Re: iptables rules and open ports
Vadim, I would turn off the services that are using those ports (if you don't need them). For instance, port 22 is going to be your ssh daemon listening for connections. If you have a standalone workstation, I can't imagine why you would need ssh running. I'm not sure what the other ports are. If you do a $netstat -a it will tell you the name of the ports. If you're not using them, stop the services or uninstall the packages that are launching them. - Original Message - From: "Vadim Kutsyy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User" Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: iptables rules and open ports > I have stand alone workstation withour any network, so I am trying to > keep all ports close. I run kernel 2.4 with iptables. Recent scaning > (by www.dslreports.com) shows that ports 13,22,37 and 9 are open. Any > recomendation on how to close them? > > Thanks. > > My iptables rulles: > > # Insert connection-tracking modules(not needed if built into kernel). > insmod ip_conntrack > insmod ip_conntrack_ftp > > # Create chain which blocks new connections, except if coming from > inside. > iptables -N block > iptables -A block -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > iptables -A block -m state --state NEW -i ! ppp0 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A block -j DROP > > # Jump to that chain from INPUT and FORWARD chains. > iptables -A INPUT -j block > iptables -A FORWARD -j block > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: HD size problem (IBM 30 GB)
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:42:02AM +0600, Bram Dumolin wrote: > re, > > Machine: linux-2.0.33, Debian slink, upgraded to latest stable (potato?) > > I have an IBM 30 GB hd and it shows up as a 4GB in fdisk. I had a similar provlem from my 45. add a testing line in sources.list and then do apt-get -b source fdisk followed by a dpkg --install This'll get you a testing fdisk compiled for your system. Worked brilliantly for me. -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *** Jenna has joined the channel. speaking of mental giants.. me, a giant, bullshit And i'm not mental - An IRC session, 20/12/2000
Re: apt-get: 93 Protocol error
Well, that didn't work. I presume you meant put it in apt.conf? I did
that, and I tried the http line changing the sources.list acordingly. Then,
or actually first, I referred to the man apt.conf and the apt/examples/\
configure-index wherein it was stated that the line should look like this:
ftp::Proxy "ftp://192.168.1.1:8080";;
or
ftp
{
Proxy "ftp://192.168.1.1:8080";;
}
or
similar lines without the port.
And believe me I've tried them all. It doesn not change the error msg.
which is still...
could not connect to localhost 8080 (127.0.0.1) connect 111 (connection
refused)\
[IP: 127.0.0.1 8080]
So if I'm putting the right lines in the apt.conf to tell it to make it's ftp
conn on 192.168.1.1:8080 then apparently it isn't ready the apt.conf file or
something is overriding it. This is a potato system on a pentium 120.
On Sun 11 Feb 2001, Earl F Hampton wrote:
> On Sunday 11 February 2001 08:29, Mike McNally wrote:
>
> HTTP_PROXY=192.168.1.1:8080 or
> FTP_PROXY=192.168.1.1:port
>
>
> > I have a poor understanding of a firewall I setup with pmfirewall, but my
> > guess here is that I need to tell apt that it should think of this box as
> > 192.168.1.1 instead of 127.0.0.1. I checked my ipchains rules and there
> > is a rule to allow connections on port 8080, but not for 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > apt.conf has just one line in it
> >
> > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
> >
> >
> > How would I tell apt what this pc's ip
> > number is since it apparently isn't checking the hosts file. Or am I wrong
> > here? And thank you for the updated apt program.
> >
> > On Sat 10 Feb 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > If you grab APT 4 from http://people.debian.org/~jgg/apt I think I put a
> > > work around in it..
> > >
> > > Jason
--
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HD size problem (IBM 30 GB)
re, Machine: linux-2.0.33, Debian slink, upgraded to latest stable (potato?) I have an IBM 30 GB hd and it shows up as a 4GB in fdisk. Does someone know if this is a kernel issue or something else? In the bios I put it as LBA. Although this might not be a Debian specific problem, I'm running Debian on that box :) -- /bye [EMAIL PROTECTED] People using html in email should be shot. By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.
iptables rules and open ports
I have stand alone workstation withour any network, so I am trying to keep all ports close. I run kernel 2.4 with iptables. Recent scaning (by www.dslreports.com) shows that ports 13,22,37 and 9 are open. Any recomendation on how to close them? Thanks. My iptables rulles: # Insert connection-tracking modules(not needed if built into kernel). insmod ip_conntrack insmod ip_conntrack_ftp # Create chain which blocks new connections, except if coming from inside. iptables -N block iptables -A block -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A block -m state --state NEW -i ! ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A block -j DROP # Jump to that chain from INPUT and FORWARD chains. iptables -A INPUT -j block iptables -A FORWARD -j block
oddness with locales
All, Somehow my locale settings (which I don't really understand the relevance of, yet) got changed ... I believe through my use of a package in unstable, the "Debian Chinese Panel." I noticed I was getting a lot of Perl / locale warnings etc on apt-getting packages, so I started looking into the issue of locales. The output of the locale command on my system is as follows: LANG=zh_TW.Big5 LC_CTYPE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_NUMERIC="zh_TW.Big5" LC_TIME="zh_TW.Big5" LC_COLLATE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MONETARY="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MESSAGES="zh_TW.Big5" LC_PAPER="zh_TW.Big5" LC_NAME="zh_TW.Big5" LC_ADDRESS="zh_TW.Big5" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_TW.Big5" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_TW.Big5" LC_ALL=zh_TW.Big5 Which is, I guess, a problem. I want to do work with Chinese characters, but these *all* shouldn't be set thus, I don't think. Is there an easy way to reset my locale settings? Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM
Fixed
I fixed my problem with X. I contacted libranet, and they gave me a setup util for use with potato. I forgot the url, but I'm sure if you folks e-mail them, they will give it out (if not, please tell me). (in case you were wondering about their distro, the support is sometimes just plain ignorant, yet at other times sheer brilliance. the setup itself is a pretty good system, but be wary of pre-install support, they can be antsy as hell. They actually have a download available every so often apparently (yet not as of this writing, which stinks rather.) In any case, after obtaining this, I had to mv /usr/bin/X11/X, and replace it with a symlink to XFree86. Then I ran xf86config, saved the file, ran XFree86 --configure ort some such (check the linuxnewbie.com article), and copied the modules section over into my XF86COnfig-4 file, EXCEPT I DISABLED LOADING DRI that is important. for some reason failure to do so causes flickering (at least with my ATI Xpert 2000 (rage 128 chipset)). I do, however, add the probeclocks and accel options to the device section. - Dan
.deb creation
Can someone point me to a doc or howto on how to create .deb files? Leonard Leblanc
Re: PS/2 mouse mystery
Turning off gpm is oneway but there is a better way. Read from /dev/gpmdata and read with intellimouse or ms mode if you are using default /etc/gpm.conf. There areadvantage to do this. No matter what happens with mouse, you do not need to restart X but simply restart gpm which get everything in order. Unplug it if you feel like. Also link /dev/mouse to /dev/gpmdata, then X can read from /dev/mouse. GPM should always read from /dev/psaux. Regards, Osamu On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 02:12:00AM +1100, hogan wrote: > Are you running gpm? > > Trying turning gpm off.. > > /etc/init.d/gpm stop > > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:00 AM > Subject: PS/2 mouse mystery > > > > I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. > > My mouse doesn't do anything upon starting X. > > > > So I tried making a soft link from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse. Nada. > > > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
Re: sgmltools
That figure is in the unstable version of sgmltools-2, but it's in the wrong location. I plan to submit a bug report. Cheers, Mike On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 05:46:05AM +0100, Roberto Diaz wrote: > > Thank you very much it seems to work.. (I had jade installed also) I still > get some errors: > > I did sgmltools -b ps libggi-api.sgml: > > dvips: Couldn't find figure file > /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/note.eps; continuing ] [24] [25] > [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] > [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47 dvips: Couldn't find figure file > /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/note.eps; continuing ] [48] [49] > [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] > [65] [66] [67 dvips: Couldn't find figure file > /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/warning.eps; continuing > > If I do sgmltools -b dvi libggi-api.sgml the I have errors like this: > > xdvi.bin: cannot find PS file > `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. xdvi.bin: cannot find > PS file `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. xdvi.bin: > cannot find PS file `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. > > > But I have the info... thats OK for me!! > > Regards > > Roberto > > > Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://vivaldi.dtts.net Powered > by ddt dynamic DNS Powered by GNU running on a Linux kernel. Powered by > Debian (The real wonder) > > Concerto Grosso Op. 3/8 A minor Antonio Vivaldi (so... do you need beautiful > words?) > > >
Re: Mouse ...
I used to use one and have GENEUS mouse in my jank box. If my memory is correct. It works as MS if power was turned on with some button clicked, otherwise it is mouse system mouse. Try both. You might get luckey. I use logitech 3 button PS2. Workg great. Osamu On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:21:08PM -0300, Danilo C. M. Marques wrote: > Hello for everyone ! > > I have a Genius three button serial mouse. I'm running both gpm > and X but the mouse NO WORKS neither console or X. I already tried to > manipulate the gpmconfig (yeah, I already looked at man's > pages) unsuccessfully ! > > I'm very grateful for any help, > > -- > #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-# > #- Danilo Caio Marcucci Marques -# > #- Instituto de Fisica/UFF -# > #- Av. Litoranea, s/n-# > #- Boa Viagem - Niteroi -# > #-Web: http://www.if.uff.br/~danpos-# > #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-# > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
Re: Net-tools followup
Michael Epting wrote: > > This was hilarious. I had shut down my laptop this morning after reading, > but not entirely absorbing, the above. This evening when I booted it, I > of course could not bring up eth0, which is a Proxim Symphony PCMCIA card. > Since I couldn't bring up networking, I couldn't get to this email, which > I had read by ssh'ing to my workstation. I have only the current **bad** > net-tools .deb in my /var/cache/apt/archives, of course, so there is no > hope of restoring the last good one quickly. I agree. That's hilarious. I found it really fun to follow your problem solving process. It's funny how you get started with a good idea and things don't work out initially, but your inertia is such that you don't want to go back and re-think it. I guess the end justifies the means. You get bonus points for creativity and resourcefulness. I didn't want to quote the whole message, but if you happened to /dev/null it without reading it, it's worth going back to the archives and having a look. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
Re: sgmltools
> > I have docbook installed too.. :? > > Make sure you have jade installed. Then if you want to convert to tex, you > can just say sgmltools -b tex libggi-api.sgml. You'll need jadetex to process > the result. > > I just have xdvi open all the time and use sgmltools -b dvi . > Thank you very much it seems to work.. (I had jade installed also) I still get some errors: I did sgmltools -b ps libggi-api.sgml: dvips: Couldn't find figure file /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/note.eps; continuing ] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47 dvips: Couldn't find figure file /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/note.eps; continuing ] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67 dvips: Couldn't find figure file /usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/warning.eps; continuing If I do sgmltools -b dvi libggi-api.sgml the I have errors like this: xdvi.bin: cannot find PS file `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. xdvi.bin: cannot find PS file `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. xdvi.bin: cannot find PS file `/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/images/tip.eps'. But I have the info... thats OK for me!! Regards Roberto Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://vivaldi.dtts.net Powered by ddt dynamic DNS Powered by GNU running on a Linux kernel. Powered by Debian (The real wonder) Concerto Grosso Op. 3/8 A minor Antonio Vivaldi (so... do you need beautiful words?)
Re: cdwriter configuration problems
Please fold likne in 72. Need to compile SCSI CDrom support. I think. Read CD-WRITING HOWTO for detail. Osamu On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 07:20:49PM -0600, Bernard and Jennifer Cohen wrote: > > I have been having trouble getting my cdwriter to work using xcdroast. I got > it to the point of writing an audio cd when all it produced was 12 tracks of > noise and a new beer coaster. When looking at the ide/scsi devices recognized > by xcdroast the cdwriter is shown under both scsi and ide devices and the > regular cdrom is not recognized at all. I have enclosed a what I hope is a > all the relevant information as to set up. Would somebody also please provide > me with some sources on module set-up particularly the instructions > recognized by etc/modules.conf and how to connect all those char-major-xxx > with the modules, and what modules to add to etc/modules. > Thanks, > Bernie Cohen > > > > > from .config: > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m > > # SCSI support > # > CONFIG_SCSI=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is not set > # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y > # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set > CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y > # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set > > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y > CONFIG_JOLIET=y > > only line added to etc/modules.conf: > > options ide-cd ignore=hdc > > > proc/modules: > > ppp_deflate39392 0 (autoclean) > bsd_comp3880 0 (autoclean) > ide-scsi7144 0 > ide-cd 22904 0 > cdrom 26524 0 [ide-cd] > sd_mod 15536 0 (unused) > joy-analog 4808 0 (unused) > joystick5628 0 [joy-analog] > softoss2 56696 0 > awe_wave 156756 0 > opl3 10952 0 > sb 32948 0 > uart401 6128 0 [sb] > sound 56344 0 [softoss2 awe_wave opl3 sb uart401] > soundlow 416 0 [sound] > soundcore 2596 7 [sb sound] > > cdrecord -scanbus: > > Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' > scsibus0: > 0,0,0 0) 'YAMAHA ' 'CRW8824E' '1.00' Removable CD-ROM > 0,1,0 1) * > 0,2,0 2) * > 0,3,0 3) * > 0,4,0 4) * > 0,5,0 5) * > 0,6,0 6) * > 0,7,0 7) * > > > edited from dmesg |more: > > VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > hda: Maxtor 91366U4, ATA DISK drive > hdb: CD-ROM Drive/F5A, ATAPI CDROM drive > hdc: YAMAHA CRW8824E, ATAPI CDROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hda: Maxtor 91366U4, 13029MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=1661/255/63, UDMA > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > scsi : 0 hosts. > scsi : detected total. > > hdb: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 > ide-cd: ignoring drive hdc > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > scsi : 1 host. > Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW8824E Rev: 1.00 > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 > > this is appended to 'dmesg |more' after xcdroast has been entered and then > closed: > > cdrom: open failed. > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64) > cdrom: open failed. > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64) > ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command in request queue (0) > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0 -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
Re: sgmltools
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 05:26:01AM +0100, Roberto Diaz wrote: > Hi! > > I have installed sgmltools-2 but I am always getting this error: > > # sgml2latex --style=dookbook.dtd libggi-api.sgml > Processing file libggi-api.sgml > DTD check - Error: this sgml-tools package supports Linuxdoc DTD only. > >If you wish to convert DocBook or other DTD files, > then please install and use sgmltools-2 or jade package. > > --- sgml-tools aborting. > > I have docbook installed too.. :? Make sure you have jade installed. Then if you want to convert to tex, you can just say sgmltools -b tex libggi-api.sgml. You'll need jadetex to process the result. I just have xdvi open all the time and use sgmltools -b dvi . Mike
Re: X-Problems
Yes we can have gpm and X in a same bed for Debian too. Following scheme works. Run gpm with following. (/etc/gpm.conf) Set gpm to read your real mouse device like /dev/psaux. Set gpm repeater mode to ms3 which is default. Set-up X Read mouse from /dev/gpmdata or /dev/mouse which is link to /dev/gpmdata Set mode to MS or Intellimouse depending on 2 or 3 button If 2 button set emulation on This way, you can unplug mouse and plug in again. You just restart gpm to initialize. No need to restrt X. Quite handy when you have unreliable KB switch unit which go crazy once in a while. Bye. On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:18:17PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > when you run gpm with X your mouse will NOT work > > > > i allways do a > > gpm -k > > i think it's not true. My am running X and following is the status of gpm. > > $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm status > gpm (pid 310) is running... > > > btw, i am running a redhat system.. > > > -pankaj > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
magicfilter install problems
Hello, For at least a few weeks, I have been attempting to install an updated magicfilter deb (using unstable). When I do, it unpacks fine, but then something strange happens. It starts running lots and lots of instances of "send-mail". In fact, it just keeps starting new processes until I am able to stop it. A "ps" looks like this: root 3323 send-mail -i root root 3326 send-mail -i root root 3329 send-mail -i root root 3332 send-mail -i root root 3335 send-mail -i root root 3338 send-mail -i root root 3341 send-mail -i root root 3344 send-mail -i root root 3347 send-mail -i root root 3350 send-mail -i root root 3353 send-mail -i root root 3357 send-mail -i root root 3360 send-mail -i root root 3363 send-mail -i root root 3366 send-mail -i root root 3369 send-mail -i root And that's just a few of them. Can anyone tell me why this might be happening, and what I might do to get magicfilter updated properly? Is it actually sending mail as root? Thanks. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
Re: no netscape
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:09:41PM -0500, Joe Paxton wrote: > I recently installed 'potato' on my iMac and got X up and working - just one > problem. I click on the Netscape icon on the taskbar and nothing > happens. I installed the Netscape-pseudo package using dselect (which I am > assuming installs everything that you need as far as Netscape goes)but > still no luck. I realize that this is probably simple, but I would just > like some push in the right direction for my confidence. Really appreciate > it. I think I'm going to like this whole Debian thing. If your sources.list is tracking potato, just apt-get install netscape. Mike
Re: exim loosing mail?
Joel Ståbis wrote: > Hi. > > It seems that whenever I recieve more than 100 mails at a time with fetchmail > exim just accepts the first 100 of them. > > The log-file says: > > 2001-02-13 00:07:32 14SS4C-0007Jf-01 no immediate delivery: more than 100 > messages received in one connection > > but the rest of the mails never gets delivered. > > Does anyone know what exim does with the rest of the mails? I use procmail to > put all mails in the right folders, does that have anything to do with this? Well when smtp_accept_queue_per_connection limit is reached subsequent messages are put in the input queue. So they will get delivered later. You can run /usr/sbin/exim -q manually or check if /etc/cron.d/exim is set up to run the queue every 30 mins. You should also get a syslog msg when the cron job is run. I have my limit set at 100 and have checked my logs to know that when i get more than 100 msgs the cron job to run exim's queue does in fact deliver all the subsequent msgs that have been put in the queue. -- ~~~
sgmltools
Hi! I have installed sgmltools-2 but I am always getting this error: # sgml2latex --style=dookbook.dtd libggi-api.sgml Processing file libggi-api.sgml DTD check - Error: this sgml-tools package supports Linuxdoc DTD only. If you wish to convert DocBook or other DTD files, then please install and use sgmltools-2 or jade package. --- sgml-tools aborting. I have docbook installed too.. :? Regards Roberto Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://vivaldi.dtts.net Powered by ddt dynamic DNS Powered by GNU running on a Linux kernel. Powered by Debian (The real wonder) Concerto Grosso Op. 3/8 A minor Antonio Vivaldi (so... do you need beautiful words?)
Re: Net-tools followup
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:12:37AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Needless to say this is *EXTREMELY* stupid behaviour of ifconfig > > and completely breaks your system. > > Okay, for those of you who have iproute installed, you can still get things > up and running using the ip tool. Like this: > > ip addr add 127.0.0.1 dev lo > ip link set lo up > ip route add 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo > ip addr 10.66.2.150 dev eth0 > ip link set eth0 up > ip route add 0.0.0.0/0 dev eth0 metric 1 > > Change eth0 IP and default route as needed of course. This was hilarious. I had shut down my laptop this morning after reading, but not entirely absorbing, the above. This evening when I booted it, I of course could not bring up eth0, which is a Proxim Symphony PCMCIA card. Since I couldn't bring up networking, I couldn't get to this email, which I had read by ssh'ing to my workstation. I have only the current **bad** net-tools .deb in my /var/cache/apt/archives, of course, so there is no hope of restoring the last good one quickly. OK, no problem, I go to my workstation, which I had also upgraded with the bad net-tools and had also shut down (we have a power crisis here in California). However, I don't often apt-get autoclean my workstation, so I quickly dpkp --install the old good net-tools and I'm back in business there. I find and read the above email, but soon discover that I don't have iproute on my laptop. OK, says I, I'll just install net-tools from the Potato CD-ROMS, which leads me into rediscovering apt-cdrom and various stuff. Guess what? net-tools didn't exist in Potato. OK, then I'll install iproute from Potato and use the above workaround. After some futzing that's accomplished, but when I do the first ip addr add, I learn that: "Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol". Needless to say, the route add doesn't work either. OK, says I, I'll just copy the good old version 1.57 net-tools .deb over by sneakernet. Hmmm, I've been messing with Linux since RedHat 5.1 and Debian for over a year now, and I've never used a floppy except for boot and rescue discs. So I pull down "Learning Debian GNU/Linux" and read up on using floppies. I'm startled to discover that boot discs are formatted msdos, but, sure, now that I know it that makes sense. So I mount an old RedHat boot disc, delete all the files on it and copy over the .deb. When I cd /floppy and ls, I see that the filename is truncated, mutter under my breath, but oh well, I'll copy it to my laptop harddrive and rename it, so who cares? So I carry the floppy over to the laptop, do mount -t /dev/fd0 /floppy and am greeted with: mount: fs type msdos not supported by kernel Oh f**k, I remember that when I compiled my kernel, I said to myself "Why on earth would I want msdos support on this laptop? Not only, NO, but Hell NO!" OK, so I'll format the floppy ext2. The book says to fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 but my system informs me that fdformat is obsolete and no longer available and that I should use superformat instead. The man page for superformat implies that I am going to get an msdos filesystem on the floppy whether I want it or not. So, "apropos floppy", et voila kfloppy. And sure enough kfloppy is a nice, straightforward little program that formats floppy discs and makes ext2 one of the options. I format the disc and copy the net-tools .deb and check it with an ls -al and a df and all is good. I pop it out, take it to the laptop, mount it, cd /floppy and ls. Hmmm, the only thing there is lost and found. WTF? OK, back to the workstation. When I put the diskette in, it immediately starts bitching at me, and I now remember that one must dismount a floppy before one removes it. So I format it again with kfloppy, cp the .deb, umount /floppy, and then pop it out. Back to the laptop, mount it, cp the .deb, dpkg --install the good net-tools package, ifup eth0, and I'm sending this to you from the laptop. Well, I thought it was funny...
no netscape
I recently installed 'potato' on my iMac and got X up and working - just one problem. I click on the Netscape icon on the taskbar and nothing happens. I installed the Netscape-pseudo package using dselect (which I am assuming installs everything that you need as far as Netscape goes)but still no luck. I realize that this is probably simple, but I would just like some push in the right direction for my confidence. Really appreciate it. I think I'm going to like this whole Debian thing. Joe
eth0 detected by kernel, ifconfig, ifup/ifdown can't configure it. lo (localhost) also has same problem.
I apologize if this is in HTML; Outlook express is all I have @ the moment. I've been working on this for a few hours now... I need some help! I can get neither eth0 nor my localhost (lo) interfaces to work! They were working fine earlier.I made a simple change to my filesystem - I needed a bigger /var partition, and therefore made the proper preparations (backups, etc), created the new partition, copied all data over, fixed the fstab, etc. But now my network card isn't configuring, and neither is localhost.Specifically - during boot, I get the usual message about the kernel detecting my RealTek 8029 card on IRQ 10, IO 0xb400, and that it sets it to eth0.When /etc/init.d/networking runs to configure the card (and lo), I get the following errors (paraphrased)SIOCFADDR: bad file descriptoreth0: interface not found: bad file descriptor.lo: interface not found: bad file descriptor.And, networking does not function. I don't even have Localhost!, so it can't be the network card itself.In fact - I have a 'zip rescue' disk that contains a default debian-base installation (v.2.2). It uses the exact same kernel file as my 'regular' boot - kernel 2.4.1, located on my /boot partition. The zip rescue disk is able to boot and configure networking just fine, everything works.The hard disk cannot.The only difference in booting is that the 'zip_rescue' entry in LILO uses the zip disk as the root, whereas the 'linux' entry uses my hard disk. The kernel is not on either partition. /proc information: When booting from hard disk: /proc/interrupts does not list the ethernet card, nor its IRQ. /proc/ioports (i think) lists the ethernet card on 0xb400. When booting from the zip disk, /proc/interrupts lists the ethernet card correctly on IRQ 10. /proc/ioports lists the card on 0xb400. Realtek's diagnostics show the card as working properly, and it works in Windows as well as on the zip rescue. So what is it that changed to make my networking stop working when booting from the hard disk, while networking works fine when booted from the zip?Any ideas?!? I really don't want to have to 'nuke' it all and re-install from scratch. I don't have that kind of time...Thanks,Troy
Re: Xfree4 is off the screen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > im running Xfree86 and the screen is just too large looking the virtual > screen that's wider than the monitor. but unlike having the virtual screen > i can't scroll offscreen. i've tried to use the line "ViewPort 0 0" in > subsection "display" subsection but the same thing happens. attach is my > XF86Config-4 file > __ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > Name: XF86Config-4 >XF86Config-4 Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) > Encoding: base64 >Description: XF86Config-4 - Looks like you wrote this by hand. If so try using the xf86configure command to build the file then you can edit it. I strongly suggest reading the XFree86 manual pages and all of the addendums. There seem to be several (necessary) sections missing from your config file. When you get them corrected then make the tweak shown in the attached file. Notice the resolution order!! Good luck! Thanks to all those who helped me with this last week :-) -- John Foster# File generated by xf86config. # # Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the # XFree86 Project. # # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** # ** # Module section -- this section is used to specify # which dynamically loadable modules to load. # ** # Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load"dbe" # Double buffer extension # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option"omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Load"type1" Load"freetype" # This loads the GLX module #Load "glx" EndSection # ** # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set # ** Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath # command (or a combination of both methods) # # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other # programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory # to the end of this list (or comment them out). # #FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" #FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi/"
RE: net-tools_1.58-1
> Known bug, mentioned on debian-devel-announce this morning. You can > downgrade to the version of net-tools in testing (if you still have a > network interface ...) I have dual boot system, so that saved me. :)
Re: wav --> audio cd
also sprach John Griffiths (on Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:25:44PM +1100): > thanks, that worked a treat and it makes sense. can i ask what the > fs=8M parameter was doing? without intending to be offensive, i think RTFM is the right response. i myself learn a lot just from man pages and i really just don't want to take that opportunity away from people. so i suggest you man cdrecord and read up on it... or read on further down below where i provide the answer just in case you are actually like pressed for time (burning an audio cd...?) so the fs parameter is the fifo buffer size, and i wouldn't actually specify it. i have to because my machine is slow, so it needs more than the default 4M. try it without first, see if that works. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- heisenberg may have been here.
Re: wav --> audio cd
At 09:09 PM 2/12/2001 -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: >also sprach John Griffiths (on Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:02:43PM +1100): >> i've got cdparanoia stripping the tracks to .wav on the HD but need >> some guidance for putting them back onto a blank in a way a stero >> could read. > >cdrecord dev=0,2,0 speed=8 fs=8M -v -dao -eject defpregap=1 -audio *.wav > >check the cdrecord (1.9) man page for help on the first two >parameters. > >martin thanks, that worked a treat and it makes sense. can i ask what the fs=8M parameter was doing? WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament Housee-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859
Re: gnome-terminal question
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:09:24PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:19:20PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> |
> | hi
> |
> |
> | i was curious what needs to be done to get a remote host
> | (connected through ssh) to display the hostname and directory
> | in the titlebar of a gnome-terminal window. redhat systems
> | seem to do this but none of my debian systems do.
> |
>
> What I had done was make some launchers (shell scripts work as well)
> for each of the hosts I would connect to and use the command line to
> set the title. (I think the opiton is -t)
make it -T
> I think there is some (shell) command that can be used as well (from
yep, echo:)
$ echo -en "\033]0;My brand new title\007"
More from the list-archives (to be put in your ~/.bashrc file):
# Following sets prompt to [EMAIL PROTECTED] dir], and puts the full
# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/full/path/spec in an xterm title bar.
function proml
{
case $TERM in
xterm*|rxvt|eterm|wterm)
local TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\007\]'
;;
*)
local TITLEBAR=''
;;
esac
PS1="${TITLEBAR}\
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\W]\
\$ "
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
}
My question back is:
how the hell are you supposed to find such info?
nothing in term/info-cap.
--
groetjes, carel
Re: wav --> audio cd
also sprach John Griffiths (on Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:02:43PM +1100): > i've got cdparanoia stripping the tracks to .wav on the HD but need > some guidance for putting them back onto a blank in a way a stero > could read. cdrecord dev=0,2,0 speed=8 fs=8M -v -dao -eject defpregap=1 -audio *.wav check the cdrecord (1.9) man page for help on the first two parameters. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- this site has moved. we'd tell you where, but then we'd have to delete you.
Solved: Re: unresolved symbols in kernel compile
Hi all, It turns out I just needed to sleep and reboot the machine with new kernel. All went well. Overly paranoid. /Duncan On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 06:02:25PM -0500, Duncan Watson wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a newcomer to debian, but I am already a big fan. Apt-get is great > and this list is also quite useful. I have used the list archive for > solutions to many of my issues so far. Now I have one that I don't know > the solution. > > I am trying to build a new kernel to support my sound card, amoung other > reasons. I am currently running potato with a dash of testing. I have > upgraded both modutils and e2fsprogs: > > # ii modutils 2.4.1-2Linux module utilities. > # ii e2fsprogs 1.19-3 The EXT2 file system utilities and > > I am building the kernel from the linux.2.4.1.tar.bz2 from ftp.kernel.org. > I followed the following process: > make menuconfig > make dep > make-kpkg clean > make-kpkg kernel_image > cd .. > dpkg --install kernel-image-2.4.1_Custom.1.00_i386.deb > > I then recieve some of the following errors. How can I resolve this? > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/scsi/sg.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/scsi/sr_mod.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/ad1848.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/es1370.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/esssolo1.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/mpu401.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/sb_lib.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/sscape.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/uart401.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/fs/fat/fat.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/fs/msdos/msdos.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.o > -- > Duncan Watson Application Engineer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Duncan Watson Application Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] nCUBE - Beaverton [For best reading adjust your window width to the length of this line -djw] 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
wav --> audio cd
g'day, can anyone point me to resources for copying audio cd's under debian? i've got cdparanoia stripping the tracks to .wav on the HD but need some guidance for putting them back onto a blank in a way a stero could read. Cheers, John
Re: Network problem
I was staring at the same problem this morning trying to recall exactly which packages I'd installed in the last couple of days. I figured it would be easy to back out if I could ask dpkg to give me the date the packages had been installed on. I read through the man page but was unable to find any such option. Is this possible with dkpg? In not, is there another program which could give me this information? Granted this time around its an easy enough fix to just replace the file, but I'm still curious. Wil - Original Message - From: "Chris Matta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:02 PM Subject: Re: Network problem > This seems to be an issue with ifconfig in the latest nettools package of > Sid(unstable), this can be fixed if you have a debian cd, like potato, i had > this happen today, and just untared the base package into my tmp dir, and > replaced the ifconfig binary. This should be fixed eventually. > > -c > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 1:08 PM > Subject: Network problem > > > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone seen this problem before? When I try and enable the network (on > bootup) I get error messages. Here is what I get when typing these commands: > > > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > > SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor > > lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > > > > ifconfig eth0 up > > eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > > > > This is really annoying because the local loopback doesn't work, and > obviously I can't get onto the network. Pinging anything (including > 127.0.0.1) simply says the network is unreachable. > > > > The modules for the network card seem to load fine. The problem must have > stemmed from upgrading some packages to the latest versions (in the unstable > distribution) because everything was working fine until I rebooted. I am > using kernel 2.4.1 and I've tried using an older kernel but the same things > happen, so any suggestions on how to fix this or where to look for problems? > > > > I would be very grateful for any help you could provide, > > Jason Davies. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels
D-Man wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:31:57PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> | Hello!
> |
> | I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into
> | homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with
> |
> |
> | Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> |
> |
> | but I would much prefer something like
> |
> |
> | Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> |
> |
>
> I don't think it is hard-coded into the kernel. I believe it is
> specified in a file in /etc (that gets read on boot). I know that if
> you change the name of localhost in /etc/hosts and reboot your
> greeting will show the new host name.
I think you're confusing the getty greeting (found in /etc/issue) with
the actual kernel print-out (shown by dmesg). The latter _is_ hardcoded
into the kernel.
When this message is displayed the kernel doesn't even know what disks
you have let alone what filesystem resides on them, so it is impossible
for him to look up any file in /etc.
Anyway, to the original question: Grepping through the kernel sources
shows that this printout is done in linux/init/main.c by
__start_kernel() using the string linux_banner. This is in turn defined
in linux/init/version.c like this
const char *linux_banner =
"Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n";
Grepping the kernel sources for LINUX_COMPILE_BY and LINUX_COMPILE_HOST
shows (among others) the following entries:
Makefile: @echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"`whoami`\" >> .ver
Makefile: @echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST \"`hostname`\" >> .ver
Thus, changing the above lines in the top-level Makefile into
@echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"diego\" >> .ver
@echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST \"biurrun.de\" >> .ver
should yield the desired result.
This is untested though.
Cheers,
Viktor
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Re: AT&T Korn shell for Debina (potato) ?
said Stan Brown, on Feb 7, > Where can I find this? Preferably a .deb you can find ksh93 at http://www.research.att.com/sw/download (this site seems to cause konqueror to crash.) it compiled for me on an unstable box. geordie. -- debconf: package "debconf" is not installed or does not use debconf
Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Diego Biurrun wrote: > Hello! > > I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into > homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with > > > Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > but I would much prefer something like > > > Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > It's not a big deal of course, but it would sure be neat. You can (and should) compile your kernels as a non-root user. This will get your username in there (something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]). If that's not good enough for you, then you can change linux/arch/i386/setup.s to something that you like. In my kernel, you would change line 727, but you can search for LINUX_COMPILE_HOST. If you changed that to "biurrun.de", then you would get the desired effect. Just be sure not to send Linus any patches with that. ;) Cheers, Chris -- Got jag? http://www.tribsoft.com
Re: Network problem
This seems to be an issue with ifconfig in the latest nettools package of Sid(unstable), this can be fixed if you have a debian cd, like potato, i had this happen today, and just untared the base package into my tmp dir, and replaced the ifconfig binary. This should be fixed eventually. -c - Original Message - From: "Jason Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 1:08 PM Subject: Network problem > Hi, > > Has anyone seen this problem before? When I try and enable the network (on bootup) I get error messages. Here is what I get when typing these commands: > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor > lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > > ifconfig eth0 up > eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > > This is really annoying because the local loopback doesn't work, and obviously I can't get onto the network. Pinging anything (including 127.0.0.1) simply says the network is unreachable. > > The modules for the network card seem to load fine. The problem must have stemmed from upgrading some packages to the latest versions (in the unstable distribution) because everything was working fine until I rebooted. I am using kernel 2.4.1 and I've tried using an older kernel but the same things happen, so any suggestions on how to fix this or where to look for problems? > > I would be very grateful for any help you could provide, > Jason Davies. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: exim loosing mail?
To fix this problem 1) /usr/sbin/exim -q (this will deliver all your mails) 2) set smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0 in your exim.conf file. This will allow you accept as many emails as you want. Thus spake Joel Ståbis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi. > > It seems that whenever I recieve more than 100 mails at a time with fetchmail > exim just accepts the first 100 of them. > > The log-file says: > > 2001-02-13 00:07:32 14SS4C-0007Jf-01 no immediate delivery: more than 100 > messages received in one connection > > but the rest of the mails never gets delivered. > > Does anyone know what exim does with the rest of the mails? I use procmail to > put all mails in the right folders, does that have anything to do with this? > > / Joel > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Todd V. Rovito [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carpe Aptenodytes! "Seize the Penguins!"
Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels
also sprach D-Man (on Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:13:35PM -0500): > specified in a file in /etc (that gets read on boot). I know that if > you change the name of localhost in /etc/hosts and reboot your > greeting will show the new host name. no, not true. you have to change /etc/hostname for that. > BTW, Is there a way to "reset" the hostname without rebooting? I had do precisely that: echo my_new_hostname > /etc/hostname followed by a /bin/hostname `cat /etc/hostname` martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- prepBut nI vrbLike adjHungarian! qWhat's artThe adjBig nProblem? -- alec flett @netscape
Re: exim loosing mail?
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 at 22:15:20 -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: [No need to Cc: me, I read the list ...] > And there's also a line in exim.conf that should be changed: > > smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100 > > a bigger number there could help... Otherwise, wxim will only accept > 100 messages poer connection. I tend to leave that as it is, since mailtonews would probably do interesting things to my box otherwise when several hundred messages come in at once after a period of downtime (I need to fix mailtonews, of course). It depends on how complex your mail delivery setup is. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim loosing mail?
:: Colin Watson writes: >> 2001-02-13 00:07:32 14SS4C-0007Jf-01 no immediate delivery: more than 100 >> messages received in one connection >> >> but the rest of the mails never gets delivered. >> >> Does anyone know what exim does with the rest of the mails? I use procmail to >> put all mails in the right folders, does that have anything to do with this? > This doesn't have anything to do with bug #85745 (/etc/cron.d/exim is > not updated for /etc/exim/exim.conf), does it? Does 'exim -bp' show an > enormous number of undelivered mails? > If so, fix /etc/cron.d/exim and the problem will sort itself out. And there's also a line in exim.conf that should be changed: smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100 a bigger number there could help... Otherwise, wxim will only accept 100 messages poer connection. J. -- Jeronimo Pellegrini Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:31:57PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote: | Hello! | | I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into | homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with | | | Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | | | but I would much prefer something like | | | Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | | I don't think it is hard-coded into the kernel. I believe it is specified in a file in /etc (that gets read on boot). I know that if you change the name of localhost in /etc/hosts and reboot your greeting will show the new host name. BTW, Is there a way to "reset" the hostname without rebooting? I had a problem with this a while back -- I called my machine by one name, but the DNS server called it by another. The result was that no one but my own machine could browse my web pages under user's home directories. (apache did some rerouting to the hostname the kernel thought it was, but then other machines couldn't lookup the name) Kind of fun, huh? ;-) -D
Re: gnome-terminal question
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:19:20PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | hi | | | i was curious what needs to be done to get a remote host | (connected through ssh) to display the hostname and directory | in the titlebar of a gnome-terminal window. redhat systems | seem to do this but none of my debian systems do. | I'm not sure what you mean about the RH systems -- I used to run RH and it would normally show the CWD. What I had done was make some launchers (shell scripts work as well) for each of the hosts I would connect to and use the command line to set the title. (I think the opiton is -t) I think there is some (shell) command that can be used as well (from the remote side) because I've seen the title change on me before (usually to a non-useful title like "~"). Sorry, I don't know what the command is. -D PS. My computer is dead right now so I can't try anything with Debian to verify my suggestion.
Re: Problem building X 4.0.2 from debian source
On Son, 11 Feb 2001, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > list, but now I'm fairly certain it's a Debian-specific problem, since > I've succesfully build the debian source with modified matrox mga driver > using 'make World'. The error only seems to show up when I use > 'debian/rules build', which is rather odd. Anyway, here is the error > message again, maybe someone knows why the build fails using the debian > build process, and continuous using the 'normal' build process? (the error > is obviously also encountered, but it doesn't cause the build process to > fail). debian/rules build applies patches found in debian/patches greetings, martin
Re: libggi
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Pollywog wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:56:51 +0100 (MET), Roberto Diaz said: > > example but I find I havent ggi.h nowhere :? > libggi2-dev but I got it from "woody" It's actually just the same. (but i'm working on this) To have more output targets you may install libggi-target-x libggi-target-svgalib libggi-target-aa and so on. Have a look at the latter with the fire demo. greetings, martin
Re: some mutt stuff
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:45:51PM -0500, David Merrill wrote: | On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:30:21PM +0100, Willi Dyck wrote: | | Let me know if you want to see my newsig.sh script also and I will | send it. I'd like to see it. Thanks, -D
Re: exim loosing mail?
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Joel_St=E5bis?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It seems that whenever I recieve more than 100 mails at a time with fetchmail >exim just accepts the first 100 of them. > >The log-file says: > >2001-02-13 00:07:32 14SS4C-0007Jf-01 no immediate delivery: more than 100 >messages received in one connection > >but the rest of the mails never gets delivered. > >Does anyone know what exim does with the rest of the mails? I use procmail to >put all mails in the right folders, does that have anything to do with this? This doesn't have anything to do with bug #85745 (/etc/cron.d/exim is not updated for /etc/exim/exim.conf), does it? Does 'exim -bp' show an enormous number of undelivered mails? If so, fix /etc/cron.d/exim and the problem will sort itself out. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: partition HELP
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Hello, > > Helping a friend here and she just wacked her active hard drive while > attempting to partition a second hard drive. > > I need a WINDOWS utility to undo what Fdisk.exe just did and restore that > drive to what it was. drive was not formated afaict, so if a program > exists to restore that partition data, she will be safe, then we can > 'safely' partition the 'correct' hard drive for linux .. Well, chances are that you only erased the partition table. If so, writing the very same partition table back, will make all the drives with the filesystems reappear. So, if for example you only had one big partition, than recreating that partition will put everything back in place. I suggest that you use a Linux fdisk for that purpose, because then you're sure that it won't touch anything else except the partition table. Read the docs for fdisk though! If you had more than one partition on that disk, than you will need to know the exact start and end blocks of the partition. `fdisk -l` will print them, so you can save them to a file, but now that you already lost that information ... In the Filesystems-HOWTO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html) there are some utilities mentioned that will look for filesystem information on the hard drive and then suggest a partitition table based on these data. In particular these are - Fixdisktable (http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat32.html) - gpart (http://home.pages.de/~michab/gpart/) - rescuept (part of util-linux?) They all run under Linux though. I've tried gpart and it guessed all my partitions correctly. Good luck, Viktor PS: Once you have your partition table repaired, `fdisk -l` will print it out, so you can save it on paper. -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ Geek Code (3.1): GCS/SS d-@ s+: a20 C++@ UL++$ P+ L+++ E--- W++ N++ o? K? !W O? M? V? PS++@ PE+(-) Y+ P?(+++) t+ 5+ X- R? !tv b+ DI+ D- G e>+++ h-- r- !y+
Benefits of ipmasq?
Hello, sorry for my ignorance, but could someone please explain to me the benefits of ipmasq? Background information: Although I should have been learning yesterday, I upgraded my old little slink-based router to potato. The upgrade actually worked fine, except that the networking broke, because I was missing some kernel 2.0-related infos in /etc/network/interfaces. Other than that everything went smooth. Just as I learned to expect it from Debian. Later then, I upgraded to an 2.2.17 kernel, forgetting that ipfwadm was replaced by ipchains. I didn't have much time, so I installed the ipmasq package, in hope that it would take care of NAT. Well, think again. For some reason it won't work smoothly with my ISDN and networking infrastructure. Right now, the only thing I need to do is restart /etc/init.d/ipmasq after the booting, which is not a big deal, because the machine is not rebooted anyway. Well, to get to the point, I looked at the infrastructure ipmasq generates and also read the documentation, and I am wondering, why so much overkill is being done? Generally I like the Debian way of splitting the configuration data from the actual configuration commands in order to make the actual data more readable. The networking infrastructure (ipupdown and friends) is a great example. But isn't ipmasq a little overboard? I mean, the rule files don't even hide the actual ipchains/ipfwadm commands, they're shell scripts! Also, in the case of firewall adminstration, wouldn't it be better to have _ALL_ the rules written out in one file, instead of having a seperate file for (almost) every single rule, which is sourced? The latter reminds me too much of the RedHat way of configuring stuff, which I find extremely confusing. In the docs, Brian writes that he's doing it this fine-grained way, so each rule can be changed individually without bothering with the rest. For one, I would argue that with firewalling the rule set should be taken into account any time, and secondly, I would say that one big file with all the rules would be much more easier to maintain. But then again, I might simply be to stupid (err, tired) to see all the glory of ipmasq, so if someone is up to it, I'm willing to learn. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ Geek Code (3.1): GCS/SS d-@ s+: a20 C++@ UL++$ P+ L+++ E--- W++ N++ o? K? !W O? M? V? PS++@ PE+(-) Y+ P?(+++) t+ 5+ X- R? !tv b+ DI+ D- G e>+++ h-- r- !y+
Re: How to set DPI when running KDM? SOLVED
Alan Chandler wrote: > >> The only problem is that I'm running KDM, which will still run my X > >> server with -dpi 75. I have been looking into the files in > >> /etc/X11/kdm, but couldn't find a place to specify the different > >> resolution. > the file you refer to with the line like the above in is > > /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers > > but there is also a file > > /etc/X11/kdm/Xresources > > which has a some degree of influence here. /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers was the file in question. Thank you very much, now everything looks how I like it. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/ Geek Code (3.1): GCS/SS d-@ s+: a20 C++@ UL++$ P+ L+++ E--- W++ N++ o? K? !W O? M? V? PS++@ PE+(-) Y+ P?(+++) t+ 5+ X- R? !tv b+ DI+ D- G e>+++ h-- r- !y+
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:39:11PM +, Lee Elliott wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I'm not able to get hardware rendering/GL running on my G400. Kernel is
> currently 2.4.0-test11 (2.4.0 was a bit wobbly for me - haven't d/loaded
> 2.4.1 yet) and I'm getting the follwing error in /var/log/XFre86.0.log
Okay, that mostly matches me (though I'm on test10 since I'm lazy...)
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
> (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0
> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
> (**) MGA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
> (==) MGA(0): RGB weight 565
> (II) Loading sub module "mga_hal"
> (II) LoadModule: "mga_hal"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal
> (II) UnloadModule: "mga_hal"
> (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0)
> (--) MGA(0): Chipset: "mgag400"
> (II) MGA(0): Offscreen memory usage will be limited to 512 lines if the
> DRI is enabled.
> (==) MGA(0): Using AGP Mode 1x
> (--) MGA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF200
> (--) MGA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFEAFC000
> (--) MGA(0): Pseudo-DMA transfer window at 0xFE00
> (--) MGA(0): BIOS at 0xFEAE
>
> So, mga_hal does not exist! Indeed it doesn't - at least I couldn't
> find it.
Right, nor does it exist on mine... but my acceleration works fine
(tuxracer is unplayable without it :)).
The driver you want is just above all that:
(II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w,
mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI, mgag400
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset mgag400 found
> Funnily enough, DRI goes on to initialise ok - so it claims, but using
> the ssystem -bench option shows no difference in performance. It's a
> pity because I've got another installation on this same system that I've
> frozen with X3.3.6 & glx that runs like a dream.
Do you have a bunch of noise from DRM?
(==) MGA(0): Write-combining range (0xce00,0x100)
(--) MGA(0): 16 DWORD fifo
(==) MGA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) MGA(0): [drm] bpp: 16 depth: 16
(II) MGA(0): [drm] Sarea 2196+632: 2828
(0): [drm] created "mga" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(0): [drm] added 4096 byte SAREA at 0xc89c9000
(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xc89c9000 to 0x4001c000
(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xce00
(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) MGA(0): [drm] Registers = 0xcd00
[drm] drmAgpEnabled succeeded for AGP mode 1x
(II) MGA(0): WARP Microcode Loaded
etc etc...
--
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#!/usr/bin/perl -n
printf "Serial: %s Type: %s Code: %s\n", map { tr/a-zA-Z0-9+-/ -_/; $_ = unpack
'u', chr(32 + length()*3/4) . $_; s/\0+$//; $_ ^= "C" x length; } /\.([^.]+)/g;
exim loosing mail?
Hi. It seems that whenever I recieve more than 100 mails at a time with fetchmail exim just accepts the first 100 of them. The log-file says: 2001-02-13 00:07:32 14SS4C-0007Jf-01 no immediate delivery: more than 100 messages received in one connection but the rest of the mails never gets delivered. Does anyone know what exim does with the rest of the mails? I use procmail to put all mails in the right folders, does that have anything to do with this? / Joel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: email-address embedded in homemade kernels
I already put my name into /etc/kernel-pkg.conf, to no effect... There is apparently no commandline option to achieve what I want. Diego Biurrun P.S.: Please CC me on any responses, I am not currently subscribed to the list. Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 12-Feb-2001 Diego Biurrun wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into > > homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with > > > > > > when you use make-kpkg one of the settings (command line or config file) is > the email address to use.
Re: wheelmouse and Netscape 4.76
Hi Andreas! Everything is fine, you just have to pust that stuff into .Xresources, which Debian uses instead of .Xdefaults. Works fine over here. Diego Biurrun Andreas Donath wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a problem to get the wheel mouse cooperating > with my netscape (V4.76). The Pointer Section in /etc/X11/XF86Config > reads like this: > > Section "Pointer" >Protocol"imps/2" >Device "/dev/mouse" >Resolution 100 >Buttons 3 >ZAxisMapping4 5 > EndSection > > X is Version 3.3.6 > > I pasted the code that I found at > http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ > into my ~/.Xdefaults file. > > And yes, the NumLock is switched off too. > > I tried imwheel and scrolling the wheel > within Netscape worked fine. > > Any idea what might be wrong? > > _-(adonut)-_
XFree86 4.0.2 and Matrox G400
Hello List, I'm not able to get hardware rendering/GL running on my G400. Kernel is currently 2.4.0-test11 (2.4.0 was a bit wobbly for me - haven't d/loaded 2.4.1 yet) and I'm getting the follwing error in /var/log/XFre86.0.log (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Loading sub module "vgahw" (II) LoadModule: "vgahw" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (**) MGA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (==) MGA(0): RGB weight 565 (II) Loading sub module "mga_hal" (II) LoadModule: "mga_hal" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal (II) UnloadModule: "mga_hal" (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) (--) MGA(0): Chipset: "mgag400" (II) MGA(0): Offscreen memory usage will be limited to 512 lines if the DRI is enabled. (==) MGA(0): Using AGP Mode 1x (--) MGA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF200 (--) MGA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFEAFC000 (--) MGA(0): Pseudo-DMA transfer window at 0xFE00 (--) MGA(0): BIOS at 0xFEAE So, mga_hal does not exist! Indeed it doesn't - at least I couldn't find it. Funnily enough, DRI goes on to initialise ok - so it claims, but using the ssystem -bench option shows no difference in performance. It's a pity because I've got another installation on this same system that I've frozen with X3.3.6 & glx that runs like a dream. XFree86 was installed from the .debs in unstable but the kernel is, obviously, home compiled. I had a quick look for it in the kernel sources but couldn't find anything there. Can anyone tell me where mga_hal comes from and why I haven't got one? TIA LeeE
Mouse moves in emacs20 but doesn't activate menu bar
With gpm and emacs20 packages, a microsoft mouse on /dev/psaux moves the pointer within emacs (plain, no X windows). But right-click on any menu item (( Buffers/Files/Tools/Edit/Search/Mule/Help )) doesn't activate menu. Should it, could it? Or is the only way to get tmm menu *Completions* buffer? Can clicking on menu w/ mouse cause a true drop-down menu, or is it limited to *Completions* buffer with a window system? Thanks
Re: postgresql demond
Olivier Billet wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont >know how to allow people to connect to the databases. >I mean even users on the local host (my box) cant >connect. It seems that it's a matter of -i switch >before runing the postmaster. -i allows users to connect over TCP/IP; this is not necessary if they are on the same machine. Have you created usernames in postgresql for these other users? Are they using the right commands to connect? What error messages do they get? -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour."Psalms 8:3-5
RE: 'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian
They are in the dnsutils and traceroute packages respectively. -Original Message- From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:42 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: 'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian My machine --running potato-- claimed not to know either nslookup or traceroute. No man pages, either. Are there Debian equivalents to these commands? Thanks. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian
"Tom Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My machine --running potato-- claimed not to know either nslookup or > traceroute. No man pages, either. > > Are there Debian equivalents to these commands? Yes, try the following: % apt-cache search nslookup dnsutils - Utilities for Querying DNS Servers % apt-cache search traceroute traceroute - Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP/IP network. libnet-rawip-perl - Perl interface to lowlevel TCP/IP xt - A graphical traceroute libnet0-dev - Routines for the construction and handling of network packets. mtr - Full screen ncurses or X11 traceroute tool traceroute-nanog - NANOG traceroute apt-cache is a great tool for finding things. Gary
'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian
My machine --running potato-- claimed not to know either nslookup or traceroute. No man pages, either. Are there Debian equivalents to these commands? Thanks. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
email-address embedded in homemade kernels
Hello! I was wondering if it is possible to embed my email address into homegrown kernels. My current kernel greets me with Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) but I would much prefer something like Linux version 2.2.19pre6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) It's not a big deal of course, but it would sure be neat. Thanks Diego Biurrun P.S.: Please CC me, I'm not currently subscribed to the list.
Re: Mouse ...
Glenn Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > there's another sig over four lines long. look out! > > :-) > _ > | > // G l e n n B e c k e r| > | > // I don't wanna kill my china pig. | > //-- Captain Beefheart | > | > // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > _| And someone else who replies on top of the article to which he's replying! Glyn M -- so here we are then http://members.tripod.co.uk/Christchurch2000uk Running Debian/Gnu Linux 10:52pm up 15:45, 2 users, load average: 0.11, 0.10, 0.07
named just stops mysteriously
I am using bind package 8.2.2p7-1 (a .deb) Every once in a while named just stops. I look in the syslog and it appears to just stop receiving requests and then display the messages about how I (re)started it up. I have no idea what causes this. Thanks for any help you might provide, Jeff Davis
gnome-terminal question
hi i was curious what needs to be done to get a remote host (connected through ssh) to display the hostname and directory in the titlebar of a gnome-terminal window. redhat systems seem to do this but none of my debian systems do. it's handy when i have 26 terminals open and i want to see exactly where im logged into by using the right mouse button in afterstep ... is this possible with debian? or are some drastic changes needed? i didn't see much in /etc/profile on the redhat system(s) that might refer to this. btw all of my debian systems(have about 20 of them) are running potato. thanks! nate
problem installing Potato base system on m68k
I'm trying to install Potato on a Quadra 700 (8 Mb RAM, 80 Mb internal hard drive with A/UX Root partition 47 Mb and A/UX Swap partition 16 Mb) using macinstall.tgz and base2_2.tgz on the Mac partition of my internal hard drive. After I launch Penguin 18, everything goes well until I reach Install the Base System. After I choose that, the installer says that it's decompressing base2_2.tgz, and there's a lot of disc activity for several minutes, after which the standard message about checking the state of the system flashes on very briefly and then the installer menu reappears, but the highlighted selection has dropped back to the previous install step (Configure the Network) instead of proceeding to the next one (Configure the Base System). If I then scroll ahead in the installer menu and choose Configure the Base System, I get a message to the effect that I have to install the base system before it can be configured. But if I go back and choose Install the Base System again, I get a message saying that it appears that I installed one previously, and recommending against an overwrite. If I launch a shell at this point, so that I can see a directory of the Root partition, it looks like the base system is there. It's taken considerable effort to learn my way through previous difficulties and be able to reach this point (due to my general unfamiliarity and some problems with a flaky Cobra external drive, not to any software deficiencies), and I don't want to give up now. Any suggestions much appreciated. Bob
Re: True Type fonts
%% Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: hs> That's the page I used in order to get my TT fonts set up, along hs> with the http://home.c2i.net page that it references. Since I'm hs> using XFree86 v4.x.x, I skipped the step regarding xfs-xtt and it hs> still works fine. As I recall, the font alias portion was what hs> really helped everything work ideally. Since I wrote that I've upgraded to 4.0.2 in testing, and everything is still working, and still using xfs-xtt. I've heard some people say that server is better at rendering TT than the default 4.x server, but I have no idea if that's true. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>HASMAT--HA Software Methods & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
woody, XF86 4.0.2 upgrade & kde2.0
I had stable installed with X (which ever comes with stable), and KDE 2, on my laptop. Everything running fine I upgraded to woody, and then installed x 4.0.2. It unistalled KDM, Why? Does KDM not work with XF86 4.0.2? When I type startx the bare wm comes up, but the mouse no longer worked, so I did xf86config. setting the mouse to /dev/gpmdata the mouse moved but was not moving correctly. I re-installed KDM thinking it would start up KDE, but when I rebooted, it says starting KDM, but stays in console mode. any clues??? wayne
partition HELP
Hello, Helping a friend here and she just wacked her active hard drive while attempting to partition a second hard drive. I need a WINDOWS utility to undo what Fdisk.exe just did and restore that drive to what it was. drive was not formated afaict, so if a program exists to restore that partition data, she will be safe, then we can 'safely' partition the 'correct' hard drive for linux .. thanks very much for any help. -- Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 707-442-6579 h/m 707-268-4074 http://www.qsl.net/ke6slsICQ# 12741145 This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid.
Re: .deb install
Hehe, yeah it is simple, but its ok, we were all new once. dpkg -i filename.deb Robin Rowe wrote: > Hi. This seems like an easy question, but I can't find the answer. How do I > install a .deb file I've downloaded to the local file system? And, how do I > make it appear in dselect? > > Thanks. > > Robin > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HD dual-boots from one computer; single-boots from another
Kent West wrote: I've got a 10-GB drive configured to dual boot Windows2000 and Debian Woody. W2K (FAT32, LBA) is on the first partition, which is 6GB. Linux has the rest of the drive in several partitions. I'm using LILO, with Linux configured as the default OS. On a Gateway computer, the dual-boot setup works fine, but if I take the drive out and put it in a Hewlett Packard Pavilion, LILO works as it should, and I can boot into Linux. But if I try to boot into W2K, I get a "can't find ntldr" message. I can boot into Linux and see the W2K partition just fine. I've tinkered with the Large Disk Support option in the HP's BIOS, but that didn't do anything for me. I just thought of seeing if I can find a BIOS flash for the HP, but in the meanwhile, if any of you boot sector/mbr gurus have any thoughts, I'd be glad to hear about them. I can't easily include the /etc/lilo.conf file, as that's on a non-networked machine, but if anyone really wants it, I'll see if I can hunt down one of those antiquated floppy disk thingies and copy the file over and send it. Thanks! Kent UPDATE: I flashed the BIOS; did no good. While at HP's site, I took a deeper look at their tech support pages, and it looks like W2K is not a likely candidate to run on an HP Pavillion 6336 (what kind of PC is this?!). So I tried WinME instead, and it does okay, except that whenever I shut down the Windows side and boot into Linux, Linux hangs (hard!); the only way to regain control of the machine is to disconnect the power cord. On the next boot into Linux, you can repair the damaged file system (from an improper shutdown), reboot once more into Linux, and we're good to go. Good thing this computer was free; I'd hate to think I spent money for it. I'll know now to recommend against HP to my friends and family. (I'll add HP to the same list on which I have Compaq and Packard Bell). Kent
Re: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing
I wrote: > I have upgraded to testing and am now experiencing problems with > networking (and I was expecting problems with XFree 4.0 and that > part is fine :-) > > What works: > - incoming mail (through fetchmail) > - outgoing ftp > - outgoing ssh > > What doesn't: > - outgoing http connections outside my gateway (just hangs there) > - any outgoing ping connections I swear I didn't touch _anything_ and it started to work after a while (with nothing logged in /var/log/messages or anything). Very strange. Peter
Re: Network problem
Thanks for your help, but I've discovered the solution the hard way :) I downgraded, and still had a few problems, but I've resolved them now by reverting to an old kernel. If only I had signed up to the mailing list earlier... I think this has taught me I should have a backup somewhere. Are there any tools available which will allow me to backup easily to another partition for example? Thanks, Jason Davies.
Re: PS/2 mouse mystery
Hi, On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Tom Schuetz wrote: > I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. > My mouse doesn't do anything upon starting X. > > So I tried making a soft link from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse. Nada. Do you have gpm installed? If yes, you should set Section pointer in XF86config to /dev/gpmdata Regards, Kerstin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
networking partly broken after upgrade to testing
I have upgraded to testing and am now experiencing problems with networking (and I was expecting problems with XFree 4.0 and that part is fine :-) What works: - incoming mail (through fetchmail) - outgoing ftp - outgoing ssh What doesn't: - outgoing http connections outside my gateway (just hangs there) - any outgoing ping connections $ ping www.debian.org PING www.debian.org (198.186.203.20): 56 data bytes ^C --- www.debian.org ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss The route and ifconfig look okay to me (but I'm not 100% sure): $ route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface localnet* 255.255.252.0 U 0 00 eth0 default 142.130.48.10.0.0.0 UG1 00 eth0 $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:05:EA:C6 inet addr:142.130.48.235 Bcast:142.130.48.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5982 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:626 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:1462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 Does anyone have a clue? Thanks, -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/
Re: postgresql demond
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 22:06:08 +0100, Olivier Billet wrote: > I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont know how to allow people > to connect to the databases. I mean even users on the local host (my box) > cant connect. It seems that it's a matter of -i switch before runing the > postmaster. To allow local users to connect, TCP/IP support is not needed. > But what's the Debian way to do this ? If you want to enable TCP/IP support, set PGALLOWTCPIP=yes in /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init and restart PostgreSQL. HTH, Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go where no data has gone before.
postgresql demond
Hi all, I'm using postgresql and can use psql, but I dont know how to allow people to connect to the databases. I mean even users on the local host (my box) cant connect. It seems that it's a matter of -i switch before runing the postmaster. But what's the Debian way to do this ? Thanks a lot, Olivier.
Re: Network problem
Jason Davies wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone seen this problem before? When I try and enable the network (on > bootup) I get error messages. Here is what I get when typing these commands: > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor > lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > > ifconfig eth0 up > eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor > You are having the same problem that others have had today, but posted under a different subject heading. Apparently there is a bug in the recent release of net-tools. If you downgrade to the version in "testing", everything should be resolved. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
RAID port on SCSI-chiped motherboards
Hay all! Basically, I'm in the process of setting up an entry-level server and need some info on the various raid options supported in Debian. I'm thinking about using a supermicro dual PIII 440GX board which has a built in SCSI chipset with support for a RAID port. The adaptec pages for the RAIDport ARO-1130U do not talk about linux support, though some of their other raid controller cards do. So, does anyone have any experience of setting these cards up, what performance is achieveable, kernel compilation options, configuration etc.? Any info gratefully received. With thanks, Matthew
Re: some mutt stuff
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:30:21PM +0100, Willi Dyck wrote: > Hi all, > > can somebody tell me how to configure > my ~/.muttrc to tell mutt to insert some text > below my mails automaticaly? Thanks in advance. > Willos I use the following line: set signature = ~/newsig.sh| This calls my shell script newsig.sh, which appends a random fortune onto a static signature, yielding results like you see at the end of this email. Take note of the pipe char at the end. It is important! There are other ways of doing this, depending on your needs. Let me know if you want to see my newsig.sh script also and I will send it. Good luck! -- Dr. David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net Linux Documentation Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collection Editor & Coordinatorhttp://www.linuxdoc.org Finger me for my public key Emerson's Law of Contrariness: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.
some mutt stuff
Hi all, can somebody tell me how to configure my ~/.muttrc to tell mutt to insert some text below my mails automaticaly? Thanks in advance. Willos
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Hi, Can someone tell me please, how can I use ip-aliasing in kernel v2.4? I've tried the old stuff in /etc/interfaces (eth0:0, eth0:1, etc) but it doesn't worked. Actually I haven't found any options in the kernel about ip-aliasing. Thanks for the help. Gergely Bodnar
Re: Mouse ...
there's another sig over four lines long. look out! :-) _ | // G l e n n B e c k e r| | // I don't wanna kill my china pig. | // -- Captain Beefheart | | // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _| At 3:21pm on Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Danilo C. M. Marques wrote: > Hello for everyone ! > > I have a Genius three button serial mouse. I'm running both gpm > and X but the mouse NO WORKS neither console or X. I already tried to > manipulate the gpmconfig (yeah, I already looked at man's > pages) unsuccessfully ! > > I'm very grateful for any help, > > -- > #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-# > #- Danilo Caio Marcucci Marques -# > #- Instituto de Fisica/UFF -# > #- Av. Litoranea, s/n-# > #- Boa Viagem - Niteroi -# > #-Web: http://www.if.uff.br/~danpos-# > #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-# > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Mouse ...
Hello for everyone ! I have a Genius three button serial mouse. I'm running both gpm and X but the mouse NO WORKS neither console or X. I already tried to manipulate the gpmconfig (yeah, I already looked at man's pages) unsuccessfully ! I'm very grateful for any help, -- #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-# #- Danilo Caio Marcucci Marques -# #- Instituto de Fisica/UFF -# #- Av. Litoranea, s/n-# #- Boa Viagem - Niteroi -# #-Web: http://www.if.uff.br/~danpos-# #-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##-#
Re: module configuration problem (3c515 and ppa)
"modinfo -p " will list the parameters a module takes. -chris "Pete Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm attempting to install debian 2.2r on a new Dell 4100, and I'm having > problems with two modules. My network card is 3c905c-tx, and I've tried > installing the 3c515 module using both no arguments and irq=3. In both cases > I get an error message: invalide paramater param_irq. Any suggestions on how > I should resolve this? > The other module that's been troublesome is the ppa module (for zip drives). > In this case autoprobe fails. Where should I look to find parameters for > this one? > Thanks > Pete > > > Who needs Cupid? Matchmaker.com is the place to meet somebody. > FREE Two-week Trial Membership at http://www.matchmaker.com/home?rs=200015 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
alsa-source and linux 2.4.1: compile error (woody)?
Hi, I run kernel 2.4.1 and tried to build alsa-modules from the alsa-source package in woody. I used the make-kpkg modules_image method. However, the build fails with the following error message: make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/alsadriver/kernel' ( ... goes ok ...) updating ../include/sndversions.h ( ... goes ok ...) gcc -DALSA_BUILD -O2 -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -I.. -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c sound.c sound.c:250: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type ( ... up to line 259 ...) sound.c: In function `snd_persist_init': sound.c:444: warning: implicit declaration of function `get_module_symbol' ( ... some lines ok ...) memory.c: In function `snd_malloc_pages_R838db77d': memory.c:45: warning: implicit declaration of function `MAP_NR' gcc -DALSA_BUILD -O2 -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -I.. -c -o info.o info.c info.c:558: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:559: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:560: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:562: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:563: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:564: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:565: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:567: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:577: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:594: warning: excess elements in struct initializer info.c:594: warning: (near initialization for `snd_info_entry_inode_operations') info.c:599: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:616: warning: excess elements in struct initializer info.c:616: warning: (near initialization for `snd_info_device_inode_operations') info.c: In function `snd_info_card_followlink': info.c:655: warning: implicit declaration of function `lookup_dentry' info.c:655: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast info.c: At top level: info.c:674: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:684: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:685: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type info.c:691: warning: excess elements in struct initializer info.c:691: warning: (near initialization for `snd_info_card_link_inode_operations') info.c: In function `snd_info_card_register': info.c:784: structure has no member named `ops' info.c: In function `snd_info_create_device_R56429d1f': info.c:954: structure has no member named `ops' info.c: In function `snd_info_register_R89d46715': info.c:1057: structure has no member named `ops' make[4]: *** [info.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsadriver/kernel' make[3]: *** [compile] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsadriver' make[2]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsadriver' make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/alsadriver' Module /usr/src/modules/alsadriver failed. Hit return to Continue I then tried version 0.5.something from yesterday's unstable, but I get an error that lets me suspect that I would have to update debconf or something, too, so I chickened out. Thanks for advice -- I did not vote for the Austrian government
Re: help me!?
Try making sure you have loaded the module for appletalk. Try: modprobe appletalk If that gives you an error about dependencies, try: depmod -a modprobe appletalk This same problem happened to me and that was the problem. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:00:00PM +, Angel MAN wrote: > i'm a french user of linux and i found your address in a > forum > i've got a problem with netatalk. > during system start up (netatalk), I get a message that says > 'atalkdsocket: Invalid argument'. The only thing that I > have changed > from the default that deselect sets up is that I added > 'eth0' to > /etc/atalkd.conf. > i try everything with atalkd.conf but nothing change > (i've got two ethernet cards: eth0 for internet and eth1 for > intranet) > What do I need to add, change, ...? > > thank you > didier > _ > Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com >
RE: Network problem
Okay, I'lltry, but I don't understand why this would happen, all I did was reboot after updating some packages. How do I change the IRQ and IOPort settings? How do I check if the loopback device is there? Thanks, Jason Davies.
NET Error msg.
Hi, I'm quite new to debian/linux, but i now have my Linux computer serving as a NAT server between my internal and external network (@Home Cable modem). Everything is working fine, except i keep getting the following error message: NET: X messages suppressed X usually being a number below 10. I have no idea what i causing this, and/or how to fix it. I get like 5 of thse msg's every minute, and they overwrite everything on the console, which is very annoying when youre editing files. I know that at least 2 of my friends have this same problem, just not with such a high frequency. Any help would be appreciated. Thx in Advance, Leon Haverkotte
RE: Network problem
Oops, I forgot to copy this to this list, sorry. The modules seem to have loaded fine, these errors only happen when I try to enable the network with ifconfig. Thanks, Jason Davies.
Re: today's Q from the 'net-dunce :-)
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 10:23:40AM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > > haaa. sorry 'bout that. first complaint i've had. RFC 1855 says: - If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is, the more they pay. Hope this helps alleviate your confusion, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpdt0Jpgg1Ec.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT: Net-tools followup
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 10:17:24PM +1030, David Purton wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > ip route add 0.0.0.0/0 dev eth0 metric 1 > > > > Slightly off topic, but can anyone explain to me what the metric field > does - the man page is bit brief for my level of understanding in these > things :) > > > $ man route > > metric M > set the metric field in the routing table (used by > routing daemons) to M. metric ::= the "cost" of the interface Let's say you have two interfaces to the outside world. Both are 10 Mb half duplex ethernet. eth0 is provider A, the preferred provider. eth1 is provider b who you do not prefer (they drop packets, charge by the byte, whatever). When configuring the interfaces you assign eth1 a larger metric than eth0. Presumably you run a routing protocol like RIP, OSPF or IS-IS (just kidding). The routing protocol can use your "hint" to always prefer provider A when that link is up. The issue can become quite complex depending on what kind of routing you are trying to do. Fortunately most linux users get no closer to routing than setting up a masquerade box. HTH, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpaMv9YDdYCS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: True Type fonts
> You might also find this link helpful; it's a little more up-to-date > than the TT-Debian mini-HOWTO. > > http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/debian_tt.html That's the page I used in order to get my TT fonts set up, along with the http://home.c2i.net page that it references. Since I'm using XFree86 v4.x.x, I skipped the step regarding xfs-xtt and it still works fine. As I recall, the font alias portion was what really helped everything work ideally. Regards Hall
Re: PS/2 mouse mystery
"Tom Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. > My mouse doesn't do anything upon starting X. Are you running GPM? GPM and X can conflict when running at the same time. There's a solution: Configure GPM as a 'Repeater' and then configure X to use /dev/gpmdata as mouse. To configure GPM as a Repeater, check man gpm. The options should be written to /etc/gpm.conf (/usr/sbin/gpmconfig can be used to do that). hth, moritz -- Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.chaosdorf.de/moritz/ Debian/GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org/ http://www.gnu.org/ GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199
Network problem
Hi, Has anyone seen this problem before? When I try and enable the network (on bootup) I get error messages. Here is what I get when typing these commands: ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor ifconfig eth0 up eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor This is really annoying because the local loopback doesn't work, and obviously I can't get onto the network. Pinging anything (including 127.0.0.1) simply says the network is unreachable. The modules for the network card seem to load fine. The problem must have stemmed from upgrading some packages to the latest versions (in the unstable distribution) because everything was working fine until I rebooted. I am using kernel 2.4.1 and I've tried using an older kernel but the same things happen, so any suggestions on how to fix this or where to look for problems? I would be very grateful for any help you could provide, Jason Davies.
Re: cdrecord with YAHAMA CRW8824S
Hi! On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:49:47AM +0100, Walther, Christoph wrote: > cdrecord dev=0,6,0 Speed=4 -v -eject binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso > Just a guess: Is 0,6,0 the right device? What does cdrecord --scanbus say? Stephen
help me!?
i'm a french user of linux and i found your address in a forum i've got a problem with netatalk. during system start up (netatalk), I get a message that says 'atalkdsocket: Invalid argument'. The only thing that I have changed from the default that deselect sets up is that I added 'eth0' to /etc/atalkd.conf. i try everything with atalkd.conf but nothing change (i've got two ethernet cards: eth0 for internet and eth1 for intranet) What do I need to add, change, ...? thank you didier _ Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com
Linuxconf
I have my Deb box on a 192.168.1.xxx network which deb setup during install. I recently needed to change over to direct access (bypassing the intranet) to the internet. I went into linuxconf and made the changes. No Joy ... internet was inaccessable. I have done this on a mandrake box and it worked fine. In fact I even duplicated the entrys from such a "working" box when I tried again and again What am I missing? One strange side note. The 1st time I went in to edit the entrys there were NO ENTRYS TIA linuxusr
Re: debian from scratch? no CDROM. How to?
Two educational guides come to mind: 1. Go to http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/ Choose the "lfs" folder Choose the "LFS" folder This book describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the sources of software that are needed. 2. http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash/ Welcome to the home page of From Power Up To Bash Prompt. The current version is 0.9, and was uploaded on 5 November 2000. --- I'd love to have the time to go through those real thoroughly... --- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For my own education, I would like to start with a minimal linux > ... > Is there a step-by-step written for newbies about how to get started with > recover operation?? > > TIA, > > dave = --- __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: XFree86-4.0 screen resolution missmatched with monitor viewing area
Quoting John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The virtual resolution is by default set to the maximum resolution > > for the display (I think). In the display section add the line: > > > > Virtual 1024 768 > > > > You might not be able to switch to a larger display, however. See > > man XF86Config. > That did it! It is not exactly what I wanted to achieve, but at least > it puts me back to where I was before the upgrade. But isn't this all that's happened (where I've used 1152 864 and a 3.3.6 server): (**) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 135.000 (--) Mach64: Resolution 1280x1024 too large for virtual 1152x864 (--) Mach64: Removing mode "1280x1024" from list of valid modes. (**) Mach64: Mode "1152x864": mode clock = 110.000 (**) Mach64: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 (**) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 1152x864 (--) Mach64: Video RAM: 2048k In other words, you could have merely removed your highest resolution from the list in /etc/X11/XF86Config, making sure of course that the resolution you want to first appear is first in the list. > Now if I can just > figure out how to coordinate a change in resolution with a corresponding > change in virtual screen size. Maybe a virtual display with each > resolution. Any ideas? BTW I did see the reference in the docs, but > did not understand how they applied. The examples were not clear.:-( A reference to your reference would help. I'm not going to plough through all the X docs on the off chance that I see something that I think might be what you don't understand! Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Help installing debian first time
Hi! I purchased a new computer and I would like to install debian on it. If possible, I would like to install kernel 2.4. Is this possible from the beginning of the installation? If not so, is there a way to build custom boot cds/floppies containing at least reiserfs? I am new to Debian but not to Linux, so don't be afraid to get technical. Thanx! Tobias
Re: Apache Virtual Host.
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:40:48PM -0800, Leonard Leblanc wrote: > Can anyone see why this wouldn't work.?? Looks reasonable to me. Did you remember to tell apache to reload its configuration (`apachectl graceful`) after adding the VirtualHost sections? In what way does it not work? -- SGI products are used to create the 'Bugs' that entertain us in theatres and at home. - SGI job posting 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+
