Re: Cant find bzImage
When its done just run make bzlilo, and then if you want to be really careful run lilo. But make bzlilo should be enough to reboot with your new kernel. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello all, > I am upgrading my kernel from 2.2.12 to 2.2.15 and after selecting the > option I want, I type > make dep;make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install > then it starts to compile and when its done I cant find the bzImage. > I looked in the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot but nothing. What am > I missing here ? I installed bin86. Oh yeah Im running potato if > that helps. > Thanks guys > -- > > It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk > > > Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. > http://www.debian.org > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Database program
The spreadsheet "tsiag" the console version of siag spreadsheet from the Siag Office Suite might fit your needs, I use it for my bookkeeping applications. It will save your data in a variety of formats and has minimal memory needs. A simple but fast database I use is NoSql, a flat file database which saves data in a tab delimited text file. Your data can be edited with a text editor. hope this helps Mike On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:35:29AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for some sort of database or spreadsheet application to use > as a personal filing system. I'll be organising a lot of different > things that I own and so I anticipate that the file may become extremely > large. I'm running debian on an Intel 486 with 16mg RAM. I worried that > if I don't get a good program that can handle a large file I may run into > memory problems. This may not be a problem since when I installed debian > I made a 64mg swap partition. I'm not sure. > > Can anyone suggest a program, preferably one that does not run on X? I > just want a plain text based app that gracefully deals with low memory. > > Thanks in advance > M.Henry -- --- Mike Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
begone ctrlaltdel!
Suppose I want to dis-able the three fingered salute. Is it sufficient to simply comment out this line in /etc/inittab: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now or should another command be substituted for /sbin/shutdown, and if so, which one? -- Bob Bernstein http://www.ruptured-duck.com
Cant find bzImage
Hello all, I am upgrading my kernel from 2.2.12 to 2.2.15 and after selecting the option I want, I type make dep;make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install then it starts to compile and when its done I cant find the bzImage. I looked in the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot but nothing. What am I missing here ? I installed bin86. Oh yeah Im running potato if that helps. Thanks guys -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org
Using ATI's All-in-Wonder 128 16mb to capture videos...?
Hi, I was wondering how could I use my recently acquired ati all-in-wonder 16mb to capture videos on linux... I've searched around and found some projects such as linuxvideo.org, broadcast 2000 and other stuff, but even being able to run some as bcast2000, I couldn't capture, and I dunno what to use for it... with this new video board I'm still using the old configuration, made up for sis530 (onboard), but as seems to be compatible, didn't needed to be changed... but I still wanna know how can I use some accelerated servers here. The problem I found was in the xfree86's page, which showns this card is not right supported yet... thx -- <<>> <<< [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 17747907 >>> <<< Powered by Debian GNU / Linux Woody >>>
Re: Font corruption under X - possibly solved!
Mike Werner wrote: > Rogerio Brito wrote: > > On Jul 08 2000, Mike Werner wrote: > > Try it and let us know. > > If I can ever get the package downloaded I will - I'm currently getting > *really* low throughput. It's now installed. I ran the combo that eariler caused that corruption instantly, and the display survived! Everything seems to be running just as well as it did with the SVGA server, so I'll tentatively call this problem solved. Thank you Rogerio for spurring me to go ahead and try this server. To recap for anyone that missed the beginning of the thread - I was having odd font corruption in X, with an S3 Virge/DX vid card and the SVGA server. Switching to the S3V server appears to have solved the problem, in spite of the "warning" in the description of the S3V server package. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
Re: line drops
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 22:35:27 Brent wrote: > Hi > I was wondering how come when i dial into my service provider and then i > startx the line drops. > But when i startx and then dial into the service provider i have no > problems. > I have a friend that also uses debian but he does not have the problem i > have > > Anothert thing is also i find is that when i start kvirc ver 2 then the > line drops also > > Why is that > > Your assistants would be greatly appreciated > > Yours Sincerly > Brent Clark you did use pppconfig right??? this seems like a very odd problem indeed. does it crash in lynx? if not, then get the latest pppd and compile it, that might fix it *-* | Patrick Barr| | Promedia NZ | | | | Ph/Fax (03) 548-9129| | E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | ICQ 7095877 | | Mobile (021) 548-912| *-*
Re: Font corruption under X
Rogerio Brito wrote: > On Jul 08 2000, Mike Werner wrote: > > Looks like that's it, alright. I just popped my case to > > double-check, and I am indeed using an S3 Virge/DX vid card with the > > SVGA server. ::sigh:: > > Is there any reason why you don't use the specialized xserver > for your card? The package is xserver-s3v (not to be confused > with xserver-s3). I have installed that one for a customer and > he doesn't seem to have those problems (I went to your page to > see the corruption). Well, I had considered that server. But when I saw this ... HAL9000:~$ grep-available -P xserver-s3v Package: xserver-s3v Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 2037 Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: xfree86-1 Version: 3.3.6-3 Replaces: xbase (<< 3.3.2.1-1) Provides: xserver Depends: xserver-common (>= 3.3.6), libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libz1 Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xserver-s3v_3.3.6-3.deb Size: 892542 MD5sum: e6a896c951af08723bf0e1057596728c Description: X server for S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX-based graphics cards xserver-s3v is an 8-bit PseudoColor and 16-bit TrueColor X server suitable for use with S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX graphic accelerator boards. In most cases use of this X server is deprecated in favor of the SVGA X server. ... that last line got me to use the SVGA server instead. However, between the realization that since I pretty much know that the SVGA server is the cause of my troubles it most certainly can't hurt to try and your recommendation, I am now downloading the xserver-s3v package as I type this. > Perhaps then it won't be necessary to spend your hard-earned > bucks on a new card? Eventually I will anyway - I want a better card. The card I currently have has 4 megs VRAM onboard - that restricts me to 16 bit color at 1280x1024. I plan on getting a card with enough VRAM to let me run full color at that resolution. I've also reconsidered about the Matrox - I think I'll probably get something that uses the Mach64 server, as that's the server that my laptop uses. And if they both use the same server that's less downloading to do when upgrades come along. > If I recall correctly, the SVGA server support for S3 is more > or less of alpha quality (I don't know how things improved > since I last read the documentation). > > > Thanks for the speedy reply. > > Try it and let us know. If I can ever get the package downloaded I will - I'm currently getting *really* low throughput. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
Re: Potato .deb pkg install of apache/php/mod_perl/postgresql or mysql
Thanks. Your post built confidence so I waded in today. I got apache, php4 and postgresql limping along together, now working on mod_perl. I bear in mind what you said about php4, but it was already installed so I just used it for today's trial. It was easy for the first three: apt-get install apache php4 php4-pgsql postgresql (maybe a few of these) Potato /etc/mime.types comes php-ready: application/x-httpd-php phtml pht php etc. /etc/apache/httpd.conf needed just this: LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so /etc//php4/apache/php.ini needed just this: extension=pgsql.so Gordon On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 11:29:08AM +0800, Corey Popelier wrote: > I have just completed an install based on MySQL, Apache and PHP3. This was > all done using apt-get install (I'm using woody though, on a 2.2.15 > kernel). > > If you pursue this direction, feel free to email me directly if you need > some hints or tips. Only thing I can think of to say at the moment is get > MySQL and Apache working, then do PHP last. This can all be done using > apt-get install (mysql-server, mysql-client, apache, php3, > php3-mysql) and whatever else it grabs :) > > There should then be an extension=mysql.so line in the php3.ini file, and > a LoadModule line relating to mysql in the apache httpd.conf file. There > isnt much more to this setup - assuming you've set up apache right in the > first place. The config files for apache (httpd.conf, srm.conf) are > pretty well documented. > > You could certainly do Apache first, get that working, then do MySQL and > finally tie the two with PHPx without too much complexity. > > Mod_Perl i cant comment on. Oh, and this above detail should be pretty > right with potato too. And I'd prolly recommend you stay away from PHP4 > for now, from what ive heard its not quite "there" yet. > > Cheers, > Corey Popelier > http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas > Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > > I run potato, now about 4 weeks old. > > > > I want to install apache with php (3 or 4), mod_perl and either > > postgresql or mysql. > > > > It seems better in the long run to master an apt-get-based method of > > installing them *if* that is possible--that's what I don't know. > > > > I have looked in the debian-user archives and found some relevant > > posts but nothing that quite answered my question. > > > > Is it possible to do so using apt-get & the right debian packages? > > If so, is there an order to events to make it all work? For > > instance, should one install postgres/mysql, then apache-perl, then > > php4-pgsql? Or does it only work to have source for apache and php > > and perhaps the database, too? > > > > Or do folks usually end up compiling their own? > > > > In that case, does anyone have a suggestion for which versions of > > each source to get that match well together? > > > > And is it reliable to use debian sources (via apt-get source) to get > > the programs working together (presuming I follow their > > directions ;-])? Or should one just head for the 'real' source? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Gordon Pedersen > > info systems design Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Gordon Pedersen info systems design Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Font corruption under X
On Jul 08 2000, Mike Werner wrote: > Looks like that's it, alright. I just popped my case to > double-check, and I am indeed using an S3 Virge/DX vid card with the > SVGA server. ::sigh:: Is there any reason why you don't use the specialized xserver for your card? The package is xserver-s3v (not to be confused with xserver-s3). I have installed that one for a customer and he doesn't seem to have those problems (I went to your page to see the corruption). Perhaps then it won't be necessary to spend your hard-earned bucks on a new card? If I recall correctly, the SVGA server support for S3 is more or less of alpha quality (I don't know how things improved since I last read the documentation). > Thanks for the speedy reply. Try it and let us know. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Font corruption under X
Ashley Clark wrote: > What video card are you using? I noticed this on a cheap S3 > Virge/something (dx i think), upgrading my video card to a Matrox G200 > seems to have solved the problem so I suspect it had something to do > with the S3V implementation of the SVGA X server, but I'm still only > guessing. Looks like that's it, alright. I just popped my case to double-check, and I am indeed using an S3 Virge/DX vid card with the SVGA server. ::sigh:: Well, at least it looks like I now know what the problem is. I'll check the bug tracking system - if this hasn't already been filed maybe I'll go ahead and file one against the SVGA server. I'm still planning on getting a better vid card at some point - the Matrox line sounds quite promising. But it'll be long enough till I can afford a new card that I'll not worry about it for a while. Till then, I'll just try and put up with my current card. Who knows - perhaps the SVGA server in XFree86 4.0 will work better with this chip. Thanks for the speedy reply. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
Re: mouse problems
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 04:29:10PM -0400, Jacob I. Stowell wrote: > i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to > function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a > device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes > in the XF86Config file, so I did the following: > > in the Pointer Section i have > Protocol "IMPS/2" > Device "/deb/psaux" > ZAxisMapping 4 5 I think you need to add the line, Buttons 5 otherwise X will think it is a three button mouse. Hope this helps -- Philip O'Sullivan
Re: Font corruption under X
* Mike Werner in "Font corruption under X" dated 2000/07/08 19:36 * wrote: > Hiya folks. Some time back I started having a strange and sporadic > problem with the displayed fonts in X becoming corrupted. Recently > it started happening more often. I've not been able to determine > what causes it, but it happens more easily when Netscape is running. > I don't think I could describe what happens to the fonts, so I won't > try. Instead, I got a screenshot of it. It's at: > http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~mwerner/netscape.jpg Heh, I had that problem too, a while back. > Recently, if I copy a URL using the mouse from an xterm (actually, > it's rxvt that I use) and then paste it into Netscape's URL window > the font corruption happens almost immediately. If it doesn't happen > immediately, scrolling up and down a few times with the Page-Up and > Page-Down keys will trigger it. Mine was never that consistent though. > However, I'm just about positive it's *not* Netscape's fault. I've > had this font corruption happen even if Netscape is not running. > It's happened with FileRunner, mutt (running in an rxvt window), mc > (also in an rxvt window), and even just in rxvt at a prompt. There > may have even been other apps that it's happened with - the 4 listed > are the one's I use the most. > > I've also determined that it happens whether I have Gnome running or > not. And I just tried with a different window manager - I usually am > using Sawfish under Gnome, installed blackbox and tried under that - > with the same results. It would seem that the fault is with X itself > somewhere, but I have no idea where. And since I've no idea where to > look next I'm not sure what to do next. I came to the same conclusion that it had to be something in the X server but what exactly I don't know. > I'm running woody up-to-date as of 5 minutes ago, kernel 2.2.16, PII > 300MHz, 64 megs RAM, Helix Gnome / Sawfish. What video card are you using? I noticed this on a cheap S3 Virge/something (dx i think), upgrading my video card to a Matrox G200 seems to have solved the problem so I suspect it had something to do with the S3V implementation of the SVGA X server, but I'm still only guessing. -- Ashley Clark GCS/M d- s:-- a-- C++$ UL$ P+>+++ L+++ E W++ N+ o K++ w O M V-- PS+(++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++(+++) t* 5+ X+ R* tv b+ DI++ D G e* h* r++ y+ finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for GPG public keyhttp://ghoti.org/ pgpT2d9Excw95.pgp Description: PGP signature
Font corruption under X
Hiya folks. Some time back I started having a strange and sporadic problem with the displayed fonts in X becoming corrupted. Recently it started happening more often. I've not been able to determine what causes it, but it happens more easily when Netscape is running. I don't think I could describe what happens to the fonts, so I won't try. Instead, I got a screenshot of it. It's at: http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~mwerner/netscape.jpg Recently, if I copy a URL using the mouse from an xterm (actually, it's rxvt that I use) and then paste it into Netscape's URL window the font corruption happens almost immediately. If it doesn't happen immediately, scrolling up and down a few times with the Page-Up and Page-Down keys will trigger it. However, I'm just about positive it's *not* Netscape's fault. I've had this font corruption happen even if Netscape is not running. It's happened with FileRunner, mutt (running in an rxvt window), mc (also in an rxvt window), and even just in rxvt at a prompt. There may have even been other apps that it's happened with - the 4 listed are the one's I use the most. I've also determined that it happens whether I have Gnome running or not. And I just tried with a different window manager - I usually am using Sawfish under Gnome, installed blackbox and tried under that - with the same results. It would seem that the fault is with X itself somewhere, but I have no idea where. And since I've no idea where to look next I'm not sure what to do next. I'm running woody up-to-date as of 5 minutes ago, kernel 2.2.16, PII 300MHz, 64 megs RAM, Helix Gnome / Sawfish. Anyone out there ever seen anything like this? -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
Re: What drive is the dir on ?
>If you're running a recent 2.2.x kernel and you still have one >of those partitions empty, Does this mean the 2.2 kernel isn't confined to the 8gig limit of the earlier generations? C.K.
Re: networking questions
I guess you'll want to take a look at samba, with samba you can share your disks on your debian box to windows and the other way around AFAIK. But first off all you'll have to get the network to work. Ron Rademaker On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Franco Cone wrote: > Howdy! > >I have a few networking questions..hope you guys won't mind :) I have 2 > networked machines (win98 & debian GNU) as of this moment using ethernet > 10baseT cat 5 connected to a hub. My questions are: > > 1.how do I let win98 see the debian box thru network neighborhood? > 2.how do I make debian see win98? I don't thinks there's network > neighborhood for debian..is there? > > Sorry for my stupid questions but I'm kinda new here and I don't know > where to start.If anybody can give me a head start & point me to some good > documentation/explanation out there Regarding this matter I would forever be > in > your debt ;) > > -- > please CC me...I'm leaving this list in a minute > > Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: boa & doc-central -- Work for anyone?
Wouldn't you know, I found that errant "print 'DEBUG ..." line. Anyone else having problems with doc-central (v. 1.3) should comment out line 56 in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/docinfo.py (in function parse_info). Adios. -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
Re: boa & doc-central -- Work for anyone?
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 02:46:57AM -0500, Jim Louvau wrote: > > "Eric G . Miller" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Don't know where the problem is exactly, but I'm trying to use the new > > doc-central (in woody) with the boa server and I get the 505 error. > > > > The logs for boa aren't very informative: > > Actually, they are very informative... IF you know your CGI :-) > > > > > [05/Jul/2000:05:53:57 +] Forked child > > "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/dc-contents.cgi" pid 5766 > > [05/Jul/2000:05:53:58 +] cgi_header: unable to find LFLF > > All CGI scripts that return text (html) to a client MUST start with the > lines: > > "Content-type: " > "" > > The end of the first line + the empty second line = LFLF or 2 linefeeds. > > Somebody obviously didn't test/run the CGI scipt before shipping it (bad > programmer, no pizza!). Yes, I know this. If I run the script from the console, after printing a bunch of 'DEBUG: ... ' messages, the lines: Content-type: text/html are printed. If 'cgi_header' is from boa, then I must assume those debug messages are getting sent to STDOUT in the cgi call (which would cause this error). However, I can't find out where those DEBUG messages are being instantiated. I would assume the DEBUG messages are supposed to be sent to STDERR (or not printed at all if called from a cgi). Also, it's working for others, that's why I was trying to find out if this might be related to boa somehow. -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
networking questions
Howdy! I have a few networking questions..hope you guys won't mind :) I have 2 networked machines (win98 & debian GNU) as of this moment using ethernet 10baseT cat 5 connected to a hub. My questions are: 1.how do I let win98 see the debian box thru network neighborhood? 2.how do I make debian see win98? I don't thinks there's network neighborhood for debian..is there? Sorry for my stupid questions but I'm kinda new here and I don't know where to start.If anybody can give me a head start & point me to some good documentation/explanation out there Regarding this matter I would forever be in your debt ;) -- please CC me...I'm leaving this list in a minute Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net
mouse problems
hello group, i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes in the XF86Config file, so I did the following: in the Pointer Section i have Protocol "IMPS/2" Device "/deb/psaux" ZAxisMapping 4 5 Once i changed this section, it looks like x recognizes when i try to use the wheel, but every time i use it, a menu pops up and it does not scrool as it is supposed to. if anyone has any ideas on what i might try next, i would appreciate any advice. thank you
mouse problems
hello group, i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes in the XF86Config file, so I did the following: in the Pointer Section i have Protocol "IMPS/2" Device "/deb/psaux" ZAxisMapping 4 5 Once i changed this section, it looks like x recognizes when i try to use the wheel, but every time i use it, a menu pops up and it does not scrool as it is supposed to. if anyone has any ideas on what i might try next, i would appreciate any advice. thank you
older packages
Where can I find older debian (woody) packages? -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu
Re: Debian Printing Again
I don't know what modconfig is, but if you select the ljet4 filter in magicfilterconfig, that should work with this printer, according to the database at www.linuxprinting.org. On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 12:13:42PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Group, > I was reading the list on printers and thought I would try to setup my > Xerox DocuPrint 4508 Laser Printer. I installed magicfilter and as > before it wanted me reconfigure the printcap. So I ran magicfilterconfig > but I had no idea what input filter to use. Also do I need to recompile > or should I use the modconfig. I have never used modconfig and have > no idea how to start it. Any suggestions ???
Re: What drive is the dir on ?
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 10:16:20PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote > C. Falconer wrote: > > At 09:55 PM 7/7/00 -0400, you wrote: > > >For example, on my box here I get: > > > > > >HAL9000:~$ mount > > >/dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro) > > >proc on /proc type proc (rw) > > >devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > > >/dev/hdb1 on /space/part1 type ext2 (rw) > > >/dev/hdb2 on /space/part2 type ext2 (rw) > > >/dev/hdb3 on /space/part3 type ext2 (rw) > > >/dev/hdb5 on /space/part4 type ext2 (rw) > > >/dev/hdb6 on /space/part5 type ext2 (rw) > > >/dev/hdb7 on /space/part6 type ext2 (rw) > > > > Might I ask why you have seven partitions on hdb ? > > You sure can. I carved it up that way planning on installing a different > distro of Linux on each partition. It's actually only 6 - one of those is > the extended partition containing three logical partitions. However, my > need for miscellaneous data storage came before I had the chance to do the > "Great Installfest" so those partitions are now being used for random > storage. > > Oh yeah - the drive is a 12.2 gig drive, with each partition being 2 gig > except the last partition which was sligtly larger. /dev/hda is a 2.6 gig > drive - that's my "main" drive. I.e. that's where Debian itself is > installed, where the swap partition lives (/dev/hda2), and is what I boot > from. > > However, I am now regretting carving the drive up like that as some > partitions are rapidly running out of room while others are close to being > empty. As soon as I can afford a CD burner I'm going to archive everything > off and either turn it back into one large partition or *maybe* 2 or 3 > larger partitions. I don't know yet. If you're running a recent 2.2.x kernel and you still have one of those partitions empty, consider using LVM. Together with ext2resize, you can flexibly manage the space without having to repartition stuff. It works quite well. You can get LVM (a kernel patch plus utilities) at ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/ John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
Re: su question
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 11:22:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 03:14:55PM +0200, tom wrote: > > howdy guys, > > > > This is one of those things that has > > been pestering me. while logged in as a user in x, how can I > > edit files that require su privilages? (like /etc/fstab). I > > usually su from eterm and "jed filename". can I su from within > > emacs? nedit? > > I use this method > > [Gianluca][~] => xhost + localhost > localhost being added to access control list > [Gianluca][~] => su > Password: > [ROOT][gianluca] # > Not so good if there are other users logged into the workstation. I prefer $ ssh -l root localhost if I want to run X applications as root while logged in as an ordinary user. Easy to remember, and it just works. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
Initial X Load
Hi I just installed Potato via apt and everything seems to go well until its all done and I go to test out the x server. I starts but I get the following error regarding my keyboard: System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm'xinit: connection to X server lost. So I cant start up x. When I do get this fixed how do I set the default WM to enlightenment. It was downloaded. Thanks for your assistance. -Ethan
Debian Printing Again
Hello Group, I was reading the list on printers and thought I would try to setup my Xerox DocuPrint 4508 Laser Printer. I installed magicfilter and as before it wanted me reconfigure the printcap. So I ran magicfilterconfig but I had no idea what input filter to use. Also do I need to recompile or should I use the modconfig. I have never used modconfig and have no idea how to start it. Any suggestions ??? Thanks -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org
Re: apt-get upgrade problems
Gary Hennigan said: > After the keygen you'll have a file called ~/.ssh/identity.pub. Copy > the contents of that file and add it to the file on remote machines > called ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. Worked great - thanks! At this point, I only have one authorized key; I presume that I'll want to set up separate keys for other source machines. What is the preferred method for adding new keys to the file? `cat identity.pub >> authorized_keys`? > It's not quite as easy as the method you used, but it's certainly more > secure. Actually, now that I know what I'm doing, I'd have to say that it's about as easy on my home machines. _Much_ easier on a box where you don't have root access and can't modify shosts.equiv, though... > > Suggestions, anyone? > [sorry, no idea on #2 and #3] I think those were due to stale NFS handles. The client machine I was working from as I upgraded the server has /home NFS-mounted from that server. NFS became unavailable temporarily during the upgrade process (since it was one of the things upgraded) and I suspect that made my X session think ~ was unavailable even after NFS was back up. In any case, logging completely out of the (client) system and back in fixed those two problems. Everything seems to be fully functional again. (Although when I do an apt-get from the command line, it seems to think I only have 32 packages installed...) -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
No booting after kernel rebuild possible
Hello, using Debian 2.1 from the O'Reilly-Book "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", I'm wondering about a problem after kernel rebuild, no starting neither with the new kernel nor with the old kernel is possible: Partition check: request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01 (here: /dev/sda1) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 A fsck ext2 /dev/sda1, done from the minisystem of the rescue/root floppydisk doesn't report any fs problems. The /etc/fstab seems correct, too. Did anyone observe this problem and knows how to get the machine (Pentium 133MHz) booting up again? Thank you for every useful hint, Christoph -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
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Hello, using Debian 2.1 from the O'Reilly-Book "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", I'm wondering about a problem after kernel rebuild, no starting neither with the new kernel nor with the old kernel is possible: Partition check: request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01 (here: /dev/sda1) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 A fsck ext2 /dev/sda1, done from the minisystem of the rescue/root floppydisk doesn't report any fs problems. The /etc/fstab seems correct, too. Did anyone observe this problem and knows how to get the machine (Pentium 133MHz) booting up again? Thank you for every useful hint, Christoph -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
RE: Debian Printing
On 08-Jul-2000 16:49:37 R. D. Loga wrote: > I did the stop and start as you suggested and got replies that lpd > was > stopped and started. I do not know what you mean by "You did put > printer > support in the kernel or a kernel module, right?" My understanding > is that > I am using modules and I added the lp module with modconfig. Is > there > another "printer" module that needs added? I see a "parport" and a > "parport_pc" under misc where the lp module is. And, there is a > line "alias > parport_lowlevel parport_pc" in the /etc/conf.modules file. I think you've got it. I was asking if you have the lp module installed. -- Andrew
FW: Debian Printing
I added the parport_pc module with modconf and my printer is working! Thanks for everyone's help. -Original Message- From: R. D. Loga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:50 AM To: Pollywog; debian-user list Subject:RE: Debian Printing I did the stop and start as you suggested and got replies that lpd was stopped and started. I do not know what you mean by "You did put printer support in the kernel or a kernel module, right?" My understanding is that I am using modules and I added the lp module with modconfig. Is there another "printer" module that needs added? I see a "parport" and a "parport_pc" under misc where the lp module is. And, there is a line "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" in the /etc/conf.modules file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pollywog Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:25 AM To: debian-user list Subject:RE: Debian Printing You should not need to reboot. I just restart my print spooler: /etc/init.d/lprng stop /etc/init.d/lprng start I believe there is also a '/etc/init.d/lprng restart' but I am not sure. You might be using a different print spooler that I use. You did put printer support in the kernel or a kernel module, right? -- Andrew On 08-Jul-2000 16:01:37 R. D. Loga wrote: > /dev/lp0" or > "lpr /etc/printcap" I get no response and nothing printed. Do I > have to > reboot again? When I do "lpc status", I get a one line response > with a > printer name of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it says printing and spooling is > enabled. > When I do "lpd" I get "fatal error, another printer spooler is > using TCP > printer port, possibly lpd process '491'". -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
RE: Debian Printing
I did the stop and start as you suggested and got replies that lpd was stopped and started. I do not know what you mean by "You did put printer support in the kernel or a kernel module, right?" My understanding is that I am using modules and I added the lp module with modconfig. Is there another "printer" module that needs added? I see a "parport" and a "parport_pc" under misc where the lp module is. And, there is a line "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" in the /etc/conf.modules file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pollywog Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:25 AM To: debian-user list Subject:RE: Debian Printing You should not need to reboot. I just restart my print spooler: /etc/init.d/lprng stop /etc/init.d/lprng start I believe there is also a '/etc/init.d/lprng restart' but I am not sure. You might be using a different print spooler that I use. You did put printer support in the kernel or a kernel module, right? -- Andrew On 08-Jul-2000 16:01:37 R. D. Loga wrote: > /dev/lp0" or > "lpr /etc/printcap" I get no response and nothing printed. Do I > have to > reboot again? When I do "lpc status", I get a one line response > with a > printer name of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it says printing and spooling is > enabled. > When I do "lpd" I get "fatal error, another printer spooler is > using TCP > printer port, possibly lpd process '491'". -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
RE: Debian Printing
You should not need to reboot. I just restart my print spooler: /etc/init.d/lprng stop /etc/init.d/lprng start I believe there is also a '/etc/init.d/lprng restart' but I am not sure. You might be using a different print spooler that I use. You did put printer support in the kernel or a kernel module, right? -- Andrew On 08-Jul-2000 16:01:37 R. D. Loga wrote: > /dev/lp0" or > "lpr /etc/printcap" I get no response and nothing printed. Do I > have to > reboot again? When I do "lpc status", I get a one line response > with a > printer name of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it says printing and spooling is > enabled. > When I do "lpd" I get "fatal error, another printer spooler is > using TCP > printer port, possibly lpd process '491'".
Re: logrotate rotating too much
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 10:57:21AM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > > Hi all > Hi Hello :) > > My logrotate contains a section for exim's main log file: > Strange... my logrotate doesn't even mention exim, exim does it's log > rotation in a cron.daily/exim script here, do you have both? Oops, there ya go, that's it... It's done twice; didn't know about the cron.daily/exim script. > > Why though does it compress exim's other log files, too?! > The cron.daily/exim script rotates mainlog, rejectlog and paniclog by > default using savelog (from debianutils). Yup, that's it. Cheers. -- S. Burgener Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
RE: Debian Printing
The lp was not in my /etc/modules files so I used modconfig to add it. When rebooting, the messages indicated I had a device lp0. I then used magicfilterconfig and it complained about an existing /etc/printcap file so I renamed the existing file and used magicfilterconfig again and answered the questions on my printer. When doing "cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0" or "lpr /etc/printcap" I get no response and nothing printed. Do I have to reboot again? When I do "lpc status", I get a one line response with a printer name of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it says printing and spooling is enabled. When I do "lpd" I get "fatal error, another printer spooler is using TCP printer port, possibly lpd process '491'". -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Debian Printing Hello. I was made very nervous by the prospect of setting up printing, but it turned out to be very easy. I have an HP LaserJet 1100. I plugged it in to the parallel port, installed magicfilter and it basically did everything for me (via the configuration program magicfilterconfig). You really don't have to do very much at all (it creates the necessary files and installs the necessary filters for you). The only work you really have to do is find out which driver is right for your printer. But there's a lot of documentation available on that question. Later on I set up one linux box to be a remote printer spooler for another, and that turned out to be much easier that I expected it to be. Let me know if I can help with this. Also: setting up X isn't as bad as it initially seems. If you have minimal knowledge of your hardare, the xf86setup program will step you through the process with a series of questions and answers. That is usually enough to get the thing running in a reasonably good way. You can tweak the details afterwards, Jim
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error
Fernando: Yes, check "no" for DMA Enabled in kernel config. This thread about the message has appeared before. Opinion was divided whether it signaled a bad hard drive or a minor glitch. By all means, if you can exchange your hard drive easily, do. I chose to disable the DMA by default option and have not had a re-occurence of the message on my two hd. Eric Wolven
Re: logrotate rotating too much
* Sven Burgener in "logrotate rotating too much" dated 2000/07/08 12:43 * wrote: > Hi all Hi > My logrotate contains a section for exim's main log file: Strange... my logrotate doesn't even mention exim, exim does it's log rotation in a cron.daily/exim script here, do you have both? > Why though does it compress exim's other log files, too?! The cron.daily/exim script rotates mainlog, rejectlog and paniclog by default using savelog (from debianutils). -- Ashley Clark GCS/M d- s:-- a-- C++$ UL$ P+>+++ L+++ E W++ N+ o K++ w O M V-- PS+(++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++(+++) t* 5+ X+ R* tv b+ DI++ D G e* h* r++ y+ finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for GPG public keyhttp://ghoti.org/ pgp9TNlI90YpJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
"apropos" won't stop
Hello, another really strange problem with my Debian-Potato-system: if I start "apropos [some command]" apropos just won't stop writing what it found on the STDOUT. Seems like a loop, I have to terminate it. "whatis" works fine. What might be the problem here? BTW: Is there a way to keep the cursor in emacs from blinking? Thanks a lot, Phil
Re: Compaq Armada 1750
Hi Alec, I tried to use potato floppies from: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/images-1.44 boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue. What can be wrong? Quoting Alec Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Try the Potato boot disks. The Slink disks are ancient, and I'm not > surprised they won't recognize the NIC on your laptop -- They won't work > on mine either. I've been running Potato for the last 9 months, and at > this point its very stable There's no point to doing a Slink install > anymore. > > > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > Hi Mike and all, > > I dont have much experience with laptops. > > This Armada came with a pcmpcia lan ethernet card. I installed slink and > > pcmcia-cs packages (and answered it's config questions). > > When I insert the card it not beeps it does nothing. > > ifconfig show me only lo entry. > > What I can do? > > Thanks, Paulo Henrique > > Quoting Mike Werner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > > Hi all Debian users, > > > > I have to install Debian at a Compaq Armada 1750. I cant get > > > > the network > > > > pcmcia card to work. Anyone can help on this? > > > > > > Simply saying you can't get it to work is not enough for anyone to help > > > you. > > > More information is needed. > > > > > > What have you done so far? > > > What, if any, error messages are you seeing? > > > What are the exact commands you have tried? > > > What release of Debian are you using? > > > What kernel? > > > What version of the pcmcia drivers are you using? > > > What make and model of PCMCIA card do you have? > > > -- > > > Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" > > > | "As far from Redmond as possible!" > > > '91 GS500E| > > > Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > >
RE: line drops
On 08-Jul-2000 09:50:27 Brent wrote: > Hi > I was wondering how come when i dial into my service provider and > then i > startx the line drops. > But when i startx and then dial into the service provider i have no > problems. > I have a friend that also uses debian but he does not have the > problem i > have > > Anothert thing is also i find is that when i start kvirc ver 2 then > the > line drops also > > Why is that > > Your assistants would be greatly appreciated Make sure you have put the numeric address for your nameserver(s) in your /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.1.1 -- Andrew
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error
Dear Eric, Thank you very much for your answer.! The Ttings which are related to DMA in my present kernel configurations are the following: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y If I understand correctly your solution, I should say No to CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA. Is that correct? One thing that I would like to be sure is that my hard disk does not have any harware problem, because in that case I would just go to the retailer and have it replaced. Following the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA help I have just installed the hdparm utility. The help says that with hdparm one can "enable DMA for drives for which it was not enabled automatically". Would this another possible solution? Sorry for asking so many questions! I realy would like to understand this problem; not just solve it! Fernando On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, eric k. wolven wrote: > Fernando: > > I removed the DMA option from my compilation of the kernel. I do not get > those messages anymore. > > Eric Wolven > > >
Re: Database program
I don't know about memory usage, but I think MySQL will work for you... Ron Rademaker On Sat, 8 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for some sort of database or spreadsheet application to use > as a personal filing system. I'll be organizing a lot of different > things that I own and so I anticipate that the file may become extremely > large. I'm running debian on an Intel 486 with 16mg RAM. I worried that > if I don't get a good program that can handle a large file I may run into > memory problems. This may not be a problem since when I installed debian > I made a 64mg swap partition. I'm not sure. > > Can anyone suggest a program, preferably one that does not run on X? I > just want a plain text based app that gracefully deals with low memory. > > Thanks in advance > M.Henry > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
restore fails
I can dump file systems without problems but the restore fails. I am calling restore -ivf /dev/nst0 I can run the commands cd and ls but when I do a add file the command fails with bad name to addentry ./dir/dir2/file abort? [yn] Any ideas? Werner
HW for UPS
Does someone know which UPS hardware could be used with the debian ups packet. TIA, Werner -- Werner Reisberger public-key available: voice: +41 1 3120086 Viktoriastr. 15http://www.gene.ch/mypubkey.txt CH-8057 Zurich
Database program
I'm looking for some sort of database or spreadsheet application to use as a personal filing system. I'll be organizing a lot of different things that I own and so I anticipate that the file may become extremely large. I'm running debian on an Intel 486 with 16mg RAM. I worried that if I don't get a good program that can handle a large file I may run into memory problems. This may not be a problem since when I installed debian I made a 64mg swap partition. I'm not sure. Can anyone suggest a program, preferably one that does not run on X? I just want a plain text based app that gracefully deals with low memory. Thanks in advance M.Henry
Re: mysqldump
Hi > does anyone know how I could do a dump of my database ( using mysqldump) but > i > want to leave out 1 specific table. mysqldump x specific > save echo "drop table specifi" | mysql x mysqldump x > bigdump mysql x < save rm save of course only if no write actions take place to the specific table. > Clinton bye, -christian- -- Linux - the choice of the GNU generation. Join the Debian Project http://www.debian.org Christian Hammers * Oberer Heidweg 35 * D-52477 Alsdorf * Tel.: 02404-25624 0AA3 E879 1D82 F59E 77A4 0096 911F 4AE6 86A1 18E6 1024D/86A118E6 1999-09-17
Re: hi
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, Trefois wrote: > How can I run cgi scripts under apache > I have got some but they dont work. i get 500 internal server error. I am > running under windows 98 > > Thnkas for your reply, > > -- > christophe The CGI scripts will run without having to do anything. Just make sure that the first line points to the perl interpretor. #!/usr/bin/perl/ or whatever yours is Kevin
Re: Compaq Armada 1750
Hi Mike and all, I dont have much experience with laptops. This Armada came with a pcmpcia lan ethernet card. I installed slink and pcmcia-cs packages (and answered it's config questions). When I insert the card it not beeps it does nothing. ifconfig show me only lo entry. What I can do? Thanks, Paulo Henrique Quoting Mike Werner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all Debian users, > > I have to install Debian at a Compaq Armada 1750. I cant get the network > > pcmcia card to work. Anyone can help on this? > > Simply saying you can't get it to work is not enough for anyone to help you. > More information is needed. > > What have you done so far? > What, if any, error messages are you seeing? > What are the exact commands you have tried? > What release of Debian are you using? > What kernel? > What version of the pcmcia drivers are you using? > What make and model of PCMCIA card do you have? > -- > Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" > | "As far from Redmond as possible!" > '91 GS500E| > Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error
Fernando: I removed the DMA option from my compilation of the kernel. I do not get those messages anymore. Eric Wolven
hi
How can I run cgi scripts under apache I have got some but they dont work. i get 500 internal server error. I am running under windows 98 Thnkas for your reply, -- christophe
I: XFS
i think 64 bits refers to data structure for filesystem, not to processor internal architecture. Marco Frattola (S3 - Sviluppo Software e Sistemi) - Cubecom S.p.A. Via de Marini,1 3 piano Torre WTC 16149 GENOVA tel. 010 6591184 > > > > -Messaggio originale- > > Da: Oki DZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Inviato: venerdì 7 luglio 2000 3.50 > > A: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Oggetto: XFS > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > SGI says that XFS is a 64-bit journaling filesystem. > > So basically XFS can't be used on Pentiums. > > I'm missing something, right...? > > > > Oki > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
logrotate rotating too much
Hi all
My logrotate contains a section for exim's main log file:
/var/log/exim/mainlog {
missingok
monthly
create 0664 mail mail
rotate 1
}
Why though does it compress exim's other log files, too?!
# ls -l /var/log/exim/
total 220
-rw-rw-r--1 mail mail87254 Jul 8 12:17 mainlog
-rw-rw-r--1 mail mail81212 Jul 7 08:20 mainlog.0
-rw-rw-r--1 mail mail 9446 Jul 6 08:20 mainlog.1.gz
-rw-rw-r--1 mail mail11360 Jul 5 08:20 mainlog.2.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail17933 Jul 4 07:30 mainlog.3.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 185 Jul 4 08:20 mainlog.4.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail0 Jul 7 08:20 paniclog
-rw-r-1 mail mail0 Jul 6 08:20 paniclog.0
-rw-r-1 mail mail 31 Jul 5 08:20 paniclog.1.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 269 Jul 4 19:25 paniclog.2.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 31 Jun 30 08:20 paniclog.3.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 31 Jun 29 19:20 paniclog.4.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 218 Jun 10 14:10 paniclog.5.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail0 Jul 7 08:20 rejectlog
-rw-r-1 mail mail0 Jul 6 08:20 rejectlog.0
-rw-r-1 mail mail 32 Jul 5 08:20 rejectlog.1.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 32 Jul 4 08:20 rejectlog.2.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 32 Jun 30 08:20 rejectlog.3.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 32 Jun 29 19:20 rejectlog.4.gz
-rw-r-1 mail mail 366 Jun 11 18:31 rejectlog.5.gz
Also, what are good values for setting up logrotate? I am not much
familiar with the tool yet. :)
Any help appreciated...
TIA
--
S. Burgener
Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
mailman segmentation fault
Hello,
I can't seem to load the administration page of my mailing
list any more.
I always get "Internal Server Error" and "Premature end of script
headers: /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/admin" from apache. I haven't been
able to find any errors from mailman.
Other mailing lists work fine.
strace (from root) says (assuming I didn't mess anything up trying to
run strace on the CGI-script, I don't think so though):
open("/var/lib/mailman/lists/jokes/config.db", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0660, st_size=167257, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x401b5000
read(5, "{s\23\0\0\0member_posting_onlyi\0\0\0\0s\35"..., 4096) = 4096
old_mmap(NULL, 167936, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0x401f4000
read(5, "[...deleted...]"..., 159744) = 159744
read(5, "[...deleted...]"..., 4096) = 3417
brk(0x8167000) = 0x8167000
close(5)= 0
munmap(0x401b5000, 4096)= 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
It leaves the lock file lying around too, which really messes up subsequent
tests. I have to delete it manually.
snoopy# /usr/sbin/check_db jokes
/var/lib/mailman/lists/jokes/config.db is fine
/var/lib/mailman/lists/jokes/config.db.last is fine
I am really not sure what else I should do. How should I go about
confirming a post, ie letting it through?
Arrgghhh!
My computer is fully potato, and was up-to-date yesterday.
Thanks in advance.
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HOW-TO report a bug?
Hi, I cannot report a bug using neither reportbug nor bug. The problem is that even I have set the EMAIL environment or using the --email opt to set my from: line, the bug message sent were still using my local not-FQDN hostname hence got to be rejected by Debian's SMTP server. (only that reportbug sent a bcc: to the mail addr suggested in --email.) My message got rejected saying by Debian SMTP server that he cannot route to me after the MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . Please help! Thanks! Please Cc: me!
line drops
Hi I was wondering how come when i dial into my service provider and then i startx the line drops. But when i startx and then dial into the service provider i have no problems. I have a friend that also uses debian but he does not have the problem i have Anothert thing is also i find is that when i start kvirc ver 2 then the line drops also Why is that Your assistants would be greatly appreciated Yours Sincerly Brent Clark
I am searching IC STR-Z1505
Hi Folks, Please, help me and let me know where can I get the IC specified as follows: STR-Z1505 Integrated Cirquit for SMPS impulse transformer for feeding HP LJ 6L Thank you, ZJK or Zbigg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: strange problem with man
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 01:51:13AM +0200, Philipp Schulte wrote: > Hello, > if I try to load a man page that does not exist I do not get the usual > "No manuel entry for XXX" but this: > > nepomuk:~# man foo > man: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/cvsconfig.1.gz: whatis parse for > cvsconfig(1) > failed > Terminated I could solve this problem by removing cvs. I don't need it by now anyway, but still it's strange why it does interfere with "man". Phil
Re: Compaq Armada 1750
What type is the card? Slink or Potato? I succeeded installing potato on a Compaq Armada M700 with a Kingston Ether/modem-combo, so I may be of help with slightly more specific questions ;-) cheers, &rw On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:49:51 PDT, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira writes: > Hi all Debian users, > I have to install Debian at a Compaq Armada 1750. I cant get the networ >k >pcmcia card to work. Anyone can help on this? > Thanks, Paulo Henrique
Re: software watchdog
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 12:32:32 +1200, "C. Falconer" writes: >1) Temperature... has a CPU fan, case fan, or PSU fan seized up and >died? no, all fans running fine (see <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >2) Have you changed anything recently? moved it, rebooted it, run a >new kernel? no, the hardware hasn´t changed in about 6 months. >3) Run top, procinfo, vmstat -1, pppstats -w 1, netstat, free, df, and >look for anything odd or wrong. all looking fine, as far as I can tell (which doesn´t mean much, since I´m a lowly network engineer ;-) and know criscos better than *n*x). >4) Take the GF with you on your trip - they make great company. ah, no, it´s definitely a men-only-vacation, eg more about beer & playing quake than sun-taning & sightseeing ;-) cheers, &rw
Re: software watchdog
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 19:33:25 EDT, paul writes: >> My home-debian-box starts to behave rather odd lately, now and then it >> will freeze completely. >> >Is there anything consistent about the behavior? How long between reboot >and freeze? Are there any error messages during startup? What >applications are running when the machine freezes? (my bet is netscape) >What Debian version are you running (Slink, Potato)? What kernel version >are you running? Have you tried telneting to the machine to see if it is >a console only problem? Is the behavior in ANY way predictable? More info >is necessary if anyone is to be able to help. The box is running slink, with all packages, except the kernel and samba, "apt-get upgrade"´d to potato. Uptime is between 30 min and 5 days, I´m running X w/ fvwm95, setiathome in the background and, when I´m home, netscrap _may_ run. The system is IDE with a SCSI-streamer and -CD-recorder on a ASUS P54C-mobo with 4x16 MB FP-RAM and a Matrox Mystique as gfx card. 3 PCI-ethernet-cards, one ISA, and a SB16. Problem is that I can´t find any similarities between the hangs, the box can run ok for a few days, burning CDs, ripping and encoding mp3s, looking for ETs ;-), and doing ~1k mails per day, and at 3 am (according to my ping stats from outside) it´ll freeze. Since the connection to the outside is via PPTP, which hangs too, I can´t reach it anymore, although it answers to ICMP from local networks. but I can´t even get a TCP connection open (it sends nothing back, not even a syn_ack). The box is running as-is now for about a year, but is ~3 years old, so I guess it´s simply getting old. Cheap hardware isn´t built for running a 24/7 server, I guess. It shouldn´t get too hot, since I already underclocked it from 66/2.5 to 60/2 and I´m having 2 extra fans, one cooling the PCI and ISA cards, one cooling RAM. Also it sometimes freezes when loaded, sometimes when idling (I´ve disabled setiathome for testing). But that´s not the real problem, I´ll simply get a new used PC (used P1´s are for sale at about $ 100) when I´m back from the trip, what I need for the time being is a solution where it would simply reboot when having trouble, and I _guess_ the software watchdog _may_ be what I´m looking for in this case. tia, &rw
RE: Compaq ProLiant ML350
HI Scott, >Thanks to everyone who has helped me with this. I'm getting closer. >I compiled a 2.2.15 kernel with Compaq Smart Array2, placed it onto the >Rescue floppy and ran the following rdev commands on the kernel image: The >install can now see the controller and the 1 logical drive (YES). Cool! Glad to hear it! >Keyboard type, I get the message: >Can't write to temporary user settings file /tmp/keybd_settings. just out of curiosity, are you trying to use the (older) net-install images - they were out three or four months ago? I had this same thing with those floppy images... You could try going over to a VT ( do alt-F2) and you'll get a shell - from their you might be able to find out what's going on, maybe it needs a chmod +w or some such. See if /tmp exists too. the drive that you are installing to is in /target (in case you were curious)... anyway, you can frequently looka around and set things straight from this shell - and then just return to the install menu (alt-F1) and see if you can go on ... keep at it, I know you'll get it now... cheers, erik
Re: equivs problem-o
Hi, Brien> dh_installchangelogs Brien> parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at changelog line 5 Brien> dh_installchangelogs: changelog parse failure Brien> make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 Brien> Error during the build process: Illegal seek at /usr/bin/equivs-build line 162, chunk 44. Please send me the contol file you use with equivs-build, I'll check this. Ciao, Martin
VGA consolefont wanted (acm|sfm get reset)
Holla I want to have a VGA text console. The closest I get is this setting: SCREEN_FONT=default8x9 SCREEN_FONT_MAP=cp437 APP_CHARSET_MAP=cp437 however one of them, sfm or acm, at least get reset sometimes. I am not exactly shure when. however - I always end up with this silly iso01 encodeing. Can someone help me to get true VGA, buildin font encodeing? P.S.: is there a true unicode console? [utf8 would be fine as well] Greets -- Alexander N. Benner - irc: #Ixthys - secret service sig : Do u really scan? MAT 10:26 for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. HDGFHEGFGDCAGBHDHEHCGPGOGPGNHJCAHAHCGPHEGFGDHEGFGE Uran Libia (I love Israel) North Korea RAF Sprengstoff Islam Plutonium Bomb
Re: su question
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 01:51:49AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > But of course that's why sudo allows you to restrict usage to certain > commands defined in /etc/sudoers. Obviously this limits the compromise > even further. Being able to give certain users access to specific > commands, without giving them the root password, also lessons the result > of a compromise. > > su gives you none of this. again agreed, however one must be quite careful of what you give to a sudoer. for example allowing a user to run: sudo vi /etc/somefile is the same as giving them this: sudo bash since vi allows shell escapes as does pretty much every editor i have used. and of course giving sudo permission to emacs is most certainly root since emacs is an entire OS environment all its own ;-) i only use sudo for some commands for which i am almost completly certain won't give out a root shell. for example sudo shutdown -r now, sudo mount -o remount,r[ow] /usr[/local]. however something like sudo make install is giving out root, since a user can simply write a Makefile that installs a suidroot shell. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpXzBTX2AOrU.pgp Description: PGP signature
DriveReady SeekComplete Error
Dear Debian users,
I am running Debian 2.2 and kernel 2.2.15 on a Pentium II 266, 128MB.
My 3 hard disks are reported at boot time as follows:
hda: Maxtor 90430D3, 4028MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=1023/128/63, UDMA
hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63, DMA
hdc: FUJITSU MPE3136AT, 13031MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=26476/16/63, UDMA
At present, Debian/GNU-Linux is on hdb and on hda I have windows.
The Fujitsu disk is my newest addition to the box. I am planing to move
Linux to this new 13GB environment. Unfortunately, I am not being able
to use the new disk!!
What is happening is that, already at the boot time, I get the
following message during the partition check:
Partition check:
hda: hda1
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 >
hdc:hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=0, sector=0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
unable to read partition table
If I try to use fdisk, the following is produced
brandt:/proc/ide/ide0/hda# fdisk /dev/hdc
Unable to read /dev/hdc
At first I though that perhaps the disk was damaged. However, I have
booted windows and partioned and formated it, whitout any problems.
Then when I boot Linux again, I get the same DriveReady SeekComplete
Error message.
I know that there are some documentation at
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt, but that did not help me very
much (mainly because of my lack of understanding).
Could anyone please help me to solve this problem?
Thank you very much,
Fernando
PS - What follows is some extra information from /proc/ide/hdc
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/cache
512
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/driver
ide-disk version 1.08
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
FUJITSU MPE3136AT
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/capacity
26688576
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/geometry
physical 16383/16/63
logical 26476/16/63
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/media
disk
brandt:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/settings
namevalue min max
mode
- --- ---
bios_cyl26476 0 65535 rw
bios_head 16 0 255 rw
bios_sect 63 0 63 rw
breada_readahead4 0 127 rw
bswap 0 0 1 r
file_readahead 124 0 2097151 rw
io_32bit0 0 3 rw
keepsettings0 0 1 rw
max_kb_per_request 64 1 127 rw
multcount 0 0 8 rw
nice1 1 0 1 rw
nowerr 0 0 1 rw
pio_modewrite-only 0 255 w
slow0 0 1 rw
unmaskirq 0 0 1 rw
using_dma 1 0 1 rw
Re: su question
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:55:57PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:28:54PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > sudo alleviates the need for this. I suggest using that where you are > > interested in an easier method. Also, sudo requires a password just like > > su, but caches that access. This means that you can use sudo again within > > like 15 minutes (configurable) without having to type your password again. > > Plus sudo allows you to use your own password, as opposed to the root > > password. > > which i think is a bad idea. if your ordinary user account password > is compromised its just as bad as a root compromise if you have full > sudo privleges (sudo bash). if you only use the real su for gaining > root and performing maintainence then a compromise of your own account > is not an automatic root. > > IMHO of course. But of course that's why sudo allows you to restrict usage to certain commands defined in /etc/sudoers. Obviously this limits the compromise even further. Being able to give certain users access to specific commands, without giving them the root password, also lessons the result of a compromise. su gives you none of this. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
