Re: Kernel Compile on Potato

[David Blackman]

In potato it's libncurses5-dev, you'll also need bin86.

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On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 08:23:26PM -0400, Jeff Self wrote:
> You also need to install ncurses-dev or whatever it is called.  I ran into
> this yesterday.
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, deja luser wrote:
> 
> > Tonight I installed frozen on a k6-2 system, and am trying to compile a new 
> > kernel for it, but make menuconfig fails. I have ncurses installed, and so 
> > I 
> > should be able to run it, but as it says below it dies in 
> > /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog on the line with:
> > #include CURSES_LOC
> > 
> > Below is the actual output, I went through the files mentioned, but nothing 
> > looks obviously wrong (at least to me). I can make config, but 3 times so 
> > far I've tried it and have fat-fingered it at some point, usually near the 
> > end. Now, in the dialog, directory it mentions that that is a non-standard 
> > version could this be a problem?
> > 
> > Gregg
> > 
> > # make menuconfig
> > rm -f include/asm
> > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> > make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/scripts/lxdialog'
> > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE  
> > -DCURSES_LOC=""   -c -o lxdialog.o lxdialog.c
> > In file included from lxdialog.c:22:
> > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory
> > make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/scripts/lxdialog'
> > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
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Re: Sound Troubles

[David Blackman]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 04:15:06PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Cameron Matheson hat gesagt: // Cameron Matheson wrote:
> 
> > I mailed a little while ago, but I did not explain myself well enough.  I
> > have sound with CD and in Enlightenment, so I know it works.  None of the
> > games that Debian came with have sound.  Why not?
> 
> What games are you trying to play? Is the enlightenment sound daemon running
> (ps aux | grep esd)? If so, try killing it (killall esd) and check if the
> games have sound now.
> 
> bye

Actually, most of the games that come with Debian don't have sound,
it's as simple as that, what games specifically?

--dave

Voodoo Banshee Help

[David Blackman]

Hey All,
I desperatley need help with my new voodoo banshee card. I
finally got X working, sort of, and fixed the consoel by using the
server from 3dfx. But I can't get glide to work.

The debs are hopelessly broken:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libglide2-v3: Depends: device3dfx-module but it is not installable

I tried to install the RPMs, the test programs didin't work.
I tried to rebuild the source RPMs, the test programs didin't work.

Also, teh kernel module just tells me 3dfx: unable to set MTRR 

If you have a voodoo banshee or voodoo3 working under debian, please
let me know.


--dave

Re: voodoo3 on debian

[David Blackman]

add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://debian.oftheinter.net/ x335-slink/

then do apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade

then alein THE_3DFX_RPM.rpm, and dpkg -i the resulting deb.

OK?
--dave

Fears about Slink->Potato

[David Blackman]

I was running potato about 4 montsh ago, and coudn't deal with the
instability, but I'd like to get glibc2.1, I'm currently using xk's X335
debs, have a lot of stuff compiled under glibc2.07 and cannot afford to
break my system right now, oh and kernel 2.2.13

What should I be worried about? WIll any of my packages break? What major
things are still broken? 

If I get more then 5:
GOTO POTATO NOW YOU FOOLL! 
messages I think Ill upgrade,

thanks,
--dave

Re: WordPerfect 8 Floating Point Exception

[David Blackman]

I ahve all of these xpm packages installed and my wp8 works just fine, so
for simplicity, do what I do, grab everything with xpm in the name

ii  xpm-bin 3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries - associated
binaries
ii  xpm4-altdev 3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc5) -
development
ii  xpm4.7  3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc5) -
runtime
ii  xpm4g   3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc6) -
runtime
ii  xpm4g-dev   3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc6) -
development

--dave

Re: WordPerfect 8 Floating Point Exception

[David Blackman]

no you need to libc5 versions of eveyrthig xpm

ii  xpm-bin 3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries - associated
binaries
ii  xpm4-altdev 3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc5) -
development
ii  xpm4.7  3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc5) -
runtime
ii  xpm4g   3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc6) -
runtime
ii  xpm4g-dev   3.4j-0.6   X Pixmap libraries (for libc6) -
development



--dave

Re: CD burning problems

[David Blackman]

Please try mkisofs, iy's better maintained, more up to date, and most
frontends prefer it.

mkisofs -rva -o  

thanks,
dave

An open letter to the debian community

[David Blackman]

I love Debian, I use Debian, I administer Debian at my
school. Why do I use Debian? Because my school uses it. Why does my
school use it? Because they didn't like the GUIness of RedHat, and
Slackware is just too much of a hassle. Plus, they were drawn to apt-get.

Debian is a wonderful development model. Anyone can
contribute to it. There isn't a large administrative hierarchy, the user
base is the developers, the testers, and the end users. The bug
reports are open to everyone. And everything must be Free Software,
Free Software in the sense that it must be both open source, and
modifiable. Open sourced program FooBarX, which doesn't allow modified
binaries, is placed in  non-free, for the user to download, but it's not
part of the standard distribution. Program FooBarZ is closed source,
binaries only, it's not part of Debian.

So what's wrong with this? Debian is supposed to be a
completely open source operating system, where everything adheres to
the Debian free software guidelines. This is an operating system where
I could replace every instance of Debian with foobar, and sell it for
three thousand bucks a copy. And doesn't non-free have all those open
source/closed binary packages, and all the packages under actual
patents? And isn't a 4k script that I apt-get, which downloads and
installs netscape for me in Debian friendly directories, just as good
as including the 17 meg binary on the CD?

No it's not.
Take this hypothetical conversation: 

Okay, I've just installed Debian/GNU Linux (Don't forget the GNU!), it
only took me 3 hours to get through all those cryptic installation
questions. now where's my full featured web browser? 
Yes, but it's not Free, so you need to download it. 
Now, can I edit my MS Office docs?
You might be able to look at them, but definitely not edit them!
What about this StarOffice thing I keep hearing about? <
That's a 50 meg download. 
And WordPerfect 8? 
25 meg download.
I want to hear sound, I just type sndconfig, like in RedHat? 
No, we don't include the sound modules, you'll need to
recompile the kernel by hand.
What's a kernel? Whatever, when can I start editing graphics
for my web site? 
Well, GIMP is the greatest piece of software ever, but it
doesn't include GIF & TIFF support in Debian, so you'll need to
download GIMP-nonfree. But after all, we're on a holy war to burn all
GIFS anyway, use PNGs and JPEGS.
Where's KDE? My friend at work uses it, it's so nice and easy. 
You see, the QT widget set wasn't under a Free license, so we
yanked it, but now it's under a Free license, but we still have issues
with KDE, so you'll have to use GNOME.
And my TNT2/VOODOO3/G400 will work under this X thing right? 
30 megs.


Get the picture? Here's approximatley 150 megs of downloads so far 
(kernel
sources + KDE + QT + SO51 + WP8 + X335). Add on top of this the lack
of a packaged, up-to-date system, (Even Slackware is up to kernel 2.2.12, X335, 
with KDE and GNOME, compared to Debian, this is light years ahead) with a 
recent version of X, or
a recent kernel, and you begin to wonder why people are still using
Debian. It's simple -- because we're a bunch of techno-snobs. Debian's
hard to use, and we like it that way. We'll leave it to Corel to make
Debian easy. We don't WANT everyday users. We like Debian the way it
is. We like feeling superior, adhering to a higher standard of Free,
and the warm and fuzzy feeling we get from whizzing around a cryptic
console in front of a newbie.

Lately I've been thinking about forking Debian, into DWA,
meaning Debian Without Attitude. We'll drop the attitude, and the
pretenses, about what Free means, and get licensing deals with Corel,
Netscape, and Sun, to include Wordperfect, Communicator, and
Staroffice. We'll make the install process less cryptic, include
non-free on the CD  and forget the Debian philosophy, that the only
way to learn is by doing it the hard way.

I'm going to get flamed for this. I know it. We don't want to
think we're techno-snobs. We want to think our distribution is
superior. We want to leave out KDE. We don't want Joe Blow to start
with Debian, if he's not man enough to face up to Debian, he can go
buy, ("Ha! Buy!", we Debian snobs say) Red Hat.

--David Blackman
Perl/C Hacker
Stuyvesant HS Sophmore
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Re: Joystick on a SB32

[David Blackman]

It works fine, it always has, I was loading the josytick driver with no
joystick attached

tahnks,
--dave

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Adam C Powell IV wrote:

> "Ingles, Raymond" wrote:
> 
> > > From: David Blackman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > I have my SB32 autoconfigured by my BIOS, with sound support
> > > in my kernel, how can I get the joystick port on my SB32 to work
> > > without turning off auto-PNP in BIOS, and isapnp'ing it.
> >
> >  I'm not sure you can. Somehow the card needs to be told to
> > activate the joystick port, and where to map it (almost always
> > 0x200-0x207). If your BIOS can't, I don't think the kernel
> > drivers are smart enough to.
> 
> Ins't there a field in the pnpdump for the game port?  If you uncomment the 
> right
> lines, it should be possible to activate and map it properly using isapnp, 
> right?
> Never tried it, just wondering.
> 
> Zeen,
> 
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extended ascii symbols

[David Blackman]

For some of the wierd symbols, like card suits and lines and shapes, I
need to print ths to start it: 
"\033[11m"

and thsi to stop it (so that keys display properly)
"\033[10m"

Is there a better way?

thanks,
--dave

Joystick on a SB32

[David Blackman]

I have my SB32 autoconfigured by my BIOS, with sound support in my kernel,
how can I get the joystick port on my SB32 to work without turning off
auto-PNP in BIOS, and isapnp'ing it.

--dave

extended ascii symbols

[David Blackman]

For some of the wierd symbols, like card suits and lines and shapes, I
need to print ths to start it: 
"\033[11m"

and thsi to stop it (so that keys display properly)
"\033[10m"

Is there a better way?

thanks,
--dave

Re: AHA2940U2W... AND MAtrox G400...

[David Blackman]

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No idea about scsi, for your G400, upgrade to teh latest X, and then use
teh SVGA server, add this to your /etc/apt/ources.list, then do apt-get
update, apt-get dist-upgrade

deb http://debian.oftheinter.net/ x335-slink/

- --dave

On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Daniel Ferrante wrote:

> 
> 
>   Hi All!
> 
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Gregory T. Norris wrote:
> 
> > I've got an unofficial installation diskset for slink that's setup
> > specifically for the Adaptec SCSI controllers.  You can snarf it from
> > .
> > 
> > Basically you'll need to boot from the diskette, but can then use the
> > CD as your installation media...
> > 
> > 
> 
>   I got the disks above and I was able to install my Debian (after
> a while of strugle with NT... removed it... ;) Anyway, now I am getting a
> warning message from LILO saying that my hard drive is not the first
> drive!
>   I have a SCSI Zip Drive as /dev/sda and a SCSI HD as /dev/sdb. I
> compiled my kernel twice: once WITH support for generic SCSI and the other
> WIHOUT it (only with the aic7xxx support, once my zip is connected to
> it...)! None of them worked out... Now it won't boot!  I mean, LILO is
> able to run and - apparently - install itself in the MBR of /dev/sdb, but
> it gives me this warning message saying that this is not my first drive! I
> have no ideas left... Any help???
> 
>   Besides that, I also hava a Matrox G400 32Mb and I amm not being
> able to find the proper X Server for it. Which one should I use?
> 
>   Thanks for your help!
> 
>   Cheers,
> 
>   Daniel.
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Re: XFree update

[David Blackman]

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add thsi to your /etc/apt/sources.list, and then do, apt-get update; 
apt-get dist-upgrade

deb http://debian.oftheinter.net/ x335-slink/

- --dave



On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:

> I have slink installed with the Xfree version that comes with it. My
> video card is not supported in that release (Matrox Productiva G100 8mb
> AGP). I checked and it is supported in the new release of xfree. Can you
> indicate what exactly I must download, and how to install it so that it
> works? So far I haven't been able to get beyond a basic XF86Config file,
> that does not use much of the capability of the hardware.
> Thanks,
> Antonio
> 
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RE: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

[David Blackman]

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I really like xk's x335 debs
add deb http://debian.oftheinter.net/ x335-slink/

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Martin Fluch wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Norris, Greg wrote:
> 
> > Have you tried the X packages from ?  If I
> > remember correctly, they're compiled specifically for slink...
> > 
> > If that doesn't help, you should be able to snarf the precompiled 3.3.3.5
> > server directly from the XFree86 site, and use it with the slink version of
> > X (I've had to do that in the past, and I have the same video card that you
> > do).  They should co-exist without causing any trouble.
> 
> There are precompiled xserver as debian packages for slink for 3.3.4 and
> 3.3.5. You can get them by adding one of the following lines to
> /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ xfree86-334-slink/
> deb ftp://cadzentrum.m.fh-offenburg.de/pub/os/linux/debian/ ./
> 
> The first one is gives you 3.3.4, the other one 3.3.5...
> 
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Re: Wordperfect 8 seg fault

[David Blackman]

you need xpm***-altdev, I generally just install everything with xpm in
the name on a debian box that's going to have wp8.

--dave

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, aphro wrote:

> i had that problem and it was due to libc5 libs being either not installed
> or misconfigured (my /etc/ld.so.conf was all screwed up) .. check to make
> sure the libc5 and xlib6 packages are installed.
> 
> nate
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> > Any ideas why Wordperfect 8 seg faults immediately
> > on start-up?
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Re: files with extension tar.bz2

[David Blackman]

Often people forget, but tar supports bz2 (if you have bzip), the flags
-xvIf (capital i) will untar+bz2 any file.

--dave

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, William T Wilson wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote:
> 
> > What kind of fiels are those that end with ".tar.bz2"? How are they
> > decompressed?
> 
> They are compressed with b-zip.  It's like gzip but better compression.
> 
> You can unpack them with 'bunzip2'.
> 
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Re: staroffice - multiuser?

[David Blackman]

about 2 megs

--dave

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote:

> Hi, Thanks for the reply.
>  
> > Yes, it has changed. The free version allows multiple users to use it now.
> > Install it as root with "./setup /net". Any user who wants to use it
> > should switch to the directory it was installed in and type "./setup".
> 
> So, that means every user has to install himself to use it before they
> really
> can start using it? I assume it is going to occupy a LOT of disk
> space! How
> much will the setup take up for every user?
> 
> -gnana
> 
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Re: playing MP3s with xmms

[David Blackman]

chmod /dev/dsp to soemthing read writabel by all user

--dave

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:

> > "AM" == Alexis Maldonado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AM> Have the same card here.
> AM> Can you play audio with other apps? Like splay?
> 
> Hmmm, haven't heard of splay. I basically only tried playing audio CDs -
> mainly using wmcdplay and xmcd. Without any problems.
> 
> AM> Did you make the devices for the card?
> 
> AM> You can do it like this:
> 
> AM> cd /dev ./MAKEDEV audio
> 
> I hadn't done that before. Just did that now, but xmms still can't play
> mp3s.
>  
> I am using xmms-0.9.5.1 from potato. The error dialog says "Couldn't open
> audio", Please check that:
> 
>  1. You have the correct output plugin selected
>  2. No other programs is blocking the soundcard
>  3. Your soundcard is configured properly.
> 
> I have enabled two input plugins: CD Audio Player 0.9 (libcdaudio.so), and
> MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Player (libmpg123.so).
> 
> The output plugin selected is: OSS Driver 0.9 (libOSS.so) which is
> configured to use the default audio device and the default mixer device
> (there aren't any other choices available other than the default devices).
> I am using kernel 2.2.12.
> 
> Not sure what to try next.
> 
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Re: what modem

[David Blackman]

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:

> [Debian-doc is for discussion and development of Debian documentation -
> moved to debian-user which is the general list for support questions]
> 
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:46:14 -0700, O'Driscoll wrote:
> > what modem works best for 2.0.2 & 2.1?
> 
> Any modem that isn't a "winmodem" - i.e. any real modem.

(rule of thumb) If it's external, it'll work, 
(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with jumpers, it'll work,
(rule of thumb) If it's PCI, it won't work,
(rule of thumb) If it's ISA with no jumpers, it might work,

my solution:for 100-120 buy a 56k external, they're the easiest to
configure   

> 
> > what internet provider is best for 2.0.2 & 2.1?
> 
> Any internet provider that offers the regular protocols for IP access (in
> particular PPP) without requiring use of Microsoft "improvments" to them.

Personally I like mindspring


--dave

Re: Installing deb packages on top of UNIX

[David Blackman]

You might be able to use precompiled binaries with lxrun, a free linux
emulator for solaris, released by sun.

--dave

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:

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> 
> >  Hi, I've been using Debian 2.0 for over a year in my home PC and I 
> > think it's great. I like it so much that I would like to install it in
> > the computer I use in college, which is a SPARC running Solaris, now
> > that there is a SPARC Debian.
> > 
> >  However, they won't give me permission to do it, so I would like to at 
> > least install a few .deb packages (gtk+, the compilers...) on top of
> > Solaris. Is that possible, or must I get the source code and compile?
> > Has anybody tried this?
> > 
> 
> You need to compile the packages from source.  Linux and Solaris are
> entirely different operating systems.  The SPARC Debian is still using the
> Linux kernel.  Solaris uses the SunOS 5 kernel.  Solaris wouldn't have a
> clue about what to do with Linux binaries.
> 
> You should not have any trouble getting the packages to compile from
> source.  However, it probably won't do you any good to build .deb files.
> You'll need to compile and install dpkg, and the admins there probably
> won't give you access to the preferred system directories, so you'll have
> to do some hacking to force dpkg to keep everything contained within
> directories that you've got access to.  
> 
> Even if you are able to get the necessary directory trees in place for
> package installation, the dependencies would really get in the way. For
> example, gcc depends on binutils, which depends on ldso.  ldso is the
> runtime linker.  It would really not be possible to install the Linux
> runtime linker on top of solaris, even if there was some kind of binary
> compatibility standard.
> 
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Re: Compilation prob

[David Blackman]

Also, teh HOWTO is too old to tell you about make menuconfig(menu based) 
or make xconfig(x windows based) try them, you'lll like them.

--dave

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Menno Scholten wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I don't know if this te right place to ask this question, but I'll try
> anyway :)
> 
> I am having a little trouble compiling the new Kernel. I did everything
> according to the manual ( HOWTO ) and after "make config", "make dep",
> and "make clean" the kernel started compiling with "make zImage".
> However during the process I get an error. This is what is sais:
> 
> Make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> as86 -0 -a o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> Make[1]: as86: Command not found
> Make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
> Make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> Make: *** [zImage] Error 2
> 
> I figured out what this means, but I don't have a clue as to what the
> solution to this problem would be. Is it due to a corrupt Makefile ? How
> do I get the command as86 ? Anyway I'm hoping anyone could help me.
> 
> I read the changes file in /usr/src/linux/Documentation about what
> versions I need. I updated the packages I had but still the problem
> occured. If I haven't got some of the packages, is that a problem ? I
> didn't think so, but I just want to know for sure. The ones I have are
> up to date.
> 
> I am using an 486/100 as linux box, with the latest Debian slink. The
> kernel I am trying to compile is version 2.2.9.
> 
> Thnx, Menno
> 
> 
> P.S. If I made some errors regarding my English, forgive me, I'm doing
> the best I can :)
> 
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Re: Compilation prob

[David Blackman]

You need to install the bin86 package.

(it's on the cd)_

--dave

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Menno Scholten wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I don't know if this te right place to ask this question, but I'll try
> anyway :)
> 
> I am having a little trouble compiling the new Kernel. I did everything
> according to the manual ( HOWTO ) and after "make config", "make dep",
> and "make clean" the kernel started compiling with "make zImage".
> However during the process I get an error. This is what is sais:
> 
> Make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> as86 -0 -a o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> Make[1]: as86: Command not found
> Make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
> Make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> Make: *** [zImage] Error 2
> 
> I figured out what this means, but I don't have a clue as to what the
> solution to this problem would be. Is it due to a corrupt Makefile ? How
> do I get the command as86 ? Anyway I'm hoping anyone could help me.
> 
> I read the changes file in /usr/src/linux/Documentation about what
> versions I need. I updated the packages I had but still the problem
> occured. If I haven't got some of the packages, is that a problem ? I
> didn't think so, but I just want to know for sure. The ones I have are
> up to date.
> 
> I am using an 486/100 as linux box, with the latest Debian slink. The
> kernel I am trying to compile is version 2.2.9.
> 
> Thnx, Menno
> 
> 
> P.S. If I made some errors regarding my English, forgive me, I'm doing
> the best I can :)
> 
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Re: word not so perfect

[David Blackman]

Netscape DOESN'T decompress anything.

just do tar -xvzf guilg00
let's look at that
-x (extract) v (verbose) z (gunzip it) f (read from file)
also I've never heard of the command gz, try gunzip (file); tar (file)

--dave

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Ashley Clark wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, tf wrote:
> > I'm on a roll.  In trying to install wordperfect 8, I followed the
> > instructions on their site:
> > 
> > gz guilg00.gz;tar guilg00
> > 
> > And got an error, "not in gzip format".  Corrupt download?  Hope not.
> 
> Did you download it with netscape? Usually netscape decides to
> decompress gz files for me but keeps the gz extension, check if it's
> already uncompressed, tar tf guilg00.
> 
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> 
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Re: ACER CD-RW's

[David Blackman]

Is there anything special about this drive?
if it's scsi or ide it's probably supported by cdrecord.
the OS has little to do with hardware support, it's the kernel and
packages you install.

--dave
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, lonewolf wrote:

> My question is simply this. Will Debian linux ever support ACER 6206a CD-RW 
> drives in the near future.
> 
> Thank you for your time 
> 
> Shane O'Connor
> 

Re: IDE CD-R drive via ide-scsi

[David Blackman]

I hate modules, I've got a 627 Kb kernel. I love it.
The kernel snippet said you only had 1 scsi adapter, (the AHA)

--dave


On 10 Sep 1999, Morgan Fletcher wrote:

> David Blackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Do you have scsi cd support?
> 
> Yes, as a module. I have a scsi adapter (aha2940), scsi cd, scsi hd
> and one ide cd-r. So the scsi cd devices were already there and scd0
> has been working. Please look at the kernel config snipped I posted.
> 
> > Make those, keep out ide-cdrom support, keep in ide-scsi emultaion,
> > keep in scsi cd, scsi generic.
> > 
> > try it and LMK
> 
> What I'm asking is, do you have ide-scsi compiled as a module or into
> the kernel? 
> 
> > You DON'T have scsi emulation in there.
> 
> But I do. Thanks for your concern. I know it works, because doing
> 'modprobe ide-scsi ; mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd1 /cdrom ; ls /cdrom'
> works.
> 
> > make sure you installed the kernel
> 
> For sure.
> 
> morgan
> 
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Re: IDE CD-R drive via ide-scsi

[David Blackman]

You DON'T have scsi emulation in there.
make sure scsi-emulation is on, scsi cdrom si on, ide cdrom is off.
make sure you installed the kernel (I know taht sounds stupid, but hey, my
first kernels sat there in arch/i386/boot)

if you had scsi-emu workign you'd have 2 scsi hosts

LMK

--dave


On 10 Sep 1999, Morgan Fletcher wrote:

> David Blackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Okay, listen here's the deal: you need to take OUT ide-cd support
> 
> Done.
> 
> > leave in scsi-emulation, scsi-generic, scsi-cdrom..
> > now ./MAKDEV sg
> 
> Done. I now have /dev/sg[0-16].
> 
> > I'm pretty sure that the /dev/scd* come pre-made
> > the important thing is to see if you get messages like this on bootup:
> > scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.1E: PCI 20 CDB: IO E400/F, IRQ 9
> > scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> > scsi : 2 hosts.
> >   Vendor: HPModel: C5110ARev: 3638
> >   Type:   Processor  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> >   Vendor: IOMEGAModel: ZIP 100   Rev: 13.A
> >   Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> > Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> >   Vendor: E-IDE Model: CD-ROM 45X/A  Rev: 30
> >   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> >   Vendor: PHILIPS   Model: CDD3610 CD-R/RW   Rev: 3.08
> >   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi1, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> > scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms 1 SCSI disk total.
> > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/20x xa/form2 cdda tray
> > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
> > sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
> 
> I don't. Rather, I see:
> 
> (scsi0)  found at PCI 14/0
> (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
> (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
> (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
> (scsi0) during machine bootup.
> (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Ext-50 NO)
> (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
>
> scsi : 1 host.
> (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST34371N  Rev: 0338
>   Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: MATSHITA  Model: CD-ROM CR-506 Rev: 8S05
>   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8496960 [4148 MB] [4.1 GB]
> 
> I guess I need to put something that's currently a module back in the
> kernel, maybe ide-scsi? Is it built into your kernel? Would you mind
> sending me your kernel .config? And what kernel rev are you running?
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> > this means  for cdrecord I do dev=1,2,0
> 
> morgan
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Re: IDE CD-R drive via ide-scsi

[David Blackman]

Do you have scsi cd support?
also to make scd's do ./MAKEDEV scd##
where ## is a number.

Make those, keep out ide-cdrom support, keep in ide-scsi emultaion, keep
in scsi cd, scsi generic.

try it and LMK

--dave





On 10 Sep 1999, Morgan Fletcher wrote:

> David Blackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Okay, listen here's the deal: you need to take OUT ide-cd support
> 
> Done.
> 
> > leave in scsi-emulation, scsi-generic, scsi-cdrom..
> > now ./MAKDEV sg
> 
> Done. I now have /dev/sg[0-16].
> 
> > I'm pretty sure that the /dev/scd* come pre-made
> > the important thing is to see if you get messages like this on bootup:
> > scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.1E: PCI 20 CDB: IO E400/F, IRQ 9
> > scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> > scsi : 2 hosts.
> >   Vendor: HPModel: C5110ARev: 3638
> >   Type:   Processor  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> >   Vendor: IOMEGAModel: ZIP 100   Rev: 13.A
> >   Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> > Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> >   Vendor: E-IDE Model: CD-ROM 45X/A  Rev: 30
> >   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> >   Vendor: PHILIPS   Model: CDD3610 CD-R/RW   Rev: 3.08
> >   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi1, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> > scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms 1 SCSI disk total.
> > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/20x xa/form2 cdda tray
> > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
> > sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
> 
> I don't. Rather, I see:
> 
> (scsi0)  found at PCI 14/0
> (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
> (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
> (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
> (scsi0) during machine bootup.
> (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Ext-50 NO)
> (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.17/3.2.4
>
> scsi : 1 host.
> (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST34371N  Rev: 0338
>   Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: MATSHITA  Model: CD-ROM CR-506 Rev: 8S05
>   Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8496960 [4148 MB] [4.1 GB]
> 
> I guess I need to put something that's currently a module back in the
> kernel, maybe ide-scsi? Is it built into your kernel? Would you mind
> sending me your kernel .config? And what kernel rev are you running?
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> > this means  for cdrecord I do dev=1,2,0
> 
> morgan
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Re: IDE CD-R drive via ide-scsi

[David Blackman]

Okay, listen
here's the deal: you need to take OUT ide-cd support
leave in scsi-emulation, scsi-generic, scsi-cdrom..
now ./MAKDEV sg
I'm pretty sure that the /dev/scd* come pre-made
the important thing is to see if you get messages like this on bootup:
scsi0 : AdvanSys SCSI 3.1E: PCI 20 CDB: IO E400/F, IRQ 9
scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 2 hosts.
  Vendor: HPModel: C5110ARev: 3638
  Type:   Processor  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
  Vendor: IOMEGAModel: ZIP 100   Rev: 13.A
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
  Vendor: E-IDE Model: CD-ROM 45X/A  Rev: 30
  Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
  Vendor: PHILIPS   Model: CDD3610 CD-R/RW   Rev: 3.08
  Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi1, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms 1 SCSI disk total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/20x xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]


this means  for cdrecord I do dev=1,2,0


--dave


On 9 Sep 1999, Morgan Fletcher wrote:

> I'm trying to utilize my IDE CD-R drive (HP CD-Writer 8100) via scsi
> emulation to burn discs with cdrecord. I've been reading
> http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing.html#toc1 for the
> last couple of days, and have done a few things listed there, but now
> I'm stuck.
> 
> Here's my setup:
> 
>   x86
>   adaptec 2940 
>   scsi cd-rom
>   scsi hard disk
>   ide cd-burner (HP CD-Writer 8100)
>   debian potato linux
>   custom 2.2.10 kernel
> 
> I've built a custom kernel with this (abridged) configuration:
> 
>BLOCK  Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL...M 
>BLOCK  IDE/ATAPI CDROM ide-cd M 
>BLOCK  SCSI hostadaptor emulation  ide-scsi   M 
>BLOCK  Loopback device loop   M 
>SCSI   SCSI supportscsi_mod   Y
>SCSI   SCSI CD-ROM support sr_mod M
>SCSI Enable vendor-specific   Y 
>SCSI   SCSI generic supportsg M
>SCSI   (select a low-level driver) aic7xxxY 
>FS ISO 9660 CDROM filesystem   iso9660Y 
>FS Microsoft Joliet cdrom...   joliet Y
> 
> I've also added 'append="hda=ide-scsi"' to my /etc/lilo.conf, and also
> 'alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi' to /etc/modutils/aliases and
> 'options ide-cd ignore=hda' to /etc/modutils/modconf, and run
> update-modules of course. I've tried variations, for instance with
> IDE=Y, etc.
> 
> What device should I use to access the device now that I'm
> theoretically using scsi emulation?
> 
> Running 'cdrecord -scanbus' gets me:
> 
>   Cdrecord release 1.8a25 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Jörg Schilling
>   scsibus0:
>   0) 'SEAGATE ' 'ST34371N' '0338' Disk
>   1) 'MATSHITA' 'CD-ROM CR-506   ' '8S05' Removable CD-ROM
>   2) *
>   3) *
>   4) *
>   5) *
>   6) *
>   7) *
> 
> I have no idea what do next! I have no /dev/sr* devices, and can't
> seem to make them with /dev/MAKEDEV. What device should I use to
> access the HP? How can I load up a module so as to make it show up in
> the output of 'cdrecord -scanbus'?
> 
> morgan
> 
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Where are my copy buffers?

[David Blackman]

I'm want to start writing perl & c programs that actually do stuff. What
I'm wondering is this: 

When I'm in X windows, and I highlight something, where does it go (I
know to the clipboard), but is that an actual file I can access?

When I'm on the console and I highlight something, where does it go? Is it
a file I can access? 

In a nutshell: where are the console & Xwindows clipboards located?

--dave

Re: quake2 / gl problems

[David Blackman]

You want teh glx part in there. That's exactly right.
Do you have the 3dfx rpms properly installed? all of them?
check out www.linuxgames.com for the Quake HOWTO and teh 3dfx HOWTO.

--dave

On Tue, 7 Sep 1999,  Raymond A. Ingles wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> 
> > O.k. it seems that no matter how I try I can't seem to get quake2 to utilize
> > my voodoo2 card. It's a diamond monster fusion, I am using the xbanshee 
> > server
> > that I aliened from an rpm. I have installed the glide deb, mesa4g, and the
> > /dev/3dfx BS. When I try to run quake2 from console all I get is software @
> > 320x240 ("Yuck") when I try to run frox X I get this crap in the term:
> 
>  Make sure to read the Quake HOWTO and the Linux 3Dfx HOWTO (at
> http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/howto/3Dfx-HOWTO.html). You probably
> have, but just in case...
> 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .quake2}$ sudo ./quake2.real +set gl_driver lib3dfxgl.so
> > +set vid_ref glx
> 
>  I don't think you want the "glx" part in there. As I understand it, only
> the TNT and G200 cards need that. It'll actually slow things down.
> 
>  Also, make sure you've got SVGAlib configured properly - the 3Dfx driver
> uses that to get the keyboard and mouse stuff...
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles  (248) 377-7735  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>   Anagrams of "FANUC Robotics North America":
> 
>  bun of characteristic maroon omaha reconstruction fabric
>  a cubic transformation chore cherub fractionation macros
>   cube of anachronistic mortar
> 
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Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?

[David Blackman]

No,
abiword isn't stable yet.
Use wordperfect (It's full wordperfect, for free, for linux, It's stable
and fast, supports .doc and .rtf)
or staroffice (a ms offfice clone taht's huge and bloated and slow, but
also free)

--dave



On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote:
> > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under
> > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the
> > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package?
> 
> There's mswordview, but that converts Word files to html.
> > 
> > On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft
> > Word files under Linux?
> 
> abiword
> 
> Bob
> 
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Re: getright or netvampire for Debian?

[David Blackman]

Also try iglooftp (it's free & beta, or shareware & stable), or greed,
which is kindof like a console based getright. 


--dave

On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:


>   Hi all,
>   what about downloader for X?
>   http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/
>   It looks good. I translated its potfile to pt_BR last weekend.
>   It's free to use but restricted?
>   Any developer could package it?
>   Thanks, Paulo Henrique
> Quoting Juli-Manel Merino Vidal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jure wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there any similar software for Debian?
> > > 
> > > Jure
> > > 
> > 
> > Use wget... it's not graphical but you can resume downloads easily.
> > wget -c http_file_or_ftp
> > It allows a lot of options, as getting entire sites, doing mirrors, etc.
> > 
> > If you want a ftp client with resume and more capacities, try ncftp.
> > 
> > bye.
> > 
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> > 
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Re: What driver do i use for a 3com Etherlink XL pci

[David Blackman]

Bell ATlantic does do DHCP based on the MAC address, so I'll give them my
win98 side fo my box, then import teh DHCp settings into linux. I have a
couple of Etherlink III (ISA) lying around, but have no more isa slots, i
just realized, my modem is ISA, if i get DSL, I can ditch my modem and now
have a spot for my (well supported) etherlink III, cool!

--dave



On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote:



> On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 05:43:25AM -0400, William T Wilson wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, David Blackman wrote:
> > 
> > > that's it, what driver do I use for a 3com etherlink XL pci,
> > > 
> > > it's the card my DSL supplier supports
> > 
> > I don't know, but you don't have to use their card.  Unless they're paying
> > *very* close attention they won't even be able to tell.  If you already
> > have an ethernet card that works, just use it instead.  Of course, if
> > they're giving you the 3com, then you'll want to find a driver. :}
> 
> Well, they could give out his IP address based on his ethernet card's MAC
> address using DHCP. It might make all the difference in the world. :)
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Re: Reading Word format files?

[David Blackman]

Wordview, it's a program you can apt-egt

--dave
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:

> I occasionally get email with files attached in Word format.
> 
> 
> Is there any way to convert these to a readable format? (I don't want to
> use WordPerfect).
> 
> Anthony
> 
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What driver do i use for a 3com Etherlink XL pci

[David Blackman]

that's it, what driver do I use for a 3com etherlink XL pci,

it's the card my DSL supplier supports

--dave

Re: ide-scsi emulation problem

[David Blackman]

I don't use the scanbus flag, just do cdrecord speed=XX dev=0,1,0 ISO.iso

--dave

On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, M. K. Honeycutt wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
>   I have an ide/ATAPI cd writer and a cd-rom.  I compiled my kernel
> with scsi emulation and at boot-up they're recognized, but, not
> correctly.
> 
>   This is what's listed at boot-up:
> 
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host
>   Vendor:Model:36x CD-ROM Rev: 2.F0
>   Type: CD-ROMANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel0, id0, lun0
>   Vendor: MITSUMIModel: CR-2801TE Rev: 1.06
>   Type: CD-ROMANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel0, id1, lun0
> scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms total.
> sr0: scsi3-mmc  drive: 2x/24x  cd/rw  xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
> sr1: scsi3-mmc  drive: 8x/8x writer  xa/form2 cdda tray
> 
>   When running 'cdrecord -scanbus', it lists both devices correctly,
> however, it gives a (obvious) warning: "controller returns wrong
> size for CD capabilities."
> 
>   How can I fix this?  I followed the directions in, both, the kernel
> and cdrecord, as far as I know.
> 
> M.
> 
> p.s.  The cd-rom does work.  I can mount and use it.  The cdr doesn't
> work at all.
> 
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Re: hardware configuration questions

[David Blackman]

On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Michael Meskes wrote:

> I'm trying to get my new hardware completely running under Debian. So far I
> have encountered two problems.
> 
> 1) I have no idea how to configure a PCI Soundblaster card. While this is
> not a major problem I'd like to eventually play music on it. Since I have no
> access to any recent HOWTO while playing with the machine at home, I don't
> know if this is a FAQ.
Easiest way, spend 20 bucks buy OSS

> 
> 2) I have an IDE CD writer but the only CD writing software I know
> (cdrecord) wants a SCSI device. Can I go with a fake one here or do I need
> other software? Hopefully this isn't a FAQ either.
> 
you need to make a new kernel, disable ide cdrom support, and enable scsi
emulation & scsi cdrom support

> Michael
> 
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> list.
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Re: SB PCI 128 & Volume

[David Blackman]

A utility called vol, or a debian package called aumix (which you can
apt-get).

--dave

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Cheshire wrote:

> Well I finally got around to compiling a new kernel with sound support..
> I have my PCI 128 working with the ess1730 (err, I think, don't remember
> those numbers exactly but it's the one of two that doesn't end with 1..
> probably not important anyway) and the volume coming out of the card is
> terribly low. Is there something I can use for software amplification?
> 
> |cheshire|
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Re: Mouse configuration

[David Blackman]

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Ron Stordahl wrote:

ps


> I am doing a fresh install and get to the point where the install asks:
> 
> Do you want to run gpm's mouse-test program (Y/n)?  (to which I respond)
> y
> Where is your mouse [/dev/ttyS0]?  (to which I respond)
> /dev/psaux (since I have a Microsoft Intellimouse 1.2A PS/2 compatible)
> What type is your mouse (or help) [ms]?
> help  (which gives me a list which is confusing for these reasons:
> 
> ms   - For Microsoft mice (2 or 3 buttons)..
>  ---various obviously wrong choices
> ps2  - For most busmice connected to a ps/2 port (round with 6 metal pins).
>  ---various other obviously wrong choices
> 
> 
> I don't know what a 'busmouse' is except I thought it was more or less
> extinct yet I am inclined to choose ps2.
> 
> I know my mouse is a PS/2 type, connected with a round din plug installed on
> the mainboard.
> 
> Whats the correct answer?
> 
> Ron
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Re: WordPerfect Trouble

[David Blackman]

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Marius Aamodt Eriksen wrote:

this is stupid but ti works, you need basically every xpm package. easiest
way, go into dselect, method apt, update, then select, /xpm, and install
every xpm package

--dave

> Hi,
> I'm trying out Wordperfect 8.0.  First of all, the installer couldn't find 
> libXpm.so.4, I fixed this by linking the library in /usr/X11R6/lib to 
> /usr/lib. 
> I installed wp with the text-mode install, however, it segfaults when i try 
> to run it.  Has anybody here experienced this before?  Any ideas?  Feedback?
> 
> TIA,
> Marius.
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Re: Forgotten root password HELP

[David Blackman]

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote:

2 things you can do:
pop a debian boot disk into the floppy
wait untill you get to te color selction screen
alt-2, enter
now you have a console
mount your linux partition (whichever one has etc on it)
vi /etc/passwd
delete what's in teh second feild
so it looks like root::0:0:rot:/root:/bin/bash (or something like that)
then reboot your system (take out teh boot disk)
log in as root, for password hit eneter
and chaneg your passsword quick!

I think also getting teh lilo prompt (hit shift when lilo comes up) and
typing [name] s.
will get you inot a root console.

--dave



> Hi all,
> 
> My root password on my home box was compromised a couple of weeks ago as I
> telnetted in from work and I had to change it in a hurry.  I did so, changed
> it again to make sure there was no chance the person who "eyeballed" me
> entering the old password had been able to use it and then devoted myself to
> making my displeasure clear.
> 
> That was two weeks ago.  Last night I realised I have NO idea what the root
> password is now.  I'm fairly sure I remember the first three letters but
> that's it.
> 
> Can I recover this installation?
> 
> Help please.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
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Re: CDrom mounting problem

[David Blackman]

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Liu Chung Him wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
>My Machine is installed with Debian 2.1 and have a 4X cdrom.
> When i want to mount the cdrom with "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt", a error 
> "mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist" is shown. I have checked
> the boot log (/var/log/kern.log) , It shows me that "hdd: HITACHI 4X
> CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache". Does it mean the cdrom is detected ?

/dev/cdrom is just a link you make to whatever device is your cdrom (hust
liek dev/modem points to your modem's serial port, dev/scanner,
/dev/pilot). either mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom
or (as root) ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom;
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom

okay?
the hdd &*%^*&%^#$*^&$%&% tells you that it's on /dev/hdd (2ndyay slave)

--dave


> 
>How can i fix this ??
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Wilson
> 
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Re: Getting custom prompts to work under v1.3.1

[David Blackman]

you're using bash?

if you are go into the bash man page and search (that /) for ps1,
here are all the bindings anyway, 
in your .bash_profile put
export PS1="[some escape key sequences and some static chars]"

\a an ASCII bell character (07)
  \d the  date  in  "Weekday  Month  Date" format
 (e.g., "Tue May 26")
  \e an ASCII escape character (033)
  \h the hostname up to the first `.'
  \H the hostname
  \n newline
  \s the name of the shell, the  basename  of  $0
 (the portion following the final slash)
  \t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
  \T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
  \@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
  \u the username of the current user
  \v the version of bash (e.g., 2.00)
  \V the  release  of  bash, version + patchlevel
 (e.g., 2.00.0)
  \w the current working directory
  \W the basename of the current  working  direc-
 tory
  \! the history number of this command
  \# the command number of this command
  \$ if  the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a
 $
  \nnn   the character  corresponding  to  the  octal
  \\ a backslash
  \[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters,
 which could be  used  to  embed  a  terminal

so your basic prompt (from dos) is:
export ps1"\w$"

--dave

Re: Newbie needs Help!

[David Blackman]

I just looked in the CDROM HOWTO:
that's not what teh device should be:
you must go int /dev
then ( as root) type mknod /dev/sbpcd b 25 0

also, in /etc/fstab, it's /dev/sbpcd, no partition number, it's a cdrom.

make the devie, then try to install the module.

for Howtos goto www.metalab.unc.edu/Linux

got it?

--dave


> Hi everyone,
> 
> I didn't get much responses the last time I post this message, but
> probably because the people who know about this problem didn't have chance
> to read this. Anyhow I post this message up again and hopefully there will
> be someone out there who know how to solve this problem. (I am really
> anxious to install the rest of the packages so please help :) )
> 
> 
> Ok, here is my problem. I just install "slink" yesterday using the
> floppies method because I can't boot from my Matsushita/Panasonic CR-563
> CDROM. So I install the base system using the floppy set and everything
> went great. I got the base system installed, YES Anyway, the problem
> lies when I try to mount my CDROM and here is what I did:
> 
>   First, I added a line in my /etc/fstab file. The line is
>   /dev/sbpcd /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user
> and then I try to mount it like this
>   mount /cdrom
> but it gives a this message
>   special device /dev/sbpcd is not found (something like this)
> 
> I don't know what's wrong, so I modify my /etc/fstab file again
>   using this line this time
>   /dev/sbpcd0 /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user
> but it still gives me the same message.
> 
> I couldn't figure out what's wrong so I uses "modconf" to remove the sbpcd
> driver that I've install and then reinstall it, and still it doesn't work.
> It gives me the same message when I try to mount it.
> 
> I think you guys should know these information;
>   When I install the module, it gives me this message
>  sbpcd-0 [11]:Drive 0(ID=0); CR-563 (0.81) at 0x340 (type 0)
>  
> and then it tells me to do something with the sbpcd.h file...It
>   also tell me to look up linus/documentation/cdrom/sbpcd to information
>   but I couldn't find that directory on my base system so can anyone
>   tell my where i can read it on-line??
> 
>   When I look the /dev directory, I see cdrom as a link to sbpcd and
>   I also see a bpcd(don't what this is ).
> 
> That's all folks. If anyone can help, please do. I appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks everyone.
> Tam Ma
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how do I tell pine to use a custom reply-to address?

[David Blackman]

I don't want it to use [EMAIL PROTECTED]

my username is not my email address and my user-domain si not my
mailserver.

help?

--dave

(luckily it is the same as my suername @ school, so I can set it to that
temporarily)

Re: Install problem: LI, than nothing else

[David Blackman]

I've run into thsi problem when my bios was set for AUTO for teh HD, try
each of the options, I think just plain 'NORMAL' worked for me. I've run
into this a lot.

Futz with bios setting for the HD type.

--dave

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Walthier Mate Tamas wrote:

> Hi! I'm a real beginner so please forgive my fool questins.
> 
> I tought I've allready installed DebinLinux but I never got over the "LI"
> after
> several times. I installed it from a CDROM and during the installation there
> was only one problem: I couldn't create a bootdisc because my a: (LS120 UHD)
> drive didn't work with the installer.
> I've got a 5 GB disk in primeri master with Win98 and a 4 GB disk in primeri
> slave on which I want to install Linux. They are both in LBA mode so I tought
> there is no problem with the cylinder(?) number. Am I right?
> I also tried a little (60MB) root partition at the beginning of the HD but got
> the same result.
> 
> An other problem: I created a bootdisc at last in Dos but after Uncompressing
> Linux it stops with "crc error  System Halted"  What is it?
> 
> I really want to try this Linux but the beginning semms hard.
> Walthier Mate  
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Re: Automatic software installing (like Win. 2000)

[David Blackman]

I came up with a better idea (I think). 

file, we all love file, right? file has a database of what various file
types look like, so it will tell you if text is C code, html, text, a
staticly linked file, or whatever. file rocks.

All file is: a frontend to a database of file types.

Get ready:
2 programs filer & apt-get-filer
filer has a databse of file types, once a week you sync it with the great
filer databasse in the sky (work with me here people), it has an internal
list of what program will 'do' stuff to thsi file (let's say for .prc, it
returns jpilot, kpilot, pilot-mgr, pilot-link, for word docs it returns
word-view, staroffice, wp8) with me here? now you know what programs do
stuff to those files

apt-get-filer ask you what programs you want from the output of filer on
[file-type], and gets it for you, (obviously only stuff that apt can get
to, duh!), I've got an unused domain @ www.whizziwig.com, I'd love to host
filer (& help coordinate it), the hardest part woudln't be the coding (get
teh file people to help 'us' out),creating a syncable filer database would
be a bitch.


ideas?

--David Blackman
aka Whizziwig
"sometimes I even amaze myself"


On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:11:24PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:19:56PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote:
> > > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> > > > I would like to know if there's a possibility with apt (or something 
> > > > else)
> > > > to do the same that windows/Office 2000. 
> > > > It installs automaticly new software from the CD when you want to start 
> > > > a
> > > > non-installed function.
> > > > 
> > > > It could be great if under Debian, when we type a command that don't 
> > > > exist,
> > > > it would automaticly search the command from a small APT database or 
> > > > from the internet if diald|direct connection is here.
> > > > And we could specify in a conffile to download the software or to 
> > > > install
> > > > directly from the CD.
> > > > 
> > > > Wouldn't it be cool ? Is it possible to program ?
> > > 
> > > Egads man! That would be a lot of work, for it to work (I personally 
> > > wouldn't
> > > want it on my machine for numerous reasons) you'd have to make *EVERY* 
> > > program
> > > that executed a program check with apt/dpkg to see if a package contains 
> > > that
> > > executable. The only other way around it would be to write a wrapper 
> > > program
> > > that would take as arguments the command line to search for and possibly
> > > install. This would be easier but you'd still have to tell all other 
> > > programs
> > > to change what they execute in order for your program to search for new
> > > packages.
> > 
> > 
> > You could just get really spiffy and rewrite glibc's exec*() calls to do
> > all of this. Then when you execute a command as root, like accidentally
> > typing ssh instead of sh, then all of the sudden you have an import/export
> > restricted piece of software automatically installed on your system!
> > 
> > Or better yet run some scripts that try to exec programs that aren't
> > available and see how much you can overload your bandwidth!
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, auto updating packages to the latest version is one thing, but auto
> > installing is down right dangerous. Just because it's "nifty" and "easy"
> > doesn't mean it's a good idea. Gee, Windows itself is "nifty" and "easy"
> > isn't it? :)
> > 
> > Ben
> 
> Thank you very much for all your answers. I didn't imagine this as hard as
> it is and didn't see the dangerous aspect of it.
> As a result, I will wait a bit before beginning so difficult and dangerous 
> software like this.
> But your answers were very helpful.
> 
> sami
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Re: Netscape

[David Blackman]

I'm running netscape 4.6 on a celeron 366, 96 megs of ram, windowmaker
0.60.0, X 3.3.4 and a graphics blaster exxtreme.

Netscape is stable except for when I browse in multiple windows, then
closing any window may kill my entire netscape suite (downlaod,s collabra,
everything), it isn't only closing the original window that does it.

--dave

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, John Carline wrote:

> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 
> > You know, I'm starting to think NS Communicator has some deep,
> > evil magic embedded in it.
> >
> > Till now, I've only noticed one problem with NS, that being it
> > would crash if I tried to use more than one browser window.  This
> > thread prompted me to check again, and guess what?  I can use
> > multiple browser windows without crashing.  The URL above causes
> > no problems even when I have java and javascript enabled, and, I
> > have no problem clicking on mailto: links as mentioned in another
> > post of this thread.  I'm sure it was 4.61 that I was using the
> > last time I tested the multiple browser windows problem.
> >
> > Go figure.
> >
> > If anyone is interested, I'm using a K6-200, 64M ram, GNOME with
> > fvwm2.  I use NS daily for browsing, email, and newsgroups.
> >
> > --
> > Ed C.
> >
> 
> I suspect that there are many more users operating troublefree than crashing. 
> But,
> why would they complain? The only problem I've ever had with Netscape is when 
> I
> tested an unusual (for me) bookmark edit feature that another user was 
> experiencing
> problems with. That did indeed cause a crash of Netscape. Other than that, 
> it's been
> rock solid.
> 
> Maybe it does depend on the computer resources available. I'm running 
> basically the
> same setup as you - a K6-300, 64M ram, Matrox Mystique and fvwm95.
> 
> John
> 
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