ reproducable WP8 X client lib error.
On 28-Dec-98 Havoc Pennington wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: >> >> This bug is 100% reproducable. >> >> Sugestions? >> > > Email Corel. It's almost certainly a WordPerfect bug, and since > WordPerfect is not free software there's nothing anyone else can do > about it. For what it's worth, when I read Stan Brown's posting about the "_very_ reproducible bug" I tried to reproduce it. And failed. WP-8 labels worked fine for me. I installed out of the "full" tar file onto a 1-year-old SuSE-5.1 Linux system (with of course libc5 libraries). Maybe some interaction between WP-8 and the Linux distribution you use; in which case it's not necessarily a WordPerfect bug at all. Cheers, Ted. E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 28-Dec-98 Time: 19:08:59
Re: Fujitsu Dynamo errors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I just bought a Fujutsu DynaMO 640SE magneto optical disk and am > having trouble getting it to work. I have made progress by moving > from a 2.0.33 to a 2.0.34 kernel and am now able to partition it, but > it gets errors partway into mke2fs when writing inode tables. Two > different disks will fail at different inodes, and the same disk will > fail at different inodes on different runs. Before the 2.0.34 kernel > and 2048 byte sector patches, the drive was wrongly recognized as a > 39mb removable drive. Fdisk now correctly sees it with 620k 1k blocks. I have the internal version, and I changed to kernel 2.1.131 to get it running, and there are no problems, using 2 different disks by now. (BTW I'm using the drive for backup with mirrordir, which for me seems to be the easiest way to backup my files.) The only thing I can't explain is the following error message each time when I start fdisk, which however doesn't have any consequences (anyway I didn't realize one): | Dec 28 20:45:06 wabe modprobe: can't locate module block-major-3 | Dec 28 20:45:06 wabe modprobe: can't locate module block-major-3 | Dec 28 20:45:06 wabe modprobe: can't locate module block-major-22 | Dec 28 20:45:06 wabe modprobe: can't locate module block-major-22 | Dec 28 20:45:06 wabe kernel: ll_rw_block: device 08:10: only | 2048-char blocks implemented (1024) I made the file system with `mke2fs -c -b2048 /dev/sdb1' (but so did you, I assume). I show you my relevant boot messages and fdisk output, maybe it can be interesting for you: | $ dmesg | Linux version 2.1.131 (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 SMP Mon Dec 14 1998 | | [...] | | scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 3.1d | scsi : 1 host. | ncr53c860-0: command processing resumed | ncr53c860-0-<0,*>: FAST-20 SCSI 20.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 8) | Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-34330Rev: S65A | Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 | Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW4416S Rev: 1.0b | Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Vendor: FUJITSU Model: M2513EL Rev: 0010 | Type: Optical Device ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi removable disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 | ncr53c860-0-<0,0>: tagged command queue depth set to 4 | scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total. | SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8467200 [4134 MB] [4.1 GB] | ncr53c860-0-<2,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8) | SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 2048 bytes. Sectors= 310352 [606 MB] [0.6 GB] | sdb: Write Protect is off | | [...] | # fdisk -l | | [...] | | Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 606 cylinders | Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes | |Device Boot BeginStart End Blocks Id System | /dev/sdb111 606 620528 83 Linux native Hope it helps, greetings, jtr
Re: kde toolbar buttons
try installing kdelibs0g-dev _ _ | |(_) http://www.iit.edu/~jenseri | _| | | Page me via ICQ at | |___ | | http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19022931 |__/ | or by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__/ On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Madarasz Karoly wrote: > Hello! > > My KDE toolbar buttons are displayed without > the images in it. They appeare as blue squares. > At startup I get something like: > > Can't load (find) pixmap files. > > Thanks, > Karesz. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: _very_ reproducable WP8 X client lib error.
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: > > This bug is 100% reproducable. > > Sugestions? > Email Corel. It's almost certainly a WordPerfect bug, and since WordPerfect is not free software there's nothing anyone else can do about it. Havoc
speaking of unofficial lyx . . .
there is a mailmerge package available. I think that it's somewhere as a contrib package on the site, but I'd have to look. If that fails & you need it (or want to code more of it :), I can send the most recent version. It's not done, and a couple of the options don't work yet (seems to me that separating by a paragraph marker is one of them), but it worked well enough to send out 200 job applications :) And it's done in the text-based way of the 80's word processors, rather than the brain-dead way word & staroffice do it. --
RE: Suggestion for a simple Perl X-Toolkit?
> I figure my current options are Perl/Tk and Xforms4Perl. > There is also a perl gtk+ package. The tk one is fairly easy. The forms version will be non-free and if you are using these apps in a business, you are suppoed to pay for the forms lib. To my knowledge there is no GUI developer tool for this. This is one area UNIX is still lacking, mostly due to the fact that until recently no one cared or "needed" it. This is changing.
RE: Eterm
On 25-Dec-98 Phillip Neumann wrote: > Hello, > > When typing Eterm in a xterm, that will bring a transparent Eterm. Thats ok > becouse i have alias Eterm='Eterm -O'... But When invoking it from the gnome > panel or from an E button that will not bring a trans Eterm as i wishIs > it normal that thouse dont `see' the aliases? How should i make that see it? Correct, they are not seeing your alias. If you want Eterm to ALWAYS be transparent, move the trans theme MAIN file to ~/.Eterm/themes/Eterm. (Note location and capitalization) Your other option is to edit the menu or button configs for whatever wm/other you are using.
Suggestion for a simple Perl X-Toolkit?
I'd like to get into creating some simple Perl-driven X apps (I don't code C++). I figure my current options are Perl/Tk and Xforms4Perl. Any experience with any of them? Do they both have GUI builders to lay out the application look, buttons and stuff? Any good docs out there? (Or are those bundled good?) (I found http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkTOC.html) Any advice or suggections? Thanks, -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/
_very_ reproducable WP8 X client lib error.
I am having a reproducable problem with WP*. It must be a clinet side library problem, since it ccurs even on remote X servers. If you go to "Format", and select "Labels" then select a label, and press "OK" WP says an X server error has occured. "Popushell must have a non NULL parent". I have upgraded to xlib6-3.3.2.a-8 from frozen, and it still persists. I know I got a good download, because I have installe from the same tarball on a FreBSD machine, and runing it under Linux emulation there does not reproduce the bug. This bug is 100% reproducable. Sugestions? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
[off topic] Stacking machines together
Hello everyone, Please excuse the intrusion... I have a load of old machines (or rather bits and pieces of them) and would like to stack them into a network (an then one parallel machine) ... The problem is space ... can anyone advise me as to a way of stripping out the innards of each machine and mounting them on some frame (does one exist?) and sticking the whole thing under my table. This of course leads to the second issue ... the power supplies ...there will be so many of them lying around ... is it possible to tap from one PSU for multiple boards? ...then there is the issue of the inter-board space (each one with its own set of cards ..) I would welcome any and all (non-incendiary) suggestions concerning this and please copy me (pref. to the reply-to-address given) when you are responding to this mail. Thanks --- Jonathan Lawson Thermal Processes Unit Department of Applied Energy and Optical Diagnostics School of Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford. UK. email [EMAIL PROTECTED] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Isaiah 52:7
Re: NIS and /etc/hosts
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simon Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Folks, > >I get the most bizarre problem with NIS. > >If I put "ypserver 192.168.1.2" in /etc/yp.conf everything works just >fine. If I put "ypserver mynishost" in there, I get lots of >"YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound" errors. Sounds like you are using NIS to do name resolving. >mynishost is definitely, explicitly in /etc/hosts as 192.168.1.2. >What could I be doing wrong? I'm keen to trace my problem or cause a >bug to be fixed, whichever comes first. Check out /etc/nsswitch.conf and make sure that you arent't using NIS for name lookups. Should look like this: hosts: files dns networks: files dns Also some programs might still use /etc/host.conf. That file should look like this: order hosts,bind multi on Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Re: rpms
*- Rick Knebel wrote about "rpms" > Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? > > Thanks > Rick > Install the alien package. Read the man page and have fun. Package: alien Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 89 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 6.03hamm2 Depends: debhelper, perl Recommends: rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make Suggests: patch Description: Install Red Hat and Slackware Packages with dpkg. Alien allows you to convert Red Hat and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. . It can also convert into Slackware and Red Hat packages. . This is a tool only suitable for binary packages. 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 -
Re: rpms
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: : Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? Convert them using alien to .deb format: Package: alien Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 109 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 6.26 Depends: debhelper, perl (>= 5.004) Recommends: rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make Suggests: patch, bzip2 Filename: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/alien_6.26.deb Size: 42074 MD5sum: 3ae2a7e239201bdfebcb95f2c152ab6f Description: Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg. Alien allows you to convert Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. . It can also convert into Slackware, Red Hat, and Stampede packages. . This is a tool only suitable for binary packages. Cheers, -Remco
X won;t start after partial slink upgrade :-(
In an attempt to get the siag office automation suite set up, I have been partialy upgrading my hamm system to frozen. I have installed xbase, which warned me that I would need othe packagse now. I added xter, and xbas-clients, but now my system will not start X. The symlink for the appropriate X server (the S3 one if it matters) was missing, so i create it by hand. Now X will start if I run the raw X serve (X). However I have no startx script. What packages do I need? Is there aconfiguration script that I can run to fix this? Thanks. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: rpms
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: > Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? alien. flora:~# dpkg -s alien Package: alien Status: hold ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 107 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 6.18 Depends: debhelper, perl Recommends: rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make Suggests: patch, bzip2 Description: Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg. Alien allows you to convert Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. . It can also convert into Slackware, Red Hat, and Stampede packages. . This is a tool only suitable for binary packages. -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
Re: Some newbie questions
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, CJ wrote: >->But there isn't any boot.bat file under the \boot directory on my CD, Aha! Welcome to the wonderful world of Debian. You have successfully smashed head-on into the first obstacle placed in your path. Cunning newbie test #1 -- see if the poor unfortunate newbie is smart enough to find the documentation, AND read it. Cunning newbie test #2 -- see if the poor unfortunate newbie is dumb enough to actually BELIEVE what said documentation says. (You *cannot* be serious!) [ You will of course, find boot.bat under /install -- NOT /boot. : o Don't ask. ] Moral -- treat all documentation as if it were written by malicious minded, evil little pranksters. [ Or at the very least, creative typists who would really rather be writing best-selling masterpieces of pure fiction. ] It's better for your sanity. Really. Once you've adjusted your mindset to little things like this, you'll find Debian is the best Christmas present you ever got! -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ P.S. Have you read the chapter on configuring sendmail, yet? It's a cracker, that one!
rpms
Is there any way to install a redhat rpm on a debian system? Thanks Rick -- Rick Knebel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some newbie questions
Hi Tam, binary CD is correct. the file you want is in /install Any more questions - just ask ! Ivan. At 09:41 AM 12/28/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > > I just bought an official Debian CD. But my computer does not >boot from CDs. > ->What do I do? > I read the installation guide and it says: "In the case that your >computer does not support bootable CDs, you should boot into DOS, and >execute boot.bat file which is located in the \boot directory on your CD." > ->But there isn't any boot.bat file under the \boot directory on my CD, > can anyone tell me what to do to get it. (This is the binary CD that > i am talking about, so am i using the right CD? the other two CD are > source and contribution) > >If anyone knows, please help me, I appreciate it. >Also I am a newbie just beginning to learn linux, so dumb it down when >you explain it to me. > >Thanks, > >-- >Tam >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Linux Rules! > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: need g++ 2.8 and g++ 2.7
On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 11:25:07 -0700, Zooko wrote: > A company that i am working for insists that the software i'm writing has > to compile with g++ 2.8 (that's right, the "official", GNU one, _not_ > egcs). The only visible FSF gcc development is that once in a while someone on the gnu.* groups claims it isn't dead. Have you tried explaining the current reality to them? > Is there a g++2.8 package hidden in some darkened corner, or am i going to > have to (ugh!) run "make bootstrap" all by myself? Once upon a long ago, I made FSF gcc 2.8.[01] packages for project/experimental. They have been removed now (as they weren't up to date to coexist with the regular gcc and EGCS packages, and could cause library problems). HTH, Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig
Some newbie questions
Hi, I just bought an official Debian CD. But my computer does not boot from CDs. ->What do I do? I read the installation guide and it says: "In the case that your computer does not support bootable CDs, you should boot into DOS, and execute boot.bat file which is located in the \boot directory on your CD." ->But there isn't any boot.bat file under the \boot directory on my CD, can anyone tell me what to do to get it. (This is the binary CD that i am talking about, so am i using the right CD? the other two CD are source and contribution) If anyone knows, please help me, I appreciate it. Also I am a newbie just beginning to learn linux, so dumb it down when you explain it to me. Thanks, -- Tam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Rules!
Re: uninstalling smail when a self compiled MTA is present
Hi, my question must have a quite easy answer, however I have not been able to find it yet. Did that mail get through to the list in the first place? On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:57:15 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 08:52:41PM +, Marc Haber wrote: >> How do I tell dpkg that mail-transport-agent is present even if I >> uninstall smail and that I take responsibility? > >Install and configure the dummy package which is there for this reason. |=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cdrom/binary-i386 # zgrep Package:.*ummy Packages.gz |Package: svgalib-dummy1 |Package: svgalib-dummyg1 |=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cdrom/binary-i386 # How is the package called? Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Re: upgrade to slink
I believe the safest method of upgrading to slink is to use 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. I upgraded a system last week with this method and it was almost uneventful. Bob On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Matus "fantomas" Uhlar wrote: > HEllo, > > just a q: > won't I mess up my hamm when just set up dselect to install from slink > directory and run update and install ? > is it good way tp uograde to slink ? > > -- > Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia > BIC coord for *.sk; admin of netlab.irc.sk; co-admin of irc.felk.cvut.cz > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: AWE 64 setup ?
Hi Didier, hi Britton! On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 01:46:38AM -0900, Britton wrote: > > Marcus Brinkman (my regrets if I've butchered your name Marcus) It's tow "n", but beside that, fine! Nice to see you still around, Britton! > has a > spiffy mini-HOWTO on setting up the AWE32/64 on his web page, the address > of which I unfortunately forget, but a search with his name in there would > probably turn it up. It'll probably help you and give you an idea what's > going on with isapnp and the AWE card into the boot. Good luck. A search on my name in search engines is most likely to turn out a few hundred emails to the Debian lists (which are archived). Better take the address directly from my signature. Bye, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
more on the remote access server
Thanks for the help. Perhaps you would be able to help with some other matters ? The background is that I and some friends intend to purchase a permanent connection to the 'net - somewhere between 128K & 512K depending on how much money we can come up with - and I will set up a dial-in system at my house (and therefore have the benefit of the full speed of the connection !) for the others to use. So as to gain as much experience and knowledge as I can I want to set up the home system so that it emulates a major ISP as closely as possible. I have 3 486 machines and 1 pentium 133 and 1 pentium 200. As I understand it, a major ISP has on seperate machines proxy server (squid), web server (apache), news server (slrn/inn ?), mail server (sendmail), IP allocation (DHCP). No firewall is required because no user will have a shell account and no machine on my LAN will have any information of any value. If I am right a firewall is not needed by an ISP because the clients both send and receive requests and information and so the servers have to sit outside of any firewall anyway ??? The problem I have and which I was asking about (indirectly) in the last post is that obviously I require both the permanent 'net connection and the 15 incoming lines to be connected to this network. I think that I can connect an ISDN card in the proxy server machine directly to the permanent connection and so give the whole LAN permanent access. If that is so then that is easy ! I assume that to handle 15 incoming lines I need 15 modems (and 30 lines requires 30 modems etc). How do I connect these 15 modems to the LAN ? Do I need 3 machines each with 5 serial ports ? I understood that something like the cisco 1603 ISDN router has 'x' number of serial ports that the modems plug into and a 10baseT connection to plug into the LAN. The router is then in charge of directing traffic back to the requesting client. But if this is the case, who verifies the logins, assigns IP numbers and initiates the ppp connection to the dial-in client ? As the 1603 router is fairly expensive, I am trying to find a way around that. Also, the information on the telco's page implied that a remote access server was used in place of 'x' number of modems and was cheaper and easier than that many modems as well. Have you any knowledge on this ? If more computers are needed they are fairly cheap second hand so please make whatever suggestion you think is appropriate. I hope the above is clear. I sincerely appreciate your time in answering my last mail and in reading this. Ivan.
NIS and /etc/hosts
Folks, I get the most bizarre problem with NIS. If I put "ypserver 192.168.1.2" in /etc/yp.conf everything works just fine. If I put "ypserver mynishost" in there, I get lots of "YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound" errors. mynishost is definitely, explicitly in /etc/hosts as 192.168.1.2. What could I be doing wrong? I'm keen to trace my problem or cause a bug to be fixed, whichever comes first. Thanks Simon Read [Host names and addresses have been changed to protect the less-than-innocent]
Re: Installation on a separate hard drive
If you did want to use the same drive with Windows, you would need to create a partition with FIPS or a similar partition making program. You would then create a Linux partition and install there. Many people do this and this is no problem, except when they need more space, which will always happen. A separate drive for Linux is, although not necessary, always nice. On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 01:55:04PM -0600, Gordon von Miller wrote: > Jim, > > Before my harddrive crash, I had installed SUSE, and it was a major > hassle to get the disk partitioned correctly. I now have Windows on the > hard drive, and I would think that it would be very difficult to put Linux on > it to > share with W95. So, I thought it might be simpler to get a inexpensive hard > drive and start from scratch, so to speak. -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Installation on a separate hard drive
Not until they fix LILO to install on the MBR of /dev/hda instead of the MBR of the drive linux is on. On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Gordon von Miller wrote: > Hello, > > Would installation be any easier on a separate hard drive? > > TIA > > Gordon > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrade to slink
HEllo, just a q: won't I mess up my hamm when just set up dselect to install from slink directory and run update and install ? is it good way tp uograde to slink ? -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia BIC coord for *.sk; admin of netlab.irc.sk; co-admin of irc.felk.cvut.cz
X questions
Hi, I want to know, with which X-toolkits some of the traditional X applications are implemented: ghostview, offix-files. (isn't it the athena widget set ???). Please give me some hints where to find information about those topics (books, tutorials...) Thanks Marcus
Re: AWE 64 setup ?
Marcus Brinkman (my regrets if I've butchered your name Marcus) has a spiffy mini-HOWTO on setting up the AWE32/64 on his web page, the address of which I unfortunately forget, but a search with his name in there would probably turn it up. It'll probably help you and give you an idea what's going on with isapnp and the AWE card into the boot. Good luck. __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin On 28 Dec 1998, Didier Verna wrote: > > Hi! > > Is there a simple way to setup my SoundBlaster AWE 64 for debian ? > In my former redhat installation, it was configured automatically, and I had > a > sndconfig program to position the proper IRQs and the like. I didn't find the > equivalent under debian. Do I have to assimilate the whole pnp howto ? > > Thanks. > > -- > / / _ _ Didier Vernahttp://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ > - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ / /_/ / /__ /46 rue BarraultTel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 > 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
kde toolbar buttons
Hello! My KDE toolbar buttons are displayed without the images in it. They appeare as blue squares. At startup I get something like: Can't load (find) pixmap files. Thanks, Karesz.
AWE 64 setup ?
Hi! Is there a simple way to setup my SoundBlaster AWE 64 for debian ? In my former redhat installation, it was configured automatically, and I had a sndconfig program to position the proper IRQs and the like. I didn't find the equivalent under debian. Do I have to assimilate the whole pnp howto ? Thanks. -- / / _ _ Didier Vernahttp://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ / /_/ / /__ /46 rue BarraultTel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19
remote access server
Hello again ! Am I right in thinking that a remote access server simply takes the place of a million modems for a dial-in setup ? When I was browsing the web recently I saw an advertisement for a RAS that is powered by a Pentium 166. That being so, I assume it is a specially configured PC. Is it possible to configure a Linux box as an RAS and if so what hardware & software is required ? And the final question is ... does an RAS take the place of a dedicated router ? TIA Ivan.
Re: Triple click: changing click interval: SOLVED
The parameter that can be changed is the "maximum click interval". This can be changed with xterm -mc 500 for 500 milliseconds. I believe the default is 250 milliseconds. This gives me time to make another click if all three clicks haven't been recognized. My problem probably did not demand a "minimum click interval" and I presume Linux recognizes a very small interval between clicks. My mouse probably isn't sending every click, so I need time (from "-mc 500") to send another click; perhaps I am not clicking my mouse properly. The corresponding X-resource is multiclickTime Przemek Klosowski brought up another characteristic of triple clicks. They include a "newline" that you usually do not want. To exclude a "newline" on triple clicks, use xterm -cn or use the X-resource cutNewline I usually make my options explicit in .xsession or an alias. I currently use the following long list of options. xterm -cr red -j -si -sk -mc 500 -cn -sb -sl 500 -bg wheat -geom 128x43+0+0 -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerColor:blue -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerColorBackground:yellow -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerShape:gumby & Here, I have found that the sroll length "-sl 500" should be less than 1500 or xterm starts to use much more memory. The "gumby" really is a gumby pointer, with pointy head and all. I prefer gumby because, unlike the "I" beam, since only his finger points to a character, he does not interfere with reading a character or word on a line of interest. How did I finally find this solution? Mostly, I needed somewhat unique keywords. "mouse" was too general, while "click" was fairly specific. "triple click" was more specific. Since mail-list, news-list, and HOWTO lists turned up no answers, I tried some package searches, dpkg -L xbase |xargs zgrep -i click |less The "-L" lists all the files in the debian package "xbase". "xargs" puts pipe arguments after your following command and arguments -- this is one of the niftyest tools in Linux, one I only found a year ago. The "less" pipe works nicely when control characters get printed, so your screen needn't be reset. -- Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 235-5213 ext. 132 (work) "A poor man associating with a rich man will soon be too poor to buy even a pair of breeches." --Chinese Proverb
emacs19, hamm and segmentation faults
Hello. On Sunday, I finally upgraded my home system from bo to hamm (I've been postponing the upgrade because I had a lot of important work to finish, and I didn't want to risk breaking the system until that was done). I used apt-get and the official Debian CD (it came with the new edition of the Debian book). There were small problems here and there, but nothing more than I expected, and all the diagnostics I ran (apt-get check especially) gave (and give) no indication of trouble. There is one big problem though---trying to invoke emacs (19.34) always produces a segmentation fault (all users, from the console or from within X). Just about my whole work-life happens from inside emacs, so this is, for me, dead serious. The problem is unique to emacs as far as I've been able to tell so far; no other program I've tried gives rise to any problem. I suppose I could remove and then reinstall it, or try upgrading to emacs20 (or switching to xemacs). I'd rather not though, and I'm scared that the problem might be an indication of some deeper problem with memory allocation or something. Any advice? Thank you very much, Jim McCloskey
Re: xterm not found in slink
Peter Berlau wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 06:52:00PM +0100, Gernot Bauer wrote: > Hi Gernot > xterm is in his own package at slink > therefore You must get the package > xterm > also > xmodmap, if You needed Thank you Peter (and all the others who replied me on debian-user), but unfortunately the problem still exists. To be more specific: I dont have any xterm- or xdm-packages to install... That's what I did: - upgrade to slink via dselect - apt-dselect and upgrade the Packages files (standard-settings for apt) There are many "obsolete" packages (like xbase-client and others - when I try to de-install them, I get dependency-errors...) but no xdm or xterm-package. :( Is it a problem of my debian-mirror? Gery -- - Wolfgang Gernot Bauer SKWB Schoellerbank Aktiengesellschaft Sterneckstrasse 5, A-5024 Salzburg Tel.: ++43-662-8684-364 Fax.: ++43-662-8684-44364 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Matrox Xserver (again) and XFree86 3.3.3.3
Thanks. I had wondered if that would work. That sounds like it'll work much better than what I was getting ready to do ;-) Oh .. and I, of course, found the Matrox Xserver rpm and config file not too long after I sent my previous post; doesn't it always seem to work that way... -Original Message- From: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-Users Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 11:48 PM Subject: Re: Matrox Xserver (again) and XFree86 3.3.3.3 > > > Please don't use HTML for email; there are many who would appreciate that. >:-) > > >> Sean M Hollingsworth wrote: >> >> First off, I really appreciate everyone's response to my earlier post on the >> Matrox Xserver. Of course, now that I have the card installed, I can no >> longer find the Xserver on SuSE's website. All I can find is a message >> saying that the Matrox server is now included in the SVGA server in XFree86 >> 3.3.3.3, which is cool, except there are no debs for XFree86 3.3.3.3 and I'm >> not about to stick an X tarball on a debian system and then try unkludge >> everything when the deb does come out. So, anyone know where I can find the >> Matrox Xserver/XF86Config file now -- or if I even still can -- and anyone >> have any idea when XFree86 3.3.3.3 will be available in a deb? > > > I'm running the 3.3.3.3 xserver-svga now. Just get the the xserver tarball >(just has the xserver binary in it), and drop the new binary in place of the >old one. Dpkg, of course, won't know about this, but it doesn't hurt anything >either. > > >-- >Ed C. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
bison -d generates bad header?
I'm learning bison and flex, and I'm trying to modify the calculator
example in the bison tutorial to use a flex-generated scanner. Here's the
contents of my compilation buffer:
cd ~/calc/
make -k
bison calc.y
gcc -c calc.tab.c
bison -d calc.y
flex calc.lex.y
gcc -c lex.yy.c
In file included from calc.lex.y:2:
calc.tab.h:4: parse error before `symrec'
calc.tab.h:4: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
calc.tab.h:5: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
There are more errors, but you get the point.
Heres the output of bison -d:
$ cat calc.tab.h
typedef union
{
double val;
symrec *tptr;
} YYSTYPE;
#define NUM 258
#define VAR 259
#define FNCT260
#define NEG 261
extern YYSTYPE yylval;
I searched the bug list and found only unrelated bison problems. I
searched the debian-user archives and found an apparently unresolved
thread from July 20, 1997, entitled "Q: gcc and flex/bison ?". I searched
the GNU help-bison archives and found it very annoying that the messages
can not be sorted by thread.
Thanks,
Matt Miller
-
"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
Re: Matrox Xserver (again) and XFree86 3.3.3.3
Please don't use HTML for email; there are many who would appreciate that. :-) > Sean M Hollingsworth wrote: > > First off, I really appreciate everyone's response to my earlier post on the > Matrox Xserver. Of course, now that I have the card installed, I can no > longer find the Xserver on SuSE's website. All I can find is a message > saying that the Matrox server is now included in the SVGA server in XFree86 > 3.3.3.3, which is cool, except there are no debs for XFree86 3.3.3.3 and I'm > not about to stick an X tarball on a debian system and then try unkludge > everything when the deb does come out. So, anyone know where I can find the > Matrox Xserver/XF86Config file now -- or if I even still can -- and anyone > have any idea when XFree86 3.3.3.3 will be available in a deb? I'm running the 3.3.3.3 xserver-svga now. Just get the the xserver tarball (just has the xserver binary in it), and drop the new binary in place of the old one. Dpkg, of course, won't know about this, but it doesn't hurt anything either. -- Ed C.
Re: Can't send mail from my machine:
I would try exim instead of smail, I've found it easier to set up with nice docs. I'm trying to get address re-writing working now, but at least I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a From: address). The rewrite stuff has fairly good instructions. I think I got errors something like yours also, I think it turned out to be a question of picking the right response when asked for a hostname at some point in there and restarting inetd or some deamon like that (helpful huh?). Anyway, good luck, and let me know if you get rewriting working logically for a ppp connected machine :) __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Matt Miller wrote: > The following attempt to contact the outside world fails: > > mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > I immediately receive a message that includes the following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 553 <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>...unresolvable; > rejected. Check your DNS > > All attempts to get any mail off my machine fail with similar errors. I > called my ISP, and they offered some excuse that "Linux is designed as > a server environment, and it doesn't like routing mail through another > machine." They suggested I either switch to Windows or Macintosh, or send > all mail by first telnetting into their network, then using my shell > account to send mail. The latter is the technique I used to send this > posting. > > I'm using smail on a hamm system, and getting a ppp connection to my ISP. > I used to be able to send mail from my machine, and I think I haven't > changed any smail configs since then. > > How do tell smail to route mail through my ISP? /etc/smail/routers is > only > >smart_host: > driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; > > and /etc/smail/config attempts to indicate that mail should be routed > through my ISP (netnet.net) via the following line: > > smart_path=netnet.net > > Thanks, > > Matt Miller > > - > "Small is beautiful." > -- Mark Gancarz, "The Unix Philosophy" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Can't send mail from my machine:
The following attempt to contact the outside world fails: mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null I immediately receive a message that includes the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 553 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...unresolvable; rejected. Check your DNS All attempts to get any mail off my machine fail with similar errors. I called my ISP, and they offered some excuse that "Linux is designed as a server environment, and it doesn't like routing mail through another machine." They suggested I either switch to Windows or Macintosh, or send all mail by first telnetting into their network, then using my shell account to send mail. The latter is the technique I used to send this posting. I'm using smail on a hamm system, and getting a ppp connection to my ISP. I used to be able to send mail from my machine, and I think I haven't changed any smail configs since then. How do tell smail to route mail through my ISP? /etc/smail/routers is only smart_host: driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; and /etc/smail/config attempts to indicate that mail should be routed through my ISP (netnet.net) via the following line: smart_path=netnet.net Thanks, Matt Miller - "Small is beautiful." -- Mark Gancarz, "The Unix Philosophy"
Matrox Xserver (again) and XFree86 3.3.3.3
First off, I really appreciate everyone's response to my earlier post on the Matrox Xserver. Of course, now that I have the card installed, I can no longer find the Xserver on SuSE's website. All I can find is a message saying that the Matrox server is now included in the SVGA server in XFree86 3.3.3.3, which is cool, except there are no debs for XFree86 3.3.3.3 and I'm not about to stick an X tarball on a debian system and then try unkludge everything when the deb does come out. So, anyone know where I can find the Matrox Xserver/XF86Config file now -- or if I even still can -- and anyone have any idea when XFree86 3.3.3.3 will be available in a deb?
Re: close but no cigar
KTB wrote: > > I installed Communicator 4.5 but got a couple of errors. > > tar: bookmark.htm: Could not create file: Is directory Where did you install NS, /usr/local/netscape? If thats the case do you have a directory (invalid symlink?) named bookmark.htm there? That seems to be what this error message is suggesting. BTW, there is a bookmark.htm file in NS's directory on my machine. > tar: error exit delay from previous errors > Installing communicator Java files... > Installing additional component files... > Registering communicator 4.5 > The Netscape communicator software installation is complete > > I also can't get the browser to come up when I enter "netscape&" I Did you put the new location in your PATH variable? Supposing its in /usr/local/netscape, does '/usr/local/netscape/netscape &' work? You may be logged in as root (not reccomended) and trying to run it from its directory, in which case does './netscape &' work? > looked in the 'nethelp' file in the usr/local/netscape directory but > didn't see anything about troubleshooting. Help. > Thanks, > Kent -- Ed C.
Re: ZyXEL omin128 ISDN Setup Q.
Cleto Pescia wrote: > > Hi, > > > Please, where can I find step by step HOWTO on isdn for Linux? > > Thank you! > > > > Or, if you're so kindly to read on: > > My boss ask me to setup my Linux box for ZyXEL omni128 ISDN > > externel modem to show him the power of Linux, or at least > ^^ > As far as I know (having installed a ZyXEL Omni 128 myself), this > is a TA (Terminal Adapter) and therfore does *not* require > isdn4linux. Just configure it as a normal modem. Works like a charm. Thank you for your quick reply! Thank you! Could you give me some much more help? I really need a ste-by-step guide. I don't know howto connect this TA to my computer, seems DB-25? why not RJ-45? and howto config the on-demand dialing? do i need to re-compile the kernel? Thank you! --zhaoway
Re: close but no cigar
That wasn't a typo. I went back in and tried "netscape &" I got the same message: command not found. Thanks, Kent "John C. Ellingboe" wrote: > KTB wrote: > > > > I installed Communicator 4.5 but got a couple of errors. > > > > tar: bookmark.htm: Could not create file: Is directory > > tar: error exit delay from previous errors > > Installing communicator Java files... > > Installing additional component files... > > Registering communicator 4.5 > > The Netscape communicator software installation is complete > > > > I also can't get the browser to come up when I enter "netscape&" I > ^ > Is that a typo? It should be "netscape &". > > John > > > looked in the 'nethelp' file in the usr/local/netscape directory but > > didn't see anything about troubleshooting. Help. > > Thanks, > > Kent > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Anyone have a good spredsheet icon?
I am setting up a remote machine to use my Debian bx as an application server for office apps, for my wife. Using siag as my spreadsheet. Anyone have a good icon for a spreadsheet? Thanks. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: where is xmem(hamm)?
Peter Bartosch wrote: > the only thing my requirements nearly fill was xosview, except the size (i´ve > used xmem swallowed into an fvwm-panel) Procmeter is an excellent replacement for xload and xmem, and it can display about 20 other graphs about your system as well. -- see shy jo
close but no cigar
I installed Communicator 4.5 but got a couple of errors. tar: bookmark.htm: Could not create file: Is directory tar: error exit delay from previous errors Installing communicator Java files... Installing additional component files... Registering communicator 4.5 The Netscape communicator software installation is complete I also can't get the browser to come up when I enter "netscape&" I looked in the 'nethelp' file in the usr/local/netscape directory but didn't see anything about troubleshooting. Help. Thanks, Kent
Acroread & Hamm ???
Does Acroread work with hamm? It tells me it can't find libXt.so.6. If I set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH I get a SEGV. I do have libc5 installed. Thanks in advance, Wayne
Re: X library question.
xlib6 is for libc5 clients, xlib6g is for xlib6 clients. The problem went away for me after I upgraded to slink, which has xlib6 3.3.2a-8. The X error I had previously was with hamm and xlib6 3.3.2.3-2, but it is different than the error you report: X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major Opcode of failed request: 28 (X_GrabButton) Serial number of failed request: 2296 Current serial number in output stream: 2297 Bob On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: > I am trying to track down why WP8dies with X errors on my machine, but > not, acording to the single report I got, on all Debian hamm machines. > > I have, acording to dpkg -l a package called xlib6 3.3.2.3-2 installed. > The person with the succcess story has xlib6 3.3.2.2-4 installed. > First the description of these packages calls them libc5 X clients. Is > this right? Second is it possible that a new bug has crept in? > > The error I am getting is "PopuShell must have a non-NULL parent" > > Any ides here would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 770-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- > Windows 98: n. > minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a > 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit > microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit > of competition. > - > (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: to mirror or not to mirror
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Marco Frattola wrote: > i'd like to ask the nice debianers about mirror like programs. i need to > keep in sync two linux (debian of course) servers. they both share many > files to windows clients thru samba. one of the two server (call it the > master) periodically receive new files, scattered in many dirs. the second > server (call it the slave) has to catch up. they're connected via an ISDN line > and i thought they could synchronize during night hours, where telco bill > is cheaper. but i never played with mirror, nor i know of any alternative, > and i'd like to get advice from those who have already played with such > toys. > i could also write some ad-hoc sh/perl thing, but i'd rather not reinvent > the wheel .. Hi, What I use is mirrordir (avail.as a .deb package.). Easy to use and supports the usual stuff like auto resume, symlink support, etc. Works great especially if you team it with cron. regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 = == = = = = E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] = WebPage : http://andre.lasaltech.com
X library question.
I am trying to track down why WP8dies with X errors on my machine, but not, acording to the single report I got, on all Debian hamm machines. I have, acording to dpkg -l a package called xlib6 3.3.2.3-2 installed. The person with the succcess story has xlib6 3.3.2.2-4 installed. First the description of these packages calls them libc5 X clients. Is this right? Second is it possible that a new bug has crept in? The error I am getting is "PopuShell must have a non-NULL parent" Any ides here would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: where is xmem(hamm)?
On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 06:49:51PM +0100, Thomas Keusch wrote: > I received an email from David Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who > provided an URL to the xmem source on sunsite: > > http://sunsite.uakom.sk/pub/linux/system/status/xstatus/xmem-1.02.tgz > > First I'll try that one (thanks David!), and in case it fails, I'll try > unpacking the xmem executable off the old bo xcontrib package and use that. Two things: xmem was in xproc (bo), not xcontrib. the source mentioned above is 'another' xmem. :( third thing:on my bo 1.3.1 CDs (from www.jfl.de) I looked for the source of xmem. Unfortunately its .deb is damaged/is no .deb at all. Are there some FTP-Servers that still feature bo? -- thomas..powered.by.debian/linux. irc.:.#meeting.points, #frust.ger
Re: spreadsheet
ApplixWare has a spreadsheet - it's adequate for my needs, but is not free. Richard
Re: File download problem
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, KTB wrote: > Hi, I was downloading the Communicator file once again. I tried another > installation and came very close this time. Anyway I decided to remove > all the previous Communicator files I had downloaded and see if a fresh > one would work. I used "rm" to take out a communicator directory and > all the files. I used "updatedb" and "locate communicator" and didn't > find anything. > > My problem is when I finished downloading the Communicator file with > Lynx the selection "save to disk" came up; I selected that and when I > did, got the message, "Alert!: Cannot write to file" then it said to > "enter a new file name" which I tried but it just kept saying > "Alert!:..." So what have I done now? Why can't I save the file to > disk? > Thanks, > Kent Possibly you are in a directory for which you do not have write permission. IMHO, you would be better off getting it with an ftp client instead of a browser. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
File download problem
Hi, I was downloading the Communicator file once again. I tried another installation and came very close this time. Anyway I decided to remove all the previous Communicator files I had downloaded and see if a fresh one would work. I used "rm" to take out a communicator directory and all the files. I used "updatedb" and "locate communicator" and didn't find anything. My problem is when I finished downloading the Communicator file with Lynx the selection "save to disk" came up; I selected that and when I did, got the message, "Alert!: Cannot write to file" then it said to "enter a new file name" which I tried but it just kept saying "Alert!:..." So what have I done now? Why can't I save the file to disk? Thanks, Kent
sound in netscape
Hi, I am trying to put sound in netscape 4.5. Apparently the debian package doesn't install the sound interfaces (plugins?), or does it? I tried to install the ump plugin for midi files, but when I start netscape it says ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ump.so: undefined symbol: fstat Cant load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ump.so. Ignored. Any ideas? Do I really have to install a plugin for each kind of sound file? Are there debian packages for that (I have a SB 16)? Thanks in advance, Marko PS. Please email me back, I can't read Debian Mailing lists archives. My netscape 4.5 hangs after loading 200K of a html page. Have you had this problem also?
Re: spreadsheet
Stan, I'm not a big user of spreadsheets but I have looked at Siag which seems to be quite effective. IIRC functionality can be extended through scripting (as in Excel) although the scripting language is not built in. I think Perl is the language (but don't quote me on that :) Also from what I see on the list here, StarOffice has a spreadsheet as part of its package but I've no idea how good that is - I would expect that it would be very good as it is part of a commercial suite but then again ... If neither of those suit you then there is another office suite around somewhere called, I think, Andrew. This also has a spreadsheet. Good luck ! Ivan. At 02:10 PM 12/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > Anyone have a reomendation for a good spreadsheet, under Debian? > > I would have sworn, that I had seen a nice graphical one in a recent > _Linux Journal_, but I can't seem to locate it in my stack of back > issues. > > Thanks. > >-- >Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770-996-6955 >Factory Automation Systems >Atlanta Ga. >-- >Windows 98: n. > minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a > 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit > microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit > of competition. >- >(c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
