Anyone want a utility to find the best mirror?
Some time ago, I asked about any utility that could take a list of machinesand find the one that's closest, so that I could find the best mirror topoint dselect to. Someone responded that I should try "netselect", which didhelp a lot. However, netselect has a couple of shortcomings: o It only tests ping times, not actual transfer rates of data o It doesn't check to see if there's an ftp server there. o It doesn't check to see if the ftp server accepts anonymous login o It doesn't check to see if the ftp server even *still* mirrors thedebian treeThese last two are a real pain... especially the last one. Many of the sitesI tried first in the mirrrors list didn't have the debian tree anymore.Hrmph!So, anyway I broke down and wrote a little perl script which takes aREADME.mirrors.txt and tries to connect to each of the mirrors listed. Ittries to connect anonymously and tries to navagate to the directory wherethe debian tree is supposed to be and then it actually tries to download afile from the site to see what kind of transfer rate it gets.It does *not* check for *currency* of the mirror. In other words, if thefiles in the mirror are all 6 months old, the script will not pick thatup yet. I do plan, however, to make it sense that and take that intoaccount.Anyway, if anybody wants to give it a whirl, I'm open to somebeta-testing.- Joe
Re: init 3 does nothing
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 06:16:10PM +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > So I guess I have no Linux system now. Scratch everything and try again in a > month or so. > Maybe 2.2 will install OK, but I must admit I'm beginning to doubt it. I've > been trying, on > and off, to get Linux working for about 5 years, but my 21 years experience > in this business > just isn't enough. > > Sometimes I envy all you Linux gurus (=people who have got Linux installed > OK) out there, > it must be really nice to have cracked the puzzle. Maybe I'll solve it when > Linux reaches > its 10th birthday, and woody is stable, who knows? I'm not being sarcastic, > BTW, just a > little frustrated... hang in there. i spoze lots depend on your particular peculiarities among your components (ethernet cards, memory vendor, motherboard, yada yada) but debian was the firs linux i encountered (in 2.1 slink days, back in april) that installed and was up and running with no fuss. i'm hanging with it in 2.2/potato-ville because of the things i read about apt-get versus, well, nothing else like it out there. i bought the 2.1 slink cd (2-cd set) as part of the linuxmall.com megapack where you get 11 cd's (8 distros, i think) for $29 or so. (also hadta get a tux plush doll for my schmoopie, but she doesn't appreciate him as much as i do.) i also know of folks who have troubles similar to what you mention. if you get the new cd's and it doesn't work, maybe something else similar will. better than resorting to microso~1, at least.
Re: apt-get problem
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 08:53:48PM -0700, Sean wrote: > hi folks, > > i am a new debian user. fresh install potato. i > built my own kernel_image. after that, everytime when > i fire apt-get update/upgrade, it prompt me for > upgrading kernel_image ... > > how can i keep an "old" package (in this case is the > kernel_image) from not upgrading? There are two ways to do this. 1. Go into dselect, position the cursor on the kernel-image-2.2.17 line and type "=". This puts that package on hold so neither apt-get nor dselect will try to upgrade it. 2. Recompile using an epoch: make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image The Debian kernel-image-2.2.17 package was created with an epoch of 1, which is why this is happening. /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz has a discussion of this. Actually there is a third way using 'dpkg --set-selections' but that should probably be avoided by a new user -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
Re: F2 key programming
Subject: F2 key programming Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 06:20:19PM + In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello Thomas, Further to e-mail from Julio Merino on how to make the F2 > key emit "|more\C-m" > (i.e. put into ~.inputrc the line"\e[[B": "|more\C-m" ) I found, > after much fruitless searching, that > my F2 key has the string "\eOQ" instead attached and F10 has "\e[21~" . > > I found this via a small C-program which I wrote. I now have the two > lines in my ~.inputrc > "\eOQ":"|more\C-m" > "\e[21~":"ls -l" #F10 emits "ls-l" > and all is well! > This shows one of the problems with Linux: some necessary information > is very hard to find. > Ivan Ivan Too late now but for future reference. apropos keyboard (deleted those that don't apply) showkey (1) - examine the codes sent by the keyboard man showkey "showkey prints to standard output either the scan codes or the keycode or the `ascii' code of each key pressed. Isn't Linux great! When you know how to ask it a question, it knows how to answer. Hope this will help you in the future!! Regards Wayne -- Any program that runs right is obsolete. ___
apt-get problem
hi folks, i am a new debian user. fresh install potato. i built my own kernel_image. after that, everytime when i fire apt-get update/upgrade, it prompt me for upgrading kernel_image ... how can i keep an "old" package (in this case is the kernel_image) from not upgrading? thks in advance! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Re: init 3 does nothing
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:59:51AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > No need to define a new runlevel, just use update-rc.d. Debian sets up > runlevels 2-5 as identical to each other with the expectation that users who > want to use them for process/daemon control will customize the runlevels to > their personal taste. (Note: Those Red Hat guys probably told you that the > default runlevel is 5, but Debian's default is 2.) > Heh... I fool with Solaris all day, and runlevel 5 is shutdown and power off. Man, would that be confusing, or what? Mike -- Michael Merten System Support Engineer Raytheon Technical Services Company Joint Readiness Training Center Fort Polk, Louisiana
half-installed packages
I was walking my gf through an install of Debian (it didn't scare her, and she's no techie), and everything went fine until she tried installing some stuff. Installing task-x-window-system basically choked, and now she is left with a bunch of half-installed packages. I can't tinker with it myself since she is annoyingly located hundreds of miles away from me. What is the official correct way to deal with lots of half-installed packages? Also, while I'm asking, if you install a task, what's the quickest and easiest way to just get rid of everything it installs? She installed a couple other tasks in tasksel before realizing it would probably be better to start with a minimal system and apt-get as needed.. -- Tom "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." -Albert Einstein
Re: /var/spool/mail on NFS
Thus spake A Mennucc1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have two machines with Debian potato on it, > and kernel 2.2.17; first one is called Tonelli, > second one is called Fubini > > I have install nfs-common and nfs-server on both > > when I try to read my email using mutt, it says > > fcntl errno = 37 > > and the mailbox is readonly > > exim at Fubini is also not able to lock > and deliver email Use nfs-kernel-server, the userspace nfsd does not have the needed locking functionality. Plus, it's tons faster and a lot more reliable, which is always a good thing(tm). -- oneiros ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1024D/62C2F77D 941432434515 url: http://www.darkspire.net/ EBB8 AF14 8C43 2F12 7623 126593210518 irc: EFnet / tietNET / opn C0AA C0AE 56D4 62C2 F77D 723904868285
acroread Exited with error code: 0x400e0009
Greetings: Whenever I use acrobat reader on my home system (potato), It displays the first page successully, but when I go to another page it exits and says: Exited with error code: 0x400e0009. I've tried purging and reinstalling it, to no avail. I have no such problem on my systems at work, which are also potato. It's acting like some kind of difference in the libraries, so here's what it is linking to at run time: libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40018000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4006) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4006c000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4010d000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4012a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4012f000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4020c000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40215000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Anybody else seen this? -- Mark
Re: no ppp.log
bentley taylor writes: > i don't have a /var/log/ ppp.log, File a bug against ppp. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: no ppp.log
Robb Kidd writes: > 'tail -f /var/log/messages' - pon/poff sends its log entries to > 'messages' by default. pon and poff don't send any log entries anywhere: they are just scripts which respectively call pppd and kill it. However, pppd and chat should be logging to /var/log/ppp.log. Did you turn debugging off in pppconfig? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex
I'm certainly no expert at this but I'm not quite sure how to pass the full_duplex parameter to a driver that is compiled into the kernel. You may have to modify the source for that. But if you compile the via-rhine driver as a module you can pass the parameter two ways that I know. You can interrupt the boot process with the left-shift key and after the linux: prompt add linux: via-rhine full_duplex=1 or you can add a line in your modules.conf file like this: options via-rhine full_duplex=1 There is some minimal documentation in the source file on this. You might check the syntax I've provided for accuracy. The second method I'm sure is correct. The first one I'm not 100% sure of but it may work for both modules and compiled-in drivers. If you have more than one card installed using the same driver, you can set them all to full duplex by separating the parameters with a comma, such as full_duplex=1,0,1,0. This makes the first and third cards full duplex and the second and fourth cards not. good luck, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arcady Genkin wrote: > > I have a D-Link 530 card using a compiled-in via-rhine driver as eth0. > The card is talking to an identical card in a computer that runs > FreeBSD. I'm seeing collisions on the Linux side of the link, and am > wondering what parameters I should pass the kernel to force the card > into Full-duplex 100base mode, and how to pass those params. (I > already did that on the FreeBSD side). > Arcady Genkin > Don't read everything you believe. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Postfix question
On 29-Sep-2000 Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 07:42:46PM +, Pollywog wrote: > >> Will putting these hosts in the /etc/postfix/access list suffice? >> I just thought of that, but it's too simple ;) > > [One of the reasons for writing new text after old is that it provides > valuable context which makes it much easier to understand messages. > Anyway.] I will do it that way in future. > >> > to be received. Is there some option in Postfix that would allow me to >> > receive mail from certain hosts with bad HELO or hostname info while >> > refusing >> > all others? I know how to turn it off completely, but I want to be >> > selective. >> > I have read the docs but nothing applies. > > You also need to specify the access list in the appropriate smtpd > restrictions class. "check_client_access" should do what you want. See > /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples/sample-smtpd.cf.gz for details. > Thanks, I am using that restriction now, but I don't yet know whether it is working as intended. -- Andrew pgp95IkliO3DJ.pgp Description: PGP signature iD8DBQE51RTMJ2Vo11xhU60RAoncAJ9ittZruOE41eZqrc7RhYjY7+yRUwCfZQim 49uRmgZmDfMU1wn5Mp9BdgY= =OT9b -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: pine (again!)
Thanks to Joel Dinel for pointing me to this address: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum12/HTML/96.html Turns out I did not have libncurses5-dev installed, only libncurses5. Now I'm wondering why apt did not warn me of the missing dependance... Dan.
Re: printer setup in Debian 2.2
Printtool is not available in debian 2.2. If you don't want to take it from woody, magicfilter or apsfilter might be a good solution. I use magicfilter and was very happy with the installation ease. Remco On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 13:58, Seung-woo Nam wrote: > Hi: > > I was just wondering if there is a printer setup tool in debian like > printtool in redhat. My printer is hp deskjet 694c and it just spits > out garbage under debian. > > Thanks > > Seung-woo Nam -- Legion of Doom Northold cracking South Africa FSF CIA Croatian BOK strategic bomb technology serbian SFOR nuclear AK-47 VX Kosto
Re: laptop hot swapping
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, David Smock wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:12:16 -0500 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: David Smock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: laptop hot swapping > > I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 running debian woody, and all the apm stuff > works great. My only problem is hot swapping drives - is there any way > to get linux to recognize the fact that ive changed block devices? > > I've tried suspending and swapping, but no dice either - the kernel is > still thinking a cdrom is on /dev/hdc > > Any ideas? > > David Smock > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > I have been able to hot swap on a few Compaq laptops(Armada 7400, E500) only under the following condition: 1. Linux booted with CD in the multibay I could then hot swap a floppy for the CD and was able to hot swap back to the CD. If I booted with the floppy then I could not swap the CD because Linux did not know a CD was on the system. I write bios for the Compaq notebooks so this is how it works for APM. 1. User removes multibay device 2. Hardware generates an external SMI 3. SMI code turns off power/buffers to empty bay, updates internal bios device tables, etc. 4. Bios generate PnP message to tell OS of a device change 5. OS queries PnP the find which device it changed and updates its info/drivers The same process occurs for device insertion except if an IDE device is inserted the SMI code has more work to do. It must take the IDE/Atapi device out of reset, ID it, do any geometry/xfer speed setup. Also, if you insert the device in a bay on the same channel as an existing IDE device then the existing device state must be preserved because when you hardware reset the new device all devices are reset on that channel. You could do this at least two ways. 1. This is a bad way but modify the linux IDE driver to keep all interfaces/dev nodes hot and poll periodically for presence of devices. 2. Write a kernel module to poll the PnP event register periodically. This is what Win95 does. When a device change message comes through(insertion/removal) go out and load/re-load the driver and setup the nodes, etc. I've been too lazy to learn linux kernel programming to do this;) Dell probably uses a similar PnP mechanism. This sounds like a good project for 2.4 and devfs. scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no ppp.log
I did this way in the .bashrc a put alias pon='plog /var/log/syslog' I hate wvdial att. Gregory Cascante On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, ccridge wrote: > I had the same objection to "pon" and it was suggested > that I go back to wvdial, which has it's own web site. > I did, easy as pie, and now I know what's going on. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: printer setup in Debian 2.2
If you know how to use printtool, it exists as a deb package also. Get it. apt-get install printtol Seung-woo Nam wrote: > > Hi: > > I was just wondering if there is a printer setup tool in debian like > printtool in redhat. My printer is hp deskjet 694c and it just spits out > garbage under debian. > > Thanks > > Seung-woo Nam > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: no ppp.log
I had the same objection to "pon" and it was suggested that I go back to wvdial, which has it's own web site. I did, easy as pie, and now I know what's going on.
sawfish & sawfish-gnome
Hi there ... I'm running a potato/woody box with helixcode gnome. When I wanted to upgrade my system with "apt-get -u dist-upgrade", apt-get decided to remove sawfish and sawfish-gnome. I don't see a reason why. There are new "rep" and "librep" packages, too. Can it be that those new packages are incompatible/conflict with sawfish ?? with friendly regards jens luedicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support the Theory of Evolution; 400 Billion Amphibians can't be wrong! Q: What is the difference between Texas and yogurt? A: Yogurt has culture.
Re: Where can I find a .deb for ipppd?
hi there ... isdnutils contains the ipppd apt-get install isdnutils with friendly regards jens luedicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support the Theory of Evolution; 400 Billion Amphibians can't be wrong! Q: What is the difference between Texas and yogurt? A: Yogurt has culture. On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I find a .deb for ipppd? > > - > Este mensaje fue enviado por medio de IMP: http://correo.ulatina.ac.cr > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > >
Re: forcing D-Link 530 -- which nic
hi ya paul.. no no... i need the card to be physically 1" or so... and with the bootrom...its 2.5" or so... aint good to have try to guess which thingie is in the box... c ya alvin On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > Can't you just remove (unplug) the boot ROM? > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:37:04 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > > > > hi ya paul... > > > > thats wacky and if one is lucky when you buy the > > Dlink marked DF530TX+ i found some cards with the > > bootrom and some cards without the bootrom... > > ( i need the part w/out the bootrom... > > > > oh welll > > alvin > > http://www.linux-1u.net. the 3-NIC 1U uses the dfe530tx+ > > > > On 29 Sep 2000, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't think so! The rtl8139 driver is ONLY for the > > > DFE530TX+, the DFE530TX uses the via-rhine driver. They > > > are not interchangeable. > > > >
Re: Need advice on Postscript/PCL printer
Nicola Bernardelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Lexmark Optra E312 (600x600dpi, 4Mbytes RAM, 10ppm, 3 years > replacement-at-home warranty, relatively cheap toner cartridge [5000 > pages] with builtin photoconductor) claims "Postscript2+pcl6 > emulations". > > Could I just send to it the Postscript files produced with the tools > commonly used in Linux? My guess is "Yes", but I don't have any experience with Lexmark printers. I can't imagine why there would be any problems, though. > I guess a PCL-only printer would also do, maybe via Ghostscript as a > translator, but what would it miss compared to a Postscript printer? I don't think you'd miss much. Setting up a PCL printer is a bit more work (at least until I discovered the apsfilter package), but you should be able to print anything out on it. It may be slower, because (AFAIK - so don't quote me on this) Ghostscript would print each page as a large bitmap. And complex pages will be processed by your CPU instead of the printer, which may cause a bit of problems on a high-load machine, but you probably don't have to worry about that for normal text/music work. I have a Brother HL-730, and I haven't had any problems with it. It took some digging before I found out the right configuration to make it print at 600dpi, though. A general warning about printers: some claim to have PCL support, but only support PCL through a Windows software driver. Some (like my HL-730) will support PCL4 in hardware, and some higher level of PCL through software, which is annoying because PCL4 only allows up to 300dpi. HTH Hubert
Re: Postfix question
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 07:42:46PM +, Pollywog wrote: > Will putting these hosts in the /etc/postfix/access list suffice? > I just thought of that, but it's too simple ;) [One of the reasons for writing new text after old is that it provides valuable context which makes it much easier to understand messages. Anyway.] > > to be received. Is there some option in Postfix that would allow me to > > receive mail from certain hosts with bad HELO or hostname info while > > refusing > > all others? I know how to turn it off completely, but I want to be > > selective. > > I have read the docs but nothing applies. You also need to specify the access list in the appropriate smtpd restrictions class. "check_client_access" should do what you want. See /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples/sample-smtpd.cf.gz for details. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpCLrpo0Gv8d.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex
Can't you just remove (unplug) the boot ROM? > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:37:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > hi ya paul... > > thats wacky and if one is lucky when you buy the > Dlink marked DF530TX+ i found some cards with the > bootrom and some cards without the bootrom... > ( i need the part w/out the bootrom... > > oh welll > alvin > http://www.linux-1u.net. the 3-NIC 1U uses the dfe530tx+ > > On 29 Sep 2000, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > > > > I don't think so! The rtl8139 driver is ONLY for the > > DFE530TX+, the DFE530TX uses the via-rhine driver. They > > are not interchangeable. > > > > -- *** Running Debian Linux *** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish...John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * * pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? */ --
Re: Local installation of Helix
Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DZM> Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> Then, put the helixcode source in your /etc/apt/sources.list SP> file. Run a "apt-get update", "apt-get install task-helix-gnome" SP> and that should install everything...I hope. YMMV:) SP> DZM> Well, you still need a valid Packages file. And I doubt you DZM> actually want to maintain a mirror of the Helix site on your DZM> local machine, which is basically what this procedure would wind DZM> up doing. SP> SP> Why would this be a mirror of the Helix code site. SP> SP> Upon "apt-get update" you download the latest Packages.gz file SP> (shouldn't take too long). Then, upon "apt-get install/upgrade SP> task-helix-gnome" is does the update. I'm basically saying that you don't *need* the Packages.gz file from Helix, especially if you know you have all of the .deb files you need. So you can skip the intermediate stage of downloading and/or regenerating the Packages file here. (All of the information in the Packages file is also in the individual packages; dpkg-scanpackages will create the Packages file from the packages.) If you insist on using a Packages file, you'll either need to create it by hand or duplicate the exact directory structure listed in that file -- which basically means mirroring Helix. In any case, running 'dpkg -i *.deb' will get the packages installed without going through APT. (To be fair, though, if you're a regular dselect user, creating a Packages file does get you the advantage of having the files be listed as something other than "Obsolete/Local". The same is probably true of the other dpkg/APT frontends.) SP> Now, things should happen in this order, I believe. First it SP> checks to see if you have latest version already installed. If SP> that is the case, you're done. Then, it checks for already SP> downloaded versions (zip disk), that are not installed. This is SP> where you put any updates you need! If it's in the cache, it won't SP> download it. Finally, apt-get will download any file not SP> installed, or not found in the cache. If this is wrong, please SP> explain why. All this is correct. After this, APT will run 'dpkg -i' on the files in /var/cache/apt/archives; nothing stops you from doing it yourself (and skipping over APT). -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
Re: ongoing sound problems
Christopher Fonnesbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hubert, > > Thanks for all the help. It didnt work, however. I still get various > messages from my audio apps that tell me there is no sound. I tried > recompiling again using sound as modules, but it appears worse now. The > /dev/sndstat is very empty now. I really have no idea what to do now. > Debian should really have a sound configuration tool like RedHat IMHO. > > Chris You might want to give ALSA a try. It has a configuration program (interestingly, called alsaconf). AFAIK, it has support for less sound cards than the kernel modules, but if you're just using a SoundBlaster, it should be fine. You'll need to install these packages: alsa-base alsa-modules-XXX alsautils (or alsa-utils if you're using woody) alsaconf esound-alsa (and remove esound) libasound0 If you're using a custom kernel, you should install alsa-source instead of alsa-modules-. Hubert
Helix Debian Packages and a weird error
OK. Weird error here, and I'm at a loss on how to track it down. I'm sending you this email because you're one of the Debian package maintainers named "Peter". I realize how thin this lead is, however. Anyway, on to the error... My home directories are automatically mounted via NIS and NFS with the autofs package (automount utility). Periodically, this error pops up in my syslog: ---[ SYSLOG SNIP ] Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[251]: attempting to mount entry /home/peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: lookup(yp): looking up peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: lookup(yp): peter -> -rw,soft^Ishepard:/export/home/& Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: expanded entry: -rw,soft^Ishepard:/export/home/peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: parse(sun): gathered options: rw,soft Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: parse(sun): core of entry: shepard:/export/home/peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: mount(nfs): calling mkdir /home/peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: mount(nfs): calling mount -t nfs -s -o rw,soft shepard:/export/home/peter /home/peter Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: >> mount: shepard:/export/home/peter failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory Sep 29 15:26:20 ws96-8 automount[14346]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure shepard:/export/home/peter on /home/peter -- This is only one block of what amounts to spam in my syslog as some application tries to browse the home directory of "peter". Since it does not find peter as a local user (my fix, by the way), it goes to the NIS server. There IS an entry for peter in the auto.passwd file, but there is no export home directory on the NFS server for said peter. I haven't checked the frequency of this occurrance, my next step in debugging this, but this is a very consistent and very rapid activity. Much too rapid for any human trying to log in, lasting for up to two minutes. (Throwing hundreds of records into syslog of the manner above.) OH! Hey! I found another attempt right after gconfd fired up while running nautalis. Then I found an attempt for this one... -- Sep 29 16:47:48 ws96-8 automount[15108]: mount(nfs): calling mount -t nfs -s -o rw,soft shepard:/export/home/.nautilus-metafile.xml /home/.nautilus-metafile.xml Sep 29 16:47:48 ws96-8 automount[15108]: >> mount: shepard:/export/home/.nautilus-metafile.xml failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory -- Are we getting somewhere here?! Woohoo! So, it looks like the problem lies with the Helix applications that are associated with gconfd. Have you programmed your name in as a default directory for gconfd to look into? (Assuming you're a contributor to the helix project). Doh. Well, automount *is* still trying to mount the nautilus metafile, but I can't get it to try to mount "peter" any more (well, I did add a local user named "peter" in home.local). Well, let me know if you come up with anything. I'm going to forward this to the Debian User list as well to see if anyone else is having this problem. I'll run some more tests w/o the local "peter" account and see if I can associate with gconfd. -- Chad "^chewie" Walstrom, DI mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: offtopic: OCR on linux
Try this: http://www.ime.usp.br/~ueda/clara/ More informations, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards! Carlos Menezes. "A. Demarteau (linux rules!)" wrote: > dear debian-users, > (debian-user subscribers please answer privately as well). > Does anyone have any good ocr-package for Linux which gives very good > results on all kinds of texts including the somewhat worse cases like > badly printed manuals and newspaper-articles. > > At this moment I'm relying on a windoz package for which I have to reboot > constantly. > > --- > Andor Demarteau > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ongoing sound problems
Hubert, Thanks for all the help. It didnt work, however. I still get various messages from my audio apps that tell me there is no sound. I tried recompiling again using sound as modules, but it appears worse now. The /dev/sndstat is very empty now. I really have no idea what to do now. Debian should really have a sound configuration tool like RedHat IMHO. Chris Hubert Chan wrote: > > Christopher Fonnesbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio > > application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its > > busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue? > > Probably a permissions issue. /dev/dsp belongs to root and the audio group, > so > to play sound (or to record for that matter), you need to be part of the audio > group. > > The way I did (I'm going by memory so it may not be 100% accurate) that is to > uncomment the "auth optional pam_group.so" line from /etc/pam.d/login and copy > it to /etc/pam.d/gdm as well. That assuming that you use gdm to log in on the > console normally. If you use some other way, you may have to edit another > file. > > Then edit /etc/security/group.conf and add the lines > > login; tty*; *; Al-2400; audio > gdm; *; *; Al-2400; audio > > (That second field in the last line looks wrong to me, but it's the only thing > that worked for me. Anyone want to tell me the right thing?) > > You may want to change "audio" to "audio, floppy" so that you can access the > floppy drive too. > > The reason you would want to do it this way, instead of just adding yourself > to > the audio group, is that if you log in remotely, you shouldn't be able to play > sounds. Or else the person sitting at the console may get confused. > > HTH > Hubert > > -- > | --- > | / --+-- > | / ___|___Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | \ | _|_ | > |__| |__|__|GCS/M d- s:- a-- C++ UL+() P++ L++ E++ W++ N++ o? > || K? w--- O++ M- V- PS-- PE+++ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 X R- tv+ b+ > | / | \ DI D G e++ h! !r !y > | / | \ > || <><-- http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/ > > PGP/GnuPG fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F > Key can be found at http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/hackerhue.asc > > Experience the Power to Change -- http://www.powertochange.org/ > CAUCE member -- Stop Spam! -- http://www.cauce.org/ > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? -- http://www.linux.com/ > International Alliance for Compatible Technology -- http://www.iact.net/ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Christopher J. Fonnesbeck PhD Student Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2152 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex
hi ya paul... thats wacky and if one is lucky when you buy the Dlink marked DF530TX+ i found some cards with the bootrom and some cards without the bootrom... ( i need the part w/out the bootrom... oh welll alvin http://www.linux-1u.net. the 3-NIC 1U uses the dfe530tx+ On 29 Sep 2000, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > I don't think so! The rtl8139 driver is ONLY for the > DFE530TX+, the DFE530TX uses the via-rhine driver. They > are not interchangeable. > > > Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : hi ya... > > : try using the RT1839 driver instead ??? > > : have fun > : alvin > : http://www.linux-1U.net3 NIC 1Us.1U Raid5 > > : On 29 Sep 2000, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > :> I have a D-Link 530 card using a compiled-in via-rhine driver as eth0. > :> The card is talking to an identical card in a computer that runs > :> FreeBSD. I'm seeing collisions on the Linux side of the link, and am > :> wondering what parameters I should pass the kernel to force the card > :> into Full-duplex 100base mode, and how to pass those params. (I > :> already did that on the FreeBSD side). > :> > :> FWIW, here's the output from ifconfig and dmesg: > :> > :> ,[ dmesg ] > :> | via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Written by Donald Becker > :> | http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html > :> | eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xe800, 00:50:ba:a9:13:f6, IRQ 10. > :> | eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link > . > :> | PCI latency timer (CFLT) is unreasonably low at 32. Setting to 64 > clocks. > :> ` > :> > :> ,[ ifconfig ] > :> | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:A9:13:F6 > :> | inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > :> | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > :> | RX packets:448934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > :> | TX packets:266302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > :> | collisions:7766 txqueuelen:100 > :> | Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800 > :> ` > :> > :> Thanks! > :> -- > :> Arcady Genkin > :> Don't read everything you believe. > :> > :> > :> -- > :> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > :> > > > : -- > : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > *** Running Debian Linux *** > * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * > * that whoever believes in Him should not perish...John 3:16 * > * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * > * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * > * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * > * pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? */ > -- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Need advice on Postscript/PCL printer
Hello, Please CC to me any answer for I'm just on debian-laptop at the moment, but I have renounced buying a portable printer so I may get flamed if I ask there ;-) (not true of course, I've seen very nice hints on formatting and printing ascii files recently on debian-laptop). I am to buy an entry level monochrome laser printer (it seems as when it comes to text and music scores a 600dpi laser is better than any inkjet) and of course I'm looking for one that works with Debian. (I'll add some details just in case anybody else is interested in the matter, I'm in Paris, France, so I guess the prices are not so interesting on the list, anyway the three printers mentioned here are more or less the same price.) The Lexmark Optra E312 (600x600dpi, 4Mbytes RAM, 10ppm, 3 years replacement-at-home warranty, relatively cheap toner cartridge [5000 pages] with builtin photoconductor) claims "Postscript2+pcl6 emulations". Could I just send to it the Postscript files produced with the tools commonly used in Linux? (It is not marked "Adobe Postscript" [and evidently not "Adobe Postscript 3"], is it some "dialect" from IBM?) I guess a PCL-only printer would also do, maybe via Ghostscript as a translator, but what would it miss compared to a Postscript printer? Actually, other candidates with PCL but no Postscript are: - Brother HL-P2500, 600x600dpi, 4Mbytes, 12ppm, 600dpi builtin scanner but of course just for sheets and in good health, relatively cheap toner cartridge (6000 pages) with no builtin photoconductor (2 pages), 1 year no replacement and of course not home serviced warranty; - Epson EPL-5800, 1200x1200dpi, 16Mbytes, more expensive fine grain toner (6000 pages) with no builtin photoconductor (2 pages), 1 year no replacement and of course not home serviced warranty, among the options there is "Adobe Postscript 3.0" but the price is nearly 60% of the price without it! Thanks for any advice, Nicola Bernardelli
Re: pine (again!)
Yup...either look for /usr/src/pine4 or /usr/src/pine...there's a wonderful README that actually tells each gory little step of the process. Works very well Alpha
Re: Anyone want a utility to find the best mirror?
> Joe Emenaker wrote: > > Some time ago, I asked about any utility that could take a list of > machines > and find the one that's closest, so that I could find the best mirror > to > point dselect to. Someone responded that I should try "netselect", > which did > help a lot. However, netselect has a couple of shortcomings: > > o It only tests ping times, not actual transfer rates of data > o It doesn't check to see if there's an ftp server there. > o It doesn't check to see if the ftp server accepts anonymous login > o It doesn't check to see if the ftp server even *still* mirrors the > debian tree > > These last two are a real pain... especially the last one. Many of the > sites > I tried first in the mirrrors list didn't have the debian tree > anymore. > Hrmph! > > So, anyway I broke down and wrote a little perl script which takes > a > README.mirrors.txt and tries to connect to each of the mirrors listed. > It > tries to connect anonymously and tries to navagate to the directory > where > the debian tree is supposed to be and then it actually tries to > download a > file from the site to see what kind of transfer rate it gets. > > It does *not* check for *currency* of the mirror. In other words, if > the > files in the mirror are all 6 months old, the script will not pick > that > up yet. I do plan, however, to make it sense that and take that > into > account. > > Anyway, if anybody wants to give it a whirl, I'm open to some > beta-testing. > > - Joe Sounds interesting, I'd be willing to beta-test it. Jim
Re: pine (again!)
> Mind you, I don't understand how come the debs don't compile "out of > the box", but that's another matter. if the binaries don't run it's a pretty sure guess that something weird is going on. i would solve that first. you can grab a debian package of pine from: http://members.mint.net/frodo/pine/ but until you solve that i wouldn't bother with trying to compile it. as far as compiling it if you have the deb-src line in your /etc/apt/sources.list file (sorry can't remember exact syntax off the top of my head) you should be able to do so with a line like: # apt-get --compile source pine finally, i would guess that the reson you can't compile pine is because you are missing a library package which is required. one of the tricky things about debian source packages is that dependancies are supported. you are responsible to make sure your system has all the needed libraries. a good rough guide to figure out which libraries are required is to look at the depends line for the binary version an dmake sure you have all the libraries and libraries-dev packages installed. sometimes it can be extra tricky because the -dev packages aren't obviously named, but it's a good place to start. if you then try and compile and you get an error with a missing .h file go to the debian search page and search for which package contains that file. you can find the package search page at: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.html good luck, hope that helps. adam.
Re: bitchx and forward delete key
At 03:34 PM 9/29/00 -0400, you wrote: Is there any reason that anyone would object if I changed the forward delete key to do something sane, like delete forward, instead of toggling cloaking? Replies just to me, please. I don't have an answer to your question sorry - but why request replies not go to the list? I happen to have started using bitchx at work, and I might be interested in someones answer... also the thread can diverge into another semi-related area which other people will find interesting. Just a thought. -- Criggie
Re: ongoing sound problems
Christopher Fonnesbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio > application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its > busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue? Probably a permissions issue. /dev/dsp belongs to root and the audio group, so to play sound (or to record for that matter), you need to be part of the audio group. The way I did (I'm going by memory so it may not be 100% accurate) that is to uncomment the "auth optional pam_group.so" line from /etc/pam.d/login and copy it to /etc/pam.d/gdm as well. That assuming that you use gdm to log in on the console normally. If you use some other way, you may have to edit another file. Then edit /etc/security/group.conf and add the lines login; tty*; *; Al-2400; audio gdm; *; *; Al-2400; audio (That second field in the last line looks wrong to me, but it's the only thing that worked for me. Anyone want to tell me the right thing?) You may want to change "audio" to "audio, floppy" so that you can access the floppy drive too. The reason you would want to do it this way, instead of just adding yourself to the audio group, is that if you log in remotely, you shouldn't be able to play sounds. Or else the person sitting at the console may get confused. HTH Hubert -- | --- | / --+-- | / ___|___Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | \ | _|_ | |__| |__|__|GCS/M d- s:- a-- C++ UL+() P++ L++ E++ W++ N++ o? || K? w--- O++ M- V- PS-- PE+++ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 X R- tv+ b+ | / | \ DI D G e++ h! !r !y | / | \ || <><-- http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/ PGP/GnuPG fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key can be found at http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/hackerhue.asc Experience the Power to Change -- http://www.powertochange.org/ CAUCE member -- Stop Spam! -- http://www.cauce.org/ Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? -- http://www.linux.com/ International Alliance for Compatible Technology -- http://www.iact.net/
Re: Local installation of Helix
Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I recently installed Potato and I'm having difficulty installing HelixGnome. >> Rather than perform an installation over the modem at home, I downloaded all >> of the .deb files using the leased line at work, took them home via Zip disk >> and tried to perform an installation from the local hard disk. (Details of APT muckage skipped) >> Any help appreciated, >> >> Jamie MacIsaac. SP> SP> Whenever you donwload an update, it stores that file on disk. Now SP> I'm guessing that apt-get looks at the cache (stored disk file) SP> first, to see if you already have it. It must, because it can SP> continue interrupted downloads. So, simply put all the helixcode SP> files from your zip disk into the cache directory on your SP> workstations hard drive. Then, put the helixcode source in your SP> /etc/apt/sources.list file. Run a "apt-get update", "apt-get SP> install task-helix-gnome" and that should install everything...I SP> hope. YMMV:) >Well, you still need a valid Packages file. And I doubt you actually >want to maintain a mirror of the Helix site on your local machine, >which is basically what this procedure would wind up doing. Why would this be a mirror of the Helix code site. Upon "apt-get update" you download the latest Packages.gz file (shouldn't take too long). Then, upon "apt-get install/upgrade task-helix-gnome" is does the update. Now, things should happen in this order, I believe. First it checks to see if you have latest version already installed. If that is the case, you're done. Then, it checks for already downloaded versions (zip disk), that are not installed. This is where you put any updates you need! If it's in the cache, it won't download it. Finally, apt-get will download any file not installed, or not found in the cache. If this is wrong, please explain why. Scott
Re: pine (again!)
...some sort of licensing issue is the sticking point. Daniel Lesage wrote: > [snip] > > Mind you, I don't understand how come the debs don't compile "out of the > box", but that's another matter. > [snip]
pine (again!)
Hi all. Is there a definitive document anywhere that describes how to compile pine for Debian? Every time I try to compile it, whether from the deb package or the sources, I run into the same problems. And I still don't know how to fix them. And the binary version doesn't work either. Mind you, I don't understand how come the debs don't compile "out of the box", but that's another matter. Thanks, Dan.
Re: ongoing sound problems
I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue? Thanks, Chris William T Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote: > > > tried modules as well), and the sound card does get picked up and > > "configured", albeit not correctly. > > I cannot see what is wrong with the configuration you show here. It seems > that it is finding the card and configuring it. Are the addresses > wrong? If they are correct, the card should work fine. > > But I've never used MPU-401. So I don't know if that works or not given > this output. But the wave-audio should be ok. -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Christopher J. Fonnesbeck PhD Student Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2152 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Re: Local installation of Helix
Hubert Chan wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >I've tried adding a line to the top of my sources.list file ("deb
> > >file://home/jmi/debian/ unstable main" - the files themselves are in
> > >/home/jmi/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/) and running 'apt-get
>
> Change the line in sources.list to "deb file://home/jmi/debian/ woody main"
> ^
> [...] Make sure you don't forget the
> "/" after "helix" or it won't work. (not 100% sure about the syntax for the
> deb line, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
Also, only a single "/" after "file:" == "deb file:/home/jmi/debian/ (etc)"
Re: no ppp.log
cls-colo spgs wrote: > i can ping myself, but nothing else...not natural > further, i don't have a /var/log/ ppp.log, so i can't > see what's really going on. > ...suggestions? 'tail -f /var/log/messages' - pon/poff sends its log entries to 'messages' by default.
Re: Local installation of Helix
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I recently installed Potato and I'm having difficulty installing HelixGnome.
> >Rather than perform an installation over the modem at home, I downloaded all
> >of the .deb files using the leased line at work, took them home via Zip disk
> >and tried to perform an installation from the local hard disk.
> >
> >I've tried adding a line to the top of my sources.list file ("deb
> >file://home/jmi/debian/ unstable main" - the files themselves are in
> >/home/jmi/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/) and running 'apt-get
Change the line in sources.list to "deb file://home/jmi/debian/ woody main"
^
or rename the directory to /home/jmi/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386,
or symlink /home/jmi/debian/dists/unstable to /home/jmi/debian/woody (which is
actually what the Debian sites do).
Since you are just using the deb files to install on a single machine, an even
better solution would be to put the files in /home/jmi/debian/helix, and put
the line "deb file://home/jmi/debian/ helix/". Make sure you don't forget the
"/" after "helix" or it won't work. (not 100% sure about the syntax for the
deb line, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
Hubert
Re: ongoing sound problems
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote: > tried modules as well), and the sound card does get picked up and > "configured", albeit not correctly. I cannot see what is wrong with the configuration you show here. It seems that it is finding the card and configuring it. Are the addresses wrong? If they are correct, the card should work fine. But I've never used MPU-401. So I don't know if that works or not given this output. But the wave-audio should be ok.
Re: List of packages..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi.. > > Where can I obtain a full list of packages of Debian 2.2? http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/ > > p.d.: Where can I obtain a Dselect HOWTO?. > http://www.debian.org/doc/ The debian site is one of the most comprehensive you will find. Good reading:) -- "" Never " is the absence of a deadline , and " impossible" has never been proven . " Pam Scherzer
no ppp.log
debs, i installed potato, like usual. via pon, i can dialout to my isp, but i don't know if there's a connect since i can't ping--the cursor just goes to the next line and waits.i triple checked the dns entries and the other pppconfig stuff. i can ping myself, but nothing else...not natural further, i don't have a /var/log/ ppp.log, so i can't see what's really going on. ...suggestions? ia, t. bentley taylor. (potato on 2.2.17) //
Unidentified subject!
-- cc: Subject: my .signature is gone in nmh Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I've noticed that my .signature is no longer included, either from the command line or when using exmh. It still seems to be there: fac13pts/0:hawk>ls -l .signature -rwx--1 hawk hawk 155 Aug 16 16:22 .signature Any ideas? hawk
Operating Systems
I would like to request a complete product list of all debian versions, Service packs etc... for a research of comparison on multiple versions of Linux/Unix. Dee A. Laws Security Analyst <<...>> SecureInfo Corp
ongoing sound problems
Hello, I'm having a great deal of trouble getting my Soundblaster card to work in Debian 2.2. Is there a Debian equivalent to sndconfig for RedHat? I have sound support and the drivers installed into the kernel (I have tried modules as well), and the sound card does get picked up and "configured", albeit not correctly. Here's the dmesg: Sound initialization started at 0x220 irq 10 dma 1,5 Sound initialization complete And here is my /dev/sndstat: S/Free:3.8s2++-971130 Load type: Driver compiled into kernel Kernel: Linux fisher 2.2.17 #1 Thu Sep 28 16:51:23 EDT 2000 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 26: MPU-401 (UART) Type 2: Sound Blaster Type 29: Sound Blaster PnP Type 7: SB MPU-401 Card config: Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 10 drq 1,5 (SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 10 drq 0) Audio devices: 0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.16) (DUPLEX) Synth devices: Midi devices: Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: 0: Sound Blaster Any help much appreciated. TIA, Chris -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Christopher J. Fonnesbeck PhD Student Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2152 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Re: Local installation of Helix
Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I recently installed Potato and I'm having difficulty installing HelixGnome. >> Rather than perform an installation over the modem at home, I downloaded all >> of the .deb files using the leased line at work, took them home via Zip disk >> and tried to perform an installation from the local hard disk. (Details of APT muckage skipped) >> Any help appreciated, >> >> Jamie MacIsaac. SP> SP> Whenever you donwload an update, it stores that file on disk. Now SP> I'm guessing that apt-get looks at the cache (stored disk file) SP> first, to see if you already have it. It must, because it can SP> continue interrupted downloads. So, simply put all the helixcode SP> files from your zip disk into the cache directory on your SP> workstations hard drive. Then, put the helixcode source in your SP> /etc/apt/sources.list file. Run a "apt-get update", "apt-get SP> install task-helix-gnome" and that should install everything...I SP> hope. YMMV:) Well, you still need a valid Packages file. And I doubt you actually want to maintain a mirror of the Helix site on your local machine, which is basically what this procedure would wind up doing. Instead, you're probably better off just ignoring APT for this particular problem. Take your Helix .deb files, drop them in some directory or another, become root, and run 'dpkg --install *.deb'. That should do the job for you; if there are dependency problems, dpkg will give an error message. (APT would try to go off and download things to fulfil the dependencies automatically.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
Re: laptop hot swapping
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, David Smock wrote: > stuff works great. My only problem is hot swapping drives - is there > any way to get linux to recognize the fact that ive changed block > devices? You mean you swap between floppy and CDROM drives? If you compile these drivers as modules you should get the desired effect by unloading the CDROM module before you take it out, and then loading the floppy module after it is connected. You may have to boot with the CD-ROM in in order for it to ever show up. And you will probably have to compile the kernel so the CD-ROM uses SCSI emulation, too. This is also subject to being able to compile the floppy driver as a module. (Having never seen the need to do this, I don't know whether it is possible or not). If you do all this, I think it would probably work :}
bitchx and forward delete key
Is there any reason that anyone would object if I changed the forward delete key to do something sane, like delete forward, instead of toggling cloaking? Replies just to me, please. Dan /\ /\ | Daniel Jacobowitz|__|SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer__Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \/ \/
offtopic: OCR on linux
dear debian-users, (debian-user subscribers please answer privately as well). Does anyone have any good ocr-package for Linux which gives very good results on all kinds of texts including the somewhat worse cases like badly printed manuals and newspaper-articles. At this moment I'm relying on a windoz package for which I have to reboot constantly. --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: Local installation of Helix
>Hi,
>
>I recently installed Potato and I'm having difficulty installing HelixGnome.
>Rather than perform an installation over the modem at home, I downloaded all
>of the .deb files using the leased line at work, took them home via Zip disk
>and tried to perform an installation from the local hard disk.
>
>I've tried adding a line to the top of my sources.list file ("deb
>file://home/jmi/debian/ unstable main" - the files themselves are in
>/home/jmi/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386/) and running 'apt-get
>update', but it just tells me that it can't find the Packages file in the
>/var/cache. I know that the Packages file is there, but I get the feeling
>that there's simply something wrong with the entry I've made to the
>sources.list.
>
>Am I taking the completely wrong approach to this, or can anyone see
>something incorrect with the line I've added to the sources.list (this might
>be more of a HelixGnome question than a Debian question, but I'd like to
>gain any insight I can into how to properly configure apt)?
>
>Any help appreciated,
>
>Jamie MacIsaac.
Probably not the best solution, and I haven't tried it, but here we go...
Whenever you donwload an update, it stores that file on disk. Now I'm guessing
that apt-get looks at the cache (stored disk file) first, to see if you already
have it. It must, because it can continue interrupted downloads. So, simply put
all the helixcode files from your zip disk into the cache directory on your
workstations hard drive. Then, put the helixcode source in your
/etc/apt/sources.list file. Run a "apt-get update", "apt-get install
task-helix-gnome" and that should install everything...I hope. YMMV:)
Scott
Need Debian Perl mods to cooexist w/ CPAM style mods!
I am trying to get the Debian style libxx-perlmodules.deb to work, recognize, or otherwise co-exist with CPAN style modules for perl. Is there a wrapper for Debian to install the CPAN mods, or some means to convert them to debian style. I have several perl applications that do not seem to recognize that the correct perl module is installed because it has been debianized. ANY help please!! The main culprit seems to be the Digest::MD5 module. If any debianized module is installed CPAN does not recognize it as a valid installation. It does reccommend removing the incorrect links if I install the CPAN module. Thanks for any tips. -- AdVance-Computing Systems We sell fine quality servers and workstations. We specialize in multiprocessor units. We install Debian Linux at no extra charge! John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
laptop hot swapping
I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 running debian woody, and all the apm stuff works great. My only problem is hot swapping drives - is there any way to get linux to recognize the fact that ive changed block devices? I've tried suspending and swapping, but no dice either - the kernel is still thinking a cdrom is on /dev/hdc Any ideas? David Smock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SW under /usr/local/
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 11:47:29AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > >"Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I use GNU stow, but never actually saw anyone suggesting this to be > >>> *the* method. > > > >> You have now ;) That's exactly how I deal with it, and I haven't > >> seen anything that can do the job as well ... :) > >> And the symlink algorithm it uses just *rocks*. Sure does. > When you want to uninstall the package, you just cd to /usr/local/stow > again and type 'stow -D ', and it'll do the symlink magic > in reverse; then you can delete /usr/local/stow/ in one > go. That's the whole beauty of it. Thanks for all the replies. Sven -- The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Re: printer setup in Debian 2.2
as root apt-get install printtool Same program used in RedHat Good Luck On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Seung-woo Nam wrote: > Hi: > > I was just wondering if there is a printer setup tool in debian like > printtool in redhat. My printer is hp deskjet 694c and it just spits out > garbage under debian. > > Thanks > > Seung-woo Nam > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
access lists in qmail
http://www.summersault.com/chris/techno/qmail/qmail-antispam.html im reading this, and was hoping there was another way to go about blocking spam, something along the lines of sendmail's access list, where i can have: 123.456.789 550 die spammer die!! 3.2.1.5 REJECT etc..etc. i much prefer the ability to put in custom 550 messages both as messages to the spammer and notes to myself(inc the date and stuff) from what i see qmail doesn't have this ability ?? and i dont want to use a 3rd party service or block them at the ip level..i want it done from within smtpd. and i'd like to avoid patching the source if possible looks as if i will hve to reccomend switching to sendmail though(i like it more anyways :) ) nate ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11:47am up 13 days, 19:43, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00
Re: The list configuration (bounced messages)
Arcady Genkin writes: > Is this a list misconfiguration... No. It's misconfiguration of the servers sending those messages. > ...can I configure something on my side not to get those messages? You can install mailagent or procmail and configure it to filter them out. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
F2 key programming
Hello Thomas, Further to e-mail from Julio Merino on how to make the F2 key emit "|more\C-m" (i.e. put into ~.inputrc the line"\e[[B": "|more\C-m" ) I found, after much fruitless searching, that my F2 key has the string "\eOQ" instead attached and F10 has "\e[21~" . I found this via a small C-program which I wrote. I now have the two lines in my ~.inputrc "\eOQ":"|more\C-m" "\e[21~":"ls -l" #F10 emits "ls-l" and all is well! This shows one of the problems with Linux: some necessary information is very hard to find. Ivan
printer setup in Debian 2.2
Hi: I was just wondering if there is a printer setup tool in debian like printtool in redhat. My printer is hp deskjet 694c and it just spits out garbage under debian. Thanks Seung-woo Nam
The list configuration (bounced messages)
Every time I post to this list I get at least three bounces saying that this or that user's mailbox is full and the message could not be delivered. Is this a list misconfiguration (which should be reported as a bug) or can I configure something on my side not to get those messages? -- Arcady Genkin Don't read everything you believe.
Re: X question - not the mouse!
Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config for DefaultColorDepth and change it to > your liking. Or, if you can't find DefaultColorDepth, it goes in the "Screen" section. Hubert
Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > try using the RT1839 driver instead ??? Well, I know that I'm using the correct driver. My question is ``How do I pass it parameters; and what parameters should I pass to force it into full-duplex?'' > > I have a D-Link 530 card using a compiled-in via-rhine driver as eth0. > > The card is talking to an identical card in a computer that runs > > FreeBSD. I'm seeing collisions on the Linux side of the link, and am > > wondering what parameters I should pass the kernel to force the card > > into Full-duplex 100base mode, and how to pass those params. (I > > already did that on the FreeBSD side). > > > > FWIW, here's the output from ifconfig and dmesg: > > > > ,[ dmesg ] > > | via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Written by Donald Becker > > | http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html > > | eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xe800, 00:50:ba:a9:13:f6, IRQ 10. > > | eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link > > . > > | PCI latency timer (CFLT) is unreasonably low at 32. Setting to 64 > > clocks. > > ` > > > > ,[ ifconfig ] > > | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:A9:13:F6 > > | inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > | RX packets:448934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > | TX packets:266302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > | collisions:7766 txqueuelen:100 > > | Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800 > > ` -- Arcady Genkin Don't read everything you believe.
Re: Where can I find a .deb for ipppd?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Where can I find a .deb for ipppd? ipppd is in the isdnutils package, which can be found on a debian mirror. moritz -- /* Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://hp9001.fh-bielefeld.de/~moritz/ * PGP-Key available, encrypted Mail is welcome. */
Re: Minimum hardware requirements? Web-based version?
Dawn Miller wrote: > > I have a client who uses Debian GNU/Linux (versions 2.2.6, 2.2.13, 2.0.18 and > 2.1.?) on four of their servers. You are referencing Linux Kernel versions. This is the very core of the system, and can run with very small requirements. The real question is "What do you want to do with it?". > > I have two questions that I am trying to get answered for them, and did not > find the info on the Debian web site: > > 1) What are the minimum hardware requirements for installing Debian > GNU/Linux? Will this change for near-future versions (next 18 mos or so)? I have a 486 DX4 100 with 40 MB ram. It is doing this for me: * File serving to Windows (samba) * Web server (developing web sites) * DHCP server (automatic IP assign) * Half Life Server (Yes, you can run a three player game on a 486!) * Email Server (sending [smtp with exim] and receiving [pop3 with qpopper] Soon I will be adding a Fax server and web proxy to that list. With this setup, I still have memory and processor speed left over. Please reply (to the list) and let us know what you want to do with your linux computer. > > 2) Is there (or will there be) a web-based version of this product available? > Debian is the environment surrounding the Linux Kernel. That is like asking if there will be a web based version of windows. Please clarify. Do you man remote configuration? What part do you want to be web based? > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. > > Dawn Miller > > Dawn R. Miller > Moss Adams Advisory Services > (206) 442-2676 > (800) 243-4936 x2676 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Mike Fedyk "They that can give up essential liberty Information Systems to obtain a little temporary safety Match Mail Productions Inc. deserve neither liberty nor safety." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Franklin
Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex
I don't think so! The rtl8139 driver is ONLY for the DFE530TX+, the DFE530TX uses the via-rhine driver. They are not interchangeable. Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : hi ya... : try using the RT1839 driver instead ??? : have fun : alvin : http://www.linux-1U.net3 NIC 1Us.1U Raid5 : On 29 Sep 2000, Arcady Genkin wrote: :> I have a D-Link 530 card using a compiled-in via-rhine driver as eth0. :> The card is talking to an identical card in a computer that runs :> FreeBSD. I'm seeing collisions on the Linux side of the link, and am :> wondering what parameters I should pass the kernel to force the card :> into Full-duplex 100base mode, and how to pass those params. (I :> already did that on the FreeBSD side). :> :> FWIW, here's the output from ifconfig and dmesg: :> :> ,[ dmesg ] :> | via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Written by Donald Becker :> | http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html :> | eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xe800, 00:50:ba:a9:13:f6, IRQ 10. :> | eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link . :> | PCI latency timer (CFLT) is unreasonably low at 32. Setting to 64 clocks. :> ` :> :> ,[ ifconfig ] :> | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:A9:13:F6 :> | inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 :> | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 :> | RX packets:448934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 :> | TX packets:266302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 :> | collisions:7766 txqueuelen:100 :> | Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800 :> ` :> :> Thanks! :> -- :> Arcady Genkin :> Don't read everything you believe. :> :> :> -- :> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null :> : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *** Running Debian Linux *** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish...John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * * pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? */ --
Re: List of packages..
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I obtain a full list of packages of Debian 2.2? > try: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > p.d.: Where can I obtain a Dselect HOWTO?. > How about "man dselect"? Speaking from one Debian newbie to (apparently) another, bag dselect. Try and use apt-get instead. It's a _lot_ less painful. -- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic University of Washington http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/ssli
Re: init 3 does nothing
Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:27:20PM +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > Your 2nd suggestion worked OK, but I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to > > define a new > > (unused) runlevel that doesn't start X (say 7) and then 'init 7' whenever I > > feel like > > shutting down X? Does this sound possible, and if so, how do I find out how > > to do it? > > No need to define a new runlevel, just use update-rc.d. Debian sets up > runlevels 2-5 as identical to each other with the expectation that users who > want to use them for process/daemon control will customize the runlevels to > their personal taste. (Note: Those Red Hat guys probably told you that the > default runlevel is 5, but Debian's default is 2.) Thanks, I'll remember that, but it's moot now, at least for a while. I attempted the upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1, and couldn't get past a circular dependency on libc6 in dselect. I used the Q option to say "accept this", continued with the upgrade, and all seemed well. Then, whenever I tried to do anything I get a very ominous response. Take this for example: # ls -l Segmentation fault # shutdown -r now Segmentation fault # masses of error messages, interspersed with "Segmentation fault" errors (rebooted eventually thank goodness, or I wouldn't be in OS/2 now, writing this). So I guess I have no Linux system now. Scratch everything and try again in a month or so. Maybe 2.2 will install OK, but I must admit I'm beginning to doubt it. I've been trying, on and off, to get Linux working for about 5 years, but my 21 years experience in this business just isn't enough. Sometimes I envy all you Linux gurus (=people who have got Linux installed OK) out there, it must be really nice to have cracked the puzzle. Maybe I'll solve it when Linux reaches its 10th birthday, and woody is stable, who knows? I'm not being sarcastic, BTW, just a little frustrated... -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller
List of packages..
Hi.. Where can I obtain a full list of packages of Debian 2.2? Because yestarday i tried to install the full version and the systems asked me a lot of questions from software that I don´t know. Thanks.. p.d.: Where can I obtain a Dselect HOWTO?.
Re: Like expr, but for floating point numbers?
perl? :) or maybe bc can be convinced to take stdin/stdout... On Thursday, 28 September 2000 at 10:28, Krzys Majewski wrote: > I would like to have something like "expr", but not restricted to > integers. For example, I have a bunch of numbers: > 99 > 100 > 99 > 98 > 100 > . > . > . > > and I take their average with "awk". This gives me some floating point > number. Now I would like to compare, in a shell script, this floating > point number to some other floating point number. How do people do > this? -chris pgpSooEy8GIEU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Gnome sounds
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 05:33:51PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: Bingo! Actually, I had *just* found it before I got this message. Note: "Mapped" means window open and "Unmapped" means window closed. How user-friendly is that? > Wouldn't the sound effects associated with opening and closing windows be > a function of your window manager? What are you using? If you're running > sawfish then I know it's got its own sound configuration. You can get to > it from within GNOME's configuration control panel or from Sawfish's > config app. Then there's GNOME's sound configuration, *also* available in > the GNOME control panel, which would seem to control sounds for different > events. > > I may be wrong, or you may have already pursued these roads... > > noah > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > > I just want to get rid of *some* of the sounds, but it's determined to have > > all or none. -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == Given its constituency, the only thing I expect to be "open" about [the Open Software Foundation] is its mouth. -- John Gilmore
Searching for a Terminal-emulator vt420-vt520
Hi All, I am searching for a terminal-emulator who speaks DEC VT420, VT500 or VT520 (for X11). Have anybody a little hint for me ??? Thanks for help and Greetings from Germany ! Regards Fletch -- redseven Community - Alleine war gestern http://www.redseven.de redseven freemail - der kostenlose eMail-Service http://mail.redseven.de Join us now!
Re: apt-get, gnome-apt, dselect, which to use?
On 29-Sep-2000 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:54:29AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > >> Description: dpkg -s pacakge >> List all files:dpkg -L pacakge >> list all packages: dpkg -l > > So, does that mean apt-get's cache is shared with dpkg then? I > thought > they were separate, due to the apt-cache program. I'm actually a little > confused about what dbs exist, and what is updated when I do an apt-get > update. dpkg's database s in /var/lib/dpkg. apt has the package lists in /var/state/apt/lists, and the cache (the binary database & packages) in /var/cache/apt. So if you do an apt-get update, only apt's lists are updated (unless you use the dselect apt method, which merges the apt database with dpkg's). With apt-cache you search the binary db of apt. dpkg knows about a package only if the package description is in his available list. Thus if a new package appears in apt's list, apt-cache will know about it, but dpkg won't (unless you install the package). >> Preben Vim user. No emacs installed. > > Here here. Vim rocks. Agreed :)
Re: Subject: ATA-100, UDMA100, LILO
This works if I do not use an ATAPI CDROM: from the manual page 79 ( ver 1.02) " Make sure the ATAPI CD-ROM you want to use in the boot sequence is connected to eigther the PRIMARY or SECONDARY IDE connectors, not to the ATA100 connectors. Currently the Promise Ultra DMA /100 chip does not support this feature."
Re: init 3 does nothing
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:27:20PM +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > Your 2nd suggestion worked OK, but I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to > define a new > (unused) runlevel that doesn't start X (say 7) and then 'init 7' whenever I > feel like > shutting down X? Does this sound possible, and if so, how do I find out how > to do it? No need to define a new runlevel, just use update-rc.d. Debian sets up runlevels 2-5 as identical to each other with the expectation that users who want to use them for process/daemon control will customize the runlevels to their personal taste. (Note: Those Red Hat guys probably told you that the default runlevel is 5, but Debian's default is 2.) -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
/var/spool/mail on NFS
hi I have two machines with Debian potato on it, and kernel 2.2.17; first one is called Tonelli, second one is called Fubini I have install nfs-common and nfs-server on both I have set NFS export on Tonelli, putting /var/spool/mail 192.84.155.216(rw,no_root_squash) in /etc/exports then I have mounted the same directory in Fubini, using mount options rw,soft when I try to read my email using mutt, it says fcntl errno = 37 and the mailbox is readonly exim at Fubini is also not able to lock and deliver email what am I doing wrong? a. -- A Mennucc "È un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
Re: XF86Setup Mouse Problems
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 09:29:39PM -0400, Daniel Stehm wrote: ... > after selecting that protocol. To make a long story short, ive tried > everything, yet my mouse STILL does not respond after applying changes and > selecting a mouse protocol. Hoping to get some help with this if anyone can, > appreciate it in advance. You realise that you also have to set the port? for a ps/2 mouse that's /dev/psaux. And you also have to include ps/2 support in the kernel, normally by loading a module? -- groetjes, carel
Where can I find a .deb for ipppd?
Where can I find a .deb for ipppd? - Este mensaje fue enviado por medio de IMP: http://correo.ulatina.ac.cr
Configuring gtcd to read cddb info
Hi Does anyone know the config that i need to place in gtcd so that it can get info from cddb. I'm behibd a firewall so i must use http, preferably on port 8080 (other ports implicate tinquering with the firewall wich is bad...) Thank you -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf
Re: init 3 does nothing
Colin Watson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I'm running debian 2.0, and thinking about upgrading to 2.1. > > Hmm, you should probably go for 2.2 now, if you can ... Well, first things first - upgrade 2.0 to 2.2 isn't supported! > >I want to shut down X, so that I can do some upgrading of X-related > >stuff, without sawing off the branch I'm standing on, so to speak. > > > >I was advised to try 'init 3', but this does nothing. > > You've been talking to Red Hat users :) Debian has a different runlevel > architecture, so there's no non-X runlevel. > > Try '/etc/init.d/xdm stop' to shut down the X Display Manager. I wasn't > around at the time of Debian 2.0, so if /etc/init.d/xdm didn't exist > then look through /etc/init.d and see if there's anything similar. > > Alternatively, you could always just Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in there; even > if X dies it won't matter, as you won't be depending on it. Your 2nd suggestion worked OK, but I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to define a new (unused) runlevel that doesn't start X (say 7) and then 'init 7' whenever I feel like shutting down X? Does this sound possible, and if so, how do I find out how to do it? -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller begin:vcard n:Hugosson-Miller;Peter x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Industri-Matematik International version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Software Development Specialist tel;fax:+468 676 5010 tel;home:+468 756 93 58 tel;work:+468 676 52 70 note:Private mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Personal Homepage: http://www.netg.se/~hugge/ adr;quoted-printable:;;Kungsgatan 12-14=0D=0ABox 7733;103 95 Stockholm;;;Sweden x-mozilla-cpt:;65535 fn:Peter Hugosson-Miller end:vcard
Re: apt-get, gnome-apt, dselect, which to use?
I use apt-cache (also in the apt package) to see what packages are available. $ apt-cache search jdk jdk1.1-dev - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) ibm-jdk1.1-installer - Installer for IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java(TM) Technology Edition lib-rxtx-java - native interface to serial ports in java jdk1.1-native-dev - JDK 1.1.x - native threads extensions netbeans-developer - NetBeans Developer - Java IDE biss-awt - a Java GUI application programming framework mmake - Makefile generator for Java programs gcj - The GNU compiler for Java(TM). jde - Java Development Environment for Emacs or XEmacs. jdk1.1-native - JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extensions tya - JIT-compiler for Java. jdk1.1 - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime only $ apt-cache show tya Package: tya Priority: optional Section: contrib/devel Installed-Size: 190 Maintainer: Ruud de Rooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 1.6-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), jdk1.1 (>= 1.1.7v3-2) Architecture: i386 Size: 95184 MD5sum: 6b1c81244dba9a88a2db9325819b632e Filename: dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386/devel/tya_1.6-1.deb Description: JIT-compiler for Java. TYA is a ``100% unofficial'' JIT-compiler designed as an add-on to JDK 1.1.x for Linux (x86). . A JIT-compiler (just in time-compiler) is an extension to the Java virtual machine. It translates Java bytecode instructions on-the-fly (at run-time) into native machine instructions. This results in faster execution of Java programs compared to the conventional interpreted execution. $ On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 00:36, Willy Lee wrote: > Hello all, > > After my first 'apt-get update', I wanted to see a list of what was > newly available to install or upgrade. 'man apt-get' left me no wiser > as to whether there is a way to do this with apt-get. What I ended up > doing was guessing as to a package name, and doing 'apt-get -s install > foo' to see if it existed. Is there a better way? Or do you > generally use something like gnome-apt or dselect to do this? > > Also, is there a way to find out what packages > depend/suggest/recommend with apt-get? Or a description of a package? > > I guess what I'm getting at is, can I do everything just with apt-get, > or do you need to use something else for this kind of stuff. > > I _love_ apt-get! -- Rule Psix Mossad security aanslag counter-intelligence BATF DES AKSO KFOR heroïne colonel Osama Bin Laden SARIN Peking anthrax
Reenviar: ISDN Help?
- Mensaje reenviado por [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:08:42 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ISDN Help? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Hi my name is Greg and I am from Costa Rica. I need some help whit my Debian 2.2. I have one machine whit a ISDN UTA128 (external). When I dial to my local ISP I have no problem at all. But I have another machine whit debian 2.2 whit another ISDN UTA128 (external). I want to make a pont-to-point conection whit this 2 computer. Problems That I have. 1) I get this message, "peer refused to authtenticate" --- ok a have being trying a lot of things. I am using mgetty. I already put noauth on /etc/options and /etc/options.ttyS0 Remember that a am in Costa Rica (Central America) WE USE UTA NOT STA OK <-- THIS COULD BE THE REASON? Please help me. - Este mensaje fue enviado por medio de IMP: http://correo.ulatina.ac.cr - Fin del Mensaje reenviado - - Este mensaje fue enviado por medio de IMP: http://correo.ulatina.ac.cr
Re: Maillist vs. newsgroup
Rats... that's what I thought! Guess I'll dig through procmail and mutt docs and learn how to deal with mailboxes. Thanks for the reply. -jeff On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 08:31:43PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > Posts to the mailing list will show up in the newsgroup but newsgroup > posts do not show up in the mailing list. > > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, jeff wrote: > > > Is the debian-user maillist identical to the linux.debian.user newsgroup? > > In other words, will posts and followups posted on either one show up in > > both? > > > > -jeff > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: debian: lpr wont suppress headers
Probably nothing to do with your printcap. We saw the same problem @ work, & upgrading to the latest lprng was the fix. On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 11:53:58AM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: > I'm using Debian-2.2 on Intel and PowerPC platforms. I am using > magicfilter and lprng (couldn't get lpr working on my PowerMacs). It > prints fine but I always get a header page printed. lpr -h does > suppress the header page correctly but I don't want to have to type this > everytime. I have put the :sh: option in my printcap which should > supress the header page but it doesn't. What do I have to do to > suppress the header page ??? > > Here is my /etc/printcap. > > rlp|Remote printer entry\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=192.168.0.10:\ > :rp=ps:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4m-filter:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj8000n:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh:\ > :mc#10:\
Re: Q: on Debian Bug-Tracking system
Dear Wayne! Now conclusions are fine :-) I'd appreciate information on how your class is doing in buglist-review project sometime. My former reply was btw not addressed to you alone/primarily but to users / maybe-users of debian in general. I'd think statements on debian philosophy help understanding of the debian way of doing things. Therfore, thanks for your initial post! Bye Bernd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -email-preferred
Re: SysVinit prob... now runlevel question
-> > As I understand it, X86 hardware hardly ever uses anything but two -> > levels. I know sun hardware actually makes significant use of the -> > runlevels, but I am made to understand that nobody ever really bothered -> > to implement any more than two different runlevels. init runlevels and kernel runlevels are something different. init runlevels have nothing to do with hardware. -> Solaris does use runlevels a bit differently, but not vastly different: -> on Solaris, run level 2 is for "things brought up when we want to play -> nice on the network but aren't fully awake". So the "clienty" things -> usually go in rc2.d (such as nfs.client) while the "serverish" things -> (like nfs.server). From 'man init' on Slugaris: -> -> 2 Put the system in multi-user mode. All multi-user ->environment terminal processes and daemons are ->spawned. This state is commonly referred to as ->the multi-user state. -> -> 3 Extend multi-user mode by making local resources ->available over the network. -> -> 4 Is available to be defined as an alternative ->multi-user environment configuration. It is not ->necessary for system operation and is usually not ->used. -> -> Does Solaris really distinguish greatly? Nope... the main difference on -> my Suns is that rc3.d has nfs.server in it. I really like this solaris differences and I really use it, especialy at home... runlevel 2 - multiuser without network services (also xinetd sendmail probably sshd etc) - very useful to upgrade, maintain, configure etc system while nothing from outside can disturb you. Many consoles used (I use 8, debian's default is 6) runlevel 1 - running minimum of programs, only onw console etc - for some special actions - fixing, repairing systems, maybe upgrading some exxential packages (although I already upgraded hot system in runlevel 3 with running network services - nothing special happened) -> Unlike RH or other "popular" distributions, Debian does -not- distinguish -> between the useful run levels (as opposed to the special ones like -> on-the-way-up-or-down ones). Instead, it leaves the choice of the -> differences to be up to the local administrator. I think at least the level above should be accepted. Default runlevel after first boot should be 2 (sysadmin should look at everything before connects newly installed machine to the net) and then, if someone decides, change it to 3 where all network services would run. levels 4 and 5 could be left for user to configure; level 0 means halt, level 6 reboot (the fastest way to shutdown/reboot system w/o users is to do init 0 or 6) -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Slovakia; IRCNET admin of *.sk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ ; http://www.nextra.sk/ 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Re: How to reinstall partial packages ?
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Alex V. Toropov wrote: > >From: Brent Buchholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Alex V. Toropov wrote: >> >> >After power failure some files done away :-( >> >This files are not necessary but I wish them to be back. >> >TIA Alex >> > >> Have you checked lost+found for the missing files? >> >> Their names will be lost, so run file(1) on them to determine what they >> used to be. 8) >> >> Brent > >Things are bad there (in /lost+found) >so the question is about the ability of apt/dkg & etc to do this trick >I mean downloading necessary debs and extracting only missing files and >may be changed files (with promting). > debsums -s can generate a list of missing/wrong md5sum files dpkg -S file will tell you what package to uninstall reinstall I don't know how to get the output nice and scriptable. Brent
RE: Dual NIC Problem
Well it sure didn't take to long to reach the limit of my knowledge. I really don't know where to look to find what services are running. I found a /etc/services file but that looked more like porting information (telnet 23/tcp). I could not find anything that had the a telnet 127.0.0.1 110 line. Sorry, I am a new user. I am trying this as work and we are on an ethernet network running TCP/IP on class b numbers. There are only two Debian machines on the network right now. Both are purely experimental at this point. I did check the hosts file at it does have the machine name and IP number. When I said I could ping I meant I can the IP address not the device name. I don't have anything set up for name resolution right now for these machines. We are basically an NT & VAX shop. The second experimental machine that has only one NIC card I can telnet into just fine without any problems. In setting up the second NIC card on the first machine I could not find much documentation so I just decided to edit the /etc/host file and added another line with the same device name and a second IP address on another segment. Then I went to the /etc/network/interfaces file and added a iface eth1 inet static section defining the IP address, netmask, network, broadcast and gateway numbers. That all I did. I could not find much more information in the How Tos, online documentation or SAMs Debian Unleashed book. I am sure I have missed something. In any case thanks for the help and I hope I have provided enough information to fuel an answer. Brian On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Kimsey-Hickman, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried to set up a telnet session using both the ip and host name. > When using the ip number I get just the "telnet> " prompt with no error > messages. Do you have any services running that you could telnet into? For example: telnet 127.0.0.1 110 or something like that to see if anything is running. >When I use the host name and get and "Unknown Host" error. I can > ping the ip address without any problem. > Sounds like a name configuration error. How is your network set up? Are you trying to access a home network from work? -- Chaotic42 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~chaotic42/ http://www.bigplasticfork.org/ We are what we repeatedly do - Aristotle
Re: How to reinstall partial packages ?
- Original Message - From: Brent Buchholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alex V. Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: 29 ñåíòÿáðÿ 2000 ã. 16:43 Subject: Re: How to reinstall partial packages ? > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Alex V. Toropov wrote: > > >After power failure some files done away :-( > >This files are not necessary but I wish them to be back. > >TIA Alex > > > Have you checked lost+found for the missing files? > > Their names will be lost, so run file(1) on them to determine what they > used to be. 8) > > Brent Things are bad there (in /lost+found) so the question is about the ability of apt/dkg & etc to do this trick I mean downloading necessary debs and extracting only missing files and may be changed files (with promting).
Re: How to reinstall partial packages ?
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Alex V. Toropov wrote: >After power failure some files done away :-( >This files are not necessary but I wish them to be back. >TIA Alex > Have you checked lost+found for the missing files? Their names will be lost, so run file(1) on them to determine what they used to be. 8) Brent
Re: read only root partition
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 02:16:58PM +0200, Raphael Bauduin wrote: > Hi, > > yes, I know that root can remount the partition in read/write. However, with > LIDS, it's possible to limit access to commands, even for root. So the root > partition would be read-only and would stay like that. Access to Lilo would > also be limited. chattr -R +i /bin /sbin /lib /boot then revoking the cap to remove immutable would also work. > /var could be noexec so any filed copied to it wouldn't be executable. yes they would, see my previous post demonstrating how you can execute anything by running /lib/ld-2.1.3.so /path/to/noexec/binary. > Another reason for the read-only is the fact that when the computer is not > properly rebooted, the partitions don't have to go through e2fsck. true but if your / is small this is not a big deal. if your concerned about filesystem damage mount it -o sync or use a journalling filesystem. i think a burned CDROM with a ramdisk root would be a much simpler way to accomplish a readonly root. trying to keep / mounted read only is going to require ALOT of hacking. (and likely modification of source) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpYVfzPnFJgc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: read only root partition
Hi, yes, I know that root can remount the partition in read/write. However, with LIDS, it's possible to limit access to commands, even for root. So the root partition would be read-only and would stay like that. Access to Lilo would also be limited. /var could be noexec so any filed copied to it wouldn't be executable. Another reason for the read-only is the fact that when the computer is not properly rebooted, the partitions don't have to go through e2fsck. Raph On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:25:02PM +0200, Raphael Bauduin wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I want to install debian on a computer, where only the /var partition > > would be writeable. Has anyone of you done it? Any advice? > > > > The possible problems: > > [problems snipped] > > why exactly do you want to do this? its not really a trivial thing to > do as your finding out. if its security your not really getting much > since root can just mount -o remount,rw / anyway. > > perhaps a better option is a ramdisk / Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: -- -- -- | -°)(°- | | /\\ Linux for ever //\ | | _\_vv_/_ | -- If windows is the answer, it must have been a stupid question.
Re: OT: IRC & the ~
-> Is the ~ in front of your name in IRC due to the lack of auth installed? I -> cannot find identd anywhere with dpkg. I've tried dpkg -l|grep iden. When -> I had deb installed on another system I somehow picked up identd and I was -> not listed as ~ in name so that got me thinking. Anyway, what is the std -> debian auth package? <-- assuming this is the issue? prefix ~ means that your IDENT server returned invalid reply, didn't reply or is not installed. it's possible that you have pidentd configured not to close ocnnection after returning a reply (multiquery mode) - ircnet ircd's don't accept the reply in such case. I'm justgoing to ask for a fix... solution - install identd (pidentd for example). it's not as bad as some ppl say :) -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Slovakia; IRCNET admin of *.sk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ ; http://www.nextra.sk/ On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Re: apt-get, gnome-apt, dselect, which to use?
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:54:29AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > Description: dpkg -s pacakge > List all files:dpkg -L pacakge > list all packages: dpkg -l So, does that mean apt-get's cache is shared with dpkg then? I thought they were separate, due to the apt-cache program. I'm actually a little confused about what dbs exist, and what is updated when I do an apt-get update. > Preben Vim user. No emacs installed. Here here. Vim rocks. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX
How to reinstall partial packages ?
After power failure some files done away :-( This files are not necessary but I wish them to be back. Is their a way to check which files are missed and to install them back without removing/installing hole packages (For example mgetty: I have all binaries, but lost documentation/man. May be other packages are also half-broken) TIA Alex
Re: read only root partition
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:25:02PM +0200, Raphael Bauduin wrote: > Hi! > > I want to install debian on a computer, where only the /var partition would > be writeable. Has anyone of you done it? Any advice? > > The possible problems: > [problems snipped] why exactly do you want to do this? its not really a trivial thing to do as your finding out. if its security your not really getting much since root can just mount -o remount,rw / anyway. perhaps a better option is a ramdisk / -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpVcx9xEmOu2.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: I just want to check my email
Jeremy L. Gaddis wrote: > How the fuck are we supposed to know? > > Or, more precisely, what the hell does this have to do with > Debian? > > -jg > > -- > Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:53 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject:I just want to check my email > > Hi, > I'm a student at Chicago University and i'm trying to reach the imp page > so i > could check my email. The page is at "https://lugh.uchicago.edu"; How > come > there is a problem? > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > When you check the page the student referenced, it states that it's a placeholder page installed by the Debian release of Apache... and the first link off the page is www.debian.org. There's no UChicago info on the page at all, so I can easily see someone trying the first place found for help. -Paul
