Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]
Offhand, I'd recommend updating OpenSSH on the Debian box to 2.5.1p1, available from many mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html. Will do. a fast ! :)) I have run into the same problems some time ago & upgrading solved all the issues + corrected some vulnerabilities at the same time. bash-2.04$ ssh -V SSH Version OpenSSH-2.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f). well on this side too you need to upgrade to 2.5.1. -- Saad "Authoritarians thrive on censorship and secrecy. And they distrust voluntary cooperation and information sharing-- they only like cooperation that they control."
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- Forwarded message from Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Branden, I tried to install XFree86 Version 4.0.2 on a Potato system. Unfortunately apt/dselect does not upgrade xbase-client, so I'm not able to run X. When I run 'apt-get update' the status line begins with an 'Ign'. There seems to be a problem because this package is not upgraded. Do you have an idea how to solve this? Here are my /etc/apt/sources.list lines deb http://people.debian.org/%7Ecpbotha/ xf402_potato/i386/ deb http://people.debian.org/%7Ecpbotha/ xf402_potato/all/ I copied these lines from your email to the X mailing list. Thanks in advance. Bye, Sven -- +-+ | Please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Other email addresses may no longer be valid... | | | | Do not send HTML mails, they may not be read... | +-+ - End forwarded message - -- G. Branden Robinson | When I die I want to go peacefully in Debian GNU/Linux| my sleep like my ol' Grand Dad...not [EMAIL PROTECTED] | screaming in terror like his passengers. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | pgpx0tbbpFojI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How did linux corrupt hda1 (C: drive) fat16 filesystem?
M David Tilson wrote: > > You didn't do 'cp foo /dev/hda1', did you? > > > Probably yes. Is there any way to recover? Have you tried running fsck.msdos under Linux?
Samba problem
I'm trying to get Samba up and running on my debian box (2.4.2 kernel), but am having a bit of a problem. I've got everything installed and SWAT working properly. The debian box shows up in Network Neighborhood. When I try to connect to the debian box, I get the error: \\boxname not available The network path was not found. The samba log on the debian box gives the following error: [2001/02/26 22:26:25, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641) smbd version 2.0.7 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998 [2001/02/26 22:26:25, 0] printing/pcap.c :pcap_printer_fn(366) Unable to open printcap file /etc/printcap for read! [2001/02/26 22:26:25, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216) file_init: Information only: requested 1 open files, 1014 are available. [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/shmem_sysv.c:sysv_shm_open(566) Can't create or use semaphore [1]. Error was Function not implemented [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/locking.c:locking_init(174) ERROR: Failed to initialise share modes I really have no idea what the problem is here. Can anyone help me out?
Re: Printing Problems
My problem also with an Epson SC 600. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Dale Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:46 PM Subject: Printing Problems > I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something > really obvious here, but I'm having a real problem with the printer setup. > > How do I get printing setup correctly in debian? I have installed lprng and > magic filter but I can't get it to print. I have also tried printtool, but > that doesn't work either. And of course apsfilter. > > My printer is an Epson Stylus Color 600. I've set it up to print at 720dpi > on plain paper. Does anyone have a working printcap file for this printer > that they will send to me? > > I want to be able to print using the command lp so I can print messages from > mutt or slrn, Here's what I get when I try to print a simple text file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lp quills > request id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ..at this point nothing happens.. so I issue lpq command > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lpq > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Epson Stylus Color' > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Status: removing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - ABORT at 20:13:55.027 >Filter_status: lp is ready and printing > > Printing used to be quite easy to setup using printtool, but it doesn't work > for me now.. > any help on this one is greatly appreciated. > I've attached a copy of my existing printcap file.. > > thanks > > dale > > -- > "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" > --Bhagavad Gita >
debconf / perl in unstable
last time i tried to apt-get upgrade my potato/sid system to unstable, it completely broke perl, debconf and apt. i was really displeased. i thought i'd give a shout and see if that's been fixed before i gave it another try. late nights of reinstalling doesn't sound like much fun. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi
Re: install questions
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:28:59PM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > > > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > > > permission. What's the right permission? > > > > chmod 660 /dev/dsp > > adduser yourusername audio > > > > I also had to do a chmod 666 to get /dev/cdrom working in my user directory. > Is that acceptable from a security standpoint? (sound sure works good..) no. chmod 660 /dev/cdrom chgrp cdrom /dev/cdrom (or rather its target since its a symlink) adduser yourusername cdrom -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpYC7hhoe1Yz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Printing Problems
I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something really obvious here, but I'm having a real problem with the printer setup. How do I get printing setup correctly in debian? I have installed lprng and magic filter but I can't get it to print. I have also tried printtool, but that doesn't work either. And of course apsfilter. My printer is an Epson Stylus Color 600. I've set it up to print at 720dpi on plain paper. Does anyone have a working printcap file for this printer that they will send to me? I want to be able to print using the command lp so I can print messages from mutt or slrn, Here's what I get when I try to print a simple text file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lp quills request id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..at this point nothing happens.. so I issue lpq command [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lpq Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Epson Stylus Color' Queue: no printable jobs in queue Status: removing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - ABORT at 20:13:55.027 Filter_status: lp is ready and printing Printing used to be quite easy to setup using printtool, but it doesn't work for me now.. any help on this one is greatly appreciated. I've attached a copy of my existing printcap file.. thanks dale -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|lp|Epson Stylus Color:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Re: install questions
Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > > permission. What's the right permission? > > chmod 660 /dev/dsp > adduser yourusername audio > I also had to do a chmod 666 to get /dev/cdrom working in my user directory. Is that acceptable from a security standpoint? (sound sure works good..) thanks dale
Re: How does Debian handle local mail?
I think Debian comes with exim by default. So poke with that. I personally replaced exim with postfix. ilia. On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:51:41PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > How does Debian handle mail local to the machien? > > And where can I find out how the mail system is configured? There does > not seem > to be an /etc/mail directory. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Printer recommendations
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or > less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will > be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect EX. Right now we're > looking more towards a laser but I'd also be interested in inkjet > recommendations as well. > > I had in mind to recommend the Lexmark Optra E312L as Egghead is offering > it for $300. There is a straight E312 model which offers PostScript > emulation, however its roughly $370 which may prove to be slightly over > budget. Does anyone have experience with the E312L? According to linuxprinting.org, another difference is that the E312L only ships with a half-full cartridge. This almost offsets the difference in cost. I have an E312 and am very pleased with it. Bob
How does Debian handle local mail?
How does Debian handle mail local to the machien? And where can I find out how the mail system is configured? There does not seem to be an /etc/mail directory. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: [ot] grub with 2 hard disks (was [OT] Grub)
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joey Kool wrote: > (For purpose of clarity, the previous problem of os not found was due to > the fact that I did not change the bios bootup sequence. I had to specify the > 2nd harddisk as the bootup disk instead of the first in bios. Most BIOS I know are braindamaged enough to swap the HDs when you tell it to boot the 2nd hardisk, and that WILL break GRUB. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
Re: Printer recommendations
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 09:56, Bud Rogers wrote: > On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote: > > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they > > are often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per > > page is significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not > > having all your printed type simply disappear into a blurry mess > > if the paper happens to get wet. > > Same here. A couple of years ago we bought an HP 680C inkjet so my > wife to print color graphics. About a year ago I bought an HP 6L > laser for grad school research papers. This year my wife used her > Christmas money to buy another 6L and lugged the inkjet to the > upstairs closet. She decided on her own that crisp monochrome was > better than smudged color. And the cost per page is roughly an > order of magnitude better. The Canon BJC 7000 series produces fairly water-resistant B&W and color output. They use what is called P-POP technology (plain paper optimized printing) which pre-sprays the target paper with a clear "ink optimizer" liquid that effectively transforms plain paper into higher quality inkjet paper. (That's company literature for you) Note that even the output of the notorious Epson inkjets become water resistant when done on special ink jet paper. As for the other inkjets: HP and Lexmark inkjets produce water-proof black. The black ink is pigmented. So if you want waterproof prints, print in monochrome. My Lexmark 7000 printer is pretty fast. 8 ppm for 300dpi black text output. Resolution tops at a claimed 1200 dpi. Unless you're planning to reprint your version of War and Peace, I would settle for the lower cost inkjet. If it breaks, ditch it for another lower cost inkjet. BTW: Wet ink has one advantage over laser-fused toner. It tends to hold better against creases. Try folding or scratching a laser output.
Re: install questions
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:22:36PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running > > > "xhost > > > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > > > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. > > > > don't do that, that disables ALL X security and lets any bozo on your > > network or the internet to connect to and snoop your entire X > > session. never do that unless you are not connected to ANY NETWORK! > > > > in short xhost + is a HUGE SECURITY HOLE > > Absolutely. Two options which are much better: > > 1) xhost +foo > where foo is your local hostname. Still not ideal, as this allows > anyone who can log on to your machine full access to the X server, as > Ethan described above. i consider this a bad idea. > 2) xauth merge ~bar/.Xauthority > where `bar' is the user who started X (or logged in at the *dm > window). This is the best situation, as it only allows the user who > runs xauth access. or simpler: ssh -l username -X localhost then ssh will forward the X stuff for you, no xauth or .Xauthority fiddling, and no leakage of your X keys. no muss no fuss. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpzskvqSGXJ3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: HELP: i need to ping an ipx server
yes, :). i JUST got it to work though. i tracked down the source code, recompiled the thing and BLAM. it worked. very strange. guess the distributed binary is sour? i dunno. wierd. pete On Mon 26 Feb 01, 7:21 PM, Nate Amsden said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > dear all, > > > > this is kind of esoteric, but i'll ask it anyway ... > > > > i'm writing a program to ping a bunch of servers. it's done, except we have > > a bunch of netware machine which know IPX, not IP. i found an RPM of a > > utility named "ipxping". i converted it into deb (no problems) and > > installed > > the package. > > > > however, i'm getting non-sensical output: > > > > # ipxping 00:00:00:04 00:80:5F:E6:4A:72 > > bind: Cannot assign requested address > > you have IPX support loaded/compiled into your kernel? > > nate > > -- > ::: > ICQ: 75132336 > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "...and here is fortress ovum being stormed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] millions of tiny warriors..."www.dirac.org/p -- Robert "Schweitzer" Picardo pgpCiGbeyaQ30.pgp Description: PGP signature
[ot] grub with 2 hard disks (was [OT] Grub)
Ok, I was finally able to boot /dev/hdb and sees "GRUB" on the monitor. But that's all. Seems like the thing hang or something though a cursor is blinking. I suppose I should be seeing "GRUB Loading stage2" like what the grub boot floppy does. Have checked out "info grub" but couldn't find information on this. Any hint to what this problem might be? Another thing I can do is to install grub into the mbr of hd0 but don't really want to do that as this is a company pc not mine. Don't wanna to change /dev/hda's mbr held by nt. Current tasks had been: Installed grub into mbr of hd1: grub> root (hd1,0) grub> setup --prefix=/grub (hd1) doesn't work, nor does this: grub> setup --prefix=/grub (hd1,0) All I see is still "GRUB". (For purpose of clarity, the previous problem of os not found was due to the fact that I did not change the bios bootup sequence. I had to specify the 2nd harddisk as the bootup disk instead of the first in bios. My pc is a IBM 300 GL.) TIA. P.S.: System is now testing. Broke xserver btw. But I want to settle grub first. Regards, joey -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze
Re: install questions
Lo, on Monday, February 26, Ethan Benson did write: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. > > don't do that, that disables ALL X security and lets any bozo on your > network or the internet to connect to and snoop your entire X > session. never do that unless you are not connected to ANY NETWORK! > > in short xhost + is a HUGE SECURITY HOLE Absolutely. Two options which are much better: 1) xhost +foo where foo is your local hostname. Still not ideal, as this allows anyone who can log on to your machine full access to the X server, as Ethan described above. 2) xauth merge ~bar/.Xauthority where `bar' is the user who started X (or logged in at the *dm window). This is the best situation, as it only allows the user who runs xauth access. Richard
Re: HELP: i need to ping an ipx server
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dear all, > > this is kind of esoteric, but i'll ask it anyway ... > > i'm writing a program to ping a bunch of servers. it's done, except we have > a bunch of netware machine which know IPX, not IP. i found an RPM of a > utility named "ipxping". i converted it into deb (no problems) and installed > the package. > > however, i'm getting non-sensical output: > > # ipxping 00:00:00:04 00:80:5F:E6:4A:72 > bind: Cannot assign requested address you have IPX support loaded/compiled into your kernel? nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: install questions
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:05:03AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. don't do that, that disables ALL X security and lets any bozo on your network or the internet to connect to and snoop your entire X session. never do that unless you are not connected to ANY NETWORK! in short xhost + is a HUGE SECURITY HOLE -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpr5yXOAgcpu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: install questions
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:00:41AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: > > ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" > while executing > "button .ref" > (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) > make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 > looks like your compiling the source as a different user then yourself, you can't do that if you want to use X config. don't compile the kernel as root, its not necessary nor desirable. (there is no reason to keep kernel source in /usr/src either, unless you have personal preference for it, in that case add yourself to group src and untar the kernel source as you and not root) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpDy9xkyqbp3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: KDE2 install - Fixed + ?
All thanks for the help. I got it working by adding the kde.tdyc.com/pub/dke and doing the following: apt-get update apt-get install kdebase I had to issue a dpkg --configure -a as I got a segfalt. But it must have recoverd correctly as I'm using Netscape under KDE to send this. :) My impression after 5 minutes of use: I like it. Though why do I have to login twice? Once from a command line and again after about 30-45 seconds after X autostarts on me (and why is X autostarting)? John. John Mautz wrote: > > > Okay, I added - > > > > Add: > > > > ftp://kde.tdyc.com/pub/kde potato main crypto optional qt1apps > >
Re: install questions
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:08:20AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission? chmod 660 /dev/dsp adduser yourusername audio > 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make > menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it > the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu > config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev > package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. are you sure you have libncurses5-dev installed? -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpwJZPSFnjsF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer recommendations
Alec Smith wrote: > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or > less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will > be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect EX. Right now we're > looking more towards a laser but I'd also be interested in inkjet > recommendations as well. > > I had in mind to recommend the Lexmark Optra E312L as Egghead is offering > it for $300. There is a straight E312 model which offers PostScript > emulation, however its roughly $370 which may prove to be slightly over > budget. Does anyone have experience with the E312L? > > As far as inkjets go, I generally like HPs. However, after finding out > that a DeskJet 895Cse doesn't always work properly I'm not sure which are > safe bets. I'm not looking for the ultra-cheap models as there's plenty of > money to pay for a higher end model. Try> www.linuxprinting.org for a database of linux supported printers and lots of good info. I only have experience with an Epson 860 inkjet which i set up with 'printtool'. It works fine for my home computer needs and prints everything i've asked it too. It was under a $100, but for text its only slightly less sharp than a laser. Of course the ink refills are expensive at about $18 for printing 400-500 text pages. But all things considered i am very satisfied with this inexpensive printer. -- LINUX~~nobody owns it~~everybody can use it~~anybody can improve it ~~~
Re: debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.
Brendan J Simon wrote: > > When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor > keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. > *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* > navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. > Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setup. I'm guessing that there's a system-wide vimrc in /etc somewhere which is disabling the cursor keys. A .vimrc in your $HOME (even an empty one) would override the /etc one if it exists, which is probably why what is happening is happening. Of course, with no Debian box nearby to check I can't be sure. Poke around /etc and see what you find. Also try 'man vim'. Matthew
Re: anyone played with amanda?
Stan Brown wrote: > Mmm, wierd. Have you check the debug files in /tmp/amanda? You did > build > --with-debuging, right? i'm using the amanda from debian..not sure how they built it. but i do have /tmp/amanda (didn't know about it before, thanks!) but it doesn't give much additional info: Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 000-B02F0508 SEQ 983235854 SECURITY USER backup SERVICE selfcheck OPTIONS ; DUMP hda7 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;compress-fast;index; GNUTAR hda6 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;compress-fast;index;exclude-list=/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar; DUMP md0 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;compress-fast;index; sending ack: Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-B02F0508 SEQ 983235854 bsd security: remote host fury.graphon.com user backup local user backup amandahosts security check passed amandad: running service "/usr/lib/amanda/selfcheck" amandad: sending REP packet: Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-B02F0508 SEQ 983235854 OPTIONS ; ERROR [can not access /dev/hda7 (hda7): Permission denied] OK hda6 ERROR [can not access /dev/md0 (md0): Permission denied] OK /usr/lib/amanda/runtar executable OK /sbin/dump executable OK /sbin/restore executable OK /bin/tar executable OK /var/lib/amanda/amandates read/writable OK /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/. read/writable OK /bin/gzip executable OK /var/lib/dumpdates read/writable OK /dev/null read/writable OK /tmp has more than 64 KB available. OK /tmp/amanda has more than 64 KB available. OK /var/lib has more than 64 KB available. amandad: got ack: Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-B02F0508 SEQ 983235854 amandad: pid 29397 finish time Mon Feb 26 17:05:47 2001 the one thing i have not tried is changing the dump method for the other 2 drives to match that of hda6. although it shouldn't make a differenceworth a try i suppose i'll try that when i get in tomorrow. any other ideas? thanks again! nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compaq Proliant 6500 Install Problems...
Hello All, I have a Compaq Proliant 6500 (P11) Server in my lab, and I have spent the last 3 days trying valiantly to install Debian 2.2 on it, with no success. Here is the set of steps that I have taken: - Perform Compaq System Erase with SmartStart utilities - Configure SMART 3200 Array Controller for RAID-0 - Boot to Debian 2.2 CD #1 (using kernel 2.2.17) - Put cpqarray module built from 2.2.17 sources on a floppy - Execute a shell from dbootstrap, mount floppy, install module - Proceed Normally with Installation Everything appears to go fine, until I finally reboot the system. Then I am told the following: request_module[block-major-72]: root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 48:02 I installed the root filesystem on the second partition in the RAID Array (/dev/ida/c0d0p2), since the first partition is the compaq system utilities. When I booted back to the rescue CD, and looked at the device in question, it lists the major/minor number for /dev/ida/c0d0p2 as 72,2. I am baffled as to why it can't find the root filesystem, and also as to why it tries to find the root device at 48:02 when I see the major/minor number as 72,2 from the rescue CD. I have the latest BIOS and SMART 3200 Firmware installed on the server. I have looked exhaustively at Compaq's support pages for Linux, and they have not helped. Any help or advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Please CC me as I am not currently subscribed to the list. Thanks a lot, Steve -- Steve Beitzel IIT Computer Science Systems Administrator, Information Retrieval Laboratory pgphkWB5YyVcq.pgp Description: PGP signature
never mind how to view man pages.
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Re: how to view man pages.
also sprach Xucaen (on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:06:48PM -0800): > when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES) > bash: syntax error near unexpected token > `clear(3' man 3 clear i know it's weird, but that's how it goes... martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- you step in the stream, but the water has moved on. this page is not here.
Re: how do I enable telnet or ssh access?
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:41:54PM -0600, Jason N. Price wrote: > I have a debian install running the 2.4.2 kernel. I want to allow external > telnet/ssh access, but am not sure how. I apt-get'ed ssh and telnetd, but > don't really know where to go from here. If anyone could help me out, I"d > appreciate it. During the installation of ssh you were asked if you want to run the ssh-deamon. If you chose to do so you can just go ahead and ssh into your system. Telnet can be activated in /etc/inetd.conf. Phil
Re: Disabling system beep
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:47:50PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > Quick and stupid question: Is there any way to disable the console system > beeps short of yanking out the damn speaker? Put this in your .inputrc: set bell-style none Phil
how to view man pages.
Hi all. I just installed libncurses5-dev. man ncurses gives me a very nice overview of ncurses. It also gives me a very big list of function within ncurses. Next to each function name is the matching man page name. for instance, clear() has the man page clear(3NCURSES). when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES) bash: syntax error near unexpected token `clear(3' However, I did find that particular page in /usr/share/man/man3/clear.3ncurses.gz How do I view this page using the man command? I have had this problem with many other pages, not just ncurses. thanks!! xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
gnome-core-devel
Hi, I'm looking for a .deb package that provides libgnomeui/gnome-window-icon.h and status-docklet.h There's an RPM package (gnome-core-devel) but I don't see a debian equivalent. When will that be? Or what am I missing? Thank you. ilia.
Re: anyone played with amanda?
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:59:21PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
>
> Make certain Amanda (the user) is in the group that owns the disk
> devices.
i don't have an amanda user. i do have a 'backup' user which runs the amanda
program according to xinetd:
service amanda
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol= udp
wait= yes
user= backup
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
}
and as i had in my original mail the user backup is a member of the correct
group.
also, it can't access 2 out of the 3 disks on the system, so it can access
something..just not everything. all permissions are identical
thanks
nate
Re: Printer recommendations
On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote: > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are > often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is > significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your > printed type simply disappear into a blurry mess if the paper happens > to get wet. Same here. A couple of years ago we bought an HP 680C inkjet so my wife to print color graphics. About a year ago I bought an HP 6L laser for grad school research papers. This year my wife used her Christmas money to buy another 6L and lugged the inkjet to the upstairs closet. She decided on her own that crisp monochrome was better than smudged color. And the cost per page is roughly an order of magnitude better. -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr All things in moderation. And not too much moderation either.
Re: MODEM LATENCY SOLVED
I appreciate the help that I got on this, my modem is just singing right along... changet it to 56700. Thanks --- Matthew Sackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you may be suffering from what I've come > across > lately: the modem gets stuffed up if the serial port > baud > rate is too high. Try setting the port speed (use > pppconfig) > down to 56700 instead of 115200, and I think you may > find > things start to work better for you. (worked > here...) > > As for configuring your sources file, use apt-setup > to > set things up as you need. > > Matthew > > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 12:26:31PM -0800, D. Hoyem > wrote: > > I hate to ask this cause it is really a DUHHH ... > How > > do I select the mirror that I want to go to? This > is > > part of the address in the sources file > > htpp://security.debian.org/dists/potato/ > binaryi386... > > that is not the complete address, but how do I > specify > > the mirror that I want to use? > > Don > > --- Forrest English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > apt-get install hdparm > > > > > > but, i kinda doubt that it is a latency problem > on > > > the hard drives. i'm > > > guessing your connection to the mirror you have > > > selected in your > > > sources.list is just poor. try another mirror > > > closer to you. > > > > > > just a suggestion, but the slowest drive i've > ever > > > seen was .89 megs a > > > second. which is still more than enough to not > time > > > out waiting for data > > > for a dsl line, much less a modem. > > > > > > -- > > > Forrest English > > > http://truffula.net > > > > > > "When we have nothing left to give > > > There will be no reason for us to live > > > But when we have nothing left to lose > > > You will have nothing left to use" > > > -Fugazi > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: > > > > > > > I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; > > > apt-get > > > > install communicator to get Netscape > downloaded > > > from > > > > the Debian non-free site that is in the > sources. I > > > can > > > > connect and download but then I get timed > out... I > > > was > > > > told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might > be a > > > > latency problem...So I did a search on the wed > and > > > > found quite a bit of info and it all is saying > to > > > use > > > > hdparm to check your hard drive. I have 2 > hard > > > drives > > > > and Debian is on hdb2(swap) 156M, hdb3(/) > 5.6G. I > > > have > > > > tried as root and the response is, command not > > > found. > > > > What am I doing wrong, and will this help > resolve > > > the > > > > latency problem, do I have to be in the /sbin > or > > > > /usr/sbin to run this comand? After I find the > > > best > > > > settings when do I need to place them so they > will > > > be > > > > picked up on start up? > > > > TIA > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > __ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > > > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > -- > > 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 email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Disabling system beep
Quick and stupid question: Is there any way to disable the console system beeps short of yanking out the damn speaker?
This list is quite bugged
For several weeks I try to be unsusbcribed from this list. Without any success. I sent a mail to the list master without any result. Is this list run under Debian? Is someone able to fix the bug? Thank you. Jefsey Morfin
Re: Printer recommendations
I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your printed type simply disappear into a blurry mess if the paper happens to get wet. Sean -- Look afar and see the end from the beginning.
Printer recommendations
I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect EX. Right now we're looking more towards a laser but I'd also be interested in inkjet recommendations as well. I had in mind to recommend the Lexmark Optra E312L as Egghead is offering it for $300. There is a straight E312 model which offers PostScript emulation, however its roughly $370 which may prove to be slightly over budget. Does anyone have experience with the E312L? As far as inkjets go, I generally like HPs. However, after finding out that a DeskJet 895Cse doesn't always work properly I'm not sure which are safe bets. I'm not looking for the ultra-cheap models as there's plenty of money to pay for a higher end model. Alec
Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 04:37:20PM -0800, Dave Taira wrote: > A google search reveals a few other people having the same problem. > Ed Vazquez, Jr. seems to have avoided the error by avoiding any > references to the AES/rijndael cipher in ssh_config > (http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/OpenBSD/256/0/5019242/). Thanks. I'll try that. I've tried a few things but they didn't work, hence I posted here. > Offhand, I'd recommend updating OpenSSH on the Debian box to 2.5.1p1, > available from many mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html. Will do. > But if you want to try to track down the root cause, there are a couple > more data points which may (or may not) be useful. 1) What version of > sshd is running on the OpenBSD box? 2) What does `ssh -v` say? bash-2.04$ ssh -V SSH Version OpenSSH-2.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f). -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html
Re: Printer not printing
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 12:44:22PM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > Where did you get the StylusColor-740 magicfilter from? I haven't seen > that in the Debian distribution. What driver does it end up using? > I've never gotten stcolor to work with my 740, but stp does. Actually, the StylusColor-740 is homegrown. $ diff StylusColor-generic-filter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 34,35c34,35 < 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs @stcany.upp -q -sOutputFile=- - -c quit < 0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs @stcany.upp -q -sOutputFile=- - -c quit --- > 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs @stc740pl.upp -q > -sOutputFile=- - -c quit > 0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs @stc740pl.upp -q > -sOutputFile=- - -c quit The stc740pl.upp doesn't come with the Debian distro, so I pulled it from a website discussing this material > You might want to check out www.linuxprinting.org for further info. Thanks! > Also, are you dual-booting? I've found that Win95 bollixes up the > printer, such that nothing but a hard reset (unplug/plug in) can get it > working under Linux again. Most interesting. I start linux via loadlin, so if this is a legit problem, I may have to rethink that. -- Brian Enyart http://members.iquest.net/~enyart
Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: > Would somebody please clarify what needs changing to enable me to > ssh into an OpenBSD (2.7) box, using Debian (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol > version 1.5). (a) the ssh client on the Debian box, (b) the > ssh daemon on the OpenBSD one, or (please, no) (c) both. *Thnx* A google search reveals a few other people having the same problem. Ed Vazquez, Jr. seems to have avoided the error by avoiding any references to the AES/rijndael cipher in ssh_config (http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/OpenBSD/256/0/5019242/). Offhand, I'd recommend updating OpenSSH on the Debian box to 2.5.1p1, available from many mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html. But if you want to try to track down the root cause, there are a couple more data points which may (or may not) be useful. 1) What version of sshd is running on the OpenBSD box? 2) What does `ssh -v` say? ++ | Dave Taira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>2001.02.26/16:37:21 PST | | Morlock for Hire | ++ | I have no sense of decency. That way my other senses are enhanced. | | --found in a wav file | ++
how do I enable telnet or ssh access?
I have a debian install running the 2.4.2 kernel. I want to allow external telnet/ssh access, but am not sure how. I apt-get'ed ssh and telnetd, but don't really know where to go from here. If anyone could help me out, I"d appreciate it. Thanks.
anyone played with amanda?
hi. i am messing around with amanda tryin to get it working. and am unsure why i recieve this error message: Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/hda7 (hda7): Permission denied] ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/md0 (md0): Permission denied] Client check: 1 host checked in 0.092 seconds, 2 problems found. (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.1p1) my disklist shows: mail-wa2 md0 always-full mail-wa2 hda6 comp-root-tar mail-wa2 hda7 comp-user i checked the permissions, /dev/md0 and hda7 have the same permissions as hda6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/hda6 /dev/md0 /dev/hda7 brw-rw1 root disk 3, 6 Nov 30 07:22 /dev/hda6 brw-rw1 root disk 3, 7 Nov 30 07:22 /dev/hda7 brw-rw1 root disk 9, 0 Dec 11 21:03 /dev/md0 permissions seem to be ok? : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=34(backup) gid=34(backup) groups=34(backup),6(disk),26(tape) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/hda6 35379200 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/hda7 270146560 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/md0 1456024576 can't figure out why it can access /dev/hda6(mounted as /) but not able to access /dev/hda7(mounted as /usr) or /dev/md0(mounted as /var/spool) running debian 2.2r2 on both systems. apt-get'd amanda this afternoon. this is my first time playing with amanda, if you need more info lemme know. thanks nate
Re: debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.
Happens to me too (over an ssh connection). Don't know why. > On 20010227.1109, Brendan J Simon said ... > > > When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor > keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. > *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* > navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. > Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setup. > > Thanks, > Brendan Simon. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Multiple slapds?
I'm running slapd, and I notice I always get 3 processes. At loglevel 1096, my daemon.log looks like this: Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 35 (database^Ildbm) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 38 (suffix^I^I"dc=institute") Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 41 (directory^I"/var/lib/openldap") Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 44 (lastmod on) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 47 (defaultaccess^Iread) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 52 (access to dn=".*,ou=Roaming,dc= institute"^Iby dnattr=owner write) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 61 (access to attribute=userPasswor d^Iby dn="cn=admin,ou=People,dc=institute" write^Iby self write^Iby * none) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27202]: line 64 (access to * by dn="cn=admin,ou= People,dc=institute" write) Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27205]: slapd starting Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27205]: listening for connections on 6, activity on: Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27205]: Feb 26 18:04:34 debserver slapd[27205]: before select active_threads 0 27202, 27204, and 27205 are the pids I see in ps. Yes, "listening for connections on 6" looks really weird. Anybody running slapd? How many processes do *you* see?
debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.
When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setup. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: Upgared stable to testing, and I broke X, help please.
* Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [260201 15:27]: > I am trying to upgarde a fairly important production machien from > stabel to testing. I built a test machine at home this weekend and > tried this, and all went well. I wish I could have said "all went well" with my recent upgrade from Stable to Testing! > However that machine had a smallish disk, and I did not install all the > packages, big mistake! > > During the configuration step, I was prompted to choose, what I vaugely > remember as a X server, but after I chose that later I swa some > messages that made me think I might have picked XFree86 4, which was > not what I intended to do! > > In any case, X was working great on this machine, untill I did this, so > what's the best way to figure out what I have dome to create this mess, > and get back to my working config? Well...I did a "dist-upgrade" to Testing yesterday (and managed to straighten out the mess after about 10 hours or so). These may be overkill, but their the only suggestions I have based upon my own experience: 1. Roll your own kernel from the 2.4.1 kernel sources. 2. Be sure your modutils is upgraded. 3. purge your old xserver (dpkg --purge xserver_yourXServer) 4. Install task-x-window-system I also had to install libglide3* for my Voodoo3 3000 and a few other X related packages that were held back on my system for some reason (task-x-window-system-core and a number of font packages) 5. Create an XF86Config-4 file using xf86config (I've heard "dexter" is really good, but I have no idea where to find that. Could it be dexconf?) 6. If you use gnome, install gdm (task-x-window-system removes gdm in favor of 'xdm') Anyways...there's a few places to start. robert jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > > the version in 2.2.r2 is the wrong version. They updated the kernel in r2 > without putting in a new mount package. Trust me, I maintained the mount > package at the time. > Ye-haw! I'll drink to that :-) Thanks for the quick response Sean! jc
waiting for x server to begin...
recently installed xfree86-4. now when I try to start x I get: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .. ... . and so on...What else do I need to do? tia pls cc me since I'm not in the list ___ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot.
Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
On 26-Feb-2001 Jonathan Matthews wrote: > From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? >> > >> >> no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with > the >> message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile it on your > box. >> > > So why hasn't it been complaining until now? > > I find it hard to believe that the version of mount shipped with 2.2r2 > is the "wrong" version for the stock kernel also shipped with r2 . . > the version in 2.2.r2 is the wrong version. They updated the kernel in r2 without putting in a new mount package. Trust me, I maintained the mount package at the time.
Re: Getting to the GUI...
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:57:43PM -0800, Rick Commo wrote: > > It starts up XF86Setup and I configure what I think > is the correct monitor choice - 8514 for starters. Not a big deal here. It's your rates that are important. > (6) Change /etc/inittab to level 5 and reboot. > The xserver crashes and I'm back in 80x24 mode. Why are you going to runlevel 5? This isn't RedHat. If you install xdm it will be available under 2-5 usually. You can tweak that if you like, but I'd leave the runlevel at 2 for now and fire up X with startx until you actually get it working and it can be trusted. > When I try to start it by hand I get "no screens > configured" message and the server bails. No amount of > playing with the monitor choice allows the X server to start. I've always used the generic settings. Start at lowest VGA monitor. If that works, try something closer to mine, like "monitor capable of 1024x768 @ 70 Hz", which works for me. Do you have the specs on your monitor? > I can't believe that it should be this hard!!! X has always been a pain, but XFree86's default tools are not as easy as some installers like Mandrake. But, getting it installed is a minor part of use, hence I'll stick with Debian and spare myself the pain of constant rpm hell. > I am willing to give it one more shot, but so far I do have to wonder in all > honesty why anyone would bother with this distro. Someone give me a reason! I realize that you're frustrated, but Debian rocks. I've used RedHat and Mandrake, and while they were easier to install, the constant hell of daily use wasn't worth it. Some people's experiences are bad depending on how well supported their hardware is. That can make you turn your back on an entire distro. It's a shame, but I understand. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
Re: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? > > > > no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with the > message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile it on your box. > So why hasn't it been complaining until now? I find it hard to believe that the version of mount shipped with 2.2r2 is the "wrong" version for the stock kernel also shipped with r2 . . I'm convinced that this has a "simple" solution - be it touch, dpkg, or something seemingly unrelated! jc
SOLVED!: Upgrade Problems (Stable->Testing)
Here's how I ironed out the problems in my system after upgrading from Potato to Woody: * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [250201 21:56]: I was pretty sure everything other than my GUI and Sound was working properly based on watching the screen messages during boot and perusing dmesg. The only problem I really seemed to be having was logging into my Gnome desktop and getting sound working (error messages during boot told me this was not working) > Regarding Sound: I have an Soundblaster AWE64 that was running fine prior > to the upgrade. Now, for some reason, there are errors occurring when > the sound modules are loaded. Loading during boot fails and when I attempt > to load the modules manually I get "unresolved symbol" errors. Do I need > to recompile my kernel? It appeared to me that the way modules were handled > changed somewhat between Potato and Woody (I did not remember there being as > many items in /etc/modutils/ as there appear to be now). Any suggestions? > What additional information do you need to help with troubleshooting? A recompile using the 2.4.1 kernel solved this problem. Had to fiddle a bit with which modules to install, but otherwise I did not have much trouble with this one -- the "unresolved symbol" errors were the clue. Oh..and modutils did change significantly. If you are running the newer kernel (2.4.1), you need the modutils package with the matching version number (modutils 2.4.1). I scrubbed menuconfig pretty closely and completely redid my kernel. A few nice things were better support for the SB AWE 32/64 and 3dfx Video Cards ( both of which I needed!). Turns out that you pretty much have to recompile the 2.4.1 kernel to support a 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 card. Compiling in the necessary 3dfx video support is what creates the tdfx driver you'll use with the XFree86 server (/usr/bin/X11/XFree86). > Regarding X or Gnome: I can get to the Gnome login screen and everything > looks fine at that point. When I type in my user name and password, the > screen flicks off and when it comes back into view I'm still at the Gnome > login screen. In case it is relevant, my preferred Window Manger is > Enlightenment. Suggestions? I'm not well-versed in "X" so I'll need you to > tell me what files I should look for and provide to the forum and I will. > Does this sound like it is an X problem or a Gnome/Enlightenment problem? After recompiling the kernel, fixing the sound problem and creating the tdfx driver, I still could not login to my Gnome Desktop so... I pretty much reinstalled X, a bit at a time, to get this situation resolved. I started by following the HOWTO article at http://www.debianplanet.org on how to configure X4 to run with 3dfx cards. My goal was not to do it piecemeal (I was NOT trying to troubleshoot); it just ended up that way. For what its worth, X4 seems to run faster than its predecessor! The gist of it was this: kill x by ctrl-alt-backspace or whatever your preferred method is. I got stuck in a loop with gdm bringing me back to the login screen so I had to do a "kill gdm" #dpkg --purge xserver-svga #apt-get update #apt-get install task-x-window-system libglide3* The apt-get will remove gdm and install xdm in its place. I figured this was okay. However, "startx" caused problems so I reinstalled "gdm" #apt-get install gdm and was able to get back to the gdm login screen. Throughout this entire adventure I noticed that approximately 6 packages were on hold and never upgraded: task-x-window-system-core and a number of xfonts. I'm guessing that having the task-x-window-system-core files on hold is what was screwing things up (though I never remember placing them on hold). After issuing an "apt-get" install on the core files and various fonts, I deleted /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (leftover from previous attempts) and created a new file with xf86config. I then shutdown and restarted gdm and managed to login to my desktop! Hoo-rah. task-x-window-system should have been the complete X environment. Something was goofed on my system...hopefully its not on yours. Hope this helps someone else, rob DISCLAIMER: I spent the better part of a day "fiddling" with my system to get it all working again. I have to admit that much of what I was doing was poking and prodding at X. I may have missed some of the details of what I did so please do not take this account of my activities as gospel truth. Hopefully it will give you ideas of your own to use in solving your problem.
ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]
Would somebody please clarify what needs changing to enable me to ssh into an OpenBSD (2.7) box, using Debian (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol version 1.5). (a) the ssh client on the Debian box, (b) the ssh daemon on the OpenBSD one, or (please, no) (c) both. *Thnx* -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html
RE: Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
> > Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? > no it is hardcoded in the code. If you simply can not survive with the message, grab the util-linux source from woody and compile it on your box.
Help! "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
Hi - I'm getting this pesky warning each time I use autofs now . . "nfs warning: mount version older than kernel" . . and it's really starting to annoy me, as I know that it's not true (well, it wasn't complaining yesterday!) Here's /proc/version: Linux version 2.2.18pre21 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 And here's "mount --version" mount: mount-2.10f I did try to install some kernel-binary packages in the interim, but I cancelled this when dpkg warned me about nasty things that might happen. Is there some file I can touch and make this go away? cheers! jc
Re: Communicator-after-Mozilla
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:18:15PM +0100, Tibor D. wrote: > Hello, > I've installed the Netscape Communicator debs, and I installed the > Mozilla 0.8 from mozilla.org. > When I start up only the communicator, it runs ok. > When I start up only mozilla, it runs ok. > But: when I first start up mozilla, and then I'd like to start > communicator too, then another mozilla-window is opening instead of > communicator! > Any ideas how to solve thist? I sometimes want to use both apps. Same thing happens to me. I guess you could hack the netscape invocation script. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
Re: Drawing diagrams of servers
> "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Russell> Thanks, I'm using DIA and it's pretty good. It misses a Russell> few things such as the ability to put text in the center Russell> of a box and have the text get moved whenever the box Russell> gets moved. But generally it does what is required and Russell> hasn't crashed on me yet. I highly recommend that Russell> everyone who does basic web publishing of technical Russell> content install dia! dia is extendible too (at least thats how it looks to me). So, you can compile a plugin module for different object types. Each object can have a set of attributes. Have a look at the UML objects, some of these are rather sophisticated. eg create a class object, and then double click on it. You get to change different attributes for it, such as "attributes", "operations", and "templates". (I just think it is a pity that they haven't done other objects in a similar way, eg. for flowchart or network objects) Oh, and for all XML fans out there, dia supports exporting files into SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format, too. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: install questions-SOLVED
Got it working thanks for your help! I'm now using kernel 2.4!! #KUNDAN KUMAR# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost > +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... > let's see if it works.. just a guess.. > Kundan > > > -Original Message- > From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:01 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: install questions > > > Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: > > ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" > while executing > "button .ref" > (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) > make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 > > > > > > > > Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > > permission. What's the right permission? > > > > 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands > make > > menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it > > the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu > > config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the > ncurse5-dev > > package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" > --Bhagavad Gita > > > -- > 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] > -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita
PPP, DNS and IP Update, Mess... HELP ;(
Hi there: I am running a Bind 8.x.x and have an ADSL link. Obviously my IP is DHCPed each time I connect. I run a couple of Virtual Domains in apache and have the Bind configured as master for those domains. (which allows me to work in the Internal Lan smooth). The problem is that I'd like to find a way (possibly perl? or some script) to update a DNS dynamically each time I connect. The DNS of course if another statis IP DNS which allow updates and it's working 24/7 at the office. (And I administer it at will!) I plan to use that static Ip dns as master for mydomain.com and create a A pointer for mydebian.mydomain.com. Since my computer will get an ip address each time it gets connected... the master DNS won't reflect the changes (making me change the IP manually and restart named each time I have a new ip at home). And that is unacceptable. Am I being clear? I understand there is a Dynamic update in Bind 8+ which I use for internal machine at the office (allowing them to update their DHCP Recived IP on the DNS) But i don't know if this could be applied to what i'm trying to do. Thanks!!! Martin Marconcini
Re: install questions
Hello, On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission? You must add the user to the audio group by editing /etc/groups or type: adduser ernie audio greetz, Jo
HELP: i need to ping an ipx server
dear all, this is kind of esoteric, but i'll ask it anyway ... i'm writing a program to ping a bunch of servers. it's done, except we have a bunch of netware machine which know IPX, not IP. i found an RPM of a utility named "ipxping". i converted it into deb (no problems) and installed the package. however, i'm getting non-sensical output: # ipxping 00:00:00:04 00:80:5F:E6:4A:72 bind: Cannot assign requested address i'm not sure why it wants to bind the requested address. that's just plain wierd. in the README file, the author (who actually ported it from a sun program) mentions that he wants to hear from people using the program. unfortunately, he doesn't give an address. i even ran strings on the binary and original rpm. no email address. so now i'm fresh out of ideas. can some creative soul tell me how i can see if a netware system is alive? i would REALLY appreciate it! pete pgpxNbAVcFPm0.pgp Description: PGP signature
wmbiff in unstable broken
Hello, If anyone uses wmbiff and unstable, be careful not to install the package that hit the archive today, it's completely broken. Put the package on hold and wait for 0.2n-2, which should fix the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience, Jordi -- Jordi Mallach Pérez || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Rediscovering Freedom, aka Oskuro in|| [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Using Debian GNU/Linux Reinos de Leyenda || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://debian.org http://sindominio.net GnuPG public information: pub 1024D/917A225E telnet pusa.uv.es 23 73ED 4244 FD43 5886 20AC 2644 2584 94BA 917A 225E pgpmcjDaaHoNO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: MODEM LATENCY
I think you may be suffering from what I've come across lately: the modem gets stuffed up if the serial port baud rate is too high. Try setting the port speed (use pppconfig) down to 56700 instead of 115200, and I think you may find things start to work better for you. (worked here...) As for configuring your sources file, use apt-setup to set things up as you need. Matthew On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 12:26:31PM -0800, D. Hoyem wrote: > I hate to ask this cause it is really a DUHHH ... How > do I select the mirror that I want to go to? This is > part of the address in the sources file > htpp://security.debian.org/dists/potato/ binaryi386... > that is not the complete address, but how do I specify > the mirror that I want to use? > Don > --- Forrest English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > apt-get install hdparm > > > > but, i kinda doubt that it is a latency problem on > > the hard drives. i'm > > guessing your connection to the mirror you have > > selected in your > > sources.list is just poor. try another mirror > > closer to you. > > > > just a suggestion, but the slowest drive i've ever > > seen was .89 megs a > > second. which is still more than enough to not time > > out waiting for data > > for a dsl line, much less a modem. > > > > -- > > Forrest English > > http://truffula.net > > > > "When we have nothing left to give > > There will be no reason for us to live > > But when we have nothing left to lose > > You will have nothing left to use" > > -Fugazi > > > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: > > > > > I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; > > apt-get > > > install communicator to get Netscape downloaded > > from > > > the Debian non-free site that is in the sources. I > > can > > > connect and download but then I get timed out... I > > was > > > told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might be a > > > latency problem...So I did a search on the wed and > > > found quite a bit of info and it all is saying to > > use > > > hdparm to check your hard drive. I have 2 hard > > drives > > > and Debian is on hdb2(swap) 156M, hdb3(/) 5.6G. I > > have > > > tried as root and the response is, command not > > found. > > > What am I doing wrong, and will this help resolve > > the > > > latency problem, do I have to be in the /sbin or > > > /usr/sbin to run this comand? After I find the > > best > > > settings when do I need to place them so they will > > be > > > picked up on start up? > > > TIA > > > Don > > > > > > __ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Win4Lin
The win4lin installer seems heavily rpm-centric. Has anyone had any luck getting win4lin to work? I just tried running alien on the rpm but I'm getting nowhere fast. I recompiled my 2.2.18 kernel with their patches, but I'd appreciate anyones experience in a sequence of events to make this successful. -- thedoctor
Re: #! syntax
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 04:23:52PM -0300, Christoph Simon wrote: > > This one should work (didn't try it): > > #!/bin/sh > > PERL=`which perl` > tail +7 $0 | $PERL > exit 0 > > # start perl code > ... > > ..assuming that perl code starts on line 7. it wouldn't be Perl if there wasn't yet another way to do it: #!/bin/sh exec perl -x $0 "$@" #!perl # your perl code here ... See the manpage 'perlrun' for why this works. Additional options to perl can be put where the "-x" is. cheers, Erdmut > > > > The problem I found with env was that the shell incorrectly passes args to > > > env: > > > > The shell DOES pass args correctly. RTFM (info bash): > > > > "The arguments to the interpreter consist of a single optional > > argument following the interpreter name on the first line of the script > > file, followed by the name of the script file, followed by the rest of > > the arguments." > > > > > > > > % head -1 t348.sh > > > #! /usr/bin/env perl -w > > > % ./t348.sh > > > env: perl -w: No such file or directory > > > > > > How does one get around this? Please don't say, "Don't use perl." > > > > Just write some wrapper and use > > #!/your/wrapper > > > > wrapper will be runned as > > > > wrapper 'name_of_your_script' -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
Re: wine and woody
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:46:14 -0700 (MST), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. I don't believe that is true. I have managed to use a few Windows apps without it. I am not sure how I would go about installing Windows on a Linux machine anyway. Most recently, I was able to run Free Agent newsreader on Linux, using WINE. It would probably run better if I had Windows installed too. The latest WINE can install a "fake" windows directory, btw. -- Andrew
RE: install questions
Are you using su to run the xcnofig? If that is the case, try running "xhost +" inside the termianal. Then run su and do the kernel compilation... let's see if it works.. just a guess.. Kundan -Original Message- From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:01 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: install questions Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" while executing "button .ref" (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission? > > 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make > menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it > the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu > config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev > package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. > > > thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: install questions
Here's the error message I get with the make xconfig command: ake[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" while executing "button .ref" (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission? > > 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make > menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it > the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu > config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev > package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. > > > thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita
webmail, jserv, on woody
I've installed jserv and webmail on my Debian(woody) webserver. I can't seem to get it to work. I installed it on a different computer and it works fine. On this one the error logs have this Feb 26 15:27:35 2001] [notice] Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) Debian/GNU ApacheJServ/1.1.2 configured -- resuming normal operations [Mon Feb 26 15:27:35 2001] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache/suexec) [Mon Feb 26 15:42:31 2001] [emerg] JServ: ajp12: can not connect to host 127.0.0.1:8007 [Mon Feb 26 15:42:31 2001] [emerg] JServ: ajp12: connection fail [Mon Feb 26 15:42:31 2001] [error] JServ: an error returned handling request via protocol "ajpv12" Does anyone know how to fix this? Wayne
libter-stool-perl?!
Hi! apt-get says that the package is listed, but the whereabouts of said package are unknown. Slang can't start without it ( that's what I get as an error message: during the installation, etc.). During the installation, I got a long list of processing errors. Most of them were eventually installed ( at least that's what apt-get says). A few of them are listed in the database: blt80 Cygnus-stylesheets glk-imlibi What are these?! Do I new them?! Thanks! Eamon Roque
Re: wine and woody
You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. > Now the problem seems to be that when I try to install Windows apps, > they look for Windows files that WINE does not yet have, and point to > where they can be obtained at Microsoft's website. At least the > xlibosmesa errors are no longer a problem. I don't want to install > Windows on my machine, so I will have to wait for future updates of > WINE. > > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: install questions
I get an error2 message when I try to use make xconfig #KUNDAN KUMAR# [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. its alright, as far as i know.. > 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably > need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? > > Kundan > > -Original Message- > From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:08 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: install questions > > > I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: > 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a > chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper > permission. What's the right permission? > > 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make > menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it > the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu > config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev > package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. > > > thanks > > > -- > 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] > -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita
IDE problems
Hi!
I just found my machine had crashed with some weird hard-disk related
messages. When hard-disk has actually crashed on me, I have gotten
other errors than these, and just pressing reset helped. Do the
messages indicate a kernel bug, or should I try to get the ahard-disk
replaced on warranty?
(Please Cc replies to me, I don't have time to follow this list :-/)
Feb 26 20:10:08 perkele kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { }
Feb 26 20:10:08 perkele kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Feb 26 20:10:08 perkele kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { }
Feb 26 20:10:08 perkele kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
Feb 26 20:10:08 perkele kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Feb 26 20:10:39 perkele kernel: ide1: reset timed-out, status=0x80
Feb 26 20:10:39 perkele kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Feb 26 20:10:39 perkele kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Feb 26 20:11:23 perkele kernel: ide1: reset timed-out, status=0x80
Feb 26 20:11:23 perkele kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Feb 26 20:11:23 perkele kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector
65680
Feb 26 20:11:23 perkele kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command
Feb 26 20:11:23 perkele kernel: clm-2072: Failed to update journal header block
The only partitions I have on the disk is my /home partition, which is
reiserfs (explaining the "journal header block") and swap (which
probably explains why the machine froze).
To me, it just seems that something got stuck, somehow.
Any help appreciated,
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RE: install questions
1. its alright, as far as i know.. 2. ncurse5-devel is the package for developing ncurse... you would probably need to install ncurse only.. i am not sure.. why not use make xconfig?? Kundan -Original Message- From: Dale Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:08 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: install questions I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper permission. What's the right permission? 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kde 2.1
Hi, I just installed kde2.1 and had soe problems. Firstly the task-kde is not working, it asks for another packages like koffice which are unavailable. Next I installed the kdebase. Everything went well, except that I don't get knoqueror. I suppose its part of kdebase... Any idea? Kundan
Re: Printer not printing
Keith, Brian I have Epson 740 up and running with 360x360, 720x720, and 1440x720 resolutions. I use "enscript" and "ghostscript" to print. I have a all the necessary "printtab", "print filters", and a simple install script. Send me a email if you want this information. -=[cwa]=- -- Christopher W. Aiken Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com www.cwaiken.com Debian GNU/Linux 2.2_r2 On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Keith G. Murphy wrote: -> -> ->Brian S Enyart wrote: ->> ->> I've got an Epson 740 I've set up with magicfilter. ->> ->> When I attempt to print a file (user or root), the job queues up ->> normally, then disappears as if it had been printed, but it hasn't been! ->> I get no error messages, and if I ask lpr to send email on completion, ->> I get an email indication successful completion. I also get no in any ->> of the log files. ->> ->> When I first try to print, several modules get loaded: ->> parport, lp, parport_pc, and parport-probe ->> ->> My /etc/printcap (without comments): ->> ->> |lpep740|Epson 740|lp:\ ->> :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ep740:\ ->> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ ->> :if=/etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ ->> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: ->> ->Where did you get the StylusColor-740 magicfilter from? I haven't seen ->that in the Debian distribution. What driver does it end up using? ->I've never gotten stcolor to work with my 740, but stp does. -> ->You might want to check out www.linuxprinting.org for further info. -> ->Also, are you dual-booting? I've found that Win95 bollixes up the ->printer, such that nothing but a hard reset (unplug/plug in) can get it ->working under Linux again. -> -> ->-- ->To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> ->
Re: Lilo on other archtechtures ?
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > >Can Lilo be used to boot Linux on non-Intel hardware ie PowerPC and >StrongARM ? Or is Lilo only for Intel based systems. There are variants for each. Look in the port for the specific architecture. >Thanks. > > -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
install questions
I just did a fresh install of 2.2 by cd. Couple of questions: 1. I didn't have sound in my user directory, but had it as root. I did a chmod 666 /dev/dsp and it works but I'm not sure that's the proper permission. What's the right permission? 2. If I try to compile the kernel I get errors when I type the commands make menuconfig and make xconfig. I have installed bin utils and also tryed it the way it's described in the debian faq with make-kpkg. The make menu config says I'm missing Ncurses, although I have installed the ncurse5-dev package. I'm probably missing a package here, but I'm not sure which one. thanks
usbmgr: can't install or uninstall
Getting the following error when I try to install usbmgr: Preparing to replace usbmgr 0.4.5-2 (using .../usbmgr_0.4.6-2_i368.deb) ... Stopping usbmgr: dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Stopping usbmgr: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/usbmgr_0.4.6-2_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new preremoval script returned error exit status 1 Starting usbmgr: usbmgr. usbmgr[23729]: umount /proc/bus/usb If I try to remove the package: Removing usbmgr ... Stopping usbmgr: dpkg: error process usbmgr (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Starting usbmgr: usbmgr. usbmgr[23749]: umount /proc/bus/usb I tried using --reinstall. I tried removing the .deb and installing again. And I've tried some other foolish things as well. What haven't I tried yet? -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720
Re: trying to *touch* makefile to fix the date stamp
yes.. I forgot I changed the cmos battery and never corrected it after
that..everything works now... thanks
- Original Message -
From: Daniel Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: trying to *touch* makefile to fix the date stamp
On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 04:11:43 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I think I have screwed up my date stamp since I get a complaining message
from make. I need to make the date current on all the makefiles in my
system. Using the command
>
>$find -name "[Mm]akefile" -exec touch \{\} \; doesn't seem to work...
>
>any one help me please...
>
>thanks
>
>joseph
Well, you might start by setting your system clock. If you
check the top of this message, you'll see:
On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 04:11:43 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Unless there's a SERIOUS delay in the system somewhere, your
system clock is wrong. And touching everything is simply
going to set their date to your current system date, which
seems to be 2 Jan as of when you sent that yesterday.
lastb. usefull ?
Hi, i wonder if lastb and the companion btmp file are usefull. Making some testing, i only get to record failed telnet connections, but nor ftp nor ssh, etc. is it a per deamon feature ? Cheers. -- __ Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware. Tels. 665.99.41 - 09.874.60.17 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qlsoft.cl/ http://ql.cl/ __
"testing" & 24.2 kernel = mtx problems
mtx which was workign perfectly on "stable" with the default kernel now gives me the following error: mtx: faile to set sg timeout - Invalid Argument Any sugestiosn as to how to fix it so I can use my tapechanger again? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: box does weird stuff
I've gotten errors like that in the past. I'd suspect a hard drive, IDE
cable, or controller problem.
The easiest thing you can do is open the machine up, disconnect the drives
control and power cables and plug them back in. This never seems to help
much for me, but maybe you'll be lucky to discover your cables are loose.
Typically, when I experience these errors, the hard drive is not far from
death, although once it was a controller problem (swapping the drive didn't
help).
If you have any spare parts, try swapping and seeing where the trouble
goes.
Good Luck!
- Forwarded by Vince Mulhollon/Brookfield/Norlight on 02/26/2001 02:34
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02/26/2001 Subject: box does weird stuff
02:04 PM
hello I'm not to experienced with debian but I try to run a
gateway/fileserver/firewall for my home network on a pentium 100.
Sometimes this machine crashes (usually due to samba) and when I reboot
I get like tons of errors like the following:
Feb 26 16:53:34 cumulus kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x00 { }
Feb 26 16:53:34 cumulus kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
can any one tell me if this means a harddisk is about to die on me or
something else?
thanks heaps,
Eskild
P.S. I hope this is not the wrong list if it is I'm really sorry to have
bothered you
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Re: MODEM LATENCY
I hate to ask this cause it is really a DUHHH ... How do I select the mirror that I want to go to? This is part of the address in the sources file htpp://security.debian.org/dists/potato/ binaryi386... that is not the complete address, but how do I specify the mirror that I want to use? Don --- Forrest English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apt-get install hdparm > > but, i kinda doubt that it is a latency problem on > the hard drives. i'm > guessing your connection to the mirror you have > selected in your > sources.list is just poor. try another mirror > closer to you. > > just a suggestion, but the slowest drive i've ever > seen was .89 megs a > second. which is still more than enough to not time > out waiting for data > for a dsl line, much less a modem. > > -- > Forrest English > http://truffula.net > > "When we have nothing left to give > There will be no reason for us to live > But when we have nothing left to lose > You will have nothing left to use" > -Fugazi > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: > > > I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; > apt-get > > install communicator to get Netscape downloaded > from > > the Debian non-free site that is in the sources. I > can > > connect and download but then I get timed out... I > was > > told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might be a > > latency problem...So I did a search on the wed and > > found quite a bit of info and it all is saying to > use > > hdparm to check your hard drive. I have 2 hard > drives > > and Debian is on hdb2(swap) 156M, hdb3(/) 5.6G. I > have > > tried as root and the response is, command not > found. > > What am I doing wrong, and will this help resolve > the > > latency problem, do I have to be in the /sbin or > > /usr/sbin to run this comand? After I find the > best > > settings when do I need to place them so they will > be > > picked up on start up? > > TIA > > Don > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > -- > > 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 email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: MODEM LATENCY
apt-get install hdparm but, i kinda doubt that it is a latency problem on the hard drives. i'm guessing your connection to the mirror you have selected in your sources.list is just poor. try another mirror closer to you. just a suggestion, but the slowest drive i've ever seen was .89 megs a second. which is still more than enough to not time out waiting for data for a dsl line, much less a modem. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, D. Hoyem wrote: > I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; apt-get > install communicator to get Netscape downloaded from > the Debian non-free site that is in the sources. I can > connect and download but then I get timed out... I was > told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might be a > latency problem...So I did a search on the wed and > found quite a bit of info and it all is saying to use > hdparm to check your hard drive. I have 2 hard drives > and Debian is on hdb2(swap) 156M, hdb3(/) 5.6G. I have > tried as root and the response is, command not found. > What am I doing wrong, and will this help resolve the > latency problem, do I have to be in the /sbin or > /usr/sbin to run this comand? After I find the best > settings when do I need to place them so they will be > picked up on start up? > TIA > Don > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
MODEM LATENCY
I have been trying to use the apt-get update ; apt-get install communicator to get Netscape downloaded from the Debian non-free site that is in the sources. I can connect and download but then I get timed out... I was told on #Debian irc.debian.org that it might be a latency problem...So I did a search on the wed and found quite a bit of info and it all is saying to use hdparm to check your hard drive. I have 2 hard drives and Debian is on hdb2(swap) 156M, hdb3(/) 5.6G. I have tried as root and the response is, command not found. What am I doing wrong, and will this help resolve the latency problem, do I have to be in the /sbin or /usr/sbin to run this comand? After I find the best settings when do I need to place them so they will be picked up on start up? TIA Don __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D (fwd)
> > Okay, > > I found elsewhere and ran apt-get install x-core something... > > It worked, I've got X running (crappy colors, but whatever) now I'm > experiencing the 1" offset everyone talks about. > > I tried to set the vga=770 in lilo.conf but nothing happens, and I get an > error: Try 771 instead (it has worked for me, though dif't model) It won't affect your offsets in X at all though! You'll want to run xvidtune to move things around a bit. > You passed an undefined mode number > press to see available vidoe modes, to continue, or wait > 30 sec... > > I've tried both options. With return I'm presented with a list of > available modes, I'm half way through the list; I'll let you all know if > I find one that works. > > --Raf Best of luck * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
Re: Which IMAP server to use?
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 11:29:08AM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Does bash (or whatever shell you use) notify you when you have new mail? This > is > important to me. If not, how can I enable or replace this functionality? It's > so convenient! No, not currently. I've no idea whether this can be achieved or not, though I suspect that with some reconfiguration and some scripts it probably can be done fairly simply. I'ts not something that I use regularly as I spend 99% of the time in X. Matthew > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:22:49AM +, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I use courier-imap which I find is fine: my big debian-user mail box often > > swells to >2000 messages and it takes about 12 seconds to fetch them all. > > > > I use postfix, delivering locally, the .forward file points to maildrop, > > which > > filters the emails into the correct mailboxes which I then access through > > mutt. > > > > It works pretty well! ;-) > > > > hope this helps > > > > Matthew > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:16:25PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > > Could someone recommend which IMAP server I should use? The only one I've > > > tried, the one associated with Pine - or maybe it was the UW one (or are > > > they > > > the same? maybe) was too slow to use, and every other one I've seen does > > > not > > > support standard UNIX mbox format. That, however, is OK with me if I can > > > keep > > > the notification that bash gives me when I have new mail. I am under the > > > impression that this feature of bash only works for mbox format. How can I > > > resolve this and set up IMAP while preserving that feature? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: sblive
Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:45:02AM +0200, Alexander Pott wrote: > > Can anyone help? > > > > I am having trouble setting up my sblive. > > When I use lsmod I can see that the emu10k1 driver is loaded but is > > unused. The soundcore module is also loaded. > > When I list the pci device the sblive is there and using the correct > > irq. > > > > But when I use a program like gcd to play an audio cd I can't hear > > anything. I have used gmix to set the volume levels so it is not that. > > Since you didn't mention anything other than trying to play a cd, have > to checked to see if you have permission to access the cd? > > -Rob > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to everyone who replied to my message - the latest drivers from creative did the trick! :)
Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D
> Hello everybody, > > So, here is the story, A friend gave me his old Lifebook 420D and I > decided to go with a Debian install on it. I read up on the difficulties > some have had getting XFree86 to work on it, and I've used their > information to the best of my knowledge in getting X to work. > > Its a simple problem, but one I should know better to take care of. When > I initiate X (startx or xinit) the laptop begins to spew a whole bunch of > information and attempts to start X. It craps out shortly and returns the > following error: > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > Some links have pointed me to some possibilities with the font.aliases > file, but I haven't quite yet ventured there. I'm wondering if anyone has > had any similar problems, and if you could hopefully point me along in the > right direction. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > --Raf Either turn on the font server before launching X (don't wory, xfs doesn't eat much) or, fix your XF86Config file so that is explicitly allows fonts from the misc family to be accessed directly. aliasing 'fixed' to a different favorite would still require the new fave to be on the FontPath declared in XF86Config. It's also the hard way. * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
Re: #! syntax
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:49:29 +0300 Alexey Vyskubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This one should work (didn't try it): #!/bin/sh PERL=`which perl` tail +7 $0 | $PERL exit 0 # start perl code ... ..assuming that perl code starts on line 7. > > The problem I found with env was that the shell incorrectly passes args to > > env: > > The shell DOES pass args correctly. RTFM (info bash): > > "The arguments to the interpreter consist of a single optional > argument following the interpreter name on the first line of the script > file, followed by the name of the script file, followed by the rest of > the arguments." > > > > > % head -1 t348.sh > > #! /usr/bin/env perl -w > > % ./t348.sh > > env: perl -w: No such file or directory > > > > How does one get around this? Please don't say, "Don't use perl." > > Just write some wrapper and use > #!/your/wrapper > > wrapper will be runned as > > wrapper 'name_of_your_script' -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Problems with rsh and ssh after an apt-get upgrade and reboot
After apt-get upgrading a server and rebooting ssh and rsh no loger will work to hosts in /etc/hosts giving these errors rsh server1 rcmd: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known Does anyone know which package has caused this (so I can stop it happening on my other 40 servers!) or better still a fix for it. This is really rather urgent if anyone can help before what we expect to be our busiest 8 hours ever in about 12 hours time. -- Jeff Green Systems Manager CricInfo Limited +44 (0) 20 8427 2660 +44 (0) 7979 474986
Re: Where is the kernel-package .deb?
Try to search the package at the debian website then. and download it from there. Make sure you have the correct distribution (unstable, stable, etc) Edwin Lau On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:43:58 Stan Brown wrote: > I'm trying to do actial useful work from behind a stupid firewall, and > I'm > frustrated! > > I'm tryning to upgrade 1 stable machine to testing, and then build a 2.4 > kernel. The upgrade went mostly OK (broke X but that is a seperate post). > However I had not installed the kernel-package .deb to build the kernel. > Now dselct can't find it, and I can't seem to find it on the ftp sit > (ftp.debian.org) either. > > Acording to the Packages file, it should be in: > > pool/main/k/kernel-package/kernel-packag_7.34_all_deb > > Unfortunately, I don't seem to see it there. > > Help, please. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions > and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is > prohibited. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sblive
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:45:02AM +0200, Alexander Pott wrote: > Can anyone help? > > I am having trouble setting up my sblive. > When I use lsmod I can see that the emu10k1 driver is loaded but is > unused. The soundcore module is also loaded. > When I list the pci device the sblive is there and using the correct > irq. > > But when I use a program like gcd to play an audio cd I can't hear > anything. I have used gmix to set the volume levels so it is not that. Since you didn't mention anything other than trying to play a cd, have to checked to see if you have permission to access the cd? -Rob
Re: 2nd try - Faxgetty, MGetty and data calls
Barry Samuels wrote: > > I've spent hours and hours trying to set up Hylafax/Faxgetty to auto > detect fax/data calls and respond appropriately for data calls. > > I have had partial success in that I can now get it to distinguish between > fax and data calls and accept the fax or start mgetty for a data call. Fax > calls, receiving and sending, work well. > > Part of my original problem was that the Debian default config.ttyS1 > GettyArgs included -h as the first option which caused Mgetty to start and > then immediately stop after printing a 'Usage' line in the log. I have, at > least been able to correct that. > > My current config.ttyS1 gettyargs is: > > GettyArgs: "-D %l dx_%s" > I really don't know whether your problem has to do with GettyArgs, but I've always had luck with this: GettyArgs: "-r -b -s %s %l"
Re: KDE2 install
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:26:32PM -0800, John Mautz wrote: > As pointed out by hogan, there is no security.debian.org for testing/woody. Yes, but those running testing still have a sizable portion of packages from stable/potato that security.debian.org is needed to update. -Rob
Re: How do I get larg file support?
Stan Brown wrote: > > On Sun Feb 25 14:33:51 2001 brian moore wrote... > > > >On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 02:08:38PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > >> Let;s just cut to the chase on this. > >> > >> I need to be able to create, and work with larg files (> 2G) under > >> Debian Linux. Secondly I need the moststable system for doing this, > >> as it will be a production machine. > > > >You need many things from 'unstable' (though perhaps most of them are > >now in 'testing', I haven't looked). > > > >The biggies: > >a 2.4.x kernel > >glibc2.1 > >lots of little things like the current fileutils, etc > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > So, it looks like I have 2 choices here (remeber I have already > upgraded to > testing). > > 1. Cahnge ap-get sources to unstable, Take a deep breath, and do > apt-get > opgrade. Nah, I'd change sources.list, but then do apt-get install kernel-sources-2.4.x-y. Why risk bringing in cruft you don't need? And the kernel source seems pretty independent of any other. > > 2. Figure out how to get a 2.4 kerne built on "tetsting" > > 2b. Find someone who has /debs for 2.4 for "testing" > > If I do 1. will I get the 2.4 kernel? > > 2 Will require me to figure out how to build the Debian way, a kernel > for > which I do not hvae .debs, since the 2.4 kerenel is not offered as a > choice by > dselect. 1. make menuconfig to configure the kernel you're going to build. 2. make-kpkg buildpackage to create a deb with the kernel image and modules. 3. dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image.x-y.deb to install it all. 4. reboot 5. If shit don't work, goto 1. :-)
