Re: Procmail w/Pine
> Zope mailing-list mail get put into zope folder. All other mail get put > into $HOME/mail/inbox but pine isn't recognizing them. > Any suggestions? Your problem is not with procmail, but with pine. Under M(ain) --> S(etup) --> C(onfig), you want to put a nice little X next to enable-incoming-folders. After you do this, up near the top, there is a spot (incoming-archive-folders) where you want to add all the names of your incoming folders. After this, you can E(xit config). You might have to restart pine, but it should recognise the incoming folders. If you want them to be folders but not incoming folders (which means pine does not let you check the folders by pressing to go to the next one), you can go into M(ain) --> L(ist), then choose the folder collection you want to add a folder from (probably mail/). Inside the collection, press A(dd) and enter all the requested info. -nicole
Bad Samba filesharing problem
Dear list, Please help save the life of our loyal Linux server. If I can't get this problem fixed soon, the higher-ups are going to order our faithful server to be Euthanized and replaced with a horrible Windows NT Server monstrosity. So to keep our faithful little server from suffering a fate worse than death, any advice would be appreciated. The situation here is that we have 1 Linux server running Samba, one Windows NT client, and a scad of Windows 9x machines. The problem is that filesharing between the server and the NT machine, and between the server and one of the Windows machines, is having problems. Copying a file from the server to either of those two machines (or opening a file on the server on one of those two machines takes an impossibly long time). Using our database file as an example: it's about 5MB. Copying it between any of the two Windows machines on the network (10BaseT) takes about 5 seconds. Copying it from either of the two problem machines to the server takes about 5 seconds. Copying it from the server to one of the problem machines takes about... two hours. It simply doesn't work. Moving files from the server to either of the two problem machines is basically impossible, it's ridiculously slow. All other network activity seems normal. I made 3 changes about the time the problem started, but I'm almost positive that things were working normally for a time after all these changes were made. 1. Installed a new central hub (I've elimintated the possibility of a physical network problem, though) 2. Moved to Linux 2.4-test3 3. Moved to the ReiserFS filesystem for some of the shared files. Here's the Global section of the smb.conf workgroup = CHURCH netbios name = LAMB server string = Linux server running Samba announce as = NT announce version = 4.2 #bind interface only = YES browse list = YES case sensitive = NO change notify timeout = 90 deadtime = 30 debug level = 0 debug timestamp = YES dns proxy = YES domain logons = YES domain master = YES encrypt passwords = YES getwd cache = YES interfaces = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 keepalive = 7200 load printers = NO local master = YES lm announce = NO lock directory = /var/samba log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m logon drive logon path logon script = %U.bat lpq cache time = 0 mangled stack = 100 max disk size = 1024 max log size = 1024 max xmit = 8192 message command = echo "Message from %f to %t" && cat %s nt pipe support = YES #null password = NO os level = 256 #SUCK IT DOWN #panic = /etc/init.d/samba start passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u preferred master = YES read raw = YES security = user smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 status = YES syslog = 2 syslog only = YES time server= YES unix password sync = YES update encrypted = YES wins proxy = NO wins support = YES write raw = YES Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. -- Craig McPherson Network Admin Baptist Student Union Fayetteville, Arkansas
Re: Hardware Modems
This is a Lucent Venus chipset modem. AFAICR, this is a PCI modem chipset with an hardware DSP. You will need to have PCI serial support in your kernel, or you will have to use 'lspci' to determine resource use. You may want to check out www.linmodems.org for more information. There should be a little HOWTO about manually configuring setserial. Or you could try a 2.4.0-test kernel, if you are really desperate. On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I used to think that way, to. > But, according to the reply they gave me (with an English even worse than > mine), they did it !!! "Our modem is a hardware modem, but it has not > direct access to the COM port, so it will not work under weird operating > systems", or something like that. Actually, the modem runs well under > windows, reaching the capacity of 115 Kbps (at least, windows say that). > Take a look at their DOS readme section: > > For WINDOWS 3.1 or DOS 6.X users: > Because you need to tell modem what resource is available on > your system, you need to run CONFIGP.EXE first. > For example: > > To set modem on com2 use: CONFIGP /i3 /0x2F8 > > To inquire usage: CONFIGP /? > > - > > I think this CONFIGP is a TSR that makes the connection between the > (hardware!!!) modem and the COM port. > > Isn't great? I spent a lot of money ($150) buying a hardware modem that > cannot work under linux. > > I think that writing a driver for it is painless than doing so for > winmodems. > > By the way, what does oxymoron mean? > > > > > > > > David Teague > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > s.wcu.edu> cc: > debian-user@lists.debian.org >Assunto: Re: Hardware Modems > > 17/08/00 14:43 > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux. > > What do you mean? Does anyone know what this is about? > > I know about WinModems, all "winmodems" are certainly hardware > modems, but different from the ones that have intelligence left in, > that don't off load the work to the CPU to save fifty cents in > chips, and don't require a propriatary driver that are also hardware. > > I thought the usage here was "hardware modem" meant modems that > don't off load to the CPU and don't require a propriatary driver, so > either already work under Linux or can be made to do so by some good > soul writing a drivers? > > What does he mean "hardware modem that don't work under Linux"? I > HOPE that is an oxymoron, but given the rapacity of some companies, > I fear the worst. > > I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be > able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the > stuff I left in. > > --David > David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > > > > > - Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00 > > 11:49 - > > > > > Romeu > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > m.br>cc: > > > Assunto: En: E0008224/Lucent > Venus > > 16/08/00 Voice Modem > > > 23:22 > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:50 AM > > Subject: FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > > > > -- Âà§eªÌ support/askey_notes ©ó 2000/08/15 11:49 AM > > --- > > > > > > kain > > 2000/08/14 03:31 PM > > > > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡G support/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G > > ¥D¦®¡G FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > > Dear Sir > > This modem is hardware modem > > But we not have set com port tool for linux > > > > Regards > > Askey Technical Support > > > > > > "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ©ó 2000/08/10 06:56:39 AM > > ½Ð¦^À³ µ¹ "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡Gsupport/askey_notes > > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G > > ¥D¦®¡G Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > > > > > > Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I > bought > > it expecting so. > > It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it u
Procmail w/Pine
I'm trying to get procmail to sort some mail. I want mail from zope mailing list to go to a folder zope and all the rest to go to $HOME/mail/inbox. Here is my .procmailrc --- # Please check if all the paths in PATH are reachable, remove the ones that # are not. PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:. MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # You'd better make sure it exists DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox LOGFILE=$HOME/mlog LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail :0 # Anything from zope.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] zope# will go to $MAILDIR/zope # Anything that has not been delivered by now will go to $DEFAULT # using LOCKFILE=$DEFAULT$LOCKEXT - Zope mailing-list mail get put into zope folder. All other mail get put into $HOME/mail/inbox but pine isn't recognizing them. Any suggestions? Jack Morgan Debian GNU/Linux Enthusiast [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mandinka.org
adding modules into Debian 2.2
I just upgraded from Debian 2.2 using the idepci disks. After installation I noticed that there is no lp module for the parallel printer port. The Debian website talks about adding additional modules into the kernel after the installation. I have downloaded the 3 drivers disk images for the standard Vanilla kernel is there an easy way to add the lp modules into my existing setup?
Re: Netscape 4.73 and dynamic fonts
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 01:32:37AM +0200, Frederik wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing some problems viewing certain webpages, because the font > that is being used, is not big enough. I've put scaling and dynamic fonts > on and off in all possible ways, but no luck. Help/Font Displayers shows > there aren't any installed. Might this be the reason of this problem? > If so, where should I find these Font Displayers? > > Thanks for any help, > > Frederik Hi Frederik. I've had good success after following the TT-Debian mini-HOWTO which demonstrates installing xfstt and a number of True-Type fonts. NS will use them and I found it to make a tremendous difference. Also, I've found that the latest builds of Mozilla use TT fonts even better than NS, so it really is a good solution. There is another True Type font server that Potato wants to install that depends on the FreeType library. My results weren't satisfactory so I went back to xfstt. HTH, - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "None can love freedom Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | heartily, but good Location | Wichita, Kansas USA EM17hs | men; the rest love not Wichita area exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | freedom, but license." http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton
Re: crystal soundcard module fail
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_init_Re5f86f0c > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout_R17d59d01 > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol probe_uart401_R6467f99b > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol unload_uart401_Recfdd9c9 > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_unload_R9bf1cc62 Just reading it shows that it wants MPU401 support and AD1848 support.. No doubt these are modules for you can compile, or options that will go into kernel.. (MPU401 definitely) Check make menuconfig again. Unresolved symbols means that you didn't compile the bits it wants, so when it goes to load the module, it can't hook in where it expects to.
CONFIG_KMOD in kernel
Out of curiosity, should I have CONFIG_KMOD on or off when configuring kernel 2.2.17? I have CONFIG_MODULES=y. Is CONFIG_KMOD the same sort of thing? I guess I've always assumed that if I use modules, I should have a way for the kernel to load them. John
crystal 4232 sound card module fail
Hello, Debian Ghost here. Trying to get a crystal 4232 based sound card to work. I have just compiled a new kernel 2.2.15 and run potato 2.2. For some reason, I did not see the option to choose a module for crystal 4232 sound card in the 'make config'. I've seen one before, but don't know what option I choose to be able to choose it. At any rate, I tried to load a module that came with install to no avail: ghost:/etc# insmod cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 Using /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_init_Re5f86f0c /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout_R17d59d01 /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol probe_uart401_R6467f99b /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol unload_uart401_Recfdd9c9 /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_unload_R9bf1cc62 If anyone could tell me what the unresolved symbol means, that would be great! Any suggestions welcome! Thanks, Debian Ghost 'space ghost with a twist of debian!'
crystal soundcard module fail
Hello All, I am trying to get my crystal 4232 sound card working. I just recompiled my kernel, but did not see an option for a module of this type. I have seen one before in the make config, but I can't remember what I selected to be able to select that to build it in or make a module. I've tried to insmod with my existing modules (from install) and it does not seem to work. ghost:/etc# insmod cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 Using /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_init_Re5f86f0c /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout_R17d59d01 /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol probe_uart401_R6467f99b /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol unload_uart401_Recfdd9c9 /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_unload_R9bf1cc62 can anyone give me an idea on what I may try to get this card working? I do not know what the unresolved symbol is means... Thank you, Debian Ghost. 'space ghost with a twist'
anonymous ftp/potato
Can someone tell me how to set up anonymous ftp on a potato system? Including changes required for /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/pam.d/ftp, etc.? I added the user ftp, modified the PAM ftp file by commenting out one line, and it allows me to log in as anonymous, but when I do an ls it shows nothing. If I ftp in as a regular user, ls works fine. What did I misconfigure? -- Neil L. Roeth
Re: apt-get omit kernel-image 's
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:54:55AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi there ... > > is there a way to configure apt-get to omit > automatically kernel-image packages? perhaps used dselect to put the packages you don't want installed on HOLD. Or use 'dpkg --get-selections > package.list' Manually edit 'package.list' and put the packages you want on HOLD the use 'dpkg --set-selection < package.list' --Jay Barbee
fyi: Winux??
looks like the 'blue screen of death' is coming to a computer near you ... ... from today's AustralianIT (http://australianit.com.au) WINUX RUMOUR WinInfo says Microsoft has been working for the past year with a company called Mainsoft to port Windows to Linux and, possibly, other versions of UNIX. It's apparently a complicated business to get Windows applications to run normally in Linux, and so far results are disappointing. See http://www.wininformant.com/display.asp?ID=2874 - Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) IT Liaison Officer, School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Perth, Western Australia Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479] Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation"
Re: xdm init level question
%% "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: nlm> Basically, I seem to recall the sysvinit maintainer saying that nlm> this is done simply to maximize the flexibility for the admin. nlm> Where other distributions and sysvinit based Unixes define some nlm> policy regarding what is started at what runlevel, Debian chose nlm> to start with all multi-user runlevels identical and let the nlm> admin customize them. I don't get it. The admin is just as free to customize the runlevels in all the other sysv based Unixen as she is to customize the Debian ones. It may seem at first glance to be a simple rule, "everything starts at all runlevels 2-5", rather than trying to choose which runlevels do what, but I think there are problems with this approach from a usability and user expectation standpoint. Consider that if you go look on comp.os.linux.x you'll see about ten messages just this week advising people to boot to runlevel 3 if they want to start up without XDM running. That is the right answer and works everywhere... except Debian. In Debian, there is _no_ way to boot without XDM without reconfiguring your system in some manner (removing XDM, or using update-rc.d or rm/mv to modify your init setup). I just don't think abdicating the responsibility of defining a basically useful set of runlevels is in the best interests of users. Any user who knows enough to want to provide a specific set of runlevels for her system is certainly advanced enough to figure out how to do it. The default setup should provide a usable and useful range of behaviors for different runlevels--at the least it should be close enough to "standard" UNIX that users can get expected behavior when following general advice for UNIX, and not require that everyone include Debian-specific caveats in their answers. My $0.02. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
Problem with mouse
I installed the debian Linux onto my PC but it did not create a device file for my mouse. How would I create a device file for my mouse? I have a IMSI mouse-PS/2 mouse.
Re: xdm init level question
%% Lehel Bernadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lb> If you had looked more carefully, you would have seen that xdm lb> isn't started only at runlevel 2, it's started at every runlevel. Who says I didn't look carefully enough to see that? I did notice it's started at all levels above 1. I want a simple way of booting my system, on occasion, without a graphical login, and having it invoked in _more_ than one place doesn't help. The answer is, there's no way to do this in a standard Debian setup; you have to modify the default behavior to be able to do it. lb> So links are installed in every rc* directories, but you can lb> create/delete them at your liking. (This is the Right Way(tm) IMO, lb> because it doesn't force a particular runlevel config). As long as you don't overwrite the user's changes, no initial setup is forcing any particular runlevel config. In other words, choosing not to choose is still a choice: Debian sets up so everything starts at all runlevels 2-5. That's no more or less "a particular runlevel config" than the normal UNIX init levels. It would be just as simple to change the config from the normal behavior to what you wanted using update-rc.d (as far as I can see from its man page) as it is to change the current one. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
Re: Emacs and ISO-8859-1 characters
On Aug 18 2000, André Dahlqvist wrote: > I have a strange problem that I discovered while switching to using > emacs as an editor in Mutt. It turns out that emacs will not accept > non-ASCII characters like åäöé if I'm running emacs from within an > xterm, but it works fine on the console or as a stand alone X > application. No, I haven't seen that. But what, in precise terms, does "will not accept" mean? Does your computer beep? Does Emacs segfault? Does it get your computer on fire? :-) Anyway, try using M-x iso-accents-customize and/or M-x standard-display-european. See if they help. I usually have no problems because I added some of these in a distant past as hooks to the text-mode so that I can use mutt for composing emails with everything in Emacs (and I speak portuguese, where characters with accents are very important). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: X can't find the mouse!
At 09:30 PM 8/17/2000 -0700, Trevor Ramoutar wrote: >So I installed Debian 2.2. Everything went well but after the installation >I'm at the prompt and I type in startx and I get: > >Fatal Server Error: >Cannot open mouse (no such file or directory) > >and I don't know what to do! Help! for a ps2 mouse you need to have /dev/psaux when you run XF86config if you have "interesting" IRQ's it can mess with this... WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament Housee-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859
Re: O'Reilly Debian 2.2?
On 18 Aug 2000, John Conover wrote: > Does anyone know when the O'Reilly will distribute Debian 2.2? Who cares? I got O'Reilly's book with a supposed copy of 2.1, and it was a modified VA Linux kernel that completed crippled my sound and networking. All my problems went away when I got a stock kernel off the ftp site. I love O'Reilly's books in most cases, but that one sucked and the CD was false advertising. They really screwed that one up. Mike
Re: xdm init level question
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:06:58PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: > I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. > > I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but > how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will > I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to > non-X, will whoever is using it then have console access as root? Unlike startx, xdm is a daemon that accepts logins, usually on tty7. Changing runlevels (e.g. "telinit 3") just sends a signal to initd, which controls the whole rc.d system and everything else. In either case, as long as you don't forget to go back to the console and log out your root session, no one can get back to a root session without exploiting some security hole (or, of course, logging in again as root). I'd have to say the 'best' way to start xdm in that situation would be to change to the xdm-enabled runlevel. This could also start the X font server or whatever else you like to have running at the same time as X. -- finger for GPG public key. pgpIjQ4vKm0E2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xdm init level question
%% "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dzm> So X and console login, under Linux, is *not* an either-or case. dzm> Under the default Debian setup, you get console logins on tty1..6, and dzm> X starts (by default) on tty7. This means that you can press dzm> Ctrl+Alt+F1..6 to get six different text logins, even after X is dzm> running. Just remember this isn't equivalent. For example, if you want to scroll back up through your boot sequence, you can only do that on the first console and _only_ if you've not switched to any other console. Once you switch to another console, XDM or not, all the "history" that has scrolled off of the first tty is gone forever. Also, if your X is sufficiently screwed up (which is an excellent reason for wanting to boot without running XDM), switching consoles with C-A-F... might not work. dzm> (The "approved" way to never ever get an xdm screen, BTW, is to remove dzm> the xdm package. This may or may not be suitable for you. Twiddling dzm> the rc.d links can get pretty much the same effect.) No one said anything about "never" getting an XDM screen. Obviously if you don't want XDM, don't install it (or de-install it). My question was specifically, how to boot the box so that particular boot doesn't start XDM. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
X can't find the mouse!
So I installed Debian 2.2. Everything went well but after the installation I'm at the prompt and I type in startx and I get: Fatal Server Error: Cannot open mouse (no such file or directory) and I don't know what to do! Help!
Re: Emacs and ISO-8859-1 characters
> It turns out that emacs will not accept > non-ASCII characters like åäöé if I'm running emacs from within an > xterm, but it works fine on the console or as a stand alone X > application. To make things even stranger I can always display such > characters if I open a file containing them, even from inside an xterm. Sounds like you have a problem _inserting_ the characters, not displaying them. Peter
Re: mimencode, which package?
> In which package do I find mimencode In the package `metamail'
apt-get and Slink
I'm having a few problems trying to successfully apt-get packages on a Slink system (yeah, I know I should upgrade to Potato, but not quite yet :) ) rat:/var/lib/dpkg# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free I can retrieve the package list with no problems... However, the package list being picked up looks like its coming from stable, not slink... Take proftpd as an example package (the one I'm trying to install, incidentally) The version in the slink section in the ftp archive is 1.2.0pre9-4 But according to /var/lib/dpkg/available its looking for 1.2.0pre10-2 Here is an example apt-get output to show what I mean The following NEW packages will be installed: proftpd 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded. Need to get 346kB of archives. After unpacking 767kB will be used. Err http://ftp.au.debian.org slink/main proftpd 1.2.0pre9-4 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-alpha/n et/proftpd_1.2.0pre9-4.deb 404 Not Found What have I done wrong here? PS: If it makes any difference, this is for an alpha box, not i386... - Chris Kenrick
O'Reilly Debian 2.2?
Does anyone know when the O'Reilly will distribute Debian 2.2? Thanks, John -- John ConoverTel. 408.370.2688 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 631 Lamont Ct. Cel. 408.772.7733 Campbell, CA 95008 Fax. 408.379.9602 http://www.johncon.com
unpartitioning, thanks
Thanks to all who replied to my cry for help! I finaly used FDISK in the Windows\Command directory to remove the Extra DOS partition, which only had a copy of my recycle bin. Of course I defraged first. Then I rebooted from the RESCUE disk, after my BIOS loaded ( there is an option to boot from A: or C: if I hold the CTRL key when booting). I "succesfuly" partitioned a Linux partition, 265 Mbytes, Primary, went through the maze (choices are NOT in order of when I could do them)to make a swap partition of 5 Mbytes, Logical, then installed the 3 driver disks and 11 ".bin" disks. When prompted to Make Linux boot from hard drive or floppy, I chose floppy. After the format process (which stated my raw capacity as -3680), The message, not word for word "there was an error...the floppy is write protected or not in the first drive" appeared. I only had 3 formatted 1.44 disks, and all failed. Write prtect off, and obviously in the correct drive. I have tried to reboot, then try to make a boot flopy again, but same error. Does anyone have an Idea for me? Ed Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: xdm init level question
John Reinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JR> I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. JR> I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but JR> how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will JR> I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to JR> non-X, will whoever is using it then have console access as root? So X and console login, under Linux, is *not* an either-or case. Under the default Debian setup, you get console logins on tty1..6, and X starts (by default) on tty7. This means that you can press Ctrl+Alt+F1..6 to get six different text logins, even after X is running. This in turn means that even if xdm is running, you can get a text login (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1). If xdm isn't running, the easiest way to get an X session is by running 'startx', which will start X on tty7. Regardless of whether this session exits or not, your original login is still available on the text console. (The "approved" way to never ever get an xdm screen, BTW, is to remove the xdm package. This may or may not be suitable for you. Twiddling the rc.d links can get pretty much the same effect.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
mimencode, which package?
In which package do I find mimencode brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/
Re: Looking for old Debian Logo Candidate (Ant)
I didn't know that there was an ant proposed for a logo, so I had curiosity as I admire ants, heh. here it comes: http://www.debian.org/vote/1999/vote_0004 At 13.54 2/8/00 -0400, Kirk Hilliard ha escrit: >I am trying to find one of the candidates from the Debian Logo >competition of last year. It was an ant, was known as jeannette-0, >and used to be available at: > >http://contest.gimp.org/view.cgi?month=1999-02&mode=show&graphic=jeannette-0 > > >I am particularly looking for the ant head design, not the crawling >ant. (I forget which was proposed as official and which as unofficial.) > >Did anyone save this? > >Kirk > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Fwd: Install Debian using PCMCIA Zip100 miniDrive
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Install Debian using PCMCIA Zip100 miniDrive Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:45:57 -0400 From: Daniel E. Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all. I have a question regarding installing debian on my laptop. I have a zip100 minidrive that I use with a pcmcia card. I am using it successfully under redhat 6.1 with the ide_cs pcmcia kernel module. I was wondering if it would be possible to install Debian from this. I have made the boot and root disks and I want to put the drivers.tgz and the base2_2.tgz on a zip disk and install from that. Linux sees this drive as /dev/hde4. Is this going to be possible to do with the current debian installation method or will I need to hack it? I have no problems with rolling a custom kernel if I have to. Dan -- Daniel E. Baumann Phone: (414) 462-1403 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce) Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olson --- --- I propbably should've sent this message here also. Dan -- Daniel E. Baumann Phone: (414) 462-1403 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce) Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olson ---
cdimage.debian.org
appears to be down at the moment does anyone have a copy of the pseduo image kit they would be willing to send me. Thanks.
Re: ### a problem with installing Deb 2.1
> I'm trying to install v2.1 on my machine, and I'm running into a > problem. Don't we all? > I am at the part "Install Operating System Kernel and Modules" and I > select > "cdrom". When I get the menu list "Select CD Interface Type" > none of the > selections seems to work. What kind of CD-ROM are you using? If you watch the boot-up messages it will tell you what the device your CD-ROM drive is on (e.g.. hdb, hdd, etc.). Then just choose the correct device from the list and it will mount it for you Hope it helps, Cameron Matheson
### a problem with installing Deb 2.1
I'm trying to install v2.1 on my machine, and I'm running into a problem. I am at the part "Install Operating System Kernel and Modules" and I select "cdrom". When I get the menu list "Select CD Interface Type" none of the selections seems to work. After selecting one of the items, I'm asked to mount the CD (even though I booted from it and it is still in the drive). I get an error saying that the CD was not mounted. What gives? I appreciate any constructive help I can get on this. - frustrated first-time Linux installer, - John _ Get Free E-Mail For Your Business at http://www.SmallBizMail.com Start and Grow Your Business at http://www.Entrepreneur.com
Netscape 4.73 and dynamic fonts
Hi, I'm experiencing some problems viewing certain webpages, because the font that is being used, is not big enough. I've put scaling and dynamic fonts on and off in all possible ways, but no luck. Help/Font Displayers shows there aren't any installed. Might this be the reason of this problem? If so, where should I find these Font Displayers? Thanks for any help, Frederik
Emacs and ISO-8859-1 characters
I have a strange problem that I discovered while switching to using emacs as an editor in Mutt. It turns out that emacs will not accept non-ASCII characters like åäöé if I'm running emacs from within an xterm, but it works fine on the console or as a stand alone X application. To make things even stranger I can always display such characters if I open a file containing them, even from inside an xterm. I have tried executing 'set-language-environment' and setting it to 'Latin 1', but to no avail. My LC_CTYPE variable is set to sv_SE.ISO-8859-1, but it doesn't seam to matter if I change that. Has anyone experienced anything like this? -- // André
Re: Multiple Mail Accounts?????
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 06:24:20PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: > Hello, > > I have multiple mail accounts with my isp. How can I setup linux so I > can have my 1 login into my linux box and be able to handle all of the > accounts? fetchmail would fit nicely. There is a config program called fetchmailconf that helps you through the config process. 'man fetchmail' will give you the details. It is part of the default install, I think, but if not try 'apt-get install fetchmail' 'apt-get install fetchmailconf' jim ray > > What I really want is to be able to use 1 mail program and be able to > see all of the mail I get. Then I would like to have it setup so it > sends out mail via the proper account name (or give me the option of > choosing the sending address to use). Is this at all possible? If not, > are there any other ideas on how to handle this (preferably w/o using > multiple linux accounts)? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Multiple Mail Accounts?????
Hello, Try Pronto (http://www.muhri.net/pronto It's a very nice client, and it can handle multiple email accounts (POP, IMAP, mbox, mairdir) Tal On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:24:20 -0500, Chris Hoover said: > Hello, > >I have multiple mail accounts with my isp. How can I setup linux so I > can have my 1 login into my linux box and be able to handle all of the > accounts? > > What I really want is to be able to use 1 mail program and be able to > see all of the mail I get. Then I would like to have it setup so it > sends out mail via the proper account name (or give me the option of > choosing the sending address to use). Is this at all possible? If not, > are there any other ideas on how to handle this (preferably w/o using > multiple linux accounts)? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- | Tal Danzig | Join #libranet on the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | openprojects IRC network | | http://www.libranet.com| Tal Danzig | | The TOP Desktop! | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
Multiple Mail Accounts?????
Hello, I have multiple mail accounts with my isp. How can I setup linux so I can have my 1 login into my linux box and be able to handle all of the accounts? What I really want is to be able to use 1 mail program and be able to see all of the mail I get. Then I would like to have it setup so it sends out mail via the proper account name (or give me the option of choosing the sending address to use). Is this at all possible? If not, are there any other ideas on how to handle this (preferably w/o using multiple linux accounts)? Thanks, Chris
RE: xdm init level question
On 17-Aug-2000 Paul D. Smith wrote: > I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may > be a "oh no, not this again" question); maybe someone can put the > rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching > the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, > xdm, level, etc.) but came up empty. > > Why is xdm started at runlevel 2 in Debian? In all the systems I'm > familiar with, both Linux and proprietary, xdm was always started at a > runlevel after 3 (typically 5). This way you could boot the box into a > non-graphical login merely by specifying a different runlevel. > > Is there some new standard that specifies a graphical login at runlevel > 2 now? Why this difference in behavior? If there's some documentation > somewhere that describes this I'm happy to go look there. > > Also, in this environment what is the correct way to boot into a console > login and avoid starting XDM? I find it hard to believe the "correct" > way is to edit /etc/init.d/xdm and add in an "exit 0" to the top, which > is what I've been doing :-/. If you had looked more carefully, you would have seen that xdm isn't started only at runlevel 2, it's started at every runlevel. The Debian Policy Manual says: By default `update-rc.d' will start services in each of the multi-user state runlevels (2, 3, 4, and 5) and stop them in the halt runlevel (0), the single-user runlevel (1) and the reboot runlevel (6). The system administrator will have the opportunity to customize runlevels by either running `update-rc.d', by simply adding, moving, or removing the symbolic links in `/etc/rc.d' if symbolic links are being used, or by modifying `/etc/runlevel.conf' if the `file-rc' method is being used. So links are installed in every rc* directories, but you can create/delete them at your liking. (This is the Right Way(tm) IMO, because it doesn't force a particular runlevel config). Now if you want runlevel 2 console-only, delete /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm, or even better, replace it with K01xdm.
apt-get omit kernel-image 's
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi there ... is there a way to configure apt-get to omit automatically kernel-image packages? - -- with friendly regards jens luedicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQA/AwUBOZxtOqFxQTtRrRT1EQJpHACeP9Dwq2D+d048mBkn1HkYRir2FfoAoP89 UBpA1usH04ipm92v/A8+VDQs =vfEO -END PGP SIGNATURE-
re: Debian packages..
Hi, Problem I am having is with packages. I have an old machine that is still running Slink, and at this time I do not wish to upgrade it. With potato changing to stable, I have since modified my sources.list to reflect the fact that stable is not what I want, but rather slink deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian slink main etc etc I then do a apt-get update and to update my package lists. This works somewhat fine, the problem happens when I wish to install a package for slink, apt-get install package At this point it fails badly, because the stuff that I downloaded with apt-get update, all the paths in this file contain the path blah/dists/stable/binary-i386-package/net/ntop-3-4.deb Which means it will fail, as stable of course is now the potato tree, shouldn't the package list files change to reflect the codename of the release, rather then stable. As I wouldn't be having this problem. Can anyone tell me if the maintainers expect to update the package lists files for slink, so that the paths are right, as since potato is out, it FAILS big time. Please email me anyone if you can help me out. Thanks
Is there something i'm missing here (WAS Which version of Debian will run on my system?)
surely you could run even a 2.4 kernel on a 386 with 8 Mb of ram? I thought it was the Window managers and applications you chose to ran on linux that dicated the hardware specs.. not the distribution version? if i'm wrong i'd better find out why because it means i'm worng about a lot of stuff. At 06:41 PM 8/17/2000 -0400, Michael Soulier wrote: > > The latest stable is 2.2. You're machine is more powerful than >mine, and I'm running 2.2 with no performance problems. > > Mike > >On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Richard Swen wrote: > >> I am very new to Linux and would like to know the best >> version of Debian to install on my computer. >> >> p3 550mhz >> 128megs of ram >> vodoo 3 3000 >> soundblaster live >> 3com 3c905c >> Maxtor 13.0gig UDMA/66 >> ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard >> IOMEGA 250MB Zip Drive >> 3com 56K Fax/Voice/Data Modem >> >> >> Thank you, >> Richard Swen >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >> >> > >"To listen to the words of the learned, and to instill into others the >lessons of science, is better than religious exercises." > -- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament Housee-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859
Re: Which version of Debian will run on my system?
The latest stable is 2.2. You're machine is more powerful than mine, and I'm running 2.2 with no performance problems. Mike On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Richard Swen wrote: > I am very new to Linux and would like to know the best > version of Debian to install on my computer. > > p3 550mhz > 128megs of ram > vodoo 3 3000 > soundblaster live > 3com 3c905c > Maxtor 13.0gig UDMA/66 > ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard > IOMEGA 250MB Zip Drive > 3com 56K Fax/Voice/Data Modem > > > Thank you, > Richard Swen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > "To listen to the words of the learned, and to instill into others the lessons of science, is better than religious exercises." -- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
Which version of Debian will run on my system?
I am very new to Linux and would like to know the best version of Debian to install on my computer. p3 550mhz 128megs of ram vodoo 3 3000 soundblaster live 3com 3c905c Maxtor 13.0gig UDMA/66 ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard IOMEGA 250MB Zip Drive 3com 56K Fax/Voice/Data Modem Thank you, Richard Swen
Duplicating a file system / re: ** Emegancy Request **
Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:17:28AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > For some reason that I do not understand the authors of the "Hrad Disk > Upgrade > > Mini How-To" claim about this or very similar one that > > > > Previous versions of the Mini How-To stated that you could also > > use "tar" to copy the disk, but this method was found to have a > bug. > > tar doesn't deal well with device files. > > -- > Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer > GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ > Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7 This command will take care of duplicating everything including device files and permissions: find -mount | cpio -dumpv Use -mount if you only want to copy the source partition. (This ignores other mount points). -- Dan Griffiths Unix Systems Support Specialist Unisys (NZ) Ltd. Cell: +64 25 605 3748 Phone: +64 4 462 2805Fax: +64 4 462 2836 Ignore the following unless you use pgp encryption. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.3ia mQCNAzlZDz8AAAEEALg78glZXO14WTk7cv4knFn6Q2tKkLu5pUgxwvDjVagGC/sn buaEFnDsO7Bgjcz5KPeaqfb3ibbBHKSa0IbuGUUirsxaRmWxsVv25/bulnHRagqH MjumOHMSzEth03XQy+WOcI1bpvS9blhcOWMR/fqgrEghCotA80InYNL2WTiJAAUR tCtEYW4gR3JpZmZpdGhzIDxkYW4uZ3JpZmZpdGhzQG56LnVuaXN5cy5jb20+iQCV AwUQOVkPP0InYNL2WTiJAQEHqgP9GwnqMVbQLxw03hOAIZoLC+vgB94hwHoyHDLo zcGTdHyiSHLjwOBoL+zDby3nBFT/DxgRGLHeTzUbx9hW98sRGoTlT2DVACqgm51A ctUPEPATsl+JLLYOW1K2FtLzAI44rUdXMCIVhMYCmdBzrYTFauqm6YT5lfxBeXqB so4MG1M= =XJdK -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Problem with a 2 GB+ Fujitsu SCSI disk, model M2952SYU
Allô, I have a 2 GB+ Fujitsu SCSI disk, model M2952SYU, dated 1997, that I have "liberated" from a clumsy 9x system. Under that system and also when I used it with different Linux distrib thereafter it did not work properly. It would "tik" and then I would get a disk error message. This was a year ago, and I cant remember exactly the nature of the error messages. Something like "time-out" or "scsi reset complet" I think it also went on spinning and spinning. At one point I also though it had a bugged sector. I ran no 9x so I couldn't run an antivirus. Finally, it seems to heat up quite a bit over what I fealt was reasonnable. Now, I would like to make good use of it. I see I few pins where crushed in the center part of the disk male connector. I dont know if this was there before. Could it be the cause of all the problems? I didnt have a diagram for the 8 jumper settings and none where already there. Maybe I did not figured that out properly. Does someone have a diagram ? I am afraid that I will not succeed in installing that disk on my multi-Linux box without disrupting or, worse destroying my installed distribs. Can I connect it in the SCSI chain safely even it is not working properly to test it ? What about bugs, overheating... Thank you in advance for your comments and solutions, Alain
Re: Installing Debian
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:48:39 +0100, Tancock, Matthew said: > Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before, which is very easy... > > a friend lent me a copy of debian (3 cd's labled potato source 1,2,3) > I've copied them but i get the feeling i'm missing something, if I am, what > am i missing, if i'm not, what do i do with these disks to install it! > You are indeed missing something. You'll need the binary CD's not source to install. If you're looking for an easier install I suggest Libranet (http://www.libranet.com). It is Debian based (Potato) and also has some extra stuff you might enjoy (GNOME 1.2 from Helixcode, KDE, one year support) Tal > Thanks > > > > " What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him." > > > Matthew Tancock > IM Support, London > > :-) > > > > > -- | Tal Danzig | Join #libranet on the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | openprojects IRC network | | http://www.libranet.com| Tal Danzig | | The TOP Desktop! | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 12:17:28AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > For some reason that I do not understand the authors of the "Hrad Disk > Upgrade > Mini How-To" claim about this or very similar one that > > Previous versions of the Mini How-To stated that you could also > use "tar" to copy the disk, but this method was found to have a bug. tar doesn't deal well with device files. -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7 pgpCOblil7UIJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
> > ( cd ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd ; tar xf - ) > Previous versions of the Mini How-To stated that you could also > use "tar" to copy the disk, but this method was found to have a bug. I do not know that bug, and I am not aware of any, as I am using tar this way very often. I have never lost a file. Permissions, time stamps, everything stays as it was. Maybe it refers to older versions of tar. Very old ones for instance did not handle very gracefully certain special files. It is possible that tar is confused by the /proc file system. This one I never tried. Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
netscape annoyance
Hi! Since ~4 hours ago netscrap tells me every 2 minutes Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr) Warning: Actions not found: PrimipiveParentCancel It doesn´t seem to hinder functionality in any way, but it sure as hell is annoying. Can it be that bit-rot has taken it´s way here and somewhere in netscraps code Primi_t_iveParentCancel mutated to Primi_p_iveParentCancel? Or is this just a typo of some programmer I didn´t trigger before? Or something other? Any hints? Restarting netscrap/pppd/etc didn´t help. TIA, &rw
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
> > Hi All, > > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to mirror > > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact > > > > Thanks in Advance > > Bill > > > > ( cd ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd ; tar xf - ) > For some reason that I do not understand the authors of the "Hrad Disk Upgrade Mini How-To" claim about this or very similar one that Previous versions of the Mini How-To stated that you could also use "tar" to copy the disk, but this method was found to have a bug. > HTH > > Christoph Simon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > ^X^C > q > quit > :q > ^C > end > x > exit > ZZ > ^D > ? > help > . > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
Re: unpartitioning with rescue disk
You might want to check GNU parted boot disk. But do read closely its USER file, both in order to determine if it fits your needs and in order to find out how to use it. I had good expreince with its repartition and resizing features, but bad one with its mkfs.ext2 feature. > Quoting Ed Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I tried to partition with the Rescue disk, then > > lost my Win32 MBR. I am using EZ_Bios (installed from > > floppy) from Western Digital (I have a new 10.2g WD > > drive), so luckily I was able to restore the MBR. My > > Award BIOS cannot read above 2gb I wanted a 2gig > > partition for Debian (Potato, frozen, downloaded > > 8/13/00), but ended up with a new drive under windows > > (Drive D #2). Linux rescue still would not allow > > me to partition, and says I have 4 partitions already. > > Can I UNPARTITION it, then repartition it? The > > instructions were not clear which one to partition; > > The first primary listed, or the free space. I have > > about 8gb free now (though windows98 says the second > > HD (partition) is FAT, noncompressed, or FAT16). I > > only have One hardrive installed. Should I use Win98 > > fdisk to fix the partition, then Re-run rescue from > > dos? > > I think you are in danger of losing the contents of your disk. > I wouldn't do anything until you've received AND understood > some expert advice. Unfortunately I don't have time to do this > myself at the moment (and I'm no expert). Sorry. > > 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. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
Re: xdm init level question
I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to non-X, will whoever is using it then have console access as root? John On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: > > > I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may > > be a "oh no, not this again" question); maybe someone can put the > > rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching > > the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, > > xdm, level, etc.) but came up empty. > > Basically, I seem to recall the sysvinit maintainer saying that this is > done simply to maximize the flexibility for the admin. Where other > distributions and sysvinit based Unixes define some policy regarding what > is started at what runlevel, Debian chose to start with all multi-user > runlevels identical and let the admin customize them. > > > Also, in this environment what is the correct way to boot into a console > > login and avoid starting XDM? I find it hard to believe the "correct" > > way is to edit /etc/init.d/xdm and add in an "exit 0" to the top, which > > is what I've been doing :-/. > > If you wish to define runlevel 2 (for example) as non-graphical-login, > then remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm. Then you can specify runlevel 2 at boot or > whatever and go to a non-graphical login, or boot into another runlevel > for a graphical login. > > You might also want to do what most other unixes do and add a > /etc/rc2.d/K99xdm so if you move from runlevel n>2 to runlevel 2 then your > graphical login will exit. > > HTH, > noah > > ___ > | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ > | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBOZxO1odCcpBjGWoFAQEHVAP+Ped1RqRlHNYS2nmQc3hbGBT2kHGBQCDu > i0Qqx8SivEVFg2TBvb5QoX2tL3h0hFx9oGgm9g50QbamoBB9/UN+95fk4joW+EE5 > +OUN0OspofEaDSkLMmCNK1eHtzeoE3UrIPOr5259GfzdXYGxLCe7APdRW4hfVKDs > zGUmI7WKUms= > =Qsxh > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
> If there's not enough space, tar czf or tar cIf and later tar xzf / tar xIf! > Bzip2/tar.gz compression really rocks (if you've got a fast cpu). >> ( cd ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd ; tar xf - ) With this line, you do not have to worry about disk space, as long as the destination drive has enough. As this is done just in a pipe, I would not loose the time to compress and uncompress. BTW, this also handles correctly special files like those in /dev directory. All permissions will be preserved. Of course, you might need to be root and the destination disk needs to have been formatted. HTH. Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
xdm login problems
Hello all: A strange problem with xdm. The setup is this: a NIS server we'll cleverly call server, and a NIS client we'll cleverly call client. xdm works with no problems on server. Console logins on client work fine. However if I start xdm and then try to log in on client the following happen: when attempting to log in as a regular user the screen accepts the correct password, goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Deliberately (or indeliberately) entering an incorrect password results in the usual incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using the client root password, xdm gives the incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using server's root password the screen goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Logging in on the console then typing startx starts X on the client fine, so I don't think it's a problem analogous to trying to log in with no shell. The following lines are from the xdm.log file: AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nate
Re: xdm init level question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: > I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may > be a "oh no, not this again" question); maybe someone can put the > rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching > the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, > xdm, level, etc.) but came up empty. Basically, I seem to recall the sysvinit maintainer saying that this is done simply to maximize the flexibility for the admin. Where other distributions and sysvinit based Unixes define some policy regarding what is started at what runlevel, Debian chose to start with all multi-user runlevels identical and let the admin customize them. > Also, in this environment what is the correct way to boot into a console > login and avoid starting XDM? I find it hard to believe the "correct" > way is to edit /etc/init.d/xdm and add in an "exit 0" to the top, which > is what I've been doing :-/. If you wish to define runlevel 2 (for example) as non-graphical-login, then remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm. Then you can specify runlevel 2 at boot or whatever and go to a non-graphical login, or boot into another runlevel for a graphical login. You might also want to do what most other unixes do and add a /etc/rc2.d/K99xdm so if you move from runlevel n>2 to runlevel 2 then your graphical login will exit. HTH, noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOZxO1odCcpBjGWoFAQEHVAP+Ped1RqRlHNYS2nmQc3hbGBT2kHGBQCDu i0Qqx8SivEVFg2TBvb5QoX2tL3h0hFx9oGgm9g50QbamoBB9/UN+95fk4joW+EE5 +OUN0OspofEaDSkLMmCNK1eHtzeoE3UrIPOr5259GfzdXYGxLCe7APdRW4hfVKDs zGUmI7WKUms= =Qsxh -END PGP SIGNATURE-
problems upgrading standard kernel to 2.2.17-ide
So with the new release of potato, i've gone and done a clean install onto a new machine of mine. The problem at hand (i think) stems from the fact that this machine has a HighPoint 66 card, so i thought it ideal to install the special 2.2.17-ide kernel included with potato. So during the fresh install, i installed (using dselect) the ide kernel, and the headers for 2.2.17 and such. All is well, the machine boots, and the onboard dma66 is detected. The problem really arises when i try to compile the 3c90x module for the 3c905b i have installed in the machine. 3com provided a script which ran the proper gcc line, so that part should be okay. I then tried compiling it once, however it quit after not being able to find any header files. After reading 3com's instructions on compilation, it says that if you have upgraded your kernel, to include the command line option -I/usr/src/linux/include with the rest of the options to the gcc command in their script, and so i did. Second try at compilation came to no avail yet again. It *still* couldn't find the header files. This time i found it was because /usr/src/linux didn't even *exist*. Instead the includes were in /usr/src/2.2.17-ide/include or some such. So i created a sym link called /usr/src/linux to point to /usr/src/2.2.17-ide or whatever it was called (sorry i can't remember offhand). Anyway, after that, i compiled again, and finally, it finished. A simple insmod of the newly compiled module and i was greeted with the current (and so far unsolvable) problem: a message which said that this module could not be loaded since it was compiled for 2.2.17 and not for 2.2.17-ide (my kernel). Crap, now i don't have a clue. I mean, i've read up on it, but i only have a few drastic ideas, that of using removing the 2.2.17-ide package and going back to 2.2.17, or just compiling a new kernel myself and installing it using the make-kpkg utility installed by kernel-package. But that's about all i have for ideas. I'd like to still use my dma66 controller, so going back to the vanilla 2.2.17 isn't an appealing idea. Compilation is looking better and better, but i'd rather just fix what i have. Anyway, what gives? Does anyone know why i had these three different errors (having to use /usr/src/linux/include, finding that it didn't exist, and then, most importantly, find it didn't even compile for the right kernel?) I guess i easily fixed the first two, but damn, i have no idea why it didn't compile for the right kernel. Let me know if i haven't provided enough information for you all. Well, anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm looking forward to using my new debian machine :) Thanks, dave
leafnode: Clients (newsreaders) do not see any group?
Package: leafnode Version: 1.9.15-3 Severity: normal I have just installed leafnode and run fetchnews for the first time. Although it took me far less then 60 min to download it groupinfo looks O.K, isn't it? [19:59:27 shaul]$ head /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo 1.aardvark 1 1 0 -x- 12hr 1 1 0 -x- 3b 1 1 0 -x- 3b.config 1 1 0 -x- 3b.misc 1 1 0 -x- 3b.tech 1 1 0 -x- 3b.test 1 1 0 -x- 3do.bad-attitude 1 1 0 -x- 43 1 1 0 -x- 5col.announce 1 1 0 -x- [19:59:35 shaul]$ wc /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo 41017 205085 1238082 /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo [19:59:43 shaul]$ Yet tin tells me there are no groups available. nn quits immedaiately, and I interprating that to the same effect (or am I wrong)? The only thing that seems to me odd is that contrary to leafnode man page /var/spool/news/ does not contain any groups dirs. [23:41:31 /tmp]$ ls /var/spool/news/ active.read interesting.groups message.id failed.postings leaf.node out.going [23:41:37 /tmp]$ - -- System Information Debian Release: woody Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.2.17 #1 Fri Jun 30 15:35:31 IDT 2000 i586 unknown Versions of the packages leafnode depends on: ii debconf0.3.64 Debian configuration management system ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libpcre2 2.08-1 Philip Hazel's Perl Compatible Regular Expre ii logrotate 3.2-11 Log rotation utility ii netbase4.01 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii tcpd 7.6-5 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilities - --- Begin /etc/news/leafnode/debian-config (modified conffile) VERSION=1 NETWORK=PERMANENT - --- End /etc/news/leafnode/debian-config - --- Begin /etc/cron.daily/leafnode (modified conffile) #!/bin/sh . /etc/news/leafnode/debian-config cd / if [ -x /usr/sbin/texpire ]; then su news -c "/usr/sbin/texpire" fi if [ -x /usr/bin/touch_newsgroup -a -f /etc/news/leafnode/touch_groups ]; then if /usr/bin/perl -MNet::NNTP < /dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then su news -c "/usr/bin/touch_newsgroup -f /etc/news/leafnode/touch_groups" else cat << EOF You have requested that touch_newsgroup be run to mark the groups listed in /etc/news/leafnode/touch_groups as read. This requires that both perl and the Net::NNTP module (part of libnet-perl) are avalible, which does not appear to be the case: EOF /usr/bin/perl -MNet::NNTP < /dev/null fi fi if [ "" != "`ls /var/spool/news/failed.postings/`" ]; then mv /var/spool/news/failed.postings/* /var/spool/news/out.going fi if [ "$NETWORK" != "PPP" -a -x /usr/sbin/fetchnews ]; then su news -c "/usr/sbin/fetchnews" fi - --- End /etc/cron.daily/leafnode -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
Re: MONOCHROME mutt/mc, COLOR ls/elvis ...?
* "Will" == Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Will> mc ==> monochrome w/reverse-video and bold The terminal type mc considers to be color-capable is defined in /etc/mc/mc.ini (overriden by ~/.mc/ini). You can force colormode by using "mc -c". Ciao, Martin
kernel-panic (fwd)
Dear Debian Gurus:
I have been using Linux since 1995. All this time I never
experienced a serious system crash, until recently.
I am using Debian 2.0.14.
My system has four partitions:
devicesize mount
/dev/hda1 ~1Gb /
/dev/hda2 128Mb swap
/dev/hda3 ~3Gb /usr
/dev/hda4 ~1Gb /home
I left for vacations Aug.3 and left my system running (a big
mistake). A power outage occurred while I was away. When I
came back the screen that welcomed me, was a partially booted
system, which hung after a kernel panic message !!
I used a previous SUSE bootdisk (2.0.13), it checked the fs,
mounted the partitions, and there it was, running again. Thats
until I rebooted again with my Debian kernel, which worked
until I tried to start Xwindows-KDE. The system crashed a
couple of times, one time it actually rebooted by itself.
The latest message that I get, upon booting is as follows,
note that I can still use my SUSE bootdisk to get the system
started.
This is what I get when I try to boot using without a
bootdisk:
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c800
current->tss.cr3 = 0008' %cr3 = 0008
*pde =
Ooops:
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<0012b40d>]
EFLAGS: 00010216
eax: 003bafff ebx: 07fff000ecx: 1000edx: 03f0
esi: 0800 edi: 003b6f58ebp: 003b6f5cesp: 003b6f18
ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
Process init (pid: 1, process nr: 1, stackpage=003b6000)
Stack: 07fff000 0001 83e0 003b6f8c 0012b68a 07fff000
003b6f60
003b6f5c 003baf00 003b6f58 00086e9c 4000b3f0 07fff000 00 3
1000
40008cb4 ffdc 00122ba1 07fff000 0001 4000b3f0
003b6f8c
Call Trace: [<0012b68a>] [<00122ba1>] [<00122d27>] [<0010a645>]
Code: 8a 06 46 84 c0 75 f4 84 c0 74 4c 8b 54 24 24 ff 82 80 00 00
That's the last line that I see. I have copied this looking at
the dump, so there might be slight typos.
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated, with much
respect.
Fethi Okyar
Research Assistant
Computational Solid Mechanics
MMAE Department, IIT
Chicago, IL 60616-3793
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: PARITY SIMMS(was: Re: Older hardware running newer software (was: Re: etc))
Hello! Why not watch out at ebay.com? Very exotic HW components are sold there!! Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User" Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: RE: Older hardware running newer software (was: Re: Installing D > Good luck! > > I have a 486-33, as well. I had 8MB of memory when I first installed linux and > X. It worked, but not real fast. An extra 4MB helped, but I would sure like > more. My system uses 72 pin SIMMS, but it wants PARITY memory. I can > occaisionally find non-parity memory in 72 pin SIMMS, but not parity memory. > If anyone knows when I can get 1 - 4 16MB 72 pin PARITY SIMMS at a reasonable > price (I'm currently unemployed) it would be greatly appreciated. > > > On Aug 13 2000, s. keeling wrote: > >> RAM tends to help more than upgrading to a faster processor would. > > > > Indeed. Really. The chance to avoid swaps is incredible. The > > only problem is that not all older boards support that much of > > RAM (and not all of them support even 72-way memory chips; > > my 486DX33 only supports RAM chips with 30-connectors -- don't > > know what these chips are called). > > > > []s desperately looking for upgrading the 8MB to 16MB, Roger... > > Marc Shapiro http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_shapiro/ > -- Linux IS user-friendly. It is just picky about who its friends are. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
NFS'ing two Debian boxes
Hello What package is recommended for doing NFS between two Debian machines? I mean, what's needed for the server, what for the client(s)? I see the following available: # apt-cache search nfs [snip] nfs-server - User space NFS server. [snip] nfs-kernel-server - Kernel NFS server support [snip] nfs-common - NFS support files common to client and server [snip] Which to install? Cheers Sven -- Debian GNU/Linux ... because the best things in life are free!
xdm init level question
I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may be a "oh no, not this again" question); maybe someone can put the rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, xdm, level, etc.) but came up empty. Why is xdm started at runlevel 2 in Debian? In all the systems I'm familiar with, both Linux and proprietary, xdm was always started at a runlevel after 3 (typically 5). This way you could boot the box into a non-graphical login merely by specifying a different runlevel. Is there some new standard that specifies a graphical login at runlevel 2 now? Why this difference in behavior? If there's some documentation somewhere that describes this I'm happy to go look there. Also, in this environment what is the correct way to boot into a console login and avoid starting XDM? I find it hard to believe the "correct" way is to edit /etc/init.d/xdm and add in an "exit 0" to the top, which is what I've been doing :-/. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
Apache - CGI
How do I enable CGI execution in directories other than ScriptAlias? I have Debian Slink, apache 1.3.9, and kernel 2.2.3. In ScriptAlias directory it works just fine! In srm.conf I do this: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi In access.conf I add this: Let's I want to enable it in all users home directories: AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks So after calling a cgi script from apache I get this error in error.log: [Thu Aug 17 21:59:56 2000] [error] [client 90.0.0.1] Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: /home/gmocnik/public_html/test.cgi in access.log this: lisa - - [17/Aug/2000:21:59:56 +0200] "GET /~gmocnik/test.cgi HTTP/1.0" 403 215 and nothing in suexec.log. So what would be the problem here??? It doesn't help, if there is /home/gmocnik/public_html instead /home/*/public_html. I will appreciate any help.
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
Hi If there's not enough space, tar czf or tar cIf and later tar xzf / tar xIf! Bzip2/tar.gz compression really rocks (if you've got a fast cpu). Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message - From: "Christoph Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:08 PM Subject: Re: ** Emegancy Request ** > > Hi All, > > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to mirror > > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact > > > > Thanks in Advance > > Bill > > > > ( cd ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd ; tar xf - ) > > HTH > > Christoph Simon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > ^X^C > q > quit > :q > ^C > end > x > exit > ZZ > ^D > ? > help > . > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Hardware Modems
>> I think this CONFIGP is a TSR that makes the connection between the >> (hardware!!!) modem and the COM port. Ungh, let me guess, this is a [pci,isa]-card - modem which *emulates* a serial-port to the OS? In older times you set the the port to emulate via a jumper, nowadays it´s most likely some register(s) getting set via the driver, so DOS-> loadlin is definitely worth a try. If you´re brave enough you could take a look with a debugger at the TSR to see which register(s) get set, the rest should be relatively easy, IM(*very* humble)O. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
Re: MONOCHROME mutt/mc, COLOR ls/elvis ...?
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 10:25:10AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > > hmm. i must have some odd video settings. i used your .muttrc > > settings verbatim [thanks!], and i do see bold items here and > > there, but still no color. (mc has the same trouble -- monochrome > > and bold but no color -- although elvis shows colors just fine.) > > > > i'm telnetting in with TERM setting: > > % printenv TERM > > vt220 > > > I wonder if it's your telnet client. I've found few for Win32 that > support color well; TeraTerm Pro does pretty well. What the situation > might be on the Mac, I've no idea. i don't think so. (could be wrong, but...) for shits&giggles, i do setenv TERM linux and then i see white on blue in mc, but the character set is screwy; mutt then shows color as well, but escape sequences interfere with user input. after restoring to setenv TERM vt220 i'm pretty sure that my telnet client does color pretty well. ls --color ==> rich color set elvis ==> plenty-o-colors tcsh prompt ==> color hiliting just fine mc ==> monochrome w/reverse-video and bold mutt==> monochrome w/reverse-video and bold i bet there's some environment hook that elvis and ls both find/use, that mc and mutt don't look for (or vice-versa). or just one variable setting that i'm missing in both monochrome cases...
Re: Can ssh harm apache-ssl ?
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:32:40 -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Petr Danek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PD> i read somewhere that ssh can harm apache-ssl because of using > PD> open-ssl. Is this opinion right ? > > That doesn't make any sense, particularly given that ssh has nothing to do > with SSL, Petr was talking about OpenSSL the software, not SSL the protocol layer. The current Debian packages of OpenSSH are linked against OpenSSL (presumably for its implementation of the RSA public key algorithm). Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go where no data has gone before.
Re: Hardware Modems
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > windows, reaching the capacity of 115 Kbps (at least, windows say that). > Take a look at their DOS readme section: Windows is lying, most likely :} It frequently reports the connection speed between the computer and the modem, rather than between the two modems. If the modem can run under DOS, it can almost certainly work under Linux. The problem of setting a modem to use a particular COM port is different from the WinModem problem in which the modem does not really use a COM port at all. There are a couple of things to try. First of which is to boot DOS, run the modem config program, and then load Linux with loadlin. This will leave the modem configured, as opposed to a real reboot, which is likely to erase the modem config. The second of which is to try to run the modem config program from within DOSemu. But for this you need to know all the port addresses used by the modem so you can give DOSemu direct access to them. > I think this CONFIGP is a TSR that makes the connection between the > (hardware!!!) modem and the COM port. Even if it is a TSR, it may not need to be one. You can use the DOS mem command "mem /c/p" or is it "mem /c /p" - to enumerate all the TSR's running in a DOS session. If it is not in the list produced by mem, it is not a TSR. My bet is that it is *not* a TSR - it just programs the modem registers to use a particular setup and then exits, since it has nothing else to do. It would be extremely difficult for a DOS TSR to manage a modem in the same way that Windows manages a Winmodem. This sort of "program the registers" program was very common a few years ago especially with sound cards, but modems too. I have no idea why any modern modem would use such a thing instead of being a Plug & Play modem, but there you have it :} If it *is* a plug & play modem, you need to configure it with the PnP tools - I bet pnpdump can see it. > Isn't great? I spent a lot of money ($150) buying a hardware modem that > cannot work under linux. That is a lot of money for a modem! Why didn't you get a cheaper one? In general it is a bad idea to pay any attention to what tech support tells you.
Re: Window Manager
If I understand you courrectly, to change where the default window manager points, read the make-alternatives man page. the command is something like this: make-alternatives --configure x-window-manager and it will give you a choice to select from, or to make no changes. It works for me on potato and anything newer (I think). John On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Frederik wrote: > I've installed Enlightenment (via apt-get) as my window > manager. /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager still points to icewm > though. I've tried to change this through the gnome config panel, but that > made my screen turn black, even console windows, so that was sub-optimal > ;-) > I'd like to change it manually, but don't know where this link should > point to. Any ideas? > (The reason why i want to change this: i don't like the fact the gnome > control panel changes my background every time I push the background > button by mistake.) > > A second, unrelated question: how can I configure the trigger that says > 'New mail in /var/spool...'? It doesn't say this if an email is handled > through procmail, and i'd like to be notified of certain mails this way > (not all though) > > Thanks for any help, > > Frederik > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Window Manager
I've installed Enlightenment (via apt-get) as my window manager. /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager still points to icewm though. I've tried to change this through the gnome config panel, but that made my screen turn black, even console windows, so that was sub-optimal ;-) I'd like to change it manually, but don't know where this link should point to. Any ideas? (The reason why i want to change this: i don't like the fact the gnome control panel changes my background every time I push the background button by mistake.) A second, unrelated question: how can I configure the trigger that says 'New mail in /var/spool...'? It doesn't say this if an email is handled through procmail, and i'd like to be notified of certain mails this way (not all though) Thanks for any help, Frederik
bttv/i2c stack question for you smart minds
I want to install the latest and greatest bttv drivers for my Pinnacle PCTVPRO. Two questions: 1) The bttv homepage (http://www.strusel007.de/linux/bttv/) says I need to apply a new i2c stack for kernels older than 2.3.34. I'm using 2.2.13 and there is a diff patch on the page, but it doesn't say how to apply it. Does anyone know? 2) I'm using the bttv drivers that came with the 2.2.13 kernel now. Do I need to recompile my kernel without the driver modules before running make and make install on the bttv source, or will it simply replace the older modules with the newer ones? Any good recipes for the above appreciated (also good Chinese dumpling recipes, if you have them). Hans
Re: (3Com) Ethernet card 100Base-only capable? (SOLVED)
Hello people Thanks tons to all those who replied (also privately). It turned out to be a configuration problem. The card was set to 100MBit. In a private mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] quite appropriately pointed out to me the following: I've got several 3C905Bs in use, and they've all worked in 10BT mode in addition to the 100BT. So... I'd suggest stooping to the level of booting up DOS, and trying the 3COM utilities to adjust the card to auto-sense the speed. These can be retrieved from the 3 disk set of drivers at http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c90x401b.htm I did exactly this and it solved my problem right there. With the TP cable plugged in, I was even able to the auto-sensing. Thank you all for your help! Highly appreciated! Regards Sven
Re: Hardware Modems
I used to think that way, to. But, according to the reply they gave me (with an English even worse than mine), they did it !!! "Our modem is a hardware modem, but it has not direct access to the COM port, so it will not work under weird operating systems", or something like that. Actually, the modem runs well under windows, reaching the capacity of 115 Kbps (at least, windows say that). Take a look at their DOS readme section: For WINDOWS 3.1 or DOS 6.X users: Because you need to tell modem what resource is available on your system, you need to run CONFIGP.EXE first. For example: To set modem on com2 use: CONFIGP /i3 /0x2F8 To inquire usage: CONFIGP /? - I think this CONFIGP is a TSR that makes the connection between the (hardware!!!) modem and the COM port. Isn't great? I spent a lot of money ($150) buying a hardware modem that cannot work under linux. I think that writing a driver for it is painless than doing so for winmodems. By the way, what does oxymoron mean? David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] s.wcu.edu> cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Assunto: Re: Hardware Modems 17/08/00 14:43 On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux. What do you mean? Does anyone know what this is about? I know about WinModems, all "winmodems" are certainly hardware modems, but different from the ones that have intelligence left in, that don't off load the work to the CPU to save fifty cents in chips, and don't require a propriatary driver that are also hardware. I thought the usage here was "hardware modem" meant modems that don't off load to the CPU and don't require a propriatary driver, so either already work under Linux or can be made to do so by some good soul writing a drivers? What does he mean "hardware modem that don't work under Linux"? I HOPE that is an oxymoron, but given the rapacity of some companies, I fear the worst. I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the stuff I left in. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > - Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00 > 11:49 - > > Romeu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > m.br>cc: > Assunto: En: E0008224/Lucent Venus > 16/08/00 Voice Modem > 23:22 > > - Original Message - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:50 AM > Subject: FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > -- Âà§eªÌ support/askey_notes ©ó 2000/08/15 11:49 AM > --- > > > kain > 2000/08/14 03:31 PM > > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡G support/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G > ¥D¦®¡G FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > Dear Sir > This modem is hardware modem > But we not have set com port tool for linux > > Regards > Askey Technical Support > > > "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ©ó 2000/08/10 06:56:39 AM > ½Ð¦^À³ µ¹ "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡Gsupport/askey_notes > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G > ¥D¦®¡G Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > > Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I bought > it expecting so. > It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it up under linux. It's > not detected. > > > Thanks > Romeu F. Jr. > Rio de Janeiro > Brazil > > - att-1.htm > > (See attached file: att-1.htm) > > >
Re: setup SoundBlaster AWE64 on potato
Basically it comes down to this: 1) make a pnpdump, edit the /etc/isapnp.conf and run $isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf 2) compile a kernel with the SB drivers build in as modules 3) reboot with the new kernel 4) insert the modules with modprobe -a (they are sound and sb) with the sb having parameters like irq's, dma's and io's from your isapnp.conf If you want my kernel's .config, pnpdump and modules files send me a private mail. If you're interested in midi maybe ask William as he has been playing around with that. I don't have much experience with it. The above will work for plain sound support. Hans At 02:47 AM 8/17/00 -0500, John Reinke wrote: >I've started configuring my potato system to use a SoundBlaster AWE64, and >it appears the documentation I've found isn't totally up-to-date. I've read >the "Linux Sound HOWTO" and the "Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO". Are there >any other instructions for getting this card set up? > >The latter of the two howtos mentions some of the modules I should include >when comfiguring my kernel, but not all of the names match options in the >2.2.17 kernel. > >Thanks for any suggestions, >John > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --- It's nice to be liked, but better by far to get paid -- Liz Phair
problem with font
i have Debian 2.0. When i use the command below: xterm -fn -adobe-* both the foreground and background color is black. However "xterm -fn -misc-*" works. Many X programs have the same problem. Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because i'll leave the list in a minute.
Re: Hardware Modems
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux. What do you mean? Does anyone know what this is about? I know about WinModems, all "winmodems" are certainly hardware modems, but different from the ones that have intelligence left in, that don't off load the work to the CPU to save fifty cents in chips, and don't require a propriatary driver that are also hardware. I thought the usage here was "hardware modem" meant modems that don't off load to the CPU and don't require a propriatary driver, so either already work under Linux or can be made to do so by some good soul writing a drivers? What does he mean "hardware modem that don't work under Linux"? I HOPE that is an oxymoron, but given the rapacity of some companies, I fear the worst. I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the stuff I left in. --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > - Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00 > 11:49 - > > > Romeu > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > m.br>cc: > > Assunto: En: E0008224/Lucent > Venus > 16/08/00 Voice Modem > > 23:22 > > > - Original Message - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:50 AM > Subject: FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > -- ???e?? support/askey_notes ?? 2000/08/15 11:49 AM > --- > > > kain > 2000/08/14 03:31 PM > > ?H?G support/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ???e?G > ?D???G FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > Dear Sir > This modem is hardware modem > But we not have set com port tool for linux > > Regards > Askey Technical Support > > > "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ?? 2000/08/10 06:56:39 AM > ???^?? ?? "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ?H?Gsupport/askey_notes > ???e?G > ?D???G Lucent Venus Voice Modem > > > > Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I bought > it expecting so. > It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it up under linux. It's > not detected. > > > Thanks > Romeu F. Jr. > Rio de Janeiro > Brazil > > - att-1.htm > > (See attached file: att-1.htm) > > >
Problems with DOD and ISDN
Hello all, I've ISDN here and my setup is working quite nice for a almost a year now. I'm trying to switch to Dial on demand now for convenience. It is already working, but there are a lot of unwanted connections triggered to my ISP. I've already read that this behaviour is caused by using dynamic ip-adresses and that it could be blocked through the use of ipchains. But first I need to know which program or daemon triggers the connection. Now I cannot get to know that, because the isdn log level is 2 and AFAIK it has to be 3 to see amongst which IP-Adresses and Ports a packet is send. So my question is: Where can I increase the log level of isdnlog? And maybe somebody could share a working firewall based on ipchains as an example? Cheers Robert pgpDpwRBFO7og.pgp Description: PGP signature
OT: monitor gets fuzzy after 20 minutes of usage
Hi all, At home, I have had a Mag DX15T (15 inch on Trinitron tube) for several years (3, maybe 4). It recently started acting up. It's sharp as ever in X when I initially turn it on, but goes fuzzy, especially near the bottom of the screen, after about 20 minutes. When I exit X and go to the console it appears to be okay again. Do anyone know what sort of hardware failure is going on? Is it reparable? Thanks, Peter
Re: KDE-->GNOME, how to switch
Check /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager symlink.. - Original Message - From: "Greg Strockbine." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:48 AM Subject: KDE-->GNOME, how to switch
Re: unpartitioning with rescue disk
Quoting Ed Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I tried to partition with the Rescue disk, then > lost my Win32 MBR. I am using EZ_Bios (installed from > floppy) from Western Digital (I have a new 10.2g WD > drive), so luckily I was able to restore the MBR. My > Award BIOS cannot read above 2gb I wanted a 2gig > partition for Debian (Potato, frozen, downloaded > 8/13/00), but ended up with a new drive under windows > (Drive D #2). Linux rescue still would not allow > me to partition, and says I have 4 partitions already. > Can I UNPARTITION it, then repartition it? The > instructions were not clear which one to partition; > The first primary listed, or the free space. I have > about 8gb free now (though windows98 says the second > HD (partition) is FAT, noncompressed, or FAT16). I > only have One hardrive installed. Should I use Win98 > fdisk to fix the partition, then Re-run rescue from > dos? I think you are in danger of losing the contents of your disk. I wouldn't do anything until you've received AND understood some expert advice. Unfortunately I don't have time to do this myself at the moment (and I'm no expert). Sorry. 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.
Copying a partition, was Re: ** Emegancy Request **
Quoting Bill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to mirror > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact Well I wouldn't call "man dd" a safe way of doing this unless you mean you want to make a bit for bit copy of the disk. If that's the case, then you don't need to worry about permissions, owner, groups etc. because it's not even going to worry about what sort of partitions or filesystems you have. I've never done it though; you're on your own. But I'll assume that you really want to copy the contents of a partition from one disk to another. If that's so, then: mke2fs /dev/new-partition which will create the lost+found directory of the correct size mount /dev/new-partition /mnt cd to the top (mount point) of the old partition (which might be /) find -xdev | cpio -damp /mnt That will copy everything in that partition, correctly. What will differ: Directories will have new timestamps and they will be just big enough for the files contained therein (the old ones may have contained more files at one time). What still needs doing: You may need to adjust /etc/fstab if the changes you make result in different device names. If this was a root (/) partition and you use lilo, you will need to boot to it (with a floppy, say) and run lilo. I'm told you can avoid booting by using chroot or lilo -r but I haven't actually done this. 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.
KDE-->GNOME, how to switch
I did the stormix install of the latest Deb, and I told it to install both KDE and GNOME. It comes up in KDE and I can't figure out how to make the switch to GNOME. I thought I had to put something like "gnome-exec" in my xstart file, but I don't even see such a file in my home directory, just a bunch of Kde start up files. I went to www.gnome.org, helix and www.linuxdoc.org. To my amazement there was no nitty-gritty details about how to do this. Mainly just install the package, and here's the end user manual. Also, I was surprised by the desktop environments. I've been working on unix for years, but mainly in emacs with a command shell and gdb, developing C code. Now I have this spiffy desktop with lots of windows-like utilities, which I have no use for. I can see its appeal to a window's end user, but I feel a level removed, like there is something going on in the background but I can't get to it. This is just an initial impression, I know it will go away as I use it more. - greg strockbine
charset issues
On bouncing mail down from Windows/Outlook Express to debian/exim and back to Windows I find a line has been added and the resultant post no longer displays HTML under Outlook Express I am trying to set up a mailing list send out via debian/exim where some of the recipients will want to view the posts with HTML accurately rendered using Outlook Express. As a matter of convenience I prepare the post using Outlook Express, then mail it to my debian account, then distribute it The added line: Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII Would appreciate any feedback David
Re: Inetd problems?
Sie schrieben: > After upgrading to woody, I now see these messages: > Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: smtp/tcp: bind: Address already in use > > Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: ftp/tcp: bind: Address already in use > > Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: time/tcp: bind: Address already in use > > Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: daytime/tcp: bind: Address already in > use > Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: discard/tcp: bind: Address already in > use > They repeat after 10 minutes. > > Is this a problem? > > /Patrik Magnusson > I just killed the old inetd: ps ax | grep "inetd" /usr/sbin/inetd kill But normally that should do apt ... -- Michael Hummel Wollzeile 23/10 A-1010 WIEN mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fprint = F24D EAC6 E3D7 372C 9122 D510 EB24 01CA 0B56 B518 key: http://www.seitung.net/key pgpI7CKnEI8yg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Installing Debian
The Debian website has documentation on what to do with the 3 CD's to install Debian: http://www.debian.org/. --- Jeff Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >I think the key is probably that "source" you'd need to build all the >programmes from that, you need the binaries. >Jeff > >> "Tancock, Matthew" wrote: >> >> Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before, which is very easy... >> >> a friend lent me a copy of debian (3 cd's labled potato source 1,2,3) >> I've copied them but i get the feeling i'm missing something, if I am, >> what am i missing, if i'm not, what do i do with these disks to >> install it! >> >> Thanks >> >> " What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within >> him." >> >> Matthew Tancock >> IM Support, London >> >> :-) > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null _ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net
Re: News Release from IBM FYI...
John Foster wrote: > > Hey all; take a look at this! Seems IBM has finally decided to get on > the wagon all the way :-) > > http://www.ibm.com/news/2000/08/153.phtml > This intrigued me: "Recently, IBM announced: Linux running on a wrist watch." Never could find a link for it... I noticed a couple of weeks ago that IBM took out a full-page ad in USA Today promoting their Netfinity servers with Linux, but also more generally Linux and open source.
Inetd problems?
After upgrading to woody, I now see these messages: Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: smtp/tcp: bind: Address already in use Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: ftp/tcp: bind: Address already in use Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: time/tcp: bind: Address already in use Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: daytime/tcp: bind: Address already in use Aug 15 04:03:41 pedgr634 inetd[3373]: discard/tcp: bind: Address already in use They repeat after 10 minutes. Is this a problem? /Patrik Magnusson
Re: What is stormix
mike wrote: > > Stormix is an easy way to get Debian potato up and running on your > computer > with a graphical installer. The Debian/Stormix distribution also includes > the newest Helix-gnome and 2.2.16 kernel. > You also get a very useful graphical front-end to apt-get and dselect, > called Strom Package Manager. With its filter option and the sources list > you can easily find any of the more than 4000 Debian packages available on > the net. > Just go to Stormix.com and d/l the latest version .I am glad i did. > Does anyone know how to install it starting with a floppy (no bootable CD drive)?
Re: mutt -- in color
Will Trillich wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:42:24PM -0600, Rev GRC Sperry wrote: > > Here's my color section of my .muttrc: > [snip] > > hmm. i must have some odd video settings. i used your > settings verbatim [thanks!], and i do see bold items here and > there, but still no color. (mc has the same trouble -- monochrome > and bold but no color -- although elvis shows colors just fine.) > > i'm telnetting in (spare the lecture, there's no suitable mac ssh > client that i've found) with TERM setting: > % printenv TERM > vt220 > > what else am i missing? > I wonder if it's your telnet client. I've found few for Win32 that support color well; TeraTerm Pro does pretty well. What the situation might be on the Mac, I've no idea.
Re: fetchmail is eating my mail
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andre Berger writes: > > I had pretty much the same symptoms. It happened because fetchmail didn't > > know where to deliver the mail because localhost was unknown. > > That should result in the mail being left on the server. Right; I don't know what went wrong, and sorry I forgot the details. -- Andre
Hardware Modems
They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux. - Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00 11:49 - Romeu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m.br>cc: Assunto: En: E0008224/Lucent Venus 16/08/00 Voice Modem 23:22 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:50 AM Subject: FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem -- 轉呈者 support/askey_notes 於 2000/08/15 11:49 AM --- kain 2000/08/14 03:31 PM 收件人： support/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 副本抄送： 主旨： FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem Dear Sir This modem is hardware modem But we not have set com port tool for linux Regards Askey Technical Support "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 於 2000/08/10 06:56:39 AM 請回應 給 "Romeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 收件人：support/askey_notes 副本抄送： 主旨： Lucent Venus Voice Modem Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I bought it expecting so. It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it up under linux. It's not detected. Thanks Romeu F. Jr. Rio de Janeiro Brazil - att-1.htm (See attached file: att-1.htm) Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I bought it expecting so. It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it up under linux. It's not detected. Thanks Romeu F. Jr. Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Re: (3Com) Ethernet card 100Base-only capable?
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Sven Burgener wrote: > Hi guys > > I got myself a second box onto which I just installed potato! Yippie! > I have one problem, though: the network card. :( > > > > If this is really so, I think it's annoying for cards as this to exist. > Are there any specific reasons for having Ethernet cards that are only > 100Base capable and not 10Base also. > > > Thanks for help > Sven > > I'm not sure about the following, but maybe there is a tool provided by 3com, that you can use to put the card in '10 Base-mode'. This could be done with the 3c509b (put it in auto, TP or coax mode). The configuration could be written to the EPROM, so you don't have to use various commandline options. hth Jos Lemmerling
Re: Installing Debian
I think the key is probably that "source" you'd need to build all the programmes from that, you need the binaries. Jeff > "Tancock, Matthew" wrote: > > Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before, which is very easy... > > a friend lent me a copy of debian (3 cd's labled potato source 1,2,3) > I've copied them but i get the feeling i'm missing something, if I am, > what am i missing, if i'm not, what do i do with these disks to > install it! > > Thanks > > " What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within > him." > > Matthew Tancock > IM Support, London > > :-)
netkit-inetd installation problem
Hi, I've this annoying problem with netkit-inetd and subsequently with netbase. During the preconfiguration phase dpkg says: - zed:/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf# dpkg --configure netkit-inetd Setting up netkit-inetd (0.10-2) ... Can't call method "default" without a package or object reference at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Question.pm line 69, chunk 1. dpkg: error processing netkit-inetd (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 Errors were encountered while processing: netkit-inetd zed:/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf# and of course when I try to install netbase, it says that netkit-inetd is not configured... I looked at Question.pm, by I didn't find out what could be the problem... I didn't either been able to understand what is $default... Does anybody know a solution ? (woody / kernel 2.4.0test4) pietro
Re: Installing Debian
Consult the instructions at: http://www.au.debian.org/releases/potato/#new-inst Or your local mirror.. - Original Message - From: "Tancock, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:48 AM Subject: Installing Debian > Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before, which is very easy... > > a friend lent me a copy of debian (3 cd's labled potato source 1,2,3) > I've copied them but i get the feeling i'm missing something, if I am, what > am i missing, if i'm not, what do i do with these disks to install it! > > Thanks > > > > " What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him." > > > Matthew Tancock > IM Support, London > > :-) > > > > >
kernel-panic
Dear Debian Gurus:
I have been using Linux since 1995. All this time I never
experienced a serious system crash, until recently.
I am using Debian 2.0.14.
My system has four partitions:
devicesize mount
/dev/hda1 ~1Gb /
/dev/hda2 128Mb swap
/dev/hda3 ~3Gb /usr
/dev/hda4 ~1Gb /home
I left for vacations Aug.3 and left my system running (a big
mistake). A power outage occurred while I was away. When I
came back the screen that welcomed me, was a partially booted
system, which hung after a kernel panic message !!
I used a previous SUSE bootdisk (2.0.13), it checked the fs,
mounted the partitions, and there it was, running again. Thats
until I rebooted again with my Debian kernel, which worked
until I tried to start Xwindows-KDE. The system crashed a
couple of times, one time it actually rebooted by itself.
The latest message that I get, upon booting is as follows,
note that I can still use my SUSE bootdisk to get the system
started.
This is what I get when I try to boot using without a
bootdisk:
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c800
current->tss.cr3 = 0008' %cr3 = 0008
*pde =
Ooops:
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<0012b40d>]
EFLAGS: 00010216
eax: 003bafff ebx: 07fff000ecx: 1000edx: 03f0
esi: 0800 edi: 003b6f58ebp: 003b6f5cesp: 003b6f18
ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
Process init (pid: 1, process nr: 1, stackpage=003b6000)
Stack: 07fff000 0001 83e0 003b6f8c 0012b68a 07fff000
003b6f60
003b6f5c 003baf00 003b6f58 00086e9c 4000b3f0 07fff000 00 3
1000
40008cb4 ffdc 00122ba1 07fff000 0001 4000b3f0
003b6f8c
Call Trace: [<0012b68a>] [<00122ba1>] [<00122d27>] [<0010a645>]
Code: 8a 06 46 84 c0 75 f4 84 c0 74 4c 8b 54 24 24 ff 82 80 00 00
That's the last line that I see. I have copied this looking at
the dump, so there might be slight typos.
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated, with much
respect.
Fethi Okyar
Research Assistant
Computational Solid Mechanics
MMAE Department, IIT
Chicago, IL 60616-3793
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ** Emegancy Request **
Nico De Ranter wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:42:19AM -0300, Marcello Mezzanotti wrote: > > Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:17:08PM +1000, Bill wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to > > > > mirror > > > > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact > > > > > > > > > > man dd > > > -- > > > Thomas Guettler > > > Office: www.interface-business.de > > > Private: http://yi.org/guettli > > > (Replace _NoSpam_ with @) > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > what about rsync ?? > > > > Might not work for devices and such. Depends on what exactly you want to do. > If it's a one time copy dd will probably be faster anyway. > > Nico > if both fs are mounted, i believe its the best way. and he can do a 2nd or even 3rd rsync to garantee that the fs are equal if not, rsync doesnt work :) marcello ps: sorry my poor english -- ++-+ | Marcello Mezzanotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Amiga 1200/18Mb | | UOL System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | AmigaOS 3.1 | | C, Pascal, PHP, Zope, SQL, Arexx Programmer| | | Star Trek, UNIX, Amiga Computers, BOFH | | | http://www.mezzanet.pt.eu.orgICQ: 1845241 |K6-2 450 64Mb | ++Linux 2.2.16 | | Amiga: The Computer For Creative Minds |FreeBSD4.1 | |Linux: The Choice of The Next Generation| | ++-+ Oh my God, they killed INIT, you BASTARDS
Installing Debian
Title: Installing Debian Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before, which is very easy... a friend lent me a copy of debian (3 cd's labled potato source 1,2,3) I've copied them but i get the feeling i'm missing something, if I am, what am i missing, if i'm not, what do i do with these disks to install it! Thanks " What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him." Matthew Tancock IM Support, London :-)
