Re: afterstep
well, i found the problem. i'm not surprised nobody suggested it, because it was so blazingly obvious... i changed the permissions on /tmp to 777, and it works fine. so now i guess what i want to know is, what are the default permissions on /tmp? i don't remember ever changing them. -brad On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, W Paul Mills wrote: > > > I believe that /usr/X11R6/bin/X needs to be suid root. > > no, that wasn't the problem. note that there are no problems with any > other wm i've tried (fvwm/2/95, olvwm, twm) > > i should also note that X is killed when i start up afterstep. > > -brad > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > > > > > hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep. > > > if i start it as root, there are no problems. > > > if i start as a normal user, i get this: > > > > > > velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors > > > sh: /tmp/steprcX: Permission denied > > > Cannot open m4-processed config file > > > : No such file or directory > > > xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" > > > > > > the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off. /tmp is empty before and after i > > > try to start afterstep. > > > my system is basically 1.3.0 > > > > > > can anyone advise me on what to look for? > > > > > > -brad > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill > > > > > > > > > -- > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > > > http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ - > > : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : > > : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow?: > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] :here, today. : > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : > > : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer: > > -- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ - > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: afterstep
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, W Paul Mills wrote: > I believe that /usr/X11R6/bin/X needs to be suid root. no, that wasn't the problem. note that there are no problems with any other wm i've tried (fvwm/2/95, olvwm, twm) i should also note that X is killed when i start up afterstep. -brad > On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > > > hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep. > > if i start it as root, there are no problems. > > if i start as a normal user, i get this: > > > > velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors > > sh: /tmp/steprcX: Permission denied > > Cannot open m4-processed config file > > : No such file or directory > > xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" > > > > the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off. /tmp is empty before and after i > > try to start afterstep. > > my system is basically 1.3.0 > > > > can anyone advise me on what to look for? > > > > -brad > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ - > : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : > : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow?: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] :here, today. : > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : > : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer: > -- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [Q] update-menus broken in 1.3?
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > and put it in /etc/menu. anything that starts with 'local' is installed, > regardless of what debian packages are installed. this is an inadequately > documented feature of menu (buried in a changelog file... hmpth :P ) whoops! i guess i'll have to retract this statement-- it is indeed in the new docs! sorry-- brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: StarOffice and Fvwm95
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Paul Serice wrote: > Oh boy. I've downloaded and installed StarOffice. I can't believe > they're giving this away. > > Anyway, it runs fine. The only thing is I'm having a difficult time > creating a menu item for fvwm95 minding, though, that it executes > properly when I just type in "swriter3" in an xterm. > > The entry in .fvwm95 I'm using looks like all the rest: > > + "StarWriter" Exec swriter & > > > Would someone be so kind as to post their menu entry for any of the > StarOffice products. are you using the debian menu package? i put this in the file /etc/menu/local-staroffice ---excuse the long lines X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/scalc none "SCalc" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/scalc3 X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/schart none "SChart" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/schart3 X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/sdraw none "SDraw" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/sdraw3 X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/simage none "SImage" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/simage3 X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/smath none "SMath" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/smath3 X11 Apps/StarOffice staroffice/swriter none "SWriter" /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/linux-x86/bin/swriter3 -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
afterstep
hi, i am having some trouble (with permissions?) starting up afterstep. if i start it as root, there are no problems. if i start as a normal user, i get this: velcro# cat /home/brad/.xsession-errors sh: /tmp/steprcX: Permission denied Cannot open m4-processed config file : No such file or directory xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" the /tmp/ thing is what throws me off. /tmp is empty before and after i try to start afterstep. my system is basically 1.3.0 can anyone advise me on what to look for? -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [Q] update-menus broken in 1.3?
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Sudhakar Chandrasekharan: > > > I have spent the last couple of hours trying to customize my fvwm2 > > > setup. I basically want to add stuff to the default menus that comes > > > with Debian. I tried the following - > > > > > > * Moved /usr/lib/menu/default/vim to /etc/menu/vim and ran > > > update-menus. Then quit X and restarted it. Don't find vim under > > > /Apps/Editors (which is where it is supposed to put in). this isn't necessary... menu already looks in /usr/lib/menu/default > > To add local stuff, try using "?package(menu):" at the front of the line in > > themenu file. Since the menu package is of course installed, the menu item > > will show up. (There are probably better ways to do this..) > > That worked. As you said, there *should* be another way to specify > local packages. Though I can understand why update-menus does not add > an item if the package is not installed. yes, there is another, 'more proper' way. rename the file to local-vim and put it in /etc/menu. anything that starts with 'local' is installed, regardless of what debian packages are installed. this is an inadequately documented feature of menu (buried in a changelog file... hmpth :P ) > Another question. I know this might be a FAQ. > > If I want to install a package that is not part of the Debian > distribution, how do I go about it? I think there are two scenarios > > I have currently been bypassing the dpkg mechanism and installing these > packages under /usr/local tree. that's the way to go. of course, you can also use $HOME for user-specific stuff -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Connecting terminals
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Pilon wrote: > : How many terminals can I connect to my PC using the 4 standar serials > : ports?. How can I configure Linux for this? > There is only a hardware limit if you're using standard devices. And you > should configure each ttySx to use a different IRQ. > > Install the mgetty package for the getty-support. mgetty should not be necessary, agetty (the debian default) works fine for local terminals. read the Serial-HOWTO, and ignore the references to /etc/gettydefs (if you decide to use agetty) and of course read the appropriate man pages. -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Several stand-alone boxes
On Thu, 8 May 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Thu, 8 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. Maintaining uniform installations without nfs-mounting a > > common filesystem. We'd rather have redundant /usr > > filesystems than have our machines freeze after each hiccup on > > the net. Is there a way to turn the output of "dpkg -l" into > > a useable script for reproducing one machine's setup on > > another? > > > Try dpkg --set-selections to create the file and dpkg --get-selections on > the new machine. I believe it's the other way around... -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: make-kpkg
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, johannes martinez wrote: > What exactly does this do? Does it make a package or does it > make a new kernel? both. it makes a .deb package of your customized kernel. > If either where does it put it? i ran: make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel_image from the directory /usr/src/linux, and it put the file: kernel-image-2.0.27_custom.1.0_i386.deb into /usr/src > Is it of any use to use make-kpkg or should i just do a normal > make dep, clean, zlilo etc...? make-kpkg is easier to use and easier to keep track of changes once you figure out how to use it right. > One more question: do you need a resolv.conf in debian, and if so why > isn't it made? mine was created. /etc/resolv.conf brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill
Re: xt?
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On 7 Mar 1997, marsh wrote: > So, is it true that there is nothing newer on the space shuttle and other > spacecraft newer than a 286? did we not all just hear about debian being on the shuttle? whatever it's running on must be newer than a 286... or has that not happened yet? brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill
Re: menu
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, [iso-8859-1] Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Brad Bell wrote: > > > i've got the menu package installed and working great (with fvwm2/95). i > > was wondering if anyone out there knows how to add a menu item for > > something which is not part of a debian package. i.e. stuff i've manually > > installed, like x48 or doom or amaya. -- i could just add them to a > > totally unrelated package which happens to be installed, but that doesn't > > seem very proper... is there a file i can put in /etc/menu which will be > > read in even if there is no debian package of that name? > > Of course! Read the docs in /usr/doc/menu...! oh thank you oh oh so much! what wonderful wonderful instructions! i never would have thought of doing that! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
menu
i've got the menu package installed and working great (with fvwm2/95). i was wondering if anyone out there knows how to add a menu item for something which is not part of a debian package. i.e. stuff i've manually installed, like x48 or doom or amaya. -- i could just add them to a totally unrelated package which happens to be installed, but that doesn't seem very proper... is there a file i can put in /etc/menu which will be read in even if there is no debian package of that name? brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
list archives! Re: where/what is libdl1 ?
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Riku Voipio wrote: > On 18 Jan 1997, Tom Fawcett wrote: > > Any clues? It occurred to me to search the linux-user archives but both > > search systems are down. > > Do you mean the debian-user archive? If they still aren't working, I'm > left wondering... not many people seem to know that the list archives _are_ kept up to date, not on the web, but at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/debian-lists/ brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.
16bpp in X
i can make X run with 16bpp, no problem, by typing (as someone has noted) 'startx -- -bpp 16' the question is - how do i make 16 bpp the default (i.e. xdm starts up when i boot, but only in 8 bpp) thanks, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
