Re: Mail - Sending (smail)
Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: > I know this question has been asked before but i've looked in the archives > and cannot find much. HOWTO not much help either. I'm using fetchmail to > recieve mail from my isp and Mutt to read.Which files do i need to change > (smail) to send mail to my isp (mail.austasia.net)? In general, change the files in /etc/smail/* You want to change /etc/smail/routers to have this entry: smart_host: driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; path=mail.austasia.net This will cause mail not handled by the entries above it (local mail) to be sent to your ISP. Alternatively, you could just install exim, which is much easier to configure. Just install it, and answer the questions it asks you. -Mitch
Re: Network Neighborhood and IPmasquerading
Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 05:46:19PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've got a machine, A, that connects to network N via a ppp link to > > machine M. I'm planning to masquerade machine B through A (A will have > > masq installed and run ipfwadm, B will talk to the world through it). > > > > If net N has some windows machines, and B is a windows machine, is there > > any way that B can talk to the windows machines on N in things like > > Network Neighborhood? > > This is just my understanding and may not be correct. First, you will > need to be able to masq the SMB protocol, and I'm not sure this can be > done. If so then for machine B to see tha other windows machine in > network neighborhood you will need to setup the lmhosts file on B > (i forget where it is exactly) which is similar in usage to > /etc/hosts in that it tells B where other machines are. "Windows Networking" will masquerade just fine, at least the session protocol, because this is simply done with a TCP connection. The "Windows Networking" name service will never let you see everything in the Network Neighborhood over IP Masq. because it relies on broadcast UDP which IP Masq. does not handle (and should not ever handle, IMO). If you have the machine's host name in DNS or in your hosts file you should be able to get to the machine by going to the 'Run...' and type \\hostname. It *may* work if you don't have the host name in DNS or locally if you're using a WINS server. If you're not using WINS it won't work because this uses broadcast. Of course you can always enter the host/ip into your windows box's hosts file. NOTE WELL: even if you enter the host/ip into your hosts file you still will not see the machine in the Network Neighborhood. Yes, the difficulty with the Network Neighborhood over anything othen than a small LAN bums many people out. However, the mechanism which makes this evil thing work is fragile and flaky at best and those responsible for it should be beaten. If you're interested in finer details of this mechanism I'd be happy to discuss them with you offline. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xircom Network Adapter
Does debian support Xircom network adapters? Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network File Server
Thanks, I forgot to mention tape back-up! and as for MS Support([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, 5 January 1999 6:42 Subject: Re: Network File Server >"Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are Wx89 >> workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since >> using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you >> out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages) >> and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get >> something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc. > >That's probably over-specced even for an NT file server. ;-) Besides >what you've listed, you should go for an all-SCSI system, not IDE, and >you'll need some kind of tape backup. You should make sure you get a >10/100 Mbs Ethernet card, even if you only have a 10 Mbs network at >the moment. > >For software, you'll want to use Samba as the file server. You can >also use this as a print server, and together with LPRng and cti-ifhp >it works quite well with HP-compatible laser printers. > >(Would you have gotten a reply this fast from MS support on a statutory >holiday?) > >-- > Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ > > Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? > He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Modem trouble, Please help!!
"BOHICA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The final resolution was to install the 2.1 base disks with the 2.0 rescue > and driver floppies, download the latest kernel and use a linux/bash > emulator on my NT desktop to build a custom compilation of the kernel that > included the needed Xircom support. Is this mentioned anywhere in the documentation? It seems that it's possible to compile vmlinuz under WinNT or Win9x using CygWin, although 2.0.x won't work properly because of the version of egcs they use. This could help people with strange combinations of hardware that can't get any of the supplied kernel images to work. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.
Re: Network File Server
"Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are Wx89 > workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since > using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you > out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages) > and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get > something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc. That's probably over-specced even for an NT file server. ;-) Besides what you've listed, you should go for an all-SCSI system, not IDE, and you'll need some kind of tape backup. You should make sure you get a 10/100 Mbs Ethernet card, even if you only have a 10 Mbs network at the moment. For software, you'll want to use Samba as the file server. You can also use this as a print server, and together with LPRng and cti-ifhp it works quite well with HP-compatible laser printers. (Would you have gotten a reply this fast from MS support on a statutory holiday?) -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.
Re: AWE 64 Value
On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 05:35:55PM +0100, Andrea Novara wrote: > Hello! > > I'm experiencing problems configuring my new awe 64 value ISA PnP card! > > The card get correctly initialized by isapnp ( 0x220, 0x330, 0x388, irq5, > dma 1 and 5 - same values as Windog ) The Kernel see the card as a SB16 > standard and I'm able to reproduce wav, au, to mix channels and record! > > The problem is the MIDI system. I've installed the awe32 patch on a 2.0.35 > kernel. make xconfig, dep, clean, zImage, modules and modules_install > configured lilo ad reinstalled it! > I have a recursive line: > > Jan 3 04:28:50 gromit kernel: AWE32: not detected > > in /var/log/messages. > Also sfxtest show me a analogue message! > > Why? Do You added the soundmodule in the `/etc/modules' file ? like sound -- Peter
Mail - Sending (smail)
I know this question has been asked before but i've looked in the archives and cannot find much. HOWTO not much help either. I'm using fetchmail to recieve mail from my isp and Mutt to read.Which files do i need to change (smail) to send mail to my isp (mail.austasia.net)? Thanks, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: slink
Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >From time to time I have been directed to use a package from slink > because the corresponding version from hamm is 'broken', an example is > xfstt. However I can't install *ANYTHING* from slink because I get a > dependacy error due to lib6c being updated in slink (hamm has an older > version). This was actually a bug in slink's libc6. Some packages in slink and/or potato have been recompiled with a new libc6, which doesn't put that restriction in. > Can I get the source packages from slink and rebuild under hamm using > the existing lib6c lib's in the interm? Unless they also depend on other libraries only in slink, you shouldn't have any problems. In case you or other readers don't know how to use a source package: 1. Download the .dsc, .orig.tar.gz and .diff.gz files into one directory and run "dpkg-source -x whatever.dsc". 2. cd into the resulting directory and run "debian/rules binary". 3. "dpkg -i" the resulting .deb package. *Don't* force it if it refuses to install - reinstall the old package and ask for help. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.
Re: reverse order printing?
*- Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote about "reverse order printing?" > I've been using an HP Deskjet 540 with spud, and it's worked fine so far. > One annoying thing though -- the pages come out with the last page on top. > Is there a simple way to reverse the order? would it be a gs or lpd/lpr > option? > > Thanks in advance! > I use the following in my printer filter file just before gs gets it: cat - | /usr/bin/pstops -q 1:-0 | gs. pstops is in the psutils package. Package: psutils Status: hold ok installed Priority: optional Section: text Installed-Size: 220 Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 1.17-2 Provides: postscript-preview Depends: libc6 Suggests: gs, gv Description: A collection of PostScript document handling utilities This collection of utilities is for manipulating PostScript documents. Page selection and rearrangement are supported, including arrangement into signatures for booklet printing, and page merging for n-up printing. -- 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: nas-lib
Þann 03. janúar 1999 reit Stephen Pitts svohljóðandi: > I've already got it installed, don't remember having any problems with > it. Perhaps try a different floppy disk? Debian packages can be > copied. What error message are you getting? What does dpkg-deb -i > packagefilename say? I tried it on two different disks and download it from two different servers and nothing worked :( I dont quite remember what error message i got but i couldnt access the disks, the error messages just kept on coming untill they quit and put me back to my home folder. ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
Re: nas-lib
On 3 Jan, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Hello. > > I tried to download nas-lib package today, i tried in twice (i had to > download it here in school and copy it over to a floppy disk to take it > home since i dont have an internet connection at home). > When i got home i couldnt read the floppy disks. It was like nas-lib was > corrupted or something. > I know that nas-lib is in the unstable section (at least thats where i > found it, couldnt find it any other place) but still, i should be able to > copy it from one machine to another shouldnt i? > > Has anyone been able to install this package and if so, where did they > get it from, couse i downloaded it from two different debian mirrors. > > Thanx alot of you could help me get this couse im trying to install the > festival package and the newest of it needs nas-lib > > Happy new year > > ** > * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * > * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * > * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] >* > ** > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > I've already got it installed, don't remember having any problems with it. Perhaps try a different floppy disk? Debian packages can be copied. What error message are you getting? What does dpkg-deb -i packagefilename say? -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Network File Server
We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are Wx89 workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages) and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc. Thanks, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: consdiag v 1.0 released
Manuel Gutierrez Algaba wrote: > > hello, > > I've just finished my project "consdiag", it can be found in > http://www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina/texpython.htm > > It's a utility that makes Rumbaugh OO boxes in LaTeX, something > pretty useful for many computer science students. > > I do want to several things: > - Please tell me if this utility is also useful for you > - if so tell me how to debianize it , or much better, debianize it > for me, although I'm not very sure of the process, because it's not > a C program , just interpreted python code , with a bit of documentation > - please, tell me if you can include it in the debian CDROM, I'd > be greatly honoured ! > > Please, if you know any other utility of this kind tell me, I need > them ! > > Data: I currently run RH 4.2 , with lots of libraries of Debian 2.0 > Hamm , because gimp required them. It'd be great if a REDHAT2DEBIAN-HOWTO > existed. The "alien" package (which is packaged for Debian) can convert between *rpm and *deb formats. I know I've seen instructions on how to convert a RedHat system to Debian, but I just checked the web site and couldn't find them. It's certainly possible, and yes, I agree this is something that needs to be publicly documented. Perhaps someone else can contribute a URL. -- Regards,| Debian GNU/ __ o http://www.debian.org . |/ / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ http://www.golgotha.net | ...because lockups are for convicts...
nas-lib
Hello. I tried to download nas-lib package today, i tried in twice (i had to download it here in school and copy it over to a floppy disk to take it home since i dont have an internet connection at home). When i got home i couldnt read the floppy disks. It was like nas-lib was corrupted or something. I know that nas-lib is in the unstable section (at least thats where i found it, couldnt find it any other place) but still, i should be able to copy it from one machine to another shouldnt i? Has anyone been able to install this package and if so, where did they get it from, couse i downloaded it from two different debian mirrors. Thanx alot of you could help me get this couse im trying to install the festival package and the newest of it needs nas-lib Happy new year ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
Re:debian-user-digest Digest V99 #5
I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998.
consdiag v 1.0 released
hello, I've just finished my project "consdiag", it can be found in http://www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina/texpython.htm It's a utility that makes Rumbaugh OO boxes in LaTeX, something pretty useful for many computer science students. I do want to several things: - Please tell me if this utility is also useful for you - if so tell me how to debianize it , or much better, debianize it for me, although I'm not very sure of the process, because it's not a C program , just interpreted python code , with a bit of documentation - please, tell me if you can include it in the debian CDROM, I'd be greatly honoured ! Please, if you know any other utility of this kind tell me, I need them ! Data: I currently run RH 4.2 , with lots of libraries of Debian 2.0 Hamm , because gimp required them. It'd be great if a REDHAT2DEBIAN-HOWTO existed. Linux ( Unix ) systems are not as Winblows systems, they are stable for a long time, so it doesn't make sense to remove existing distributions to install a new one, that's not the spirit of UNIX. I don't like RH, but that doesn't mean to throw overboard all my Linux system and spend three weeks retuning all my system. I prefer to discover new things every day, rather than rediscover the discovered. Please reply me directly, I'm not currently in this list, ..., the volume is too high for my phone bills. Regards/Saludos Manolo - My addresses / mis direcciones: www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina ---> lritaunas peki project/proyecto in python www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina/pyttex.htm ---> page of spanish users of latex / pagina de usuarios en espanyol de latex www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina/texpython.htm --> page of drawing utility for tex / pagina de utilidad de dibujo para Latex www.ctv.es/USERS/irmina/croscruci.htm --> +Wordland ( fun and education), Crucilandia (sopas de letras) "...abandoneis el campo y vuestras casas y acudais a defender el mar y la ciudad...no lamentarse por las casas o la tierra, sino por las vidas humanas, pues aquellas no nos proporcionan hombres, sino los hombres aquellas "-Pericles
help(*_*)
help..on a couple major areas for me. some of it has too do with permission issues on my machine. i had to reconfigure x. i can bring it up a root or as tempuser, but not as user zorro. would like very much to be zorro when i bring up x. the other is my printer. went thru alot with it and now that it seems as if it wants to print i get a message that lp0 is not configured. so how do you configure /dev/lp0. any help at all will be greatfully appreciated. thank you. from tucson-:)) harold
Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?
On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 05:11:34PM +0100, Jérôme Zago wrote: > I can't figure how to mount SMB shares... > > "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to > mount this share to /mnt/servif3. > > "Usage: smbmount-2.1.x service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log]" > it seems like smbclient. where does I provide the mount point ? > > Thanks for your help. > > Agt the Walker. > I use smbmount 2.0.2 an it works like this. - usage: smbmount //server/service mount-point [options] Version 2.0.2 -p portPort to connect to (used only for testing) -m max_xmitmax_xmit offered (used only for testing) -s servername Netbios name of server -c clientname Netbios name of client -I machinename The hostname of the machine -U usernameUsername sent to server -D domain Domain name -u uid uid the mounted files get -g gid gid the mounted files get -f modepermission the files get (octal notation) -d modepermission the dirs get (octal notation) -C Don't convert password to uppercase -P passwordUse this password -n Do not use any password If neither -P nor -n are given, you are asked for a password. -h print this help text - Christoph
Re: Billy has nothing to worry about.
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:40:39 -0600, "John Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The main point I wish to make is this: if you compare the relative ages of >the two operating systems to the stages of development, you will find that >Linux is more than three times as evolved for is age compared to all of the >Microsoft systems. When Microsoft was the same age as Linux is now they were >just leaving DOS 2.0 with Windows still a dream in Bill Gates mind. I have >watched Linux evolve since about 1992. That was when I first heard of it. I >may be off on some of the dates but this is based on MY personal experience. That's an unfair comparison. Computers in general are more evolved these days, so it stands to reason that any new operating system will appear to get further in a shorter amount of time. Perhaps one should compare Windows NT to big-box Unices? NT is much younger, and yet it's got a lot of nifty features that took Unix years and years to develop. Why, Unix didn't even have CD-ROM support until it was nearly two decades old! >If you consider that Linux has increased its User and it Developer base from >a loosely knit bunch of hackers (numbering in the hundreds) in the early >nineties to well over 2.5 Million, in the past 10 years, you should also >conclude that 20 plus year old Microsoft must indeed be concerned about this >baby OS. Linux probably has around 15 million users by now. The esimate from last year was 5-10 million and it's increasing at over 200% per annum, so we're definitely in eight figures by now. >The only thing that Linux will have to do to give Microsoft a REAL headache >is for ALL of the distros, developers, independent programmers, and >commercial supporters of the Linux system, get together and establish a >common directory tree that is somewhat more efficient/streamlined than >currently used, and to establish common hardware and API interfaces for the >Kernel system. Sadly enough, that type of cohesion is usually driven by >profit, not by altruism. If however a common installation system can be >derived, then folks such as yourself may come back for a second look at >Linux. There are already standards for filesystem layout that have been ratified, but it's taking a while for some of the distributions to take notice of this fact. Debian, as always, is doing a sterling job at following the standards. Red Hat are dragging their feet somewhat, which is a shame since they're the biggest distribution. My greatest fear for Linux is that Red Hat becomes the de facto standard, simply because it's the one that gets advertised the most (sounds familiar). Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." --= (send replies to rob@)
Re: Debian 2.0.2 installation
On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 11:23:58AM -0500, Accipiter -- wrote: > Hi. I'm trying to install Debian 2.0.2. My BIOS does not support > Bootable CDROMS, and I can't seem to get past the rescue disk. Whenever > I try to boot using the rescue disk, it freezes up right after "md > driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8". Please help, I'd really like to > give debian a try! I had this problem once myself (can't remember what kind of machine it was). Only solution I had was to wait about 10 minutes or so, it enventually timed-out. I think I eventually found out whyit did it, but I can't remember now. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation
AWE 64 Value
Hello! I'm experiencing problems configuring my new awe 64 value ISA PnP card! The card get correctly initialized by isapnp ( 0x220, 0x330, 0x388, irq5, dma 1 and 5 - same values as Windog ) The Kernel see the card as a SB16 standard and I'm able to reproduce wav, au, to mix channels and record! The problem is the MIDI system. I've installed the awe32 patch on a 2.0.35 kernel. make xconfig, dep, clean, zImage, modules and modules_install configured lilo ad reinstalled it! I have a recursive line: Jan 3 04:28:50 gromit kernel: AWE32: not detected in /var/log/messages. Also sfxtest show me a analogue message! Why? Many thanks!!! -- Ciao! Andrea Novara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Use Linux, Watch Star-Trek 'nd read Rat-Man: What need else mankind for keep surviving? May be I forgot a taste of Rum?
Debian 2.0.2 installation
Hi. I'm trying to install Debian 2.0.2. My BIOS does not support Bootable CDROMS, and I can't seem to get past the rescue disk. Whenever I try to boot using the rescue disk, it freezes up right after "md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8". Please help, I'd really like to give debian a try! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?
I can't figure how to mount SMB shares... "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to mount this share to /mnt/servif3. "Usage: smbmount-2.1.x service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log]" it seems like smbclient. where does I provide the mount point ? Thanks for your help. Agt the Walker. --- my system --- my kernel is 2.1.129. $ cat /proc/modules smbfs 25224 0 ip_masq_ftp 2124 0 vfat 13520 0 (unused) fat24100 0 [vfat] dummy704 0 (unused) $ cat /proc/filesystems ext2 nodev proc nodev nfs nodev autofs nodev devpts vfat nodev smbfs $ dpkg --list | egrep 'samba|smb' ii samba 1.9.18p10-5 ii smbfsx 1.9.18p10-7
qmail/serialmail followup
fetchmail error: SMTP listener refused delivery not flushed... TIA k e c h i e
qmail/serialmail help
Hi All! Happy New Year! Well, I finally decided to use qmail for my MTA. Now I can't send mail except logging into my shell account (slooowww). Any1 here knows how to configure qmail/serialmail on a dynip address? TIA k e c h i e
Re: Can't access RAID - why?
Hi! Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), "Can't access RAID - why?": > After that I added this MD device to the system: > > # mdadd /dev/md2 > # cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [2 raid0] > read_ahead 8 sectors > md0 : active raid0 hda2 hdb2 819312 blocks 4k chunks > md1 : active raid0 hda4 hdb4 7405952 blocks 8k chunks > md2 : inactive sda2 sdb2 1984818 blocks It isn't running. Either supply "-r" to your mdadd command to add + run the device or explicitly run it with mdrun /dev/md2 . Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB pgptlEutVzZWl.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Re: Grafting other kernels on Debian's rescue disks
On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 12:12:02 -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote: > I believe that you also need to run the "rdev" script on the diskette, > after copying the new kernel over. Or provide the root=[device] option to the kernel via syslinux; something like linux root=/dev/hda2 (root fs on the second partition of the master IDE disk, first IDE channel) Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: Problems with drive usage (Debian 1.3.1)
Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > - Warning: Unknown PCI device (104c:3d07).
>
> This is probably no problem - you just have a pci device which is not known to
> your ancient kernel. No problem.
It's actually a "Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2]", not that I
actually know what *that* is.
[snip]
> > When I try to add the new partitions to the end of the unused space, or all
> > of
> > them as logical partitions, cfdisk installs all of them. But as soon as I
> > try
> > to initialize the new partitions, the system fails to work properly when I
> > arrive at /dev/sda16 ("is the entire device, not just one partition").
>
> This might indicate a problem with kernel 2.0.29 - I am not sure if it can
> address more than 16 partitions per disk.
I don't have any SCSI disks, but it looks like that restriction still
exists in 2.1.130. In fact, you're limited to 14 because /dev/sda is
the entire disk and the extended partition (usually /dev/sda4) doesn't
store anything itself.
> > Initializing the partitions in the reversed order yields: "Could not stat
> > /dev/sda18 - no such file or directory" although cfdisk shows the correct
> > entry in the partition table.
>
> This is easy. mke2fs is right - there is probably no /dev/sda18. Just create
> it yourself:
>
> mknod /dev/sda16 b 8 16
> mknod /dev/sda17 b 8 17
> mknod /dev/sda18 b 8 18
I don't think so. 8,16 is /dev/sdb, 8,17 is /dev/sdb1, etc.
Can you please post what your current disk looks like? For 5 DOS and
4 HPFS partitions you only have five partitions left for Linux, or
four if you're using Boot Manager.
You can probably get by with fewer partitions until you decide you
don't need DOS, though, especially if you can use Dosemu and Wine to
do everything DOS and Win3.1 do. I also think OS/2 would be able to
cope with just one HPFS partition. You can use LOADLIN from DOS if
LILO can't boot off an extended partition.
So, I would get rid of /httpd and /adabas and put them under /usr,
/usr/local, /var and/or /home. I would suggest swap, /, /var, /usr
and /home, and at a pinch you could put /usr on the same partiton as
/. Plan to back it up and reinstall later when you have a better idea
of what size they should be.
It might be possible to put the OS/2 and/or DOS partitions on
/dev/sda16 etc., if they can cope. I'd back up everything, use OS/2
FDISK to create all the partitions, with the Linux ones as DOS
instead, then restore OS/2. Then install Linux and change the DOS
partitions to Linux. This is a lot of trouble, especially if it
doesn't work.
--
Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/
Larry froze. Was the bag a trap?
He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.
Re: LyX and Page Numbering
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
> What should I do for page numbering start on other number instead of 1
> !?
Try by putting the following latex command in your document:
\setcounter{page}{the_page_number_you_want_to_start_with}
Johann
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slink
>From time to time I have been directed to use a package from slink because the corresponding version from hamm is 'broken', an example is xfstt. However I can't install *ANYTHING* from slink because I get a dependacy error due to lib6c being updated in slink (hamm has an older version). It seems that in order to use anything from slink, I must really update the core of the distribution to slink, just like I did to get from bo to hamm. Guess I'll wait until slink is released on CD. (Too bad southernbell was unable to install ASDN to my location due to equipment in-compatability with my phone line. At 1.5MBS download I could do this on line in an afternoon!) Can I get the source packages from slink and rebuild under hamm using the existing lib6c lib's in the interm? _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: .RPM
Darko Martic wrote: > > Hi ! > > How to extract/use .RPM files. > > Thanx ! > Try alien Mark Panzer > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: serial mouse problem
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Vincent Murphy wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Kent West wrote: > > > in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed > > > the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick > > > up the mouse either. When I rebooted into Linux, gpm started as normal, > > > > You might try switching your mouse to the other serial port and see if > > Win95 finds it, but when I've seen this behavior before, it was a dead > > mouse, so you may have to replace it. > > Well, I have a modem on ttyS1, which still works fine. The mouse I > brought to work, and it worked on another PC. I tried a different mouse > on my hamm box, which didn't work either, which points to a serial port > problem. > > > Also, if your CMOS battery is weak/dead, your BIOS may have reverted to > > turning off your serial port, although that doesn't really make sense > > since the box was powered up when the mouse died. But maybe some glitch > > turned off the port in CMOS, so I'd at least check it out. > > i've looked in the BIOS setup, and everything /appears/ to be ok, and when > the kernel boots up it gives me the usual message about the serail ports. If you haven't already, try moving the mouse to the port the modem is on and move the modem off temporarily and see if you get your mouse back. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
Re: xbase XFree86 bug 24985 ?
I appreciate the advice. I tried xf86config and all I could get when using xdm or startx is thin vertical lines. By the way, I have a 6330 Hewlett Packard Pavilion which has a SiS 5598, 2 Meg of video memory available (up to 4, but the BIOS is set for 2) When I was asked for what kind of server, I tried SVGA and later tried just VGA with color. I tried without color too in some other spot. I just want something that works to give me a feeling that I have accomplished something. After that, I'll make something more happen. Thanks for any help, Michael Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Hi, Michael! > > I am having problems with xbase. Would you help? > > > > When it tried to /usr/sbin/xbase-configure (XFree86 config file), it > > said to press Enter to switch to graphics mode. I did. The screen came > You may want to try "xf86config" to set XF86Config. This is ascii mode > program it'll ask you about relevant hardware (video, monitor, mouse), so be > prepared to answer them. > > Hope that helps, > Sasha.
.RPM
Hi ! How to extract/use .RPM files. Thanx !
Re: EzPPP
>> "DM" == Darko Martic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DM> now on Debian... As README file say to make chmod or something to DM> pppd2-2 , here on Debian I have pppd (without 2-2), maybe that is DM> the problem. So how do I solve it ? Not directly the answer you are looking for, but maybe you should take a look at the xisp package (preferably the one in unstable)? Ciao, Martin - Debian xisp Maintainer -- from a 1996 Microshit ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right!
Re:debian-user-digest Digest V99 #4
I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998.
Re: Question on a purchase I am considering
Hi Shaleh; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hey all, I am considering buying a Sony VIAO Superslim notebook. The URL for > it is www.sony.com/pc. > > Has anyone had good or bad experiences with these computers (even in non-Linux > OS')?? > > Highlights include: 1 inch thick and 2.9 lbs weight (= > magnesium alloy case -- tres chic > Sorry if you have already seen this ( I have no personal experience with it, but would _love_ to get one of the suckers), but check out the following: http://www.home.ch/~spaw1354/vaio.html it deals with installing Debian 1.3 onto the PCG505 HTH, damir
Modelines
Hi ! OK, I set up the default resolution and default color depth. But, just for testing I set for default 800x600 and I still have that virtual screen larger then physical, I don't have 'virtual' line. I still couldn't set those Modeline. Which Modeline line is in use, there are several. Modeline lines of my currently XF86Config file are the exact same as the line that are in XF86Config file created with MiniLinux (based on Slackware distribution) and on MiniLinux it worked, so I supose that maybe I should get a newer XF86_Mach64 file, could you send me your one, that work, maybe or give me a link where could I download it? Where exactly can I find those Modelines on the net? The higer resolution or even just color depth I set, the screen is uglyer. The higher resolution I can use to recognize something on the screen is 800x600, beside 640x480 :( Thanx !
EzPPP
Hi ! I solve that problem with links. but I have now another problem, when I make connection and when I have to enter username for ISP, I get message (in a new window): "The pppd daemon died unexpectedly". When I was using MiniLinux distributio based on Slackware EyPPP wored (I had pppd2-2), but now on Debian... As README file say to make chmod or something to pppd2-2 , here on Debian I have pppd (without 2-2), maybe that is the problem. So how do I solve it ? Thanx !
Eterm
Hi ! I just install Eterm and I can't start it because it keep saying something like: "can't open libIm.so.1". Yes, I have installed all those library but again that message. Thank you !
reverse order printing?
I've been using an HP Deskjet 540 with spud, and it's worked fine so far. One annoying thing though -- the pages come out with the last page on top. Is there a simple way to reverse the order? would it be a gs or lpd/lpr option? Thanks in advance! -- ..Aaron Van Couwenberghe... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin: http://www.berlin-consortium.org Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. [There is no great genius without some touch of madness.] -- Seneca
Re: A question about 'hostid'
I found that if I used the command "hostname " while signed in as root, as described in the documentation, the hostname changed but the next time I started my computer the old name would be back. What I did was edit the file /etc/hostname the next time I started my computer the new hostname stuck. Hope that helped, Kent Min Gyung Kang wrote: > How can I change hostid on Debian? > > Please give me an answer. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Amazing installation. SCSI problems
Heavy Xmas to all of you I'm new in linux but not in dealing with the installation process of an OS (DOS, OS2, WINDOWS 9x,..), but Debian defeats me. First some technical data about my system: - Processor: i486 dx4-100 - Motherboard: VLB-PCI, American Megatrends BIOS - HDD's: IDE 600MB Seagate ST3630A SCSI 4.5GB Seagate ST34520W - Controllers: IDE PCI on board (unknown) Adaptec AHA-2940U/AHA-2940UW PCI - O.S.: Windows 98 The problen is that LILO can't detect the SCSI hard drive. When I reboot the system after installation process the bootting program gets into a neverending loop and fill the screen with the following messages: host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0 host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0 ... Amazingly, the installation program detects properly the SCSI HD, but only if I launch it from a DOS session under Windows. Any other way to install debian fails in the same way. In any case, the result is that I've got debian installed in my computer but I can't run it 'cos it doesn't recognize the hard drive where it was installed. As we say in Spain: ¡¡¡ SOCORRO !!! Sorry for my english, and happy christmas again.
Re: StarOffice install
On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 02:45:34PM -, eferen1 wrote: > How do I install Star office? I tried dpkg and install but I can't get > anything to work. Yes, I did check the Debian FAQ. Or did I miss something? > Any ideas to help? Just run X (with root privilegies), and run the ./SETUP program that ships with star office. You can't install it via dpkg (that is, if its version is above 3). 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
Re: Q: dpkg-ftp and socks
Stephan Witoszynskyj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I' would like to keep my system uptodate using dselect with ftp as > installation source. The problem is that I have to use a Socks proxy. Is > there a socksified version of dpkg-ftp? Or can anyone tell me on how to > socksify dpkg-ftp? The socks4-clients package in unstable includes a "runsocks" script that lets you socksify most programs automatically, "runsocks dselect update" and "runsocks apt-get install lynx" for example. This is what I use at work with our SOCKS firewall. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.
