How do I do an ftp install?
I got sold on Debian after reading today's discussion on slashdot. However, there doesn't seem to be anything in the Debian web site about how one goes about installing from ftp. It only tells me that it is possible. So what disk images, etc. do I need? Thank you in advance, Chris Gray
Re: NIS documentation (nis 3.3.1-1)
On 22 Apr 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > Ofcourse. You misread the docs; it says _not_ to change the hosts: line. > The exact wording is: > > 2.4 HOSTS: > > Normally you should not do host lookups through NIS, use DNS for that. > If you really must use NIS for it, here's how to do it. > > Mike. You are right. Thanks! --prashanth
Re: NIS documentation (nis 3.3.1-1)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Prashanth Mundkur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I upgraded my lab machine today to slink. The NIS docu >suggests > >---[/usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz] >2. HOW TO SPECIFY WHAT RESOURCES TO USE FOR NIS: > >2.4.2 For libc6 applications: > > Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and change the hosts entry: > > hosts: nis files No, it doesn't suggest that at all. >I had to make this line in nsswitch.conf > > hosts: nis files dns Ofcourse. You misread the docs; it says _not_ to change the hosts: line. The exact wording is: 2.4 HOSTS: Normally you should not do host lookups through NIS, use DNS for that. If you really must use NIS for it, here's how to do it. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why?
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:05:00AM +0100, Graham Ashton wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April, Richard Harran wrote: > > Would I see a performance increase if I made sure my linux partition > > was on the outside of my disk? Would I be even better putting my swap > > partition as far out as possible? > > the partitioning HOWTO talks about this; > > http://webdocs.essex.ac.uk/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Partition-3.html#ss3.3 > > go on, do it - you know you want to... > The HOWTO, and the person responding to the Mindcraft survey, both assert that the part of the disk furthest from the spindle is the fastest, and that one can use this to optimise performance. While I don't doubt the first part of the statement, I was under the impression that once you hit a drive's onboard logic, geometry is pretty much up for grabs these days, and attempting to put something on the "outer edge" of the disk is an excerise in self-delusion. The HOWTO is dated 1997, and the information therein may be older. Does anyone out there have some knowledge of current hard drive manufacturing? Or better yet, some numbers from formal or informal experiments in drive partition performance? Ed
Re: RedHat need not apply
I expect this will mean that the next update to WordPerfect will be as a .deb file Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Can't play a wav
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jason Dawe wrote: > Can anyone help me? I recompiled a 2.0.36 Kernel to include SB 16 > support. When the system boots it tells me sound init. complete, and > there are no signs of errors. Here are some of the responses I get to > certain commands: > > cat testsound.wav | /dev/audio > bash: /dev/audio: permission denied (I'm root!) > Broken pipe What does "cat testsound.wav > /dev/audio" get you? > play testsound.wav > sox: Invalid buffer size 0 The test sound is a valid wav (ideally, it works on some other Linux box with the same version of play && sox)?
NIS documentation (nis 3.3.1-1)
FYI. I upgraded my lab machine today to slink. The NIS docu suggests ---[/usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz] 2. HOW TO SPECIFY WHAT RESOURCES TO USE FOR NIS: 2.4.2 For libc6 applications: Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and change the hosts entry: hosts: nis files --- I had to make this line in nsswitch.conf hosts: nis files dns before network users could log in (via NIS). --prashanth
Re: RedHat need not apply
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 10:37:25AM -0800, Jack A Walker wrote: > > > I thought caldera was corel's attempt to commercialize linux. This seems > like quite a change for corel. I wonder what, if anything, it means for > caldera. AFAIK, the only connection between Corel and Caldera is that Caldera had roots at Novell and Corel purchased WordPerfect from Novell. OOTH, I thought that the netwinder uses RedHat as it o/s. Maybe Corel has seen the light. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
building pcmcia modules for 2.2.6
It's time to update the kernel for my laptop,and I'm trying to use make-kpkg to do this. I've managed to get the kernel image .deb built, but not the pcmcia stuff. I've updated to the pcmcia-source from potato, and note that it has .debs for up to 2.2.5. However, make-kpkg modules_image fails with messages like, gcc -MD -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Winline -pipe -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/include -I/usr/src/linux -c i82365.c i82365.c: In function `cb_get_status': i82365.c:2446: warning: implicit declaration of function `cb_readl' i82365.c: In function `cb_get_socket': i82365.c:2462: warning: implicit declaration of function `cb_get_power' i82365.c:2463: warning: implicit declaration of function `pci_readw' how do I put an end to this? rick --
Re: (no subject)
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, darrin griffiths wrote: > I'm installing debian linux but the files resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin > are too large to fit on a 1.44 mb floppy. > help! > This should explain it to you: http://debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-create-floppy RTFM is good for you. Cheers, P. *8^) -- - Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany --- http://www.uni-mainz.de/~pseelig -
Re: (no subject)
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, darrin griffiths wrote: > I'm installing debian linux but the files resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin > are too large to fit on a 1.44 mb floppy. > help! > cheers > darrin griffiths superformat /dev/fd0 dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 superformat /dev/fd0 dd if=drv1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 make sure that you have no bad sectors on the disk -Justin
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I'm installing debian linux but the files resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin are too large to fit on a 1.44 mb floppy. help! cheers darrin griffiths
Re: sendmail: why do text maps not work?
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > Running sendmailconfig, and answering yes to the Mailertable question > creates and entry like this: > > FEATURE(mailertable, `text /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl > > which doesn't work. > > FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl > > however does work, if the maps are there and made with makemap. > Adding an -o in the text case does not help. > Are text maps not supported? Is this a bug? Is the format of text maps > different? Mine looks like this (whitespace is tab) > snip-- > tabaluga.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[tabaluga.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] > ipesun.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] > ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] > snip-- ouch.. this is a (very old - back to 8.8.8) bug - thanks ! to keep it a text file, it would have to read something like (untested, but should do the trick): FEATURE(mailertable, `text -k0 -v1 /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl > > btw: What are the different map types, and where are they all documented? The O'Reilly Sendmail book (the bat book) is about the only place you'll find this information -- Rick Nelson C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\GO C:\PC\CRAWL
Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...
Steve Lamb wrote: > >> Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server > >> permanently? > > Geez, I am upset. I forgot a work. Do you mean "a word" :=) > Does anyone know of a way to turn off the default X screen saver > permenently? Does "xset s off" do what you want. You also might want to try "xset -dpms". // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: Debian package installation
At 02:40 PM 4/21/1999 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have downloaded Debian 2.1 and all of the packages to the harddrive >on my Dell GX1 400MHz with a WD 6.4GB drive. I got the kernel and base >system installed fine. Using 'dselect' I chose the Dialup default >Profile for the install. The 'Access' and 'Update' options run fine >and find all of the packages on my DOS partition. However, when I run >through the 'Install' option it errors out saying, "Installation >script returned error exit 1." I have reinstalled twice but it does >the same thing. It sounds like there is some package dependant on some >other but I'd prefer not to have to look through the more than 2000 >packages. > >If you have any ideas please send direct to me. I haven't decided if >I'm going to subscribe to the Mailing list yet because I'm already on >3 others and get more than 100 messages per day. > Because dselect doesn't do as good of a job as apt at ordering the installation of packages, sometimes you'll get a package installed prior to the one it needs configured before it can be configured (go [con]figure!). Just go through the configure phase 3 or 4 or 8 times and everything should eventually settle out.
Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.
|> > 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back |> > ride on that systems CD-ROM. |> > |> > Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem |> > connections. Anybody any idea? |> |> Yes, it does. I have just installed debian on a laptop which only |> has a floppy drive. I put the base system on floppies, and |> installed the rest with a null-modem cable and ppp. To set it up, |> put this in /etc/ppp/peers/provider: |> |> /dev/ttyS0 115200 |> 192.168.2.2:192.168.2.1 |> noauth |> |> and the same on the other system, just swap the ip addresses |> arround. of course you will need another debian system to connect |> to for this method. Or set up a PLIP connection between the two machines, using the null modem cable. This lets you mount the CD file-system on one machine and then use NFS to also mount it on the machine that only has the base system. Very fast. You can then use the `Ready Mounted File-System' access method in dselect. This was how I installed 2.0 on a laptop that had neither net access nor a CD-ROM drive. There's an excellent short article about setting up PLIP connections in Linux Journal Issue 50 (June 1998). Jim
Re: Problem running scripts in ip-up.d
Hi, ip-up is a script running scripts in the directory /etc/ip-up.d using the run-parts command. My problem was that would not run my scripts. I have now looked at the run-parts docs, and have found out tha my scripts can not contain .'s in the the filename. This was the reason they would not run! I am still unsure if the script ip-up is run when I am using Xisp, or if I will have to move the run-parts command from ip-up to the xisp script. On 21-Apr-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Christian - ip-up has to be executable, not just a script. Possibly > this is your problem. See > http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/FAQ/PPP-FAQ-7.html#ss7.11 > Good luck, > David > >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:36:43 -0500 (CDT) >From: Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hi, > >I am using Xisp to connect to my ISP. I have made two scripts I want to > run >when I am connected, and I thought they would be if I put them in ip-up.d > >I have tested both scripts by running them "manually", and they work fine, > but >they do not seem to be run when I connect, at least they aren't doing what > I >wanted them to do. They are both owned by root. > >[...] > > --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Date: 21-Apr-99 Time: 16:04:18 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux ---
Re: A file is not always what you think it is.
Antal Ritter: > That's it. #!/bin/sh would be ok, but the kernel (?) will not find > #!/bin/sh, and that's what the "file not found" referred to. This is > one of my favourites. Which, of course, suggests an alternative solution :-) ln -s /bin/sh /bin/sh^M (Which wouldn't work very well unless you made /bin/sh^M a somewhat hacked shell that handles DOS line ends; perhaps bash could do that automatically when invoked as bash^M.) Never mind. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
Re: 3 button mouse
> ] I just bought a new 3 button mouse for the convenience of better cut and > ] paste, and find that I can't seem to make it work. Fabio Olive leite: > Most likely your mouse is (like mine) a dual mode mouse. Check if it > doesn't have "PC" and "MS" written somewhere around the ball hole. For > sometime this kind of mouse came with a nice switch below it that would > select the mode, but then god-knows-why they changed it Actually, I think there have always been the two approaches. I remember the `hold down the mouse' idiocy from at least the early nineties. The solution is to check the mouse in the shop before buying it. > to an "insanely great" approach: the mouse defaults to micro$oft mode, > which uses only two buttons (don't ask); if you want it to work in > MouseSystems mode, which has three buttons, you have to turn on your PC > holding the left mouse button down. Come to think of it, this isn't nearly as ridiculous in Linux as it is in DOS/Windows. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
Re: A file is not always what you think it is.
Hans van den Boogert: > That makes me wonder: I have to install some packages on the notebook to > get the external CD-ROM drive working. If I copy them from the CD-ROM on > a DOS formatted floppy and then transfer to the notebook, will I get the > same kind of trouble? Nope. Copying deb files back and forth and around is no problem at all. The only trouble you might have is that the filenames are changed. That only matters if you are using the Packages file, though; no problem if you have dselect scan the directory, or install individual debs directly. Oh, and if the package is bigger than the floppy then it won't fit. Obviously. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
Re: How to bring a file from Windows to Debian?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Quoted-printable is an abomination, and the least satisfactory of all the > solutions to non-ASCII/non-RFC mail. > > As well as planting "=20" at the end of long-line breaks (and granted > there is a need for a solution to the long-line problem), any true "=" > goes into "=3D", as well of course as all characters with codes > 128 > going into "=XX". So far so bad. You haven't touched half of it. ISTR reading that at least two currency symbols codes end with a digit (pound and yen), causing people to think amounts are an order of magnitude larger than intended. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
parallel run-parts?
Hello, is there anything like run-parts that would run all the scripts at the same time, and then wait for all of them to finish? I wouldn't mind having most of my ip-up.d run together - I suspect there's a lot of time spent idle waiting for protocol negotiation to go through... Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
uppgrading packages to unstable versions
I followed a link to http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/running-kernel-2.2 It said one ought to upgrade a few packages to the unstable versions to run a 2.2.x kernel. I downloaded these and ran dpkg -i , downloaded a few more as dpkg complaind about dependencies, and when I thought I'd gotten enough packages I ran dselect and chose Install. This gave the following output: # dselect Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: bibindex xcdroast raidtools libncurses4 tetex-extra dvidvi html2ps [ --- snip -- removed lot's of packege names ---] sysvinit rpncalc lftp dejagnu wdiff WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! util-linux libncurses4 (due to util-linux) bash libreadlineg2 (due to bash) bsdutils sysvinit (due to bsdutils) dpkg ncurses-bin 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 126 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0b of archives. After unpacking 178Mb will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, I understand this is bad' ?] Abort. This most certainly doesn't seem like something I want to do, but I suspect dselect will ask me if I want to remove them again... Now, could someone please tell me: How do I undo what I did? What went wrong? I've attached the commands I typed and the output I got. Thanks in advance. -- 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 # dpkg -i kernel-source-2.2.1_2.2.1-1.deb sysutils_1.3.4.deb Selecting previously deselected package kernel-source-2.2.1. (Reading database ... 52443 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking kernel-source-2.2.1 (from kernel-source-2.2.1_2.2.1-1.deb) ... Preparing to replace sysutils 1.3.3.1 (using sysutils_1.3.4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sysutils ... Setting up kernel-source-2.2.1 (2.2.1-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sysutils: sysutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.0.7.19981211-6. sysutils depends on libncurses4 (>= 4.2-3.1); however: Version of libncurses4 on system is 4.2-3. dpkg: error processing sysutils (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: sysutils # dpkg -i libc6_2.1.1-0.2.deb libncurses4_4.2-3.2.deb dpkg: considering removing timezones in favour of libc6 ... dpkg: yes, will remove timezones in favour of libc6. dpkg: regarding libc6_2.1.1-0.2.deb containing libc6: libc6 conflicts with apt (<< 0.1.10.1) apt (version 0.1.9) is installed. dpkg: error processing libc6_2.1.1-0.2.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libc6 (Reading database ... 52456 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libncurses4 4.2-3 (using libncurses4_4.2-3.2.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libncurses4 ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libncurses4: libncurses4 depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.0.7.19981211-6. dpkg: error processing libncurses4 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libc6_2.1.1-0.2.deb libncurses4 # dpkg -i apt_0.3.4.deb (Reading database ... 52456 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace apt 0.1.9 (using apt_0.3.4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement apt ... Setting up apt (0.3.4) ... ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libtcpwrapGK.so.1 is not a symlink ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libomniORB2.so.6 is not a symlink ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libomniLC.so.2 is not a symlink ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libomnithread.so.2 is not a symlink # dselect Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: bibindex xcdroast raidtools libncurses4 tetex-extra dvidvi html2ps isapnptools emacs19-el xfonts-scalable procps timidity-patches filerunner telnet xproc aalib-bin tetex-base dpkg-perl libguile4 tcl8.0-dev xbase-clients oleo util-linux mysql-dev xterm ncftp acct screen bc sysutils dc typist mc mh nn scotty sc bash libgpmg1 tk8.0-dev scwm talk modconf tcsh-i18n tcsh dvilx sirc tix41 xfonts-75dpi tetex-bin python-net cftp python-base ytalk cam playmidi emacsen-common tetex-doc libreadlineg2-dev ddd libncurses4-dev python-tk aalib1 bug zircon iptraf xlbiff aumix dftp intlfonts-european gdb tkps xfonts-base libreadlineg2 bsdutils gom gpm metamail jed kbd mysql-server cron dpkg tkrat telnetd mtr tkstep8.0 bsdmainutils pkg-order netpbm fmirror netdiag aalib1-dev xfonts-100dpi xftp gimp vim tcl8.0 modutils netstd dpkg-ftp xmcd t
Re: Screen Blanker
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 06:57:23AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran > update-rc.d) for stuff like this. You should use the full path: I already have a 'local' file there, first thing I did when I Installed Debian long time agao :-) (also use update-rc.d) I run loads of stuff from 'local' OK, but whenever I try to add a setterm line to disable the screen blanker (and yes I use full path), it doesn't disable it. Accepts command OK, just doesn't disable :-( -- Nidge Jones
Debian package installation
I have downloaded Debian 2.1 and all of the packages to the harddrive on my Dell GX1 400MHz with a WD 6.4GB drive. I got the kernel and base system installed fine. Using 'dselect' I chose the Dialup default Profile for the install. The 'Access' and 'Update' options run fine and find all of the packages on my DOS partition. However, when I run through the 'Install' option it errors out saying, "Installation script returned error exit 1." I have reinstalled twice but it does the same thing. It sounds like there is some package dependant on some other but I'd prefer not to have to look through the more than 2000 packages. If you have any ideas please send direct to me. I haven't decided if I'm going to subscribe to the Mailing list yet because I'm already on 3 others and get more than 100 messages per day. -- Sent by Pop3Now, http://www.pop3now.com (c) 1998,1999 Cave Creations Corp. All rights reserved.
lprng problem, I need help! Thanks.
I didn't see an answer, but since this list is producing over 200 emails a day, I might have missed it, but I searched the archives and didn't see a reply. Can anyone suggest where else I might go to get an answer? I reinstalled my system from hamm a while back and am having trouble with remote printing. I've run magicfilterconfig and set my old laserjet series II printer up to work locally. When I print files from the Linux machine all is well. I'm trying to print from a remote machine and things aren't going well. It doesn't print. Now, I've set up numerous remote printers both on Linux and other Unixes, so this isn't my first attempt. In fact before I installed from hamm this was working fine. I even found a copy of the original printcap and tried it, but no go. So to debug I replaced the input filter with a small shell script that simply catted the file to /tmp. That worked, so I figured that magicfilter wasn't handling postscript output. The file I was printing from the remote computer is coming across as postscript. So I tried to print the file that I had just redirected to /tmp (and fixed the printcap file back to original, of course) and it prints fine. So for some reason magicfilter is not handling the file right when invoked from a remote source but works fine if invoked from a local file. Strange. So two questions. Magic filter has a --debug option that writes debug info out to the stderr. The first line of my laserjet-lo filter looks like: #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter --debug 2>/tmp/sss I didn't think that would work, but I tried. It didn't. Can someone tell me how to get the stderr from magicfilter into a log? Second, does anyone have any idea why this is behaving this way? So I thought I'd write a script wrapper around magicfilter and try that. But when I did, magicfilter fails immediately with: /var/log/lp-acct:1: Syntax error (That's in the stderr file that I was able to redirect, /tmp/sss) So I wondered what was going on and echoed $* to another file just to see what was being passed to magicfilter. -- -Cdogwood.peachtree.sgi.com -Ff -Hdogwood.peachtree.sgi.com -Jstandard_input -Ljwl -Plp -a/var/log/lp-acct -d/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l/ -e/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l/d fA152dogwood.peachtree.sgi.com -fstandard_input -hdogwood.peachtree.sgi.com -j15 2 -k/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l/cfA152dogwood.peachtree.sgi.com -l66 -njwl -sstatus -w 80 -x1440 -y0 /var/log/lp-acct (This is in /tmp/ah) Note the last field. Where did that come from? By the way, it also fails when I attempt to print locally in the same manner. Here is the printcap file: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # > This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. < # lp|lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet Seris II:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/tmp/pargs:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Here is /tmp/pargs #!/bin/sh echo -- $* >/tmp/ah /usr/sbin/magicfilter $* --debug 2>/tmp/sss exit
Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...
>> "SL" == Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SL> Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server SL> permanently? Please restate your question. "Turn off" wrt to what? What is the state you want to establish? Ciao, Martin
Re: RedHat need not apply
I think the decision to make their own Debian-ized distribution is incredibly clever on Corel's part. It wouldn't surpise me a bit if a lot of the decision was based upon the high potential of apt. It seems to me that Corel has decided that instead of fight Microsoft on their terms, to make new terms of their own. Think of the similarities that now exist between a Debian/KDE/Corel machine and a Windows/Office machine. Both can be updated over the internet (which would be a huge boon for Corel, allowing them to effortlessly apply patches, etc), but only one requires a reboot. Both allow for installation and uninstallation of software, but only one will give a detailed analysis of what files are installed, are going to be intstalled, or need to be installed first. Both have a full fledged Office suite, but only one has additional "built-in" access to such things as TeX, Postscript, SGML, etc. Both are under constant development, but only one allows you to upgrade completely over the internet, and without cost. I think this decision by Corel is more of gauntlet throwing than anything else. And of course, by picking Debian, they have insured that any arguments about proprietary OSes will be completely baseless. While some are seeing this as some kind of commmercial takeover of Debian, I think this is one of the best things that could have ever happened to Debian. Debian as a distribution will not be changed by Corel, as that would defeat the entire purpose of using the distribution. Updates to the distribution will undoubtedly not always be in sync with updates to the WordPerfect Suite, so it would be to Corel's immense benefit to make sure that their software stays in compliance with Debian's development. They benefit this way by the OS remaining stable, and Debian benefits by financial and political backing by a powerful software company. Anyway, not that anyone really cares about what I think of all this. Just thought I'd throw in my 2-cents. Sean -- ... relaxed in the manner of a man who has no need to put up a front of any kind. -- John Ball, "Mark One: the Dummy"
Re: -lX11
> > > I'm trying to compile a program that has -lX11 in the compiler > options, but the compiler doesn't filnd the relevant library. What > shall I put in place of the plain X11? > Before the -lX11 place -L/usr/X11R6/lib. Make sure you also have xlibg-dev installed.
Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:00:00 -0400 (EDT), Alec Smith wrote: >As in xdm starting when you first boot Debian? Just remove /etc/init.d/xdm >> Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server permanently? Geez, I am upset. I forgot a work. Does anyone know of a way to turn off the default X screen saver permenently? - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - ---+- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQCVAwUBNx4wu6C6xbtZwvdnAQGmvQP/TDwjqtpeTBL6zZ4RvMuuk7CLK6+Zl5+p RUcZfnY007V1nQs+Fpn6r1PWv22huHU7a7vcV3q0aFI4opQXM1UTmzRW90uYx/hP W7n4ctUO4xZYnGP6eJpcxrog73fou08LEgv65Oj8bYs9k9Heb/bvPn+Wy+Ut8QzO jkeoHz4UeSs= =B/sD -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: ok, this is annying the hell outta me...
As in xdm starting when you first boot Debian? Just remove /etc/init.d/xdm On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Does *ANYONE* know of a way to turn off the default X server permanently? > > - -- > Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your > ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. > - > ---+- > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc > > iQCVAwUBNx4rCqC6xbtZwvdnAQHcngQAtK1uJtsC3rTl9Zk6VZNrCjF6kW7WK5GY > Zjx/bd5fGzWYZaMnjKAQFtYw+FDg6396ZfRN/NCPCPLKSuHRwWfBV4DxpYkVUlCT > KO/bv3BARNsC8jDnhKi8wUyBbo8lfllSw6dq+Wx3D8/gr+9pi0ru9WDPJO93lcfM > q0mVDQYAdyQ= > =9uoN > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
-lX11
I'm trying to compile a program that has -lX11 in the compiler options, but the compiler doesn't filnd the relevant library. What shall I put in place of the plain X11? Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco Caci | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://gusp.infogroup.it ik5pvx| http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8999 Firenze - Italia | Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs Linux penny 2.2.6 #1 Sat Apr 17 22:56:44 CEST 1999 i586 unknown
Re: Potato
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:01:25AM -0400, Madel, Kurt wrote: > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would > like to use Debian because I believe in freedom. Potato has only been unstable for me once; and at that point I had upgraded partialy. I wouldn't trust my production web server to unstable; I'm trusting my desktop box to it even as we speak. The upgrade to 2.2 under potato was seemless; I just compiled and rebooted. -=- James Mastros -- "My friend Data: You see the world with the wonder of a child, and that makes you more human then any of us." -=- Lt. Tasha Yar, upon the occasion of her death. cat /dev/urandom|james --insane=yes > http://www.rtweb.net/theorb/
Re: Help on auto mount and sound
Brian Schramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to know how to change the timeout on the automount system for > Slink. It is set WAY TO LONG. use the --timeout parameter, like in my /etc/auto.master: # Sample auto.master file # Format of this file: # mountpoint map options # For details of the format look at autofs(8). /vol/tmpmnt /etc/auto.misc --timeout 2 There were some problems with processing this parameter in some versions of autofs (don't know if the version in slink is buggy), if you get problems update to a version > 3.1.1-4. Torsten BTW: sent copy to Brian
Re: RedHat need not apply
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jack A Walker wrote: > I thought caldera was corel's attempt to commercialize linux. This seems > like quite a change for corel. I wonder what, if anything, it means for > caldera. Caldera is a completely different company. They have next to nothing to do with Corel. (I know this because I followed them early on.) Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>UCSD Physics Dept.
ok, this is annying the hell outta me...
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Re: Help!!!
At 02:17 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, Kent West wrote: >At 12:27 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, ying shang wrote: >>Hi, >> >>When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated >>to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: >> >>.. >>md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 >>(scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 >>(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBS >>(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 419 instructions downloaded >> >> >>Then it stoped. Any idea? I installed it from the 'resc1440.bin' disk. >> >>Thanks, >> >>-Ying Shang >>_ >>The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) > >This is a common problem with the AHA-294x card. I don't remember the web >site, but if you'll search the Debian mail archives you should be able to >find the link to a site that has special boot disk images that deal with >this issue. They worked for me and at least one other person I know of. If >you need any further help, holler again. Ah, the site is http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/slink/5.1.11 You'll need to create the floppy boot disks and boot off of them.
Can't play a wav
Can anyone help me? I recompiled a 2.0.36 Kernel to include SB 16 support. When the system boots it tells me sound init. complete, and there are no signs of errors. Here are some of the responses I get to certain commands: cat testsound.wav | /dev/audio bash: /dev/audio: permission denied (I'm root!) Broken pipe similar message with /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp0, and /dev/dsp1 play testsound.wav sox: Invalid buffer size 0 Again, sound support is in the kernel with the proper IRQ numbers and DMA address. Any help? I'll try downloaded the 2.2.x kernels when I get a chance.
Re: x-no-archive
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 01:59:44PM +0100, Shaun Lipscombe wrote: > why is my header ignored, and my mail to this group is archived on > dejanews? Whatever gateway propagates the list as muc.lists.debian.user (informatik.tu-muenchen.de I think) appears to strip out all headers it doesn't know about, including all X-whatever ones. It's not DejaNews' fault - you should probably take it up with the administrators of the gateway. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpK6VfIedB8R.pgp Description: PGP signature
LS-120 vs floppy
>My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I >install LILO on >the >LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which >is how I currently >boot >into linux vs NT was made on another box with a >floppy, I have not been >able to make a bootable rescue disk in the LS120. The >hardware HOWTO >says that >the LS120 is supported, but it does not appear to work >as the system >floppy(?). I have an LS120 in my system. I can boot the debian boot floppies (if I set up my bios to boot from the ls120). In my system it is /dev/hdd (cdrom is /dev/hdc). I think that the debian boot floppies use syslinux. What I don't know how to do, is to format floppies in the ls120 under linux. I can do this under windows. Any suggestions. === 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
No apache logs since upgrade to slink
Apache no longer logs hits since I upgraded to slink. I have not changed /etc/apache/httpd.conf and it contains the lines: LoadModule config_log_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_log_config.so ErrorLog /var/log/apache/error.log TransferLog /var/log/apache/access.log Files are there, but empty: -rw-rw-r-- 1 www-data www-data0 Apr 18 06:42 access.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 www-data www-data0 Apr 11 06:42 access.log.0 Any ideas? Thanks -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/
Re: Help!!!
At 12:27 PM 4/21/1999 -0500, ying shang wrote: >Hi, > >When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated >to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: > >.. >md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 >(scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 >(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBS >(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 419 instructions downloaded > > >Then it stoped. Any idea? I installed it from the 'resc1440.bin' disk. > >Thanks, > >-Ying Shang >_ >The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) This is a common problem with the AHA-294x card. I don't remember the web site, but if you'll search the Debian mail archives you should be able to find the link to a site that has special boot disk images that deal with this issue. They worked for me and at least one other person I know of. If you need any further help, holler again.
R: Help!!!
>When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem >releated to the SCSI > >Then it stoped. Any idea? Yes. i've encoutered a similar problem with my Ncr53c810. the problem is located in your "generic" kernel. you need a specific one compiled for your machine. You may solve your problem in two ways: 1) ask a friend to make a boot-floppy with a specific kernel. 2) install a base of linux that will permit you at least to recompile the kernel on a ide drive (unplug the scsi card before) then recompile the kernel to recognize all your hardware (including SCSI card). Plug your scsi card again and boot. if it stop again your kernel is incorrect otherwise continue normally. now you can setup all scsi peripherals. I've used both solution and they works fine. Fabbione
Re: Sendmail - aliases problem
Thanks, I have tried this fake domain. newaliases is much quicker indeed. However, the warning message still exists. Any idea what the problem coud be? Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > These timeouts are likely due to sendmail trying to resolve domain names > (specifically, names which can't be > resolved). Trying making a 'fake' domain for yourself and setting the host > mapping in /etc/hosts, ie. > > 1.2.3.4kuifj.mydomain.nl kuifj > > Robert-Jan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have installed sendmail, but when I use newaliases I get (after aprox. 2 > > minutes) the following warning: > > > > WARNING: local host name (kuijf) is not qualified: fix $j in config file > > /etc/aliases: 6 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 86 bytes total > > > > Sendmail is very too. All sendmail actions (starting up, sending mail) take > > about 2 minutes each. > > > > All help is appreciated, > > > > Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian On a laptop with a Zip Plus drive
With only 4M RAM you will have problems with the system being very slow (lots of swapping going on). Installing ash and linking it to /bin/sh helps a lot, as does replacing getty with mingetty. You may also want to look at replacing bash with something smaller. X recommends 8M+, it may run in 4, but would be too slow to be useable. - Bruce -- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has tried this. I have a 486/33 laptop with 4 megs > of RAM and would like to put Debian on it. I don't have anyway of > connecting the laptop to a cd-rom, but I do have a Zip Plus drive (so I need > the imm patch that is included as part of the 2.2.x kernel). The laptop has > a 200mb hard drive. > > What packages should I install and is X windows out of the question?
Strange emacs from SunOS
I work on a Debian 2.0 machine. When I logon to a SunOS thingy (uname -s gives: SunOS owl 5.5 Generic sun4c sparc SUNW,Sun_4_75), setenv DISPLAY to my screen and start emacs (Version 19.25.1) I get a window which has double the size it should have. If I type a character, I get a space immediately added. Working with emacs is not possible. I can however work on an IRIX machine, login ti the sun, setenv DISPLAY and start emacs without problems. Stef
sendmail: why do text maps not work?
Running sendmailconfig, and answering yes to the Mailertable question creates and entry like this: FEATURE(mailertable, `text /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl which doesn't work. FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')dnl however does work, if the maps are there and made with makemap. Adding an -o in the text case does not help. Are text maps not supported? Is this a bug? Is the format of text maps different? Mine looks like this (whitespace is tab) snip-- tabaluga.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[tabaluga.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] ipesun.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de smtp:[ipesun.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de] snip-- btw: What are the different map types, and where are they all documented? Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works.--unknown source pgpoQaDwBgPms.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re: Installing slink from a Zip drive
Quoting Santiago Vila Doncel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, David Wright wrote: > > The problem is that the ppa driver required to make the ZIP drive to work > is now out of the kernel (i.e. as a module). > > [ This is a difference between Debian 2.0 and Debian 2.1 that I discovered > last week, when I was also trying to install it from scratch on a > CD-ROM-less machine ]. > > So you'll need two floppies: the rescue and the drivers floppy. > > Fortunately you may use the ZIP drive as the source for the base system. > (i.e. the base2_1.tgz file). Just remember to load the ppa module > when the rescue floppy allows you to do it. So it is. My only worry, looking at the 2.0.36 modules on this fresh slink system, is that there isn't an ide-floppy.o module, yet I've just answered a post from someone whose LS120 isn't working, so can it be compiled in? Perhaps they're installing hamm for some reason. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: RedHat need not apply
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > And, I wouldn't suspect that KDE would be included as part of the Official > Debian until QT is put under the GPL, not something that is very close to > it. Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. Do you > suppose they understand the difference? On the contarary, I think Qt and KDE will become part of main. Software does not have to be licensed under the GPL to be included in main. XFree86, for example, is not licensed under the GPL, nor is perl or apache. As long as the license conforms to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, a package can be included in main. Last I heard, the QPL looked like it conformed... The problem with the KDE license is that, while DFSG compliant, the QPL is not GPL compatible and therefore you can't link GPL code with Qt. However, the KDE developers are in the process of constructing a new license for KDE that is essentially the GPL with an additional clause that it can be linked with Qt. The KDE people need to track down the authors of the GPL code that much of their project is based on, though, to get permission to use it under the new license. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNx4T2odCcpBjGWoFAQF1DQP9FyIQAIAFNxfyf+9l5XekvuneJOp4RbkX DzOi7u0T3AO+pTS/KNAziyC45+VvL2yf/PqnsDBIUrqjvjMqGjpD74pBCJdOJsak lQn5JPVy+Qe3Yce8J+XDeiRMU5TPNWSotV2RDKgddy5f1xut6U6t6NTn6i9iSxvq s1N1rGdzQlk= =g2zy -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Problem running scripts in ip-up.d
Christian - ip-up has to be executable, not just a script. Possibly this is your problem. See http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/FAQ/PPP-FAQ-7.html#ss7.11 Good luck, David Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:36:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, I am using Xisp to connect to my ISP. I have made two scripts I want to run when I am connected, and I thought they would be if I put them in ip-up.d I have tested both scripts by running them "manually", and they work fine, but they do not seem to be run when I connect, at least they aren't doing what I wanted them to do. They are both owned by root. [...]
Re: LS-120 vs floppy
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I install LILO on the > LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which is how I currently boot > into linux vs NT was made on another box with a floppy, I have not been > able to make a bootable rescue disk in the LS120. The hardware HOWTO says that > the LS120 is supported, but it does not appear to work as the system > floppy(?). At any rate with hamm, IDEFLOPPY was not compiled into the installation/ rescue kernel. The rescue floppy would boot (because the bios does that) but you couldn't even read the drivers floppy to insmod a module. So you need to compile your own kernel. Sorry, ought to. I guess you could get hold of ide-floppy.o and insmod it with /etc/modules . Likewise, you may not be able to format a floppy disk in an LS120 if you're running NTW4.0 with service pack 3. You need to copy the file atapi.sys from service pack 2. This fault has a very similar effect for NT - you can't make an NT rescue disk because it insists on formatting the disk first. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: I'm not giving up: backpack CD-ROM drive.
Hi On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:38:30PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > 2) Use a null modem cable to connect to a desktop and piggy back ride on > that systems CD-ROM. > Q: I don't know if the Linux base system supports null modem connections. > Anybody any idea? Yes, it does. I have just installed debian on a laptop which only has a floppy drive. I put the base system on floppies, and installed the rest with a null-modem cable and ppp. To set it up, put this in /etc/ppp/peers/provider: /dev/ttyS0 115200 192.168.2.2:192.168.2.1 noauth and the same on the other system, just swap the ip addresses arround. of course you will need another debian system to connect to for this method. It is probably possible to do the same thing with windows if you install the smbfs package from floppy, but don't ask me about seting things up on the windows side. If you want to try a 2.2.5 kernel, just grab it from potato, put it on a floppy and install it with dpkg. Regards Rob
Re: SMC etherpower II 9432BTX ethernet card
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, rob wrote: > Hello ! > I have problems with the card mentioned above. The driver for SMC > etherpower II cards (I guess it's epic100) does not work. Please someone > tell me if there is a LINUX driver for it or not. I would appreciate any > help. > Thanks Please post more information, for starters, the output of: $ dmesg|grep eth0 $ ifconfig $ route -n $ uname -a You may also want to try the tulip driver. from tulip.c: This device driver is designed for the DECchip "Tulip", Digital's single-chip ethernet controllers for PCI. Supported members of the family are the 21040, 21041, 21140, 21140A, 21142, and 21143. These chips are used on many PCI boards including the SMC EtherPower series. The epic100.c file does mention support for the SMC etherpower II 9432, but I'm not sure what the BTX means. I would guess that this is the right driver to use. HTH -Dano
Re: RedHat need not apply
I thought caldera was corel's attempt to commercialize linux. This seems like quite a change for corel. I wonder what, if anything, it means for caldera. To: "Debian-User \(E-mail\)" cc:(bcc: Jack A Walker/BII) Subject: RedHat need not apply It seems that Debian will have its very own commercial pimp in Corel. Of course that doesn't mean that anyone on the Debian development team has to do any tricks for the big wigs at Corel. And, I wouldn't suspect that KDE would be included as part of the Official Debian until QT is put under the GPL, not something that is very close to it. Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. Do you suppose they understand the difference? All the best to Corel, but I hope Debian stays free. Kurt
Re: RedHat need not apply
>> "MK" == Madel, Kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MK> It seems that Debian will have its very own commercial pimp in MK> Corel. We will work with them for the benefit of both sides. Debian will stay independent as before. MK> Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. Do MK> you suppose they understand the difference? Yes. They didn't make their decision blantly. There have been talks for some weeks about this. For now there is no difference between DFSG and Open Source. Also note at the buttom of the release Debian GNU/Linux is a free, or Open Source, operating system (OS) for your computer. [...] Open Source is a trademark of SPI. Open Source is managed by the Open Source Initiative, which manages the [www.opensource.org] resources, to develop branding programs attractive to software customers and producers, and to advance the cause of Open Source software. Ciao, Martin
Problem running scripts in ip-up.d
Hi, I am using Xisp to connect to my ISP. I have made two scripts I want to run when I am connected, and I thought they would be if I put them in ip-up.d I have tested both scripts by running them "manually", and they work fine, but they do not seem to be run when I connect, at least they aren't doing what I wanted them to do. They are both owned by root. One of these scripts starts fetchmail. The strange thing is that I can get this to work by adding the fetchmail command at the end of the xisp script that resides in ip-up.d, but not as a standalone script. The other script is too complex to be added to the xisp script. Can anyone help me out here? TIA --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Date: 21-Apr-99 Time: 12:36:43 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux ---
Help!!!
Hi, When I installed the debian on a Dell 266 PC, I met a problem releated to the SCSI. The following is the messages on the screen: .. md driver 0.36.0 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 (scsi0) found at PCI 19/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBS (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 419 instructions downloaded Then it stoped. Any idea? I installed it from the 'resc1440.bin' disk. Thanks, -Ying Shang _ The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Installing Debian On a laptop with a Zip Plus drive
I was wondering if anyone has tried this. I have a 486/33 laptop with 4 megs of RAM and would like to put Debian on it. I don't have anyway of connecting the laptop to a cd-rom, but I do have a Zip Plus drive (so I need the imm patch that is included as part of the 2.2.x kernel). The laptop has a 200mb hard drive. What packages should I install and is X windows out of the question? Thanks, Kurt
LS-120 vs floppy
My system has an LS-120 instead of a floppy. How can I install LILO on the LS-120, /dev/hdc. Also the resuce disk I have, which is how I currently boot into linux vs NT was made on another box with a floppy, I have not been able to make a bootable rescue disk in the LS120. The hardware HOWTO says that the LS120 is supported, but it does not appear to work as the system floppy(?). Any suggestions. - Jim Harsh E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS P940 Los Alamos, NM 87545 505-665-0485, FAX - 505-665-3359 Date: 21-Apr-99,Time: 11:03:46 -
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Re: Lotus Notes apps???
John Gay dixit: ~> ~> he had a look at Lotus' site, and they say that work is in progress. ~> I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything that could be used. I had a look at Lotus site yesterday (hoping they might have plans to release Lotus 123 for Linux), but saw no indication whatsoever. Regards Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa
SMC etherpower II 9432BTX ethernet card
Hello ! I have problems with the card mentioned above. The driver for SMC etherpower II cards (I guess it's epic100) does not work. Please someone tell me if there is a LINUX driver for it or not. I would appreciate any help. Thanks Robert
[SOLVED] Re: qpopper: What does -ERR maillock: /var/spool/pop/username.pop mean
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 04:58:18PM +0200, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > I receive these messages in my syslog when debugging is turned on, and the > user don't get their mail with pop-3, with the same error message. > Telnetting to pop-3 port gives the same message and the session is ended > after the USER and PASS commands. > > I just newly installed qpopper on this machine. What could be wrong? Hate to follow up on my own mails, but the above is solved: I carelessly used tar in /var/spool/mail and got it's permissions changed to rwxr-xr-x bin mail instead of rwxrwxr-t root mail ipopd still worked with the former settings which suggests it is running as root and not dropping privileges. TssTss. I found this using strace. Really great debugging tool. qpopper's error message is misleading however, to say the least. Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works.--unknown source pgpsYLFgyANzn.pgp Description: PGP signature
RedHat need not apply
It seems that Debian will have its very own commercial pimp in Corel. Of course that doesn't mean that anyone on the Debian development team has to do any tricks for the big wigs at Corel. And, I wouldn't suspect that KDE would be included as part of the Official Debian until QT is put under the GPL, not something that is very close to it. Corel mentions Open Source Software, but not Free Software. Do you suppose they understand the difference? All the best to Corel, but I hope Debian stays free. Kurt
Re: ddd segfaults - help
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs | I tried versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. | on the potato and up version I get a message, oops you found a bug in | the program | and then segfault every time i try to start it. It starts loading | (gives the image saying that it's starting) and then hangs. | On the slink version all i get is segfault and it stops. | the log file only says that ver 3.1.3-1 was compiled for i586 and ver | 3.1.3-1 was compiled for i686, nothing else about the error or that | might be relevant. | xxgdb gives me a message: Can't allocate color map entry "Snow1" and | "Snow2" and then can't perform malloc. | | I am running a 486/DX2 with a slink kernell 2.0.36. libc6, gcc, g++, | gdb and most of the development stuff is from potato. Was there a reason that you mixed slink and potato pieces? It's really hard to find a problem when you do this. Especially with slink and potato, which are based on two different versions of glibc (2.0 and 2.1). My suggestion would be to go with just one distribution and then let us know about any problems. Most problems with DDD aren't problems with DDD, but problems with Lesstif. Until Lesstif goes stable I've been staying away from the dynamically linked versions of DDD and going with the statically linked version. The static version (Debian package ddd-smotif) is linked against a commercial Motif distribution and I've never had one problem with it. Gary
Re: ddd segfaults - help
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 08:38:55 -0700, Micha Feigin wrote: > I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs I tried > versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. We're now at 3.1.4-3, but 3.1.3-2 and up should work on potato. > on the potato and up version I get a message, oops you found a bug in the > program and then segfault every time i try to start it. Do you get a core file from it? > I am running a 486/DX2 with a slink kernell 2.0.36. libc6, gcc, g++, gdb > and most of the development stuff is from potato. What about X libraries, libstdc++ and lesstifg? 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
Screen Blanker
> >Real dumb stupid silly question.. > >Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker >parameter at boot ! > >I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I >have snooped >about all >over the place trying find the answer to this. > >I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? > >Thanks in advance. Lots of ways to do this, a simple way is to put "setterm -blank 0" in a .bash_profile file in your home directory. This sets the behavior for a single user. I think you can also put it in a .bash_profile in /etc to have it the default behavior for everyone (everyone that uses bash as the shell anyway.) === 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
Re: Potato
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:16:47 -0400, Dan Brosemer wrote: > That said, potato has been fairly stable for me at work. The only thing > that I have a beef with is DDD doesn't run well here (segfaults) but it > runs beautifully at home. I have attributed this to the glibc2 vs. > glibc2.1 difference in the distributions and so have steered clear of > glibc2.1 at home where I need DDD (at least I really want it). DDD 3.1.3-2 and newer are built on potato systems, and should work on them. If you find problems, please submit a bug report; if possible, with a recipe for how to repeat them. 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
Need help with: BUS ERROR in ldconfig during Debian 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade
I've been struggling with a 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade, and I need help. I used: apt-get update then: apt-get --download-only to retrieve the packages followed by: apt-get -f dist-upgrade to install. It ended with an error and I retried the command. several times. The problem is that I get a number of BUS ERRORs in the .postinst scripts of several packages and eventually apt and dselect quit under the weight of these accumulated errors. When I try configuring one package by hand, with the .postinst modified for ldconfig -v I get the following: polaris:~# dpkg --configure binutils Setting up binutils (2.9.1.0.19a-2) ... ldconfig: version 1.9.10 /usr/lib/tkstep: libtk8.0.so.1 => libtk8.0.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d: /usr/lib/libc5-compat: libstdc++.so.27 => libstdc++.so.27.2.1 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXp.so.6 => libXp.so.6.2 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 libg++.so.27 => libg++.so.27.2.1 /lib/libc5-compat: /usr/X11R6/lib: libwxtab_xt.so.1 => libwxtab_xt.so.1.66 libwxgrid_xt.so.1 => libwxgrid_xt.so.1.66 libwx_xtwidgets.so.1 => libwx_xtwidgets.so.1.66 libwx_xtthread.so.1 => libwx_xtthread.so.1.66 libwx_xt.so.1 => libwx_xt.so.1.66 libwraster.so.0 => libwraster.so.0.0.1 libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.10 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXp.so.6 => libXp.so.6.2 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 libXaw3d.so.6 => libXaw3d.so.6.1 libMesatk.so.2 => libMesatk.so.2.6 libMesaaux.so.2 => libMesaaux.so.2.6 libMesaGLw.so.2 => libMesaGLw.so.2.6 libMesaGLU.so.2 => libMesaGLU.so.2.6 libMesaGL.so.2 => libMesaGL.so.2.6 libWMaker.so.0 => libWMaker.so.0.0.0 libDnd.so.1 => libDnd.so.1.0 libDnd++.so.1 => libDnd++.so.1.0 libXm.so.1 => libXm.so.1.2 libMrm.so.1 => libMrm.so.1.2 libUnidraw.so.0 => libUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libUnidraw-common.so.0 => libUnidraw-common.so.0.6.7 libUniIdraw.so.0 => libUniIdraw.so.0.6.7 libTopoFace.so.0 => libTopoFace.so.0.6.7 libTime.so.0 => libTime.so.0.6.7 libOverlayUnidraw.so.0 => libOverlayUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libIVGlyph.so.0 => libIVGlyph.so.0.6.7 libIV.so.0 => libIV.so.0.6.7 libIV-common.so.0 => libIV-common.so.0.6.7 libGraphUnidraw.so.0 => libGraphUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libFrameUnidraw.so.0 => libFrameUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libDrawServ.so.0 => libDrawServ.so.0.6.7 libComUtil.so.0 => libComUtil.so.0.6.7 libComUnidraw.so.0 => libComUnidraw.so.0.6.7 libComTerp.so.0 => libComTerp.so.0.6.7 libComGlyph.so.0 => libComGlyph.so.0.6.7 libAttribute.so.0 => libAttribute.so.0.6.7 libAttrGlyph.so.0 => libAttrGlyph.so.0.6.7 libolgx.so.3 => libolgx.so.3.2.4 libwraster.so.1 => libwraster.so.1.0.0 libMagick.so.4 => libMagick.so.4.0.4 libxview.so.3 => libxview.so.3.2.4 /usr/lib: /var/lib/dpkg/info/binutils.postinst: line 16: 30781 Bus error ldconfig -v dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 135 Errors were encountered while processing: binutils Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Louis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ddd segfaults - help
Hi I'm trying to start ddd or xxgdb in order to debug c/c++ programs I tried versions 3.1.3-2 3.1.3-1 and the slink version. on the potato and up version I get a message, oops you found a bug in the program and then segfault every time i try to start it. It starts loading (gives the image saying that it's starting) and then hangs. On the slink version all i get is segfault and it stops. the log file only says that ver 3.1.3-1 was compiled for i586 and ver 3.1.3-1 was compiled for i686, nothing else about the error or that might be relevant. xxgdb gives me a message: Can't allocate color map entry "Snow1" and "Snow2" and then can't perform malloc. I am running a 486/DX2 with a slink kernell 2.0.36. libc6, gcc, g++, gdb and most of the development stuff is from potato. If anyone can please help me (I realy need a debugger); _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Potato
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > Hello, > > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would > like to use Debian because I believe in freedom. The version number of potato has nothing to do with the version numbers of kernels. You may have noticed S.u.S.e has released version 6.0 of their distribution, and RedHat is gearing up to release 6.0 as well. Slackware is at 3.something, etc. I've been running kernel 2.2.6 for as long as it has been released on my slink system. I needed to upgrade a couple packages (I don't remember which, but www.linuxhq.com had the list). That said, potato has been fairly stable for me at work. The only thing that I have a beef with is DDD doesn't run well here (segfaults) but it runs beautifully at home. I have attributed this to the glibc2 vs. glibc2.1 difference in the distributions and so have steered clear of glibc2.1 at home where I need DDD (at least I really want it). I hope this has answered your questions. -Dano
Re: Potato
You can upgrade the kernel without changing from slink to potato. I asked about upgrading to kernel 2.2.x and recieved the following information from Graham Ashton: quote " I've been running 2.2.6 here without any problems on all my boxes. 2.2.4 was also free from problems for me (didn't try 2.2.5). issues with slink are explained here; http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/running-kernel-2.2 I'd do it if I was you. I thought the speedup was noticeable, but I'm running SMP. " end quote from Graham Ashton HTH Rich Madel, Kurt wrote: > > Hello, > > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would > like to use Debian because I believe in freedom. > > Thanks > Kurt > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Potato
At least 99% of Slink works with 2.2.x kernels. I have several machines running kernels 2.2.5/2.2.6 on Slink. I'm running Potato on one machine, and at the moment it is stable, but that will change from time to time during the course of the development cycle. Unless you want to deal with the occasional hassles presented by glibc2, I'd suggest sticking with Slink. Regards Jeff On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:01:25AM -0400, Madel, Kurt wrote: > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, > so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would > like to use Debian because I believe in freedom.
Re: [Debian]: Deutsche Manpages
Kurt, Entschuldigen Sie bitte meine Grammatik. Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsch. Wenn Sie Debian 2.1 haben, koennen Sie dies tun: Zuerst installieren Sie die Pakete "manpages-de" und "manpages-de-dev". Dann schreiben Sie: export LANG=de_DE Jetzt koennen Sie schreiben, zum Beispiel: man cat Und Sie erhalten die deutsche manpage. -- John "Kurt Stallknecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ich muss das Thema noch einmal aufgreifen, da ich das selbe Problem > habe und noch nicht "Jau" rufen kann. Die Umgebungsvariablen habe ich > gesetzt und auch die AEnderungen in der manpath.conf vorgenommen. In > bo hat das wunderbar geklappt, aber seit dem Update auf hamm muss ich > das Manual wieder in Englisch lesen. Klaert sich das mit dem Update > auf slink von alleine oder liegt es evtl. daran, dass bei mir z.B. > LANG=de_DE und nicht LANG=de steht? > > Danke fuer jeden Hinweis, > > Kurt > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Potato
Hello, For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a Zip Plus drive and know that it is naturally supported by the 2.2.X kernel, so would like to move to a 2.2.X distribution as soon as possible and would like to use Debian because I believe in freedom. Thanks Kurt
qpopper: What does -ERR maillock: /var/spool/pop/username.pop mean
I receive these messages in my syslog when debugging is turned on, and the user don't get their mail with pop-3, with the same error message. Telnetting to pop-3 port gives the same message and the session is ended after the USER and PASS commands. I just newly installed qpopper on this machine. What could be wrong? Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works.--unknown source pgpQlhL1zzOhT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Exim allowing external mail...
How do I configure exim to allow mail from non-local hosts? It seems as though my current (mostly default) exim setup will not allow me to receive mail from anywhere other than my domain, uiuc.edu. I currently have all my mail sent to my University email account, then fetchmail from there. But I've been trying to subscribe to the WindowMaker mailing list, and their list server is really picky about where mail comes from -- I subscribe to my school's email address, but the mail comes from my machine, so it doesn't allow my mail. So I tried to subscribe with my machine name, but I'm not getting the confirmation notice because (I think) Exim is disallowing mail outside of the uiuc.edu domain. I've had this come up on other occations, i.e. not receiving mail sent specifically to my machine from outside of my domain. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou, Lord, them delta women think the world of me." -- Dickey Betts, "Ramblin' Man"
Re: Security in Linux
Thanks to all who responded to my request. I'm sure I will find what I'm looking for there. Ed. - Original Message - From: Jens Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 00:32 Subject: Re: Security in Linux > eferen1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am now involved in a research project at SFCC in Spokane, WA for a = > > computer science class, and have taken on the project of security in = > > operating systems. What I am doing is researching the security problems = > > in Windows NT and Linux. If any one has had security breaches/problems = > > in any version of Linux I would appreciate being told about it. > > > > If you have had any security issues with Linux such as: hacking, = > > illegal entry to your system, e-mail messed up, etc. please respond to = > > me and tell me about it. > > Check the usual references: bugtraq and rootshell. > > Please do not post twice (html and text). > > Jens > > -- > P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ > (Sorry Europeans only) > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter > Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Burn the Official Debian CD
Shao Zhang wrote: > I have got the official debian 2.1 and would like to make a copy of > it. I am wondering if I need any special > software in order to make them still bootable. Since the machine where > the burner connected has got Windoze, I have got no idea how to do this. > > Thx for any help in advance. Just copy it w/o any extra settings. At least, that's what I did and it worked. bye, -Remco
Re: Problem with taper
D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote: > > Last week I upgraded one of our machines from hamm to slink. Today I > discovered that its cron taper backup had been failing due to > "incorrect preference file format" > > Is this a random glitch or are the two events related. If so, then > other taper users should be warned! > > Dave Whiteley > __ > Dave Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Standard Disclaimer:- > The views of the writer are not necessarily those of anyone else. > *Most Important Message* *HAVE FUN* > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Delete the file /root/taper_prefs and start taper with the -T (tape dev) option. You will have to resetup your preferences. John C. Ellingboe www.guntersville.netbegin: vcard fn: John C. Ellingboe - KE4BPW n: Ellingboe - KE4BPW;John C. org:The Guntersville Computer Center email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: Owner/Admin x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Resizing ext2 filesystems
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Max wrote: > I have a problem in that I'm quickly running out of space in /usr but > I have tons of space left in /home. Here's what df shows: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 497667 35357436608 7% / > /dev/sda5 497667385312 86653 82% /var > /dev/sda6 2478138 2271514 78508 97% /usr > /dev/sda7 4616953643170 3734818 15% /home My suggestion? Too late to do it now, but DON'T PARTITION so much. Make three partitions (IMHO primary partitions for all three) as follows: /dev/sda1 500MB / /dev/sda2 120MB /dev/sda3 /usr Create /usr/home and symlink /home to /usr/home. Create /usr/var and symlink /var there. Now, your poor overworked disk head will have less partition-wide hunting to do to go from ~/ to /var/log/, and the only space crisis you'll run into is filling the whole disk. If you can do that, than, well, you've got yourself a legitimate problem. >From O'Reilly's System Perfomance Tuning (http://www.ora.com) by Mike Loukides (I think - please don't shoot me if I'm wrong), if at all possible, don't use more than one partition per disk. On a single disk system, I prefer to bend the rules just a little bit: separating the root filesystem makes sense to me, and a swap partition is important. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Systems and Networks Administrator Jlink Internet Services 1000 S. Market St. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bloomsburg, PA 17815(717)389-6400
Re: Inetd not started
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Paul Sargent wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because > I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but > I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the > system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security > reasons? > > Either way is the normal way of starting it up? It should be started by /etc/init.d/netbase, which is a symlink from the /etc/rc*.d directories. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Screen Blanker
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Nidge Jones wrote: > > Real dumb stupid silly question.. > > Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! > > I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all > over the place trying find the answer to this. > > I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran update-rc.d) for stuff like this. You should use the full path: '/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0' Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Lotus Notes apps???
I know this is slightly off topic, but. . . I was recently asked by one of the top men in our network division if I knew of any apps to work with Lotus Notes. We use Lotus Notes 4.5 here for basic E-Mail and other functions. I'm no Linux Guru, I'm just a newbie, but I've been pushing Linux here for quite a while. It now seems that I've made a point here. He said he had a look at Lotus' site, and they say that work is in progress. I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything that could be used. I'm just a simple 'point-N-click' type user myself at the moment, I know nothing about setting up E-Mail or other network type things. But, if I had some pointers I could pass on, I could let the powers that be figure out how to use them. Thanks for any information you may provide. Cheers, John Gay
Re: Linux
Honestly, use the link below to get started. It is by far the best way to go. The instructions include links to all the relevant disks. http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install.html This link assumes you are installing on a computer with an x86 (Intel, AMD, Cyrix) processor. Hope that helps. -Ian On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Alicia Petersen wrote: > I am looking for a list of what files I need to download for Linux. I > see many different vendor's, and FTP sights, but I am having a problem > finding a list of the files I need. > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks > > A. M. Petersen > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > __ Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58
Re: Linux
> > I am looking for a list of what files I need to download for Linux. I > see many different vendor's, and FTP sights, but I am having a problem > finding a list of the files I need. > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks > > A. M. Petersen > To install Debian, go to our homepage at www.debian.org. There is a section there on how to install and all that is involved and needed.
Re: Inetd not started
> > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because > I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but > I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the > system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security > reasons? > > Either way is the normal way of starting it up? > No. inetd should be running. On boot you should see: Starting inetd. As root you can run it by: /etc/init.d/netbase start when you run that, you should see inetd being started.
Linux
I am looking for a list of what files I need to download for Linux. I see many different vendor's, and FTP sights, but I am having a problem finding a list of the files I need. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks A. M. Petersen _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
GTK probs again
Hi all,
Having solved my previous problems, I'm having problems with
g_print - it always blocks. The following code compiles fine, but when the
button is pressed, the thing just hangs, and has to be kill -9ed. Any
ideas?
compiled with gcc hello.c -o hello `gtk-config --cflags --lib`
Matthew
#include
void hello(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
g_print("Hello World\n");
}
gint delete_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent *event, gpointer data)
{
g_print ("delete event occurred\n");
return(TRUE);
}
void destroy(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
gtk_main_quit();
}
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *button;
gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "delete_event", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC
(delete_event), NULL);
gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "destroy", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC
(destroy), NULL);
gtk_container_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);
button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Hello World");
gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (hello),
NULL);
gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC
(gtk_widget_destroy), GTK_OBJECT (window));
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), button);
gtk_widget_show (button);
gtk_widget_show (window);
gtk_main();
return(0);
}
--
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Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte
RE: IDEA:Offical Debian Support Team?
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Madel, Kurt wrote: > I believe that support for Debian is very important and is something that > should be investigated. However, I believe that it may be difficult to > combat an over-commercialized distribution if you start pushing for > professional 24X7 commercial support. The kind of support that corporate > business requires is of the commercial variety. Actually, "corporate business" has resources in place to do INTERNAL support. The sort of telephone "camp on hold" support lines that have become what people think of as technical support are something that "corporate business" can do without if their internal support personnel have the tools they need to do their jobs without it. I believe that the so-called information revolution is going through its third phase. The first phase was when computers were large, rare, and expensive. The second phase started with the rise of the microcomputer and the introduction of the ISV. The third phase started with the rise of the Internet and the introduction of freeware of "commercial" quality and a substantial feature set. People keep talking about how Linux, and other freeware, are "unsupported" like what they get from Microsoft can be characterized as "support." However, I view poor support as a problem of the second phase and as soon as we can escape second-phase thinking (such as "I've got to have a toll-free telephone number that I can call to harass the vendor") the issue of "support" will simply disappear. After all, who needs support when you (or your hired expert) has the source? -- Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ 12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA
Inetd not started
Hi, I'm new to Debian, so this may be a question that I'm only asking because I'm not familiar with the Debian way, but I've just installed slink onto a machine and although inetd is on the system, it hasn't been started. Is this standard Debian policy for security reasons? Either way is the normal way of starting it up? Thanks Paul
Re: Screen Blanker
Nidge Jones wrote: > > Real dumb stupid silly question.. > > Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot ! > > I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all > over the place trying find the answer to this. > > I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley? > You can dissable it in X in the file, /etc/X11/XF86Config changing the "BlankTime to 0, Section "Screen" Driver "Accel" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 BlankTime 5 SuspendTime 0 OffTime 0 hth, kent
Http (lynx, apt-get) fails; ftp ok
For some time now (i.e. even before upgrading to slink), I have been having problems with http. Example: when given an address, Lynx reports that it is unable to connect; apt-get is also unable to connect. Netscape works fine though. I can ftp (for example with apt-get) without problems. In fact, everything but http works fine. This is over a PPP connection. I'm guessing that I did something bad to a configuration file at some point, but I've no idea what. Can anyone help me out? Thanks a lot, Duncan Sands. Laboratoire de Topologie et Dynamique, Batiment 425, Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing slink from a Zip drive
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, David Wright wrote: > One of the nice things about installing hamm was that I could do it with > one floppy and a zip drive. So I was really looking forward to putting > slink on a couple of new boxes which are, as far as possible, MS-free. > > So I partitioned a disk, got to "Install Operating System Kernel and > Modules", popped over to VC2 and tried to mount my zip drive. > "sdb4 not a block device". Looked at VC4: only 1 scsi host (my > empty hard drive). > > After saying how easy it was, here I am with a very red face. > Do I have to go back to pumping floppies (9 now!) to install slink. > This is a big step backwards. The problem is that the ppa driver required to make the ZIP drive to work is now out of the kernel (i.e. as a module). [ This is a difference between Debian 2.0 and Debian 2.1 that I discovered last week, when I was also trying to install it from scratch on a CD-ROM-less machine ]. So you'll need two floppies: the rescue and the drivers floppy. Fortunately you may use the ZIP drive as the source for the base system. (i.e. the base2_1.tgz file). Just remember to load the ppa module when the rescue floppy allows you to do it. Thanks.
Problem with taper
Last week I upgraded one of our machines from hamm to slink. Today I discovered that its cron taper backup had been failing due to "incorrect preference file format" Is this a random glitch or are the two events related. If so, then other taper users should be warned! Dave Whiteley __ Dave Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Standard Disclaimer:- The views of the writer are not necessarily those of anyone else. *Most Important Message* *HAVE FUN*
Re: Cannot mount root after crash
Hello, could you send your /etc/fstab file (if you can bring your machine to the network), or the line(s) in it concerning /dev/hda4 ? Etienne
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per-user hdimage in dosemu
Hello, I would like to set up dosemu in such a way that every user can have his own hdimage, or some subdirectory of his homedirectory that will be mounted through lsredir IF IT EXISTS. I just tried redefining $_hdimage in one users .dosrc, but that didn't work. Xdos just said 'ERROR:' and ignored it. The dosemu configuration system seems to be quite flexible, but I do not really understand it. Can anybody help me? Joeri van Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Netscape Probs on Slink
Hello Debianers, another Slink problem: Starting Netscape 4.07 Communicator shows up the licence-window and freezes short after. The prozess runs, hangs, no output, it does not consume much cpu time (Kernel is 2.2.4). Any hints? TIA -- Peter Log: $ /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/407/communicator/plugins/libnullplugin.so: undefined symbol: FE_GetToplevelWidget Cant load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/407/communicator/plugins/libnullplugin.so. Ignored. -- -- Peter Weiss, Riemenschneiderstraße 4, 82008 Unterhaching -- ---The foolish ones taught more to me than the wise ones ever could--- --
OSPF & kernel 2.2.x
Well, I've upgraded a Debian 2.1 (Slink) host on the kernel serie 2.2.x. After kernel upgrade the OSPF don't work. To use OSPF I've on host the debian package gated 3.5.8-2 but this don't work, the error message is (on /var/log/gated.log): Apr 21 11:23:39 trace_on: Tracing to "/var/log/gated.log" started Apr 21 11:23:39 Apr 21 11:23:39 Tracing flags enabled: general Apr 21 11:23:39 Apr 21 11:23:39 inet_routerid_notify: Router ID: 10.2.1.2 Apr 21 11:23:39 Apr 21 11:23:39 Apr 21 11:23:39 krt_rtread: Initial routes read from kernel (via /proc/net/route): Apr 21 11:23:39 rt_add: host bits not zero 10.2.1/0.0.0.0 gw 10.2.1.2 Kernel KRT READ REMNANT 10.2.1 mask 0.0.0.0 router 10.2.1.2 flags <>0: queueing delete for rt_add() failure KRT READ REMNANT 0.0.0.0 router 10.2.1.1 flags <>0: deleting non-contiguous mask KRT SEND DELETE 10.2.1 mask 0.0.0.0 router 10.2.1.2 flags 2: Invalid argument where 10.2.1.2 is the local host and the 10.2.1.1 is a router with OSPF. Also with RIP configuration on gated.conf the response is the same. The actual kernel version is 2.2.6 with the follwing options: # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y CONFIG_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_FILTER=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS is not set CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES=y # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_NETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y # CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE is not set CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y # CONFIG_ARPD is not set CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y There is some other version of gated that work with kernel 2.2.x or other package that permit the use of OPSF ? Thank you Guido. -- ++---+ | Guido Bozzetto | Office ph./fax:+39 0432 477588/548314 | L'avar al è chel | \/ I | E-mail::-) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | che si lambiche | OO like | Web: http://www.nauta.it/~bozzetto/ | a vivi puar | -- Linux | Talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | par muri sior ++---+
