Re: specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.
*- On 29 May, David Karlin wrote about "specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line." > > There is, however, no mention of the syntax for .fetchmailrc. > man fetchmail CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Basic format is: poll SERVERNAME protocol PROTOCOL username NAME password PASSWORD > Q1) Is there a way to simply add the password to the command line? no > Q2) If not, then where can I find the proper syntax for .fetchmailrc? > The man page, see above. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: make menuconfig (potato)
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 06:03:04PM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > Why are the menuconfig boxes now shown with ascii characters (*, |, > > etc.) instead of real lines as in earlier versions? > > What's your TERM environment variable set to? On my system, if it's > "linux", "rxvt", or "xterm-debian" it uses color and lines. "vt100" goves > lines but no color. "xterm" gives ASCII chars and no color. > > The default for a console should be "linux". For an Xterm from the deb > package, it should be "xterm-debian". For an rxvt, it should be "rxvt". > TERM=linux There is color, but no lines. System is potato, kernel 2.2.9. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Sound devices missing
if i'm not mistaken, the proper way to do it is to go into /dev as root and run ./MAKEDEV audio. add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: Mark Nellemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 4:00 PM Subject: Sound devices missing > Hi ! > > Whenever I install a Debian (slink or potato), it seems that the sound > devices (/dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, ..) is missing. So I install the devices > with a script from a 2.0.x kernel found in Documentation/sound. > > Am I wrong or is this the right thing to do ? > > > Regards .. > > Mark Nellemann > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: Compiling Pine 4.10
add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null that is calling for libtermcap, which you don't need to use technically. ncurses can do the same thing if you edit the source file to say -lncurses instead of -ltermcap. worked for me anyway. - Original Message - From: Adilson dos Santos Dantas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 10:21 AM Subject: Compiling Pine 4.10 > Hello Debian users! > > I´m trying to compile Pine 4.10 in a slink. But I have some problems. > When I complile Pine. I found this message: > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory > > I change the value from termcap to terminfo. But I found the > following message: > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lterminfo: No such file or directory > > What can I do for compiling and installing this version of Pine here? I > cannot find any *.deb file in www.debian.org > > []´s > >Adilson > > |-| > |Adilson dos Santos Dantas - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil | > |e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > |URL: http://www.lci.ufrj.br/~adilsond ICQ UIN# : 4542346| > | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7479 | > |-| > > Nasrudin was carrying home a piece of liver and the recipe for liver > pie. Suddenly a bird of prey swooped down and snatched the piece of > meat from his hand. As the bird flew off, Nasrudin called after it, > "Foolish bird! You have the liver, but what can you do with it without > the recipe?" > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: potato - unstable?
i tend to agree with Daniel. my situation of use is quite the same, but my system gets heavy usage and i never have problems i can't take care of. only minor ones so far luckily. i had more problems with slink but who knows why. add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: DEBIAN user Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 8:45 AM Subject: potato - unstable? > Hello! > > It's me again. > > For all of you, I apreciatte your concern and for having let me know > what really "unstable" means. Maybe I was being too exciting about > potato packages since I like a lot how my debian distro works and how it > is made. Well, what I really want to say to those of you who have read > me message is that what I mean is, as a user, potato has been as stable > to me as slink would have been, since I havent had any problems with > those unstable packages, I repeat, I am just a user, my computer does > not do anything special, nor ir a server or anything productive. I > update my linux system almost everyday. But I really know that for > people that are not just simple users like me they can be taking a risk > using some unstable packages. > > Again, I apreciatte your comments, and sorry If I have transmitted a > wrong idea to some newbies. > > Regards to everyone > > Daniel > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: LILO Problem
Subject: LILO Problem Date: Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:48:22PM -0700 In reply to:Lorne Williams Quoting Lorne Williams([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi gang. I've read every scrap of documentation on lilo I can find *twice*, > and I'm still discombobulated. Here's my situation: [snip lilo.conf file] Here is a workng example # 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 = Slink2.2.9# Default = /boot/boot. Timeout = 250 # Wait /10 sec. after prompt then boot default # End LILO global section # Image sections # Linux bootable partition config begins # Slackware 3.3 # Share 5.1 Gig IDE Drive with Win95 (ugh) # Image = /vmlinuz root= /dev/hda3 label = slack33 VGA = 0xb append = "lp=0x378,0 boot_verbose=1" ## Note: append line alows printer to be polled ##saving the IRQ for other, more inportant # uses Image = /boot/Slack2.2.3 root= /dev/hda3 label = S2.2.3 VGA = 0x317 append = "video=vesa:ypan,nopal lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none" # # Debian 2.0 Image= /boot/hamm-36 label = hamm-36 Root = /dev/hdb1 VGA= 0xb append = "lp=0x378,0" # Debian 2.1 # Image= /boot/slink label = Slink Root = /dev/hdb2 VGA= 0xb append = "lp=0x378,0" Image= /boot/Slink-2.2.9 label = Slink2.2.9 Root = /dev/hdb2 VGA= 0x317 append = "hdd=cdrom lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none" # Debian 2.1-1 # Image = /boot/potato label = Potato Root= /dev/hdb10 VGA = 0xa # Image = /boot/memtest86 Label = Memtest # Win95 Why waste the disk space?? # Other = /dev/hda1 Label = win Table = /dev/hda # NOTE: ALL boot images copied to /boot on /dev/hda3 and all #other distro's /boot. #/etc/lilo.conf in all distro's is the same. #This alows any distro to rebuild the MBR on hda. #This is overkill but it works! HTH, YMMV, HAND -- Real Programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Sound devices missing
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Mark Nellemann wrote: >Whenever I install a Debian (slink or potato), it seems that the sound >devices (/dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, ..) is missing. So I install the devices >with a script from a 2.0.x kernel found in Documentation/sound. > >Am I wrong or is this the right thing to do ? I don't know if it's actively wrong, but the "standard" way to do it is to use the script in /dev/ calles MAKEDEV (or something like that.. you'll see it). Run "MAKEDEV audio". You should look in the script to make sure that this is correct. It may have a manpage as well. A word of warning - by default, it makes the devices in your present working directory, so be in /dev/ when you run it :) -Michael
Re: make menuconfig (potato)
i believe you're missing a ncurses dev lib. add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: Johan Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 4:35 AM Subject: make menuconfig (potato) > Hello! > I have uppgraded from slink to potato (I now understand the word > unstable=) > And downloaded kernel 2.2.9. But when I type menuconfig I have got > following > error mess. > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > -DCURSES_LOC="" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > from what I understand it can not find dialog.h and curses.h! > > file://thx Johan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Is it possible to create cua[0-3] devices in Slink/Potato?
I have a computer running mostly slink, with a small amount of potato thrown in. It completely fails to recognise my serial mouse, no matter what device or protocol I give it. gpmconfig instantly decides that the modem device must be the mouse, I guess because it's the only one with any activity. Giving it the "correct" device, ttyS1, it just gets no activity at the next step. Putting ttyS1 in XF86Config doesn't work either. What is strange is that Red Hat works perfectly well on this system. After a bit of looking, I noticed that on Red Hat, /dev/mouse was pointing to /dev/cua1 instead of ttyS1. This reminded me that I had similar problems when I installed Red Hat itself, which I solved by pointing to cua1 because ttyS1 didn't work. I know that the cua devices are obsolete under recent kernels, but I only have the kernel that came with slink (2.0.36?). However, /dev/MAKEDEV cua1 doesn't work. Is there any way I can create it? Failing that, does anyone have any ideas why my mouse would work with cua devices and not ttyS devices, and how to fix it? Thanks in advance, Stuart. PS If the solution involves upgrading some components to potato, I have no problem with this. A complete upgrade isn't possible due to bandwidth limitations, though.
java applets in X
I've just installed the jdk and tried some applets that worked perfectly well (from local files or across the Internet) with Netscape, IE or appletviewer under win95. Running them under Debian in X overwhelmed the system if there was any significant redrawing of the screen required - it couldn't even respond to ctrl-alt-del. Is this normal? David
Re: make menuconfig (potato)
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Why are the menuconfig boxes now shown with ascii characters (*, |, > etc.) instead of real lines as in earlier versions? What's your TERM environment variable set to? On my system, if it's "linux", "rxvt", or "xterm-debian" it uses color and lines. "vt100" goves lines but no color. "xterm" gives ASCII chars and no color. The default for a console should be "linux". For an Xterm from the deb package, it should be "xterm-debian". For an rxvt, it should be "rxvt".
Re: why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?
>> "BB" == Bob Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BB> I'm puzzling over an odd problem. I can run X just fine when I BB> log in as a normal user and run startx. However, if I let Debian BB> (potato) boot so xdm is started when the system boots, I can't log BB> in at all. In fact, xdm seems totally hosed. It won't respond to BB> any keyboard input. The system, itself, still appears to be BB> functioning. cron still is running its jobs. The mouse still BB> moves cursor around. A similar case has been discussed on the list some time ago. Something like that happens when multiple programms fight about a virtual console. These may be getty, xdm, wdm, gdm or login.app. If you have more than one of the above installed (without getty), then disable all but one for now. Also check in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers that you don't try to handle a vt that is used by getty (in /etc/inittab). Ciao, Martin
Re: HP LJ 6P setup?
The laserjet 6p still supports the PCL5 language of its predicessors. Experiment with the varous lj filters (I would start with ljet4) untill you find the one that works best. Magicfilter is setup so that you can print most files, from text to jpg to postscript. If all you want to do is text or raw pcl files (mabey through samba or with print to file on a windows box) you can use the default printcap and just change the port. With magicfilter it autodetects the file type. On Sat, 29 May 1999, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am trying to useg magicfilter with an HP Laserjet 6pse. It does not seem > that magicfilter has a filter for a 6P. > Can someone tell me how to set this up? I am assuming that all I need to > type is lpr 'file' to print a file. Does this also apply to postscript > files? i.e. lpr file.ps? > > Thanks > > lance > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 04:11:06PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm using the following fetchmail command to download my mail from > my smarthost: > > /usr/bin/fetchmail -u funk48 travelin.com > > This command causes me to be prompted for my mail password, but > I'd like to be able to run this as a script in a cron job, i.e. to > to have this script run w/o user input. > > I've read the manpage for fetchmail and it says: > > "The default behavior of fetchmail is to prompt you for your > mailserver password before the connection is established. > This is the safest way to use fetchmail and ensures that your > password will not be compromised. You may also specify your > password in your ~/.fetchmailrc file. This is convenient when > using fetchmail in daemon mode or with scripts." > > There is, however, no mention of the syntax for .fetchmailrc. > > Q1) Is there a way to simply add the password to the command line? > Q2) If not, then where can I find the proper syntax for .fetchmailrc? > > Thanks, > > -David > > David, My .fetchmailrc looks like this: --- # Configuration created Wed Feb 3 01:42:17 1999 by fetchmailconf set postmaster "ironfoot" poll pop-server.com with proto POP3 and options no dns user "ironfoot" there with password "password" is ironfoot here options fetchall mimedecode warnings 3600 --- Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent ;) Mike -- Michael Merten[EMAIL PROTECTED] NRA Life Member - Nebraska State Constitution: All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. (Art. I, Sect. 1) [NRA-ILA (www.nraila.org)]
Re: specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.
Look under the "Run control heading in the fetchmail (1) man page, it is there. However, here is mine (with accounts, machine names, and passwords removed). #poll mail.myoldisp.net proto pop3 user pass poll pop-server.mynewisp.com proto pop3 user pass poll mail.myschool.edu proto pop3 user pass Now whenever I run fetchmail it querys both mail servers. On Sat, 29 May 1999, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm using the following fetchmail command to download my mail from > my smarthost: > > /usr/bin/fetchmail -u funk48 travelin.com > > This command causes me to be prompted for my mail password, but > I'd like to be able to run this as a script in a cron job, i.e. to > to have this script run w/o user input. > > I've read the manpage for fetchmail and it says: > > "The default behavior of fetchmail is to prompt you for your > mailserver password before the connection is established. > This is the safest way to use fetchmail and ensures that your > password will not be compromised. You may also specify your > password in your ~/.fetchmailrc file. This is convenient when > using fetchmail in daemon mode or with scripts." > > There is, however, no mention of the syntax for .fetchmailrc. > > Q1) Is there a way to simply add the password to the command line? > Q2) If not, then where can I find the proper syntax for .fetchmailrc? > > Thanks, > > -David > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: LILO Problem
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:48:22PM -0700, Lorne Williams wrote: > Hi gang. I've read every scrap of documentation on lilo I can find *twice*, > and I'm still discombobulated. Here's my situation: > > Dual boot Linux/Windoze, two IDE drives, > First drive > /dev/hda1 Win95 > /dev/hda2 Linux /usr > /dev/hda3 Linux swap > Second drive > /dev/hdb1 Win data > /dev/hdb2 Linux /. vmlinuz image is on the root. > > lilo.conf (this boots into Linux, but not into WinDos) > boot=/dev/hda1 ^ try: boot=/dev/hda instead, to put lilo into the mbr on /dev/hda > root=/dev/hdb2 > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > vga=normal > delay=20 > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label=Win add: table=/dev/hda to the end > > I've trashed my first drive twice now fooling with this. Debian setup craps > out because my root partition is on the second drive. Setup leaves me with > most of the above, but with a blank boot= line. I added the two lines at the > bottom. > > Am I close? > TIA, Lorne. > > Other than that, it looks ok. Mine is similar, except that I have multiple image= sections (I have several kernel versions laying around). Hope this helps, Mike -- Michael Merten[EMAIL PROTECTED] NRA Life Member - Oregon State Constitution: The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defence of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power. (Art. I, Sect. 27) [NRA-ILA (www.nraila.org)]
specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.
Hello, I'm using the following fetchmail command to download my mail from my smarthost: /usr/bin/fetchmail -u funk48 travelin.com This command causes me to be prompted for my mail password, but I'd like to be able to run this as a script in a cron job, i.e. to to have this script run w/o user input. I've read the manpage for fetchmail and it says: "The default behavior of fetchmail is to prompt you for your mailserver password before the connection is established. This is the safest way to use fetchmail and ensures that your password will not be compromised. You may also specify your password in your ~/.fetchmailrc file. This is convenient when using fetchmail in daemon mode or with scripts." There is, however, no mention of the syntax for .fetchmailrc. Q1) Is there a way to simply add the password to the command line? Q2) If not, then where can I find the proper syntax for .fetchmailrc? Thanks, -David
Re: Exim filters instead of procmail?
Subject: Exim filters instead of procmail? Date: Sat, May 29, 1999 at 04:22:54PM +0100 In reply to:Phillip Deackes Quoting Phillip Deackes([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am now successfully using exim instead of sendmail. I use fetchmail > and procmail for fetching my mail from my IP's POP server and sorting it > into folders. I understand exim has its own mechanism for sorting > incoming mail - can fetchmail pass mail onto exim and get exim to sort > it? Can anyone point me to an appropriate document, FAQ, whatever which > would explain what I would have to do to set it all up? > > Many thanks. > > > -- > Phillip Deackes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian Linux (Potato) /usr/doc/exim filter.txt.gz discribes how to use a .forward file to filter mail such as ~/.forward # Exim filter # if error_message then finish endif if $header_x-loop: contains "debian-user" then save $home/mail/Lists/debian-user endif if $h_x-loop: contains "debian-devel" then save $home/mail/Lists/debian-devel endif HTH, YMMV, HAND -- Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Problem with mail delivery (Exim+Fetchmail)
Hi, With Exim as the MTA and Fetchmail as the POP agent, I'm having the following problem: $ fetchmail -v -a -u my_id seems to download correctly all mail stored in my ISP, but I always get to read (with Mutt) all messages EXCEPT FOR one. Since fetchmail downloads a number "x" of mail messages, and then I can only see "x-1", I imagine this being a problem with exim. Can anyone help with this? Also, could anyone explain to me how do I get exim to work with procmail and the .forward file? TIA P.S. Just in case it helps, this is how I have exim.conf configured to deliver mail locally: local_delivery: driver = appendfile group = mail mode = 0660 mode_fail_narrower = false file = /home/user/Mail/mbox and this is the only indication for .forward I've seen in exim.conf (perhaps I should change it to something like `file = ~/.forward' or `/home/user/.forward'? userforward: driver = forwardfile no_verify check_ancestor file = .forward modemask = 002 filter -- Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valencia - ESPAÑA
LILO Problem
Hi gang. I've read every scrap of documentation on lilo I can find *twice*, and I'm still discombobulated. Here's my situation: Dual boot Linux/Windoze, two IDE drives, First drive /dev/hda1 Win95 /dev/hda2 Linux /usr /dev/hda3 Linux swap Second drive /dev/hdb1 Win data /dev/hdb2 Linux /. vmlinuz image is on the root. lilo.conf (this boots into Linux, but not into WinDos) boot=/dev/hda1 root=/dev/hdb2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=Win I've trashed my first drive twice now fooling with this. Debian setup craps out because my root partition is on the second drive. Setup leaves me with most of the above, but with a blank boot= line. I added the two lines at the bottom. Am I close? TIA, Lorne.
HP LJ 6P setup?
I am trying to useg magicfilter with an HP Laserjet 6pse. It does not seem that magicfilter has a filter for a 6P. Can someone tell me how to set this up? I am assuming that all I need to type is lpr 'file' to print a file. Does this also apply to postscript files? i.e. lpr file.ps? Thanks lance
Re: HAMM -> SLINK
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 04:44:37PM -0400, Matthew McFarlane wrote: > I have HAMM installed. I have the slink distro files. what's the best > way to upgrade (apt?) and how? apt-get dist-upgrade There is an upgrade guide somewhere in the top level directory structure. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: make menuconfig (potato)
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 01:55:37PM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 1999, Johan Pettersson wrote: > > > Hello! > > I have uppgraded from slink to potato (I now understand the word > > unstable=) > > And downloaded kernel 2.2.9. But when I type menuconfig I have got > > following > > error mess. > > > > rm -f include/asm > > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > > -DCURSES_LOC="" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o > > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > > > from what I understand it can not find dialog.h and curses.h! > > The error message actually says that dialog.h is looking for curses.h and > can't find it. Do you have the libncurses4-dev package installed? I have a related question: Why are the menuconfig boxes now shown with ascii characters (*, |, etc.) instead of real lines as in earlier versions? Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: CAD-55D
> Hello, > > Does anyone know about the vert refresh and hor sync rate, KTX CAD-55D 14"? > > Thank you, > > Kyle You can check the docs for X first. Then there are some web databases for monitors. Here is one, for example: http://hawks.ha.md.us/hardware/monitor.html Try the manufacturer page as well. Just plain start guessing from the smallest settings. That 14" will not do better than 1024x768, and it will not have anything more than 31.5-48.5 / 50-90 (At least all 3 14" monitors that I have don't go above that). But this guessing method is the last-case scenario, you don't wan tto start doing that until you know for sure that nobody can help with exact settings. Andrei --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 <--"Computer languages of the world" My work in progress. ---
CAD-55D
Hello, Does anyone know about the vert refresh and hor sync rate, KTX CAD-55D 14"? Thank you, Kyle
Sound devices missing
Hi ! Whenever I install a Debian (slink or potato), it seems that the sound devices (/dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, ..) is missing. So I install the devices with a script from a 2.0.x kernel found in Documentation/sound. Am I wrong or is this the right thing to do ? Regards .. Mark Nellemann
Re: Compiling Pine 4.10
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:21:38PM +, Adilson dos Santos Dantas wrote: > Hello Debian users! > > I´m trying to compile Pine 4.10 in a slink. But I have some problems. > When I complile Pine. I found this message: > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory > > I change the value from termcap to terminfo. But I found the > following message: > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lterminfo: No such file or directory > > What can I do for compiling and installing this version of Pine here? I > cannot find any *.deb file in www.debian.org The following files are in project/experimental: pine_4.10-0.diff.gz pine_4.10-0.dsc pine_4.10-0.orig.tar.gz IIRC, you also need to install dpkg-dev and run dpkg-source -x pine_4.10-0.dsc cd into pine_4.10 and run (as root) debian/rules binary This should create a .deb package, which you can install. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: HAMM -> SLINK
yOn Sat, 29 May 1999, Matthew McFarlane wrote: > I have HAMM installed. I have the slink distro files. what's the best > way to upgrade (apt?) and how? The instructions are in the file main/Release-Notes. I think I added apt as a method in dselect, and then let dselect to its thing. ...RickM...
Re: make menuconfig (potato)
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Johan Pettersson wrote: > Hello! > I have uppgraded from slink to potato (I now understand the word > unstable=) > And downloaded kernel 2.2.9. But when I type menuconfig I have got > following > error mess. > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts/lxdialog all > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE > -DCURSES_LOC="" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o > In file included from lxdialog.c:22: > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' > > from what I understand it can not find dialog.h and curses.h! The error message actually says that dialog.h is looking for curses.h and can't find it. Do you have the libncurses4-dev package installed?
RE[2]: Exim filters instead of procmail?
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fetchmail can get your mail for you and deliver it to port 25 (to > Exim). > That is what I do. Then use an Exim .forward file to do what you are > doing > with Procmail. There is filtering documentation at > http://www.exim.org and > there are also sample filters on their ftp site. Thank you for your help. After having a look on the exim web site and delving into FAQs and suchlike I have now come up with a working system. It was not easy to find a whole sample .forward file though. Everywhere I could see sample sinippets, like one filter rule, but I was't sure how to put the whole file together. I didn't realise that each filter statement starts with elif (if for the first) and the whole lot ends with endif. Now that shows the lack of programmer in me!!! Thanks again. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux (Potato)
HAMM -> SLINK
I have HAMM installed. I have the slink distro files. what's the best way to upgrade (apt?) and how? Matthew McFarlane -
Re: [PLUG] KPPP
John Bagdanoff writes: > OH, MAN!! You mean I have to install _REDHAT AND EMACS_ to find the > fountain of youth??!! No. Just run 'apt-get install lazarus'. You'll need the appropriate sources.list line, of course. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
PGP public key servers
Hi I am trying to upload my PGP public key on a public key server. The PGP 5 documentation found under /usr/doc/pgp5i/README claims that PGP5 can interact with key servers, but it does not say how to do this. Has anybody done this already ? Rene -- -- Rene Mayrhofer, ViaNova KEG NIC-HDL: RM1677-RIPE Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Snail: Austria, Penz 217, A-4441 Behamberg PGP(DSS): E661 2E45 9B7F B239 D422 0A90 A4C2 DA09 F72F 6EC5 PGP(D/H): B77F 51A8 B046 87A6 4D61 2C5D 742F F433 6732 E4DC PGP(RSA): 5D D4 FD A6 CE AF 4B 82 67 7F 59 89 58 CA 61 0D GPG: 5E50 BDA0 E0B7 75A7 08AA 1123 0A4C 9474 CAA2 658B --
Re: MPEG-3
On Saturday, May 29, 1999 at 08:28:18 +1000, Damien Love wrote: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-UIDL: a8a5be96779e7bfa38df9e37c980d56d > > BladeEnc - http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625/ That site states it requires frames to access it. :( (Why do people do that?) -- PGP Public Key available on request: Type Bits/KeyIDDate User ID pub 1024/CFED2D11 1998/03/05 Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 98 2A 56 34 16 76 D5 21 39 93 99 EA 89 D4 B5 A2
Re: Lexmark is less than helpful :
My lexmark Optra e310 has native postscript support and emulates pcl6. <$350. I shopped and bought it for exactly that reason. Works fine on NT also. It seems rather normal to check if desired hardware works on your system before buying. there is also a compatability database at suse.com to prevent future disasters. On Fri, 28 May 1999 20:21:08 GMT, you wrote: >On Fri, 28 May 1999 13:11:12 -0400, you wrote: >>I had a conversation with a dealer, and he assured me >>that Lexmark supports Linux... > >I am sure that Lexmark's PostScript printers work with Linux :-/ > >Greetings >Marc > >-- >-- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - >Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header >Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 >Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Compiling Pine 4.10
Hello Debian users! I´m trying to compile Pine 4.10 in a slink. But I have some problems. When I complile Pine. I found this message: /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory I change the value from termcap to terminfo. But I found the following message: /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lterminfo: No such file or directory What can I do for compiling and installing this version of Pine here? I cannot find any *.deb file in www.debian.org []´s Adilson |-| |Adilson dos Santos Dantas - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil | |e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |URL: http://www.lci.ufrj.br/~adilsond ICQ UIN# : 4542346| | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7479 | |-| Nasrudin was carrying home a piece of liver and the recipe for liver pie. Suddenly a bird of prey swooped down and snatched the piece of meat from his hand. As the bird flew off, Nasrudin called after it, "Foolish bird! You have the liver, but what can you do with it without the recipe?"
Re: GNOME update for Debian 2.1 (slink) released
>> "M" == Morgoth3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> I am trying to install GNOME onto my other computer from floppies. M> What is the easiest way to do this? Eek. This is no fun. Especially as some packages won't fit on one floppy. I never did something like that before, so I can't help you here. M> I went to the url given with the original email, and it talked M> about task* packages, yet they aren't on the FTP site. What do I M> do? Thanks. Unfortunately, somehow the syncronisation hit the wrong directory :-( This will be fixed monday at latest. Sorry for this. In the meantime, use one of the following sources.list lines: deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink slink main deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/gnome-1.0 slink main Ciao, Martin
Anyone need KDE install notes?
I've just installed KDE, from http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/ using apt-get. If there are other newbies out there who don't know how to install KDE, email me directly (not via the list) and if there's interest, I'll create a web page. I'm pleased to have KDE up and running. I use it on my Red Hat system. It is very sophisticated, and rock solid -- stable. The file manager kfm is an excellent web browser, and there's kmail and knews -- who needs Netscape? -- though a WYSIWYG HTML editor is missing from the KDE suite. Are we going to see KDE in Potato, when it uses Qt library version 2.0? (which is supposed to be "free"). Regards, Barry Kauler
Re: emacs confused about alt and meta
The answer to this is interesting and should be in the docs somewhere, but I sure couldn't find it. Emacs DOES NOT seem to care about KEYSYMs at all. It is only interested in the Modifiers. As far as emacs is concerned MOD1 = META and MOD4 = ALT You can (using xmodmap) have MOD1 and MOD4 generated by whatever keysym you want (Alt_L, Meta_R, underscore). SPECIFICS TO MY PROBLEM: MOD1 was generated by Alt_R, MOD4 wasn't generated at all. I hope this is of use to future generations :) -Michael P.S. Thanks for the help, Jens. On Fri, 28 May 1999, Michael Stenner wrote: >emacs seems to want to interpret ALT as META and ignore META altogether. > >I found no mention of this in the emacs docs. I'm pretty convinced that >it's an emacs issue: I've used xev to confirm that it's getting the >appropriate keysyms, so when I say it interprets ALT as META, what I >mean is: It gets the ALT keysym, but behaves as if I pushed META. > >Summary: > >Keysymsemacs behavior >ALT-x M-x >META-x x > >I've used xmodmap to change the keysyms that are sent, but that doesn't >change the way emacs interprets them. (Does emacs truly look at keysyms >or does it use keycodes?) > >I've also followed the advice from a thread (included below) that >heppened a while back, to no avail. > >suggestions are welcome :) > > -Michael > >REPOSTED FROM PREVIOUS THREAD >= > Re: Emacs and the ALT key. > _ > > * To: Havoc Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Subject: Re: Emacs and the ALT key. > * From: "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:04:27 -0500 > * CC: "Allen B. Riddell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Organization: Business Data Services, Inc. > * References: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _ > >I posted a lengthy description of how to deal with this back in August >(the problem was introduced with hamm). I'll repost the content here: > >This problem has come up so many times since hamm started getting used >that it almost merits its own HOWTO. What's happened is that you've >upgraded X and now you are using the XKEYBOARD extension. As you've >noticed, the ALT key now does ALT and the "windows" key is now the >META key. I've argued several times that this is a bug since it >changes behavior. Alas no one listens to this raving madman. Where's >whatcha do (as root): > >sed -e 's/Alt_L/Foo_L/' -e 's/Alt_R/Foo_R/' <\ >/usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us |\ >sed -e 's/Meta_L/Alt_L/' -e 's/Meta_R/Alt_R/' |\ >sed -e 's/Foo_L/Meta_L/' -e 's/Foo_R/Meta_R/' >\ >/usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us.new > >mv /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us.old >mv /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us.new /usr/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/us > >(Now restart X and Things should work normally. > >Michael Symalla wrote: > >> Dear Debian users, >> >> can anyone help me to let my Alt-key be the metakey in emacs? Now I am >> using the ESC key, which works fine but is not as comfortable as the >> ALT >> key. >> >> Thanks a lot. >> -- >> Bye >> Mitch > >Havoc Pennington wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Allen B. Riddell wrote: >> > >> > the ALT key (on my PC keyboard) doesn't seem to work in emacs.. It >> > works in >> > netscape -- and aside from that, I have absolutely no problems at >> > all with >> > anything... >> > >> >> Probably the "Windows" key (if you have one) is bound to the Meta >> keysym, >> which is what Emacs is looking for; I don't think Emacs uses the Alt >> keysym at all by default. If you don't have a Windows key, you need to >> move Meta to some other key of your choice. (Many people have the >> physical >> Alt key send both Alt and Meta keysyms, which is technically wrong but >> works nice in practice, since few apps use both keysyms. However, >> XEmacs >> insists on complaining about it every time you start up.) >> >> That said, I'm not sure how to do this without Xmodmap. Perhaps it >> will >> help to know what you're trying to achieve though. :-) >> >> Havoc > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
Re: Exim filters instead of procmail?
I believe you will find all the documentation you need for this is in /usr/doc/exim/filter.txt.gz. HTH. Cheers Dave On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 16:22 +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I am now successfully using exim instead of sendmail. I use fetchmail > and procmail for fetching my mail from my IP's POP server and sorting it > into folders. I understand exim has its own mechanism for sorting > incoming mail - can fetchmail pass mail onto exim and get exim to sort > it? Can anyone point me to an appropriate document, FAQ, whatever which > would explain what I would have to do to set it all up? > > Many thanks. > > > -- > Phillip Deackes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian Linux (Potato) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.1 on Linux i386 2.2.3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation AOL users please put "AOL SUCKS" in subject of reply to avoid /dev/null ---
Re: GNOME update for Debian 2.1 (slink) released
I am trying to install GNOME onto my other computer from floppies. What is the easiest way to do this? I went to the url given with the original email, and it talked about task* packages, yet they aren't on the FTP site. What do I do? Thanks.
RE: Netscape 4.6 crashes
On 29-May-99 Randy Edwards wrote: >I'm running potato with potato's netscape 4.6 (smotif). Often, though > not 100% consistently, Netscape will not exit properly when I do a "File -> > Exit" (Alt-Q) and/or click on the X widget to close the window. > >I know this is happening because the next time I go into Netscape, all of > the mail folders' + signs are collapsed and whatever folder I was in when I > closed out will have ??? instead of the number of messages. I've never had > this behavior on other versions of Netscape, and I have this happening on > multiple machines. > >The question I have is, am I alone in this problem? Anyone see this > happening? I am using Communicator (the full install) 4.6 on Potato and thus far, I have no problems with it. -- Andrew
RE: Exim filters instead of procmail?
On 29-May-99 Phillip Deackes wrote: > I am now successfully using exim instead of sendmail. I use fetchmail > and procmail for fetching my mail from my IP's POP server and sorting it > into folders. I understand exim has its own mechanism for sorting > incoming mail - can fetchmail pass mail onto exim and get exim to sort > it? Can anyone point me to an appropriate document, FAQ, whatever which > would explain what I would have to do to set it all up? Fetchmail can get your mail for you and deliver it to port 25 (to Exim). That is what I do. Then use an Exim .forward file to do what you are doing with Procmail. There is filtering documentation at http://www.exim.org and there are also sample filters on their ftp site. As for fetchmail, I run it as a daemon when online and I have something like: poll pop3.myisp.net with proto POP3 user "mylogin" there with password "mypassword" is [EMAIL PROTECTED] here In my .fetchmailrc Use fetchmailconf to assist you if needed. -- Andrew
Re: Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which > does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? In the past a program called seejpeg has floated around; it does what you're looking for. When executed on cmdline it will display the image(s) you ask for on a new virtual console. As for finding it debianized, you're on your own! Good luck. Brian Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Dan Smith wrote: > Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which > does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? > Please send replies to me directly, rather than to the > list. Thanx Dan zgv displays jpeg and gif files, perhpas other formats. zgv is available in potato as .../dists/potato/main/binary-i386/graphics/zgv_3.1-1.deb and in slink as .../dists/slink/main/binary-i386/graphics/zgv_3.0-4.deb zgv requires svgalib. You have to set values for your monitor in /etc/vga/libvga.config. I had to set the config to force vga, inspite the the allegation that that my chip (tvga 9400) is supported. Please read the documentation. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (Hope this qualifies.)
Re: MPEG-3
I've also found the source to 8hz-mp3 (see the cd recording howto). bladeenc is a little slower than 8hz-mp3, but maybe gives higher quality. The bladeenc site indicates that they are fighting patent infringments so it might disappear soon, thou he is optimistic that swedish patent laws might protect him. I hope so because it sounds like the next version (if there is one) will go GPL. BTW stampede has the source to 8hz-mp3 on their site as well. --- Damien Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 05:25:33AM -0700, Kenneth > Scharf wrote: > > > way, 'make', 'make install', and oops 'chmod +s > x11amp'. Great this > > works! (Bob's interview is worth the work to hear) > X11amp is a playback > > only though? What software is available for > recording mp3's? Now I'd > > like to compile my own cd's. (hmm, I can fit > between 10-20 cd's worth > > on one cdr in mp3, and give that cdr drive > something to do) > > Any ideas? > > BladeEnc - http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625/ > > Regards > > Damien > -- > ,-. > | Damien Love- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - ICQ 7896025| > | "This orb explains everything." > Quark | > `-' > === 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: getting out of fvwm
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 09:28:11PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote: > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > I got X windows running, with default window > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > for fvwm. > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > X. > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > changed so I can login to commandline only? > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > window again. Even > won't get me out. You have installed xdm. This gives you the X login screen. To get out of X, type ctrl-alt-F1 and you should have a command-line login prompt. If you do not want to have the xdm login in the future, type (as root) dpkg -r xdm Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: [PLUG] KPPP
Sorry, this was meant for my local LUG. I should use my glasses when I'm sending messages. John John Bagdanoff wrote: > > OH, MAN!! You mean I have to install _REDHAT AND EMACS_ to find the > fountain of youth??!! > I'd rather use the energy to dig my grave :-) (<--note the smiley, > Nathaniel) > > John > > "W. Reilly Cooley" wrote: > > > > On Mon, 24 May 1999, John Bagdanoff wrote: > > > > > This was a feeble attempt at humor referring people to read the > > > manual/manpage on age-reversal. Of course there isn't one.at > > > least I haven't found it yet :-) > > > > There is! But it's not installed by default into the man page heirarchy. > > If you have Emacs installed, you can view it with (on Red Hat 5.2): > > > > $ less /usr/share/emacs/20.3/etc/sex.6 > > > > Wil > > -- > > W. Reilly Cooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Naked Ape Consultinghttp://nakedape.navi.net > > "Linux and Internet solutions" > > -- > > > * Window users: Move up to Linux * > * Linux users: Move up to Debian * >
Re: Procmail
Daniel, first of all I would recommend read output from man procmail,man procmailrc, man procmailex I an also show my .procmailrc file that is made after examples from the manual == :0 c backup :0 ci | cd backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t | sed -e 1,50d` :0: * ^Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail/ksi-linux-mail :0: * ^X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail/debian-lists :0: * ^From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null == backup is existing directory others are files or directories as you wish > > Anyone knows where to get info or a howto for procmail? > I am specially interested in the organization for incoming mail into > separate folders since Netscape filters wont work right for me and I > have tried everything to make them work right! > > Thanks > > Daniel > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Exim filters instead of procmail?
I am now successfully using exim instead of sendmail. I use fetchmail and procmail for fetching my mail from my IP's POP server and sorting it into folders. I understand exim has its own mechanism for sorting incoming mail - can fetchmail pass mail onto exim and get exim to sort it? Can anyone point me to an appropriate document, FAQ, whatever which would explain what I would have to do to set it all up? Many thanks. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux (Potato)
Re: [PLUG] KPPP
OH, MAN!! You mean I have to install _REDHAT AND EMACS_ to find the fountain of youth??!! I'd rather use the energy to dig my grave :-) (<--note the smiley, Nathaniel) John "W. Reilly Cooley" wrote: > > On Mon, 24 May 1999, John Bagdanoff wrote: > > > This was a feeble attempt at humor referring people to read the > > manual/manpage on age-reversal. Of course there isn't one.at > > least I haven't found it yet :-) > > There is! But it's not installed by default into the man page heirarchy. > If you have Emacs installed, you can view it with (on Red Hat 5.2): > > $ less /usr/share/emacs/20.3/etc/sex.6 > > Wil > -- > W. Reilly Cooley [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Naked Ape Consultinghttp://nakedape.navi.net > "Linux and Internet solutions" -- * Window users: Move up to Linux * * Linux users: Move up to Debian *
Re: Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
And that's a problem??? Sean Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 28 May, 1999 à 09:42:20PM -0700, Dan Smith wrote: > > Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which > > does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? > > Please send replies to me directly, rather than to the > > list. Thanx > > zgv but it uses svgalib > > -- > ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) > /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ > | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | > \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Netscape 4.6 crashes
I'm running potato with potato's netscape 4.6 (smotif). Often, though not 100% consistently, Netscape will not exit properly when I do a "File -> Exit" (Alt-Q) and/or click on the X widget to close the window. I know this is happening because the next time I go into Netscape, all of the mail folders' + signs are collapsed and whatever folder I was in when I closed out will have ??? instead of the number of messages. I've never had this behavior on other versions of Netscape, and I have this happening on multiple machines. The question I have is, am I alone in this problem? Anyone see this happening? -- Regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| A computer without a . | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Microsoft operating system Randy | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | is like a dog without a | http://www.golgotha.net | brick tied to its head.
Re: HELP!!!
Kyle Landon wrote: > > Hi all, > > First of all I am a newbie. Second I cleared my c: and wipped win and all > files gone. Not to upset about that, I just want to get Debian working. I > can log on as my superuser and user so I can access the program. I cannot > seem to do much at the $. A few other good books are "A Practical Guide to Linux" "Running Linux" and "The Debian Linux User's Guide" which you can purchase or view online at Linux Press, http://www.linuxpress.com/debusered2.html Also go through the Tutorial and other documentation at debian.org. hth, kent > I run dselect with my root account but cannot > find the packages.cd. I thought Debian had a graphical interface. What > might I be doing or have done that is wrong? I get the error message > /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. > > Thank you, > > Kyle > > ___ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Getting Gnome themes respected when xhosting
Quoting Eric House ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Scenario: Machine 1 running Gnome with theme 1; machine 2 running Gnome > with theme 2. I run gtk/themes-aware application on machine 1 but > displayed on machine 2 via xhosting. > > Expected result: application is rendered with theme 2 like all the other > windows on the desktop. This is the proper model as established by X. No, only the window borders will look the same. > Actual result: application shows up with theme 1 and so looks different > from all the other apps on machine 2's display. If I change themes on > machine 1, the application's appearance on machine 2 changes. > > Is there anything I can do about this? If you run an application remotely, the entire window is exported to your machine including the theme used on the remote machine. If you want your apps on machine 1 to look the same as those on machine 2, you need to either: 1) Install the same themes on both computers. 2) or export your themes _and_ ~/.gtkrc on machine 2 via some kind of network file system. At least, this is how believe it works. -- Andreas Persenius [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Procmail
Subject: Procmail Date: Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:51:00PM +0200 In reply to:Daniel Quoting Daniel([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Anyone knows where to get info or a howto for procmail? > I am specially interested in the organization for incoming mail into > separate folders since Netscape filters wont work right for me and I > have tried everything to make them work right! > > Thanks > > Daniel enter- Teaching a man to fish mode: locate procmail find / -iname procmail\* -- All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: How do I apply a kernel patch?
Subject: How do I apply a kernel patch? Date: Sat, May 29, 1999 at 01:35:17PM +0200 In reply to:Johann Spies at Johann Quoting Johann Spies at Johann([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > According to the Kernel-HOWTO I should do the following: > > So, continuing with the example above, let's suppose that you have > `patch46.gz' in /usr/src. cd to /usr/src and do a `zcat patch46.gz | > patch -p0' (or `patch -p0 < patch46' if the patch isn't compressed). > You'll see things whizz by (or flutter by, if your system is that > slow) telling you that it is trying to apply hunks, and whether it > succeeds or not. > > When I follow these instructions the following happens: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](1)$ cat patch-2.2.7-ac4 | patch -p0 > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -- > |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../exclude > linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEX > |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX Tue Feb 23 14:21:32 1999 > |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEX Fri May 7 16:34:31 1999 > -- > File to patch: linux/* > Skip this patch? [y] > Skipping patch. > 5 out of 5 hunks ignored > can't find file to patch at input line 57 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -- > |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../exclude > linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-README > |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README Sun Nov 8 15:08:49 1998 > |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-READMEFri May 7 16:34:44 1999 > -- > File to patch: > > > I have read the man page for patch and it does not help me. > > Johann > > VT1 root-Deb-Slink: pwd /usr/src/linux VT1 root-Deb-Slink: patch -p1 < /program/kernels/2.2/patch-2.2.9 Hope This Helps -- Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much good it did them. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: HELP!!!
> Hi all, > > First of all I am a newbie. Second I cleared my c: and wipped win and all > files gone. Not to upset about that, I just want to get Debian working. I > can log on as my superuser and user so I can access the program. Hmm, what program? You mean Linux itself? I cannot > seem to do much at the $. Get a book like 'Linux in a Nutshell". $ is a command prompt, hats where you you type your commands. I run dselect with my root account but cannot > find the packages.cd. I thought Debian had a graphical interface. Debian has graphical interface, it's X. Just download all the needed files/install from the CD, you will have all the GUI you need. > What > might I be doing or have done that is wrong? I get the error message > /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. Unproper shutdown (Linux is sensitive to things like hitting reset/power button). If you need to reboot, use 'reboot', if you need to shutdown, use 'poweroff'. Everything will be done for you (disk umounting, etc.) Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 <--"Computer languages of the world" My work in progress. ---
Re: Floppy drive problem.
"N. Raghavendra" wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a Debian newbie and have the following problem with my floppy drives. > There are two of them: a 1.44 MB floppy drive and an unused 1.2 MB floppy > drive. In the BIOS setup I have configured the 1.44 MB drive as A: and > the other floppy drive as B:. But Linux seems to reverse this order: it > sees the 1.2 MB drive as the first floppy drive (/dev/fd0) and the 1.44 MB > one as the second floppy drive (/dev/fd1). > > One consequence of this is that at the end of installing Debian (hamm), I > was unable to make a custom boot disk for my system, because when the > installation program asked me to insert a blank floppy, I put a 1.44 MB > floppy in the drive, and it said something like "Making boot floppy > failed. Check that the floppy isn't write-protected and is in the correct > drive". The same thing happened when I tried the mkboot command later on. > > Is there a way of making Linux see my 1.44 MB drive as /dev/fd0 and the > other one as /dev/fd1? I apologize in case this is an old question, > already answered. _ Change the order in your bios setup. Linux will take it's que from the bios. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: getting out of fvwm
Barry Kauler wrote: > > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > I got X windows running, with default window > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > for fvwm. > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > X. > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > changed so I can login to commandline only? I forgot to mention that the package XDM is controlling this. Search for XDM in recent archives and you will find your answer:) kent > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > window again. Even > won't get me out. > > regards, > Barry Kauler > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: getting out of fvwm
Barry Kauler wrote: > > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > I got X windows running, with default window > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > for fvwm. This question is asked repeatedly. A quick search at the Debian User's archives will net you the info your looking for, http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > X. > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > changed so I can login to commandline only? > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > window again. Even > won't get me out. To get a console from X just hit ctrl+alt+F1 through F6. To go back to X Alt+F7. That is the default set up anyhow. hth, kent
Re: Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
Hi, On Fri, 28 May, 1999 à 09:42:20PM -0700, Dan Smith wrote: > Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which > does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? > Please send replies to me directly, rather than to the > list. Thanx zgv but it uses svgalib -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
Re: getting out of fvwm
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 09:28:11PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote: > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > I got X windows running, with default window > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > for fvwm. > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > X. > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > changed so I can login to commandline only? > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > window again. Even > won't get me out. Hi Barry, switches to the command line. switches back to X. Armin
Re: apt's sources.list
On Sat, 29 May 1999 03:56:49 +1000, you wrote: >There are very comprehensive docs in /usr/doc/apt. I don't feel that |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc/apt/examples > cat sources.list |# See sources.list(5) for more information |# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs |deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free |deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc/apt/examples > is a comprehensive example for sources.list. sources.list(5) has not nearly enough examples and descriptions what examples do. >You need the latest apt >in potato though... |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc/apt/examples > dpkg --list apt |Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge || Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed ||/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) |||/ NameVersionDescription |+++-===-==- |ii apt 0.3.6.1Advanced front-end for dpkg |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc/apt/examples > Greetings Marc -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
getting out of fvwm
I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! I got X windows running, with default window manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight into graphics mode and gave me a login window for fvwm. In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch X. In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so why is it launching straight into fvwm? Does anyone know what config file needs to be changed so I can login to commandline only? Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to the commandline. I'm back at that darn login window again. Even won't get me out. regards, Barry Kauler
Re: Procmail
Procmail is well documented. Look at the procmail(1), procmailex(5), procmailrc(5) and procmailsc(5) manual pages using "man" (omit the section number). Regards, Remco On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 14:51, Daniel wrote: > Anyone knows where to get info or a howto for procmail? > I am specially interested in the organization for incoming mail into > separate folders since Netscape filters wont work right for me and I > have tried everything to make them work right! > > Thanks > > Daniel -- counter-intelligence jihad BATF moord FBI benzene class struggle AK-47 hacker Soviet cryptographic Honduras CNT-FAI Mossad Northold confession
Procmail
Anyone knows where to get info or a howto for procmail? I am specially interested in the organization for incoming mail into separate folders since Netscape filters wont work right for me and I have tried everything to make them work right! Thanks Daniel
Re: Mattrox Millenium card
Hmm I think ggi has made accelrated fb device for the millenium card. well the you can run xggi and you hvae yourself an accelrated X on a millenium card. /nisse On Fri, 28 May 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 1999 23:50:11 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Oh the other hand.. Is the matrox card supported for 3D acceleration? > > I fear it isn't. The G200 is driven by the SVGA X server, and to the best of > my knowledge this one doesn't use any "acceleration," like e.g. the S3 > server. > > > -- > Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/The Choice /V\ > of a GNU /( )\ >Generation ^^-^^ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
potato - unstable?
Hello! It's me again. For all of you, I apreciatte your concern and for having let me know what really "unstable" means. Maybe I was being too exciting about potato packages since I like a lot how my debian distro works and how it is made. Well, what I really want to say to those of you who have read me message is that what I mean is, as a user, potato has been as stable to me as slink would have been, since I havent had any problems with those unstable packages, I repeat, I am just a user, my computer does not do anything special, nor ir a server or anything productive. I update my linux system almost everyday. But I really know that for people that are not just simple users like me they can be taking a risk using some unstable packages. Again, I apreciatte your comments, and sorry If I have transmitted a wrong idea to some newbies. Regards to everyone Daniel
How do I apply a kernel patch?
According to the Kernel-HOWTO I should do the following: So, continuing with the example above, let's suppose that you have `patch46.gz' in /usr/src. cd to /usr/src and do a `zcat patch46.gz | patch -p0' (or `patch -p0 < patch46' if the patch isn't compressed). You'll see things whizz by (or flutter by, if your system is that slow) telling you that it is trying to apply hunks, and whether it succeeds or not. When I follow these instructions the following happens: [EMAIL PROTECTED](1)$ cat patch-2.2.7-ac4 | patch -p0 can't find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -- |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../exclude linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEX |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX Tue Feb 23 14:21:32 1999 |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEXFri May 7 16:34:31 1999 -- File to patch: linux/* Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 5 out of 5 hunks ignored can't find file to patch at input line 57 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -- |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../exclude linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-README |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README Sun Nov 8 15:08:49 1998 |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-README Fri May 7 16:34:44 1999 -- File to patch: I have read the man page for patch and it does not help me. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." I Timothy 4:12
why make partitions?
Hi, Is the any technical reason why I should fdisk an extra IDE hdd and not mkfs the whole thing at ones? Apart from: "hdb: unknown partition table" at boot time everything works perfectly.. Any thoughts? Regards, Remco -- Kosto World Trade Center anthrax plutonium SEAL Team 6 Nazi nuclear BATF Ft. Meade Uzi FNLC thrust aanslag CRI Marxist Soviet assassination Kennedy
RE: Debian hardware vendors
Check out www.linux.com Its VA research. Not sure what they have but they advertise that their website is powered bu Debian. They are a Linux Hardware vendor. Robert <
GNOME update for Debian 2.1 (slink) released
The Debian GNOME team has recompiled the GNOME packages, as present in the Debian developement tree, for the stable Debian release 2.1 (slink). This update contains the current GNOME core packages, as well as current versions of GNOME aware applications and window managers. A valueable new package for GNOME users, is the newly packaged GNOME User's Guide. As only security related updates are added to Debian's stable tree, this update is a seperate entity. To ease the installation for users new to GNOME, this update contains several task packages, that install preselected sets of programms. Upgrading an existing GNOME 0.3 installation using apt is also as easy as running apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. More information and help on installing and using this GNOME update can be found at http://www.gnome.org/start/getting_debian.shtml
Re: dselect wants to remove everything! Stop!
>> "BB" == Brendon Baumgartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BB> Anyone know why, everything in dselect is set to uninstall? Because you selected some new package (from unstable?) and refused to upgrade some key package (libc6ß), so these packages can't be installed any more? Or maybe you hit "-" on one of the section titles in dselect. BB> How do i reset the damn thing? If you are still on the screen, hit Ctrl-c. Otherwise check /var/lib/dpkg. You should have multiple status* files which are backups of the selection. So cp status-old status for example, to get the state in this file. Ciao, Martin
Re: Modem/ISDN question
>> "RF" == Rene Feenstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RF> I got my analog modem working a few weeks ago but now i', trying RF> to setup my isdn modem = Teles 16.3 I got it included in the RF> kernel and i can see it installing well but when I try to call out RF> with it with pon isdn ( my pon config for the card since i use pon RF> for the analog modem) I get the errormessage : NO MSN/EAZ^M A Teles 16.3 is no modem, but a ISDN card. If you want to use the Modem emulation commands, you have to set the MSN (as you can see) and the mode of operation. AT&es14=3 sets the Modem to syncPPP, the most common needed Mode in Europe. without the s14=3, it does X75 operations. Alternatively, install the isdnutils package to configure your card as a net device (well, a ISDN card _is_ a netwerk card). Ciao, Martin
Re: closed bugs
>> "NC" == Nick Cabatoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NC> Is there any way of getting complete bug reports (including those NC> that have been closed) for a particular packages? I think I've NC> found a bug in librx1g/regexec(), and was hoping to verify that. Check bugs.debian.org/librx1g You can also request this pacge vie email. This is described in one of the instructions at bugs.debian.org (I think at developers instructions on using the system). Ciao, Martin
Re: Potatoe - usable ?
>> "D" == Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: D> I really dont think Debian is ever being unstable... You are not that long with Debian and are not that involved with the developement, right? Sometimes there are even mails to debian-devel explicitly asking not to update some packages as a upload is foobar. Tracking unstable is not the thing to use in a stable work environment, if you can't help yourself in some cases and if you don't follow debian-devel. It is called unstable for a valid reason. Ciao, Martin
Re: Official CDROM images
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Charlie Hedlin wrote: > I wanted to download the i386 and Alpha cdrom images, but do not seem to > be able to connect to cdimage.debian.org (either http nor ftp). These > images don't seem to be on the standard ftp mirrors either. I have i got at least the i386 images from one of the std-mirrors (one of the german ones). the access to cdimage.debian.org is password restricted due to heavy traffic (but this is explained at http://cdimage.debian.org) hope this helps -- <==> If you wanna contact me for any reason, do it! You'll reach me at: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 21753787 Phone: ask me :-) fortune of the day: Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. <==>
SV: HELP!!!
Hi Kyle Im a newbie too! I've got almost the same problem as you do. But: are you installing from a CD? You might want to try specifying the path to the cd when using the dselect command. There seems (from my limited experience w/ dos and Linux) to be a problem w/ the partition table, some little flag or toggle must have gone wrong. I tried a couple of times before it worked. If you still have a dos/windows section (partition) on your harddisk, you should have three: one which is dos (usually /dev/hda1) and two for Linux: a file system partition (e.g. /dev/hda2) (which is where you store your stuff) and a swap partition (e.g. /dev/hda3). This is the way it worked for me. (I had to install the thing from the dos partition, since the machine aint got no cd-drive). >From what I can gather from various sources of information, though I haven't gotten as far as to installing the lot, it seems that linux is really "just" a unix-like os, and if you want a graphical interface, you have to install it. I believe it's called X-windows or just X. There is supposed to be both win and mac emulators out there too. > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Kyle Landon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt:29. maj 1999 09:03 > Til: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: recipient list not shown > Emne: HELP!!! > > Hi all, > > First of all I am a newbie. Second I cleared my c: and wipped win and all > > files gone. Not to upset about that, I just want to get Debian working. > I > can log on as my superuser and user so I can access the program. I cannot > > seem to do much at the $. I run dselect with my root account but cannot > find the packages.cd. I thought Debian had a graphical interface. What > might I be doing or have done that is wrong? I get the error message > /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. > > Thank you, > > Kyle > > > ___ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
make menuconfig (potato)
Hello! I have uppgraded from slink to potato (I now understand the word unstable=) And downloaded kernel 2.2.9. But when I type menuconfig I have got following error mess. rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC="" -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o In file included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' from what I understand it can not find dialog.h and curses.h! //thx Johan
Floppy drive problem.
Hi, I am a Debian newbie and have the following problem with my floppy drives. There are two of them: a 1.44 MB floppy drive and an unused 1.2 MB floppy drive. In the BIOS setup I have configured the 1.44 MB drive as A: and the other floppy drive as B:. But Linux seems to reverse this order: it sees the 1.2 MB drive as the first floppy drive (/dev/fd0) and the 1.44 MB one as the second floppy drive (/dev/fd1). One consequence of this is that at the end of installing Debian (hamm), I was unable to make a custom boot disk for my system, because when the installation program asked me to insert a blank floppy, I put a 1.44 MB floppy in the drive, and it said something like "Making boot floppy failed. Check that the floppy isn't write-protected and is in the correct drive". The same thing happened when I tried the mkboot command later on. Is there a way of making Linux see my 1.44 MB drive as /dev/fd0 and the other one as /dev/fd1? I apologize in case this is an old question, already answered. Many thanks, Raghavendra. _ N. Raghavendra, Mehta Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad 211 019, India. Fax: 91-532-667576. Phone: Office: 91-532-667511*2020 Home: 91-532-667511*4020. -
(1) Upgrade failure; (2) /usr/lib/man.conf
Hello. I've installed Debian from a Debian 1.3 CD and partly upgraded to 2.1 by downloading with apt. This is my first encounter with Debian. (1) The upgrade failed because the ftp server hung up on a small number of files. They are represented in the partial directory. How can I restart this process? It seems that a server timeout is pretty devastating in that there is no recovery and the upgrade aborts. I got messages like this: > Get:22 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main libdb2 2.4.14-1 [192kb] > Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main libdb2 2.4.14-1 > Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) > Get:23 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main m4 1.4-9 [105kb] I tried to find out what "--fix-missing" did, and eventually discovered that it's not very useful, i.e. it doesn't make another attempt to download the missing files. Is there any automated way of doing that or do I have do download them one at a time? When I attempt to complete the operation by running dselect install with the existing settings it seems to want to download every file again. It just downloaded 35 MB, failing on a few small files. How can I get it to just finish the job rather than starting all over again? (2) One of the packages I installed was man-db which is supposed to supply the man pager and presumably its configuration file, /usr/lib/man.conf. But that file is missing (or is not installed), and running man dumps (I assume) compressed data on the screen. I can uncompress all the man pages, or get a config file from somewhere else, but I guess dselect/apt should be able to do this. Cheers...
HELP!!!
Hi all, First of all I am a newbie. Second I cleared my c: and wipped win and all files gone. Not to upset about that, I just want to get Debian working. I can log on as my superuser and user so I can access the program. I cannot seem to do much at the $. I run dselect with my root account but cannot find the packages.cd. I thought Debian had a graphical interface. What might I be doing or have done that is wrong? I get the error message /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. Thank you, Kyle ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: How to find and install Gnome .debs?
Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > > I had Gnome working pretty nicely (installed using apt). I have been > using apt-get to upgrade my system regularly; one upgrade broke Gnome, > and I couldn't figure out which. So I have purged all Gnome > packages. > > Are step my step instructions available somewhere for getting and > installing Gnome .debs? > > I have these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US > > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ > > deb http://www.debian.org/~bma enlightenment/ > > deb http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/debian potato rkrusty > > deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable > > main > > I now note that the last line says "slink"; however this problem came > along long before that. Is the slink gnome incompatible with potato? > > Thanks. The order of install probably isn't the problem. A recent post on the GNOME mailing list mentioned an error that has been fixed in the CVS, but obviously not gotten into the GNOME debs yet. I don't think GNOME is as stable as its v1.x version number implies. I had a problem with the interaction between GNOME and Enlightenment which apparently was fixed by installing them in a different order (GNOME first, then E). The slw startup time problem is still there, and probably won't be fixed until the next, supposedly stable, version. -- Ed C.
Re: Potatoe - usable ?
Daniel wrote: > > To be honest... Potato is completely STABLE.. :) I am using it and I havent > had any > problems so far, it just works great... I really dont think Debian is ever > being > unstable... > > Daniel To be fair to all readers, especially newbies, this isn't good advice to give. The unstable branch that is being actively worked on can become UNSTABLE at a moment's notice. All it takes is a recent upload of a possibly broken package (or packages in conflict of some sort with one another), that ends up breaking other things. Apt/Dpkg in this situation will be confused by the situtation untill the problem is rectified by a second upload of the previously broken package(s). In many cases its not the Deb maintaner's fault. Packages in unstable are often very recent versions of the upstream source which may end up being the problem, because of a bug in the recent code, or minor inconsistancy with an older package, a library perhaps, that previously would work together correctly. Often it only takes patience, i.e. wait for the situation on ftp.debian.org to stabilize before attempting a Apt/Dpkg upgrade. Sometimes however, with GNOME lately for me, problems do not show up untill after the upgrade. So the unstable branch can have periods of stability, but because its still under active development, with frequent uploads, it should still be approached with trepidation by newcomers. Those of us who can live with, and handle, these kinds of problems and will upgrade against unstable anyway, already know who we are. -- Ed C.
Re: Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
check out the zgv program. Sean Dan Smith wrote: > Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which > does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? > Please send replies to me directly, rather than to the > list. Thanx > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: How to find and install Gnome .debs?
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > I have these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US > > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ > > deb http://www.debian.org/~bma enlightenment/ > > deb http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/debian potato rkrusty > > deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable > > main You can remove the ~mblevin line, as gnome-apt is now in the regular potato distribution. -Mitch -- Nothing recedes like success. -- Walter Winchell
Re: Download
> Goran Tomic wrote: > > Hi, I'm totally new to this and I would really like to install > Debian on my comp. > First can you help me with this ftp site.I would like to know what > files I have to > download and what is the size of them. I'm currently using Windows 95 > and > Windows NT 4.0 on a separate partition (with NTFS), and I have one > partition left. > Can Debian work with them? > > > Thank you for your time > Goran Tomic > Belgrade,Yugoslavia Take a look at: http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install
Download
Hi, I'm totally new to this and I would really like to install Debian on my comp. First can you help me with this ftp site.I would like to know what files I have to download and what is the size of them. I'm currently using Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 on a separate partition (with NTFS), and I have one partition left. Can Debian work with them? Thank you for your time Goran Tomic Belgrade,Yugoslavia
Non-X11 jpeg viewer desired
Hi. Is there a package in Debian to view jpegs which does NOT use X11, GNOME or any other stuff like that? Please send replies to me directly, rather than to the list. Thanx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
How to find and install Gnome .debs?
I had Gnome working pretty nicely (installed using apt). I have been using apt-get to upgrade my system regularly; one upgrade broke Gnome, and I couldn't figure out which. So I have purged all Gnome packages. Are step my step instructions available somewhere for getting and installing Gnome .debs? I have these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ > deb http://www.debian.org/~bma enlightenment/ > deb http://snowcrash.tdyc.com/debian potato rkrusty > deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable > main I now note that the last line says "slink"; however this problem came along long before that. Is the slink gnome incompatible with potato? Thanks. Alan Davis -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department) AAA196, Box 10001[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis Saipan, MP 9695015.16oN 145.7oEGMT+10 Northern Mariana Islands
Re: did windows kill my linux?
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Christensen wrote: > When I tried fdisk -1 (after a DOS boot) it wouldn't recognize the > parameter. (Maybe I have a different version of fdisk?) You need the linux fdisk. It should be available on the rescue disk. Just boot from the rescue disk like normal, and on the color prompt, hit to get a command line. Then, "fdisk -l" from there (that's an L, not a one). My only thought is that you may have overlapped a partition. Brandon Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://bmitch.dhis.org/ ICQ: 30631197
Re: did windows kill my linux?
Brandon, When I tried fdisk -1 (after a DOS boot) it wouldn't recognize the parameter. (Maybe I have a different version of fdisk?) But I did display the partition information from the fdisk menu: 1Apri dos1024Mfat1633% (windows is here) 2 non-dos 35M 1% (linux swap is here) 3 non-dos 988M 32%(linux filesystem is here) 4 ext dos1051M 34% I'll probably have to re-install Linux. I guess I'll do what Roderick suggested and insert a small "buffer" partition between Windows and Linux. Peter
why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?
I'm puzzling over an odd problem. I can run X just fine when I log in as a
normal user and run startx. However, if I let Debian (potato) boot so xdm
is started when the system boots, I can't log in at all. In fact, xdm seems
totally hosed. It won't respond to any keyboard input. The system, itself,
still appears to be functioning. cron still is running its jobs. The mouse
still moves cursor around.
Can someone clue me in what I need to change to get xdm to work properly?
Thanks for the help.
bob
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Re: Communicator 4.6
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Robert Rati wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed Communicator 4.6? Dselect is insisting > on a dependency with netscape-base4 ver >= 10, but the only version I can > find anywhere (stable or unstable) on ftp.debian.org is version 5. Anyone > had any luck? Did you check in /debian/dists/potato/contrib/binary-$(arch)/web? Current version looks to be 14.
RE: Communicator 4.6
On 29-May-99 Robert Rati wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed Communicator 4.6? Dselect is insisting > on a dependency with netscape-base4 ver >= 10, but the only version I can > find anywhere (stable or unstable) on ftp.debian.org is version 5. Anyone > had any luck? I installed it but in order to "upgrade", I had to first 'dpkg --purge' the old version. Then I installed version 4.6 I used the installer netscape_4.0-15.deb -- Andrew
Re: X and nice values
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 10:57:55PM +1200, Matthew Gregan wrote: > I was reading somewhere recently that you should run X with a nice value > of -10... I can't remember which document I saw this in now, I think it > was one of the X setup HOWTOs. ISTR it is in the XFree86 FAQ, possibly among other places. > Well, I have a couple of questions: > > 1) Is this changing of the nice value considered a good idea? For performance reasons, yes. I frankly don't know what all the issues are, but I personally wouldn't renice anything to be equal to or less than the swapper's priority (-12). I don't pretend that this principle is grounded in anything but the vaguest of reasoning, however. > 2) If I use XDM/WDM, how can I set the nice value of X? I can figure out > how I'd do it if I was starting X from the console, but I've no idea how > to do it from WDM. I always just fire up top from a root shell and renice it from there. -- G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy spot [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on the pavement, where used to lie the cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | carcass of a dead horse. pgpFYHuOcj5my.pgp Description: PGP signature
Changing IP address
Hello, I just changed my IP and as a result, I now have new IP addresses. How do I go about changing the IP address of my machine? I will need to change the DNS as well... Also, I use SAMBA and I can't remember if I had any changes to be done there. If you know what is involved in this, please point me in the right direction! :) Thanks, Doug
Getting Gnome themes respected when xhosting
Scenario: Machine 1 running Gnome with theme 1; machine 2 running Gnome with theme 2. I run gtk/themes-aware application on machine 1 but displayed on machine 2 via xhosting. Expected result: application is rendered with theme 2 like all the other windows on the desktop. This is the proper model as established by X. Actual result: application shows up with theme 1 and so looks different from all the other apps on machine 2's display. If I change themes on machine 1, the application's appearance on machine 2 changes. Is there anything I can do about this? Is this the right place to ask? Thanks, --Eric House +-+ |from the desktop of: Eric House, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |"The instructions said 'Win98 or better' -- so I installed Linux"| +-+
Re: Communicator 4.6
I downloaded the non-distribution-specific binaries from netscape's ftp site, and everything has worked so far. I'm using potato. Sean Robert Rati wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed Communicator 4.6? Dselect is insisting > on a dependency with netscape-base4 ver >= 10, but the only version I can > find anywhere (stable or unstable) on ftp.debian.org is version 5. Anyone > had any luck? > > Rob > > === > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 > Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 > Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh > > "Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." > === > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
