Re: lucent winmodem driver and potato/2.2.18pre21
Hi, I got it working under 2.2.18 from the stable dist on thinkpad A21m ... compiled my own from source 5.78e HTH, > I'm trying to get it working right now, trying some advice from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have a weird error, I'd expect it to work for other people. Make sure to > download the source version to compile with the specific kernel version. > From: "Kimon Ioannides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:48 AM > Subject: lucent winmodem driver and potato/2.2.18pre21 > > Has anyone been able to get the lucent winmodem driver from linmodems.org > > working on potato (linux 2.2.18pre21)?
Re: PCMCIA Network Installation
Hi Dave Whiteley; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I have an "Ethernet Gold II" PCMCIA card, (GCS2220) > Looking at Linux Laptop documentation it suggests that this > card uses "pcnet_cs". > > I have run the "Configure PCMCIA" in the installation process before > configuring the drivers. I accepted the default settings. > > What driver module should I select to get the network going? Or > am I missing something somewhere > > Thanks to everyone who answers questions here. You are extremely > useful to me. > > Dave Whiteley > I am no expert, but I don't think you need to load any modules (provided you do have the pcmcia installed). You should edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file to suit your setup, connect the card and let it go. This approach worked for me (running frozen, pcmcia-cs_3.1.8-4 and xircom card). _Do not_ set up any network info in /etc/init.d/* files; pcmcia takes care of it. HTH, damir
Re: Upgrading pcmcia-* breaks ppp
Hi Christopher S. Swingley; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > The other poster has suggested removing setserial; is there anything > > bad that can result from it (i.e. what does setserial do on a laptop)? > > The reason the poster suggested that is because by default setserial > will store and reload serial port configuration information before > PCMCIA card services tries to load a serial port associated with the > modem card you insert. Often what happens is setserial assigns > /dev/ttyS0 - /dev/ttyS3 and irqs 3 and 4. When card services tries > to allocate resources and interrupts to the PCMCIA modem card it can't > find a free IRQ. > > I haven't tried this solution yet with 3.1.8, but I'll give it a shot > tomorrow and see if I can get my Xircom modem to work with the latest > PCMCIA. > > Chris FWIW, my setserial is seeing the port ttyS1, even though it is disabled in the bios. /cat/interrupts, OTOH, does not show irq 3, which makes me think one of those information is wrong. But the fact that the modem is slow while using irq 3... and if I disable ttyS1 through setserial command, I can't get ttyS1 (now owned by pcmcia) to work at all with the card(s). damir
Re: Upgrading pcmcia-* breaks ppp
Hi Brian May; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Also, this isn't the worst of my problems... If I try to bootup with > the card in, or shutdown, the computer will lock up, and require a > hardware reset in order to fix the problem. Inserting/removing the > card after bootup seems to be OK though. > > When I asked about this on the linux-kernel mailing list, somebody > suggested I replace the following parameter to my pcmcia.conf > file with: > > PCIC_OPTS='pci_csc=0' > > however, that doesn't help :-(. > > -- > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A big guess, but are you guys sure you have no interrupt or similar conflicts? I have a problem with Xircom modem which sounds similar to the ones described in pcmcia-howto in relation to the interrupt conflict even though my /proc/interrupt doesn't show one. Changing the irq works (from line being hopelessly slow to te normal speed of 56k modem). HTH, damir
Re: Packet libz1 missing
Hi Gerhard Heid; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hallo, > i need xserver-vga 3.3.5-2 for Nvidia Riva TNT2 graphic i386 -unstable, > but dpkg needs libz1-Packet to be installed before. This Packet is not > listet at all. > How to solve this ? > > Best Regards > > Gerhard The potato distribution has package zlib1g_*, which provides the libz1 dependancy. So, by installing the latest zlib1g your problem should be solved. HTH, damir
Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet/Modem on Debian
Hi Florian Lohoff; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > It doesnt work with the Slink PCMCIA utils as i noticed - I backported > the potato source package 3.1.0 at that time and since then i am > a happy real-port user ... > > Thinkpad 390E + Xircom RealPort > > Now the only thing i havent tried is USB, SVHS and the Lucent Winmodem. > Everything else works flawlessly (Irda, Sound, XWindows, PCMCIA)... Sorry to jump into your thread, but I have a related question. I have just installed potato 2.2.13-based system on an older TP 380XD, and although I have everything working my Xircom CreditCard modem 56k is a bit flakey. I have it working now, but for some reason I need to edit /etc/pcmcia/serial.opts to add "irq 3" in the SERIAL_OPTS line, restart /etc/init.d/pcmcia and then _reedit_ same file but now I out the "irq 9" instead, restart the pcmcia services and all is well (because my irq3 is slow, i.e. there is a conflict someplace). If I just go to "irq 9" it will _not_ work! My /var/run/stab is always the same, the beeps are always the same and I am looking for help in how to configure this thing to work from the getgo on irq 9 (I have no other things on either 3 or 9 per /cat/proc/interrupts, and my modem is taking always port 13f8-13ff which seems to be available per /cat/proc/ioports). If it helps anyone I can e-mail my /etc/pcmcia/ and /var/run/stab files. FWIW, my cardbus is taking irq 15 and network card (when in, but never used) takes irq 10. I would appreciate any help, as I have read all HOWTOs and whatever I could dig up on DejaNews to no avail. TIA, damir > > Flo > -- > Florian Lohoff[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +49-5241-470566 > ... The failure can be random; however, when it does occur, it is > catastrophic and is repeatable ... Cisco Field Notice > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > >
Re: libc6 >=2.1 on slink, without apt-get possible?
Hi John Miskinis; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, > > At this time I can't use apt-get, as I can't connect to my ISP > under linux. If possible, I was hoping to find a site that has > the lib6c >= 2.1 and dependency packages, that I could install > with dpkg on top of a slink CD based system. > > If this is a very extensive effort (many packages/problems) I will > give up and wait for the potato CD to be released. > > Again, many thanks to any pointers or information, > > John I have upgraded from slink to potato, using only dpkg command line just last week. Even though I was a non-believer, I didn't have a _single_ fallout, everything worked like a charm, but I have updated the whole base system as starters. Now, a great majority of my system is potato, but for your reference, here is what I would do as a minimum (_please_ wait until someone else confirms this, I wouldn't want to mess up your system): ldso_1.9.11-4 libc6_2.1.2-5 libncurses4_4.2-3.3 bash_2.02.1-1.8 ncurses-base_4.2-3.4 ncurses-bin_4.2-3.3 dpkg_1.4.1.13 Those packages I installed first, prior to going on with the rest of the base, and I didn't have any problems. I still run Navigator 4.61 compiled for libc6 (because I can't get Navigator 4.7 libc6-2.1 version in a deb package) and StarOffice 5.1 which used to run off libc6. Good luck, damir
Re: keymap error when closing X
Hi Ookhoi; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > How do I fix it? > System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb > -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp " > " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" > keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' > Ookhoi > I have simply got rid of that message by commenting out the "XkbKeymap" line in XF86Config file (in /etc/X11/). HTH, damir
Re: can resolve now..and Star Office...
Hi Shao Zhang; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, > To remove star office, IIRC, if you run set up again, I think > there is an option to remove star office. > > But I cannot see any problems with rm -rf /home/Office51 as > well. > > Shao. and you may want to remove two dot files in your home directory (.sversionrc and -this I'm not completely sure about- .user.rdb). If you decide to install it again later you won't have anything mix-and-match. damir
Re: Using linux 2.2.x with Debian 2.1
Hi Salman Ahmed; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > "AW" == Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AW> Hi, I have read the errata conscerning Linux 2.2.x and Debian 2.1 > AW> (http://www.debian.org/releases/2.1/running-kernel-2.2) and it > AW> basically said that I would have to mix the stable 2.1 release with > AW> unstable packages. Has anyone had any problems doing this? Or is > AW> it not necessary to do? What are some of your experiences running > AW> the 2.2.x kernel with Debian? > > Its not necessary to mix in unstable packages with the stable 2.1 release > to run the 2.2.x kernels, like the other poster said. I am running 2.2.12 > but I have mixed in a number of unstable packages because I already upgraded > to glibc-2.1 prior to compiling the 2.2.12 kernel. I upgraded some of the > packages that were not supposed to work with the 2.2.x kernel as mentioned > on the Debian site. > > I have had no problems running 2.2.12 with some unstable packages. A lot > depends on how the machine is intended to be used so YMMV. > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT interlog DOT com I'm running 2.2.10 on a pure slink system (libc6 2.0) without any problems. I'm very happy with it, and only packagse that you'll need are listed on the debian web site in running 2.2.* kernels on slink section. damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Greg Wooledge; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > If I want to > > check out something that is only in Potato, I go and use apt-get to grab > > and install it. If it uses glibc2.1, it'll get that, and any other libs > > that it depends on. > > Yup. > > > Being `binary compatible', does this mean that all the apps that I don't > > update will still work (with maybe some `rare exceptions')? > > Yes. I have a mostly-slink-but-partly-potato box and it's just fine. > > > Or do I need > > to do a dist-upgrade, and upgrade all of my apps to make sure they will > > still work? > > I'd recommend against this, due to a few broken packages that are in the > current potato. > > -- > Greg Wooledge| Distributed.NET http://www.distributed.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste. > http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ | And is it possible to upgrade only some packages from _potato_ to a slink system? I'm asking this because when I install (by ignoring libc6 =>2.1 dependancy) imagemagick or xfig from potato on a slink system (along with whatever they depend on- the dpkg is installing them cleanly), all I get is segfaults galore. That indicates that whatever is compiled against glibc2.1 will _not_ work on glibc2.0 based system. Or what am I doing wrong? I have also heard that slink bash will fail with glibc2.1 (segfault); so how do I update libc6 to potato (using dpkg line, _not_ apt) without breaking the system? damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Miles Bader; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Because of the developments such as glibc2.1, perl, and probably > > numerous other things, you can't take something out of Potato and put it > > on a Slink system and expect it to work. It's an all-or-nothing > > arrangement. They may both be `GNU/Linux', but they are essential > > incompatible. > > This is simply not true. > > As I have mentioned in several other posts recently, I've been > incrementally upgrading my slink system with packages from potato, using > no particular care, simply depending on dselect/apt to keep me safe. > > I _have_ upgraded to glibc2.1 and the new perl, but these upgrades were > quite painless, and had no obvious negative repercussions -- the great > majority of stuff on my system is still slink (from a japanese cdrom > set, BTW, which had all sorts of wacky-ass versions of things...) and it > all works together quite happily. > > In case you hadn't notice, dselect/apt/&c do their job quite well. > I suggest you take a deep breath and give them a try (instead of getting > all freaked out by what you read on mailing lists and crying doom). > > The beauty of debian is that the package maintainers do the worrying and > the awful kluges (and they've done a wonderul job), meaning *you* don't > have to! > > Cheers, > > -Miles I have been in this thread way too long :-), but ... I have to agree with Damon's post. And I have been told that glibc2.1 and glibc2.0 are binary compatible. Why, then, do we have _all_ the packages in the potato _dependant_ on libc6 _=>2.1_ and not just libc6 period. And why do I get Navigator 4.7 giving me all sorts of errors when I do ignore-depends on libc6 =>2.1 if I have libc6 2.0 installed (the one from netgod- navigator,that is)? You have "mixed" enviroment, apparently. But, if you didn't have glibc2.1, _none_ of the potato packages would have installed in the first place, because of the missing dependancies (if you used dpkg). And if upgrading libc6 2.0 to 2.1 is going to be anything like upgrading from libc5 to libc6 I shudder at the idea of sitting in front of the screen waiting to crash it to the point of no return. Can anyone of the Debian management find some time in the near future to write up a definitive migration guide (ie. what needs to be updated as a very minimum, in which order and such- like the one we had for libc5->libc6 thing)? And I agree with Damon also in the point that I'm _extremly_ grateful to Debian management and developers for their work, and my posts should not be taken as a criticism, but practical concerns from the end-user standpoint. I have no Windows on my machine, and if I crap out this box trying to upgrade, I can't even post for help once the machine is down... Occasional instability or insecurity is not as much of a concern as that. Thanks, damir
Re: fatal error in SO 5.1
Hi Brad; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Robert Rati wrote: > > > I've read the mailing list archives about the various Star Office > > problems in potato, and something tells me that people are on the > > wrong track. I am currently getting a "Fatal Error" about 10 seconds > > after I load Star Office. Many of the posts that solve Star Office > > 5.1 problems (which is what I have) seem to revolve around doing some > > trickery to use glibc 2.0. > > Except for the problems with threaded system(3) calls in ove of the glibc > 2.1.2 prereleases, all the solutions you mention solve problems for > StarOffice 5.01 (which had problems with glibc 2.1), not StarOffice 5.1. > > > Does anyone know how to solve the "fatal error" problem in Star Office > > 5.1 on potato? Any help would be appreciated as this has me rather > > perplexed. > > Can't help because i've never seen the error. Then again, i don't use SO > for email or anything. This is interesting. Are there two different SO5.1 out there? I'm running 5.1, downloaded from then StarDivision Web-site, on a slink system with libc6 2.0 without a hitch (and, no, I didn't install any libc6 libs from their package). My ldd output (only libc shown): bash-2.01$ ldd ../office51/bin/soffice.bin libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4003a000) damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Mark Brown; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Damir, are you sure mutt is using vim? If you have nvi installed and > haven't adjusted the alternatives vi will default to that and if you > normally use a shell alias to select your vi mutt won't pick that up. Yup, I'm positive. I am a control freak and I usualy do not have multiples of anything. That is why I use dpkg command line for anything above the base system, and keep track of what is installed. It should work now, I think it was an error in my syntaxes of the .gvimrc file. > That idea is intented to be closer to unstable than stable - at this > point, there would probably be as much hassle updating to the in-between > release as there is updating to Potato. Not that there's much hassle > with Potato right now. Sorry, but I tend to think there is a bit more work involved in getting libc2.1 installed than it is to get wmaker 0.61.0 (as an example). Say, if I feel bored over the weekend; what packages and in which order do I need to update to get the system to potato- with dpkg command line _not_ the apt tool? I'd guess libc6 2.1, bash, ldso, libreadline2g and so on and so forth. (any volunteeres for a quick how-to? :-) ) Now, I want new wmaker (assuming there is a package): I do dpkg --i wmaker* and two or three other small packages, and I'm off to the races. Since it is a bug-fix release, I don't think anything will break. If it does, I pull out old packages, do dpkg --i thingy, and I'm safe. An hour work, at the very worst. > The stable GNOME packages are actually produced by the Debian > maintainers - they're just distributed from the GNOME site. So, why would they not be introduced into slink-proposed-updates? > To explain it a bit more clearly: glibc 2.0 is binary compatible with > glibc 2.1. If programs break when linked against 2.1 then that is a bug > in the program (typically trying to use internal features). With all due respect, from my standpoint it doesn't matter where the bug is. The fact the program may not run does matter. damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Miles Bader; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > There's a howto somewhere on the Debian site saying which packages have to > > be updated to use a 2.2 kernel with Slink. > > Do you have any idea where this would be? I've been searching the > debian site for this kind of info with no luck. I did try a 2.2.10 > kernel, and everything except PPP seems to work alright; now I just have > to find out what's the deal with PPP (it seems to work for everything > *except* tcp, but no tcp is a bit of a drag!). > > Thanks, > > -Miles http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/running-kernel-2.2 HTH, damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Brad; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hmmm... exactly 80-column lines, more or less. 72 or 76 is much better > though, it leaves room for replies. Ooops, sorry, I don't know how that happened; my vimrc files specs 76 columns, maybe I need separate command in muttrc? > I'm not sure what you mean here... There is a pretty good bit on the > website, if you look in the right places. And if you're referring to the > Perl changes, that was discussed and announced on -devel, which all > developers are supposed to read. IIRC there's also some in the developer's > section of the website. Yes, I stand corrected. There is a bit of info if you look under release info. My fault... > I'd think they shouldn't put stuff on the webpage until they've made the > decision, on debian-devel or debian-policy. Considering the changes are so big (with egcs and libc2.1 and 2.2 kernel) that it justifies the more flexible approach (not waiting until _all_ the details are settled). And if upstream guys do their thing, we may be looking into 2.4 kernel pretty soon- does that mean another Debian stable release will be one step back ( when potato become stable it'll rely on 2.2 kernel). Even though the debian releases and kernel are not directly linked (I'm running 2.2.10 on slink), it will give a wrong perception to the average user (like me). > Still, there's the risk of major breakage. What do you count as a > non-essential package? Gnome, which has 10,000 libraries and such that > need to be properly managed? > Remember that stable isn't just a collection of packages that work, > everything works together as a unified system. If you start upgrading > parts of that, you may end up breaking another part. Maybe we should have another directory then for up-to-date-stable, which all could download from at their own risk (which we do anyway, not like anyone is guaranteeing anything in the first place). People who really want rock solid system ( I like mine medium solid :-)) wouldn't upgrade anyways. I upgrade something (say Enlightenment or wmaker), and if I don't like it, I pull out old packages and reinstall old stuff. Thanks to Debian way of installing, I have never ever damaged my system by doing this (until I did something terribly stupid and deserved it). At worst, I have lost a bit of my time ( and if I don't have the time in the first place, I don't play with upgrades). And people can use real stable for fresh install or reinstall. > Besides having to deal with possible breakage, what is it that makes > stable better for you than unstable? Or is the possible breakage reason > enough (it is a good enough reason)? I am no computer wizard. And when I read about all the development currently going on in Linux world, people are forgetting that semi-commercial applications ( like StarOffice and netscape) still rely on libc6 and not new libc. I happen to need those apps. But, spoiled and shallow as I am, I like my wmaker to be at par with upstream, or my gimp or my tetex. None of those are close to it in stable. Marcelo (wmaker maintaner) has been kind enough to post his slink-based binaries for wmaker 0.60.0, but that is not the case with 0.61.0 any longer ( since he needs his time to be devoted to unstable branch, along his regular life, I presume). My point is, I don't care if I d/l new, say, gimp, and it craps out on me, and I have to go back to stable. I do care if I attempt to upgrade to new libc6 and it fails, I get useless box that I have to reinstall from scratch. Or if my system can't run netscape or StarOffice. > Absolutely! All apt does is download the packages and call dpkg to install > them. For the next generation of Debian package managment, dpkg will be > just another front-end to the underlying library, but rest assured it will > still exist. It's way too useful to lose! glad to hear that. Thank you. > Personally, i've never used the --compile flag, since whenever i download > the source i have need to modify something ;) That is what I meant. Glad I'm not the only one. > No problem. Again, thanks for a good discussion points. damir
Re: Slink to Potato
Hi Brad; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: ---stuff snipped here-- > Depending on the particular package, recompiling for slink can be as > simple as "apt-get --compile source packagename" (with a new enough > version of apt, of course). The versioned Perl dependancies and such can > be fixed by editing debian/control in the downloaded source. Sorry for jumping in here, but I'd like to add my two cents in. I am using Debian for 4 years now, or close to that, but these must be the most confusing 6 months I remember if you are a Debian user. Could Debian management (do they read this group at all?) decide what is the direction they will be taking _and_ post that on the official Debian web-site? Isn't that what the site is for? Instead of going thru the archives of the debian-devel and such? I agree with the original author of this thread, if slink is current stable release, why not update the non-essential packages every, say, major upstream release? Leave the libc6 and other essential packages where they are now... I am, and I think other non-computer-oriented users, would be happy to take the risk of my window manager not working quite right, knowing we can back out of it without breaking the whole system. Now, to the apt thing. I am in a great minority here, but is it still possible to fetch the packages (say in potato) and command-line-install them (remember dpkg --install my.pkg.deb?). I have recently tried to update my XFree to 3.3.4 from ftp.netgod.x using this method and it wouldn't go. Why am I asking about apt? Because I prefer control dpkg is giving me; I always disliked Windows way of " Updating files now" thingy leaving me clueless on what is being updated. And I prefer to know that upfront rather than reading the changelogs after the fact. read more on this below. And if I have to get sources and apt-get source them, I am better off just compiling them myself and again, use dpkg -i ( after getting debianized sources, that is). > It's not standard, but check out ftp.netgod.net/x. Many slinkified apps > there. They _used_ to have only slink stuff. New Navigator packages (just tried them after downloading them and doing my dpkg thingy) are apparently compiled against libc2.1, xlib6g 3.3.4 or higher and libstdc++2.9-libc2.1! If I did apt-get, would the system go off and updated my libc6 to satisfy Navigator 4.7 ( is Naviagotr tarball from Netscape really done up against libc2.1 or is that internal to Debian?) without me realizing this and just answered (foolishly) yes to upgrade? I realize there will be lots of answers with people pointing out that apt can do this and that, but my question stays: can I just use dpkg command after dowloading packages manually even if they are meant to be used with apt? Sorry for being way too long, but I thought this an appropriate thread to ask this sort of thing. TIA, damir
Re: pppd (slink version) with kernel 2.2.X
Hi John Hasler; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Mario writes: > > Can I run pppd (slink version) with kernel 2.2.X? > > You should be able to, yes. I have not been able to get any version of > pppd to work with 2.2 kernels, but others have. I'm running ppp 2.3.5-2 alongside the 2.2.10 kernel in slink environment. I have however compiled ppp in the kernel, and am _not_ using a module. HTH, damir
xfree 3.3.4 for slink and dpkg
Hi, I have just tried upgrading the xfree by manually downloading and upgrading the xfree packages. I have downloaded all of the packages I need from Branden's ftp site ( _Thanks_ Branden for slink packages), and xfree86-common had upgraded smoothly (from 3.3.2.3a-11 version, running on slink and 2.2.10 kernel), but xbase-clients wouldn't upgrade until I removed all my fonts packages from 3.3.2.3a-11. Then it worked, but failed with the message: broken pipe (this was right after it complained about the xconsole.real file which belongs to xaw-wrapper package- I don't know if two are related). My questions: *has anyone upgraded sucessfully from 3.3.2.3a-11 to 3.3.4 on slink *did anyone tried dpkg --install to do this, or is anyone using apt only ( I may be a bit outdated here, but I like the manual installation- call me a control freak :-)) *is this a bug or is it me doing something wrong (much more likely) Any help appreciated, let me know if I left anything important out ( I didn't use xbase_* only package because I am already using a slink-approved version of xfree packages). damir
Re: spreadsheet?
I am pretty happy with the spreadsheet that came in a StarOffice 5.1 package, and it is free (if you don't count the download time). It is resource hungry, but then so is excel and I'll take Linux app anyday over Win-based one. My two cents, damir
Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
Hi Steffen Evers; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I've attached a typical log of a ppp-connection. > > I've cut of many lines. So [...] stand for an unknown number of lines. > These hexdumps always start with a line > Jul 27 01:30:19 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [proto=0xfd] ... > > Does anyone no what that means ? > > Everything worked fine with 2.0.36. Maybe, I've just configured my Did you try changing/ playing wiht the "lcp-echo-*" parameters in the /etc/ppp/options file? FWIW, mine are: lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 damir
Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
Hi John Hasler; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hmmm. I tried it both ways. What libc do you have? My system is slink based on libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6; I only wanted/ was curious about 2.2.10 kernel, so I installed it. > I can't imagine why that would matter. Why did you need bootpc? I just followed the instructions ( the ones about running 2.2 kernels in slink at debian web site), since I don't know enough about it, and it did affect the netstd package behaviour. Better safe than sorry, I guess. If you need any other info, please let me know and I'll email it to you (just give me specific instructions :-)) damir
Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
Hi Steffen Evers; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I've updated my kernel to 2.2.10 and everything is fine except PPP. > There are some strange hexdumps in the ppp.log file and the connection > hangs sometimes what is very annoying. > > I'm using Debian 2.1 and > ppp 2.3.5-2 > netbase 3.12-2 > > Does anyone know anything about it ? > > Bye, Steffen > > PS: Please CC to me personally. > Sorry I can't be of more help, but I have done same upgrade two days ago and have had no problems with EXACT same packages. My ppp is compiled in the kernel as opposed beign the module. I have been using ppp since the first reboot without any problems. I don't know enough about it, but I installed another package, bootpc_0.64-1.deb, as per suggestions on debian site. My problem is sound... HTH damir
sound config with 2.2.10 in slink environment
Hi, all I have upgraded my 2.0.36 kernel (home compiled) to a home compiled 2.2.10 (all sources are debianized packages), and all is well (actually, remarkably faster, it seems) except for sound. I have enosniq soundscape elite ISA card, which worked under 2.0.36, after I have made a script at boot-up which initialized the card. Now that same script gives me error (both manually and at boot-up): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/bin# ./ssinit /dev/dsp: Operation not supported by device My /dev/sndstat is completely empty, since the card is not initializing. i can supply both /etc/soundconf (which worked under 2.0.36) and my .config options for sound module (sound is compiled as a module in both old and new kernel) in 2.2.10 sources; if anyone can help. I have read HOWTOs and docs for soundscape cards at 4front technologies, but I'm afraid I can't decipher the info there to translate into my config. Also, once I have it figured out, how do I ( the Good way) insert module options into /etc/conf.modules (it says not to edit the file...)? TIA, damir P.S. since this may or may not be debian specific, could you reply to my private address instead of the list if you feel that is more appropriate
Re: can anyone access this site?
Hi, thanks to everybody for their time and reply. I am still trying to get to the ottom of this. Your replies, and the ones from my ISP -althoguh they do not offer tech support for Linux they were quite friendly and courteous- made me think it is a Java problem or my ISP address problem. I will try to add new dns server in a pppconfig. Are there any tricks to getting the java to work properly? I install navigator in my /usr//local/netscape/ directory by hand since the 3.* versions and had no problems for years, so I doubt this is the case. Here is my ldd output: bash-2.01$ ldd /usr/local/netscape/netscape libBrokenLocale.so.1 => /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 (0x4000e000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x4001) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4005a000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40063000) libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x40078000) libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x4008a000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x40098000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400a4000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40147000) libstdc++.so.2.8 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8 (0x4014a000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4018f000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401a8000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) I can't see anything wrong with this, but I'm _no_ programmer... Oh, yes, I can ftp that IP address, but I can't access that IP address in Netscape- gives me a "forbidden access". I will keep guessing, and if the above had given you an idea for me to try please let me know. Otherwise, thanks for your help, damir
can anyone access this site?
Hi, apologies for bugging all of you, but I have troubles accessing this site: http://www.be-ca.com from my debian/slink. I can see the site from WindowsNT 4.0 (same box), but it generates awfull lot of javascript errors. Otherwise it works. is it my setup, or is it linux ver. of Netscpe? slink 2.0.36/ xfree86 3.3.2.3a-8.1/ netscape (navigator stand-alone)4.60 and now 4.61 TIA damir P.S reply to my PM welcome to eliminate the noise on the list.
Re: wmaker0.60* and libc6 (slink)
Hi Marcelo E. Magallon; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 09:22:31PM -0400, Damir J. Naden wrote: > > > Does anyone know if wmaker_0.60.0 will be released for slink system > > (linked against libc6, _not_ libc6 2.1)? > > IIRC, the packages at http://master.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/wmaker/ > are built like this. > > > Marcelo > Thank you, thank you damir
wmaker0.60* and libc6 (slink)
Does anyone know if wmaker_0.60.0 will be released for slink system (linked against libc6, _not_ libc6 2.1)? TIA, damir
Re: still wterm
Hi Pedro M . A . Bastos; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > still trying to compile wterm, i got the two libs that were missing (wmaker > and wings). so, i went to wterm's dir and restarted the compile process: > configure - ok. > make - /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lXpm: No such file or directory > and i have libxpm installed.(xpm4g). You probably need to tell it where your libs are. BTW, did you realize there is an wterm package in Incoming directories? Albeit, it is compiled against libc6 2.1, I think it would be easier for you to grab the sources, dsc and diff files from debian mirror and then try to compile it yourself. > can anybody help me ? > > Pedro Bastos HTH, damir
Re: Time Keeps A changin'
Hi roddie; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I've done all that. I'm running 2.2.5 kernel, so that rules out the kernel > problem. But, this did happen to me before, maybe if I reinstall the > kernel it will fix it. Today, the time was off by 23 hours? Even the time > difference isn't consistent from day to day. > > The funny thing is I did set date and while I was working it drifted back > 24 hours. I had to do a ldconfig, maybe that did something. HMMM? > > let you know if I figure this one out! > > Rod Well, I thought it was just my computer...I'm running slink, but my times are often off- even if I do a netdate, and adjust the hwclock. Since I haven't noticed this before I installed enightenment_0.15.4 (w/o gnome!), I thought it was E or some lib of it doing it, but I have since purged all of the E pkgs, using only windowmaker, and the clock is still off. I'm using pretty much all slink system, with libc6 and _not_ libc6.1, and 2.0.36 kernel. Hope this helps some of you pinpoint the problem, damir
Re: Fax software
Hi Carl Fink; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I'm running a Debian 2.0-based system (with some newer packages > installed as needed). My CD-ROM contains these fax packages: > > 1)Hylafax/tkhylafax > 2)efax > 3)mgetty-fax > > I will primarily need software to *send* faxes, as I have set up an > account with www.efax.com to receive them. (I only have one phone > line and my system isn't always turned on, so receiving faxes via my > modem would be problematic.) > > Which of the three programs/suites above do you folks recommend? I > don't need anything very elaborate, because I rarely have occasion to > send a fax. (Which is, of course, why I don't own a fax machine.) > > Thanks for any help. If desired, I can digest personal replies for > the list, but that custom appears to be dying out. > -- My choice is efax, which requires very small part of the HD, and it does send faxes OK. It is a command line based, but I can send my faxes directly from within lyx with it. Don't know about other modems, but for me it works well with internal USR Sportster 33.3 flash upgraded to 56k. HTH, Damir P.S. I'm running slink based system
new imagemagick?
Hi, does anyone know if there is newer version of imagemagick already packaged? I could swear I have seen an e-mail either on this list or debian-devel-changes announcing the 4.2.* imagemagick NMU, but that was weeks ago and all the sites I have tried to ftp, still only have the 4.0.4*. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be appreciated. TIA damir
Re: Mutt 0.95.4-0.1 and slang
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: > > Hi there, > > > > I'm currently using Mutt 0.93i and would like to upgrade to 0.95.4-0.1, > > which I ftp'ed. The problem is that the dependencies for it are > > slang1 (<< 1.3) and slang1 (>> 1.2.2-0), whereas I only have slang0.99.38-6, > > > > am I supposed to install a slang version "smaller" than 1.3 but "bigger" > > than > > 1.2.2-0? sorry, the doubles `<' & `>' confuse me here. > > ah, I could only find slang1-ja_1.2.2.j055-1.deb (with a Japanese patch), > but it says nothing about slang-dev being required (which it was for > slang0.99 > > will that be ok? > > TIA > > Horacio > -- > Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver > o/or > Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: > Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: > Tipo de Clave/Key TypeAsunto:/Subject: > > DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal > DSS/Diffie-Hellmanfetch dh/dss > RSA fetch rsa > > I have used slang1 and slang1-dev packages from slink at 1.2.2-2; and that worked fine. The dependancies mean higher than 1.2.2-0 and lower than 1.3 If you are installing the binaries only, than only slang1_1.2.2-2.deb from slink should do it. HTH damir
Re: Enlightenment .15 required debs
Hi Sean M Maguire; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I am trying to install the enlightenment 0.15 package, obtained from > www.debian.org via a link from the Enlightenment download page. > > The package for Enlightenment requires that I have imlib1 >= 1.9.4 installed, > but I am unable to find this package anywhere. Unstable only offers 1.9.3-4. > > I tried to make a package from Enlightenment's rpm at their site using alien, > but I got an imlib package, which I am sure would be rejected by dpkg for not > being imlib1. > > I have not tried forcing the install, as that seems potentially problematic. > > Is there a package for this, or do I need to make one via a more particular > method of making my own package? > > > Sean M > I have downloaded the E 0.15.4 debs and all required libs (to run under slink and without gnome) from the following address: http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/ Note, though, that the maintainers are asking not to report bugs for theses packages using usual bug tracking for debian, so please read the folowing as well: http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/ I'm using it without problems for a couple of weeks, but can't figure out how to use wmmail-like applet under E. HTH damir
Re: Enlightenment crashes machine
Hi Dan Brosemer; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > |> Netscape, in windows, in my experience, always had a tendency to > > |> make a system run progressively slower until either netscape was > > |> closed or everything crashed. I hadn't seen it under linux and > > |> thought it had gotten fixed, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe that's > > |> what you ran into, too? > > I have seen exactly this behaviour with Netscape (4.05, running under > > hamm, but installed by hand in /usr/local ) several times in the past > > few months. Slower and slower response, disk thrashing, top shows no > > memory or swap left, everything back to normal once Netscape is > > killed. > > But just under E? It seems a little bit strange to me. I think I'll get > enlightenment 0.15 tonight and try it (been using 0.14). Like I said, > netscape didn't do this under window maker. It's real confusing. (Also, > it seems that I can use netscape under E, just so long as I don't do any > finds on huge pages. Real odd, IMO. Has anyone packaged a newish version > of mozilla? I'd like to see if it does the same things, but the version > in potato is too painful to run. > > I think I also might try it again with top open to see what's going on > with RAM, there could be a leak in E possibly (after all, it is still in > development. :) > > Thanks for the speculations. > > -Dano FWIW, I have been running E0.15.4 for slink (without gnome) and had no major problems with Netscape. My only gripe with E is that I can not use wmmail docklet because E doesn't recognize it as such (unlike asclock and wmppp which run and look identical in E and WindowMaker). If anyone has solution to this I'd love to hear about it.. damir
Re: StarOffice 5
Hi Micha Feigin; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Frankie wrote: > > > Is there a recommended way of installing SO5 under debian? > > > > there doesn't seem to be an install Package for it (like there is for > > SO3)? > > If its like staroffice 4, > Then use the setup supplied with staroffice, > and then install it with the net option as root > (although it still takes quite some space for each user); > > I've installed it simply following the setup provided by StarOffice (part of the download), following the instructions in their README. It worked flawlessly. HTH Damir
Re: X-windows not working anymore...
Hi Gary L. Hennigan; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > "Damir J. Naden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Hi Pete Harlan; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > | > > Question. I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.0.36(I think) to 2.2.1. > | > > I am running slink(frozen) and now, my x-windows doesn't work. If I > | > > | > This happened to me, and .xsession-errors now says > | > > | > /etc/X11/Xsession: line 47: syntax error near unexpected token `default)' > | > > | > The bit of /etc/X11/Xsessions that reads > | > > | > case $1 in > | > failsafe) > | > if grep -q ^allow-failsafe $optionfile; then > | > if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xterm ]; then > | > exec xterm -geometry +1+1 > | > else > | > echo "Xsession: unable to launch failsafe X session: xterm not > | > found." > | > exit > | > fi > | > fi > | > default) > | > ;; > | > > | > perhaps should have a ;; on the line before the "default)" line. > | > (Haven't tried this myself yet.) > | > > | > Good luck, > | > > | > -- > | > Pete Harlan > | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | I have just commented out the offending 'default)' line and it worked for > | me. Does anyone know if this is a bad thing to do? I thought it was there > | just as a comment sort of thing > > In this case it won't hurt anything since the "default)" doesn't do > anything. However, the correct solution is to put the ";;" in there. > > Gary > > thanks for the info. I'll do that... damir
Re: X-windows not working anymore...
Hi Pete Harlan; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > Question. I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.0.36(I think) to 2.2.1. > > I am running slink(frozen) and now, my x-windows doesn't work. If I > > This happened to me, and .xsession-errors now says > > /etc/X11/Xsession: line 47: syntax error near unexpected token `default)' > > The bit of /etc/X11/Xsessions that reads > > case $1 in > failsafe) > if grep -q ^allow-failsafe $optionfile; then > if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xterm ]; then > exec xterm -geometry +1+1 > else > echo "Xsession: unable to launch failsafe X session: xterm not > found." > exit > fi > fi > default) > ;; > > perhaps should have a ;; on the line before the "default)" line. > (Haven't tried this myself yet.) > > Good luck, > > -- > Pete Harlan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just commented out the offending 'default)' line and it worked for me. Does anyone know if this is a bad thing to do? I thought it was there just as a comment sort of thing damir
Re: using dpgk
Hi David Z. Maze; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > rod peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > rod> Could someone please send me an example dpkg command with flags > rod> and such. > > There are many such simple examples on the dpkg(8) manual page. > Or, you can do : dpkg --help |more for a bunch of options available. HTH, damir
Re: Mutt & vim
Hi Dave Swegen; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I have a couple of questions regarding the configuration of mutt and vim: > > 1) How do I go about assigning different settings for vim, ie having > textwidth when composing mail with mutt, but not when coding? > > 2) Where do I change the syntax-highlighting colours in such a way that they > won't be affected by the next upgrade to vim (the default colours for some > apps is a bit dodgy - dark blue on black for instance)? > > Cheers > Dave I have picked up someplace (may even be in vim docs) the following settings which I placed in my ~/.gvimrc file: augroup Messages " Mail & news autocmd! autocmd BufRead mutt*[0-9],snd.*,.letter,.followup,.article,.article[0-9] set textwidth=76 formatoptions=2tcq comments=n:>,n::,n:#,n:%,n:\| digraph normal ,kqs For the above to work I have vim-rt package installed and my ~/.vimrc file allows for autocmd feature. I am afraid I can't help you with the 2nd question, maybe ~/.vimrc is the place to put your defaults? HTH, damir
Re: What filter to use for HP Deskjet 520?
Hi Yi-ping Chang; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, guys: > > I got an HP DeskJet 520 from a friend of mine moments ago. I tried it > out, using 'dj500-filter' of magicfilter package. It seemed to function > well (paper is loaded correctly, the printing head is moving), but > nothing printed out. I am not sure if I chose the wrong filter, or just > the ink cartridge has dried out. The only other choices maybe possible > are 'deskjet-filter', 'dj500c-filter', and 'j550c-filter'. Can anybody > tell me which one definitely will work before I spend money on a new ink > cartridge? > > Thanks! > > Yi-ping Chang > FWIW, I used dj500-filter for a while as my filter for deskjet600c. Then I switched to hpdj device from new gs-alladin package (in slink), by manually editing the filters. HTH, damir
Re: how to umount /floppy with superblock error?
Thanks to all who replied. I have taken out the floppy, and went on to sleanly shutdown the system- everything went fine from there. Matthew was right- I should have used e2fsck first. Thanks damir
how to umount /floppy with superblock error?
Hi, everybody -- I wanted to reuse the OS/2 warp floppies I had hanging around. I wanted to make them ext2 filesystem, so issued the command (with the floppy in /dev/fd0, but _not_ mounted): mke2fs /dev/fd0 The drive light was on for a while and I got the info about formatting; and the prompt returned. Then I wanted to mount it and used: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy where I got the message about "can't read superblock" ( I know this is not a good thing). Then I tried to umount it, thinking I'll just toss the floppy. But issueing: umount /floppy gives me: "umount: /floppy: can't write superblock" and my /var/log/messages shows: Jan 9 12:23:29 cmt kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x13) failed Jan 9 12:23:30 cmt kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 19 Doing a df: df: /floppy/: Input/output error Could someone tell me or point me to the place on the Net where I can read up on it how to get my /floppy back? Is it possible to fix this? TIA, damir
Re: Question on a purchase I am considering
Hi Shaleh; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hey all, I am considering buying a Sony VIAO Superslim notebook. The URL for > it is www.sony.com/pc. > > Has anyone had good or bad experiences with these computers (even in non-Linux > OS')?? > > Highlights include: 1 inch thick and 2.9 lbs weight (= > magnesium alloy case -- tres chic > Sorry if you have already seen this ( I have no personal experience with it, but would _love_ to get one of the suckers), but check out the following: http://www.home.ch/~spaw1354/vaio.html it deals with installing Debian 1.3 onto the PCG505 HTH, damir
Re: spreadsheet
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > You might also look around for WingZ. Free download for Linux. > If you want to be as close to Excel (for whatever reasons), I'd go with the spreadsheet in StarOffice5.0. damir > On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Richard Sevenich wrote: > > > ApplixWare has a spreadsheet - it's adequate for my needs, but is not free. > > Richard > > George Bonser > > >>From our familly to you, a toast. Peace, Health, and Prosperity.
Re: Configuring scsi controller on ISA bus
Hi David Herbert; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I tried your suggestion, it did not return an error but also did not > work I continued on and also tried your suggestion using a shell from > inside install program it return the error "couldn't find kernel > image:aha152x=.0x3" I don't know enough about the kernel, but are you sure you typed =0x340? the line above suggests you typed =.0x3 if that is not the problem, try typing: linux aha152x=0x340,11,7,1 ^ note the linux part! Also, this will either work or it won't when you give that parameter at the boot prompt, I don't think you can enter that from the shell; not unles you are insmod it, but for that your kernel will need to be recompiled. HTH, damir
Re: Configuring scsi controller on ISA bus
Hi David Herbert; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I am installing the debian version of linux from cd rom. > > I have an adaptec scsi controller as my 2nd controller, it is an > AHA-1510. In windows(shhh) I found this info on it,AIC 6x60isa single > chip scsi controller, using irq 11 and IO range 0340-035F. > I tried to load the kernal from the cd and got an error message that it > was not configured the install program said to reload the modules. > I found at boot: it had some configuring data at F4 and F5, I tried to > put in the line about my controller but failed. > Would someone know what I have to do to complete this? > I did not under stand the info that was needed to put this on the > command line. F5 said > Adaptec 151x, 152xaha152x=iobase[,irq[,scsi-id[,reconnect]]] > also when I tried to access the cd from install program it errored and > showed > (maybe 'insmod driver'?) > Thanks for any help you may provide > David I am no expert, but I have just installed the zip zoom card shipped with iomega's internal scsi zip drive. This (mine) one is an adaptec based ISA card with no on-board bios. It is a second scsi card and it is used _only_ for the zip drive, so I use insmod technique. If your disks are on that card's chain, you have to have it compiled in the kernel. that eliminates the insmod strategy. You could try to pass arguments to kernel at boot time by typing (at the boot: prompt) aha152x=0x340,11,7,1 so your whole line would look like: boot:aha152x=0x340,11,7,1 the above would correspond to your windows-reported config (0340-035F io range and irq 11). HTH damir
SOLVED: install star-office5.0 on debian (slink)
Hi Jim Pick; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > "Damir J. Naden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > b)alternatively, can I, temporary, make a link for /tmp to point to > > /usr/local/tmp and so trick the system long enough to install the so5 in my > > /home partition? Are there any side effects I should be aware of ( I am > > planning on getting back to regular /tmp right after)? > > Yep, you can put your /tmp on another partition and symlink it without > side-effects. Make sure you use the same permissions. > > Cheers, > > - Jim > Thank you and other debian user who answered my post. I have symlinked /tmp to /usr/local/tmp ans SO5 installed without a hitch. Then I just reverted back by removing link and mkdir /tmp (always keeping the same permissions as per your suggestion). Again, thanks damir
Re: Debian installation hangs
Hi Robert Vollmert; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > The installation (CD or rescue floppy) loads the Linux kernel, and during > > the > > long series of hardware detection messages, successfully detects all the > > IDE > > devices and then hangs on the line. > > > > md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4 MAX_REAL=8 > > I have almost the same problem on my similar machine: When booting a pre- > compiled debian kernel, my computer halts for about 30 seconds at the above > line. Afterwards, it continues perfectly. > > Try waiting? > > Robert I had the same experience at the md line; waiting it out for up to a minute (maybe even more) solved the "problem". HTH damir
install star-office5.0 on debian (slink)?
Hi, everybody -- I just tried to install newly downloaded so5.0 following their instruction (run ./setup form installation directory), but my installation stopped with the msg that the disk was full. "df" showed that my / partition was indeed 100% full, adn I discovered it is due to so5 using /tmp directory (and my root partition, which the /tmp is part of, is only 32 Mb). My question is: a) I would not want to repartition the drive to install this single program. Can I get around the /tmp being the directory for the install process? b)alternatively, can I, temporary, make a link for /tmp to point to /usr/local/tmp and so trick the system long enough to install the so5 in my /home partition? Are there any side effects I should be aware of ( I am planning on getting back to regular /tmp right after)? Can the above be accomplished by setting some command line path (I'm afraid I'm not the programmer) like SET TMP=/usr/local/tmp in my bash shell (slink version)? I would hate to realize I have downloaded something for 7 hours for nothing... TIA, damir
Re: Netscape - Newbie Linux User
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > Subject: Netscape - Newbie Linux User > Date: Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 12:27:53AM -0500 > > In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Wuz up all? > > > > Alright here is my problem. I have Debian 2.0 installed. I downloaded > > [navigator-v45-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar] from ftp6.netscape.com. I > > installed it and everything. Now when ever I go to the installed dir > > [/usr/local/netscape] and i type ./netscape it gets an error message > > [unable to load library libXpm.so.4]. I then did a search with dselect to > > find the package [xpm4.7] which contains the [libXpm.so.4] lib. Then i did > > dpkg -i xpm4.7 and it wouldn't install it. I don't wanna go through with > > dselect because that takes forever! And apt doesn't work with my cd-rom :( > > Any suggestions? > > > Use lynx, take a look in the debian-user archives. There have been a > _bunch_ of people with the same problem. I recall that you have to > download 4-5 packages to get it working 'the debian' way. Look for > mail from Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> as he found most of the > answers to the problem. > > HTH > > > > Thanx > > > > NoDg I am using non-debianized _libc6 (aka glibc)_ version of netscape4.5 with slink debian without this problem. I think the package you need woud be xpm4g (which is libc6 based) and _not_ xpm4.7 (which is libc5 based). My libXpm.so.4 is part of the xpm4g package. HTH damir
iomega zip (scsi)
Hi, everybody -- I am trying to decide on buying the iomega zip drive with scsi interface; but have difficulties determining the usability of the drive with my regular (two HDs and CDrom) SCSI adaptor host (DTC3130B; based on ncr53c815 chip). I currently _happily_ use the above config, and my kernel is compiled with ncr53c8xx driver; but searching on the Usenet and debian archives and reading the READMEs for ncr chips I get mixed reports on whether or not I can/should just attach the zip drive to the existing adaptor (some issues with connect/reconnect and ncr53c8xx driver). If that is not an option, does anyone have any experience with having AHA152x driver and the zipzoom adaptor (if those two are going to work together at all?), and the impact on that driver on the ncr one (or the other way around, knowing the history with aic7xxx driver...) Any info greatly appreciated, TIA damir
Re: dual boot Linux/NT question
Hi Rakesh Mohan; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I am also trying to config my system for dual load from NT loader. I > followed the steps mentioned by Pat, but if i select the Linux option > then the system hangs. I see the blank screen with blinking cursor at > the top left. > > (Note: INstead of coping the file, bootsec.lnx, through floppy, i just > mounted the dos partition on linux and copied the file) > > Please let me know if you have any idea to solve this problem. Sorry, I never had to troubleshoot the thing. It always worked, unless I changed/recompiled the kernel and didn't update the bootsect.lnx file. Only ideas I have are: in your mail you are mentioning about copying the file named _bootsec.lnx_ and I believe we were talking about _bootsect.lnx_(note the t at the end of boosect).If I can assume that both the filename and the line in the boot.ini have the same name, the other thing is that my bootsect.lnx file has set system and read-only attributes (attrib +r +s command in NT). Other than that, I'm afraid I do not know what could be wrong. > BTW, I can now use lilo for branching to NT and linux, this works fine. > That is interesting. I was never able to do this. Maybe because my NT partition was NTFS.. damir
Re: dual boot Linux/NT question
Hi Patrick Ouellette; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > rumor has it that you need to update the bootsector file whenever you update > your kernel. > this is very true... I am using same method with the exception of the line added to the boot.ini; I just have a line that reads: C:\bootsect.lnx="linux" where bootsect.lnx is the same file as described by Pat. I have to update (I learned it _the hard way_) this file and boot.ini _every_ time I recompile the kernel. HTH damir
Re: mutt broken after slink upgrade
Hi Eric; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I just updated to slink and now mutt refuses to send mail. When i start > up mutt it works fine, except for the fact that it is in black and white > instead of color, until I try to actually send a message that I have > composed. It says "Error sending message, child exited 127 ()." I can > send mail fine with pine, so it's not smail's problem, and I couldn't find > anything in any logs to tell me what's going wrong. Also, this new > version of mutt has a dependency for gnupg...which doesn't seem to be > something that is present. > > Anyone help? It is a known and already reported bug against the mutt package... It seems that it is compiled to look for /usr/bin/sendmail and debian has sendmail in the /usr/sbin. Someone ahs pointed on the list already, the best fix (for the time being) is to make a symlink for /usr/bin/sendmail to point to /usr/sbin/sendmail. HTH damir
Re: realplayer just buzzing.
Hi Brent McMillan; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I downloaded RealPlayer, Version 5.0.0.45 and in a bout of > lazyness, downloaded the rvplayer.deb installer. Install went without any > error messages I could see, but when I try to play realaudio, I just get a > bunch of feedback and buzzing. Videos play very slowly aswell. Any > ideas? Source and package have been prematurely deleted, it would be a > pain to redownload and install. Solutions without those steps will be > apreciated :) > Did you try to change the setting (under real-player preferences) to use 8 bit instead of the 16 bit sound? HTH damir
slink and netstd package(s) question
Hi, all -- sorry for being slow but I have noticed that slink now hosts netstd package and a whole pile of separate daemon and client networking packages ( for example, telnet and telnetd). Can someone point me in the general direction of the html or somesuch document hwere I can learn about what these changes mean to my upgrading the packages between hamm and slink? And why did debian do that? I am sorry if I am just wasting your time, but it seems to me that I'll need to d/l about 5 or 10 packages instead of netstd only. *nix seemed much more friendlier before. damir
Re: Magicfilter setup
Hi H C Pumphrey; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, mwb wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > I have an HP Deskjet 670c printer - what line do I need to give > > > magicfilterconfig (the man pages don't seem to have such helpful > > > information)? > > > > > You'll need to get ghostscript from the slink distribution. This has > > support for the 'generic' hpdj drivers, (which seams to be a better > > driver than the dj500 driver). Set up your printer for a dj500, then > > edit the /etc/printcap file and dj500-filter file. Create a > > hp670c-filter file that uses the hpdj driver with gs instead of the > > dj500 driver. > Sorry to butt in here, but I tried to use hpdj device in my dj500-filter for HP dj600c printer, and am getting the following error (on the paper insteads of the actual output from ghostview or lyx): Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .setdevice Operand stack: --nostringval-- Has anyone a word of wisdom on what am I doing wrong? BTW, I can run dj500-filter and dj500c-filter without any problems on the same system using same files under same applications. TIA, damir
Re: ATI Xpert98 x setup
Hi M.C. Vernon; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to get this setup properly, with only limited success > ATM. Here is the devices section: > > Section "Device" >Identifier "Primary Card" >VendorName "Unknown" >BoardName "ATI Pro Turbo+PC2TV, 3D Rage II+DVD" >VideoRam8192 > > Is this right for the ATI XPert98? > > I get a display, but it's not very good (rather tall and thin) - so if the > above is correct then It's probably that I'm having to guess at the > monitor settings. > > Matthew I.m not sure about 98 version, but mine is plain old [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I use following (and am happy with results): Identifier "ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED], 3D Rage Pro" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" #VideoRam4096 HTH, damir
Re: Q:xfsft binary on debian system
Hi Stephen J. Carpenter; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > anyway... have you downloaded it? is it glibc or libc5? Yup, I did download it and it is compiled on a RH5.1 machine against glibc. > If it is compiled for linux it SHOULD work (of course there are always those > situations where things are setup or compiled weird)... > I see NO reason why it wouldn't work. > > The ONLY things AFAIK that dpkg and debina policy garauntees will NOT be > destroyed without your permission are "conffiles" binary executables are > NOT conffiles... > so the next tim,e you install xbase it will write over xfs..whgether it > is new or not. > > Just put it in /usr/local/bin and it will be safe there... > copy the xfs file from /etc/init.d to xfsft and edit it to use > your new binary (and disable the xfs one) > then use update-rc.d xfsft defaults > to install the sym links and bring it up on boot...beyond that just configure > its fonts et al. > Note: I have never used xfsft, but I have used xfstt and xfs ...both work > well enough for my needs. > The real reason I packaged xfstt and not xfsft originally was that it is based > so tightly on XF86 source...I would have had to split out the source tree for > xfs myself...thats a pain (esp if xfsft gets a patch...or if xfs gets a > differnt fix/patch)... Thank you for the step-by-step procedure. I am planning on trying that this coming weekend. If you want an update I will post my experience here. > Not to mention xbase has xfs built in...it was a mess, > maybe once X is broken up a bit (a goal of the X Strike Force ) it > will be easier to package xfsft > > -Steve Yes, I've read about that. It is a big project esp. since the X is coming out every so often. And maybe it can be shown that xfstt is a better solution anyways. Again, thank you much damir
Q:xfsft binary on debian system
Hi, everybody -- has anbody tried to install the precompiled binary for xfsft (not xfstt) that is available from this site: http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~pommnitz/xfsft.html I'd like to know if it is possible to just copy that font server over the regular one debian uses (part of xbase, I believe)? Comments welcome... I know it is easier to use xfstt, but I like the idea of running a single server better. TIA, damir
Re: Shared Lib problem
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > >>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 21 06:47:01 1998 > > >> I'm having problems using some software downloaded from the net (netscape, > >> StarOffice etc etc). > > > >Apperantly you didn't use the installer packages provided for these. > > I did for netscape, and that doesn't work, mind you i converted it from an RPM > using alien. > > Where do i find official installer packages for netscape, staroffice, acrobat, > xclaim, etc, etc ? > > >You don't have all the libc5 libraries these programs require installed. > >Using the installer packages would have taken care of that. > > How can i tell what versions i need? > > Thanks lots, Rex > I just download the installer packages and look up (by using dpkg-deb --info package_name) what do they depend on... Then I may or maty not use them for actuall install. All of those packages should have their own web-page under http://www.debian.org (follow the link for packages), and there it is clearly stated which libs are required. Just my 2 cents... HTH damir
Re: MTA Frustration: Exim
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > > > I will support that. I have tried maybe a dozen times to get exim running > > without success. The documentation most of the time explains some > > technical detail that I am not interested in. I just want to know how to > > set up the mail on my single PC with a dialup ppp connection to an ISP. > > That I have not been able to figure out with the present exim > > documentation. With Debian 1.3.1 it was easy to do setup smail. Now > > on Debain 2 smail's setup is also complicated and it took me a few days > > after upgrading to get my mail system working again. > > > > Johann > > And what I find so strange is that I have never had a problem getting exim > running. > > > George Bonser > I would have to second George here. I have set up my single PC w. the dial-up connection without any problems. It ran the script at install and answering few questions had me all ready to go. Then again, maybe something changed in the setup that I didn't notice since I was upgrading from about exim_1.8*... damir
Re: modem and PPP trouble
Hi Joshua Wilson; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux, and I am having a terrible time > getting PPP to work with my modem. I have a US Robotics 28.8 at > /dev/ttyS2. I tried to set up PPP using pppconfig and I have looked > at the files in /etc/ppp. Everything seems to be ok, but when I run > pon my modem does not dial, nothing happens, and plog tells me that > the connect script failed. I have consulted various HOWTOs and > documentation but they all seem to refer to pre-HAM versions of Debian > and reference a ppp.chatscript file that my box doesn't have. I also > searched the debian-user archives but could not find a relevant > answer. However, the archives did mention trying to dial out using > minicom. Minicom was able to get my modem to dial, but this still > does not solve my PPP problem since my ISP uses PAP and I do not how > to negotiate a connection to it using minicom. Any help or ideas > about how to get my modem to work with PPP would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Josh Wilson sorry if this sounds stupid, but do you really have your modem on /dev/ttyS2? Does your minicom or something similar work? The reason I'm asking this is that my USR 33.6 (which I can't imagine being any diff than 28.8) was preset at /dev/ttyS1 (which is DOS com2..) HTH damir
Re: wmaker 0.19
Hi Paulo José da Silva e Silva; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hello, > > Today I have dowloaded and isntaled wmaker 0.19 from slik (unstable) > using apt. > > The instalation was OK, but I can not start wmaker now. I get the > following error message: > > $ wmaker > /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker: error in loading shared libraries > : undefined symbol: _Xsetlocale > > I first though that it could be some change in xbase and upgraded it > too. But I still am in trouble. > > Does anymone know if I should install some other package or how to solve > this? > > Thanks > > Paulo > > PS: I dont know if this can help, bu typing locale in my terminal I get: > > $ locale > LANG=en_US > LC_CTYPE="en_US" > LC_NUMERIC="en_US" > LC_TIME="en_US" > LC_COLLATE="en_US" > LC_MONETARY="en_US" > LC_MESSAGES="en_US" > LC_ALL= I can run windowmaker 0.19.1-1 package on a 2.0 system without problems. Di you install debian packaged version? Did you get any errors during the installation phase? I know that libproplist needed to be upgraded to 0.8* package; but I haven't tried it without libprop being already upgraded HTH damir
Re: Exim fail to receive mails !?!
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > > > I had this problem too a couple of times... smail's post-rm script removes > > /etc/aliases. George, You use exim, is this alias file non-generation a > > bug??? Isn't there a script or something there to create it for you? > > I have installed exim_1.90-3 by replacing the existing smail_3.2.0.101-3 (all from then-unstable hamm). Back then, the exim installation script had a nice feature whereby, you could run dpkg --install exim* and it would _replace_ your smail package for you _without_ any intervention. I have heard that since than this feature has been missing from exim...(maybe others thought of it as bug and squashed it). > > I have never done a proper remove smail / install exim. > If the above outlined procedure is 'proper' way of doing things... My search with dpkg -S /etc/aliases has come up empty (I have a file, exim works, but it is apparently not owned or installed by any of the packages I have on my system). The comparable search by dpkg -L exim does confirm that exim does not install /etc/aliases for you. My guess is that /etc/aliases was installed by smail, not erased by purging the smail, and exim is happily using it. Hope this helps any of you, damir
Re: How do I use xconsole?
Hi BG Lim; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Everybody on the lists seems to be able to use xconsole. I don't. I've > been reading the man pages and all the x stuff I can find on the net and > so on. Whenever I start xconsole, nothing happens for a long time. What > parameters should I give? And should I start it as root? > > Thanks, > > BG Mine gets started from a menu in windowMaker. A quick glance at the menu commands : xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -exitOnFail -daemon -notify -file /dev/xconsole HTH damir
Re: telnet break-in
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > > > Interesting ... after reading the above messages, I decided to check out > > my /var/log files and found a whole suite of "in.telnetd[XXX]: connect" > > statements. > > > > Should I be worried ... or does Debian come secure out of the box? > > > > Debian is as secure as the passwords that you choose. If you have no root > password and go on the internet, you are asking for major problems. Debian > asks you to set a password and create a user account at install time. You > are as secure as the passwords you choose. > > You can further limit who can connect with /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny > > For example in /etc/hosts.deny: > > in.telnetd: .uu.net > > Would block any login attempts from anyone on a uu.net address. > > > > George Bonser > Ahhh, that is what I wanted, but didn't know how to ask..great. thanks again damir
Re: telnet break-in
Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Damir J. Naden wrote: > > > I have tried pinging the above host right after that and it returned the > > I.P. > > address 153.36.2.35 . does anyone know how can I get the actual site name > > from > > this? As the original poster, my connection is ppp dial-up thru a very good > > ISP, and I haven't had this happening before... > > Any clarification, help or opinions welcome. > > > > damir > > nslookup 153.36.2.35 > Server: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > Name:1Cust35.tnt15.tco2.da.uu.net > Address: 153.36.2.35 > > Looks like a uunet dialup. > > > > > George Bonser > Thanks for the prompt response... I apologize for my ignorance, but what does that mean then? Mine is a single machine, without anything else connected to it beside the ppp connection from my machine to the ISP. Where would the 'local' part come from? Again, thanks for your help damir
Re: telnet break-in
Hi Serge Delorme; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I only have a simple dial-out PPP connection from my ISP. > I'm still on a Bo system with shadow password enable. > Two days ago I see this message from my xconsole: > > Aug 20 10:19:56 ordino in.telnetd[349]: connect from ppp-014.m4-1.mtl.ican.net > Aug 20 10:20:01 ordino telnetd[349]: ttloop: peer died: Success > > I understand the first line; somebody requested a telnet session from my > system. The second one I'm not sure...who cut the connection, the other side > or my system? > > To this date I did not really care about security, I'm the only user and I'm > on > line for short periods, but now I'm getting a little panicked...is Bo > security ok or should/can I do more? Do I have to deny requests for telnet > and ftp > sessions or is on by default? > > Paranoid. > it is interesting that similar thing happened to me yesterday. I'm running a fully stable hamm system, and this is the first time something like that happened. My syslog file shows this: Aug 22 15:10:41 camelot in.telnetd[1709]: connect from 1Cust35.tnt15.tco2.da.uu. net Aug 22 15:10:42 camelot telnetd[1709]: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character I have tried pinging the above host right after that and it returned the I.P. address 153.36.2.35 . does anyone know how can I get the actual site name from this? As the original poster, my connection is ppp dial-up thru a very good ISP, and I haven't had this happening before... Any clarification, help or opinions welcome. damir
Q:gs-aladdin/gimp printing (may not be Debian-specific)
G'day -- I apologize if this turns out to be non-Debian specific, but I was reading earlier on a thread in this group on printing under gs, and I have a couple of questions ( I am running Debian 2.0- just released and 2.0.35 kernel): 1) Has anyone gotten gimp to print freefont-supplied fonts (like engraver) with HP600c deskjet? I am trying to print size 16 and getting extremly bad looking fonts, even though I can see them allright under X... 2) Is there a difference in how ghostview(1.5-17) handles printing, and direct printing (ala command line) from gs-aladdin (5.10-9)? If I try to convert the above mentioned image with small size fonts into ps format, my ghostview output looks just as bad as direct print from gimp. OTOH, if I use xfig for same images, with it's own fonts, everything works fine. If I use same fonts (freefont-supplied) in Staroffice presentation, they come out fine. So, in short: is there anyone out there getting freefont to print reasonablly well in gimp and *ps formats, and if so, could you point me to what am i doing wrong? (I use magicfilter, but haven't had a need until now for really good printing) Sorry for being so long.. TIA damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Problem with SCSI CD-ROM
Hi Jens Ritter; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Did you grab an image from the mirror and burned that, or did you > generate your own images for burning? Where did you get it from? I haven't done it myself, but one of the debian maintainers did it for me. Don't know the answer to that one. sorry... > Does this happen every time on the same file or on different files? > The first indicates a broken image/cd, the latter problems with the > hardware. It happens on the different files. Not always to the same extent, though. Sometimes it will just spit out whole pile of "raw-data" addresses, and I can unmount the /cdrom cleanly, though the light on the CDrom drive will stay on until I actually eject the CD by hand. > [reboot necessary because system hangs] > > This really should not happen. Even if the kernel barfs loudly on the > image, it should be able to recover... I was trying to get the syslog to the moment of the crash, but couldn't get exact point from the logs. Will look some more if that is of benefit to anyone. This hang-up happened while I was in the X-win, running Netscape and xconsole at the same time as trying to cp gcc binary from the CD. I know that xconsole had whole pile of "raw data" crap as described by the original poster (which is what I 'normally' see every time I use that CD), but than all of a sudden I saw a message of SCSI-bus reset ( I had that happen before on that CD, but system recovered by itself- only running VC at the time- one user only), some PID being killed ( I didn't write it down...) and whole system hung. My screen was unaffected ie I could still see everything, but mouse was frozen, I couldn't get Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or F3 or F4 ...), I couldn't kill the X-session, even Ctrl-Alt-Delete wouldn't do a thing. I waited for three hours for the system to recup without success. I than powered it down, being ready to boot off floppies, but boot-up was fine, just mentioned in the boot-up messages, that shutdown was not done cleanly. I can't telnet, since it is only a single computer. What is -MARK- for? I have that now regulary since I upgraded to full hamm/stable... I hope this helps somebody out there to at least get a hint at where the problem is. damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Problem with SCSI CD-ROM
Hi Raymond A. Ingles; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Andreas Nolda wrote: > > > Dear Debian users, > > > > trying to install Debian 2.0 from a Sony PCMCIA-Discman (PRD-250) using > > pcmcia-cs_3.0.0-9, I constantly get error messages of the following kind: > > > > scsi4: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 3, lun 0, CDB: 0x03 00 00 00 10 00 > > extra data not valid Current error sr0b: 00: sns = 70 3 > > ASC= 2 ASCQ= 0 > > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 > > 0x00 0x02 0x00 > > CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1338 FWIW, I get the same error on my debian-mirror Cds. So, you are not alone (I know that doesn't help you...). > Well, "Medium Error" indicates that the CD is bad. Have you tried reading > any other CDs? Maybe even just mounting a CD and doing an 'ls' on it? > Yup, I can mount it and do ls on it, but if I go to cp any of the files, it'll just freeze the system and only a _power-off_ will get it back up and running. This didn't happen with 1.3 disks (and it still doesn't). Is it at all possible the problem is in the CDs being completely full? (my df on /cdrom showed 100% used up)-- I know it is a long shot :-) BTW, if I do ls three or four levels deep (i.e. ls /cdrom/dists/hamm/binary-i386/mail it will give me those same errors but will not lock up. Is it maybe a side-effect of the disks being cut under Win95? I run 2.0.35, hamm (stable), ncr53c8xx driver and ncr53c815-based controller under AMDK6-233, if that is any help. My Cdrom is a 24x NEC1810. damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
looking for info from dpkg
G'day -- Could anyone tell me if there is an option in dpkg command line which will tell me what packages are _not_ used and/or needed but already installed? I have recently discovered hat I had isapnp-related package installed on my system, but I do not recall ever putting that package on the system (it may have come during initial install from floppies, who knows..). When I purged it I had no problems whatsoever, specially in the view that I do not have any cards that would not work without it. Now my curiosity would not let me alone until I find out if there are any other packages on the system (installed and not needed) Any info or pointer to the info is welcome, TIA damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: getting RealPlayer 5 running
Hi Joey Hess; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I take it you're not using the rvplayer debian package? You should try it. > It's only in debian 2.0pre, but it makes installing real player very easy > (and it should work on older debian 1.3 systems as well). > > -- > see shy jo > Sorry to butt in here, but just a quick question: I am using realplayer5.0, installed with rvplayer package from hamm, on a hamm based system. It works, and it worked first time I installed it. However, I can not for the life of me play _two_ songs in a row, without reloading the entire web-page; for example I listen to Cdnow site, hear the first track of whatever album I want to, all is well and once it is done, I exit the real player, click on the next song, player comes up and starts, but only noise comes out, and my system resources get apparently eaten by realplayer, since my mouse works as in very slow-motion. If I back out of the page, reload it and listen to it a minute later all is well (until I want to hear the next song). any ideas? My realaudio setting in netscape (4.05): audio/x-pn-realaudio /usr/X11R6/bin/rvplayer %s and audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealVideo Player plugin TIA damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Needed: NEC CDrom drive info
G'day -- I am happily running a 24x NEC CD-Rom drive 464 (as reported in my /var/log/messages) alongside two SCSI-2 HDs on a NCR53c815 based card. Now I am trying to use a souncard (FWIW, Ensoniq soundscape, *non* PnP one...) and am confused as to which audio cables to use between the CD and the soundcard: souncard gives me three diff options: matsushita, mitsumi or sony, but I can not find any inf anywhere on the net, including NEC site, that would reveal which audio cable works with 464 drive. Does anyone out there have any clue about this? Any and all info greatly appreciated... regards, damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?
Hi Adrian Monk; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS > Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has > to use this prog for preparing slides for medical lectures and because of > it (and a private practice invoicing prog) I have to keep a Windows 95 > partition which, needless to say, I would dearly like to get shot of. > > Come to that, any medical doctors or others here who might know of a Linux > prog for running private practice - a Linux equivalent of MidexPro, for > example? > > TIA > > Adrian Monk > Well, Staroffice 4 has a very nice, and as far as I can tell, very Powerpoint-like features. It is free for private use, and I believe Caldera has a commercial version for $99. See : httP://www.stardivision.com for more HTH damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: slrn scrolling trouble
Hi Paul Miller; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I can't figure out how to scroll down in the message window. The help > screen says to press ESC + UP/DOWN .. this works, but it is extremely slow > (keys and only 1 line at a time)... Is there a way to use PgDn/PgUp? > > Thanks > -Paul I have it running here on a hamm system and to scroll down I just hit the spacebar. to go back up (a screenfull at the time) I use "b"... PgUp and PgDown work in the index window without a problem. Package: slrn Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: news Installed-Size: 378 Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 0.9.4.3-4 Provides: news-reader Depends: libc6, slang0.99.38 HTH damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
User views on software reqd, please
G'day everybody -- I have a feeling that this is not going to get me far but I'm going to ask anyways: 1) Does anyone here uses mechanical drafting apps (like AutoCAD or Cadkey-lookalikes) under linux? I have a demo of Varicad running, and there is a LinuxCAD, but they don't have any demos..Or how about microstation95? 2) Does anyone know if dosemulator or wine run autoCAD or Cadkey? Thank you very much for any and all feedback. I realise this is not the best group to ask those questions but I have more faith in the answers I get here than in the newsgroups. Damir P.S. Does anyone know if mutt mailer will be available as a deb package linked to slang1 libs as opposed to slang0.99.38? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?
Hi Bonard B. Timmons III; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, that was my experience also, but I did not give up. I am glad > because exim really is clean, powerful, and logical. I would be glad > to assist anyone; at the very least I can help those like our family > who enjoys the built-in filtering ability of exim to split the mail > from the pop-server amongst ourselves. Yes, I know procmail does that > also, but I just think exim overall is the better solution. > > I think exim is so good that it should be the default Debian MTA. This > topic would be an excellent one to debate on this list IMHO. > > Bake > Just my two cents: (FWIW, I'm running Debian 2.0 hamm) I have switched over from smail to exim while exim was the 1.90-3.deb version. All I had to do was to run : dpkg --install exim_1.90-3.deb and it removed smail package for me automagicaly; without the need for *any* other input. Notice I didn't have to use --force option anywhere. It was a clean, smooth upgrade. IMHO, running fetchmail to grab mail from dial-up connection in conjunction with exim is at least three to five times faster than it was with the hamm version of smail. Thanks to developers of Exim and package maintainer at Debian, regards DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
StarOffice 4.0 and Faxing
G'day everybody -- has anyone successfuly set up SO4.0 (under hamm system) to fax directly from the application- to avoid "save to file (as .ps)" method? I'm using efax, can fax from the command line, can fax directly from Lyx0.12, but can't do much more than initialize the modem by using faxlpr "printer" spooler. I know the command "fax send" needs a number on a command line but haow to get that in the pop up window under StarOffice? TIA Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New User Needs Help
Hi Robert Harrington; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I am a very new user to Debian/Linux and I just want to know how to access my > floppy drive, fd0? > > Rob mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy at the command prompt will do the job. This is provided you (as a user) have a permission to mount the device...If not, add yourself (username) to the group floppy, I think... HTH DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New tetex (0.9*) question
Greetings, just curios: why is tetex package so much bigger (in installed size) than the 0.4* version? Are there that many new features? I use Lyx under hamm system and wonder if there are any advantages of installing the 0.9 version at this point? TIA DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: StarOffice 4.0 *.deb
Just my two ccents: I installed StarOffice 4.0 in the /home/damir/ directory by using the install script that came in the original tarball without any problems whatsoever. I don't pretend to know how this works, but it does :-) Also, I have fetched URW fonts (link from the gimp site) and installed them in the X11R6 tree, symlinked them to the staroffice tree and edited fonts file for the staroffice and it worked as a charm. I have two unresolved things, though: a) did anyone get efax to work with staroffice 4.0 (so I can fax from within the document..) b) did anyone get lucida fonts to work in the StarWriter4.0 (I can get pretty much all the fonts to work including lucida in the presentation part of the StarOffice and in the Spreadsheet) Thanks, DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adaptec 2840 VLB Fails from bootdisk
Hi Daniel; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I have a 486dx4/100 system that has both PCI and VLB on the same board. > I have Caldera currently running on the machine. The SCSI controller on > it is a Adaptec 2840 VLB (Rev E, btw) > > Basically.. it hangs.. and gives errors something like "scsi0 spurrious > intterupt" etc I'm using a boot disk that came with my CD from 1.3.1 > rev 6. This is a known thing, and it happens only on 2842VLB card. The only solution I know of is to have the boot disk reconfigured/ rewritten to use a specially compiled kernel with only AIC77** (the one for the 2842 card) driver and none of the other SCSI cards. I don't know if this is happening with hamm disks... (I had switched over to the different card in the meantime) HTH DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: display postscript
Hi David B Wilson; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Is there any sort of display postscript support in Linux? > David Maybe ghostview_*.deb or gv_*.deb? Regards DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Star Office Anyone Using it?
Hi ' ALLAN W. BART; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > hi, > > I see that it is available for home usage for free, you can get a cdrom > for 8 bucks. so how does it stack up against applixware or other packages > that you know of? > > allan bart > > I'm very happy with the features they have supplied. IMHO this is the closest we got to the Win-style suites, and even I don't like MS, I have to admit that Win-enviroment has cool suites for business. The only problem is that you seem to need 64 Mb of RAM to run it without much swapping- I myself would like to see something sligthly less polished in the GUI and less memory hungry. I am still hoping to see a gtk-friendly spreadsheet siag in a debian package :-) SO4.0 has a really well featured spreadsheet... Where did you see the lead for the SO4.0 Cd-rom? BTW, is it possible to use gimp or image-magick or a combo to produce presentation slideshow? Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI 3D Rage Pro vx Xfree (and a comment)
Hi Hogland, Thomas E.; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I know this can be done, but can't find the answer in the old digests... > Have a Compaq Presario with the ATI 3D Rage Pro card. Installed from CD, > set up X, used the listed Mach64 servers (for the Rage and Rage II) and > X dies with the message that it can't start the server. The VGA setup > comes up fine... Any ideas?? I'll assume you have a PCI card, but same info should apply to AGP based card: upgrade the XFree86 package to the latest ( I think it is *_3.3.2-3.deb or higher) and you should be fine... HTH damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BIG thanks to all on bash* problem
I just want to thank all of the people who were very quick and helpful in dealings with my broken upgrade of the hamm-based bash package (2.01.1-1). I have managed to install ash package, edit /etc/passwd to make ash a login shell for root and user, and than reinstall old, working bash_2.01-5.deb package. Again thanks to all of you, special thanks to Daniel and Joost... Grateful, DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Applixware- user view needed
Thanks to everyone who offered help on this matter. I had hoped this program would have been somewhat smaller...Sigh. I'm using Lyx on top of tetex for WP and experimenting with xesslite for SS (which is quite nice, actually). Xesslite takes up only about 4 Mb (with examples and html help files), and it is very capable. I thought only MS makes office suites over 100 mb. Nature of the beast, I guess... thanks to everybody Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X query..
Hi Michael Beattie; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Whenever I start X, I get an xterm automatically opening. Is there a way > to stop this? I have never minded until now, but now I usually close it > straight away. The reason I ask is that it does not appear to be a result > of one of the windowmanagers opening. there is a routine in the Xsession > file: > > case $# in > 1) > case $1 in > failsafe) > if grep -q ^allow-failsafe /etc/X11/config > then > exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 > fi > ;; > esac > esac > > but even after commenting it out, (and removing "allow-failsafe" in > /etc/X11/config as well) it does not stop.. If you have the "stock" Xsession file (not manually edited) it should contain one other line few paragraphs down from the place you are quoting: then exec $startup else rxvt -ls -geometry 80x12+2+2 -T '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' & if [ -e /etc/X11/window-managers ] then for i in `sed 's/#.*//' /etc/X11/window-managers` do Notice the line starting (in my case) with "rxvt"? This is the one that will work under normal conditions and start up your "xterm" (I have manually edited my file to use rxvt instead of the xterm)... HTH DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applixware- user view needed
G'day -- I would like to know what HD space one needs to install applixware office suite? I have searched high and low for this piece of info to no avail. And while we are at it, can someone give me a feedback on spreadsheet part of the suite: does it provide a function similar to the one found on Corel's Quattro called "optimizer" or some such thing - basically a goal seeking tool for two or three variables at the same time? Thanks a bunch DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multi-Boot
Hi Dale Smith; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:47:56 -0600, you wrote: > > I have read about this in one of the HOWTO's. This is a real pain for me > because my NT partition is ntfs, and I can't use linux tools to copy the boot > sector. I'm using the same setup, that is I'm booting linux off of the NT boot loader or whatever M$ calls that thing. I don't understand why do you feel that the fact your NT partition is ntfs would stop you from using a floppy and copy over the boot sector of your linux partition as a msdos file into the NT partition ... I have a ntfs partition and it worked OK. > > Is there some way to make a chain loader of some kind? This would be a boot > sector that the NT boot loader uses. It would boot whatever partition it > points to. Then, whenever you re-compile a kernel, running lilo would update > the linux partition boot sector. You would never have to touch the NT "chain" > boot sector again, unless you are changing drives. Am I making any sense? That is exactly what the method you are questioning would do, *except* you will have to copy over the linux partition bootsector file into the NT partition every time you re-run LILO (please someone correct me if I'm wrong here). So , running LILO will not update your file on the NT partition. But how many times a year are you planning on running LILO? Three, maybe four times is my max, and I don't mind using floppy for that. Only my two cents... regards, damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GIMP Problem in hamm
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > Damir wrote: > > Actually, you'll have to upgrade the libgtk1 package to at least 0.99.7-4. > > This fixed the problem for me > > libgtk1_0.99.7-2.deb is on the site (currently) and on this machine...did > it via dselect ftp. It's still a no-go here with error: > "gimp: error in loading shared libraries > /usr/lib/libgtk.so.1: undefined symbol: XListInputDevices > > dselect should have purged the old files. Does libgtk.so.1 look > like an old file, or a new one, or are both of the same name? Should > I try forcing a dpkg purge and a dpkg reinstall? > > Art Lemasters I belive that the libgtk1_0.99.7-2 *was* a problem, but don't quote me on it.. I have downloaded *0.99.7-4.deb from ftp1.us.debian.org in a pub/debian/Incoming directory a three or four days ago, and this fixed my problems. BTW, I can't say anything about dselect since I'm using the good old manual way of doing things by dpkg. Oh, and when upgrading *gimp* itself to 0.99.21-1 version, I had to manually purge old gimp-data-min pkg., which forced me to remove the existing gimp installation *prior* to installing gimp itself. HTH Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Booting Win NT and Debian
Hi Tristan Day ; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > After going through the 'NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO,' I managed to dual > boot Linux and NT, but only using a boot floppy for Linux. Although I am > pleased that this time I installed Debian it didn't lock me out of NT, I > still want to dual-boot from my hard drive as promised by the HOWTO. > > I have copied the bootsector using > > dd if-/dev/hda6 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > > and put it onto my c: drive, and put the line > > C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" > > into the end of my Boot.ini file, but on booting and selecting Linux from > the NT Dual Boot screen, I get > > "NTDETECT 4.00 > > ERROR: NT CANNOT FIND THE FILE /WINNT/SYSTEM32/NTOSKRNL.EXE > > PLEASE INSTALL THIS FILE AND TRY AGAIN" > > and I have to reboot. I tried copying the bootsector of my boot floppy, but > the same happened again. NT is looking for another installation of NT, when > it should just load Linux. > > Help!!! > I'm using this method for months now without a problem...Did you re-run /sbin/lilo after editing the /etc/lil.conf to include a line like : boot=/dev/hda6 Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GIMP Problem in hamm
Hi Alexander Kushnirenko; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, Joey! > > If I'm not mistaken gimp version 0.99.21-2 is not in hamm distribution yet. > > Sasha. > Actually, you'll have to upgrade the libgtk1 package to at least 0.99.7-4. This fixed the problem for me HTH Damir > > Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > > > When I enter "gimp" as a command in afterstep (in hamm), I > > > > receive only the following: > > > > - > > > > gimp: error in loading shared libraries > > > > /usr/lib/libgdk.so.1: undefined symbol: XListInputDevices > > > > - > > > > > > Same thing here. > > > > Upgrade; this was fixed in gimp version 0.99.21-2. > > > > -- > > see shy jo > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Q: New (hamm) afterstep info
Hi -- just wondering: is it me or is there no info on the Net on the changes that were incorporated into the afterstep version 1.4*? I found the European mirror that carries the tarball, but no info on what the differences are between the 1.0 and 1.4 . Any pointers would be welcome.. TIA DamirN -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 2.0.33 kernel and libc6 dependancies
Hi Jens Ritter; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > Well kernel-source-2.0.32_*-5, can be removed then, but not totally: > > Lot´s of */.depend and other files do not get deleted, seems not to be in > the bug tracking system yet. > > Can this be confirmed by other people? > > Thanks, > > Jens If by '*/' directory you mean a /usr/src/ directory, no, I haven't had any garbage left over. If you mean /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32/ directory there were some files left over, but I manually deleted the whole directory (after purging it with dpkg!!) and had no problems... Damir -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: lyx 0.12 final in hamm is actually bo ?
Hi Oleg Krivosheev; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, > > looks like lyx 0.12 binal bo version > live now in hamm tree. > > Is it known probelm ? > > regards I'm running a lyx_0.12.0.final-0.1.deb from hamm tree and this one is libc6 dependant: ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/lyx libforms.so.0.88 => /usr/lib/libforms.so.0.88 (0x4000e000) libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40092000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x400a) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x400a9000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400be000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4016) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4017a000) Which means the hamm tree is the right place for it... Damir -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 2.0.33 kernel and libc6 dependancies
Hi Manoj Srivastava; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, > Create or download a kernel-headers-2.0.32 package, and > install that. Then you should be able to remove the kernel sources. > > manoj Thanks. I'm doing the d/l right now. But, why is that necessary in the first place? I thought the libc6-dev dependancy to kernel-headers (or source) =>2.0.32* would accept 2.0.33 as a replacement... Anyway, thank you all for your reply.. Damir -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
