Re: iptables firewall help
Matt, I can't remember the exact URL, but somewhere in the IBM developer forums is a really good tutorial on using iptables to create a firewall. It includes some nice scripts, and is much clearer than Rusty's guides. John P Foster http://www.golden-orb.com Matthew Garman wrote: > I would like to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4. The main thing that > concerns me is building a new iptables-based firewall (as opposed to > ipchains). > > > So for starters, I'd like to have a good, secure, well-commented iptables > firewall script that I could use and learn from. Then I'd like to see > some online documentation on firewall considerations. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction to get started, I would be > very appreciative :) > > Thanks! > Matt > > -- > Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, Take a bow for the new revolution > Smile and grin at the change all around, Pick up my guitar and play > Just like yesterday, Then I'll get on my knees and pray..." > -- Pete Townshend/The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again" > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What kind of attack is this?
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:23:56AM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I've gotten the same sort of message. It appears in the lpr.log and > syslog. I think it's an internal problem and not an attack from outside. Portsentry didn't detect anything. I briefly looked at the config files for lprng, and it looks like they leave lpd listening to outside connections. So, yes, it looks like somebody was trying to mess with my lpd - this is why portsentry didn't pick up on it. So, meanwhile I just purged lprng as I found myself not printing anything for the past few months. --ET. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: headers in mutt
On [26-06-01 19:40], Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Using the option ignore in the muttrc file seems to be endless, because there > is a lot of things to be ignored. I think that is better to tell mutt what to > keep instead... 'ignore all' and 'unignore what-you-want-to-see': ignore * unignore date from: to cc subject x-mailer reply-to user-agent Janto -- Janto TrappeGermany /* rapelcgrq znvy cersreerq! */ GnuPG-Key: http://www.sylence.de/gpgkey.asc Key ID: 0x8C53625F Fingerprint:35D7 8CC0 3DAC 90CD B26F B628 C3AC 1AC5 8C53 625F
iptables firewall help
I would like to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4. The main thing that concerns me is building a new iptables-based firewall (as opposed to ipchains). I was using the TrinityOS firewall for ipchains. I read through it, somewhat, but basically accepted its security on blind faith. I figure that with the switch to 2.4 and iptables, now would be a good time to really learn how to write a good firewall script. So for starters, I'd like to have a good, secure, well-commented iptables firewall script that I could use and learn from. Then I'd like to see some online documentation on firewall considerations. For the summer, I want a firewall that works with dynamic IP addresses so my dad and I can share a modem (standard, ultra-slow serial analog modem), running no services. Then, when I go back to school, I'll want to change the script so I can share a cablemodem with my roommates. I'll also run a couple basic services at that time, such as a mailer, an SSH daemon, and probably Apache. If anyone can point me in the right direction to get started, I would be very appreciative :) Thanks! Matt -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around, Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday, Then I'll get on my knees and pray..." -- Pete Townshend/The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Re: Java and flash plugin for Mozilla
Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: Hi, Can you plz tell me which version of mozilla are you using. Mine is 0.9.1 (the latest)? In my case, the program seems to install normally, but just that xpicleanup.dat that causes mozilla not to start. Also, flash doesn't even work for me. Edwin Lau I'm currently running the 2001062609 nightly build which is a development version of 0.9.2. As I mentioned in my last follow-up, you might want to try running a kill -HUP on the xpicleantup process instead of deleting the file. That process is what's making mozilla think that it's still running. As to flash, how are you going about installing it? Your problem might be there.
Re: How to install cdrom (Samsung CDR-RW, SW-208; Debian Potato 2.3
mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom no. I've tried every variation except `for i in /dev/* ; do mount -t iso9660 -o ro $i /cdrom; done` because I have not documented the consequences I skimmed through a HOW-TO today; it referred to the loop device. Another possibility - but first I will restore the cmos; lastly I will reformat the hard drive. Thanks/st At 05:25 AM 6/27/01 +0800, you wrote: >On Monday 25 June 2001 23:40, Stephen Taylor wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestions; it still doesn't recognize the cd.. >> - if it reads a disk I'll try another console to catch the device - >> but it's apt-get and it may not stay mounted >> >> These don't work: >> - mount /dev/hdb >> - boot: linux ide-scsi=hdb > >But does this work: > >mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 05:06, Brendon wrote: > This summer holiday I took on the task of learning C++ with (shamefully :) > the help of C++ For Dummies. > > Having tried to learn C++ in the past I'm now reasonably familar with it's > synax so i thought i'd also try learning QT/KDE programming at the same > time. But the tutorials I've been through on the doc.trolltech.com site > have left me a little disappointed. > > Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? And > what did you start with when learning C++? > > any suggestions are appreciated. what ive been doing lately, and find the best, is to decide what you wanted to do ,(in my case, figure out QGL) find the source to a simple example, and then create your own simpler project. Learn how to copy and past, and in the process learn the topic, and get some kind of app out of it. John
Re: Netscape 4.77 Java Fonts too large
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:31:16PM +0200, Guy Geens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled > I long time ago, I found a page with tips on how to make Netscape > fonts look better. I can't find it now, but this page seems to have > the information you need: > http://www2.arnes.si/~mrihta3/ns-unix.html > > Also, install the msttcorefonts package. This gives you access to > Microsoft's TTF fonts which are used by many web sites. Already have the msttcorefonts installed and the Netscape.ad modified but there was some interesting stuff about scalable fonts at the bottom of the page you mentioned...thanks for the URL, I'll play around with scalable fonts and see if that helps.
mounting qnx filesystems
Hey people. Does anyone know of any work being done to permit Linux to mount QNX filesystems? I didn't see any such work in the kernel source. Thanks, 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 pgpnn8vEnK0L7.pgp Description: PGP signature
custom upgrades
I have a really slow modem connection (rural phone line) so updating by apt-get on line is not really an option. Is there some web site where you can compile your own custom cd and have them mail it to you? Thanks Dana S. Wheeler -- Maintain a humble awe in all things of God and a cynical skepticism in all things of man.
Re: resent, manpage pg-up & pg-dn not working
Okay, I got it, sorry for the double post. Something screwed up. -- Eric Boo Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 10:08 AM 5 hours and 39 minutes http://magicman.freeshell.org
Re: mount (2.4.4)
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 08:04:21PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:38:44PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 07:43:20PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: ... > :fatfs : bogus cluster size > :VFS:can't find a valide MSDOS filesystem on dev 02:00 > :mount:you must specify the filesystem type . > You probably have a raw kernel image on the floppy (no filesystem at > all). Try "rdev /dev/fd0" you should get back something like "Root > device /dev/hda1" if you have a kernel image there. ok but I can write my boot diskette of the kernel 2.2.17 > You're probably better off using lilo or another boot loader to boot > of the HD, boot ing from floppy is Soo tedious :) I agree with you but I have potato 2.2r2 and an other OS on one hdd second master (hdc) and potato 2.2r0 on an other hdd first master (hda). Lilo boot linux and the other OS on hdc and I boot linux with a boot diskette on hda. Can I boot the three systems with lilo ? I guess that I must use grub to do this. > -Jon > -- Gerard
resent, manpage pg-up & pg-dn not working
Hi, This message was resent because it didn;t seem to appear on the list. How do I at least get page up to work when I'm viewing man pages? Right now all I get are beeps when I try the page-up and page-down keys. Page-down isn't so important as I can use the spacebar instead. Neither do the up and down arrows work. Using SID. -- Eric Boo Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 09:49 AM 5 hours and 20 minutes http://magicman.freeshell.org
Re: Java and flash plugin for Mozilla
Hi, Can you plz tell me which version of mozilla are you using. Mine is 0.9.1 (the latest)? In my case, the program seems to install normally, but just that xpicleanup.dat that causes mozilla not to start. Also, flash doesn't even work for me. Edwin Lau On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:57:35PM -0500, DvB wrote: > Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > After a long and exhausted trial and error, I am giving up. I can't > > get the java and flash plugin work for mozilla. Anyone care to tell me how > > they get it working? Java doesn't seem to properly finish the installation > > even it said so. After Java 2 plugin installation, I can't really start > > mozilla again unless I delete the file /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.1/xpicleanup.dat > > > > > > Flash has always worked for me just by copying the .so file into > $MOZILLA/plugins. Java, however, has given me some trouble lately. I > finally did get it to install after a couple tries and them, as with > you, it refused to start. I fixed that by running a ps ax and noticing > that xpicleanup (or something similar) was still running. After kill > -HUP'ing this process, mozilla started and java worked fine. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?
hi ya... i had zero problems upgrading to linux-2.2.18 based debian sw raid5 ( was previously built very old raid5 ... still cranking away ) http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid/raid-howto.2.2.18.txt - dont know if there's any major diff between *.18 and *.19 have fun alvin http://www.Linux-Sec.net ... Security Stuff .. On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Frans Schreuder wrote: > Well you're partially right. I did not recompile (but used the > 'install'- > /kernel module 'selector' to get the modules for raid in.) > /I applied kernel-patch-2.2.19 (Preparing to replace > kernel-patch-2.2.19-/raid > /2 > /(using kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid_2_all.deb) ... > /Unpacking replacement kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid ... > /Setting up kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid (2) ...) > /Can it be that kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid and ...-2.2.10-raid coexist on my > /system? > / > /installed raidtools-2 > / > /There is more?/ > > Yes there is. Boldly went where probably the donkey went. > I did a clean install.(2.2r0 via FTP) > Got me: > - the 2.2.19 kernel image with raid and linear > - the 2.2.19 kernelpatch 2 all > - raidtools2 > - bzip2 > - other dependencies.. > > mkraid gives the same errors. > Still not able to get a clue from the /proc/mdstat (has linear too now) > or from the /var/log/syslog. > > VFS reports an error on IDE1 (can't find ext2 filesystem.. having just > shutted down that machine so more on that.Ok booting it...) > > "VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev ide1(22,65). > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd1, or too many > mounted filesystems" (is that possible? by the way). > >
Re: Java and flash plugin for Mozilla
Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: Hi everyone, After a long and exhausted trial and error, I am giving up. I can't get the java and flash plugin work for mozilla. Anyone care to tell me how they get it working? Java doesn't seem to properly finish the installation even it said so. After Java 2 plugin installation, I can't really start mozilla again unless I delete the file /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.1/xpicleanup.dat Flash has always worked for me just by copying the .so file into $MOZILLA/plugins. Java, however, has given me some trouble lately. I finally did get it to install after a couple tries and them, as with you, it refused to start. I fixed that by running a ps ax and noticing that xpicleanup (or something similar) was still running. After kill -HUP'ing this process, mozilla started and java worked fine.
Some G450 dual-head problems
I use Maxtrox G450 dual-head whith Samsung Syncmaster 950NF (First screen) and 17Gli (Second Screen) Monitors My working environments are Sid, X 4.0.3 I have two problems. 1. I can not apply gamma correction value online to screen 1 (second monitor) with xgamma utility ( xgamma -screen 0 ... good work but xgamma -screen 1 ... no change ) and Anyone knows gamma correction widzard running on X ? 2. glx not work. If I turn on glx module, X hangs up with message, "Can not find /dev/nvidia0" I have had nvidia geforce2 MX, but now it is removed and I remove nvidia-glx package. Thank you for your reading this message.. ;-) >From Korea, Republic of Byeong-Jun Park
Re: Build a new Kernel
> Hello, > > How can I build a new kernel? Where is the source? > > Thanks > > Juan José Velázquez Garcia > Web Development > www.htmlspider.com.br > One way is to by using the kernel-package deb. Script started on Wed Jun 27 03:20:33 2001 [03:20:34 tmp]$ grep-available -PX kernel-package Package: kernel-package Priority: optional Section: misc Installed-Size: 744 Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 7.43 Depends: perl5, dpkg (>= 1.4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.0.9), fileutils (>= 4.0) Recommends: libc-dev, gcc, debianutils, make Suggests: kernel-source, libdb3-dev, libncurses-dev Filename: pool/main/k/kernel-package/kernel-package_7.43_all.deb Size: 180642 MD5sum: 27d2338a0a95acd8dee594fc0131dd2a Description: Debian Linux kernel package build scripts. This package provides the capability to create a debian kernel-image package by just running make-kpkg kernel_image in a kernel source directory tree. It can also package the relevant kernel headers into a kernel-headers package. In general, this package is very useful if you need to create a custom kernel, if, for example, the default kernel does not support some of your hardware, or you wish a leaner, meaner kernel. It also scripts the steps that need be taken to compile the kernel, which is quite convenient (forgetting a crucial step once was the initial motivation for this package). Please look at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Rationale.gz for a full list of advantages of this package. . If you are running on an intel x86 platform, and you wish to compile a custom kernel (why else are you considering this package?), then you may need the package bin86 as well. (This is not required on other platforms). [03:21:06 tmp]$ exit exit Script done on Wed Jun 27 03:21:21 2001 /usr/share/doc/kernel-package has detailed instruction on building and installing a new kernel. As for the kernel source, you might search for kernel-source* in http;//packages.debian.org > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when? (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14)
Re: How to fetchmail from ISP-b using SSH when ISP-a has socks?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200
[...]
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
[...]
> Or install ssh-socks, but it is a non-free package, rms doesn't like it.
I've got an unrelated, yet perhaps still important, question about
packages. If package A conflicts with package B, should package B say
that it conflicts with package A?
For example (a biased example, involving ssh):
$ awk '/^$/{if (p ~ /^ssh/) {print p, c;} p=c="";} \
> /^Package:/{p=$2} /^Conflicts:/{c=$0}' /var/lib/dpkg/status
ssh-nonfree Conflicts: ssh, ssh-askpass (<= 1.2.27-4)
ssh Conflicts: ssh-nonfree, ssh-socks, ssh2, debconf (<< 0.2.17), debconf-tiny
(<< 0.2.17)
ssh-socks
Package ssh-socks doesn't conflict with anything, but ssh conflicts
with ssh-socks and ssh-nonfree. Do rules for making packages say that
conflicts have to be indicated by control-information of both
packages?
Cheers,
Robert
Re: How to fetchmail from ISP-b using SSH when ISP-a has socks?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200 [...] > On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote: [...] > Or even crawling? The '-v' option to ssh is your friend, and together with > the manpages, there's suddenly a whole cosy circle of friends. ;-) I'm using the version of ssh with SOCKS support, judging from stdout of this command: # apt-get install ssh-socks Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Sorry, ssh-socks is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. But there's no manpage for "ssh-socks": # man ssh-socks No manual entry for ssh-socks Do I read ``man ssh'' to find out why it said "No route to host" when I used the "-v" option of ssh? Cheers, Robert
Re: printing to a windows shared printer with smbprint
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:57:50AM +0200 or thereabouts, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > I installed smbprint to be able to print to a printer attached to a > windows pc. However it doens't work > Anybody an idea what I did wrong. > I found some doc's on the net. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch07_02.html and > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-10.html > First I installed the package printtool. If you installed it, why don't you use it? It's quite nice in my opinion. Just start it under X and install your printer. my 2c, Karsten BTW: I never used RedHat, just like that tool. -- Karsten Heymann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Netzwerkverwaltung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Forschungsstelle für ÖkosystemtechnikUniversität Kiel
RE: Using different DNS per ISP
Here are just a few rip.psg.com IP address = 147.28.0.39 NS.RIPE.NET IP address = 193.0.0.193 B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.33.14.30 C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.26.92.30 E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.12.94.30 F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.35.51.30 G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.42.93.30 H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.54.112.30 I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.36.144.133 J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 210.132.100.101 K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 213.177.194.5 L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 192.41.162.30 M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET IP address = 202.153.114.101 It all depends on where you are in the world. Try this one ADDITIONAL RECORDS:... London ? -> ns0.gradwell.com. type = A, class = 1, ttl = 37921, dlen = 4 IP address = 195.149.39.7 Ian -Original Message- From: Vector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:41 AM To: Marcus Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Using different DNS per ISP You could just find a nameserver out there somewhere to use that doesn't restrict lookups in the way your ISP's do (I'm not sure why they're doing that anyway.) There are plenty of them out there and they would probably work just as well (obviously the closer/faster the traffic to the DNS server you use the better performance you will see.) vector On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Marcus wrote: > > I'm using two different ISPs depending on time of day, and cost. > Problem is that they will only accept their own nameserver under > /etc/resolv.conf. Is there a way around this, or do I need a script > which changes resolv.conf before dialing? > > Thanks, > > Marcus > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to fetchmail from ISP-b using SSH when ISP-a has socks?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200 [...] > On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote: [...] > Or even crawling? The '-v' option to ssh is your friend, and together with > the manpages, there's suddenly a whole cosy circle of friends. ;-) Below is stderr from this command: $ ssh-socks -v -C -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L 0:redpraxis.org:110 sleep 5 SSH Version 1.2.27 [i686-unknown-linux], protocol version 1.5. Standard version. Does not use RSAREF. debian: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh-nonfree/ssh_config debian: Applying options for * debian: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 0 anon 0 debian: Connecting to redpraxis.org [64.176.182.204] port 22. debian: Allocated local port 1023. debian: connect: No route to host debian: Trying again... debian: Connecting to redpraxis.org [64.176.182.204] port 22. debian: Allocated local port 1023. debian: connect: No route to host debian: Trying again... debian: Connecting to redpraxis.org [64.176.182.204] port 22. debian: Allocated local port 1023. debian: connect: No route to host debian: Trying again... debian: Connecting to redpraxis.org [64.176.182.204] port 22. debian: Allocated local port 1023. debian: connect: No route to host Secure connection to redpraxis.org refused; reverting to insecure method. Using rsh. WARNING: Connection will not be encrypted. /usr/bin/rsh redpraxis.org -l cymbala -n sleep 5 /usr/bin/rsh: No such file or directory -Robert
Re: xfree 4.1 packages
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 12:48:38AM +0200, Thomas Hess wrote: > hi, > > anyone knows a location for xfree 4.1 deb-packages? thx in advance. > > tom Hi There Tom, You can check out this web site. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ Good Luck, Jim Richards > -- > Thomas Hess > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ:112712215 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Java and flash plugin for Mozilla
Hi everyone, After a long and exhausted trial and error, I am giving up. I can't get the java and flash plugin work for mozilla. Anyone care to tell me how they get it working? Java doesn't seem to properly finish the installation even it said so. After Java 2 plugin installation, I can't really start mozilla again unless I delete the file /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.1/xpicleanup.dat -- Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Proliant 1000 pains in the butt
Thanx for the response, A question though.. I would like some pointers/pointing on how to look for a way to determine the specific controller (the onboard-one and the array (probably is the kernel smart-2; although the kernel doesn't recognize it on boot)). > > my experience is when trying to use a cdrom drive under dos is to boot up > with a win98 rescue disk. Well that worked...but it's not what I want (wasn't easy either). > > But, if you do not get the drive to work under Linux install either, do > not expect it to work when the drive works under DOS. > > The kernel you have compiled, did you do that from scratch or did you use > the default config? I compiled it from scratch (i think it is with a standard setup) but bumped in the overload on scsi-drivers. Forrest and Trees; looking? I made a bzImage, copied it to the rescue flop ( that part worked) renaming it linux. Boot worked, but it doesn't get to recognize the CD (that's half the way, then I can "remote-configure" it i.e. get the monitor and keyboard out of the way) >The config files used for the kernel is in > /boot/Config-2.2.17, copy this to /usr/src/linux/.config I don't really get that. Copy and run # configure ? >and configure > your scsi adapters. This way your compiled kernel is most likely to boot > and compatible to the kernel used for installation. > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > > On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Frans Schreuder wrote: > > > Hai, > > > > Still trying to get that thing working my way.. > > > > Trying to be as complete as possible. > > Proliant 1000 > > Pentium 60 :-) > > 128MB ram > > 5x4.3GB Fast wide scsi2 (?) on a smart array-2 compaq controller > > 1x1.05 Seagate .scsi on the onboard controller > > 1x CDrom on the onboard controller. > > 2x tokenring-cards (don't know how to use them though) > > 1x ISA NE2000. > > > > I have installed the SoftPaQs for Dos. > > I can boot from both controllers into dos. > > But I can't get the CD-rom to work. > > > > Here's my config.sys: > > DEVICE=smartscsi.SYS /D:MSCD000 > > device=fsw2aspi.sys > > device=fws2cd.sys > > device=fws2disk.sys > > > > And my autoexec.bat: > > MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:E > > > > Please bear with me for I DOS not know ;-) > > > > Somebody suggested to use the bootfloppies, the compact-flavour, but that does not find either scsi-controller/harddisk/cdrom. > > > > Trying to do it the loadlin-way, got me to the root.bin file, that I cannot get on a floppy. Thus blocking that road. > > > > I even went on compiling a kernel with everything that smells scsi in it. bzImage reported an error on it being to big. > > But with just the smart array and all the ram stuff in the kernel, it wouldn't see the controllers either.(on bootflop). > > > > Does anybody have some enlightning suggestions or pointers so that I need not learn anything (although I did a lot lately). > > > > And again thank you for your patience. > > Regards, > > Frans Schreuder. > > > > > >
Re: xmms 1.2.5 package
Tom, Josip (the official maintainer) released 1.2.5-1 on Wed, 20 June, at 00:49:08 +0200. Run `apt-get update && apt-get upgrade` to pick up the new packages. Cheers, dtc --- Dan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc On 27 Jun 2001, Thomas Hess wrote: > hello again, > > I'm also looking for a xmms 1.2.5(-final) deb-package. > > Daniel T. Chen: u once gave me the location for your 1.2.5-pre packages, > if u are still on this list: do u have 1.2.5 packages? I lost the URL and > your Email-address.
Re: xfree 4.1 packages
"Thomas Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone knows a location for xfree 4.1 deb-packages? thx in advance. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ Sebastian -- Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. Henry Spencer
Re: SOLVED: Defaulting system to mono display
I needed to deactivate any colors on my mono-terminal (mda textmode-card). The main point is to set TERM=linux-m when working locally. Grepping /etc for TERM I found #TTYTYPE_FILE=/etc/ttytype in /etc/login.defs. I did as noted there (created /etc/ttytype and uncommented the ttytype-line but with no effect, so I inserted TERM=linux-m into /etc/environment and am happy. [...] > > Again: > > How do i tell my system that the _textmode console_ is > > black/white? > > Don't know for sure, but I'd start looking at the terminal > configuration. Looking at the terminfo database, And that did it. Thanks, Karsten! -- Karsten Heymann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Netzwerkverwaltung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Forschungsstelle für ÖkosystemtechnikUniversität Kiel
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:12:56PM +0200, Brendon wrote: | On Tuesday 26 June 2001 19:14, D-Man wrote: | > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Brendon wrote: | > | Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? | > | And what did you start with when learning C++? | > | > I don't use KDE and I don't like Qt's LnF so I don't know about that | > part. As for learning C++ -- it is big and complicated and the little | > details will get you. I would recommend starting out with an easier | > language to get the basics of programming down first. Then move into | > C++ once you understand how to program. I highly recommend Python as | > an easy, powerful, and clean language to learn. It also allows you to | > choose the most appropriate paradigm -- you can start out procedurally | > (simpler) and move into OO (class-based) when you are ready for it. | > Alan Gauld has an excellent tutorial for beginners at | > http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld. Python also has bindings to Qt | > (PyQt) so you can do Qt/KDE programming using Python and forget about | > the headaches that C++ can give you. If you decide to try python, | > check out the tutor mailing list, it is very helpful | > (tutor@python.org, http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor). | | i'll check it out. just another question, what advantages and disadvantages | does python have over C++? Also, is C++ really that complicated to learn? In Python is dynamically typed. This means you don't need to type (with the keyboard, that is) the type (kind) that each identifier will be. The syntax is clean and really easy to read. Pointers and memory management is taken care of for you. You can use the interactive interpreter to try small snippets of code and see the result immediately. High-level concepts such as lists and dicts are built in to the language. A list is like an array that can hold different kinds of things and will resize when needed. A dict is also called a hashtable, map and associative array. They are _very_ useful. Also in Python functions and classes are first class objects. This combined with the dynamic typing makes using callbacks (very typical in GUI programming) quite easy and doesn't involved any extra complicated syntax. As a side effect of this many things that are non-trivial in C or C++ (or even Java) take so few lines of Python code that it is almost ridiculous. (For example quite a few Design Patterns in the GoF book are trivial or built-in to Python while they have non-trivial C++/Java implementations) C++ has things like templates, pointers, no built-in lists or dicts. Also functions are not first class objects. To handle callbacks a pointer to a function must be used. This, combined with static type checking, makes callbacks harder to use and harder to read. In C++ you must also deal with memory management. If you don't "delete" objects then you have a memory leak. If you delete it too soon you will get a segmentation fault later on (if you're lucky!). Also be careful not to run off the end of an array, especially while writing to it. The other major difference is that Python will give you a stack trace when you have an error, along with a message telling you what the error was. With a compiled language like C or C++, "Segmentation Fault - core dumped" is all the information you will get. Then you need to load the program and core dump into a debugger to examine the stack trace. Also with Python the dev cycle is edit-run. With C and C++ it is edit-compile-run-load in debugger. | the learning process i haven't run into any problems (except understanding | pointers.. kept on getting confused because of the different uses of * ). | Though when looking at the source of Konverse, i was a little overwhelmed. | But I presumed this was because i didnt know how to work with QT. | | > You may also want to try Java. It is basically C++ with pointers, | > manual memory management, and freestanding functions removed. Also | > the class definition conicides with the declaration (not in 2 separate | > files). Its syntax is nearly identical, yet it simplifies quite a few | > things. IMO Python is much better designed, much easier to use, and | > more powerful (and flexible) than Java. | | But also awfully slow was it not? Take a look at this report that was in IEEE Computer magazine about a year ago : http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/%7Eprechelt/documents/jccpp_tr.pdf The key to it is not that C is faster than Python, or something like that. The speed of an application is more dependent on the programmer's skill than it is on the language. Sure, each Python statement is slower that a C or C++ statement. This is obvious since Python is implemented in C, thus takes several C statements for a single Python statement. If you talk about Jython, then Python is implemented in Java which is implemented in C. This is all irrelevant though. 80% of the execution time is spent in
xmms 1.2.5 package
hello again, I'm also looking for a xmms 1.2.5(-final) deb-package. Daniel T. Chen: u once gave me the location for your 1.2.5-pre packages, if u are still on this list: do u have 1.2.5 packages? I lost the URL and your Email-address. tom -- Thomas Hess mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:112712215
ident spoof ? now what ?
Hi, As some people here, I had problems with libpam when I updated my (-Sid-) distro yesterday. I did what was suggested, I got my hands on the newest version coming from http://incoming.debian.org and everything went OK. Now there's something funny happening. I'm also running oidentd on the server (one of the few ident daemon that supports IP Masquerading. I have no choice here since Undernet prevents some ISPs (mine for instance) to get on their net without Ident. Anyway, to make a long story short, somewhere on my system there's a config file that says that on IRC my full id should be : [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now ... 1- What does that, and 2- how do I revert to previous config ? It's not a oidentd thing by the way. I tried pIdentd, same result (anyway oidentd's spoofing feature was off, before you ask). So how do I put a correct ident there ? Is it as I suspect a PAM issue ? I swear the only configuration change I had lately was the PAM upgrade of yesterday. Regards, Jeff
Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?
Well you're partially right. I did not recompile (but used the 'install'- /kernel module 'selector' to get the modules for raid in.) /I applied kernel-patch-2.2.19 (Preparing to replace kernel-patch-2.2.19-/raid /2 /(using kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid_2_all.deb) ... /Unpacking replacement kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid ... /Setting up kernel-patch-2.2.19-raid (2) ...) /Can it be that kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid and ...-2.2.10-raid coexist on my /system? / /installed raidtools-2 / /There is more?/ Yes there is. Boldly went where probably the donkey went. I did a clean install.(2.2r0 via FTP) Got me: - the 2.2.19 kernel image with raid and linear - the 2.2.19 kernelpatch 2 all - raidtools2 - bzip2 - other dependencies.. mkraid gives the same errors. Still not able to get a clue from the /proc/mdstat (has linear too now) or from the /var/log/syslog. VFS reports an error on IDE1 (can't find ext2 filesystem.. having just shutted down that machine so more on that.Ok booting it...) "VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev ide1(22,65). mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd1, or too many mounted filesystems" (is that possible? by the way). Regards Frans Schreuder. - Original Message - From: "Guy Geens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP? > I had a system crash recently, and I took a good look at my own syslog > messages and /proc/mdstat. And my own entries look very different from > yours. > > My question is: did you recompile and install the patched kernel? > > I suspect that you didn't, and you're trying to use the new-style raid > tools on a kernel which doesn't support that. > > Here are the steps to take: > 1. Install the kernel source package and kernel-package. > 2. Apply the patch (see the files in /usr/share/doc/patch-raid-*/ for >more information). > 3. Configure (make menuconfig) and compile (make-kpkg kernel_image) >the kernel. (See man make-kpkg and the documentation in >/usr/share/doc/kernel-package .) > 4. Install the resulting package (dpkg -i kernel-image-*.deb). > > Post here if you have problems anywhere along the way. > > -- > G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 > Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ > `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: headers in mutt
* Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am using mutt. When I read a message sometimes appears a lot of stuff in > the > header. I want only the "From:", "To:" and "Subject:" fields. How can I do > that? > Using the option ignore in the muttrc file seems to be endless, because there > is a lot of things to be ignored. I think that is better to tell mutt what to > keep instead... Add this to your ~/.muttrc: | # Show or suppress headers: | ignore * | unignore to: from: subject: reply-to: | hdr_order from: reply-to: to: subject: Alex
Re: headers in mutt
Hi! Thank you! it worked fine! On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:53:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > On 06/26/01 19:40:52 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > I am using mutt. When I read a message sometimes appears a lot of stuff in > > the > > header. I want only the "From:", "To:" and "Subject:" fields. How can I do > > that? > > Using the option ignore in the muttrc file seems to be endless, because > > there > > is a lot of things to be ignored. I think that is better to tell mutt what > > to > > keep instead... > > Hi, > > What I do is ignore all headers with: > > ignore * > > Then I uignore the headers I want to see: > > unignore from: date subject to cc > > HTH! > -- > Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: headers in mutt
On 06/26/01 19:40:52 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I am using mutt. When I read a message sometimes appears a lot of stuff in > the > header. I want only the "From:", "To:" and "Subject:" fields. How can I do > that? > Using the option ignore in the muttrc file seems to be endless, because there > is a lot of things to be ignored. I think that is better to tell mutt what to > keep instead... Hi, What I do is ignore all headers with: ignore * Then I uignore the headers I want to see: unignore from: date subject to cc HTH! -- Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
xfree 4.1 packages
hi, anyone knows a location for xfree 4.1 deb-packages? thx in advance. tom -- Thomas Hess mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:112712215
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headers in mutt
Hi! I am using mutt. When I read a message sometimes appears a lot of stuff in the header. I want only the "From:", "To:" and "Subject:" fields. How can I do that? Using the option ignore in the muttrc file seems to be endless, because there is a lot of things to be ignored. I think that is better to tell mutt what to keep instead... Thanks in advance for the help! Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using different DNS per ISP
hi ya in your ppp scripts if they give you dynamic ppp and dynamic dhcp... you probably dont need any of this stuff ??? isp#1 cp /etc/resolv.isp1.conf /etc/resolv.conf hostname my_server.isp1.com isp#2 cp /etc/resolv.isp2.conf /etc/resolv.conf # hostname dhcp.isp2.com blah... have fun alvin On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a problem why you cna't use dynamic assigned dns servers? (see > > pppconfig, has that option somewhere...) > > > > Regards, > > Nico de Haer > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:50 AM > > Subject: Using different DNS per ISP > > > > > > > > > > I'm using two different ISPs depending on time of day, and cost. > > > Problem is that they will only accept their own nameserver under > > > /etc/resolv.conf. Is there a way around this, or do I need a script > > > which changes resolv.conf before dialing?
Re: Local Host Name
Looks like your hostname isn't set, you can set by editing the /etc/hostname file. as well as the cmnd: export HOSTNAME='' or edit your /etc/apache/httpd.conf and add the line ServerName where is the name you want to be know as by apache. On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:07:34PM -0300, Juan wrote: > Hi, > > After install Apache I get the following error: > > apache: cannot determine local host name > Use ServerName directive to set it manually. > /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > Configuration failed! Run "apacheconfig" to try this again later. > > My question is: where should I define the Local Host Name? I don't mean the > Apache SeverName directive. > > TIA, > > Juan José Velázquez Garcia > Web Development > www.htmlspider.com.br > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Nick Jennings
Re: package naming?!
Andre Alexander Bell wrote: > Hello! > > I'm using testing and while installing on my system I've noticed some thing > about the available package names. > > Examples: > If you want to _use_ telnet. Install package telnet. > If you want to _provide_ telnet. Install package telnetd. > If you want to _use_ ftp. Install package ftp. > If you want to _provide_ ftp. Install package ftpd. > If you want to _use_ ssh. Install package ssh. > If you want to _provide_ ssh... > > Oh, there is no sshd. This is part of ssh. Maybe it would be more convenient > if this is the same to all packages. To use the service you can start with > the package of the services name. (Sure there are alternatives) If you want > to provide a service use d to install the daemon... > Or is there any problem with this naming convention? http://bugs.debian.org/39741 http://bugs.debian.org/71864 Have a look at ppp, for a package that breaks your rule of thumb even more, for very good reasons (ppp is not a client-server protocol, though most people use it as one, and think of it as one). -- see shy jo
Local Host Name
Hi, After install Apache I get the following error: apache: cannot determine local host name Use ServerName directive to set it manually. /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started Configuration failed! Run "apacheconfig" to try this again later. My question is: where should I define the Local Host Name? I don't mean the Apache SeverName directive. TIA, Juan José Velázquez Garcia Web Development www.htmlspider.com.br
Re: apt-get source
thanks for the reply, alias works great :) Dingo. ).|.( '.'___'.' ' '(>~<)' ' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-ooO-=(_)=-Ooo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Petr [Dingo] Dvorak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coder - Purple Dragon MUD pdragon.org port -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ 369D93 ]=-=- Debian version 2.2.18pre21, up 4 days, 17 users, load average: 1.00 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: More on mutt losing its keymap
* Daniel Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: [ the answer I was looking for snipped ] Thank you very much indeed. Yes, I was using vt100, yes, jed and slrn are not affected -- only mutt, and sure, the bad thing went away as soon as I fixed terminfo entry. That's what I get for being a command-line freak: everyone else is using xterms and xterm termcaps seem to work fine between linux, irix and solaris. I guess I have to sit down and set up linux termcaps on our sun/sgi boxen -- using vt100 as I do now is clearly sub-optimal. Thanks again Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key The preposition goes in the middle of the sentence "That is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I shall not put." -- Dan Birchall and Shmuel Metz in asr
Re: Build a new Kernel
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 04:54:44PM -0300, Juan wrote: > How can I build a new kernel? Generic Linux answer: Go to google and do a search for "kernel-howto". Debian-specific answer: `apt-get install kernel-package`, `cd /usr/share/doc/kernel-package`, and read the files there. > Where is the source? `apt-get install kernel-source-`, `cd /usr/src`, `tar xvIf kernel-source-.tar.bz2`, `cd kernel-source-`. -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.12: GCS d? s+: a C++ UL$ P++>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w--- O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv+ b+ DI D G e* h r y+
Re: linux + win95 + grub partition woes
My solution was to move the win 95 partition to the front of the disk. Had to reinstall windows, but managed to keep my linux partition with a bit of jockying with partitions and ext2resize. T. D-Man wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:30:09PM -0400, Timothy H. Keitt wrote: | At what point do I unhide the partitions? | | I have something like | | title linux | unhide (hd0,0) | ... | | title windows | hide (hd0,0) | ... That looks right to me. Maybe Carel, or someone else who knows more than I do will explain it. They explained it to me last time and the messages should be in the archive. -D -- Timothy H. Keitt Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA Phone: 631-632-1101, FAX: 631-632-7626 http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/keitt/
How to get Radeon 3D features working in Sid
I successfully got my Radeon working, with 3D acceleration using DRI, under Debian Unstable. I wrote up how I did it for Debian Planet. If you have a Radeon, take a look at this. I hope you will find it helpful. http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/article.php?sid=253 P.S. Tux Racer is a really fun game! I'm hooked. -- Steve R. Hastings "Vita est" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blarg.net/~steveha
Re: How to install cdrom (Samsung CDR-RW, SW-208; Debian Potato 2.3
On Monday 25 June 2001 23:40, Stephen Taylor wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions; it still doesn't recognize the cd.. > - if it reads a disk I'll try another console to catch the device - > but it's apt-get and it may not stay mounted > > These don't work: > - mount /dev/hdb > - boot: linux ide-scsi=hdb But does this work: mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
Re: manpages page-up and down not working
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Eric Boo wrote: > Hi, > > How do I at least get page up to work when I'm viewing man pages? Right now > all I get are beeps when I try the page-up and page-down keys. > Page-down isn't so important as I can use the spacebar instead. > Neither do the up and down arrows work. > Using SID. > > -- > Eric Boo Try to set $PAGER for less or zless or change symlink to /etc/alternatives/pager for less or zless Krzysztof Urbanski.
Re: big IBM harddisk
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 11:38, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Good info. I had a 486/66MHz system. I pulled out the huge 350mb > hard drive and installed my 20Gb wd. The bios seen *something* and > then I installed debian. Never had a hitch with it.I don't really > think debian gives a rip what the bios thinks at any rate! A good reason I think for having a separate /boot directory. There I dump kernels from various linux distros and have grub boot them even if I mark the second hard drive as Uninstalled in the bios. Also allows me to merrily repartition without grub saying it can't find its second stage (or something similar).
libpam*
Ok, just redid the distupgrade on my unstable and noticed there's a -27 version of the libpam stuff and all's well... One of the things I LOVE about debian is not having to wait weeks for fixes (redhat) or months (windows)... Debian developers are really on the ball. Great going, Robert :wq! --- Robert L. Harris| Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer |For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
Re: Installation
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:56:11AM -0700, Alan Wu wrote: > I have downloaded ash_0.3.8-13_i386.deb. How can I proceed to install this > package? [snip] > P.S. My machine: > OS: Windows Advanced Server 2000 > Pentium III Are you kidding us? You cannot install linux packages just like that on windows. Microsoft does not support it. Your best try is to install cygwin on your windows machine. It is free software, comes with a compiler (IIRC), so you can try to build any software in debian on your windows system. Go to http://google.com and type "cygwin". Cheers, Joost
manpages page-up and down not working
Hi, How do I at least get page up to work when I'm viewing man pages? Right now all I get are beeps when I try the page-up and page-down keys. Page-down isn't so important as I can use the spacebar instead. Neither do the up and down arrows work. Using SID. -- Eric Boo Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 04:32 AM 3 minutes http://magicman.freeshell.org
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 20:16, you wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Brendon wrote: > > This summer holiday I took on the task of learning C++ with (shamefully > > :) the help of C++ For Dummies. > > > > Having tried to learn C++ in the past I'm now reasonably familar with > > it's synax so i thought i'd also try learning QT/KDE programming at the > > same time. But the tutorials I've been through on the doc.trolltech.com > > site have left me a little disappointed. > > > > Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? > > And what did you start with when learning C++? > > Have you installed the kdevelop package. iirc, it comes with a > tutorial and some other KDE programming material, their site should > also have some good stuff. I've tried it. but the tutorial is based on the QT one, basically only giving the KDE specific info.
Re: Careers in Linux
>> :Iam finding it very hard to even get looked at by >> :empolyeers.Basically i have made a career change 1 1/2 years ago >> :from being a factory worker to supporting pc's (sadly win9x/win2k >> :for a uk comapany,name withheld to protect my job :-), at least it >> :got my foot in the door). Hmm, my experience (ok, not just mine, that goes for at least ~ 40 people I know personally, in a small country like .at) your best bet would be looking for a job at an ISP. Preferably somewhat less $VBC-like than AOL or T-online. If you don´t mind doing 1st-level-helpdesk for a year or two, this gets not only your foot in the door, but puts you also in very close proximity to the local gurus. And believe me, nothing´s more valuable than being on good terms (and preferably only one cubicle away from) the local gurus. Cluons (see jargon) tend to emanate from them in high concentrations ;-) >> Try to leverage that foot in the door, can you work in a cheap linux >> box to do firewalling, mail, fileserving, intranet webserver, VPN ? >> >> Be creative and see if there's anything you can do with old machines >> going out of service or a really low end PC, so it won't cost your >> employer much if anything, and then you'll have "official" linux admin >> on your CV If you already know enough for a basic file-/print-/web - server and masquerading box, I think it would be more profitable (and not only to your knowledge level) to aim for very small businesses and admin their firewall-boxes in your spare time. I did (and even do) that for some years now, and it doesn´t exactly look bad on your CV: "adminning $NUM servers for $NUM customers in spare time" >Also try to learn at home as much as possible. Networking, mailing, >firewalling, etc. I would especially take care of things like volume >management, high availability, shared filesystems (Coda, GFS) and >other enterprise features. If you have knowledge in this fields, no >matter on which flavor of unix, you can pick out your >employer. Scripting is a must, I would recommend python. Try to >automate with failure checking and everything needed in a production >environment. That´s self-explanatory, AOL. >> :Also I would be inclined as Iam to start playing with something like >> :Solaris as its more Unix based than say debian/rh/mandrake (if you >> :know what I mean) Doesn´t really matter, if you know your way ´round Debian and some of the more horrible (hey, all software sucks) distributions (did anyone say SuSe!?) you´ll catch up with the admin-side of Slowlaris over a single weekend. Been there, done that. >> All my "important" servers are Sun machines running Solaris, so yes >> it's important to know. <...> I'd go so far as to say the >> difference between RH and Debian is greater than the difference >> between Debian and Solaris. I second that. Except for AIX[0]. >> That said, they're running Solaris because of the Sun hardware, and >> Sparc Linux isn't quite where we'd need it to be. > >Here the same. No one decides to use solaris, but to use SUN hardware. obSunHardware: just got a shiny (well, dusty, actually) SS1 for playing ´round (I adminned a Debian/Sparc-box a while ago, but need to get some more recent hands-on-experience), fscking micropolis-harddrive, in the docu there are jumpers for SCSI-terminations, but all hardware sucks, too, so they aren´t present physically. Anyone in .at-land who could provide me with a external SCSI- (8bit, single-ended) terminator? 0: to quote a fellow cow-orker: AIX: Space animals ate my UNIX compatibility! cheers, &rw -- -- "It's 106 light-years to Chicago, we've got a full chamber of anti- -- matter, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing -- visors." "Engage." -- Paul Tomblin in asr pgpGAzN3A1oaP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Custom kernel won't boot - unable to mount root fs
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:01:39PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:07:55PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > $ modprobe -c | grep ' block-major-8 ' > alias block-major-8 sd_mod Both SCSI support and SCSI disk support are built into the kernel, according to make menuconfig. There shouldn't be any modules involved. (IDE support is a module, since the only IDE drive is a CD-ROM, but SCSI is internal.) > My guess is that your kernel does not know what a "scsi disk" is. > > Can you grep for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD in the config for your kernel (if > you used make-kpkg and installed a kernel-image.deb, it is installed > as /boot/config-2.4.5)? It should be set to "y", not "m". /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.5$ grep CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD .config CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.12: GCS d? s+: a C++ UL$ P++>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w--- O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv+ b+ DI D G e* h r y+
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Brendon wrote: > This summer holiday I took on the task of learning C++ with (shamefully :) > the help of C++ For Dummies. > > Having tried to learn C++ in the past I'm now reasonably familar with it's > synax so i thought i'd also try learning QT/KDE programming at the same time. > But the tutorials I've been through on the doc.trolltech.com site have left > me a little disappointed. > > Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? And > what did you start with when learning C++? Have you installed the kdevelop package. iirc, it comes with a tutorial and some other KDE programming material, their site should also have some good stuff. - Bruce
Re: apt-get source
"Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there any way how i can set up the apt-get source so it unpacks the source > in /usr/src/ and drops the original tarball in /usr/src ? (cd /usr/src ; apt-get source whatever) ? Set up an alias or shell-script to do the cd. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Toothpaste never hurts the taste of good scotch.
Re: apt-get source
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:47:15 CDT, "Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" writes: >is there any way how i can set up the apt-get source so it unpacks the source >in /usr/src/ and drops the original tarball in /usr/src ? apt-get source puts whatever you request in the current dir. just ORIG_DIR=`pwd`; cd /usr/src/; apt-get source <$package>; cd $ORIG_DIR does the trick. IMHO /usr/local/src/ would be more to the FHS, but it´s your system after all ;-) cheers, &rw -- -- Gordon's Law: If you think you have the -- solution, the question was poorly phrased. pgpByKCYoTY9W.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: vmware on Debian?
--- Robert Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 25 June 2001 21:54, nico de haer wrote: > > I use it on Debian 2.2r2 (kernel 2.2.19pre21) > works fine! > > Can your Windows apps access hardware like USB, > soundcard, scanner? This > would be interesting. A lot of people could use all > their hardware while > running Linux. It has to be configured on your regular linux machine first before the virtual machine can access it. I run vmware on 2.4.4 kernel (UNSUPPORTED by vmware) without too many problems. It can't access my floppy correctly (but does do CDROM access from my Plextor SCSI burner, it doesn't like my Plextor UW SCSI CDROM though). Other than those problems, I haven't found any others.yet (just found the floppy problem yesterday. -- Regards, Tim Whiskey Sour Nuhn O. Yobiznez Licq #14373626 Why?Why not?.Why not try? The rule of an inquisitive mind. My karma just hit my dogma.again! What's the big button for? = Regards- Tim Stetson Whiskey Sour Nuhn O. Yobiznez Licq # 14373626 Why?.Why not?..Why not try? The rule of an inquisitive mind. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 19:14, D-Man wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Brendon wrote: > | Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? > | And what did you start with when learning C++? > > I don't use KDE and I don't like Qt's LnF so I don't know about that > part. As for learning C++ -- it is big and complicated and the little > details will get you. I would recommend starting out with an easier > language to get the basics of programming down first. Then move into > C++ once you understand how to program. I highly recommend Python as > an easy, powerful, and clean language to learn. It also allows you to > choose the most appropriate paradigm -- you can start out procedurally > (simpler) and move into OO (class-based) when you are ready for it. > Alan Gauld has an excellent tutorial for beginners at > http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld. Python also has bindings to Qt > (PyQt) so you can do Qt/KDE programming using Python and forget about > the headaches that C++ can give you. If you decide to try python, > check out the tutor mailing list, it is very helpful > (tutor@python.org, http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor). i'll check it out. just another question, what advantages and disadvantages does python have over C++? Also, is C++ really that complicated to learn? In the learning process i haven't run into any problems (except understanding pointers.. kept on getting confused because of the different uses of * ). Though when looking at the source of Konverse, i was a little overwhelmed. But I presumed this was because i didnt know how to work with QT. > You may also want to try Java. It is basically C++ with pointers, > manual memory management, and freestanding functions removed. Also > the class definition conicides with the declaration (not in 2 separate > files). Its syntax is nearly identical, yet it simplifies quite a few > things. IMO Python is much better designed, much easier to use, and > more powerful (and flexible) than Java. But also awfully slow was it not? I suppose Python -> Java -> C++ would be the right order to learn, considering the apparent ease of python, demand for java and complexity of C++. Any comments? Brendon
emdebed Linux
I've sent a couple of emails to the emdebian list, but have not gotten any reply's, So I've decided to go on my own. I've purchased a yopy, and have started compiling some apps for it, but I find myself wanting some debian tool(such as apt/dselect). I'm sure I could compile both into the yopy's linux, but I want to set up my own source server for the yopy to connect to. With only packages I want on yopy. I do not know how to do this. Could someone please either tell me how, or point me to a how-to? Wayne
unstable broken
I just upgraded my unstable box. Now I can't login. I enter root or any user at "login: " and immediately get back password rejected, with no password prompt. I booted off a root/rescue disk mounted root on /mnt and did a "chroot /mnt /bin/bash" then "passwd" and I get: passwd: Module is unknown I reverted libpam-modules, libpam-runtime and libpam0g and I'm fine. Robert :wq! --- Robert L. Harris| Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer |For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
Re: Custom kernel won't boot - unable to mount root fs
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:07:55PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > I've got a SCSI-based quad P3 system which starts up just fine off the stock > 2.2.19pre17 kernel from potato, but refuses to boot the 2.4.5 kernel that > I've built for it. It dies just after initializing the NET4 subsystem, > saying: > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 $ modprobe -c | grep ' block-major-8 ' alias block-major-8 sd_mod > The SCSI controller (Adaptec AIC7899) is detected, although it looks like my > 2.4.5 only detects one channel while the stock 2.2.19pre17 sees two channels. > But that could just be a difference in how 2.2 and 2.4 report things. My guess is that your kernel does not know what a "scsi disk" is. Can you grep for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD in the config for your kernel (if you used make-kpkg and installed a kernel-image.deb, it is installed as /boot/config-2.4.5)? It should be set to "y", not "m". Cheers, Joost
Re: Careers in Linux
"Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 01:52:02AM +0100, mark wrote: > :Hi, > > :Iam finding it very hard to even get looked at by > :empolyeers.Basically i have made a career change 1 1/2 years ago > :from being a factory worker to supporting pc's (sadly win9x/win2k > :for a uk comapany,name withheld to protect my job :-), at least it > :got my foot in the door). > > Luck did have a big part in getting my current position! I was "the > guy who knows computers" in my last job (Public Works department of a > local Municipality), but hat little official responsibility for them. Similar here. At the university i studied social sciences the department of mechanical engeneering was looking for a student with ,,programming knowledge´´. OK, I thought, after 7 jears of linux experience, GEM - Programming on Atari ST, I have ,,programming knowledge´´. I got the job, it was very bad payed, and I ended up with 13000 lines of C++ - Code (in the biggest program), a very good attestation, much more knowledge than before and a lifelong job guarantee. > > Try to leverage that foot in the door, can you work in a cheap linux > box to do firewalling, mail, fileserving, intranet webserver, VPN ? > > Be creative and see if there's anything you can do with old machines > going out of service or a really low end PC, so it won't cost your > employer much if anything, and then you'll have "official" linux admin > on your CV > Also try to learn at home as much as possible. Networking, mailing, firewalling, etc. I would especially take care of things like volume management, high availability, shared filesystems (Coda, GFS) and other enterprise features. If you have knowledge in this fields, no matter on which flavor of unix, you can pick out your employer. Scripting is a must, I would recommend python. Try to automate with failure checking and everything needed in a production environment. > > :Also I would be inclined as Iam to start playing with something like > :Solaris as its more Unix based than say debian/rh/mandrake (if you > :know what I mean) > > All my "important" servers are Sun machines running Solaris, so yes > it's important to know. But I wouldn't call it "more Unix based" > exept that Unix is a trademark Linux doesn't wear. From an admin > perspective some of the commands behave a little differently (though I > use the GNU tools mostly so they are the same), and there's a few > minor differences that can be trouble till you get used to them. From > a user view there's even less difference. I'd go so far as to say the > difference between RH and Debian is greater than the difference > between Debian and Solaris. Except that debian is much better. It´s cleaner, it has a clear policy, an absolute superior package management and more I can count here. I work in a major data processing center as a solaris sysadmin, and I hate solaris. > > That said, they're running Solaris because of the Sun hardware, and > Sparc Linux isn't quite where we'd need it to be. Here the same. No one decides to use solaris, but to use SUN hardware. Greetings, Christoph
Build a new Kernel
Hello, How can I build a new kernel? Where is the source? Thanks Juan José Velázquez Garcia Web Development www.htmlspider.com.br
apt-get source
Hey list, after i spent 30 minutes looking where the last source package unpacked on my machine, i started to look for a way how to unpack those in specific directory .. but i guess i'm blind because i can't find it .. is there any way how i can set up the apt-get source so it unpacks the source in /usr/src/ and drops the original tarball in /usr/src ? Thanks, Dingo. ).|.( '.'___'.' ' '(>~<)' ' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-ooO-=(_)=-Ooo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Petr [Dingo] Dvorak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coder - Purple Dragon MUD pdragon.org port -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ 369D93 ]=-=- Debian version 2.2.18pre21, up 4 days, 17 users, load average: 1.00 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: More on mutt losing its keymap
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi all, > I whined before about mutt losing Up and Dn keys seemingly at > random. Well, it looks like it's not random after all: keymap gets > screwed after I telnet/ssh to other boxen on the network. Just now > it happened after I telnetted to an irix machine and that killed the > session with ^] - quit. > > Any idea what's happening there? -- I'd like to get this fixed, it's > very annoying when arrow keys stop working all of a sudden. Ok, here's my guess: Your cursor keys are getting stuck in "Cursor Mode" when they should be in "Application Mode" or vice versa. Briefly, vt100-like terminals (such as xterm or the linux console, or that old vt220 rotting in my parents' spare room) have two modes that cursor keys can be in - one in which the keys transmit [A, [B, [C and [D, and one in which they transmit O (that's a capital "o") as the second character instead of [. (The reason for this has something to do with DEC marketing and the transition between the vt52 and vt100, I think) Anyway, terminals can be switched between the two modes simply by getting the appropriate escape codes from the other end. In an ideal world, there'd be only one set of codes transmitted by the cursor keys. In an almost ideal world, mutt would switch to "Application" mode on startup, switch back to "Cursor" mode if you spawned a shell or put it into the background, and then back again to "Apllication" mode once it either comes back to the foreground or the subprocess exits. (Or mutt would expect Cursor mode and switch there) Now, one of these things is not happening, and from your earlier posts my guess is that mutt expects the cursor keys to be in "Cursor" mode and just assumes that they'll be that way. I make this guess because each vc initially starts in "Cursor" mode and switches to "Application" mode only when told. ... ... Ok, here's what I think the end result is: 1. "Cursor" mode is the "normal" mode; if an application switches the keys to "Application" mode, it damn well better switch back. 2. jed can deal with both the "Cursor" and "Application" mode key sequences no matter what terminal it's on. I suspect that jed falls back on its own keybindings and isn't dependent on what slang tells it. 3. the Linux terminal responds to the vt100 codes that switch cursor state. These codes are NOT documented in the console_codes manpage. (though the related codes to switch the numeric keypad between numbers and escape sequences are documented) 4. For vt100 (and relatives), the terminfo entry says that the key sequence for "up" is Escape-O-A. The terminfo entry for the linux console says that the key sequence for "up" is Escape-[-A So I'm undecided as to who's to blame here. If all access to the console was done through the terminfo entries that Debian has, then all would be fine - no program would ever send the linux console the control codes to switch into Application mode, and every application would expect the console to be in Cursor mode. However, that's not what's happening here - something keeps switching your arrow keys into Application mode - probably this is some program on the far end that either has a terminfo entry for linux that says to do this or is using a vt100 definition for your terminal. I'll note that the terminfo entry for vt100 says that applications which expect to read in movement keys should, on startup, send the codes that switch the arrow keys to Application mode and cause the numeric keypad to send escape sequences. At the end of the application, that same terminfo entry says that they should send the codes that return the keypad to just numbers and the arrow keys to Cursor mode. As a temporary measure, if you've just disconnected and think that your cursor keys may be messed up, you can do TERM=vt100 tput rmkx Your keys should then work the next time you start up mutt. But what you probably want is a permanent fix. The most elegant solution I can come up with to fix this is to do the following as root: infocmp linux > /tmp/linux.tic echo ' smkx=\E[?1l, rmkx=\E?1l,' >> /tmp/linux.tic tic /tmp/linux.tic rm /tmp/linux.tic This will ensure that any application which wishes to use cursor keys in linux at least has a chance of sending the codes to switch the console into Cursor mode in case something switched it out. (Yes, I do mean for both smkx and rmkx strings to be identical) You can also run the same sequence of commands as a non-root user, but that won't change the system-wide setting. If you want, before you get rid of /tmp/linux.tic, you can send it to that IRIX system and use tic there to teach it about the linux terminal. Perhaps this adjustment to the terminfo entries for linux could be sent upstream; I guess filing a bug against ncurses is the way to do that.[2] By the way, I found the page http://www.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/~rohm/computing/mpimf/notes/terminal.html to be a great little page that explained all
Re: deselect & aptitude show different packages !!!
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:58:45PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 at 12:52:35 -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 05:57:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Balbir Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I am using ustable, with kernel 2.4.5. Aptitude shows many more packages > > > >than deselect . > > > > > > Have you run 'dselect update' recently, or have you just been using > > > 'apt-get update'? > > > > Yep , I have done that and do so regularly. Though it should show broken > > dependencies in any case ?? > > Well, 'apt-get update' doesn't update dselect's available database, > hence the question. Beyond that, no idea, sorry ... > You are right that was the problem. I was under the impression that apt update update a common database which dselect shares. Thank you bt
Re: Pluggin in Galeon
Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > Galeon is a great brower but is there any pluggin
> > like flash, java work under it? Pluggin for network
> > work well (most of the time) just wanna switch to
> > galeon ASAP coz it is cool =)
>
> galeon is to a large extent just a front-end to mozilla (I
> don't mean that negatively towards galeon). Install plug-ins
> for mozilla and they should work with galeon. I don't know if
> galeon has it's own plug-in directory or not, but I don't
> think it does or should. In fact, you *have* to have mozilla
> already installed to use it, so why duplicate plug-ins ??
>
> Also, if there isn't a plug-in specifically for mozilla, ones
> designed for the "old" Netscape browser, navigator, are
> supposed to work.
I've tried both Shockwave 4.0 and 5.0 with mozilla and they works, the same is
for galeon. YMMV but with another debian box i've to disable esound ("esdctl
off") to start mozilla.
Don't know if it's the right place, but trying to put the libflashplayer.so and
ShockwaveFlash.class under /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.1/plugins/
Andrea
Re: My voodoo 3...
Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > > I *haven't* created the tdfx device file (/dev/cards/tdfx?), because i > > can't remember how to (or even what the name of the file is). I > > searched on google, without luck. > > It's /dev/3dfx, and you don't create it manually. Get the device3dfx-source > package. Build the deb from that (make-kpkg, it's in the README), and when > you > install the deb, it'll load the module and create the dev entry. > You need /dev/3dfx if you want accelerated HW 3D with XFree 3.3.x, if you are using XFree 4.0.x (and above) you don't need the /dev/3dfx (or better /dev/3dfx is not supported, i remember faster than DRI but with some drawbacks: work only in full screen and could lock solid the box)... Andrea
Re: IP ALIAS
Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 08:05:10PM -0300, Juan wrote: > > How can I configure an IP ALIAS ? > > 1) Build a kernel with IP aliasing support > 2) Assign an address to eth0:0, eth0:1, etc. > And, IIRC, in the 2.4.x kernel tree aliasing is default (or better, you will not find an alias options =) Andrea
Re: Custom kernel won't boot - unable to mount root fs
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:07:55PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > There's obviously something that I need to include in my kernel, but I've > double- and triple-checked menuconfig and there's nothing which obviously > should be required that isn't included. What am I missing? OK, I guess there's one thing I hadn't tried: a stock 2.4.5-686 kernel. It dies the same way. Am I correct to conclude that IBM Netfinity servers and the 2.4 kernel don't play nicely with each other? -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.12: GCS d? s+: a C++ UL$ P++>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w--- O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv+ b+ DI D G e* h r y+
Irritating eepro100 error
I'm getting lots of this in my messages log: Jun 26 10:06:36 geingob kernel: eth0: card reports no resources. Jun 26 10:06:56 geingob last message repeated 9 times The card is a built-in IBM fast ethernet card, driver eepro100. It seems like it's been fixed in the driver version on scyld.com, but I can't get that to compile. Is anyone using debian with this card successfully? geingob:/usr/src/eepro# uname -a Linux geingob 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i686 unknown Thanks. - Andrew J. Perrin - Assistant Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Custom kernel won't boot - unable to mount root fs
I've got a SCSI-based quad P3 system which starts up just fine off the stock 2.2.19pre17 kernel from potato, but refuses to boot the 2.4.5 kernel that I've built for it. It dies just after initializing the NET4 subsystem, saying: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 The SCSI controller (Adaptec AIC7899) is detected, although it looks like my 2.4.5 only detects one channel while the stock 2.2.19pre17 sees two channels. But that could just be a difference in how 2.2 and 2.4 report things. There's obviously something that I need to include in my kernel, but I've double- and triple-checked menuconfig and there's nothing which obviously should be required that isn't included. What am I missing? -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.12: GCS d? s+: a C++ UL$ P++>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w--- O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv+ b+ DI D G e* h r y+
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
This was also one of my problems and i solved it (or i worked arround it) I run Windows and XWindow in different resolutions. My monitor can 'remember' 14 different settings at the same time. Hmm... I'm already running Windows and X under different resolutions. Windows is run under 1024x768 and X under 1280x1024. I'd appreciate any more suggestions. If I reboot from Linux to Linux, the monitor's geometry settings will stick just fine, but if I boot to Windows and back to Linux, the geometry settings are reset. -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee ...is here to save the Web! http://www.gigabee.com
Re: single-user mode? strange
The problem is caused by some problems in the libpam* packages. To boot into single user mode, if you're using lilo, just append "s" to the end of your image name when you boot, like: LILO: linux s It will then boot and ask you for root password, which will work. Then download the libpam* packages from http://incoming.debian.org/ and install them with dpkg. Reboot and all should be well. On 26 Jun 2001 13:47:01 -0400, Daniel Patrick Berdine wrote: > I recently ran dselect and did an upgrade with unstable which had the > result that I can't log in at all (typing 'root' at the login promt > returns Login Incorrect, I don't even get to try the password, similar > results with the kdm login screen). > > My first thought was to boot into single user mode and try and work things > out from there, not sure how but it was a place to start. I searched the > archives and found several messages saying that to boot into single user > mode I need to add the 'single' option at my lilo boot: prompt. > > So I tried 'Linux single' 'Linux Single' 'LinuxText single' > 'LinuxText2.4.3 single' and was inevitablly put into normal multi user > mode. > > My normal kernel is 2.4.5, but you can see I also tried 2.4.3. > > Any suggestions? I'm going to try using a boot floppy and such, but I > would still like to know how to get into single-user mode... > > Thanks, > > -Dan > > P.S. Please CC responses to my email, thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- e-mail: aquila at hypox dot org website: http://aquila.hypox.org geek code: GCS d- s+:--- a-- C ULS++> P+++ L+++>$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M-- V-- PS---@ PE--@ Y? PGP- t 5 X- R tv+ b+ DI-- D+ G++ e(++) h! r* y ---
Re: deselect & aptitude show different packages !!!
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 at 12:52:35 -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 05:57:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Balbir Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I am using ustable, with kernel 2.4.5. Aptitude shows many more packages > > >than deselect . > > > > Have you run 'dselect update' recently, or have you just been using > > 'apt-get update'? > > Yep , I have done that and do so regularly. Though it should show broken > dependencies in any case ?? Well, 'apt-get update' doesn't update dselect's available database, hence the question. Beyond that, no idea, sorry ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:56:11AM -0700, Alan Wu wrote: > I have downloaded ash_0.3.8-13_i386.deb. How can I proceed to install this > package? > P.S. My machine: > OS: Windows Advanced Server 2000 debs aren't Windows software. You'll have to install linux (and preferably the debian flavor) to use them. Instructions can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/#new-inst -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.12: GCS d? s+: a C++ UL$ P++>+++ L+++> E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w--- O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv+ b+ DI D G e* h r y+
Re: mount (2.4.4)
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:38:44PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 07:43:20PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: ... > :fatfs : bogus cluster size > :VFS:can't find a valide MSDOS filesystem on dev 02:00 > :mount:you must specify the filesystem type . > You probably have a raw kernel image on the floppy (no filesystem at > all). Try "rdev /dev/fd0" you should get back something like "Root > device /dev/hda1" if you have a kernel image there. ok but I can write my boot diskette of the kernel 2.2.17 > You're probably better off using lilo or another boot loader to boot > of the HD, boot ing from floppy is Soo tedious :) I agree with you but I have potato 2.2r2 and an other OS on one hdd second master (hdc) and potato 2.2r0 on an other hdd first master (hda). Lilo boot linux and the other OS on hdc and I boot linux with a boot diskette on hda. Can I boot the three systems with lilo ? I guess that I must use grub to do this. > -Jon > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Gerard
Re: vmware on Debian?
On Monday 25 June 2001 21:54, nico de haer wrote: > I use it on Debian 2.2r2 (kernel 2.2.19pre21) works fine! Can your Windows apps access hardware like USB, soundcard, scanner? This would be interesting. A lot of people could use all their hardware while running Linux.
Re: deselect & aptitude show different packages !!!
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 05:57:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Balbir Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am using ustable, with kernel 2.4.5. Aptitude shows many more packages > >than deselect . > > Have you run 'dselect update' recently, or have you just been using > 'apt-get update'? Yep , I have done that and do so regularly. Though it should show broken dependencies in any case ??
Re: GMC working under Gnome?
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:54:16 -0400 Chun Kit Edwin Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just wondering if anyone get GMC working under Gnome in unstable. I > tried to start it but it gives me the following warning and then quit > > Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation > > > Gdk-WARNING **: ISO8859-1 > > Anyone knows what's happening? And also, I noticed that the Missing > charsets in FontSet creation error happen very often. Any hints on how > to fix it? > Funny that you should mention it. I *have* seen behaviour like this before, but the other way around. I have been trying to get my system to talk dutch to my flatmate (she has an account of her own), and I ran into the problem that dutch was defined as nl_NL.ISO-8859-1 in /etc/locale.alias, but as nl_NL.ISO8859-1 in /usr/X11/lib/locale/locale.alias (note the missing dash). Fooling around with those config files is slowly bringing me nearer to a dutch system here, so maybe your gmc failing is related? Mart pgpQQ5sorrueO.pgp Description: PGP signature
single-user mode? strange
I recently ran dselect and did an upgrade with unstable which had the result that I can't log in at all (typing 'root' at the login promt returns Login Incorrect, I don't even get to try the password, similar results with the kdm login screen). My first thought was to boot into single user mode and try and work things out from there, not sure how but it was a place to start. I searched the archives and found several messages saying that to boot into single user mode I need to add the 'single' option at my lilo boot: prompt. So I tried 'Linux single' 'Linux Single' 'LinuxText single' 'LinuxText2.4.3 single' and was inevitablly put into normal multi user mode. My normal kernel is 2.4.5, but you can see I also tried 2.4.3. Any suggestions? I'm going to try using a boot floppy and such, but I would still like to know how to get into single-user mode... Thanks, -Dan P.S. Please CC responses to my email, thanks
Re: Starting with XML
I don't know if it has been mentioned but you can also check out the package xae, which is an emacs-based XML IDE, by the same person who wrote jde (an emacs Java IDE). -Glenn On 26 Jun 2001, Ilya Martynov wrote: > > ER> I recommend. > ER> apt-get install emacs20 > ER> apt-get install psgml > ER> Psgml parses XML and gives it color. With a DTD you can find out what > ER> elements are valid. > ER> I think there is also a debian-sgml list. > > You have forgotten > > apt-get install tdtd > > :) > > Without it emacs doesn't provide DTD edition mode. > > -- ++ http://www.burningclown.com "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" ++
Re: IBM Java 1.3 - Anyone get to work?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to get DB2 to install and run on my Debian box. One of the > programs it needs is java. IBM is highly recommending that you install and > run their version of java. I have pulled down the .rpm for it and > installed it both as a rpm and as a deb (not at the same time). Anyway, no > matter which way I install it. running any programs that use java (i.e. > db2cc) complain that libjava.so can not be found. > > I have added the path to /etc/ld.so.conf where libjava.so is founc, but to > no avail. I also tried adding symbolic links to the .so files to > /usr/local/lib. This did not work either. I recommend jdk1.3 from blackdown. deb ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian potato non-free apt-get install j2sdk1.3 JAVA_HOME will be /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3 and the installer handles all the /etc/alternative stuff. the symlinks are like /usr/bin/java ... Have fun, Eric
Re: Pluggin in Galeon
Hi
So will plugger works under galeon as well?
Edwin Lau
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:45:00PM -0400, Leo Laursen wrote:
> "Chun Kit Edwin Lau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Galeon is a great brower but is there any pluggin like flash, java work
> > under it? Pluggin for network work well (most of the time) just wanna
> > switch to galeon ASAP coz it is cool =)
> >
> It seems to use Mozilla plugins in /usr/lib/moxilla/plugins
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] % ls /usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.1/plugins
>{ ~ }
> javaplugin.so libflashplayer.so libnullplugin.so ShockwaveFlash.class
>
> I do have some java and flash in Galeon, automagically.
>
> Leo
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Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:36:06 +0200 Mart van de Wege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, it seems like this is one of those weeks. Just did an upgrade > (running sid), saw some pam packages being upgrade, and now I can't log > in > to my desktop machine anymore. It even refuses ssh connections from my > laptop. Thank $WHOEVER that I had a shell running on a virtual console, > but aside from that? He's dead Jim. > Anyone else see this? should I rush out and file a bug for this, or will > it be fixed tomorrow, so just upgrading will fix it? > > Mart > Ok, Thanks all for the quick reaction. Sorry for the Subject line, but I send all my mail through my desktop machine, and it seems that postfix uses pam, as it stopped accepting connections from the laptop as well, so after the original message failed, I just changed the smtp host in Sylpheed, pasted the text into a new message and resent without checking the subject. As I said, it turns out to be of *those* weeks :( Also thanks to Sam for being on the ball and fixing this quick. Mart
Re: Starting with XML
ER> I recommend. ER> apt-get install emacs20 ER> apt-get install psgml ER> Psgml parses XML and gives it color. With a DTD you can find out what ER> elements are valid. ER> I think there is also a debian-sgml list. You have forgotten apt-get install tdtd :) Without it emacs doesn't provide DTD edition mode. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)| | GnuPG 1024D/323BDEE6 D7F7 561E 4C1D 8A15 8E80 E4AE BE1A 53EB 323B DEE6 | | AGAVA Software Company (http://www.agava.com/) | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
SID USERS READ THIS!
This message is for all sid users who have a broken PAM : The message referenced below was sent to debian-devel-announce last night. It is from the PAM maintainer and explains what happened and how to fix your system. Read it, then go subscribe to debian-devel-announce so you get these sort of announcements. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0106/msg00011.html Sorry for the tone of this message, but it is rather annoying to see numerous threads on debain-user repeating the same "how do I fix unstable" question when the answer was already sent by the maintainer (not to mention several different techniques already discussed on -user). -D
Re: Installation
> I have downloaded ash_0.3.8-13_i386.deb. How can > I proceed to install this package? > > Thanks > > Alan Y. Wu > Senior NT Systems Engineer > Camstar Systems, Inc. > 900 Hamilton Avenue > Campbell, CA 95008 > > P.S. My machine: > OS: Windows Advanced Server 2000 > Pentium III Step 1: Install Debian Linux or a distro based on Debian Step 2: At a command prompt, type "dpkg --install ash_0.3.8-13_i386.deb" and then hit your "Enter" key. Hall
Re: Starting with XML
Victor wrote: > > Hi, > > In my job I now need to transfer data between application using XML. > > As an absolute beginner in this field I'm asking you the very very > basic of XML. > > As far as I know having leafed through debian documentation XML as a > tagged language is a subset of SGML therefore: > > 1) What deb packages should I install to build and view XML documents? Check out the following packages. http://packages.debian.org/stable/text I recommend. apt-get install emacs20 apt-get install psgml Psgml parses XML and gives it color. With a DTD you can find out what elements are valid. I think there is also a debian-sgml list. > > 2) Where can I find documentation both on the packages themselves and, > above all, on XML? http://www.w3.org/ is a good place to start Hope this helps, Eric
Re: OT: C++ Newbie and KDE/QT
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Brendon wrote: | This summer holiday I took on the task of learning C++ with (shamefully :) | the help of C++ For Dummies. | | Having tried to learn C++ in the past I'm now reasonably familar with it's | synax so i thought i'd also try learning QT/KDE programming at the same time. | But the tutorials I've been through on the doc.trolltech.com site have left | me a little disappointed. | | Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? And | what did you start with when learning C++? I don't use KDE and I don't like Qt's LnF so I don't know about that part. As for learning C++ -- it is big and complicated and the little details will get you. I would recommend starting out with an easier language to get the basics of programming down first. Then move into C++ once you understand how to program. I highly recommend Python as an easy, powerful, and clean language to learn. It also allows you to choose the most appropriate paradigm -- you can start out procedurally (simpler) and move into OO (class-based) when you are ready for it. Alan Gauld has an excellent tutorial for beginners at http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld. Python also has bindings to Qt (PyQt) so you can do Qt/KDE programming using Python and forget about the headaches that C++ can give you. If you decide to try python, check out the tutor mailing list, it is very helpful (tutor@python.org, http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor). You may also want to try Java. It is basically C++ with pointers, manual memory management, and freestanding functions removed. Also the class definition conicides with the declaration (not in 2 separate files). Its syntax is nearly identical, yet it simplifies quite a few things. IMO Python is much better designed, much easier to use, and more powerful (and flexible) than Java. -D
Re: Can't login, won't ask for password
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:49:23 Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Stephen" == Stephen Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stephen> I got bit by this one, too. Here's how I went diagnosing > Stephen> it: ## to get list of recent changed logs # ls -ltr > > Sorry about this; fix at > http://incoming.debian.org/libpam-modules_0.72-26_i386.deb. Hey, no sweat man. I run unstable as a learning experience. :-) oh, i think you meant 0.72-27, right? I went ahead and subscribed to devel-announce as another person suggested in this thread. -s
Installation
Hello, I have downloaded ash_0.3.8-13_i386.deb. How can I proceed to install this package? Thanks Alan Y. Wu Senior NT Systems Engineer Camstar Systems, Inc. 900 Hamilton Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 P.S. My machine: OS: Windows Advanced Server 2000 Pentium III
Re: deselect & aptitude show different packages !!!
Balbir Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am using ustable, with kernel 2.4.5. Aptitude shows many more packages >than deselect . Have you run 'dselect update' recently, or have you just been using 'apt-get update'? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gnome quicklaunch
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 08:04:43PM -0400, Jacob Stowell wrote: | Hello, | | I am having a problem and was wondering if someone might be able to help | me out. I have a quicklaunch applet on my gnome panel. Interestingly, | when i start xterm or axyftp from the quicklaunch, /root shows up as the | default home directory: | | satchel[/root]% No, that is not "the default home directory". If it was you would see "~", not "/root" as the path. It is the "default /current working/ directory". | I tried removing ~/.gnome/quicklaunch completely and creating a new one, | but ran into the same problem. I also removed it from the panel, shut | down and placed a fresh quicklauncher with the same result. I thought | that it may be a permissions problem and I did a recursive chmod 770 | ~/.gnome to give user access to the necessary directories. Again, this | approach failed. | | What is strange is that when I start quicklaunch_applet from a console | as user, it places the launcher on the panel, and when i open xterm or | axyftp the default is my home directory: | | satchel[~]% | | I am not sure why this is happening, Probably a session thing. For some reason it was probably started or has a default config file somewhere with /root as the current directory. The next time it is run it uses the same. Maybe it has the default of using root's home directory? Maybe it is run by root (during startup of system) and thinks it should use $HOME (/root) as the default dir, but when you run it later as joeuser it uses $HOME (/home/joeuser) as the current directory. I don't know why it would do that, just some speculation on the matter. You can probably find a config file (maybe ~/.gnome/quicklanuch) where the current working directory is installed and you can set it to what you want. It may even allow configuring by right clicking on the applet and select "Properties" in the menu. I'm really not sure because I don't use that applet (in fact, at the moment I hardly have any applets because gnome-applets isn't in woody). -D
Re: Can't login, won't ask for password
> "Stephen" == Stephen Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephen> I got bit by this one, too. Here's how I went diagnosing Stephen> it: ## to get list of recent changed logs # ls -ltr Sorry about this; fix at http://incoming.debian.org/libpam-modules_0.72-26_i386.deb.
Re: linux + win95 + grub partition woes
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:30:09PM -0400, Timothy H. Keitt wrote: | At what point do I unhide the partitions? | | I have something like | | title linux | unhide (hd0,0) | ... | | title windows | hide (hd0,0) | ... That looks right to me. Maybe Carel, or someone else who knows more than I do will explain it. They explained it to me last time and the messages should be in the archive. -D
