Re: /var permissions ???
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 03:49:46PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It looks like you should have cp -a (same as -dpR?) to preserve the ^^^ (a little ignarance goes a long way :( > permissions for the subdirectories of /var. Consider this: > > bart:~$ ls -ld /var > drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 May 15 23:24 /var > bart:~$ ls -ld /var/catman > drwxr-sr-x 12 man root 1024 Jun 13 06:53 /var/catman > bart:~$ matching these permissions results in the same error. chmod -R on /var/catman (to produce the same permissions from there down (up?) ) doesn't change this either. Is there anything besides the permisions that could be the problem? (Please forgive my initial question I have two other functioning Debian systems and should check any other permissions myself) Regards, Jon -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 39679408
Problem with tape backup
I have Bleeding Edge 2.0.34 installed, and I wish to use taper to back up. But when I tried, I received a message saying "Operation not supported by device." I tried "cat /dev/ftape" and received the same message. Any ideas? - thanks, Bill
Re: where is xemacs21?
Hi, there: How about the /etc/*emacs/site-start.d/* stuff? If I want to keep the xemacs20 style, i.e., automatically source these starting up files, how can I do that? -- Min Xu City College of NY, CUNY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(O) (212) 650-6865 (O) (212) 650-5046 (H) (212) 690-2119
Re: how do you 'unstable' a machine?
Robert Graham Merkel wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ... edited > Now, I'd like to also install the GNOME package, and it's not available > > in the unstable distribution. How do I make it install from the stable > > distribution? Can I? Won't there be missing parts? Should I just wait > > until the stable version contains the new version of the X Server? (I'd > > rather not. I like my Linux ;-) ) Do I have to re-install the > > system from scratch to undo this? > > > > There are a whole bunch of GNOME packages in unstable - have a look > for yourself! Pick a gnome app or two, and you'll find apt will drag > in a whole bunch of libraries and things from unstable. > > Be warned, unstable is called unstable for a reason. Sometimes, things > will get broken. It's the price you pay for having the latest and > greatest. There seem to be some 'stable' Debian GNOME packages from the GNOME home site http://www.gnome.org and its mirrors. (A few other binary distributions also seem to be available). I added 'deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/gnome-1.0/debian slink main' (substituting ftp.gnome.org for my nearest mirror) and now I have a stable slink (2.1) system with GNOME. The home page says that GNOME is still beta, and 'stable' GNOME isn't as thoroughly tested as 'stable' Debian, so there still seem to be a few bugs. >From what I've seen so far though, GNOME rocks big time. Shiraz.
Re: [OT] Matrox G200 3D acceleration
* Alisdair McDiarmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I heard that there are OpenGL drivers for the Matrox Millennium > G200 available for Linux, but I've looked on www.matrox.com and > everywhere else I can think of, and I can't find them anywhere. > Does anyone know where they are? Just two links I bookmarked: http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/linuxfaq http://www.on.openprojects.net/glx/ HTH, Colin -- Colin Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: default ungziped /usr/doc/*/* ?
* OhkumaTadayoshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: >> > Do you know the way to do this with emacs? >> >> i don't, no; sorry. have a look at http://www.dotfiles.com/ though, >> there might be some configuration files there to do so. > I have found that crypt++el package do that. crypt++.el helps much in reading zipped files, but there is even a way to grep through files in XEmacs (sorry, don´t know about FSF Emacs, but it´ll have a similar command): M-x igrep-find. This gives you a buffer with all the found matches, and selecting a line there will open that file for you (possibly with help of crypt.el) and display it. For me, igrep-find actually does a system call like that (all on one line:) find /usr/doc/wvdial -type d \( -name SCCS -o -name RCS \) -prune -o \( -type f -o -type l \) -name "*.gz" -print0 | xargs -0 -e zgrep -n 'GNU' /dev/null (I hope the Debian standard installation also yields this call...) Cheers, Colin -- Colin Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: do I have to use Redhat?
>partition changes you want, then choose to install packages via Internet, but >select "dists/unstable main contrib non-free". I would say dists/potato instead of dists/unstable; here is why: I once used dists/unstable, and everything worked fine until the next debian version changeover (such as the one that will soon occur). At that point, since I had told the system to use unstable, I was upgraded to the NEW unstable. This is not what I expected, and I was surprised when, suddenly, over a hundred pacakges were upgraded. And whereas potato is realtively usable, brand new unstable archives often have many bugs and pacakging problems. I am not sure why we actually have those two symlinks (except for historical purposes) instead of files named 'stable-is-slink' and 'unstable-is-potato', but there is probably a good reason. Nonetheless, if you don't ALWAYS want the unstable version, use a real distribution name instead of 'unstable'. Carl
Re: /var permissions ???
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 06:14:45PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > Hi, > > I recently moved /var to the partition windoze used to occupy. > > To do this (after reformatting the partition): > # mkdir /vartemp > # mount /dev/hda1 -t ext2 /vartemp > # cp -R /var/* /vartemp > > I then set up /etc/fstab to mount /dev/hda1 at /var and later wiped the > original /var. It has been a little while so I'm not 100% on exactly what I > did. > > The problem is that only root can write to /var or any subdirectories. So > users cannot use `man` and there are other miscellaneous errors. > > I thought this should work: > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 May 10 16:21 var > > But it doesn't: > $ man test > Reformatting test(1), please wait... > man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/4071: Permission denied It looks like you should have cp -a (same as -dpR?) to preserve the permissions for the subdirectories of /var. Consider this: bart:~$ ls -ld /var drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 May 15 23:24 /var bart:~$ ls -ld /var/catman drwxr-sr-x 12 man root 1024 Jun 13 06:53 /var/catman bart:~$ -- Ray
ppp don't work
Help! I am trying to configure PPPD in Debian 2.1, using wvdial as dialer. I edited all the files as is described in the HOW-TO, but don't work. When I run wvdial the modem start the physical connection, pppd start-up but after 5 seconds the daemon dies and the modem hangs-up. I don't know how to init the troble shoting. The HOW-TO assumes that understant the basis of ppp connections, and this is not true. Can some one help me? Camilo Alejandro Arboleda.
ppp don't work
--- Begin Message --- Help! I am trying to configure PPPD in Debian 2.1, using wvdial as dialer. I edited all the files as is described in the HOW-TO, but don't work. When I run wvdial the modem start the physical connection, pppd start-up but after 5 seconds the daemon dies and the modem hangs-up. I don't know how to init the troble shoting. The HOW-TO assumes that I understant the basis of ppp connections, and this is not true. Can some one help me? Camilo Alejandro Arboleda. --- End Message ---
Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 12:43:12AM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > I run apt-get update/upgrade daily. Everytime I do, I'm always prompted > about replacing my kernel-image. I don't want to cuz I've compiled my > own. How do I get it to stop? Do I have to go into dselect and put it on > hold? Or is there some other way that I can do it? The best way I've found around this is to use epochs when compiling my own kernel with make-kpkg: make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image This is discussed in the kernel-package docs. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
Mark Wagnon wrote: > > I run apt-get update/upgrade daily. Everytime I do, I'm always prompted > about replacing my kernel-image. I don't want to cuz I've compiled my Had the same (under 2.0.36), its because the executable version on CDz is 2.0.36-3, but when you compile, the version number is, by default 1.00. Change your revision number (read man make-dpkg) to a correct value, and remove the original kernel. -- Jean-Yves Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Membre fondateur du CGE "Quand la justice n'est pas juste, l'injustice est exacte." P. DAC Boycott Intel, watch: http://www.bigbrotherinside.com
Re: Moving a kernel
Lazarus Long wrote: > ... Just one word upon this excellent explanation: you'd better give a hi level version number to your kernel, to avoid downgrading if you're kernel as a version number lower than the one installed, wich could make dselect wanting to reinstall the old kernel each time you run it (especially under 2.0.36, wich executable version is 2.0.36-3) Enjoy -- Jean-Yves Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Membre fondateur du CGE "Quand la justice n'est pas juste, l'injustice est exacte." P. DAC Boycott Intel, watch: http://www.bigbrotherinside.com
/var permissions ???
Hi, I recently moved /var to the partition windoze used to occupy. To do this (after reformatting the partition): # mkdir /vartemp # mount /dev/hda1 -t ext2 /vartemp # cp -R /var/* /vartemp I then set up /etc/fstab to mount /dev/hda1 at /var and later wiped the original /var. It has been a little while so I'm not 100% on exactly what I did. The problem is that only root can write to /var or any subdirectories. So users cannot use `man` and there are other miscellaneous errors. I thought this should work: drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 May 10 16:21 var But it doesn't: $ man test Reformatting test(1), please wait... man: can't create /var/catman/cat1/4071: Permission denied TIA, Jon
Re: smail immediate delivery
Same behavior here (Full Potato from the I-net) Please let me know if you have a solution to this with best regards Reiner Stallknecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
I run apt-get update/upgrade daily. Everytime I do, I'm always prompted about replacing my kernel-image. I don't want to cuz I've compiled my own. How do I get it to stop? Do I have to go into dselect and put it on hold? Or is there some other way that I can do it? TIA -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
smartlist
Hi, I am trying to set up a list using smartlist on Slink with sendmail. I have read the QuickStart, and have followed what it said but I have not have any succes. I send a letter to the address with subscribe in the Subject, but get no reply, and don't get an error saying that the message could not be sent, and I don't seem to get any respones server side ether. The only thing I did not do is it said to edit a /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, but this file (and a sendmail.ct) were no where to be found, so I let it be... thanks, -Matt- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://169.244.227.129 MSAD#40 Home Page http://169.244.227.129/ss/MVHS Seed Savers Project +--+ | *To see tomorrow's PC, Look at todays Macintosh* | | * Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org * | +--+
Re: pppd/pon permission problem
I should added me to the dialout group. So it works. So with the original slink settings ; + with dip,dialout group settings works. Thanks Attila On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 09:22:15PM +0200, Attila Csosz wrote: > I can use PPP as root but I'd like to use the PPP connection as a user. > I added self to the dip group. Calling pon I get the > following errors > > /usr/bin/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied > > Currently( slink default ): > > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip105532 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/sbin//pppd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/bin/pon > > Which permission should I set? > > Thanks > Attila > -- --- - Debian 2.1 Linux / 2.0.36 / qmail - - Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]-
equivs
Here is the problem: I am trying to install ssltelnet, but it depends on libsocks4 (tho I dont see why). I already have socks5 on my system so obviously I dont want to install libsocks4 over this. So I configured equivs to provide libsocks4. No I have: anoat:/usr/src# dpkg --status equivs Package: equivs Status: install ok installed Provides: libsocks4 but when I run apt-get I get: anoat:/usr/src# apt-get -s install ssltelnet Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok The following extra packages will be installed: libsocks4 The following NEW packages will be installed: libsocks4 ssltelnet So, did I miss something? How am I supposed to use equivs, I just put the package name in /etc/equivs.conf and run debian/rules binary, right? and while we're at this how can I tell equivs to declare other package versions (eg if I want it to declare libc6 installed it doesnt change dependancies for packages wanting libc6(>=2.1))? Thank you. Lex pgpF1CuGrMWiV.pgp Description: PGP signature
IWILL SCSI CARD
Hi All I'm trying to install Debian on my machine, the trouble is it has a 'not so well known' scsi card, Iwill 2935UW. Can anyone help me on how to get around this problem. Thanks. Warren
Re: where is xemacs21?
Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2. Grab the corresponding packages for the new packaging system from >ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/ or one of its mirrors (bbdb, auctex, gnus, >psgml, ... whatever, there are no standard lisp packages included >any more) Note that the debian version of psgml is newer than the one include in the XEmacs packaging system (the debian one is officially still beta I believe). > Works out of the box here, as you can see from my X-Mailer line in the > header. You can even update the packages online from within Xemacs now > (there is sort of a dependency system); Unfortunately those dependencies are compile-time dependencies only (i.e. source dependencies in Debian terms). Most of them these are superset of run-time dependencies, but not always. A real dependency system is planned. > the only thing I don't know > yet is how to install local lisp stuff properly. stick them in /lib/xemacs/site-packages/lisp Jan -- Jan Vroonhofhttp://www.math.ethz.ch/~vroonhof/ Mathematik, vroonhof @ math.ethz.ch HG E16, ETH-Zentrum, Tel: +41-1-6325456/25154 Raemistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zuerich. Fax: +41-1-6321085
access beyond end of device
There is a cronjob with a lot of IO activity (glimpseindex and others) which regularely causes the following kernel message written to kern.log: Jun 5 05:47:25 memo kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jun 5 05:47:25 memo kernel: 08:0c: rw=0, want=67136178, limit=610438 Jun 5 05:47:25 memo kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jun 5 05:47:25 memo kernel: 08:0c: rw=0, want=67136178, limit=610438 Jun 5 05:47:26 memo kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:0c): ext2_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 67136177, count = 1 The limit is exactly the end of the device where the cron job runs. The block which was tried to access is really beyond the device because the hd has only 1785 sectors. Do I have to worry about it? -Werner
Re: pppd/pon permission problem
Your permission problem may be at /etc/ppp. I noticed the default cron job kept changing permission on me there to root.root instead of root.dip. Then when a normal user (member of dip) tried to run pon "Permission denied" because pppd couldn't read the config files... Take a look, then take a look at cron.daily for the offending line. -- -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the http://www.debian.org";>POTATO!
Re: do I have to use Redhat?
You can upgrade to potato using Apt/dselect. I did this recently after purchasing a cheapbytes of Slink. I realized the Xwindows with Slink doesn't support my video card. Anyway, just reinstall your system making the partition changes you want, then choose to install packages via Internet, but select "dists/unstable main contrib non-free". Choose the minimum number of packages that you can live with at first (cause this take several hours with a dial-up) but make sure you get the kernel-source-2.2.9 package so you can compile a new kernel. Of course, if you have to pay for Internet by usage or if your connections are often dropped this may not be an ideal solution. You might try ordering a snapshot CD of Potato (check the debian site for who supplies them) as this will certainly save the PPP long download. -- -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the http://www.debian.org";>POTATO!
Re: where is xemacs21?
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Has anybody tried installing these packages yet, and had much success? > I succeeded this way: 1. Uninstall all emacs related debian packages which you want to use with xemacs21 (e.g. bbdb, apel, ...), they don't seem to work for me by now 2. Grab the corresponding packages for the new packaging system from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/ or one of its mirrors (bbdb, auctex, gnus, psgml, ... whatever, there are no standard lisp packages included any more) 3. Install the packages according to the Quick Start Guide on the Xemacs home page (I made a link from /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ to /usr/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ and installed it there) Works out of the box here, as you can see from my X-Mailer line in the header. You can even update the packages online from within Xemacs now (there is sort of a dependency system); the only thing I don't know yet is how to install local lisp stuff properly. Greetings and happy xemaxing, joachim
Re: [OT] Matrox G200 3D acceleration
On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm also looking for the G200 drivers. :> Unfortunately, I no longer have > my G200 machine, but I hope to be getting it again soon. Now to get OpenGL > drivers for my Mach64. ;> I presume that last one was a joke. Or isn't it? -- nico (i have a mach64 based card :)) --:: Nico Galoppo ::-- --:: scratch at ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be ::- :: :: --:: Linux - Free power for the masses :::
Re: Moving a kernel
On Sunday, June 13, 1999 at 14:49:21 -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-UIDL: 0d9df5dc8a159fe6188a1ccf5c5eeb52 > I want to compile a kernel on one machine and move it to another, but am Probably the easiest way to accomplish this in the future (and more "Debian-style" as well) is to use the kernel-package package to create a .deb on the first machine, then use dpkg --install to install it on the other machine. (This also happens to be how the "standard" kernel-image-2.x.x packages are generated.) Here is the description: kernel-package - Debian Linux kernel package build scripts. This package provides the capability to create a debian kernel-image package by just running make-kpkg kernel_image in a kernel source directory tree. It can also build the kernel source package as a debian file, the kernel headers package. In general, this package is very useful if you need to create a custom kernel, if, for example, the default kernel does not support some of your hardware, or you wish a leaner, meaner kernel. If you are running on an intel x86 platform, and you wish to compile a custom kernel (why else are you considering this package?), then you may need the package bin86 as well. (This is not required on other platforms). > Do I need to move more files than just the kernel? If you compiled anything as a module, it will need to be installed on the new machine as well. However, kernel-package takes care of all of that for you automatically. I recommend looking into it. # apt-get update;apt-get install kernel-package;lynx /usr/doc/kernel-package BTW, I used it to create a "remote" kernel just today for that matter. :-) -- 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: [OT] Matrox G200 3D acceleration
I'm also looking for the G200 drivers. :> Unfortunately, I no longer have my G200 machine, but I hope to be getting it again soon. Now to get OpenGL drivers for my Mach64. ;> On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > I heard that there are OpenGL drivers for the Matrox Millennium > G200 available for Linux, but I've looked on www.matrox.com and > everywhere else I can think of, and I can't find them anywhere. > Does anyone know where they are? > -- > alisdair mcdiarmid > [i won't tear again i won't breathe in the shards of what is left] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
echo connections
What is an echo connection? I have never seen this type of connection in my logs, and I seem to be getting them from root servers. Is this a bad thing? thanks -- Andrew
Moving a kernel
I want to compile a kernel on one machine and move it to another, but am having som problems. The kernel README (2.2.9) just says to compile it, copy it to where lilo looks for the kernel, and run lilo. I've done this on the other machine, and I get to the "loading linux" message and then nothing happens. It apparantly finds and uncompresses the kernel, but gets no farther. I'm at a loss of things to do. Do I need to move more files than just the kernel? Can anyone help me out? 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." ===
Re: pppd/pon permission problem
*- On 13 Jun, Attila Csosz wrote about "pppd/pon permission problem" > I can use PPP as root but I'd like to use the PPP connection as a user. > I added self to the dip group. Calling pon I get the > following errors > > /usr/bin/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied > > Currently( slink default ): > > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip105532 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/sbin//pppd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/bin/pon > > Which permission should I set? > Change/correct persmission of the following if not already set, well this is what I have and it works for me, [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd 118 -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip119004 Apr 5 06:40 /usr/sbin/pppd* [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp 1 drwxr-x--- 6 root dip 1024 May 27 08:28 /etc/ppp/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp/options 1 -rw-r- 1 root dip 22 Apr 29 21:25 /etc/ppp/options [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/ppp/peers 1 drwxr-x--- 2 root dip 1024 May 17 16:59 /etc/ppp/peers/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -l /etc/ppp/peers/provider 1 -rw-r- 1 root dip 682 Mar 4 08:29 /etc/ppp/peers/provider [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/chatscripts 1 drwxr-x--- 2 root dip 1024 May 19 08:51 /etc/chatscripts/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>ls -dl /etc/chatscripts/provider 1 -rw-r- 1 root dip 252 May 18 21:06 /etc/chatscripts/provider -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
The Debian XFree86 FAQ
I see a lot of questions on debian-user, particularly about xdm, that are answered in the Debian X FAQ. Obviously there are lots of people that don't know this document exists. It is in /usr/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ. I have MIME-attached the latest version (which answers more questions than the version in the slink X packages) for your reading pleasure. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Never attribute to malice that which can [EMAIL PROTECTED] | be adequately explained by stupidity. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | Debian X Window System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List Copyright 1998, 1999 Branden Robinson. This document is licensed under the GNU General Public License (see /usr/doc/copyright/GPL). This document isn't complete yet. If your question is not answered here, try /usr/doc//README.Debian (and other files in the package's doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing list. See http://www.debian.org/ for more information about the Debian mailing lists. Two other FAQ's of interest are available: *) The XFree86 FAQ, provided in the xfree86-common package; this FAQ focuses almost exclusively on configuration and hardware support problems with the X server. If you are having trouble getting the X server started, especially if you have newer video hardware, this FAQ often has an answer. *) The XTERM FAQ, provided in the xterm package; this FAQ addresses various issues with one of the most popular and important of X clients -- the terminal emulator that ships with the X Window System. Like all other documentation, these FAQ's are in /usr/doc//. Finally, for the latest news about Debian XFree86 packaging development, future plans, or to find out how you can help improve the quality of Debian's XFree86 packages, check out the X Strike Force: http://www.debian.org/~branden/ CONTENTS General Questions *) What is the X Window System? *) What is XFree86? *) What are X servers and X clients? *) Why is the X usage of "server" and "client" backwards from everyone else's? *) What is an X session? *) What is the root window? *) What is a window manager? *) What is a session manager? *) What is window focus? *) What are X resources? How-To Questions *) How do I customize my X session? *) How do I change what appears in the root window? *) How do I change the color depth of my X server? *) How do I run more than one local X server simultaneously? *) How do I set up the mouse buttons for left-handed use? *) How do I stop xdm from starting at boot? *) How do I tell xdm to start the X server on a different virtual console? *) How do I run an X client as root when the X session is run by a user? *) How do I change xterm's default terminal type or key bindings? *) How do I keep my mouse from going crazy (or going away) when switching between X and the Linux virtual console? GENERAL QUESTIONS *) What is the X Window System? In the words of its primary manual page, X(1), it is a "portable, network-transparent window system". Its primary distinction from other well-known window systems like Microsoft Windows and Apple's MacOS is that it was designed with the local area network in mind. You can run programs on one machine and display them on another. Historically, the X Window System was initially conceived in 1984, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a joint project between their Laboratory for Computer Science and the Digital Equipment Corporation. This joint effort was called "Project Athena", and was headed by Bob Scheifler. The first version of the X Window System to be widely deployed was Version 10 (X10). It was shortly superseded by Version 11 (X11), however, in 1987. In 1988, a non-profit group called the (MIT) X Consortium was formed to direct future development of X standards in an atmosphere inclusive of many commercial and educational interests. The X Consortium produced several significant revisions to X11, concluding with Release 6 in 1994 (X11R6). The X Consortium dissolved at the end of 1996, producing a final, small revision to X11R6 called X11R6.3. Ownership of X then passed to the Open Group. In early 1998, the Open Group released a further revision to X11R6, called X11R6.4 -- a departure from the traditional licensing terms, however, prevented adoption of this version of the X Window System by many vendors, including the XFree86 Project, Inc. (see below). In late 1998, the Open Group relicensed X11R6.4 under terms identical with the traditional license. In May 1999, stewardship of the X Window System passed from the Open Group to X.Org, a non-profit organization focused exclusively on maintenance and further development of the X Window System. *) What is XFree86? Strictly speaking, the various groups that have developed the X Window System over the years have been standardization groups, not software developers. However, they have also developed a
pppd/pon permission problem
I can use PPP as root but I'd like to use the PPP connection as a user. I added self to the dip group. Calling pon I get the following errors /usr/bin/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied Currently( slink default ): -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip105532 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/sbin//pppd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45 JÚN 19 1998 /usr/bin/pon Which permission should I set? Thanks Attila -- --- - Debian 2.1 Linux / 2.0.36 / qmail - - Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]-
Re: Locating fdformat...
ftformat has been replaced by superformat, which is in fdutils, along with setfdprm. This is the case for both slink and potato. Bob On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 12:29:45AM +0930, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Where in potato are fdformat and setfdprm? They aren't in util-linux. > > Does Debian have a cross-reference of programs to the packages that > contain them? Dpkg -S progname, if it is an installed package. If not installed you have to search the Packages file (this would be a nice additional capability for apt/dselect/dpkg). Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Emacs without X in Debian?
Pedro Quaresma de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xemacs (the name says it all) needs X, but Emacs does'nt. > In this case, names don't say all: Xemacs doesn't need X, too. Greetings, joachim
Re: Can't start Xserver as user
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 10:26:26AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > In /etc/X11/Xserver > > /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA > Anybody There are no comments below it? Hmm. Well, the above should work in any case, as long as you have the xserver-svga package installed. > I don't think I have Xwrapper installed. I searched for it but didn't find > it. Debian doesn't use the XFree86 Xwrapper, we use our own. > also, I found /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc which has a link to > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc which does not exist That is normal and okay, if a bit weird (we don't normally ship dangling symlinks). > can I create this file /etc/X11/xinit/sserverrc? If so what do I need to > put in it. I am running XF86_SVGA or at least that is what is in my > /etc/X11/Xserver file. You don't need to create it. Ensure that the Debian X server wrapper (/usr/bin/X11/X) is actually installed setuid root. An ls -l should looks something like this: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 5636 Jun 5 05:39 /usr/bin/X11/X -- G. Branden Robinson |I am sorry, but what you have mistaken Debian GNU/Linux |for malicious intent is nothing more [EMAIL PROTECTED] |than sheer incompetence! cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |-- J. L. Rizzo II pgp2HFGOPQADy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Too many posts for my mailbox
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > My mailbox cannot handle the number of posts this list generates, > especially not when I'm away for the weekend or even week. What should I > do to participate in this mailing list without clogging my mailbox? I suggest you subscribe to debian-user-digest, as I do. You'll recieve few big messages (with 10-15 posts in them). It is very convenint. Sergey.
Re: apt-get didn't automatically install dependency
On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Kristopher Johnson wrote: > > I thought that apt-get was supposed to automatically install dependency > packages--is this true? Does this problem indicate a bug in apt-get, or > a "bug" in the karpski package definition? Should I report this to > someone? > It's a bug in the karpski package - looks like it's already reported: http://bugs.debian.org/karpski Havoc
Re: SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:53:45 +0200 Resent-from: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Frank Barknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Precedence: list X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-Followup-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/52829 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Length: 2254 Raymond A. Ingles hat gesagt: // Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > I've got a Riva TNT card, and I'm using the X server and OpenGL lib from > nVidia. Everything's fine in X, but SVGAlib has problems. I upgraded to > SVGAlib 1.3.1 from unstable, but still there are issues. > > I sometimes run zgv and Maelstrom, but the main reason I want SVGAlib is > to try to run GLQuake. The Quake-HOWTO says I need SVGAlib to get there. > > If I force VGA-only, everything's fine, but the resolutions and colors > are, um, limited. If I force NV3 (Riva) mode, I get a blank screen. It > still responds to keypresses and I can telnet in, but until I > CNTRL-ALT-DEL the screen is hosed. > > I tried VESA mode this morning and ran Maelstrom. It came up and looked > okay, but when I quit, my monitor complained that the signal was out of > range: 28.something hsync, 60Hz vsync. Again, no screen until a reboot. > Switching VC's does nothing. > > I have seen claims that SVGAlib will work with a TNT, but I haven't made > it happen yet. Anyone have any suggestions? Correct me, but I don't think you can run hardware accelerated OpenGL quake with a Riva card under SVGAlib. The Riva GLX module only works if you are running X, I think. You will need SVGAlib if you want to run Quake with Glide on a Voodoo based card, though. Glide-Quake uses SVGAlib to manage access to the mouse and stuff, but soon after you typed "glquake" the Voodoo-Card takes control. I have a Riva 128 here, which is not very good supported by SVGAlib, but enough to start GLQuake on the console with my old Voodoo I card. The new Riva X-Server can start quake2 with the OpenGL-Renderer, but then the framerate is only about 1 frame every 70 seconds. I'll never frag anyone this way ;( 1/70 fps looks exactly like pure software rendering, something is wrong in your setup ____ Frank Barknecht __ __ trip\ \ / /wire __ OK
apt-get didn't automatically install dependency
Last night, I did an "apt-get install karpski". It went fine, but when I tried to run it, it said it was missing libpcap0. So I installed the libpcap0 package, and everything was fine. I thought that apt-get was supposed to automatically install dependency packages--is this true? Does this problem indicate a bug in apt-get, or a "bug" in the karpski package definition? Should I report this to someone? - Kris
Re: Threading Was Re: Balsa problem - new mailbox (pop3)
>> "SP" == Stephen Pitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> Has anyone found an X-based mail program that does threading? gnus in XEmacs. Ciao, Martin
UPS suggestion
Hi! I need an UPS for my system (say 300 W plus 15" monitor) and I would like to spend as little time seting it up as possible. What UPS do you reccomend me in order to plug it, connect it to the serial port (the UPS should bring the cable, I don't want to use the soldering machine!), edit a /etc/* file and be ready to run in smart mode? TIA! -- p.
RE: Newbie needs dselect/CD help
Sorry for the late reply - out of office for a couple of days. The answer to all of your questions are yes. I have no doubt this CD (purchased from Linux Central) is the problem. My CD drive works fine. I am at the top level. Do you have any suggestions where to purchase a reputable CD copy? Again thanks for your help. > -Original Message- > From: John Pearson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 3:04 AM > To: Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at MSXWHWTC > Subject: Re: Newbie needs dselect/CD help > > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 02:57:11PM -0500, Beerwinkle DE (Dean) at > MSXWHWTC wrote > > Thanks for the reply. Been there and no go. At dselect [A], I choose > > multi-cd - After I enter top level - I get 'cant find Packages.cd' > > and then ' where is ' messages to which no path satisfies this(I have > tried > > them all !) I have never been prompted for a second CD. > > I have chosen [A] cdrom , with slight more progress until I start > getting > > same messages. Why would dselect not find these paths? > > > > Not meaning to sound repetitive, but just to confirm: > - You inserted CD # 2 in your CD drive; > - You selected 'multi-CD' under dselect's 'Access' option; > - You confirmed what device your CD drive was (e.g., /dev/cdrom); > - You were asked for the top-level directory for the CD (default is > /debian); > - Dselect said it couldn't find 'Packages.cd'. > > If that is the case, then it seems like either: > - your CDs aren't a 'real' multi-cd set; > - the top-level directory isn't what you think it is; > - your CDs and/or drive are defective. > > The top-level directory should be specified relative to the root of the > CDROM; it should be a directory that *contains* the 'dists' directory. On > the CDs I master, the top-level directory is /debian and dselect looks for > the file /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages.cd.gz (for multi-cd > access) or /debian/dists/stable/binary-i386/Packages (for most other > access > methods). If you have 'official' Debian CDs, only the last binary CD (CD > 2) > contains a Packages.cd.gz which lists files on both CDs; each CD contains > a Packages file that lists packages on that CD *only*. > > Hope this helps, > > > John P. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in > Denmark
Re: Gnome-pager losing its state
Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since my last upgrade, gnome-pager no longer seems to store the > properties I associate with it. Is this a bug, or is there a known > workaround? Yeah, I've seen this too. Since I had never used it before I thought this was a missing feature but if you say it worked before then I guess it is a bug. The Gnome pager is pretty cool, though. peloy.-
Can't boot linux anymore from HD
Hello, yesterday I suddenly could not boot Linux from the HD anymore. When booting, LILO begins the boot process correctly, but after that first line "Loading linux..." is written to the screen, the PC reboots immediately. However, it is still possible to boot from diskette (which takes an eternity), and LILO also lets me boot into DOS correctly (DOS is on my /dev/hda partition). After booting from diskette, I seem to be able to work absolutely without problems. Also, I don't remember any essential problems during the last sessions or the last shutdowns before the problem appeared. I'm using Debian Linux 2.0.34 on a P100 PC. I would highly appreciate any suggestions concerning possible causes of the failure or any advice at which parts of the system to look for fixing the problem. Please reply by direct e-mail as well, as I am not subscribed to the list. Thank you, -- Thomas Ruedas Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main Feldbergstrasse 47 D-60323 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Phone:+49-(0)69-798-24949 Fax:+49-(0)69-798-23280 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geophysik.uni-frankfurt.de/~ruedas/
Gnome-pager losing its state
Since my last upgrade, gnome-pager no longer seems to store the properties I associate with it. Is this a bug, or is there a known workaround? Thanks, Stuart.
Apt-get and dpkg --force-overwrite
Did apt-get stop passing --force-overwrite to dpkg in the last few versions? I just did a dist-upgrade last night and for the first time got fatal errors for "xfree86-common: trying to overwrite file 'something/X11' which is also in package afterstep". I had to locate the debs in /var/cache/apt and dpkg -i --force-overwrite them myself. The other one that had a problem was emacs20. I believe I can change /etc/apt/apt.conf to tell apt-get to always pass --force-overwrite to dpkg, but it isn't obvious that this is the right way to solve this problem. What should I do? Stuart.
Re: Debian not included in Infomagic's June LDR
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 11:53:28AM +0200, Albert Claret wrote: > > As strange as it seems, Infomagic has decided to (for some reason) not > include Debian in their June Linux Developer's Resource 4 CD-set. In their > website, http://www.infomagic.com/catalog2.htm#linux, they state that > these CDs include Red Hat 6.0, SuSe 6.1, Slackware 4.0 and (for the first > time) Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 instead of Debian 2.1. I ask all of you to > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them to put Debian back on their > CDs. Once they couldn't wait for hamm to come out so they stuck 1.3.1 > there, now they take the whole distribution off. What are these people > thinking? > I got the impression that they do not put the same distributions on CD every time. I have seen several combinations of different distributions on their CDs. So sometimes they DO distribute debian, sometimes they don't. Who cares, there are several vendors who offer debian. > Greetings. > DjAcE > > Joop -- Joop Stakenborg PA4TU, ex-PA3ABA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux Hamradio Applications and Utilities Homepage http://www.casema.net/~aba
Locating fdformat...
Where in potato are fdformat and setfdprm? They aren't in util-linux. Does Debian have a cross-reference of programs to the packages that contain them?
Re: do I have to use Redhat?
Graham Seaman wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using debian for a while but am still a relative > newbie. I just bought a new pc with Advansys Initio SCSI driver. > The supplier asked me what OS I wanted; I asked for Linux. They > told me I would have to use RedHat, since the Initio drivers > (which are only supplied in binary format) have only been in the > kernel from 2.2.6 on. So I have a RedHat system - but I don't like > it much and would prefer to have Debian. I know how to upgrade > the kernel, given a particular distribution - what I don't know > is how to change the distribution given a particular kernel (I'd > also like to redo the partitioning, so I really need to start > everything from scratch). > I can't just run through the normal Debian installation procedure > since the install program (logically) can't see my hard drive. > Do I have to wait for potato, or is there some way round this? If this is not a production system, i.e. you make a living with it, You could go ahead and install potato. I have had no real problems with it, when installed from scratch, as it is reasonably solid. The only other way is to build a custom rescue disk image with the compiled kernel image that you need on it. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Threading Was Re: Balsa problem - new mailbox (pop3)
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 12:26:38AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > Stephen Pitts wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 03:35:51AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > when i try to make a new mailbox through balsa (through prefrences add > > > server) and then try to check the mail i get a message wrong password > > > supplied and then balsa dies. > > > I know the account is on an smtp server (I don't know if thats the same as > > > pop3). > > > What i am tring to do is access that account through balsa if possible. > > > Help? > > > Thanx > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > Some basic mail info: > > SMTP servers handle outgoing mail. > > POP3 and IMAP servers handle incoming mail. > > You cannot retrieve mail from an SMTP server. > > > > In general, Balsa is a flaky program. Try something like > > postilion (sp?), kmail, or mutt instead. > > -- > > Stephen Pitts > -- > I second that, I have never got Balsa to correctly install. It always > asks for the location of the inbox when I first fire it up, then when I > key in the info, it will not save the location, pretty crappy! > -- > John Foster > AdVance-Computing Systems > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Has anyone found an X-based mail program that does threading? That's the crown jewel for mutt! -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: qpopper error message
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >mail.mattyt.net(doma) is running slink with qpopper installed. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] can retrieve their mail just fine, but >when they do, xconsole says: > >Jun 13 00:33:22 doma in.qpopper[710]: connect from jay.mattyt.net >Jun 13 00:33:22 doma in.qpopper[710]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -ERR Unknown >command: "xsender". > >jay is a Umax J700 Mac clone and tpad is a thinkpad 560 running Win98. >I'm not super concerned considering everything seems to work OK, but I'd >like to eliminate any error messages. :) This is not an error. It's just an informational message. User "jay" tried to use the command XSENDER, which isn't part of any official standard. His MUA probably tries to detect if XSENDER is supported by simply trying it. Sometimes you'll see this with other non-standard commands as well. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Re: kde mirrors
Hi! There is an european mirror of snowcrash: ftp://ftp.uni-marburg.de/mirror/debian-snowcrash.tdyc.com works great for me. Stefan Bunse <== > 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: We come to bury DOS, not to praise it. -- Paul Vojta, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >
(no subject)
Check to see if you have the correct drivers installed for the NIC card, if not the resinstall the drivers for it and make the that card it using the correct interrupt, which should be IRQ 10 or 11. If you have a SCSI controller make sure that it is not trying to use IRQ 11 because it takes this be default, if your NIC card is using 11 than this can cause conflicts as well. Just something extra to take note of.
smail immediate delivery
smail used to work on my 'slink'-debian system to my full satisfaction: incoming mail was delivered into my INBOX /var/spool/mail/$USER immediately and xbiff beeped. Now this changed (apparently after I installed a few packages from 'potato' to get licq version 0.61). Incoming mail now remains in /var/spool/smail/input for too long. I don't now how long since it doesn't seem to be the parameter supplied in the options ( -q10m ) which I changed temporarily to 1s without result. In short, I don't understand what happened and I didn't succeed to solve the problem. Anyone can help? Here some possibly relevant data: SG:~>uname -a Linux SG 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i686 unknown SG:~>smail -V Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 SG:~>grep ^FLA /etc/init.d/smail FLAGS="-bd -q10m" My configurations are mostly standard, just that I start the smail at boot. (I tried the other option as well) I can mail the configuration files anyhow if someone is ready to look at them. Thanks in advance, Daniel
do I have to use Redhat?
Hi, I've been using debian for a while but am still a relative newbie. I just bought a new pc with Advansys Initio SCSI driver. The supplier asked me what OS I wanted; I asked for Linux. They told me I would have to use RedHat, since the Initio drivers (which are only supplied in binary format) have only been in the kernel from 2.2.6 on. So I have a RedHat system - but I don't like it much and would prefer to have Debian. I know how to upgrade the kernel, given a particular distribution - what I don't know is how to change the distribution given a particular kernel (I'd also like to redo the partitioning, so I really need to start everything from scratch). I can't just run through the normal Debian installation procedure since the install program (logically) can't see my hard drive. Do I have to wait for potato, or is there some way round this? Thanks Graham
Too many posts for my mailbox
My mailbox cannot handle the number of posts this list generates, especially not when I'm away for the weekend or even week. What should I do to participate in this mailing list without clogging my mailbox? Please send a reply directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED], because I'm now going to temporarily unsubsribe from this mailing list, until I find an alternate solution. TIA, Hugo van der Merwe
pt keyboard map
Salutations! I'm writting this e-mail to ask you to include support for the portuguese keyboard in your next release. This would be something. Only SuSE 6.1 supports it. To set the keyboard map we have been using a script you may find in: http://students.fct.unl.pt/users/jar/files/linux_pt-0.9.60.tar.gz I believe the script is not copyrighted, but it would be nice to contact the author. I think he worked with SuSE for their latest version. I'm sure he will work with Debian to. I hope you find my suggestion usefull. Congratulations for your Linux distrib. PMMA
Re: Esound problem (gnome) - sound device inadequate
Micha Feigin wrote: > > I have a computer with no sound ( yes it's an old 486 there is still one > of these around :) ). > The thing is that whenever i try to start a gnome program it tries to > search /dev/dsp for a sound card (permision denied), fails, gives me a > message : Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. > and then sometimes it starts but usually segfaults. Anyway around this? > BTW i am using gnomever 1.0.5-3 > BTW2 the full mesage: > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed > Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed > Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed > Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed > Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed > Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed > Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed > Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed > Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono. > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. > Segmentation fault > > thanks Look out for a gnome-nosound (anythink like that) packages i think i've seen somethink out there. dennis -- # Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is a user-friendly Operating System.# # It's just choosey about who its friends are. #
Re: Problems with bash
Matthew Guenther wrote: > > I'm having a problem which looks to be a bug in bash and I was wondering if I > could get a confirmation/solution to my problem. I recently upgraded to the > potato version of bash and now whenever I type a backspace on a blank line the > shell crashes (logs out if on the console, quits an xterm). There have also > been various strange crashes when using filename completion. If I change the > shell to csh or tcsh and try the same things nothing happens. > > The system is partially potato, but I didn't get any errors about missed > dependencies when I installed the new bash. Anyone have any idea what's going > on? > > MBG > > -- > "Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than > that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real "wow, > that's big," time. Infinity is just so big that, by comparison, bigness > itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by > staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here." > -Douglas Adams 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null I got exactly the same problem with the potato version. My system is already glibc2.1 just a few packages are not upgraded. I installed it with apt-get and there were no problems about dependencies. After downgrading to the slink version everythink works fine again. dennis -- # Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is a user-friendly Operating System.# # It's just choosey about who its friends are. #
A: USR Sportster Message Plus modem
Now answering my own question of long ago If you want to use a USR Sportster Message Plus modem with linux, you may find some interesting programs and infos at http://www.messagecentral.de/ (Sorry, but this page is in german.) btw, they want to add other modems to the pages as well. Ingo -- _ _ ingo@)|_ /| _| _ ingo@| |(_|o(_)| (_| _| _|
bash 2.02.1-1.4 problem
I upgrade my bash from the slink version bash 2.01.-4.1 to the potato version 2.02.1-1.4 everythink went find, but when i hit the tab button and the filename is not definite bash just exits and gives me the login prompt (no error message). After downgrading to the slink version everythink is okay. Any suggestion ? My system is half potato/slink (already glibc2.1) dennis -- # Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is a user-friendly Operating System.# # It's just choosey about who its friends are. #
migration Suse -> debian
What's the easiest way to migrate from a Suse 4.2 dist to a recent debian? I want to keep some configuration files in /etc, everything in /usr/local and $HOME should be not touched. Suse 4.2 has no package system but a little mess with programs not belonging to packages isn't a problem for me. -Werner
Netscape 4.6, receiving message: "Your browser sent a message this server can't understand."
Is there any way I can find out which server didn't understand? 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
[OT] Matrox G200 3D acceleration
I heard that there are OpenGL drivers for the Matrox Millennium G200 available for Linux, but I've looked on www.matrox.com and everywhere else I can think of, and I can't find them anywhere. Does anyone know where they are? -- alisdair mcdiarmid [i won't tear again i won't breathe in the shards of what is left]
Need sound driver for ESS1869
I use Debian Linux 2.0 (kernel 2.0.34) and have an ISA sound card that uses the ESS1869 AudioDrive sound chip. I understand that the current version of the sound driver supports this sound chip. Unfortunately, the version of sound driver that came on the CDROM does not support this chip, and I am seeking to get an updated sound driver. Where can I get this? By the way, I use "make xconfig" to configure my kernel. I don't know how to tell what version I am using except that when I run "make xconfig" one of the lines says "Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux." I am guessing I need a version greater than 3.5.5. I checked Metalab (formerly sunsite) and found nothing current. Thank you. Franklin ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Debian not included in Infomagic's June LDR
As strange as it seems, Infomagic has decided to (for some reason) not include Debian in their June Linux Developer's Resource 4 CD-set. In their website, http://www.infomagic.com/catalog2.htm#linux, they state that these CDs include Red Hat 6.0, SuSe 6.1, Slackware 4.0 and (for the first time) Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 instead of Debian 2.1. I ask all of you to email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them to put Debian back on their CDs. Once they couldn't wait for hamm to come out so they stuck 1.3.1 there, now they take the whole distribution off. What are these people thinking? Greetings. DjAcE
Text cursor disappears in Emacs
Since the last update of my systems the text cursor disappears in GNU Emacs 20.3-8 under X11. The problem maybe has something to do with the syntax highlighting. Above colored parts of the text the cursor is visible. I've got two machines and the problem occurs only on one of them. Both machines use the SVGA display driver. The one with the problem has a RIVA 128 chip. The other one is a notebook with a C&T chip. On the notebook the package emacs20-el isn't installed. Has anybody else got this problem?
Re: php-cgi and non apache
On 13 Jun 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > MS> I can't make to work php-cgi with non apache httpd's. Is there a > MS> way? (I use cern-httpd, but I'm satisfied with any non gutsy > MS> eater httpd.) > > I have no problems with it on th Roxen webserver. I just do a redirect > like > > /(.*).php3(.*)$ /cgi-bin/php3.cgi/$1.php3$2 > > So unless you are not more specific (webserver, version, error message > in browser and log file, setup you made for php-cgi), noone can help > you. I use cern=httpd.deb (30A-2) server from Debian 2.2 (unstable). It looks, I'm not able to do well redirecting. I've got php3 interpreter as /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php3 (php3-cgi.deb). When I try to redirect, it errors (I do just trivial form and I use a variable from it in php3 action file): "This server is not configured to handle POST", when I change method to GET: "This server does not perform searches". Cgi written in C (without interface to php) works well (with POST method too).
qpopper error message
Hello, mail.mattyt.net(doma) is running slink with qpopper installed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] can retrieve their mail just fine, but when they do, xconsole says: Jun 13 00:33:22 doma in.qpopper[710]: connect from jay.mattyt.net Jun 13 00:33:22 doma in.qpopper[710]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -ERR Unknown command: "xsender". jay is a Umax J700 Mac clone and tpad is a thinkpad 560 running Win98. I'm not super concerned considering everything seems to work OK, but I'd like to eliminate any error messages. :) TIA:) Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt --Someday, I'll have a web page.--
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Problems with bash
I'm having a problem which looks to be a bug in bash and I was wondering if I could get a confirmation/solution to my problem. I recently upgraded to the potato version of bash and now whenever I type a backspace on a blank line the shell crashes (logs out if on the console, quits an xterm). There have also been various strange crashes when using filename completion. If I change the shell to csh or tcsh and try the same things nothing happens. The system is partially potato, but I didn't get any errors about missed dependencies when I installed the new bash. Anyone have any idea what's going on? MBG -- "Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real "wow, that's big," time. Infinity is just so big that, by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here." -Douglas Adams 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'
Re: starting pppd
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 09:05:37PM -0500, Chuck Peters wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > We want to make it easy for our Windows users to setup ppp by having pppd > > start if they dial into one of our modems or start lynx if they telent or > > ssh in. > > > > The problem is I haven't figured out quite how to do it. > > > > What we want is: > > start ppp if they dial into the equinox SST, ie on ttyQ[1-16] > > start ppp if they dial into our portmaster 2 named cthulhu > > start lynx home.html if the file exists in their home directory. > > or start lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html > > > Install mgetty to automatically start pppd. Add some lines like this > to your /etc/inittab and run "init q" to start mgetty. > > T2:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS2 > > Look at the config files in /etc/mgetty and adjust them to your > liking. One caveat: the default pppd invocation does not look in > the /etc/ppp/* config files. > > For the lynx thing, just add this to /etc/profile : > if [-x ~/home.html] > lynx ~/home.html > else > lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html > fi > I should have made the point clearer. We are a freenet running an old custom built BBS style interface (Chester County Interlink, ccil.org) that runs on BSDi. We are working toward moving all the machines over to Debian Linux and want to replace the old Interlink with lynx. We want the old users to still be able to dial in with their Bcom, hyper terminal or whatever terminal program they have. The default user will have the following .bash_profile and be in group user so that we can regulate time quota's with idled. $ cat /etc/skel/.bash_profile # ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells. if [ -f ~/start.htm ]; then echo -n ' Your Starting Page'; lynx start.htm else lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html fi fortune exit umask 022 If the user wants to invoke pppd with their default setup they have to use the lynx jump command and enter jppp with a script or manually. I want the user to have the option of changing their default profile so that pppd is started if they dial into a modem and they can still use the lynx shell by telneting in. So we want it to do something like the following. if [ $(tty) = /dev/ttyQ* ]; then # This doesn't work right with the wildcard /usr/sbin/pppd -detach # If it worked equinox SST users would be OK elif [ The user is dialing in the portmaster 2 cthulhu.ccil.org using radius ] then /usr/sbin/pppd -detach elif [ -f ~/start.htm ]; then lynx start.htm else lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html fi fortune exit umask 022 Thanks, Chuck
Re: Balsa problem - new mailbox (pop3)
Stephen Pitts wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 03:35:51AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > when i try to make a new mailbox through balsa (through prefrences add > > server) and then try to check the mail i get a message wrong password > > supplied and then balsa dies. > > I know the account is on an smtp server (I don't know if thats the same as > > pop3). > > What i am tring to do is access that account through balsa if possible. > > Help? > > Thanx > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > Some basic mail info: > SMTP servers handle outgoing mail. > POP3 and IMAP servers handle incoming mail. > You cannot retrieve mail from an SMTP server. > > In general, Balsa is a flaky program. Try something like > postilion (sp?), kmail, or mutt instead. > -- > Stephen Pitts -- I second that, I have never got Balsa to correctly install. It always asks for the location of the inbox when I first fire it up, then when I key in the info, it will not save the location, pretty crappy! -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrading my bo/hamm system
manu wrote: > > Did i make a mistake ? > > APT simply don't do anything useful. > I wanted it to upgrade my entire system, but only 3 pakages were > updated. > > yes, i ve read the release-info. > > Can anyone tell me the secret ? > Cause i really don't want to upgrade by hand... > > Thanks. > > Emmanuel, France. If you are upgrading a hybrid system (i.e. bo/hamm) you will need to edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list to the locations that you want. I will attach a copy of mine to assist you. I assume that you are wanting to stay with a stable slink version so that is what my file is set for. then simply run "apt-get update" then run "apt-get dist-upgrade" this will upgrade you distribution. Remember "upgrade" will only alter those items such as applications and the dependant files that are already installed on your system. If there is an application that is available from slink, that you do not already have a bo/hamm version of installed, apt will not install it. You will need to use dselect to install new stuff. It is my opinion that the apt program is the single most important development in Debian in the last 2 years. Good Luck! -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]# Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits # your mirror contains. # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian dists/slink-proposed-updates/ deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable main
Re: Boot error
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Kevin A. Foss wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 07:55:58AM -0700, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have noticed that sometimes I get this boot error: > > mktime() failed unexpectedly (rc -1). Aborting. > > Could someone tell what and how dengerous it is? > > This is probably from hwclock, it will say this if your bios returns > what appears to be an invalid time. (Until quite recently hwclock > was rather strict about where the century byte should be -- more > strict than the bios manufacturers.) Try running hwclock and see > what happens. > > I've gotten this error on every original IBM machine I've tried -- > both PS/2s and Valuepoints. I'm not sure why you would get this > only 'sometimes' however, it should really be everytime. > Thanks Kevin This is exactly what happened. The bios clock was showing 2099 :) I have seen this on several pentium machines (not running linux).. 'sometimes' is because I have noticed it and fixed the bios date back to 1999 :) Thanks again ZORO Take these broken wings and learn to fly... ///|\\\ 0 0 ( . )http://pages.nyu.edu/~rqf6512 - | |
Re: kernel "append" options
> Lazar Fleysher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HI all, > > > > > > Could some one tell me how to find if a given kernel release supports > > > certain append option. In particular, I am interested in > > > 2.0.36 supports ide-scsi option. > > I use 2.0.35 and it has it. I use it for my IDE PD-CD drive, and > have been for about two years (first as a patch to the kernel, I think). > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y > What I meant is: is it possible to use ide driver and scsi emulation (on different ide devices of course) under 2.0.x kernel? I have two cdroms both atapi. And I have read that it is possible to access them as scsi devices using ide-scsi emulation. However, when I do that, only one cdrom is detected. So I thought, I'd run scsi emulation on one of them and regular ide on the other. However, I do not see such kind of support under 2.0.x. Maybe it is impossible...? Just playing... ZORO PS What is PD-CD drive? Take these broken wings and learn to fly... ///|\\\ 0 0 ( . )http://pages.nyu.edu/~rqf6512 - | |
Re: Where do I put environment variables with wdm/xdm?
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 03:49:57PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I have recently started using wdm (a variant of xdm) and am finding that > environment variables I put in ~/bash_profile are not picked up. Where > do these variables go? > > Many thanks. > > > -- > Phillip Deackes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian Linux (Potato) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Put them in ~/.xsession. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: apt problem
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 07:02:44PM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > I have a potato system here at school that I cant upgrade anymore. > When I use apt+dselect and go to install option dselect stops at line: > Correcting dependencies... > and dont go away. > What is wrong? > Thanks, Paulo Henrique > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > What are the specs of this system? Approximately how much time did you give it? Switch to another virtual console and use top to see what is going on. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: Upgrading a bo/hamm system
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 09:58:34PM +0200, manu wrote: > Did i make a mistake ? > > APT simply don't do anything useful. > I wanted it to upgrade my entire system, but only 3 pakages were > updated. > > yes, i ve read the release-info. > > Can anyone tell me the secret ? > Cause i really don't want to upgrade by hand... > > Thanks. > > Emmanuel, France. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Without telling us exactly what you typed and the exact messages, your request for help is too vague. Make sure that none of the packages are on hold, then do a "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade". -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: Balsa problem - new mailbox (pop3)
On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 03:35:51AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > when i try to make a new mailbox through balsa (through prefrences add > server) and then try to check the mail i get a message wrong password > supplied and then balsa dies. > I know the account is on an smtp server (I don't know if thats the same as > pop3). > What i am tring to do is access that account through balsa if possible. > Help? > Thanx > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > Some basic mail info: SMTP servers handle outgoing mail. POP3 and IMAP servers handle incoming mail. You cannot retrieve mail from an SMTP server. In general, Balsa is a flaky program. Try something like postilion (sp?), kmail, or mutt instead. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: starting pppd
On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 09:05:37PM -0500, Chuck Peters wrote: > > Hi, > > We want to make it easy for our Windows users to setup ppp by having pppd > start if they dial into one of our modems or start lynx if they telent or > ssh in. > > The problem is I haven't figured out quite how to do it. > > What we want is: > start ppp if they dial into the equinox SST, ie on ttyQ[1-16] > start ppp if they dial into our portmaster 2 named cthulhu > start lynx home.html if the file exists in their home directory. > or start lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html > Install mgetty to automatically start pppd. Add some lines like this to your /etc/inittab and run "init q" to start mgetty. T2:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS2 Look at the config files in /etc/mgetty and adjust them to your liking. One caveat: the default pppd invocation does not look in the /etc/ppp/* config files. For the lynx thing, just add this to /etc/profile : if [-x ~/home.html] lynx ~/home.html else lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html fi -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
Re: Enlightenment Seg Fault
I have the same problem, but only when enlightenment sound is turned on. the problem started when I upgraded to the latest potato packages. Kelly Corbin wrote: > I recently set up a potato machine and had enlightement working. Then I > installed sound in my kernel and turned it on in enlightenment. Now, > every time I fire it up, it seg faults and exits. Sound is working > correctly; I can use it with gnome and quake. I also un-installed and > re-installed enlightenment to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. > > Kelly Corbin > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: default ungziped /usr/doc/*/* ?
Thanks so many people for replying me. now I can do most operation :-) thanks. Steve Lamb wrote: > >I still wish to have site policy of installing ungziped documents :-) > >I don't care to waste a little disk space... > > find . -name \*.gz | xargs gunzip uum, I wish to do this under control of package manager... for rpm, by using --excludedocs option, you can install package without documents. although rpm does not have more function than this, I wish dpkg would have this kind of flexbility for site policy. for example: - managing /usr/doc as plain (for simplicity) - managing without /usr/doc (for extremely small disk machine) - managing without /usr/share (in case of using remote file system) -- Tadayoshi Ohkuma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Omoikane Ltd.
Re: where is xemacs21?
Hi, I also tried that xemacs21 without good news. To install it in potato, I had to remove python-elisp to successfully install it. And after it was installed, I found that the /etc/*emacs/site-start.d/* is not loaded when the xemacs21 starts up and there are some errors in the starting phase reporting unknown symbols of some packages which though works well for xemacs20. It can only starts without error with a -q option, i.e., no initial .emacs stuff. Any one got a better result? -- Min Xu City College of NY, CUNY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(O) (212) 650-6865 (O) (212) 650-5046 (H) (212) 690-2119
Re: ppp conection problem
Could you post your /etc/chatscripts/provider, /etc/ppp/peers/provider, and the output of plog? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Apache won't run...
I can't get my Apache to run. It always dies with [Sat Jun 12 18:16:03 1999] [info] mod_unique_id: using ip addr 127.0.0.1 getpeername: Socket operation on non-socket getsockname: Socket operation on non-socket Error getting local address I'm, obviously, trying to run this on my home computer without a FQDN. I know this is possible, but I'm not sure where it's having the problem. My hostname is set, and can be found with "echo $HOSTNAME", the ServerName is set in httpd.conf, and the "bogus" IP address is in /etc/hosts. What am I missing? -- -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the http://www.debian.org";>POTATO!
starting pppd
Hi, We want to make it easy for our Windows users to setup ppp by having pppd start if they dial into one of our modems or start lynx if they telent or ssh in. The problem is I haven't figured out quite how to do it. What we want is: start ppp if they dial into the equinox SST, ie on ttyQ[1-16] start ppp if they dial into our portmaster 2 named cthulhu start lynx home.html if the file exists in their home directory. or start lynx http://ccil.org/lynxhome.html Thanks, Chuck -- For stabilty, superior networking and real consumer choice, use Open Source Software, http://www.opensource.org. My choice is Debian Linux, http://www.debian.org!
RE: Esound problem (gnome) - sound device inadequate
On 13-Jun-99 Micha Feigin wrote: > I have a computer with no sound ( yes it's an old 486 there is still one > of these around :) ). Have you tried adding yourself to the "audio" group? It might work even though you have no sound device. -- Andrew
Re: php-cgi and non apache
>> "MS" == Martin Saturka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MS> I can't make to work php-cgi with non apache httpd's. Is there a MS> way? (I use cern-httpd, but I'm satisfied with any non gutsy MS> eater httpd.) I have no problems with it on th Roxen webserver. I just do a redirect like /(.*).php3(.*)$ /cgi-bin/php3.cgi/$1.php3$2 So unless you are not more specific (webserver, version, error message in browser and log file, setup you made for php-cgi), noone can help you. Ciao, Martin
kde mirrors
Anyone know of any KDE sites like the snowcrash.tdyc.com (which seems to be dead) one? -- Bill West Houston TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://synergy.linux-help.org finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public pgp key ** Linux = The choice of a GNU generation **
Balsa problem - new mailbox (pop3)
when i try to make a new mailbox through balsa (through prefrences add server) and then try to check the mail i get a message wrong password supplied and then balsa dies. I know the account is on an smtp server (I don't know if thats the same as pop3). What i am tring to do is access that account through balsa if possible. Help? Thanx
Esound problem (gnome) - sound device inadequate
I have a computer with no sound ( yes it's an old 486 there is still one of these around :) ). The thing is that whenever i try to start a gnome program it tries to search /dev/dsp for a sound card (permision denied), fails, gives me a message : Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. and then sometimes it starts but usually segfaults. Anyway around this? BTW i am using gnomever 1.0.5-3 BTW2 the full mesage: /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono. /dev/dsp: Permission denied Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. Segmentation fault thanks
php-cgi and non apache
I can't make to work php-cgi with non apache httpd's. Is there a way? (I use cern-httpd, but I'm satisfied with any non gutsy eater httpd.) THX, Martin
