[debian-user] fail to print postscript
Hi all, I created a simple test postscript file (enscript -p - /etc/hosts >/tmp/a.ps) and could not print it to a networked hplaserjet5m. I get garbage from the printer. When I print the same ps file from a DEC box to the same printer, no problems. Both the debian system and DEC box are using the same /etc/printcap. I just installed potato with kernel 2.2.14 from disk images. Any ideas? George
blackbox and blackbox-menu
A few months ago (in the middle of test week, so I didn't get the chance to ask then), I did an `apt-get dist-upgrade`, which installed version 0.51.3-1 of blackbox on my potato system. A couple of days later, when I started X (don't really use it that often), the root menu was shaved down from the normal debian menu, to simply: xterm Restart Exit At the time, I figured it was simply a bug, and dist-upgraded again, and got 0.51.3-2. I am now at 0.51.3-3, and it still has not changed back, what's causing this? My /etc/X11/blackbox/blackbox-menu has NOT changed, it still contains entries for all of the X-related packages I've installed, but I still only get those 3 entries in my root menu. Is this a bug, or has the location of the menu file changed, or what? Andres Salomon
Re: suggest a backup media
How about a scsi Jaz Drive i find them to be the best backup media ... because ... it is not as sensitive as burning CDRs and to me not as expensive too and pretty portable and easy data retrieval too. kim0 On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, the lone gunman wrote: > I'm unsure of what backup media I should go with for my Linux system. > I have a 4 gig harddrive. > > I'm thinking about CD-R or Travan-4 tape backup. I'm pulling hairs, > though, trying to determine which is better (for me, anyway). I'd > like to go with DAT, but the drives are too expensive. > > There are scsi CD-R drives for around $400 or so, and the HP T4 > (Travan 4) internal scsi tape unit is about the same as for price (I > think). I cannot afford to go any higher. > > CD-R seems a better route, with the low media costs, and that most > cd-roms can read my backups. Retrieval would also be considerably > faster. > > But, I read a long FAQ about CD-R, and the Linux Cd-writing howto, and > CD burning makes me nervous because it's so sensitive. I'm worried cd > backups may fail, and my computer is probably pretty useless while I'm > burning. One 4 gig Travan-4 tape would pretty much do me, and the > process is a bit simpler. Plus, I don't think there's too much of a > difference in write speed for CD-R and scsi Travan-4. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? Perhaps a link to a backup > comparison site or something? (Since this topic has probably been > beaten to death!). > > Thanks! > Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Debian T-shirt
or a cool debian-baseball cap ..?? i am tired of seeing the damn redhat cap all over the place .. On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Syed Huq wrote: > Hi, > Where can I buy a Debian T-shirt ?? > Syed. > > -- > > > ~ Syed B. Huq [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > ~ Interface Apps Engineer ~ > ~ National Semiconductor Corp. ~ > ~ Tel:(408)721-4874; Fax:(408)721-4785 ~ > > > > > > -- > 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]
ppp analog bonding w/ eql
hi there i am a newbie and was wondering if anyone has or know how to use two modems or more to dial up to a isp and bond all the lines together.. my isp currently uses ascend dial-up servers and supports 56k modems --kim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anybody ever set up /etc/printcap with an HP LaserJet II on a network?
Hello Everybody (Hi Dr. Nick :) Has anybody here setup an HP LaserJet II on a network? I've been able to wrangle my /etc/printcap to dump out a banner sheet but that's it. I don't get any output. I've not been able to find anything (in English anyhow) that explains how to setup an HP LaserJet II connected directly to the network. If anybody has done this before, would you be kind enough to send me a copy of the /etc/printcap? Thanks, -Richard Wicks -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help with corrupt headers
> Hi, > > I have just experianced some disk problems which resulted in some > headers in /usr/include (for example string.h) to be corrupted, look in .../debian/stable/binary???/Contents for "include/string.h" and you will find "libc5-dev" > > what packages should I intall to replaced the headers and how do I do this? > libc5-dev and a lot of other packages ! -- Spineux Alain == Spineux Alain E-MAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] INSTITUT STEVIN Catholic University of LouvainFAX: 32-10-472501 PLACE DU LEVANT 2 PHONE : 32-10-472516 B-1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE (BELGIUM) === -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rex installation report
'lo I installed Debian rex (frozen) this week-end -- I had some problems : * perl-suid and perl-base written a lot of messages like : "try overwrite /usr/lib/perl5/" one is "try overwrite /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.00307/CORE/liberl.a" * kernel-sources-2.0.23_1.deb tar file or header file corrupted the same problem occures with files from another 2 mirrors * I added /usr/X11R6/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf to run xterm, fvwm I tried to upgrade Debian buzz just before, and I noticed: - * gzip and ppp require the new libc5 (5.4... i thing) * kernel-sources-2.0.23_1.deb tar file or header file corrupted Question: --- I have 2 NE2000 card. How can I configure conf.modules to use them ? When I include modules in kernel, all is fine. -- Spineux Alain == Spineux Alain E-MAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] INSTITUT STEVIN Catholic University of LouvainFAX: 32-10-472501 PLACE DU LEVANT 2 PHONE : 32-10-472516 B-1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE (BELGIUM) === -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/bin/perl? [was Re: kernal-image-2.0.0-0 + stuff...]
Hi! On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Christian Hudon wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Andy Heroff wrote: > > Now, while configuring stuff, I ran into about 4 packages, including > > kernal-image-2.0.0-0, that complained that while running --configure or > > whatever, that it couldn't find a directory or file. I included the latter > > because it said in the package selection option that it was required. Is > > this true? And is there any reason in particular that dpkg is having > > problems finding the right directories? I know I wasn't very descriptve of > > the problem, but as none of the packages are that important to me to get > > installed (except for kernal-image?) I didn't write down every single > > message thrown at me. > > Just guessing wildly, make sure you have /bin/perl as a symlink pointing to > /usr/bin/perl... It's a known problem with the Perl package in 1.1. There > should be a new perl package in 1.1-fixes fixing this. Or you can just make > the symlink yourself.(If you want more than wild guesses, you really must > provide more info.) Of course, making a symlink is the easiest way to solve this problem, but wouldn't it be better if the installation scripts, that depend on /bin/perl, were changed to reference /usr/bin/perl? IMHO, we would someone need to have perl in /bin, if it is symlinked to /usr/bin/perl and therefore *ONLY* available, if /usr is mounted? And /bin should only contain "Essential user command binaries". Thanks Chris
