Re: use the Windowkeys
* Pierfrancesco Caci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't have a very clear picture of what the different Meta, > Mode_switch and Multi mean. Does someone know what they are or where > can I read some descriptions? I always found the man pages of > xkeycaps, loadkeys etc. somewhat cryptical The Meta, Mode_switch etc. are just names for the keys; the key labled 'q' is named 'q', the key labled ',' is named 'comma'. The Meta_L and Meta_R are the keys on my keyboard that had the wintendo- logo on them (I've put stickers on) and the Menu key had the menu-and-pointer on it. > This is a good idea. So you can free the Alt-F1 that most window > managers use for the drop down menus Yes, but that's not all! (With a salesmans voice:-) This way I dont really need to bind those functions th the F-keys, I use almost only win-letter as I find that more convinient to type, and I can keep my fingers in touch posision (not beeing good at typing I need that even more). > If the swedish keyb. is similar to the italian one, you have a > "Alt-Gr" key on the right side, don't you? Yes. That's the one named "Mode_switch" > > I think this is the same as my Alt-Gr which generates Mod_3, so perhaps > > you could just bind some key to Mod_3. > I've tried but didn't succeed. How did you do this? I selected swedish keyboard-layout when the installation program asked me what kind of keyboard I have. Unless you have a fairly good idea of what you're doing I'd advice against selecting a keyboard-layout that differs from your keyboard. (Remembering the bad old dos days, and the frustration when your bootdisk didn't have the file...) Have a look in the /usr/doc/kbd directory, there might be something helpful there. -- Ulrik Haugen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -- Stephen Roberts
Re: who owns a mount
Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > >From time to time I have tried to unmount a disk (removable disk such as > a CD or Floppy, or Bernoulii) and gotten the message "device is busy". > This can happen if I am currently logged into a directory on that > device, or if a process is using the device. I just had this problem myself. What I have found is you can't umount a directory you are accessing on the disk. You must first cd to the directory you originally mounted from to umount. >However sometimes It > appears that the device should not be in use, yet I still get this > message. ps -a does not give any clue (shows no process running that > should be using the device). Is there a command to show why a mounted > device might be busy (ie: who the hell is using it?). I've used fuser in this manner, fuser -m /dev/fd0 when my floppy drive was busy, which gave me a readout, 254c 268c I ran ps aux and found two processes corresponding to 254 and 268 I killed both these processes and successfully umounted the floppy. hth, Kent
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
Marek Habersack wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > > > you imagine you get all those spiffy packages in Debian from? It's from > > > hundreds of people EDITING EVERYTHING so that you can just type dpkg -i > > > package.deb and enjoy the way it works... > > > > > > marek > > > > No, Marek, you reread my original. Joe Blow gets some package designed for > > Red Hat. How is he going to install that on his Debian system. He learns > > he can convert it to a tarball ... whats that? Ok, so he does it. It > > still won't install. Hmmm, looks like I have to call a $200/hr Unix > > consultant to see IF I can get this stuff installed on my system. > > > > The point being, do NOT assume that the person trying to load the orignial > > Red Hat package even knows what a Makefile is. > If he manages to understand how to convert an rpm to a tarball, he will surely > understand how to use alien to make a .deb package, and will be smart enough > to understand the process. Marek, I think George's point is Joe Blow doesn't *have* to understand using alien to convert a .rpm to a .deb, alien does everything for him. The problem starts when the newly created .deb still fails to work because of assumptions about the layout of the distro made by the creators of the .rpm. I've said this before and I'll say it again here: alien does *NOT* solve the problem of an absence of a 'standard' for Linux distros. P.S. Does anyone here know if there has ever been any 'official' discussion between Debian and Red Hat about the incompatibilities in /etc? -- Ed C.
Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
I'll tell you what I'm loosing in linux. More precisely, what I think is the main problem with linux. It is lack of convenient and integrated support for fonts and printing. Fonts: if you can see a font, does not mean you can print it; if you can print with font, does not mean you can see it on the screen. Especially international. Too many formats, and each application has to provide its own fonts: X, tetex, staroffice, wordperfect, abiword, ghostscript - all have separate fonts. TrueType fons are accessible through xfstt, but you still can't print them and xfstt reports incorrect character set. Printing: It works acceptable when you have a simple dumb printer, but when you've got a $3000 beast there is no simple way to use its capabilities: no way to select 1-or-2-sided printing, a paper tray, etc. With Windows, Mac and SGI - no problem, just choose the appropriate option. The only way I see in linux - is to create a buch of queues for each combination of options. It would be cool to have a SGI's glp-like utility, but it seem to need a SysV type printing. Sergey.
Re: Help for Installing Linux
Bala Iyer wrote: > On Dos partition when I ran Install the following message came up. > Image File not found. > Please enter name of kernel image file follwed by optional command line > parameters for Linux (e.g. root = ) or @file (file = param file) or "empty > string" to abort. > Thanks for the help. I suspect you downloaded the "linux" file via Netscape, and it appended an ".htm" extension on the end of the filename. Just rename the file back to "linux" (not "linux.htm") and try again. If that's not the case, make sure you have a "linux" file in the same directory that the "install.bat" file is being run from.
Re: Y2K
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/30/99 10:23:17 AM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > You forgot that Gnome and KDE aren't either (for you AOLamers out there, > > neither is Info) :) > > If that's true, the programmers working on KDE and GNOME out to be noodle- > whipped in public. These products are babies, and not having them Y2K > compliant from the get-go is a HUGE mistake and shows lack of planning on the > part of the developers. > > As for the AOLamers comment - ya know, I understand anyone's opinion of not > liking AOL - but don't insult me for using it. I have my reasons as you have > yours. I thought we gave up calling each other names in high-school - or > maybe you haven't reached that point yet. > > Anyway, what does Info and AOL have to do with each other? Or did I miss > something? > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > > > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > > > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. > > > > If not which version is Y2K. > > > > > > Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version). All other distros > > > will fail at the end of this year. Please reformat your Slackware system > > > and install Debian as soon as possible. > > > > > > Also, Emacs is NOT Y2K... you should use vi. > > > > I can understand why a package is not Y2K compliant. But if I understand > correctly, a package is nothing more than a compiled program. So, why would > Debian be compliant on a given package but the same package not be compliant > under Slackware? That doesn't make sense at all. > > And, if there are still Y2K problems with GNU packages, why in the hell aren't > they fixing them before coming up with new features? > > -Jay Mitch should have included the original poster's disclaimer that the info about Slackware and Emacs was a tongue-in-cheek "hurray for Debian, boo for other distributions" untuth. Mitch's comments are in a similar vein, along the lines of "real Linux people don't use pretty GUIs". BTW, certain language/words, while gaining acceptance in society, are still frowned upon by the FCC, and those amateur radio operators (hams) who might be forwarding these lists via packet radio are violating the FCC rules. And some people in society still have sensitive ears to "rough" language. (Really, your wording was rather mild compared to another post earlier this week, but I'd like to encourage everyone to not alienate hams by forcing them to break the law in their other hobby. And I hope I don't sound too much like a prude/sissy/whiner/whatever.)
Re: Using powersave Features on monitor
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Sean wrote: > But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the > screen, > the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to > the > touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor into powersave mode, the back of > the > monitor becomes cool. Sure. From the xset man page: -dpms The -dpms option disables DPMS (Energy Star) fea- tures. +dpms The +dpms option enables DPMS (Energy Star) fea- tures. dpms flags... The dpms option allows the DPMS (Energy Star) parameters to be set. The option can take up to three numerical values, or the `force' flag fol- lowed by a DPMS state. The `force' flags forces the server to immediately switch to the DPMS state specified.The DPMS state can be one of `standby', `suspend', or `off'. When numerical values are given, they set the inactivity period before the three modes are activated. The first value given is for the `standby' mode, the second is for the `suspend' mode, and the third is for the `off' mode. Setting these values implicitly enables the DPMS features. A value of zero dis- ables a particular mode. ...RickM...
Re: HELP! dpkg dies with --fsys-tarfile error
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 10:50:12PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.1 > I installed the sources that way, compiled them, and then used make-dpkg to get a deb package. But dpkg won't install the resulting deb. Is there a way to coerce apt into installing a local file such as this? I can't find a way to do it. Thanks again, Robbie
Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 10:03:53PM -0800, Gary Singleton wrote: > --- Laurent PICOULEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --snippage-- > > > No, you could even retrieve this kind of "features" > > with bsod, a linux application to emulate Win1895 > > BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). I've saw it a loong > > time ago either on sunsite or tsx-11 :-)) > > If anyone can find this please let me know, it would > be a nice gag to play on my M$ loving pals . It's part of the xscreensaver/xlock packages. You can install it with dselect. ;) Robbie
Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
> On Tue, 30 Mar, 1999 à 01:10:02AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an > > IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the > > point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I > > get an error stating " Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make > > sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is > > started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system > > with a command at the "boot:" prompt, or you may have to load a driver > > that is in a loadable module to solve this problem." > > Perhaps you have an MCA bus and/or ESDI harddrive > > If you have a model 50 or later, then you have MCA and ESDI. There's a page for microchannel linux at: http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/default.htm With links to a few sparse notes on doing a debian install. I've got a PS/2 in the basement, and I've just started research into a Linux install on it, let alone a debian install.
Re: non-us.debian.org having problems???
Thanx to everyone who responded on this. I knew that non-us has experienced problems in the past... somehow I got the idea that it had been resolved, tho. Anyway, since it's both known and has a fix "in the works", I won't worry about it any longer. Thanx!
Re: who owns a mount
On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 10:16:28AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > >From time to time I have tried to unmount a disk (removable disk such as > a CD or Floppy, or Bernoulii) and gotten the message "device is busy". > This can happen if I am currently logged into a directory on that > device, or if a process is using the device. However sometimes It > appears that the device should not be in use, yet I still get this > message. ps -a does not give any clue (shows no process running that > should be using the device). Is there a command to show why a mounted > device might be busy (ie: who the hell is using it?). In my case it > could be nfs (my removeable is mountable as a share under windows via > samba). The lsof (list open files) package should be able to point you in the proper direction. A word of warning, tho... it's VERY specific to whichever kernel it was compiled for. If you're not running one of Debian's "stock" kernels, you'll probably need to compile it yourself (if you need a quick rundown of the "debianized recompile" procedure, let me know... it's REALLY easy, tho).
Re: Thanks to Gregory T. Norris
On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 04:35:25AM -0800, Nun Yobiznez wrote: > Dear Sir, > Thank you for your redirection in the way of > install. It helped me greatly in overcoming the > hurdle to installation. Glad I could help (seems only fair, since I've needed to ask around once or twice myself). > P.S. Sorry for the delay.I've been trying to get > the install correctly configured but have run into > problems w/ the perl and lib6 packages not > configuring correctly..It taken a little of my > time and I might have to bother the user list again > soon to help me iron this one out too. Thanks > Again!!! I seem to have been fortunate enough not to have had problems with those two (so far, at least)... don't let that stop you from asking, tho. Lots of brainiacs on this list!
Re: install problems
On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 11:21:39AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I had similar problems; someone pointed me to a site that had > installation files customized for the AHA-294x controller, and that > solved my problem (I had to build the floppies to use it). I don't > remember the site, but you can search the list archives for the past > month and probably find it. They can be found at "http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/slink/";.
Crescendo package?
Crescendo's a gnome-ified front-end to TinyFUgue. Anybody planning on creating a package? Yes, I know the answer is "do it yourself" but I don't want to download and set up all the gnome dev stuff unless nobody else will!! bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : People need joy quite as much as clothing, Some of them need it : far more. -- Mary Collier Graham, Gifts and Givers
Re: Using powersave Features on monitor
But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the screen, the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to the touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor into powersave mode, the back of the monitor becomes cool. Sean Hamori Andras wrote: > Jeff Katcher wrote: > > > > Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x > > when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is > > there a way to do this in Linux? > > > > On a Linux console, you can enable this via setterm(1). For X, xset(1x) > can do the job. > > András > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. -- Bill Vaughan
dselect "internal error"
Dselect is having a problem on my system. When I choose the [I]nstall option from its main menu, the following message appears: internal error - no filename at -e line 12, chunk 14. installation script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. Upon pressing RETURN, the main menu appears again. Obviously, something's wrong, but the meaning of the above error message is not exactly clear to me... Some background: In the beginning of February this year, after using SLS and Slackware Linux for about 5 years, I decided to give Debian (i386 version) a try. I installed its then 'stable' version over NFS from an NFS server via the campus ethernet. Back then, dselect worked fine. Last weekend, I wanted to add and remove some packages, and roughly the following happened: - made selections in [S]elect menu - tried [I]nstall: didn't work because NFS-server had changed - changed settings in [A]ccess to point to the new NFS-server - tried [I]nstall: at first, it worked; lots of updates were performed, presumably because in the mean time 'stable' had been changed to point to a newer version. Then it stopped, with some unclear error message, even involving a segmentation fault if I'm not mistaking; unfortunately, I didn't write it down. - chose [U]pdate, because I realised that the information my dselect had no longer reflected the actual contents of the 'stable' directory on the NFS server - needed to do [S]elect, to resolve some dependencies. - [I]nstall again, resulting in the above error message (and/or perhaps some others before it). Since then, this error message pops up every time I try [I]nstall. I'm telling all these details because I suspect that somehow this was not the right way to cope with the two changes (newer NFS server, and newer 'stable' distribution). I hope someone can explain the error message, and knows how to resolve the problem... If more information is needed, please ask. Regards, Pieter-Tjerk ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
Steve Lamb wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 15:11:57 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > >1) Up-front cash outlay for the second computer (important to poor folks > >like myself) > > "Low" end pentiums are dirt cheap right now and run Linux exceptionally > well. I own a case (given to me) and a motherboard and a CPU and a CPU fan. I've borrowed the keyboard, mouse, video card, hard drive, monitor, and modem. Hmmm, I reckon I can afford to purchase a new computer since they're now dirt cheap. :) But more realistically, I'm sure I could scrape together enough $ to purchase a second computer and to fill my current one with my own stuff instead of borrowing everything, provided I was willing to sacrifice other things, such as other hobbies and eating out and etc, but the point remains that not everyone has a spare $300-$600 to spend on a hobby. It'd be different if it was my livelihood. So the answer to the original question of what's wrong with running two PCs still stands; it costs money. > >2) Physical desk space. > > Stuff the Linux box under the desk. Telnet in for console, use an X > server (there is a free one and several commerical) or VNC for X apps. > > My Linux box is a P5-100, 64Mb RAM, 2Gb HD space (old SCSI drives). It > is in a full tower stuffed under an extension of my desk. I use Exceed for > my X server on my W95 box to run X apps and Tera Term Pro to telnet/ssh in. > Until I could afford Exceed I used VNC. Both TTP and VNC are free products. > :) > I have to admit that my years in Windows-world had blinded me to this possibility. It seems like this might be a good solution to the space issue. Actually I DO have two PCs (3 if you count the Mac) on my desk (4 in my office, if you include the old 486 Win3.x box I never fire up anymore) at work (of course my job paid for them). So what you're saying is that I could get rid of the monitor, keyboard, and mouse on my Linux box and free up that much desk space by using the NT box as a remote terminal? That's an interesting idea. Are there any performance penalties, etc that would offset the value of free-ing up desk space? I played with VNC (I think) briefly the other day on a Linux X-to-Linux X setup; are you saying I could run an NT version of VNC to give me the X window capability? Which is better; that or MI/X? (Maybe you're not familiar with MI/X.) I guess in a nutshell what I'm really asking is: "Am I better off to keep my separate monitor/mouse/keyboard at the expense of desk space (I've been doing okay so far), or does the remote idea work so well that I'd never miss them?" Thanks for the idea at any rate.
Re: lspci -- can't find.
"Person, Roderick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I have kernel 2.2.3 installed. I on boot when the sound module is loaded I | get the error | lspci:can't find | | I forget the rest (i'm at work), but when I try to initalize the sound card | with isapnp I get the same error. What is lspci? Where do I get it? Install the pciutils package in the admin section of slink. That will get rid of the message. Gary
Re: perldap on debian linux
"Aaron M. Stromas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | i'd like to build perldap on debian linux. as it uses netscape c sdk i | decided that the fastest way would be to build it first. unfortunately, | the configuration failed because it didn't find Xm/Xm.h. | | is there a debian package with that (motif?) include file? what is it? Motif isn't free software. You'll have to purchase a copy from someone like Redhat. There are other vendors as well. I'd suggest a search of comp.os.linux.misc for other recommendations. Last time I looked it wasn't exactly cheap, depending on your financial status. Something on the order of 100 US$. Gary
Re: WinNT and Linux install question
rathon wrote: > Hi, > Using Debian2.0. My home installation with Linux and Win95 works > perfectly. Now I am trying to install Linux on my NT machine at > work. > > For my home installation, I used CD-ROM method for installation and > this is what I did: > 1)Copy all the CD-ROM drivers from autoexec.bat and config.sys files > to a DOS bootable diskette. > 2)Boot from the 'DOS boot diskette+CD-ROM drivers'. > 3)cd to the CD-ROM drive and run the Linux boot.bat file > 4)Smooth as silk. It worked fine. No problem. > > Problem: > With the NT machine at work, there is no autoexec.bat or config.sys files. > So I could not do step#1, #2 as described above. > > I do not know how to configure the PC to boot from the CD-ROM. > Can you help ? > > I downloaded the 'Linux+NT-Loader mini HOW-TO' and in step3.3 it says.. > "..Now boot linux from diskettes..". I do not have linux boot diskettes. > all I have in the CD.. > > Rathon. There's a good chance that a machine big enough to run NT is new enough to be able to boot from the CD drive; just make that change in the CMOS and reboot with the Debian CD in the drive. If your machine can't boot from the CD drive, from within a Command Prompt in CD, run the "rawrite.exe" (or "rawrite2.exe") to create the linux boot disks you need.
Re: password problems on slink
Check the "# /sbin/getty invocations ..." section in /etc/inittab. -- On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Chris Brown wrote: > We just did a fresh install of slink on one of our machines, and set > the root password just fine. The install finished, we played around > with it for a little while, then rebooted. The problem is that when > it reboots it doesn't require us to login! It goes straight to a > bash prompt assuming we're root. The password is set, and when we > telnet to it su works like it should, asking for and accepting the > root password. Is automatic root login normal for slink? If so, > where can we kill that?
Installing
Hey ppl, I know that this is pretty lame but I am having some problems installing debian v2.0.34 Generally it boots up and then hangs when it outputs /etc/rc done. The cursor then moves somewhere in the middle of the screen and stays there There are no partitions on my hard-drives Does there need to be What do I do I am booting from a CDROM drive on a Celron 333 w/128MB Ram. Thanks everyone... Alok
RE: password problems on slink
On 30-Mar-99 Chris Brown wrote: > We just did a fresh install of slink on one of our machines, and set > the root password just fine. The install finished, we played around > with it for a little while, then rebooted. The problem is that when > it reboots it doesn't require us to login! It goes straight to a > bash prompt assuming we're root. The password is set, and when we > telnet to it su works like it should, asking for and accepting the > root password. Is automatic root login normal for slink? If so, > where can we kill that? I just upgraded to Slink from Hamm and I do need to login. I am sure what you are experiencing is not normal. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]
Xwrapper
I upgraded to slink now when I run X I get some error about Xwrapper and not to set the X server to SUID, the error conveniently does not tell me what package contains Xwrapper. Where is this file. Thanks, wayne
Re: not booting into Xwindows
Sean wrote: > > Remove the xdm script from your runlevel directory. If you're using runlevel > 2 (most > probably), then go to /etc/rc2.d, and delete the S**xdm package where ** will > be some > number. > > Sean > > Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > > can anyone tell me how to keep my computer from booting into Xwindows? > > This is a rather annoying automation... > > > > thanks :) > > -lev > > Alternately, if your machine is connected to a network and you need xdm in order to enable remote X logins to your workstation, remove the entry from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers that starts the X server on your machine. András
Re: Using powersave Features on monitor
Jeff Katcher wrote: > > Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x > when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is > there a way to do this in Linux? > On a Linux console, you can enable this via setterm(1). For X, xset(1x) can do the job. András
password problems on slink
We just did a fresh install of slink on one of our machines, and set the root password just fine. The install finished, we played around with it for a little while, then rebooted. The problem is that when it reboots it doesn't require us to login! It goes straight to a bash prompt assuming we're root. The password is set, and when we telnet to it su works like it should, asking for and accepting the root password. Is automatic root login normal for slink? If so, where can we kill that? * Chris Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] !!! HELP FIGHT SPAM !!! Join; www.cauce.org See; spam.abuse.net, spamsucks.com, www.cm.org
Re: netscape 4.08 illegal instruction
Vincent Murphy wrote: > > i used contrib/netscape4 to install the netscape navigator 4.08 tarball > from ftp.netscape.com. whenever i try to run it, it dies and i get this: > > $ /usr/local/netscape/netscape & > [1] 4976 > $ > [1]+ Illegal Instruction /usr/local/netscape/netscape > $ > > should i use the communicator tarball or try navigator 4.07? any info > would be much appreciated. I don't know what the error you are experiencing means but a couple days ago I tried installing communicator 4.51. The first attempt was with a tarball from the supported section, it installed but wouldn't load, I had tons of lib errors. So I purged and downloaded the unsupported tarball and that installed with no problems under Slink. hth, Kent > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
lspci -- can't find.
I have kernel 2.2.3 installed. I on boot when the sound module is loaded I get the error lspci:can't find I forget the rest (i'm at work), but when I try to initalize the sound card with isapnp I get the same error. What is lspci? Where do I get it? Thanks Rod.
netscape 4.08 illegal instruction
i used contrib/netscape4 to install the netscape navigator 4.08 tarball from ftp.netscape.com. whenever i try to run it, it dies and i get this: $ /usr/local/netscape/netscape & [1] 4976 $ [1]+ Illegal Instruction /usr/local/netscape/netscape $ should i use the communicator tarball or try navigator 4.07? any info would be much appreciated. TIA.. -vinny -- Vincent Murphy | CompSci Undergrad, UCC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (086) 8397405 "With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge." --P J Schoenster
Re: PostgreSQL
Yes, but it's not the Debian philosophy to force the persons who does'nt want X support to do a --force-depends.. And it's not clean. Usually, debian packages are small and with as less things as possible. The extra stuff are in other packages... On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 07:26:45PM -0600, Jonathan Guthrie wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote: > > > I wanted to install postgreSQL on a machine without X but postgresql needs > > xlib6g & tk... > > Is there a package without X & Tk .. support ? > > Why do we need X ? > > I run PostgreSQL on several computers. The X stuff is there for the X > client and the tk stuff is there for the tk support. I think. It's been > a while (couple of months, anyway) since I installed pgsql from .deb > files, so I don't really recall, but I think that the .deb files installs > everything, including the kitchen sink. You don't have a limited "no-X" > version. > > I've run (and continue to run, my main database server has no X on it) > PostgreSQL on computers without X, but I installed it from the tarballs > from postgresql.org. > > ICOCBW. > -- > Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ > 12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA > -- // -oOo- -oOo ---oOo--\\ | Sami Dalouche | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | AIM : linhax| | 01.34.83.16.76 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ : 25529539 | \\ -oOo- -oOo ---oOo--//
perldap on debian linux
i'd like to build perldap on debian linux. as it uses netscape c sdk i decided that the fastest way would be to build it first. unfortunately, the configuration failed because it didn't find Xm/Xm.h. is there a debian package with that (motif?) include file? what is it? tia, -a -- Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." Oracle Corp | BRTN commentator +1 703.708.49.33 | L'Alpe d'Huez 1995 Tour de France
xconsole placement
I have been working on this one for awhile and can't come up with an answer. Xconsole is iconified when I start X and when I deiconify it, it opens off screen. What I want is xconsole to be open and in view at the bottom of my screen when my X session starts. Xconsole seems to be coming from xdm as it isn't present when I used the command startx. There is a line for xconsole geometry in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 fi rm -f /var/run/xconsole_0.pid # start fresh xconsole and store its PID xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -notify -verbose -fn fixed \ -exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole & echo $! > /var/run/xconsole_0.pid fi I tried changing the geometry numbers but that just made xconsole load in the xdm loggin page and when I logged in to X xconsole was iconified. I don't understand the programming strings of the file so maybe what I did was wrong. I tried putting this line, + "I" exec xconsole -geometry =480x130+153+400 -exitOnFail -daemon -notify -file /dev/xconsole in my ~/.fvwm2/init.hook file. The xconsole icon briefly appeared and then no xconsole at all. If I try opening xconsole from the root menu of fvwm2 xconsole says "Couldn't open console." I've looked at the fvwm2 user's archives, debian user's archives and various man pages. I could use some help. Thanks, Kent
[genoni@cibs.sns.it: (no subject)]
Hi ppl, this is better answered from you :-) Ciao, Hanno -- | Hanno Wagner | Member of the HTML Writers Guild | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Eine gewerbliche Nutzung meiner Email-Adressen ist nicht gestattet! | | 74 a3 53 cc 0b 19 - we did it! |Generation @ | #"Zensur im Internet - Internet Service Provider ergreifen die Initiative" # -- Ueberschrift der eco-PE vom 1.Maerz 1996 --- Begin Message --- good day, i work on Linux as a System Manager on a cluster of about 20 machines, Linux Pc and alphas, spark solaris, risk AIX, osf alpha, in Scola Normale Superiore di Pisa with lsf for both interactive usage and computation, and about 800 users,since about 3 years. i use a very personalized SlackWare, (all machine boot from a filesystem server and share the same /usr, while their own installation is about 20 Mb, homes come from an AIX risk, mounted on the linux filesystem server with fddi and then being reexported on fast ethernet) with a sysV system boot written by myself and so on. I'd like to activelly contribute to the LSB with my experience.I've have tested all new stable and experimental kernels since 1.3.20. What should I do to conlaborate with you? i could make tests on my parallel cluster, and this i think could be very interesting for you. (i actualy use kernel nfs for all) Thanx and excuse my english Luigi Genoni Unix System manager Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Unix System Consultant S.I.A Unix System Administrator O.N.E --- End Message --- pgpy74uCuOgsB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: crc errors with LILO
On Tue, 30 Mar, 1999 à 02:08:30AM +, Lev Lvovsky wrote: [...] > > So now, I used lilo, and tried installing it on the IDE drive: > > silver168:~# lilo -b /dev/hda5 > Ignoring entry 'boot' > Added Linux * > It can't work : lilo relies on the bios and the bios can't access alone to /dev/hda5. Put lilo either on your MBR or on a *primary* partition. As you have logical partitions, you could put lilo in the extended partition wich is a primary partition and make it the only active partition. > I've checked the disk, and copied over the kernel that's on the floppy > (which is good), and I still get the error. > > Anyone know how to fix this? I don't like to boot off of a floppy... > How are we supposed to be able to help you without the necessary details ? At least your lilo.conf and having your partition tables too would be fine. -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
Re: Anybody have the time to help a newbie?
On Tue, 30 Mar, 1999 à 01:10:02AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > > Ok. I have a copy of Debian on disk. I am attempting to install it on an > IBM PS/2 386. When I boot up using the rescue floppy, I can set up to the > point where it asks me to partition the hard drive. I select next, and I > get an error stating " Problem - No hard disk drives could be found. Make > sure they are cabled correctly and are turned on before the system is > started . You may have to change driver setings when you start the system > with a command at the "boot:" prompt, or you may have to load a driver > that is in a loadable module to solve this problem." Perhaps you have an MCA bus and/or ESDI harddrive -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
Re: fetchmail
Elmo Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed Debain Linux 2.0 a couple weeks ago. I have the exim mail > handler. I can send mail with no problem. I tried to use fetchmail to > get my mail. I've tried several different setups for both exim > (exim.conf) and fetchmail (.fetchmailrc) but I always get the following > error measage. > > elmo:~$ fetchmail -k -a > 2 messages for elmo at usxchange.net (8231 octets). > reading message 1 of 2 (4893 octets) .fetchmail: > SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > fetchmail: can't even send to elmo! > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from usxchange.net > fetchmail: Query status=10 > > any suggestions? Try adding "localhost" to your local domains in /etc/exim.conf: local_domains = elmo.:localhost -- +- pgp key available --+ | Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|http://www.clifton-labs.com | +--+
CS4232-kq-Crystal-PnP-based sound card
Hi. I have a no-name CS4232-kq-Crystal-PnP-based sound card with an on-board IDE (CD-ROM) controller, which is positively 16-bit. But I have lost the card driver, can you send the card driver or tell me where I can find the card driver. Thanks to you all. * * Alex Osorio Leal * UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA * *Encargado de remuneraciones * Vicerrectoria de Administracion y Finanzas * * e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Direccion de personal * * fono : 325081 *Seccion Personal y Remuneraciones * *
Samba question
Hello all: Does anyone know if there is a way to pull the password used to connect/logon to a samba share ? I know that the user ID can be acquired via %U. Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com org:GenX Internet Labs adr:;;238a Gerrard St. East;Toronto;ON;M5A 2E8;CA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Senior Engineer fn:Peter Iannarelli end:vcard
fetchmail
I installed Debain Linux 2.0 a couple weeks ago. I have the exim mail handler. I can send mail with no problem. I tried to use fetchmail to get my mail. I've tried several different setups for both exim (exim.conf) and fetchmail (.fetchmailrc) but I always get the following error measage. elmo:~$ fetchmail -k -a 2 messages for elmo at usxchange.net (8231 octets). reading message 1 of 2 (4893 octets) .fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' fetchmail: can't even send to elmo! fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from usxchange.net fetchmail: Query status=10 any suggestions? Elmo
Re: Y2K
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Anyway, what does Info and AOL have to do with each other? Or did I miss > something? You missed the fact the the entire post was a troll and you got sucked in. There shouldn't be Y2K issues for most Unix (including Linux) applications, any distro or whatever. (Yes, some applications are dumb and will have problems but it's not due to OS issues - it's due to bad applications.) Anyways, the poster was "ripping on" all distros except Debian, GNOME, KDE, Emacs, and AOL just to be a pain in the &^#%#. They all should be Y2K safe. (Well, who knows about AOL - we don't have the source ;-)) Later, Dale -- +- pgp key available --+ | Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|http://www.clifton-labs.com | +--+
who owns a mount
>From time to time I have tried to unmount a disk (removable disk such as a CD or Floppy, or Bernoulii) and gotten the message "device is busy". This can happen if I am currently logged into a directory on that device, or if a process is using the device. However sometimes It appears that the device should not be in use, yet I still get this message. ps -a does not give any clue (shows no process running that should be using the device). Is there a command to show why a mounted device might be busy (ie: who the hell is using it?). In my case it could be nfs (my removeable is mountable as a share under windows via samba). === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Using powersave Features on monitor
Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is there a way to do this in Linux? Jeff
flying: not enough colours
when I try and run any of the pool type games in the flying package, I get an error message; not enough colors: I need 10 colors + 4 planes. xdpyinfo tells me; class:TrueColor depth:16 planes available colormap entries:64 per subfield red, green, blue masks:0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f significant bits in color specification:6 bits any ideas? I really like the pool game, and I haven't played it in ages... -- Graham
Re: Bandwidth Control Program
¡Hola! >With the new kernel 2.2, you can use IPROUTE2. The problem is that isn't a .deb >package, so you must compile and >install it, becase it's .tgz. There is a .deb, and it's in slink. (it's not the newest version, but it works great here...) >Look at this web: >http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-diffserv/ > We are probing this package, and i can asure you that is very interesting. > Saludos. From .es? :-) HoraPe --- Horacio J. Peña [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line
Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > > the command line? > > What about such a simple command: > mpack -s "Subject of the message" filename recipient_address Someone at work needed that last year, and I suggested mpack. She came back saying she couldn't pack two files together! I eneded up hacking a perl script wrapper to mhn description lines. -- 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/
Re: ppp0
Chen Xu writes: > I actually did run pppconfig and answered the questions, but still not > working. I suspect maybe there is something to do with my modem port. My > modem is on COM4 and IRQ is 10. As defuelt, the IRQ asigned for COM4 may > be different. I did 'setserial -b /dev/ttyS3 IRQ 10' to change COM4 to > IRQ 10 manually after system comes up, but still did not help. pppconfig just sets up the provider files. I suspect your problem lies elsewhere. What does your /var/log/ppp.log look like? What does 'setserial /dev/ttyS3' show? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Help on docs
OK this is a strange question but here it is. When I type dhelp (I did install it) it cannot find the file. I go to that directory and it is there so I call it up and type in a search name and it does not find it. I have tried about 4 dozen names so far of programs that I have questions about. So far no find on any of them. This happens on 2 systems, one is hamm and the other is slink. I am looking for pine info so I can compile it and run it. I am also looking for other configuration help that I would like to have. Can anyone tell me where (other then the doc directory since it seems that there is no files under there for help) I can look for help? I have 2 systems that I need to bring up with a posibility of a 3rd soon. Please reply to the below address since I do not always get my debian digest in full. Thanks. -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: install problems
Joe Digilio wrote: > Hi all- > I ordered the 4 cd set of slink from cheapbytes (and made a $5 donation :). > I am trying to install on /dev/sda2 attached to an adaptec 2940uw. There > are no ide drives on my computer. > I tried booting off the cd, but when it loads the kernel, it gets > stuck after finding my scsi card. It stops right after this: > > (scsi0) found at PCI 11/0 > (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs > (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination > (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct. > (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination > (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted > (scsi0) during machine bootup. > (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 NO) > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded > > Then it just sits there. I have also tried making the boot floppy > (2.1.9-1999-03-03) with the same result. > > What can I do to install slink? > > Thanks, > Joe I had similar problems; someone pointed me to a site that had installation files customized for the AHA-294x controller, and that solved my problem (I had to build the floppies to use it). I don't remember the site, but you can search the list archives for the past month and probably find it.
Re: Do We Need a New Evangelist?
> "CD" == Curt Daugaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Me> It's apparent that the two of you, and others, are willing to Me> continue this stupid infighting out in the public for all to Me> see. CD> In case you didn't notice, you posted your invective on CD> debian-user, not in private. So what are you so indignant CD> about? Point taken! But I feel the need to point out that you know *exactly* who Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond are, but you've never HEARD of me. :-) So, a little less visibility to my screed, I think. ~ESP
Printing foreign languages
I was wondering how to add new non-english fonts for printing and how do i tell Magicfilter to use them when printing foreign languages (Hebrew). Also how do I add new fonts for ps in order to make and print ps in Hebrew. Thanx
printing quality
I am using an epson lx 300 dotmatrix printer. When i try to print text files or html documents from netscape the qaolity is relativly ok. When i try to print from another source (ie. dvi or ps) the quallity i get is terible. Under windows I use the driver for lx 800 or lx810 or jx80 (if i'm didn't make a mistake in the letter prefix) and i get an acceptable qaolity. If anyone knows the correct driver for Magicfilter and/or how to improve the printing quality under debian. Thanx
Adding fonts for latex under debian
I want to ad new fonts for latex (elatex ectually) under debian in order to print non-english documents (Hebrew specificly). I found some fonts on the web, but i don't know how to install them. Thanx
printing powerpoint document from debian
Anyone know how to print a powerpoint document under debian? Thanx
Re: Help for Installing Linux
Bala Iyer wrote: > On Dos partition when I ran Install the following message came up. > Image File not found. > Please enter name of kernel image file follwed by optional command line > parameters for Linux (e.g. root = ) or @file (file = param file) or "empty > string" to abort. > Thanks for the help. I suspect you downloaded the "linux" file via Netscape, and it appended an ".htm" extension on the end of the filename. Just rename the file back to "linux" (not "linux.htm") and try again. If that's not the case, make sure you have a "linux" file in the same directory that the "install.bat" file is being run from.
Re: some DNS config q's
>> "C" == Chadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: c> how do i configure DNS so that doing $ nslookup mydomain.com alone, c> (that is, w/o those prefixes i added like www, ftp, mail, etc) will c> immediately point to my address ? Use an entry like @ IN A 192.168.3.1in the configfile of the zone. C> [2 ] Please turn this off. Ciao, Martin
Help with printers
I have 2 problems here. 1. On my network I cannot get Debian to share the printer. I have set up a hosts.lpd file and made sure there is no deny in the hosts.deny file. What else do I need to do? I had that working in RedHat. 2. I have a second machine that has a HP4L hooked directly to it. I am using Magicfilter. For some reason it prints to about the last 1" of text and then stops. It also does not send a form feed to eject the page. How can I fix this? Please reply to my address below since I do not allways get the full debian digest list. -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: non-us.debian.org having problems???
I know this situation has been going on too long, and we're not happy with it. Luckily this is going to change soon: we have a new server donated by VA already. The only thing that I'm waiting for right now is the shipping (also sponsored, but by SOIL and UL) of the machine and the final installation of dinstall and the archive. Wichert. -- == This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/ pgpGLEJU63Ap4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Y2K
In a message dated 3/30/99 10:23:17 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > You forgot that Gnome and KDE aren't either (for you AOLamers out there, > neither is Info) :) If that's true, the programmers working on KDE and GNOME out to be noodle- whipped in public. These products are babies, and not having them Y2K compliant from the get-go is a HUGE mistake and shows lack of planning on the part of the developers. As for the AOLamers comment - ya know, I understand anyone's opinion of not liking AOL - but don't insult me for using it. I have my reasons as you have yours. I thought we gave up calling each other names in high-school - or maybe you haven't reached that point yet. Anyway, what does Info and AOL have to do with each other? Or did I miss something? > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. > > > If not which version is Y2K. > > > > Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version). All other distros > > will fail at the end of this year. Please reformat your Slackware system > > and install Debian as soon as possible. > > > > Also, Emacs is NOT Y2K... you should use vi. > I can understand why a package is not Y2K compliant. But if I understand correctly, a package is nothing more than a compiled program. So, why would Debian be compliant on a given package but the same package not be compliant under Slackware? That doesn't make sense at all. And, if there are still Y2K problems with GNU packages, why in the hell aren't they fixing them before coming up with new features? -Jay
Mounting to Sun
I am trying to mount an NFS drive on a Sun (newest version) server with my linux workstation. I need to have full access to it. The Sun admin and I have been working on this for a while now and have had little luck. Has anyone done this? Is there any reason that it should not work? Let me know at the below email addresses. Thanks. -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Y2K
You forgot that Gnome and KDE aren't either (for you AOLamers out there, neither is Info) :) On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. > > If not which version is Y2K. > > Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version). All other distros > will fail at the end of this year. Please reformat your Slackware system > and install Debian as soon as possible. > > Also, Emacs is NOT Y2K... you should use vi. > > Hope this helps, > -Mitch > > -- > The above is untruthful nonsense based entirely on personal opinion > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: star office
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Shawn Nguyen wrote: Good - it's not just me! I have a P5 133 w/80 MB RAM and it does the same thing. I can use it as root just fine, but when I try to use it as anyone else it works fine, but then hangs and then when I boot it up again it either (1) does nothing at all, or (2) gives a little "Unrecoverable Error" message box. Is StarOffice just too resource greedy for anything but the top-of-the-line models out there? - Bill > I am having some problem with Star Office 5.0, could someone shed some > light on the situation? Apparently when I try to update the mail box > Star Office start to freeze up my computer. What's happening is that my > CPU is being overloaded when Star Office does this updating of the > e-mail. I have a K6 AMD 300 MHZ with 64 MB of RAM, I wonder if that's > not enough for something as resource hungry as Star Office?
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
Hmm, now that you say this, I looked back at the partition table (these are the essential details I remember): Partition BootStartEnd Type hda1Primary 1 19883 Linux Native hda2Primary 414 791 5 Extended hda3Primary 199 21582 Linux Swap hda4 *(something) DOS something hda5 Logical (etc.) DOS something hda6 Logical (etc.) DOS something So, this isn't exactly what I thought I had originally written as the partitions (no Linux native, only ext2). Now, what? I'm a bit lost. Switch hda1 to ext2 and bootable? Paolo Comi wrote: > Jeff Hill wrote: > > > After re-installing Windows95 on a dual-boot set-up, the machine > > now boots directly to Windows. I tried booting to Debian from > > floppy and then re-installing lilo, but that didn't help -- > > machine still goes directly to Windows. I think I need to mess > > with the MBR, but not certain how to proceed. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff Hill > > I had the same problem. > I partitioned my HD in this way > /dev/hda1 - windows 95 > /dev/hda2 - linux swap > /dev/hda3 - linux > and set /dev/hda3 as boot partition. > > When I reinstalled windows 95, /dev/hda1 has been set as boot partition. > > To fix the problem I: > - rebooted Debiam form floppy > - used fdisk (or cfdisk, I don't remember) to remade my linux partition > bootable > again > - reboot > -- > Paolo Comi > > Italtel S.p.A. > Research and Development Laboratories > 20019 Castelletto di Settimo Milanese (MI) > Italy > tel: +39 02 4388 7963 > fax: +39 02 4388 8472 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- * HR On-Line: The Network for Workplace Issues ** Ph:416-604-7251 -- Fax:416-604-4708 ** http://www.hronline.com **
Re: SiS6326 chip and XFree86
I got one working a little while ago. Here's how: You have to go to xfree86.org and download the new XF_SVGA server (latest version). Put this somewhere, and make it mode 755. (You have to untar it, etc... ; put the actual X server somewhere) Now, edit /etc/X11/Xserver and change the first line to match the path and filename of the new server. You have mo make an XF86Config file. Use the text-mode xf86config program (note the case) to do so. At this point, it will start X but things may be very ugly. If they are, look in the README.SiS file on the xfree86.org site, and add all of the 'debugging' options listed there into your XF86Config file. At this point, everything should be pretty. If you like, you can try commenting out the debugging options, one at a time (with a # at the front of the line), until you see exactly which options you need. I believe that I had to turn on the 'no_bitblt' and 'sw_cursor' options; you may get diffreent results. This worked fine for me a woeek or two ago; hope it helps. If you have difficulty, mail me privately and I'll send you my (working) XF86Config file. Carl
Re: Y2K
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. > If not which version is Y2K. Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version). All other distros will fail at the end of this year. Please reformat your Slackware system and install Debian as soon as possible. Also, Emacs is NOT Y2K... you should use vi. Hope this helps, -Mitch -- The above is untruthful nonsense based entirely on personal opinion
Re: help on setting up a host name
I don't administer the DNS databases here, so this is mostly guesswork and a little readingon my part BUT... Look in /etc/named.boot on the machine running the DNS server (called bind or named) and figure out which file contains the information for your particular zone. Look also in any files which are 'include'd in this file. Edit the zone file by adding a new line for your new hostname -> IP mapping. I will not venture to give an example, because I would surely be wrong. Try duplicating a line for some other server, and just changing the relevant parts. Then, restart named (/etc/init.d/bind stop; /etc/init.d/bind start) or (/etc/init.d/bind restart) or (/etc/init.d/bind reload). I can't test it, but the firt is almost certain to work, the second less so, and the third less again. Try 'man named' for more info. You have to be on the DNS server computer to do any of this. Carl
Re: Y2K
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, CSR de Port-au-Prince wrote: > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. > If not which version is Y2K. > > Thank you to answer me at > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks > Reynold GUERRIER Reynold: Y2K problems stem from a two digit date, done to "save" memory. Linux and Unix maintain the date in a 32 bit number. It will roll over in 2038, by which time, I hope, I'm running a 64 bit machine and Linux or its free successor. (That is, if I live that long. I'll be 98 then.) David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because with Linux there is no Y2K problem. Because the support is fast, correct, useful, and free. Because reboots are for hardware and kernel upgrades.
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
No changes to the setup and my bios is set to boot a,c. I had lilo boot windows at /dev/hda4 and slink at /dev/hda1. Everything was running well, except that I had to re-install Windows. I booted to Windows, went to command prompt, re-installed Windows, then rebooted. I expected lilo to be overwritten, but thought that if I booted by floppy to slink and then ran lilo, it would re-install and work fine. Not the case. While I could always boot slink from floppy, it would obviously be more convenient to boot from disk. Lilo was running without any warnings or errors. When I initially setup, I couldn't get lilo to run, but instead got an endless stream of "01 01 01 01 01 01". Someone suggested that this might be a faulty lilo and to re-install, which I did. Unfortunately, that was not the case. It was some fault on the Windows side. It seems like I remember reading somewhere once that the solution was to boot using the Windows Rescue/Reboot disk and go to command prompt and do an "fdisk /mbr" and then re-install lilo. But I've caused myself some extreme pain mucking with the mbr on a guess. I've ran Linux servers for a couple of years now, but setting up a dual-boot and making a desktop system is almost another world. Regards and thanks for any assist. Jeff Hill Andrei Ivanov wrote: > Are you using exactly the same setup as before? > Also, make sure that lilo actually runs without any warnings/errors. > ANdrew > --- > Andrei S. Ivanov Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > Jeff Hill wrote: > > After re-installing Windows95 on a dual-boot set-up, the machine > > now boots directly to Windows. I tried booting to Debian from > > floppy and then re-installing lilo, but that didn't help -- > > machine still goes directly to Windows. I think I need to mess > > with the MBR, but not certain how to proceed. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > just to be sure: > do you set your bios to boot on disk ? -- * HR On-Line: The Network for Workplace Issues ** Ph:416-604-7251 -- Fax:416-604-4708 ** http://www.hronline.com **
modules package
dselect lists the "modules" package as obsolete/local -- I sure didn't package it, so it must be obsolete. But "dpkg -r modules" reports "Kernel was compiled with module support! Can't remove modules package!". Is it ok to --force this one? Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, "Blame It On Me" | --
printing quality
I have a problem with printing quality under debian. I am using an epson lx 300 dot matrix printer (i know that windows it can work also as epson lx800 lx810 jx80 - i may be missing a bit on the letters). the problem is that under linux when not printing unformated text ot from netscape i get horible results (including ps from other sources). If anyone can tell me how to solve the problem, and/or what filter to use under magicfilter. thanx
Re: ppp0
Hi John, Thanks for your help, really. I actually did run pppconfig and answered the questions, but still not working. I suspect maybe there is something to do with my modem port. My modem is on COM4 and IRQ is 10. As defuelt, the IRQ asigned for COM4 may be different. I did 'setserial -b /dev/ttyS3 IRQ 10' to change COM4 to IRQ 10 manually after system comes up, but still did not help. Don't know if something wrong in the installation point. And, actually I have FreeBSD in the some box and when I set the PPP for FBSD, I had to recompile the kernel with the new IRQ value. And then it worked. I choose Debian to try because I like some of its features, i.g. the package management etc. But I have to say, at least to my limited experience, the installation is a little harder than FreeBSD. Any furthere help? Thanks alot, John. Chen On 29 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: > > I meant even before you got connected to you IPS, you should have ppp0 > > interface(network interface) running, which can be easily check by > > command 'ifconfig'. (According PPP-HOWTO, if I understand correctly). > > No. The interface doesn't exist until the connection comes up. > > > When I set all the file in /etc/ppp/* following what PPP-HOWTO says and > > do 'pon;plog -f", I hear the sound from Modem but that was not dial tone. > > I could not connect to my IPS. > > The PPP-HOWTO can be most charitably described as misleading. Run > pppconfig, answer the questions, and try pon again. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI >
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
Subject: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95 Date: Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 07:50:27AM -0500 In reply to:Jeff Hill Quoting Jeff Hill([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > After re-installing Windows95 on a dual-boot set-up, the machine > now boots directly to Windows. I tried booting to Debian from > floppy and then re-installing lilo, but that didn't help -- > machine still goes directly to Windows. I think I need to mess > with the MBR, but not certain how to proceed. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff Hill Winzoze thinks it owns your box. When you installed Win95 it overwrote the MBR. You have to boot with a floppy and then fix /etc/lilo.conf. Then run lilo so that IT can take back the MBR. # LILO configuration file # generated by 'liloconfig' # # Start LILO global section boot = /dev/hda # Device containing boot sector compact # faster, but won't work on all systems. prompt # Force boot prompt map = /boot/map # Default = /boot/map Default = Slink2.2.3# Default = /boot/boot. Timeout = 250 # Wait /10 sec. after prompt then boot default # End LILO global section # Image sections # Linux bootable partition config begins # Debian 2.1 # Image= /boot/slink label = Slink Root = /dev/hdb2 VGA= 0xb append = "lp=0x378,0" Image= /boot/Slink-2.2.3 label = Slink2.2.3 Root = /dev/hdb2 VGA= 0x317 append = "lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none" Image = /boot/memtest86 Label = Memtest # Win95 Why waste the disk space?? # Other = /dev/hda1 Label = win Table = /dev/hda HTH -- Information Center, n.: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is to tell you why you cannot have the information you require. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: what exactly is a "segmentation fault"?
> When I tried to run the program (by typing multitrack), I get a > "segmentation fault" error... I have heard this phrase before, but do > not know what it means... can anyone help, or at least point me in the > right direction? > A segmentation fault means that the program made an illegal memory access. This can be done in many ways and it is now always the author's fault, it could be a library problem. First, run ldd /path/to/my program Every item in the list should have a left and right side. Next, run strace -o output program. At the bottom of the file called output you will see some cryptic function calls. They may offer a clue.
Re: Slink upgrade and /usr/local problems locating libs!
> > Hey guys, > > Since I have upgraded to slink > I have noticed that when I unzip certain tars in /usr/local the binaries > seem to have trouble finding the required libs. For example, Wingz3 can't > find libXpm.so.4 although it is in /usr/X11R6/lib. Wingz3 worked with hamm. > Has there been some kind of change in Slink that would cause this? Is the library really there, or is there just a dangling symbolic link? On my slink system /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 is a symlink to libXpm.so.4.10. If the latter file is not there, you need to install the xpm4g package if the Wingz3 is a libc6 program. If Wingz3 is a libc5 program, you need to install the xpm4.7 package from the oldlibs section. Check this out with `ldd Wingz3'. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
Re: Mount for normal user
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 02:25:41PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: [some stuff] > > However, How to remove user from groups (without VI) and is there a way to > have all root permission without being root (UID 0) because some programs > don't want to run as root ? You should look into the sudo command. That allows you to give root access to certain people, or to only give access to certain commands. I use it as a smokescreen to keep myself from doing something dumb: if I can't run something without sudo, I take a good hard look at what my system is trying to keep me from screwing up. Rob -- The door is the key.
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
Jeff Hill wrote: > After re-installing Windows95 on a dual-boot set-up, the machine > now boots directly to Windows. I tried booting to Debian from > floppy and then re-installing lilo, but that didn't help -- > machine still goes directly to Windows. I think I need to mess > with the MBR, but not certain how to proceed. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff Hill I had the same problem. I partitioned my HD in this way /dev/hda1 - windows 95 /dev/hda2 - linux swap /dev/hda3 - linux and set /dev/hda3 as boot partition. When I reinstalled windows 95, /dev/hda1 has been set as boot partition. To fix the problem I: - rebooted Debiam form floppy - used fdisk (or cfdisk, I don't remember) to remade my linux partition bootable again - reboot -- Paolo Comi Italtel S.p.A. Research and Development Laboratories 20019 Castelletto di Settimo Milanese (MI) Italy tel: +39 02 4388 7963 fax: +39 02 4388 8472 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slink upgrade and /usr/local problems locating libs!
Hey guys, Since I have upgraded to slink I have noticed that when I unzip certain tars in /usr/local the binaries seem to have trouble finding the required libs. For example, Wingz3 can't find libXpm.so.4 although it is in /usr/X11R6/lib. Wingz3 worked with hamm. Has there been some kind of change in Slink that would cause this? Rod
Help bootable cd
I need fast help here. I would like to make a cdrom that I have bootable and run a certian command on bootup. I would also like to have a floppy that will boot from and run just like the cd will. This is for restoring an image file (dd) from the cd to the machine automaticly. I have Debian as well as RedHat avaliable. I am in desparatation here. Can anyone point me to the right direction?? -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Y2K
I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K. If not which version is Y2K. Thank you to answer me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Reynold GUERRIER begin: vcard fn: CSR de Port-au-Prince n: ;CSR de Port-au-Prince org:Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie adr:38, Rue Dufort, à côté de la Faculté Linguistique Appliquée;;;Port-au-Prince;;BP: 15815;Haïti email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work: (509) 45 4408 (509) 45 0567tel tel;fax:(509) 45 0574 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
what exactly is a "segmentation fault"?
Howdy all, I have just tried my 1st attempt at installing a non-debian package (multitrack-2.2.tgz). I followed the instructions... - place file in /usr/local - tar xvfz multitrack-2.2.tgz - cd multitrack-2.2 - make install When I tried to run the program (by typing multitrack), I get a "segmentation fault" error... I have heard this phrase before, but do not know what it means... can anyone help, or at least point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, Rich
Re: ps vs free again
Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SZ> I just tried top, but it seems it is showing the same info as free
SZ> which is included the memory cached but can be freed if another
SZ> program requests in the memory used section.
SZ>
SZ> What I want to know is the exact amount memory used by system, I
SZ> don't want the cached memory.
{3} dmaze% free
total used free sharedbuffers cached
Mem: 47388 46280 1108 18440 1908 13340
-/+ buffers/cache: 31032 16356
Swap: 101216 6304 94912
I think the first number on the "-/+ buffers/cache" line is the number
you're looking for.
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Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
Are you using exactly the same setup as before? Also, make sure that lilo actually runs without any warnings/errors. ANdrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.
No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95
After re-installing Windows95 on a dual-boot set-up, the machine now boots directly to Windows. I tried booting to Debian from floppy and then re-installing lilo, but that didn't help -- machine still goes directly to Windows. I think I need to mess with the MBR, but not certain how to proceed. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Hill -- * HR On-Line: The Network for Workplace Issues ** Ph:416-604-7251 -- Fax:416-604-4708 ** http://www.hronline.com **
Thanks to Gregory T. Norris
Dear Sir, Thank you for your redirection in the way of install. It helped me greatly in overcoming the hurdle to installation. Tim P.S. Sorry for the delay.I've been trying to get the install correctly configured but have run into problems w/ the perl and lib6 packages not configuring correctly..It taken a little of my time and I might have to bother the user list again soon to help me iron this one out too. Thanks Again!!! _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: setting up a hostname
Hi, Other computers on your network can't see what you have in the hosts file. The hosts file is only used by your computer locally. To solve this, you can do one of the this things: a) Copy your hosts file in every computer you are going to use to telnet your machine b) You can ask your network's DNS (Domain Name Server) administrator to make this name (shao) to be an alias to your machine. This last option is the better one, because every computer in the world will know that shao.xxx.xxx.xx is your computer when they resolve your name. Hope this helps you ;-) Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > At work, my machine connects to a ethernet lan and it has a unique > ip address. If the company's domain is > xxx.xxx.xx, I want to set up a name so that I can telnet to my machine > using shao.xxx.xxx.xx. > > I tied to edit the file in /etc/hosts but it doesn't work. Could > someone please help me? > > Thx > > -- > > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ > Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |___/ > _ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: not booting into Xwindows
Remove the xdm script from your runlevel directory. If you're using runlevel 2 (most probably), then go to /etc/rc2.d, and delete the S**xdm package where ** will be some number. Sean Lev Lvovsky wrote: > can anyone tell me how to keep my computer from booting into Xwindows? > This is a rather annoying automation... > > thanks :) > -lev > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. -- Bill Vaughan
Re: not booting into Xwindows
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > can anyone tell me how to keep my computer from booting into Xwindows? > This is a rather annoying automation... > Remove tyhe xdm package. > thanks :) > -lev > > Joop -- Joop Stakenborg PA4TU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Do We Need a New Evangelist?
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 02:41:11PM -0800, ESP wrote: > > It's apparent that the two of you, and others, are willing to continue > this stupid infighting out in the public for all to see. Whatever > strides you may make for the Open Source community, you're doing it > grievous harm by airing your personal differences in public. One step > forward, three steps back. > In case you didn't notice, you posted your invective on debian-user, not in private. So what are you so indignant about? Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SuSE Linux] What DO you lose with Linux ???
> Heres a good point about linux, anyone found a good irc client for x (other > than Bitchx in a E-Term :) that doesn't crash everytime you click (yagirc > anyone). The last time I looked there are several IRC clients for X.. > I still find for everyday use Win95/NT is better (quaking, ircing, > browsing, ftping). You can play Doom, Quake, IRC, Browse and FTP all on Linux... Have a look at FileRunner for FTP.. (Its a bit like WS_FTP), or install KDE and drag/drop from one folder to another, and each folder could be on separate FTP sites... > It seems that linux has quite a good range of > applications, just a case of find one, and one that works fine. 'The GIMP' 'Star Office 5' 'Corel WordPerfect 8' all FREE... John
Strange behaviour of soundcard
I tried to config an Aztech soundcard on a hamm-system (kernel 2.0.34). In the first attempt I compiled the sound-support into the kernel. During this process I had to guess many things because the card is not in the list of supported cards and I don t have any papers of the manufacturer. So I was very surprised and happy that it worked at once, but then I had to realize that something is wrong. When I started some programs to test the card I could see that in some cases (playmidi, xblast) the system became very busy when I closed these programs. In the case of xblast it is so extreme that the soundcard doesn't work anymore after that. So, I had a second try with isapnp to give the system a chance to find out the best settings itself, but the problem is the same. Does anybody know what I can do to find out the reason for this problem? The output of sndstat looks normal. Thanks Kurt
Re: login.app setting color depth to 16bpp
In a message dated 3/29/99 7:27:34 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm trying to set my color depth to 16 bpp, currently it's starting in > 8bpp. I had :1 local /usr/bin/X11 :1 vt9 -bpp 16 in /etc/Xserver but it is > not reading that. I think in wdm it was placed in a different file. Is > this the right place for it? > This option should probably go in your XF86Config file. -Jay
not booting into Xwindows
can anyone tell me how to keep my computer from booting into Xwindows? This is a rather annoying automation... thanks :) -lev
crc errors with LILO
OK, I don't know if anyone caught my last post RE this ,but here's a quick brief: I have a SCSI and IDE system...the scsi drive holds root, but the scsi adapter doesn't have the ability to load w/o first having drivers loaded up. So what I thought would work (as it did with my RH install), was putting /boot on the IDE drive, and everything else on the scsi drive. Debian however didn't let me do this, and insisted that the SCSI drive boot first. THe ony way I can get this system to boot now, is with a floppy. So now, I used lilo, and tried installing it on the IDE drive: silver168:~# lilo -b /dev/hda5 Ignoring entry 'boot' Added Linux * now, when I try to boot, it says "loading linux", and then when it gets to the decompression part, it gives me a crc error, and halts. I've checked the disk, and copied over the kernel that's on the floppy (which is good), and I still get the error. Anyone know how to fix this? I don't like to boot off of a floppy... thanks!! -lev
Re: Printer Troubles
You need to start up the printer daemon. Only a priveleged user can do this so try: $su <(enter your root password)> #lpd #exit Then try and print the file again. Normally, you should get the lpd daemon started automatically at start-up, so you may well get an error message when you try this. Hopefully it will be helpful. HTH Rich Jason Dawe wrote: > > I was actually going to check the message archive this time, but I'm > sitting here at a Netscape status bar telling me "Connect: Contacting > Host www.debian.org..." endlessly. > > Anyway, I can't even get my printer to print a simple text file. It is > a Panasonic KX-P4430. I checked the basic stuff like making sure it was > online and that the cables were properly connected. I have installed > GhostScript, magicfilter, and lpr. > > If it matters, here is my /etc/printcap: > > lp|ps4430|Panasonic KX-P4430:\ > :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ps4430:\ > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ps400-filter:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > Here are the messages I received trying to print a simple text file that > just says testing inside of it: > > bash-2.01$ lpr test > lpr: connect: Connection refused > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > bash-2.01$ lpq > waiting for lp to become ready (off-line ?) > Rank Owner Job Files Total Size > 1stroot 0test 4 bytes > 2ndroot 1test 4 bytes > 3rdroot 2test 4 bytes > 4throot 3test 7 bytes > 5thjason 4test 7 bytes > 6thjason 6test 7 bytes > 7thjason 7test 7 bytes > bash-2.01$ > > I think I have included all the info that I should... > > Thanks in advance > --Jason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
star office
Hi, I am having some problem with Star Office 5.0, could someone shed some light on the situation? Apparently when I try to update the mail box Star Office start to freeze up my computer. What's happening is that my CPU is being overloaded when Star Office does this updating of the e-mail. I have a K6 AMD 300 MHZ with 64 MB of RAM, I wonder if that's not enough for something as resource hungry as Star Office? Shawn
RE: SiS6326 chip and XFree86
I think XFree86 3.3.3.1 is coming with support of this chipset. But NOT using the accelerated S3 variant but the normal SVGA. > -Mensaje original- > De: Timo Reunanen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: miércoles 31 de marzo de 1999 22:12 > Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org > CC: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: SiS6326 chip and XFree86 > > Does anyone know when XFree86 3.3.3.1 get some kind of fix to SiS6326 chip > based cards like Diamond Speedstart A50 what I have? > > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > > Quote from Heavenly Creatures (1994) > > Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker : She is the most unreasonable. Why > could not mother die? Dozens of people are dying all the time, > thousands, so why not mother? And father too. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
Re: operation not permitted?
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Jayson Baird wrote: > using cpio to undo rpm files (Alien to be exact), cpio returns for each > file that the operation is not permitted...any ideas? > > You have to use fakeroot. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) > http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird > ICQ UIN: 19560609 > > > -- Joop Stakenborg PA4TU [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount for normal user
> > How can I mount devices (CDrom / HD) as a normal user. > For example : > $ mount /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb > > mount: only root can mount /dev/hdb on /mnt/hdb Normally the mount command checks if you really are root, and disregards group membership. You can allow users to mount a certain partition by adding the `user' option in /etc/fstab. For example, I have a line for a cdrom in my /etc/fstab that looks like this: /dev/hdd/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 The user option allows every user to mount and umount the cdrom, and noauto prevents the system from trying to mount the cdrom at boot time, which can be annoying if there is no cdrom in the drive. > I've tried to add my user (sami) to some groups, but... : > > sys:x:3:sami > adm:x:4:sami > disk:x:6:sami > lp:x:7:lp,sami > mail:x:8:sami > voice:x:22:sami > cdrom:x:24:sami > floppy:x:25:sami > sudo:x:27:sami > audio:x:29:mary,sami > majordom:x:31:majordom > > Where is any help about Debian's groups... ? I don't know. Most groups are self-explanatory. > However, How to remove user from groups (without VI) and is there a way to > have all root permission without being root (UID 0) because some programs > don't want to run as root ? If programs do not want to run as root there usually is a security reason for that. This means it can be in some way dangerous to your system, and you'd better not try to run it as root anyway. You can remove users from a group using the usermod command and the -G option. With the -G option you list the additional groups (beside the default group) that a user is a member from. If the user was listed with other groups as well, (s)he is removed from those. Check out the manual page. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
SiS6326 chip and XFree86
Does anyone know when XFree86 3.3.3.1 get some kind of fix to SiS6326 chip based cards like Diamond Speedstart A50 what I have? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Quote from Heavenly Creatures (1994) Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker : She is the most unreasonable. Why could not mother die? Dozens of people are dying all the time, thousands, so why not mother? And father too.
