Re: .emacs setup question
Sorry, I assumed that someone had already set this up and would know what stupid thing I missed without me having to go into any extra details. In the console when I type Ctrl-C Ctrl-C (Default View) RET View Command: dvi2tty -q -w 132 foo In X Ctrl-C Ctrl-C (Default View) RET View Command: So I have to manually type tkdvi foo Lance On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:03:23AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > Lance> I am trying to get emacs to open dvi2tty in console and tkdvi > Lance> in X. The syntax I saw was: > > (setq tex-dvi-view-command > (if (eq window-system 'x) "tkdvi" "dvi2tty * ")) > > Lance> but this does not seem to work. How do I modify this so that > Lance> different viewer will be used depening on whether I am using a > Lance> console on Xwindows? > > How does it fail? Generally, reports and questions of the type "this > does not seem to work" well not be received very well ... > > > -- > Ian Zimmerman > Lightbinders, Inc. > 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
Any FAQ's on setting up a news server?
What are all the components I need in order to setup a news server so that I can connect from a remote computer. I currently have the nntp and cnews packages installed, although don't know what else to do to configure them or setup newsgroups. Do I also need suck? I can't seem to find any FAQ or HOWTO on this topic. Also, where would I get my newsfeed from? === Charles Lewis, Director of Administrative Computing Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX (817)556-4720 [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX (360)397-7952 ===
Re: PAP Authentication Failed
Quoteth Olafur Jens Sigurdsson on Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:31:01PM +: > On 25. September 1999, Wiz wrote: > > When i dial to my ISP i get "PAP authentication failed". > > Whats wrong and how do i fix it? > > > > I use pppd, chat and have a dynamic IP-adress. > > > > > Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: Remote message: Password validation > > failure > > Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: PAP authentication failed > > See these two lines? > That sais the ISP cant validate your password, so most probably the > password is wrong. It should be in /etc/ppp/ in a file called > pap-secret or something (it was mentioned in an earlyer post). > > You could allso have to edit the /etc/ppp/options to let ppp do something > that the ISP requires it to do. > > Wery vague I know but chech those two, the password and what it is you are > asking PPP to do. > > Oli I've been having the same problem since I did an apt-get dist-upgrade a few days ago. Anyone else? -addi -- addiction, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ Powered by Debian GNU/Linux (potato) 2.3.6 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE37WwkuYeCfjDItu8RAuD3AKCXHtUsHQhCMQmaC3zvDjpVpdjPNQCfZJGq +YYju1Z9uP55Wu+m7upMKdk= =qoT3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Cron: daemon.log grep & mail to root
Hi, I'm a newbie, but I need to set up cron to grep the auth attempts from /var/log/daemon.log and mail me (root) the results daily. Can anyone suggest a means of doing this? As it stands, it only logs weekly. As well, if there is anyone who can point me to some good info on using cron effectively, I would appreciate it. Thanks, bw.
Re: PPP
On 28. September 1999, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > Petru NOTINGHER wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I use ppp to connect to my provider. When it connects, I can do "ping", > > everything's OK. > > However, I can't do ftp or smtp or http; il lasts for years and nothing > > happens. > > When I run ftp, I get the message "Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx", and then > > nothing happens. > > I can't access the remote machine. I can't read my mail or surf either. > > > > Please help ! > > > > Thanks. > > > > Petru > > Petru, > > It sounds as though you've made the connection to your provider, and ppp is > working fine; but your system can't find the nameserver. Did you put your > provider's domain and nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf? > > My ISP's domain is io.com. The nameserver is 199.170.88.29. I put the > following into /etc/resolv.conf: > > search io.com > nameserver 199.170.88.29 > > I hope this helps. > > Andrew Gould > And if you want to read a little bit to gain a little knowledge on PPP, then read some HOWTO's like PPP and ISP-Hookup or whatever it is called, ISP something at least :) In the ISP howto then there is a detailed listing of what you have to do to be able to use the connection youve got and how to configure your programs like lynx, netscape, irc, mail clients, etc etc... -- ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
Re: Modem + setserial + minicom problems
On 25. September 1999, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > > Hi DebianUsers, > > I have installed slink on my 486 last night..The kernel can't recognize the > modem. > When I ran minicom, all it says is > Serial operation not supported by ttyS3. The modem is jumper configured for > ttyS3. > If I do a setserial -a ttyS3, I get the same reply.. Does the same thing happen on the other serial ports, ttyS0-2 ? If it does, are you using a serial mouse and does it work? If the same thing isnt happening on the other serial ports I would just recreate this particular serial port (i think there is a program called Makedev to do this, do a man MAKEDEV or something like that. > Can some one figure out a solution. > This is my third time installing DEbian. The first 2 times, I didn't have this > problem and I was using the same modem then as now..Also, then at boot time, > the > kernel would give a message like: > Configuring serial ports.. > ttyS0 is a xxx UART > ttyS1 is a ..xxx UART > ttyS2 is a.. xxx UART > ttyS3 is a .. xxx UART > But I don't get this massage any more..All I get is Configuring serial > ports...done > Also when I do a minicom -s, it shows ttyS3 as the serial device. > I did a ls /dev/ttyS* This message is normal I think, not sure though (im not on my own machine now so I cant take a look at dmesg ) Good luck -- ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
Re: X, ld.so, & xkb
Michael, I had a similar problem after reconfiguring X in a Red Hat box. I noticed after a while that backspace would not erase from the left, but from the right. In other words, it sort of did a "forward delete". This is what I needed to enter at the command prompt in order to fix the problem: xmodmap -e "keysym Delete = BackSpace osfBackSpace" Nitebirdz On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Michael Laing wrote: > Having upgraded my potato system, my backspace key no longer did a > delete backward under X. > > Upon investigation, I found the following error when running startx: > > > BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: > Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed! > Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap > > > How can I remedy this? > > I looked at the xkb files and appears that none are compiled, so maybe I > need to run some config. > > Thanks, > ml > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: PAP Authentication Failed
On 25. September 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 25 Sep 1999, Joakim Svensson wrote: > > I have the same problem ! > > Started today. hmmm > > If you solve it please let me know > > /Joakim > > > > > > Have you tried putting "noauth" in /etc/ppp/options.ttySx? > > I have to do this to make things work. What this does is that the ISP computer does not have to authenticate itself to your computer. This is what most users will use, the noauth, unless they know the ISP's number and want to check that theyr hooking up with the right computer. Best regards -- ** * Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson | Olafur Jens Sigurdsson * * Eðlisfræðinemi | Physics Student * * Háskóli Íslands | University of Iceland * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **
Re: Modem speed
On 29 Sep, Marc Mongeon wrote: > Christian: > > I'll guess that ISP 1 has 56K modems on their end, and ISP 2 has 33.6K > modems. Or, the loop between you and ISP 2 is not fit for the digital > communication required for 56K, so the modems fall back to 33.6K > (analog). > > What sort of tests have you done to verify the speed of the links? I > would think that observing the turn-around times on pings to the gate- > ways of each ISP should give a pretty good indicator of the line speed. > Perceived differences in throughput beyond that are more likely the > result of the ISP's internal network and Internet connection. > > Marc > > -- > Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unix Specialist > Ban-Koe Systems > 9100 W Bloomington Fwy > Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 > (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 > -- > "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." >-- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" > I do not think ISP two has modems at all. You dial directly in to the Cisco unit or something. At least that is what they told me. ISP one has 56k modems. We have a Windows machine here dialing into the same ISP (the slow one), and that machine gets at least a 42000 connection. Below you can see ping stats from ISP two: --- ping statistics --- 26 packets transmitted, 26 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 89.4/107.6/174.8 ms -- Regards, Christian Dysthe E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://oddbird.dyndns.org/cdysthe/ ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux "Clones are people two"
Re: PAP Authentication Failed
On 25. September 1999, Wiz wrote: > When i dial to my ISP i get "PAP authentication failed". > Whats wrong and how do i fix it? > > I use pppd, chat and have a dynamic IP-adress. > > Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: Remote message: Password validation failure > Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: PAP authentication failed See these two lines? That sais the ISP cant validate your password, so most probably the password is wrong. It should be in /etc/ppp/ in a file called pap-secret or something (it was mentioned in an earlyer post). You could allso have to edit the /etc/ppp/options to let ppp do something that the ISP requires it to do. Wery vague I know but chech those two, the password and what it is you are asking PPP to do. Oli
Re: Obsolete and broken packages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 29 Sep 1999, Jonas Steverud wrote: > When I start dselect I get this: > > --- Obsolete and local packages present on system --- > - Obsolete/local Standard packages - > --- Obsolete/local Standard packages in section libs --- > *** Std libs liblockfile0 0.1-6 > - Obsolete/local Optional packages - > --- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section base --- > *== Opt base kernel-image 2.0.35-3 > --- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section libs --- > *** Opt libs libjpegg6a 6a-12 > - Obsolete/local Extra packages - > --- Obsolete/local Extra packages in section libs --- > *** Xtr libs clanlib0-dis 0.1.16-2 "Obsolete/local" means that a deb is installed that's not on any of the sources in your apt sources.list (or equivalent) > 1. Can I safely purge kernel-image? I have a custom-built kernel >2.2.10. (Using kernel-package or whatever the program is.) Go for it. > 2. Can I purge the other files or are they bound to turn up in the >(near?) future? The reason I ask is I have found other packages to >become obsolete and then turn up after a couple of weeks. (My mind >might have been tampered with though.) Sometimes the mirror maintainers just misadjust something, and a package gets lost. Other times, a package is removed from the distribution for being obsolete. Just recently i removed liblockfile0 from my own system when the the final dependancy on it was removed. IIRC it has been replaced with liblockfile1 clanlib0-display-whateveritis i removed a long time ago, since i never used that display target. YMMV. xloadimage still depends on libjpegg6a, so i'm keeping that one on my system for the moment. Hopefully soon the dependancy is fixed. > 3. Dselect says that fonty is broken. One of the files >(/etc/init.d/fonty) is missing on my system (I didn't want it to be >ran so I removed it) and now dpkg can't install and configure it >properly. (It was some time since I installed it so I don't >remember the exact errormessage.) How can I repair the package >and/or tell dpkg the package is not broken? Edit the status-file? >(Which says "Status: hold ok half-configured".) Without the exact error message, i don't know what advice to give... Others surely have more experience with this than i. - -- finger for PGP public key. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN/KRSb7M/9WKZLW5AQFrBwQAoH2pcwH8AL2R07w5SuhszMJYieS+Zlt2 na2OC9DQpLrBG09FhD2EAYCio6rC28iHGtVrR/ExJOQmcP3NnI99HzKteCoH/lqz CiFWs+SuRNrjWAIKPt1O3wA8D8RABLtDhX+56hpz0nK+MdhxZjpmT/XTKRb7fF1h z5ph3G6fIco= =2xYW -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Modem speed
Christian: I'll guess that ISP 1 has 56K modems on their end, and ISP 2 has 33.6K modems. Or, the loop between you and ISP 2 is not fit for the digital communication required for 56K, so the modems fall back to 33.6K (analog). What sort of tests have you done to verify the speed of the links? I would think that observing the turn-around times on pings to the gate- ways of each ISP should give a pretty good indicator of the line speed. Perceived differences in throughput beyond that are more likely the result of the ISP's internal network and Internet connection. Marc -- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 -- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/29/99 04:07PM >>> Hi, I am running Debian Potato with wmppp.app as dialer. I am using a Diamond SupraExpress external modem (great modem for Linux btw!) to connect to my two ISP's. I have wmppp.app set to report the speed I connect at. On my first ISP I get connects between 42600 and 44000 (accrding to wmppp.app), on the other ISP ALWAYS 33600. At least that it what is reported because the ISP that shows the slowest connection is the fastest one to use for me. I have run tests online that show that this is true, so I assume that what the second ISP reports must be wrong (especially since it ALWAYS shows 33600, never below and never above). Can anyone tell me why this is? I have been playing around with another modem, and also with init strings, but the result is the same. The only difference between the two ISP's is that the first one is using a modem pool while the other one is using CISCO 5200. TIA -- Regards, Christian Dysthe E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://oddbird.dyndns.org/cdysthe/ ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux "Clones are people two" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 05:24:54PM +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > > I guess this kind of kernel packages would be for people quite concerned > > about security but also quite lazy :) > > I guess, this is mutual exclusive. People which are lazy will leave many > (and I think also bigger) security holes some where else on the system, so > that it won't matter, if you keep your kernel that much secure... well, yes you are right. :) I guess i didn't really think of it before writing :( > > Also if you administer a lot of boxes, and if they work ok with the default > > kernel you will find it _a lot_ more convenient to automatically upgrade > > kernel than to compile it for each box... > > Ever considerd the package 'kernel-package'. This makes out of any kernel > source debian packages, which then can be installed with dpkg, apt-get or > what ever ... sure, since i had discovered it, i've never made a kernel without using it. But still you have to make the kernel, and if you compile it, you can't resist tweaking it to each particular system's needs, can you? :) Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partition this thing!
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:26:29AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote > > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:17:09PM -0400, Chris Ruvolo > wrote: > > At 11:02 PM 9/26/99 +0300, you wrote: > > >This is my first try at more than swap and /. > tiny /boot, giant > > >/home, right? Anyone feel like helping? > > > > I don't think a separate partition for /boot would > be a good idea. > /boot > > is the default location for the kernel. Having the > kernel and init > > (usually /sbin) on different partitions is probably > bad. I don't see > how > > that would work unless you mounted them both on the > first pass (could > take > > some mucking around in your startup scripts, and > generally not a good > idea). > > >Chris, would you please go into this? I have a > >seperate 30meg /boot > >partition at the start of my drive to ensure that > lilo >will ALWAYS be > >able > >to see my entire kernel. I have only booted the > >machine six or seven > >times > >(love linux! :) and haven't had any trouble yet, but > I >don't need to > >get > >into trouble due to this... :) > > having the kernel on a separtate small partition at > the begining of the disk is a standard way to insure > that the bios and lilo will be able to load the kernel > even though the disk is larger than 1024 cylinders. > This is the method that Redhat recommends in their > install instructions. I did this on an old machine > with a large disk drive and also on a new machine with > a modern bios and a 17.2 gb drive. No problems. In > my case I had a 50mb "/boot". The only problem is I use 5Mb for /boot; it's always been big enough so far... > that by default debian puts a simlink in / to the > kernel in /boot and refers to the simlink in lilo.conf > (which defeats the whole idea!) So I added a simlink > in /boot to the real image (ie: > /boot/vmlinuz->/boot/linux.2.0.36) and changed the > image reference in lilo.conf to /boot/vmlinuz. Which > BTW is how RedHat does it by default. Just make sure > that /boot is listed in /etc/fstab. > Using the symlink in / is harmless; LILO is interested in the location on the disk of the kernel itself rather than the directory entry you use to refer to it. So long as the symlink points to a kernel stored in the first 1024 cylinders, the symlink itself may be anywhere (even on a floppy, ramdisk or NFS volume, although I haven't tried it); it is not used at boot time. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
Re: partition this thing!
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 11:02:18PM +0300, tf wrote > Hey guys, > > I'm about to install on or move to a new hd, and I'd like to divide it > up. I've read faqs and howtos, but I can't help thinking that if I > partition it by "feel", I'd just end up wasting alot of space. > > Ok, the drive's in another machine right now. reading it's case, it has > 6448.6 mb. > > This is my first try at more than swap and /.tiny /boot, giant > /home, right? Anyone feel like helping? > -- > If you're the only user, then /dev/hda1/boot 5M /dev/hda2swap 128M /dev/hda4/ lots should be pretty safe; I think you will hit ext2's size limit on a drive this size but there's no harm in leaving a few gig unused, for when you figure out how you *really* want it partitioned - it gives you somewhere to move things to while you re-size other partitions. If the machine is multi-user, it would be a *very* good idea to have a separate partition for /home - how big depends on how much you want to give over to users. If you want to run a news server, squid, or keep lots of logs you should put /var (or at least, the busy parts) onto a suitably-sized separate partition to avoid exhausting space on /. Putting /tmp on a separate partition may also be a good idea for the same reason, if you have apps that place heavy demands on /tmp (or foolish/malicious users). 1G should be more than enough for /usr on most workstations, but if you're the kind who install *everything* to find out what's there, 2-3G may be necessary. Someone else posted that using a separate partition for /tmp is a security hole if you have users who can pass boot parameters to LILO - I wouldn't worry about it too much, as if you are in that position on a workstation booting off a local disk then you have no meaningful security with respect to those users anyway. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
RE: Wine keyboard question
On 29-Sep-99 George Bonser wrote: > > Ok, so here I sit on a Micron Millenia Xku and I just installed wine. > When > I run it, it complains about my keyboard map. It tells me to define my > layout in windows/x11drv/keyboard.c > > Well, I notice that there is not already any layout there. Did anyone > else > using wine have this problem and where did you get your keyboard layout > file? I had the problem a few versions (of WINE) ago and it just went away. -- Andrew
Re: imap
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:46:11PM -0400, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > By the way, if you are using exim, then it supports Maildir directly, no > need to use procmail for this. TNX for the hint, I did not know this. But I need procmails mail processing cpabilities anyway :) -- Weasel http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad/ PGP encrypted messages prefered. See my site or finger -l ppalfrad --- A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. pgpU8nfQ7O7fT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Modem speed
Hi, I am running Debian Potato with wmppp.app as dialer. I am using a Diamond SupraExpress external modem (great modem for Linux btw!) to connect to my two ISP's. I have wmppp.app set to report the speed I connect at. On my first ISP I get connects between 42600 and 44000 (accrding to wmppp.app), on the other ISP ALWAYS 33600. At least that it what is reported because the ISP that shows the slowest connection is the fastest one to use for me. I have run tests online that show that this is true, so I assume that what the second ISP reports must be wrong (especially since it ALWAYS shows 33600, never below and never above). Can anyone tell me why this is? I have been playing around with another modem, and also with init strings, but the result is the same. The only difference between the two ISP's is that the first one is using a modem pool while the other one is using CISCO 5200. TIA -- Regards, Christian Dysthe E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://oddbird.dyndns.org/cdysthe/ ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux "Clones are people two"
Java kills netscape
I remember having this problem a few years ago with an earlier version. It seems to be happening with the latest version of Netscape. Whenever I access a page with java, netscape just dies. I'm running navigator-smotif-461, version 4.61-11 on potato. I didn't happen until a few days ago and I wonder if something may have changed. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Difference between dpkg and other installs
Could anyone help me with the difference between dpkg and other installs. I have installed netscape and wp8 w/o using dselect. Should everything be installed through dpkg to get the cleanest Debian system or does it matter? I also need JDK 1.1 and PostGresql 6.5 or greater and I don't want to create conflicts with libraries (i.e. libpgsql) that won't be identified outside of dselect. I don't think either of the above has the package info needed to APT them, so they'll have to go on manually (unless somebody can point me to some documentation on how to run anything through dselect). Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Re: Peripherals work fine on old M/B, misbehave on new M/B
Hi Alec, Now that was a useful tip! It fixes my SeekComplete error. On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 03:25:55AM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > For your SeekComplete problem (Part II), you might take a look in > > ftp://ftp.x.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ (where x is your > favorite mirror) > > There's some updated IDE patches there from Andre Hedrick, the guy who > maintains the Linux IDE code. One of the things these patches add is a > sort of 'try this for the SeekComplete error' option. > > Dunno about your other prob... I'd just toss those 2 ancient NICs and > invest in a cheap (<$20) ne2k clone board. You'll probably get better > performance and almost guarenteed fewer headaches. Yep, I've spent more time on it than the boards are worth together. Thanks very much, Mark.
Re: Gnome-print / Gnumeric
> John May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > Has anyone managed to get gnumeric + gnome-print working at all? > > I mailed the gnome-print author and the package maintainer for two > weeks ago (approx.) and have not yet recieved an answer. > > If you find out you are more then welcome to tell me. > > -- > ( Jonas Steverud @ www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d4jonas/ !Wei Wu Wei) > ( U2MoL, Roleplaying, LaTeX, Emacs/Gnus, SCWM, etc. ! To Do Without Do ) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > (mailed & posted) I had the problem of constant complaints about an emtpy or near empty /usr/share/fonts/fontmap file. I just fixed this tonight on my box : You need to install text/gsfonts package. Then install the latest gnome-print (0.9-1 since today), or if you already have 0.9-1 installed, then you need to manually run the shell script /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-print.postinst This script seems to generate the entries in the /usr/share/fonts directory, and it must be run *after* the gsfonts are installed. It generates a fontmap file which gnumeric / gnome-print don't take an instant dislike to. Actually, I would call this a workaround rather than a fix, since I don't see why the fonts already on my system (x11 fonts) aren't considered sufficient. Also, I couldn't see any mention of this in any of the package docs. But it's great to be able to play with my favourite spreadsheet again ! Regards, Paul
Re: One last time: smail problem
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:39:27AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: [Please keep your lines udner 80 characters] > I'll post this problem one last time: I must type runq at the console after > running fetchmail in order for my e-mail reader to see my new mail. This > never happened before, that is until I installed Netscape 4.61 the other day; > before, I would run fetchmail and smail ran the queue automatically. > Some info: When installing Netscape, the configuration script said that smail > may have to be restarted, and so it was. Also, when reconfiguring smail last > night (smailconfig), a message that "There is no crontab" came up. My smail > daemon is run via a inet.d. This Shouldn't Happen and is probably a bug somewhere. It is possible that you've edited your smail configuration in the past to turn off instantaneous delivery attempts and the restart picked this up. Either that or you somehow lost your crontab and the delivery attempts were just happening regularly rather than instantaneously. You could create a new crontab which runs runq every 15 minutes or so - this is probably what the standard one does. > Should I bag smail and use another MTA? Probably. Exim is now the Debian standard and is designed to resemble smail. I imagine it would be much easier to get help with exim. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgp5yEnaxocIl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Installing without dbootstrap
dbootstrap will not recognize my drive. I have replaced the kernal on the boot disk with support for my RAID controller and can mount manually and partition my drives, but am unable to do it from within dbootstrap. I think that I may have to install without dbootstrap. I have plenty of ideas how to do this, but none of them look pretty. Can anyone give me some suggestions? Thanks in advance Evan
Re: Replacing exim with a source package of qmail
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 03:45:15PM +0200, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:
> A yet "cleaner" way to do this is (after the command above) to install
> qmail-src ("apt-get install qmail-src"), which compiles and installs
> the MTA for you in the post install process!
Using exactly the same forced dependancy mechanism - you can watch dpkg
scream bloody murder without typing the commands yourself. :-)
The only way around this would be for dpkg to support simultaneous
installation and removal, but this is probably not worth the hassle.
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RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
> OK, but for me it remains the only convincing test. > As it happens I have a couple of old pentium 75 motherboards at home and > I just imagined that maybe you or somebody you knew also had stuff like > that that you could use for a test, temporarily. The other motherboard I have is from an old 486 computer, but that didn't have any luck with Linux at all. It's a totally unstable computer. I'll try Debian, though, if I ever find the time. But the motherboard is very old. I'd think it'd be more capable of causing problems than my current one. > Otherwise, I'd start down the "turn off go faster modes until it works > reliably" track as already suggested; the same approach can fix Sig-11s. > Check out the tool hdparm as well as tweaking the dma in the kernel. I'll try the hdparm thing and some of you guys' other suggestions. Thanks! -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com L.J.R. Engineering http://www.ljreng.com PHP Interest Group http://www.gigabee.com/pig/
Re: boot messages
Sorry, I deleted the original message before I realized that I might have an answer. The original question was about suppressing verbose messages at boot. In the file: /etc/defaults/rcS # Set VERBOSE to "no" if you would like a more quiet bootup. VERBOSE=yes Hope this helps. -- Regards, Steve Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. Reboots are for kernel and hardware upgrades.
XFree 3.3.5 for slink...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, I recently took the stock potato sources of XFree86 3.3.5 and compiled them against glibc 2.0 on my slink system (i386). I've put the result on the ftp server cadzentrum.m.fh-offenburg.de. So if anybody want's to try them, go and get it with the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list deb ftp://cadzentrum.m.fh-offenburg.de/pub/os/linux/debian/ ./ Martin - -- If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right? - anonymous -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN/JeW7CGSMW7I2etAQFB6AP+OviU+XQ5Z9EUtjNKof9M1evbVLtluPn4 SMvTkeZ71iG8BeNFQ7wxGrA20gn5S4VVEtBSUYfx2ZWe5V8zNB0G7evksnz7yanl nsUiiSpSXyFrtyfE5zwePrYSslfL6S9/mw8qqv++16HWKPHQv59XL3xyDl4x0722 OIfFysqe2qA= =UFW9 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:46:20AM +, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > I guess this kind of kernel packages would be for people quite concerned > about security but also quite lazy :) > Also if you administer a lot of boxes, and if they work ok with the default > kernel you will find it _a lot_ more convenient to automatically upgrade > kernel than to compile it for each box... Heh, this is where the kernel-package package comes into play. :) You compile the kernel once into a .deb, and install that using dpkg or apt-get. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
error when installing Hylafax for potato
I installed Hylafax on Potato but I got this error: === The file: /etc/hylafax/vgetty-link does not exist or this file is not an executable program. The HylaFAX software optionally uses this program and the fact that it does not exist on the system is not a fatal error. If the program resides in a different location and you do not want to install a symbolic link for /etc/hylafax/vgetty-link that points to your program then you must reconfigure and rebuild HylaFAX from source code. Modem support functions written to /var/spool/fax/etc/setup.modem. Configuration parameters written to /var/spool/fax/etc/setup.cache. Anyone know what I should do now? I can't find vgetty-link so I cannot put a link anywhere. BTW I have a class 1 faxmodem, so I don't believe I can use mgetty-fax. -- Andrew
Re: Installing Debian to different hard disk
Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the
> same computer?
You might try `chroot'. I do this to install a `potato' system
on a `slink' system. Here's are some instructions to get you
going:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zygo Blaxell)
Subject: [Good chroot description]
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:20:36 GMT
To:
On 12 Sep 1999 17:06:57 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Gopal Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Maybe this is FAQ. I don't have a potato machine handy where I
>> work. In general, if developers want to try installing packages they
>> made for "unstable" to check if it installs okay, is there a machine
>> to do that?
If you built a package for unstable, what did you build it _on_?
Or is it fairly normal to build packages for potato on slink systems?
>Yes -- your home machine. Sorry, thems the breaks.
I have the opposite problem: I have packages intended for slink that
I need to test, but all my machines run potato.
Solution (assuming you have apt configured with a stable Debian site):
$ mkdir /tmp/some-dir
$ cd /tmp/some-dir
$ cp whatever-you-need-to-test tmp/
$ tar xpzf \
/path/to/debian/mirror/dists/slink/main/disks-(arch)/base2_1.tgz
$ cp -aP /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/resolv.conf /etc/fstab .
$ grep -v unstable < /etc/apt/sources.list > etc/apt/sources/list
$ rm -f root/.bash_profile sbin/unconfigured.sh
$ chroot .
$ mount /proc
(pause to catch breath here)
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
At this point you have a slink test environment on a Debian potato system,
which you can access at any time by typing "chroot /tmp/some-dir" as root.
Of course if you want to use this for any length of time, you'd use some
directory that isn't in /tmp for all this.
With slight modifications, you can put something like this on Red H*t and
Sl*ckware systems too. I've actually converted a system completely from
Red H*t to Debian _without rebooting it_ this way. You can also set up
inetd in the chroot environment with ssh on a non-standard port, so that
you can ssh to the chroot environment and get working support for X...
If you have a slink system but want to test potato packages, it's a little
more complicated. After catching your breath (see above), you want
something like:
$ sed -e 's/ stable / unstable /g' \
-e 's:unstable non-US:unstable/non-US main contrib non-free:' \
< /etc/apt/sources.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.new && \
mv -f /etc/apt/sources.list.new /etc/apt/sources.list
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
Note that your server daemons _will_ be severely fubared by this,
as the {pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts will shut down your slink servers
and start new ones in your chroot potato environment. However, if you
reboot immediately after installing the chroot Debian potato image,
everything should return to semi-normality, as long as your package
doesn't do something like disk repartitioning...
Re: What packages are installed?
Brian Servis hat gesagt: // Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 29 Sep, Ben Collins wrote about "Re: What packages are installed?"
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:37:08PM +, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > I suppose this is a *very* basic question, but is there an easy way
> > > to find out what packages are installed?
> >
> > dpkg -l | less
> >
>
> Or if you don't want to know the version and don't want long package
> names truncated:
>
> dpkg --get-selections | grep install | awk -F" " '{print $1}'
This also gives you packages that are deinstalled.
I'd suggest:
dpkg -l | grep "^.i" | awk -F" " '{print $2}'
or
dpkg -l | grep "^.i" | less
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Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades
Brian Servis wrote: > > Ok. To my way of thinking it should be called kernel-image_2.0.34, > > kernel-image_2.0.36-3, etc. That way apt-get upgrade would grab updated > > kernels for the user. > > If kernel-images did not have the version in the package name then you > could not have two different versions of the kernel installed at the > same time. We could still have a latest-kernel-image-2.0_2.0.38 and latest-kernel-image-2.2_2.2.12 that some users could choose to use instead. Peter
Re: ppp and proxy ARP?
Proxy ARPing makes the peer look like it's on the local LAN, which you don't want, so either remove "proxyarp" from your list of pppd options, or add "noproxyarp". -- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 -- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Bruce Z. Lysik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/29/99 12:17PM >>> Hi guys. I was looking through my ppp.log and I found this little line: Sep 29 13:04:27 fire pppd[15499]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP I've been trying to look through mailing lists for other people with this problem, but really haven't turned up much. Can anyone tell me if this is a problem, and where I should look to fix it? Thanks. Oh, I'm running potato, and a 2.2.12 kernel. pppd version 2.3.9. This machine is acting as a gateway for my network, and doing ipmasquerading. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.logrus.com/~eldrik GCS d++(-) a-- C++ ULS+++$ P+++$ L++ E+ W+++ N++ w--- M-- V PS PE Y+ PGP+ t+ 5++ X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+ G e++ h+ r y+ s -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: eth0: unknown interface...
Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have installed the debian base system on a laptop, but now I need to > > install the rest over a network (from another brilliant working Debian > > machine). For this to work, I must get the pcmcia network card working... > > I just realised, I think I didn't make use of the menu item "Configure > PCMCIA Support". Is there an easy way of configuring PCMCIA support for > installation once I've already installed the base system? Can I run > dbootstrap again? Where do I get it (the boot disks aren't mountable, > right?) Or is it easier to reinstall from scratch? Please have a look at pcnetconfig(8) part of pcmcia-cs. (Sorry I don´t use pcmcia, this turned up using zgrep config Contents-i386.gz |grep pcmcia) HTH, Jens -- P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ (Sorry Europeans only) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37
Callback
Hi, I am a new converter to linux os, ending the misery of windows os. I managed will till now to install debian linux and managed to have ppp to work fine for some connections. My main isp requires a callback authentication to connect, and I could not fined any mention of callback in all the docs I have, including the HOW-TOs. Any help. A. Barry
ppp and proxy ARP?
Hi guys. I was looking through my ppp.log and I found this little line: Sep 29 13:04:27 fire pppd[15499]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP I've been trying to look through mailing lists for other people with this problem, but really haven't turned up much. Can anyone tell me if this is a problem, and where I should look to fix it? Thanks. Oh, I'm running potato, and a 2.2.12 kernel. pppd version 2.3.9. This machine is acting as a gateway for my network, and doing ipmasquerading. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.logrus.com/~eldrik GCS d++(-) a-- C++ ULS+++$ P+++$ L++ E+ W+++ N++ w--- M-- V PS PE Y+ PGP+ t+ 5++ X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+ G e++ h+ r y+ s
Re: .emacs setup question
Lance> I am trying to get emacs to open dvi2tty in console and tkdvi Lance> in X. The syntax I saw was: (setq tex-dvi-view-command (if (eq window-system 'x) "tkdvi" "dvi2tty * ")) Lance> but this does not seem to work. How do I modify this so that Lance> different viewer will be used depening on whether I am using a Lance> console on Xwindows? How does it fail? Generally, reports and questions of the type "this does not seem to work" well not be received very well ... -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
Re: Berolist
You might also take a look at mailman. I also had problems with Berolist. One advantage is that it has both web-based and command line tools for configuration. Also has far more features than Berolist. Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Ben Messinger wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:18:27 -0700 > From: Ben Messinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Matt Kopishke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Berolist > > Matt Kopishke wrote: > > > > I am trying to configure Berolist under Slink. > > > > ### > > > > I have tried every thing I can think of, I also have tried smartlist, > > Majordomo, and mailman with out any luck, all thought I had Majordomo > > running while back on a different install. I have yet to find a easy list > > server to set up, maybe it's my bad luck but every one else say they don't > > have problems like I do... > > > > -Matt- > > Matt, > I wasted a lot of time trying to get Berolist working and finally went > to smartlist. I couldn't keep Berolist from seg-faulting. I even > compiled my own and it still was seg-faulting. Smartlist was harder to > configure than Berolist, but easier than Majordomo and is working well. > > -Ben > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This email contains no tyops. > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
Re: Modems, caller id, and init strings
Perhaps the Modem-HOWTO can help ? > > Hi all, > > I thought this list might be the best place to ask: > > What's the easiest way to get an init string into the modem? > Specifically, I want "AT#CID=1" to put the modem into caller-id reading mode. > Is there a simple way to do something like 'echo "AT#CID=1" > /dev/modem'? >
Re: GoZilla for Linux
Check out the following webdownloader ->>> http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ has a gui there's a deb for wget no gui, but it works great keeps going and going and going gnometransfermanager - http://camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt/~bapm/gtm/ has a gui theres more -- search :) Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone knows I there is an ftp client for Linux Debian with, more > or less, the same functionality as GoZilla for Windows? > > Some of the more interesting caracteristics of GoZilla are: > > * Restart donwload if connection fails > * Continue donwloading (without restart) if connection fails > * Programmable downloads > * Posibilityh of downloading dirctories > > Thanks in advance, > > Manuel Arenaz > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Device busy
Hey, guys, Often, when I want to umount a filesystem (especially the CD-Rom), it says "Device Busy". So, I have to check all my xterms, apps, consoles... to see which of them is using my device. Trying a fuser /dev/cdrom usually reports nothing. So, is there a way to umount it even if a process is using the device ?? Also, when my sister is using the device on the other computer, it's anoying for me to tell her to quit her apps or for her if I kill directly the SMBD daemon... thanks, sami -- LL II NN N U U X X U U LL E Z!! LL N N N U U XX R R U U LL E__ Z !! LL II N N N U U XX RRR U U LL E Z L II N NN U X X R R U L E Z!!
Re: What packages are installed?
*- On 29 Sep, Ben Collins wrote about "Re: What packages are installed?"
> On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:37:08PM +, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I suppose this is a *very* basic question, but is there an easy way
>> to find out what packages are installed? I mean, I can go through
>> /var/lib/dpkg/available and figure it out. However, if it's a very "popular"
>> package, it'll take for ever. I tried using dpkg --print-avail, but this
>> does not seem to take wildcards.
>>
>
> dpkg -l | less
>
Or if you don't want to know the version and don't want long package
names truncated:
dpkg --get-selections | grep install | awk -F" " '{print $1}'
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Re: partition this thing!
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:17:09PM -0400, Chris Ruvolo > wrote: > > At 11:02 PM 9/26/99 +0300, you wrote: > > >This is my first try at more than swap and /. > tiny /boot, giant > > >/home, right? Anyone feel like helping? > having the kernel on a separtate small partition at > the begining of the disk is a standard way to insure > that the bios and lilo will be able to load the kernel > even though the disk is larger than 1024 cylinders. > This is the method that Redhat recommends in their This is true. There is more than one way to peel your veggies, though. I'd recommend a small root partition on the rim and forgo having another (/boot) partition critical to booting. rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian and Redhat
> > However, there are some software that these servers MUST have, right now > it's > Legato Networker and the UPS software (not sure which UPS system we will use > > If you are using APC UPS then you should check their website. I sent them If using Best, they gives you source code to compile. Goes cleanly on Debian 1.3, 2.0, and slink w/ kernel 2.2.12. rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
I've only got a 770 i.e. 16 MB, don't know if that's what makes the "Ultra." However, I've been getting the latest from http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/xfree86-334-slink/ also, if you haven't, see http://www.debian.org/~branden/ for the latest info. Enjoy -- Greg. Peter Ludwig wrote: > > I am trying to help someone setup their Diamond Viper V770 Ultra under > Linux (not sure exactly which distro they use, but I'm a debian person > myself). > > They are having problems with X-windows (what else?) description of > problem :- > > 1) Window appears to be four times it's correct size. > 2) Unable to move the viewport to see the whole X-Windows Screen. > > If anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated (I have got them > to try all the normal possibilities, but they haven't worked for them, I > am thinking that they need a X-server upgrade...) > > Regards, > Peter Ludwig > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html Greg VenceKH2EA/4
Re: Flat-panel monitors?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:59:42AM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > I'm using an SGI 1600SW (17.4" wide) with the #9 card it's bundled with. > > A co-worker of mine owns this same monitor (boy is it sweet!) and uses the > Acclerated X server. It's much faster and less buggy. You may want to > check this out. It is much faster and seems bug-free, but unfortunately it doesn't support DGA or XKEYBOARD, and those help out VMware quite a bit. And there are political issues within the company where I work -- getting software "certified" is a pain. I can use anything in Debian because Debian is certified, but another product is not. > Of course, the ideal solution would use an entirely different video card, > as the #9 card is not a great card. But there are very few 100% digital > cards out there. I looked into that, and even talked to SGI about it. I forget which DFP standard the 1600SW uses, but it's different from the two standards offered by everyone else (Matrox, ATI, etc). They said they are working on a product that will adapt the monitor to work with other types of DFP interfaces. They realize they made a mistake when choosing the interface. Who knows, that product may even be shipping now... :) Regards, Jeff
One last time: smail problem
I'll post this problem one last time: I must type runq at the console after running fetchmail in order for my e-mail reader to see my new mail. This never happened before, that is until I installed Netscape 4.61 the other day; before, I would run fetchmail and smail ran the queue automatically. This is more an inconvenience than anything else---my system isn't broken. But what can I do to remedy this? Some info: When installing Netscape, the configuration script said that smail may have to be restarted, and so it was. Also, when reconfiguring smail last night (smailconfig), a message that "There is no crontab" came up. My smail daemon is run via a inet.d. Should I bag smail and use another MTA? Thanks all, Dave
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > I guess this kind of kernel packages would be for people quite concerned > about security but also quite lazy :) I guess, this is mutual exclusive. People which are lazy will leave many (and I think also bigger) security holes some where else on the system, so that it won't matter, if you keep your kernel that much secure... > Also if you administer a lot of boxes, and if they work ok with the default > kernel you will find it _a lot_ more convenient to automatically upgrade > kernel than to compile it for each box... Ever considerd the package 'kernel-package'. This makes out of any kernel source debian packages, which then can be installed with dpkg, apt-get or what ever ... Martin -- If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right? - anonymous
Re: Replacing exim with a source package of qmail
> "J" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> You have to use "dpkg -r --force-depends exim" before you can
J> install qmail.
J> A yet "cleaner" way to do this is (after the command above) to
J> install qmail-src ("apt-get install qmail-src"), which compiles
J> and installs the MTA for you in the post install process!
I /was/ installing the qmail-src package, actually. I ended up using
the force command, but thanks for atleast telling me there wasn't a
better way to do it.
Situations where 'force' type commands are necessary are kind've
annoying.
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Re: Flat-panel monitors?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Jeff Noxon wrote: > I'm using an SGI 1600SW (17.4" wide) with the #9 card it's bundled with. > The X-Server for this card really stinks and is full of bugs, but it's a > sacrifice I'm willing to make for this beautiful screen. :) I'd change > cards, but there aren't any other cards on the market that support this > monitor. > A co-worker of mine owns this same monitor (boy is it sweet!) and uses the Acclerated X server. It's much faster and less buggy. You may want to check this out. Of course, the ideal solution would use an entirely different video card, as the #9 card is not a great card. But there are very few 100% digital cards out there. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN/IbUodCcpBjGWoFAQE0ugP/eGSbXs32aVFmEpkEKqh5MyYfjithLHgw Goa0s7bAv57Hb4PXLTQDkf0rnKEOnyf5TmtJm/nxib0YW/Wa/W9YkQdtsKBmz1A9 S/qaml4ELX/ozpuupjyubXfLRHfDELM4on6GY4cZvUcWcub9zKEqR5TJQF0QSnt4 IImENEIZN+c= =tVzF -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Replacing exim with a source package of qmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Z. Lysik) writes:
> How do I switch from exim to qmail? Do I have to use a yucky force
> option, or is there a cleaner way to go about it?
You have to use "dpkg -r --force-depends exim" before you can install
qmail.
A yet "cleaner" way to do this is (after the command above) to install
qmail-src ("apt-get install qmail-src"), which compiles and installs
the MTA for you in the post install process!
Greetings,
joachim
Re: What packages are installed?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:37:08PM +, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote: > Hi! > I suppose this is a *very* basic question, but is there an easy way > to find out what packages are installed? I mean, I can go through > /var/lib/dpkg/available and figure it out. However, if it's a very "popular" > package, it'll take for ever. I tried using dpkg --print-avail, but this > does not seem to take wildcards. > dpkg -l | less Ben
Re: HP 890C printing
Quoting Jose L Gomez Dans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi! > I got hold of an HP 890C colour deskjet printer. However, I can't > print to it. I'm using the hpdj driver in gs-aladdin 5.50, and according to > the man page, it should print flawlessly. I am aware that other drivers are > available for this printer, but this would need a re-compilation of > ghostscript, and I haven't got the time (or the hard drive, for that > matter!) to do this. > > Does anyone have any suggestions onto this one? Since I don't > usually use this printer, I made a small filter that calls gs. This looks > like this: > #!/bin/sh > #A filter for the HP 890C > /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColourMode=CMYK \ > -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - > (the "\" is for your enjoyment :D) > > This script is used as follows: > cat file.ps | filter > file.dj, > which can then be printed by using either lpr or cat file.dj > /dev/lp0 (no > need to spool here so far). > > What comes out of this is a garbled output of one line of greek > symbols reminiscent of the days of dot matrix printers :) I use one or two extra options with my 895c, but also run it through lpr/magic-filter so you'll have to extract the parameters from my gs-aladdin filter file: # PostScript 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain \ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - 3>&1 1>&2 0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain \ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - 3>&1 1>&2 # PDF 0 %PDFfpipe /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain\ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" $FILE 3>&1 1>&2 I find the dj550c filter suggested earlier is far too inky. Change draft to normal or best (and set up two queues) if you find draft is *too* light. The last saves a lot of ink, though. (One day I'll sit down and try to parse all that output redirection!) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: eth0: unknown interface...
> I have installed the debian base system on a laptop, but now I need to > install the rest over a network (from another brilliant working Debian > machine). For this to work, I must get the pcmcia network card working... I just realised, I think I didn't make use of the menu item "Configure PCMCIA Support". Is there an easy way of configuring PCMCIA support for installation once I've already installed the base system? Can I run dbootstrap again? Where do I get it (the boot disks aren't mountable, right?) Or is it easier to reinstall from scratch? > I installed the same kernel package I installed on anther laptop, and the > pcmcia-modules package that was compiled with it, and am using the same > network card. However, even with this kernel, eth0 is still an unknown > device. How does Debian Linux get to know eth0? I though it was only in > the kernel, but clearly it isn't. Or what modules must I load with > modprobe? As I just mentioned, I think the pcmcia card isn't properly configured/initialised. Thanks in advance, Hugo van der Merwe -- ps. Please ensure replies are also sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I do not subscribe to the mailing list, and I mistrust the news server I read the list through.
What packages are installed?
Hi! I suppose this is a *very* basic question, but is there an easy way to find out what packages are installed? I mean, I can go through /var/lib/dpkg/available and figure it out. However, if it's a very "popular" package, it'll take for ever. I tried using dpkg --print-avail, but this does not seem to take wildcards. Any hints? Thanks, Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar & Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering University of Sheffield UK
Re: bootup messages
Quoting Jonas Steverud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > "Krosigk, Lorenz Von" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > is there a way to hide the bootup messages at the screen, to direct them > > (the important ones like warnings and errors) to a file and to show > > something else on the screen meanwhile the machine starts up? > > You have to modify each script in /etc/init.d/. > > The scripts found in /etc/rcS is ran at boot and then /etc/rc2.d (or > whatever the names, my system is broken currently [see other thread] > so I can't check). It is not one script that runs them all so you > can't add '> /foo/bar' to it. Sadly enough. (I think it is both > security and historical reasons for this.) But surely /etc/init.s/rcS _is_ one script, so you should be able to redirect stdout in there, and leave the rest of /etc/init.d/* untouched. ( for i in /etc/rcS.d/S??* do ... done ) > /foo/bar Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
eth0: unknown interface...
Hello, I have installed the debian base system on a laptop, but now I need to install the rest over a network (from another brilliant working Debian machine). For this to work, I must get the pcmcia network card working... I installed the same kernel package I installed on anther laptop, and the pcmcia-modules package that was compiled with it, and am using the same network card. However, even with this kernel, eth0 is still an unknown device. How does Debian Linux get to know eth0? I though it was only in the kernel, but clearly it isn't. Or what modules must I load with modprobe? Thanks in advance, Hugo van der Merwe -- ps. Please ensure replies are also sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I do not subscribe to the mailing list, and I mistrust the news server I read the list through.
Re: Flat-panel monitors?
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 05:57:27PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: > I was wondering what luck, if any, you guys have had with flat panel > monitors in Debian. Has everything worked as it should? I'm using an SGI 1600SW (17.4" wide) with the #9 card it's bundled with. The X-Server for this card really stinks and is full of bugs, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for this beautiful screen. :) I'd change cards, but there aren't any other cards on the market that support this monitor. Regards, Jeff
Re: Serial connection to windoze box
Hello! Thanks very much for your reply. Here's the inf. It installs like a modem, so you really have to make and start a DFUE conection. There is some kind of (ppp?) communication if I start pppd (with options crtscts, home:remote ip, detach (what does that mean??-I've got it from the howtos), /dev/ttyS1) and the DFUE, but there is no successful connect. What, BTW, are the files which determine the ip adress and netmask for the Linux box? Or is the value I give to pppd sufficient? Another thing: The following command is supposed to work with Slackware (from the inf homepage): >>Windows 95 -> Linux This is probably the second most problematic connection. I have less experience with this. I have only connected my copy of Linux up to the CBX, but I have not tried a Win95 -> Lunix connection. Again, I have heard of people performing this connection, but I do not have any advice! Please see the technical description of the file for some hints on getting started. Supposedly, it works fine with Slackware using the following inittab entry to log into the first serial port: s1:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 ttyS0 network This same entry does not work at all with Debian Linux, however. With the Slackware linux distribution, there is an entry called network which tells agetty that what it sees is what it gets, pass everything straight through and don't try to translate ANYTHING (no special screen formatting characters), so the network keyword in the above statement is essential<< Can you please tell me what this command does, how to set the IP adress with it, and if such a thing works with debian some way?? That was a good start to a solution, I think. Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message - From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Stephan Hachinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 3:49 AM Subject: Re: Serial connection to windoze box > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > I've now got the inf file, and I'm trying to use the dial-up-networking > > Could you send that file to me? > > > First of all, what protocol would you suggest? TCP/IP or IPX? > > TCP/IP - don't bother with IPX unless you're going to have anything to do > with Novell Netware. > > > Secondly, how can I get the DFUE to send the username and password to the > > Linux box correctly? > > I don't think you do. From the sound of things, what this does is make > the serial port look like another network adapter, like ethernet or token > ring, only a lot slower. > > > > > And, how can I configure the TCP/IP adresses of the Linux box (tried pppd > > (...) home:remote) and what PPPD options are important furthermore? > > > > That's a good question :) I've never actually done Windows <-> Linux > connectivity this way before. > > A good place to start would be the man page for pppd. Asking in some > networking-related newsgroups for settings that would be good for PPP > server software might turn up some solutions. Another good place to look > would be this address (chapter 26 of the PPP howto): > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO-26.html > > > > > I know, these all are "RTM"-questions, sorry, but please send me only some > > important tips, or links to the right howto places, if anyone knows about > > this issue. > > Actually, this isn't a RTFM subject - I've been using Linux for two years, > and have seen it come up only four times :). > > You may also want to ask in the newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc and > comp.os.linux.networking - I know as a fact that this question has come up > there before. > > I've also attached a message I sent to a fellow who was in a similar > position as you. He ended up using the Linux box as a sort of 'terminal > server', and using Kermit to transfer files. If all you want to do is > transfer files, this may be a decent alternative. > > -- > -- > Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the > universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein > mdmcbx4.inf Description: Binary data
Re: Best API for g++?
>> What's the best API (GUI) for >>writing/generating C/C++ >> code in Linux X Windows, in your opinions? I need >>some suggestions >> or recommendations from those of you who have used >>them. >Two of the most popular these days seem to be Qt (C++) >and GTK+ (C). I >like Qt - the programs I create are easier to follow >and understand, >and >C++ seems like a better way to build GUIs than C. >It's also better >documented than GTK+ (GTK+, last I checked, didn't >have any >documentation. >From the looks of the web site, that's being changed), >which leads to >Qt >being easier to use. Try VDK, which is a c++ wrapper around gtk++. There is also a vdk builder (like borland) which is a 'visual' development studio and gui front end for gdb. Both are now in version 1.0. There is decent documentation for VDK and a tutorial, vdk builder needs better doc's but the tutorial will get you started. I forget the URL at the moment, but deb's are available from h. moffet. = Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > That is the point of this idea. If you want your kernel to be upgraded > automatically, you install secure-kernel, if you only want to be informed, > you install secure-kernel-info, if you don't care at all, you instal > neither. I had read nothing of this secure-kernel-info package, but that would be reasonable to me. -- Ashley Clark
Re: what modem
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > [Debian-doc is for discussion and development of Debian documentation - > moved to debian-user which is the general list for support questions] > > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:46:14 -0700, O'Driscoll wrote: > > what modem works best for 2.0.2 & 2.1? > > Any modem that isn't a "winmodem" - i.e. any real modem. >(rule of thumb) If it's external, it'll work, There are a few things to watch out for. There was the guy tring to get a 14400 external modem to work that had the serial line speed set to 115000. The modem would talk no faster than 56k. Also if you have a 16450 uart you can't usually go faster than 56k. So you might have to watch what uart speed you specify. >(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with jumpers, it'll work, NOT always true. I have seen winmodems with jumpers >(rule of thumb) If it's PCI, it won't work, Not always true. There are one or two PCI modems that work. The ones that are NOT memory mapped MIGHT work. >(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with no jumpers, it might >work, You will need isapnp for this one = Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Re: configuration of a printer
Hello, I have already solved my problem. My problem came from the fact that I created the /etc/printcap properly (for example, using "magicfilter") but I didn't know that, in order to use the new configuration, I had to make the lpd daemon re-read the printcap file. This can be done by executing the "lpc" program first and the "reread" command from its prompt later. To check that the printcap file has been read, execute the command "printcap" from the "lpc" prompt. Doing this, my printer has work properly. I hope it also works for you. Thanks to every one for their advices because they have allowed me to discard some wrong alternatives during the configuration process. Manuel Arenaz
FTP server recommendation ???
Hi, Does anyone have a strong recommendation for an FTP server? What I want to do is fairly meager. I want to support several (<10) accounts. The directory structure would look something like this: User anonymous: /ftp/anonymous (this is root for FTP) /ftp/anonymous/upload (write only) /ftp/anonymous/pub (read only) User Whoever1: /ftp/Whoever1 (this is root for FTP) /ftp/Whoever1/upload(write only) /ftp/Whoever1/pub (read only) ... etc ... ProFTP appears to be quite problematic at this time. Any recommendations/experiences are appreciated. paul Double E Solutions Attn: Paul McHale 4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 937-253-7610 Mobile: 937-371-2828 Fax:408-351-8803 Home: 937-253-6260 (anytime)
.emacs setup question
I am trying to get emacs to open dvi2tty in console and tkdvi in X. The syntax I saw was: (setq tex-dvi-view-command (if (eq window-system 'x) "tkdvi" "dvi2tty * ")) but this does not seem to work. How do I modify this so that different viewer will be used depening on whether I am using a console on Xwindows? Lance
Re: Installing debian to another hard drive
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the > > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and > > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is > > disfunctional, and has no CD-ROM drive. > > > > I have connected the laptop's hard drive to my Debian machine, using an > > adapter. There must be some way to install Debian to this hard drive, > > using my desktop machine. How can I do this? Will the normal > > install-from-dos-partition procedure work? I tried the following: I did a normal install from my dos partition (from dos), and installed the base system, and made the disk bootable, BUT it was all done on /dev/hdc, the laptop hard drive. Then I placed the disk back in the laptop, and booted it, and received errors, fstab was referencing /dev/hdc - I changed all those references (two) to /dev/hda, now it boots fine. However, the laptop cannot ping other computers, and it cannot ping itself at 192.168.1.8, which it should, but it can ping itself at 127.0.0.1 route displays only one entry, namely 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 1 lo I believe it is supposed to display more. I need to get ftp/nfs working to install more stuff (I don't mind using floppy disks to get it working though). Where is the network configuration stuff stored, or is there a nice net config program? Thanks, Hugo ps. Please cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as I am not subscribed to the list, and sometimes miss a reply when reading the newsgroups...
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:42:38AM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:27:43AM +, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:41:26PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > > > the way to solve the problem would be to create a package called e.g. > > > > "secure-kernel", which would depend on the most secure > > > > "kernel-image-". > > > > Then if the security team has newer kernel with security bugfixes, they > > > > would make a new version of "secure-kernel" which would depend on the > > > > fixed > > > > kernel. > > > > > > I, for one, wouldn't want my kernel upgraded automatically, no matter > > > what the fixes involved are. Here's why: I have compiled my own > > > kernel with my hardware selected (sound, tape drive, scsi card, > > > network card) and Debian simply can't afford to make all possible > > > combinations of kernel configurations to provide an easy upgrade path > > > for users. Now, possibly there could be some kind of secure-kernel > > > package which would do nothing more than simply inform you during > > > upgrade that a newer kernel with such-and-such security patches is > > > available and recommend how to upgrade, that's seems more reasonable > > > to me at least. > > > > That is the point of this idea. If you want your kernel to be upgraded > > automatically, you install secure-kernel, if you only want to be informed, > > you install secure-kernel-info, if you don't care at all, you instal > > neither. > > I am still very leery of automatic kernel updating... I do rather like the > idea of secure-kernel-info, as Marcin has described it, but it needs a > better name; secure-kernel just won't do it. kernel-update-watcher perhaps. but of course, i know the names need improving > However, if security is enough of an issue for you that you think a kernel > package should be made around it, maybe you should keep an eye on bugtraq > and freshmeat, or a cron-job to grab the LATEST-VERSION-IS file from the > kernel.org servers -- no matter which approach is taken, it will be faster > than waiting for a new kernel package to come along... I guess this kind of kernel packages would be for people quite concerned about security but also quite lazy :) Also if you administer a lot of boxes, and if they work ok with the default kernel you will find it _a lot_ more convenient to automatically upgrade kernel than to compile it for each box... Just my 0.02 Marcin -- - Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:27:43AM +, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:41:26PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > > the way to solve the problem would be to create a package called e.g. > > > "secure-kernel", which would depend on the most secure > > > "kernel-image-". > > > Then if the security team has newer kernel with security bugfixes, they > > > would make a new version of "secure-kernel" which would depend on the > > > fixed > > > kernel. > > > > I, for one, wouldn't want my kernel upgraded automatically, no matter > > what the fixes involved are. Here's why: I have compiled my own > > kernel with my hardware selected (sound, tape drive, scsi card, > > network card) and Debian simply can't afford to make all possible > > combinations of kernel configurations to provide an easy upgrade path > > for users. Now, possibly there could be some kind of secure-kernel > > package which would do nothing more than simply inform you during > > upgrade that a newer kernel with such-and-such security patches is > > available and recommend how to upgrade, that's seems more reasonable > > to me at least. > > That is the point of this idea. If you want your kernel to be upgraded > automatically, you install secure-kernel, if you only want to be informed, > you install secure-kernel-info, if you don't care at all, you instal > neither. I am still very leery of automatic kernel updating... I do rather like the idea of secure-kernel-info, as Marcin has described it, but it needs a better name; secure-kernel just won't do it. kernel-update-watcher perhaps. However, if security is enough of an issue for you that you think a kernel package should be made around it, maybe you should keep an eye on bugtraq and freshmeat, or a cron-job to grab the LATEST-VERSION-IS file from the kernel.org servers -- no matter which approach is taken, it will be faster than waiting for a new kernel package to come along... -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Kernel upgrades = security upgrades - a possible solution?
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:41:26PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > the way to solve the problem would be to create a package called e.g. > > "secure-kernel", which would depend on the most secure "kernel-image-". > > Then if the security team has newer kernel with security bugfixes, they > > would make a new version of "secure-kernel" which would depend on the fixed > > kernel. > > I, for one, wouldn't want my kernel upgraded automatically, no matter > what the fixes involved are. Here's why: I have compiled my own > kernel with my hardware selected (sound, tape drive, scsi card, > network card) and Debian simply can't afford to make all possible > combinations of kernel configurations to provide an easy upgrade path > for users. Now, possibly there could be some kind of secure-kernel > package which would do nothing more than simply inform you during > upgrade that a newer kernel with such-and-such security patches is > available and recommend how to upgrade, that's seems more reasonable > to me at least. That is the point of this idea. If you want your kernel to be upgraded automatically, you install secure-kernel, if you only want to be informed, you install secure-kernel-info, if you don't care at all, you instal neither. regards Marcin -- - Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
DGA & vmware
Hello all! Today I've installed X 3.3.5 from potato. After this vmware reported that my X server (XF86_S3) does not support DGA. If I use utility "dga" I get cannot connect to X server Why? Before this upgrade I used X 3.3.2 and vmware said that my X server support DGA 1.0 (not 1.1 that vmare need). Can anybody help me? Thanks -- Serge Gavrilov
Re: apt: conf file says: /tmp/cache/apt/. Apt insists on /var/cache/apt/archives/
Shaul, give us output from "df" -- I bet it isn't much.
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:33:33AM +0200, shaul wrote:
> How can I fixed it ?
>
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.3.11.1
>
> [09:21:40 shaul]# apt-get install xbooks
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 120 not upgraded.
> E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/
> [09:27:04 shaul]# grep 'Cache "/' /etc/apt/apt.conf
> Cache "/tmp/cache/apt/" {
> [09:27:10 shaul]#ls -Rl /tmp/cache/
> /tmp/cache:
> total 1
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 apt
>
> /tmp/cache/apt:
> total 1
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 archives
>
> /tmp/cache/apt/archives:
> total 1
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 partial
>
> /tmp/cache/apt/archives/partial:
> total 0
> [09:30:37 shaul]#
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: potato
> Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586
> unknown
>
> Versions of the packages apt depends on:
> ii libc6 2.1.2-5GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
> timezone
> ii libstdc++2.92.91.66-0slink The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
>
>
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Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
B. Szyszka wrote: > > Like I said, I can't afford to OK, but for me it remains the only convincing test. As it happens I have a couple of old pentium 75 motherboards at home and I just imagined that maybe you or somebody you knew also had stuff like that that you could use for a test, temporarily. Otherwise, I'd start down the "turn off go faster modes until it works reliably" track as already suggested; the same approach can fix Sig-11s. Check out the tool hdparm as well as tweaking the dma in the kernel. Andrew
Re: netscape, and gnome
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:46:12PM +0300, tf wrote: > hey guys, > > two problems that I've just been living with... > > 1. netscape won't open cgi pages. I have a message board and one of > those fake chat rooms that come up pretty much blank. Could it be that > I'm using somehow microsoft-specific cgi scripts? > netscape is not responsible for opening cgi. the remote server runs them and then sends html to netscape. check the server config (if thats your server), or check html source with netscape to see what confuses it, or try opening with lynx and see if that gives you something. does the page show up correctly with IE? > 2. I got gnome from netgod. the displays in all the "sample" wms is > corrupted. especially enlightenment. "corrupted" in that a giant blop > follows the cursor around, and parts of the display sort of repeat > themselves along the top of the screen. (enlightenment is actually > doubled) Blackbox, prior to my gnome attempt, never did such things. > never had that but my gnome experience was about 1 hour long (with wmaker). -Lex pgpwm8shjjxcy.pgp Description: PGP signature
apt: conf file says: /tmp/cache/apt/. Apt insists on /var/cache/apt/archives/
How can I fixed it ?
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.11.1
[09:21:40 shaul]# apt-get install xbooks
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 120 not upgraded.
E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/
[09:27:04 shaul]# grep 'Cache "/' /etc/apt/apt.conf
Cache "/tmp/cache/apt/" {
[09:27:10 shaul]#ls -Rl /tmp/cache/
/tmp/cache:
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 apt
/tmp/cache/apt:
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 archives
/tmp/cache/apt/archives:
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 29 09:29 partial
/tmp/cache/apt/archives/partial:
total 0
[09:30:37 shaul]#
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586
unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-5GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.92.91.66-0slink The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
Re: Berolist
Matt Kopishke wrote: > > I am trying to configure Berolist under Slink. > ### > > I have tried every thing I can think of, I also have tried smartlist, > Majordomo, and mailman with out any luck, all thought I had Majordomo > running while back on a different install. I have yet to find a easy list > server to set up, maybe it's my bad luck but every one else say they don't > have problems like I do... > > -Matt- Matt, I wasted a lot of time trying to get Berolist working and finally went to smartlist. I couldn't keep Berolist from seg-faulting. I even compiled my own and it still was seg-faulting. Smartlist was harder to configure than Berolist, but easier than Majordomo and is working well. -Ben -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email contains no tyops. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Getting shaper0 to work
Hi all,
I was wondering why I cannot get the kernel's network traffic shaper to
work.
It is compiled as a module in the kernel and seems to be initalising
correctly. I have installed the shapecfg deb, (I assume this is for
the 2.2 kernel's, not AC's backport to 2.0.*)
I have tried many permutations of the following in my /etc/init.d/network
ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
[ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
shapecfg attach shaper0 eth0
shapecfg speed shaper0 16000
ifconfig shaper0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} up
#route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} dev shaper0
I commented out the last route add... line as I understand that ifconfig
now brings up the route (on potato) and I loose all packet's if I don't.
route -n also shows that shaper0 is there.
With this setup, the ifconfig output shows the traffic still going
through eth0, and the speed is still running at 500kB/s.
Thanks for any help,
Mark.
missing man ... pages
I don't know how it happened (surely I did something stupid) but it seems that almost all the man pages are lost. Is there any way to recover from this without reinstalling all the packages? a.
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 07:13:45AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:05:56PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > > > Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a > > smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but > > it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) > > I'm concerned that it wouldn't even get to the smarthost - it would > think "this is a local address, I should be able to deliver it" and then > find it can't and bounce before ever trying a smarthost. D'oh! Upon looking again, I think you are right. Good thing the original poster fixed his problem, huh? :) > > detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few > > times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It > > has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) > > I find the trick is to remember the big picture and look up those > specifics that aren't memorable. Keeping vi's '/' handy helps too. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Peripherals work fine on old M/B, misbehave on new M/B
Hi,
I was hoping that someone would be able to suggest a solution for some
hardware problems I'm having.
i) I have two eisa network cards: 3c507, and ni65 (ancient lance chip:)
These both work fine (500kB/s) when used on a 486DX100 M/B (with VLB)
However, I also have access to two more recent M/B's with PCI buses.
One has a k6-2 on an MVP4 chipset. The other has a k6 on an SIS chipset.
Whenever I attempt to use either of the NICs on the recent M/B's, the
cards lock up with Rx and Tx unit stopped messages.
The 3c507 behaves slightly better and will only lock up if I do a
ping flood or try to send a number of packets in quick succession -
it is able to limp along under a light load of ip-masquerading for
a dialup connection. The ni65 seems to be worse though.
Now, when I put an ne2000 eisa card on the PCI m/b's, it works fine.
I U'dTSL (3c507.c) and noticed Donald B's note about clearing the Tx
buffer etc. if the Tx unit ever stopped, however I believe it is more
of an eisa bus timing problem or conflict issue (i have disabled on
board sound and any unnecesary stuff like that). I also upgraded the
BIOS but that did not help (but did give me an option to enable an
onboard modem I never knew I had?:)
ii) My hard disk works fine on the old board, but starts up with the
following error on either of the PCI boards:
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: ST33221A, 3077MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=781/128/63, UDMA
Partition check:
hda:hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
(the ready/seek errors do not occur during operation so I am only mildly
concerned)
Thanking anybody who has made it this far in the message,
Mark.
(gcc2.72 kernel, pci quirks enabled, happens with either 486 or
k6 optiisations, also happens with gcc2.95 kernel)
Re: ipchains patch to kernel?
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:03:27AM +0200, Bruno Van de Casteele wrote: > i have debian 2.1, but i like to apply the ipchains patch to my system... is > it > advisable and is there a "debian" way to do it? or should i wait for debian > 2.2 > and do everything with ipfwadm now? (but that sounds like doing the same thing > twice) There is no patch for kernel 2.0 which allows ipchains to be used. You'll need to use a 2.2 kernel if you want to use ipchains. Debian 2.1 is actually mostly compatible with kernel 2.2 - if you take a look at the release notes on the web site you'll find a link to a page detailing exactly what needs upgrading (you may find there's nothing at all that you use - I'm running a 2.2 kernel on Debian 2.1 with no upgrades). -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgp7K9AhmZZjT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:05:56PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a > smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but > it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) I'm concerned that it wouldn't even get to the smarthost - it would think "this is a local address, I should be able to deliver it" and then find it can't and bounce before ever trying a smarthost. > detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few > times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It > has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) I find the trick is to remember the big picture and look up those specifics that aren't memorable. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgp2gug9NQZFu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
Hi Bart,
> running into some error messages:
> hdb: write_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: write_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned these yet, here are a few things
you could check:
i) Is there a power down of the drive through bios?
ii) i have heard that if a PIO mode is specified that is too high for
the drive, these errors can occur. hdparm (as root) can give you the
defaults for your drive (from memory it's something like
hdparm -i /dev/hdb, but I am miles away from my man pages ATM so pls
check first)
HTH
Mark.
Re: Installing debian to another hard drive
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:54:42AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: > Perhaps something like this (assuming the target drive is /dev/hdb). > (I'm going to emphasize that I'm JUST GUESSING and you should RTFM all > the suggestions I give here). > > # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 > # makeswap /dev/hdb2 should read: # mkswap /dev/hdb2 > # dpkg --get-selections > selections > # dpkg --root=/mnt --set-selections < selections > # apt-get -f -o dpkg::options::"--root=/mnt" dist-upgrade > > Does anybody who knows what they're talking about have better ideas? > > Rob > > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:03:14AM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the > > > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and > > > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is > > > disfunctional, and has no CD-ROM drive. > > > > > > I have connected the laptop's hard drive to my Debian machine, using an > > > adapter. There must be some way to install Debian to this hard drive, > > > using my desktop machine. How can I do this? Will the normal > > > install-from-dos-partition procedure work? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Hugo van der Merwe > > > > > > ps. I would appreciate if replies could be CC:'ed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I am not subscribed to the list, and sometimes my ISP's news server messes > > > up... > > > > -- > Reliable source, n.: > The guy you just met. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Modems, caller id, and init strings
>> What's the easiest way to get an init string into the modem? >> Specifically, I want "AT#CID=1" to put the modem into caller-id reading >> mode. >> Is there a simple way to do something like 'echo "AT#CID=1" > >> /dev/modem'? I put my init string in my connect script: # The initialization string for your modem MODEM_INIT="AT&F2&C1&D2%C0M0" btw I have a Supra modem, and some of them use &F2 instead of &F -- Andrew
Re: Modems, caller id, and init strings
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Robbie Huffman wrote: > What's the easiest way to get an init string into the modem? > Specifically, I want "AT#CID=1" to put the modem into caller-id reading mode. > Is there a simple way to do something like 'echo "AT#CID=1" > /dev/modem'? Take a look at the chat program provided by the ppp package, you can generate scripts that send and wait on modem commands with it, or you could do it in perl probably ;-). -- Ashley Clark
Re: dhcp-dns problems
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 12:58:08AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a small network @Home and use dhcp to dole out the ip's, I use > the dhcp-dns package so that I can refer to these boxen by name and > so that various network utilities will work. Recently I've started > getting emails to root from Cron saying "update packet failed". have you recently upgraded to the latest bind in potato (8.2.1-1 or later)? if so, then you need to be aware that the config file location changed from /etc/named.conf to /etc/bind/named.conf, and the zonefiles in /var/named now live in /var/cache/bind. make sure you edit /etc/bind/named.conf to include everything that was in /etc/named.conf BTW, your message should have been submitted as a bug report and not posted to debian-devel. debian-devel is for issues related to debian development, not user support. craig (package maintainer for dhcp-dns) -- craig sanders
Re: Installing debian to another hard drive
Perhaps something like this (assuming the target drive is /dev/hdb). (I'm going to emphasize that I'm JUST GUESSING and you should RTFM all the suggestions I give here). # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 # makeswap /dev/hdb2 # dpkg --get-selections > selections # dpkg --root=/mnt --set-selections < selections # apt-get -f -o dpkg::options::"--root=/mnt" dist-upgrade Does anybody who knows what they're talking about have better ideas? Rob On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:03:14AM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the > > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and > > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is > > disfunctional, and has no CD-ROM drive. > > > > I have connected the laptop's hard drive to my Debian machine, using an > > adapter. There must be some way to install Debian to this hard drive, > > using my desktop machine. How can I do this? Will the normal > > install-from-dos-partition procedure work? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Hugo van der Merwe > > > > ps. I would appreciate if replies could be CC:'ed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am not subscribed to the list, and sometimes my ISP's news server messes > > up... > -- Reliable source, n.: The guy you just met.
Re: X for Win95
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:16:57AM -0400, Jon Hughes wrote: > I've been working on my Linux box here at work from my windows computer > (easier to telnet into rather then move around and stuff). This is fine and > dandy, but I've been told there is a way you can actually get the X > server/KDE stuff to work remotly, through a Xwindow on Win95 or something > like that. > > Ring a bell to anyone? > I'm going to throw in a vote for VNC, too. If you like screen, you'll love VNC. (If you don't know screen, you should try it, too...) Also, there's a program called Exceed on the lab computers here at UT which works very nicely but it's nice enough that I'm sure it costs lots of money. Rob -- What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. -- Thomas Hewitt Key, 1799-1875
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 06:03:09AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: >On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN >> > using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my >> > machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same >> > domain >> > as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm >> > blind. > >> Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for >> some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. > >I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it >handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay >option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users >to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented >in the manual. [...] Mark, Thanks for the note. I ultimately went back into eximconfig and realized that a better choice would be a satellite system, and played with the settings. What I wound up with seems to fit what you describe. So far (with no one responding to test msgs. this late at night :) it seems to be working (replies don't get bounced back to me with delivery failures). Kenward >> (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) > >The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - >it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different >terminology so well. fully agree with this
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 06:03:09AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN > > > using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my > > > machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same > > > domain > > > as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm > > > blind. > > > Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for > > some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. > > I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it > handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay > option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users > to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented > in the manual. Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) > Try adding after the localuser director in your exim.conf: > > startuser: >driver = domainlist >transport = remote_smtp >route_list = "* mail.relay.for.your.site bydns_a" > > (Completely untested and assuming a fairly standard Debian exim > configuration). The other option is to use a fake name or your hostname > internally and use rewriting to make sure any addresses which make it > off your system are valid. > > > (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) > > The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - > it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different > terminology so well. Hehhe. In the exim docs, EVERY SINGLE THING is explained in wonderful detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN > > using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my > > machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain > > as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. > Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for > some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented in the manual. Try adding after the localuser director in your exim.conf: startuser: driver = domainlist transport = remote_smtp route_list = "* mail.relay.for.your.site bydns_a" (Completely untested and assuming a fairly standard Debian exim configuration). The other option is to use a fake name or your hostname internally and use rewriting to make sure any addresses which make it off your system are valid. > (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different terminology so well. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpoW1WRPhQuh.pgp Description: PGP signature
dhcp-dns problems
I have a small network @Home and use dhcp to dole out the ip's, I use the dhcp-dns package so that I can refer to these boxen by name and so that various network utilities will work. Recently I've started getting emails to root from Cron saying "update packet failed". I know that dhcp-dns uses the nsupdate command to update the DNS info and I have set up my DNS stuff to allow this, why is it suddenly not working? I've have had no luck trying to debug this on my own because I have no clue where to look. None of the logs show anything odd and the dhcp-dns scripts seem pretty closed-mouthed. Any help is greatly appreciated. Rahsheen Porter -- StriderZ
Re: Flat-panel monitors?
Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 11:05:20PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: > > Well I'm not really ready to configure one yet. I was just asking for > > people's personal experiences with them. Do they display things just > > as well as Windows would? Worst? The same? > > The few that I have looked at do not look as nice as CRTs, though I > understand apple's studio displays are very nice. I think he was referring to the behavior of the screen under Linux, as compared to e.g. MS-Windows. But as far as the display itself, you're right, it's definitely not something you want to mail order if you can avoid it. The last time I saw the `monitor' floor at LAOX, there were about 25 different models; some of them really, really, sucked (dim, fuzzy), but some were quite brilliant (Sharp and NEC, in particular, had some *stunning* displays). [So, don't write them off, just be careful.] -Miles -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche
Modems, caller id, and init strings
Hi all, I thought this list might be the best place to ask: What's the easiest way to get an init string into the modem? Specifically, I want "AT#CID=1" to put the modem into caller-id reading mode. Is there a simple way to do something like 'echo "AT#CID=1" > /dev/modem'? Thanks much, Robbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
> I cannot give you any other suggestions ATM, because you haven't deigned > to list /any/ of your hardware. Since this seems to be a hardware-related > problem, the idea that anyone could solve it for you w/o hardware specicfic > information is ludicrous. All you had to do was ask, then. Some of you here have a tendency to talk down to people and be short tempered as if they didn't know to tell you something out of spite. I didn't tell you what type of harddrive I have because I've never dealt with that kind of error before and I wouldn't have known that it had to do with hardware. I'll find out what type of harddrive I have tomorrow. I'm pretty sure it's either a Mitsumi or a Toshiba IDE drive. -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com L.J.R. Engineering http://www.ljreng.com PHP Interest Group http://www.gigabee.com/pig/
Re: Flat-panel monitors?
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 11:05:20PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: > Well I'm not really ready to configure one yet. I was just asking for > people's personal experiences with them. Do they display things just > as well as Windows would? Worst? The same? The few that I have looked at do not look as nice as CRTs, though I understand apple's studio displays are very nice. -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
RE: Flat-panel monitors?
> For the case of the Number Nine card and SGI 1600SW digital flat > panel, all the necessary info needed to manually configure > /etc/X11/XF86Config is in the /usr/share/doc/xserver-i128 pages. > Note that you need xfree86 v3.3.1 or later. Note also that the later > .deb's have a broken xserver... So either stick with the 3.3.3.1 > .debs or grab the binary from xfree86.org. Well I'm not really ready to configure one yet. I was just asking for people's personal experiences with them. Do they display things just as well as Windows would? Worst? The same? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com L.J.R. Engineering http://www.ljreng.com PHP Interest Group http://www.gigabee.com/pig/
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
B. Szyszka wrote: > > Personally, I find it difficult to troubleshoot problems when the only > > data I'm given is "These things cost money". Give us something to work > > with. > > Well "buy something else" isn't exactly a very good solution to a problem > either. I cited two error messages and asked what they could be caused > by. Do you want a list of every single piece of hardware on my computer? > ---end quoted text--- I never suggested that you buy something else. Evidently you overlooked my first reply to your problem, where I suggested that the problem might be DMA and a buggy mobo (which is my situation). To reiterate: Try compiling a kernel with the option "Enable DMA by default when available" /disabled/. If this seems to clear the problem, investigate some of the docs and HOWTOs in the kernel source. I was eventually able to fix my setup with a combination of a recent kernel patch and the package hdparm. I cannot give you any other suggestions ATM, because you haven't deigned to list /any/ of your hardware. Since this seems to be a hardware-related problem, the idea that anyone could solve it for you w/o hardware specicfic information is ludicrous. Do you know what chipset/drive you have? -- Regards, Steve
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN > using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my > machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain > as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. > > Can someone kindly point out my blunder? > > Kenward > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
