Re: boot failure
--- Dan Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I answered yes to the > question resulting from dpkg -i about making > modifications to lilo... > > Dan This was a mistake. It shouldn't be but it is and the same thing happened to me. I was forced to use the boot floppy to boot and then went to the /etc directory. That deadly question will at least save your old lilo.conf as something like lilo.old (I think). Get rid of the new lilo after looking at it...there are some differences in what you will need for the new kernel, most importantly you will need an initrd="initrd.img" or something. You probably didn't need it for 2.2.20. At any rate just get the old kernel back running with that boot floppy and you should be able to figure things out. You do have a boot floppy, right? If not you are SOL. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Latitude D800 w/ NVIDIA driver on Sarge, trouble setting resolution to 1920x1200
--- Ralph Seichter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also tried "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree82", but > I there is no > 1920x1200 resolution which I could choose (only > 1920x1440 pixels are > available, which is too big). Are there some > configuration options > which I overlooked? I don't think so...I think you are SOL but you should ask the www.xfree86.org mailing list to be sure. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mcopy not removing the "^M" character
--- David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:26:55PM +0100, Richard > Lyons wrote: > > Wouldn't > >$ tr '\r\n' '\n' < dosfile > unixfile > > > > do it? > > For me that doubles each newline, but I can't see > why. But > > $ tr -d '\r' < dosfile > unixfile > > seems to do it. > > > > > -- > > richard Thanks. The *nix commands that I do not know exist fill many many man pages... ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading KDE
--- Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing you could try: 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. > That *should* > bring your entire system up-to-date with the current > Sarge. > > Jason Jason, Have you tried it yourself? I had a terrible experience with it and would not recommend it; many packages got downloaded but did not automatically install due to the maze of dependencies. Efforts to "force" them to install broke the whole system and I had to go back to my disks (Woody) and start from scratch. In the end I decided that carefully upgading only the things you need is best. For example, Konqueror on my 2.2.2 KDE doesn't do a lot of things (https for one) and looks awful the way it handles fonts. I switched to the "mozilla" package and that thing is great. KDE 2.2.2 does file management and desktop things fine so I'm just not going to upgrade it. The new version is huge, too. Basically I've decided that one only upgrades the kernel-image package and then on a case by case basis one upgrades other programs and libraries as you use them or are told to (eg libc6 2.3.x). I'm assuming since the "apt-get dist-upgrade" option exists then some users have had a better time with it but I am not one of them. I use "aptitude" now instead of "apt-get", it seems better. I still use the command line instead of that ncurses GUI that riminds me of the horror show that is "dselect". Good Luck, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mcopy not removing the "^M" character
--- David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're putting something on to a windows machine, > wouldn't > mcopy automatically use the dos CR-LF? I was trying to remove the CR-LF so the /etc/hosts file lookup wouldn't be messed up. I never did get "mcopy -T" (or any option or combination of options) to do it. Instead I used the KDE file manager as root (something I ususally use "nano" and a shell) and cut and paste. It was smart enough to strip them off. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mcopy not removing the "^M" character
Hello, I have a text file that I burned onto a CD on a windows machine. I used "mcopy" with the t, a and T options to try and get rid of those "^M" characters (I forget if that is the line feed or carriage return). They seem to be gone if I look at the result with "more" or an X text editor, but when I look at it with "nano" there they are. I assume that they are there but that some programs simply don't display them. What am I doing wrong? "mcopy" states that those options are all for getting rid of that stuff but they just don't seem to be working... Thanks, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
insmod agpgart.o needs parameters
Hello, I am unable to load the module agpgart.o on a 2.4.18-686 kernel. I just let it autoprobe for the parameters but it wants me to provide them. It is for an i845 Intel graphics controller on the 0:2:0 PCI buss. Does anyone know how to form them? Thanks. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Re: MMap problem with "apt" -v 0.5.4
--- Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check the archives or try google. That question > comes up every month! > -- Yeah, my bad, that was an easy one. I had just updated my kernel and thought the problem might be there. But maybe the frequency of the question should be telling the people that maintain APT something. AND...there is no apt.conf file even set up by default. You have to go and fetch it from the /usr/share/docs/apt . If it was there many would have done a "man apt.conf" even if they didn't read a HOW-TO. These are the small things that linux programmers should pay attention to and fix, not simply wave their hands in derision at the foolish newbie. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MMap problem with "apt" -v 0.5.4
Hello, I am able to download the Packages file from "http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free" but it is large, about 3.1 Meg I think. When my version of apt tries to process this list it gives this error: "Out of MMap memory" or something like that. Of course, I tried to get a newer version of apt but 0.5.4 is the latest one that I am able to get. The newer one is in the "testing" repository...that I can't get at. What do I do? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"hardware clock bug"
Hello, I saw the message "hardware clock bug" during a package inflating and ever since then Linux has been crashing. The Windows side of the disk seems to run fine but has strange times. Does anyone know what can be done about this? Is the hardware broken and Linux just less able to deal with it? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Re: Horrible Problem!! ide Interrupt error during install
--- Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could be a fault flat cable, or a dying HD. You can > test the latter > downloading an utility from the manufacturer of your > HD to check it. > Oh, and the CD-Rom could have problem to read disk > too, specially if > dust has accumulated on the lens, or if the CD isn't > burned correctly > or the media is cheap... > > > Andrea > Thanks! It could be the dust; it is a dusty room and I puffed it out and it didn't happen again, but there may be a deeper problem with the machine...I got a "possible hardware bug" message during the same 'tasksel' operation that has changed the clock on the Windows side. At any rate the best solution is to do a base install and then log in and run 'tasksel'. Running it during the install can leave you with an improperly mounted partition that won't boot, but errors running it after that first mount will leave you in a much better position to troubleshoot the problem. ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More on the Horrible Problem!!
Oh yeah, and it reset the clock on the Windows side to Greenich time. I am pretty sure I didn't screw up the choice there, but I could be wrong about that... ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Horrible Problem!! ide Interrupt error during install
Hello, During a reinstall onto a dual boot partitioned hard drive I have twice in a row been stopped during the unpacking of the packages selected using 'tasksel'. Both times the error was a 'busy' coming from the 'hda' device. I think that is the CD-ROM, right? The machine will get stuck polling this interrupt until I shut it off and try and reboot. This proves impossible; it asks me to remount the root directory as read/write and run 'fsck' by hand but the 'mount' doesn't work. This has happened twice in a row...I've installed Debian 2.2.20-idepci twice on that partition before with no problem, but now it seems like something has changed. As for the reason for the re-install, it was for nothing bad at all and with the re-initializing of the partition I can't see how anything could have survived. I tried that long block check and it made no difference at all on this second try. Any idea what is wrong and is there any hope to fix it? Thanks, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel-image and kernel-sourc question
Hello, For the 2.4.27 kernel there are a variety of sub-releases, such as kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686 that match up with header packages. Where is the source that these are compiled from? There is only a generic kernel-source-2.4.27 package available. And if I am interested in using the source I am forced to use the generic kernel-header-2.4.27 package, correct? And will this lead to problems on my particular hardware? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm an idiot, and I gave you bad advice. > > dpkg -r /var/cache/apt/archives would work and would > resolve the > dependencies (and would take a long time). > Carl, It went through everything, and I'm not sure that the above would do anything differently. I ran it twice thinking that some of the conflicts would be resolved by the first go-through but I'm just going to start over. I tried several upgrade methods and I think I learned what I need to do to get it right this next time around. Thanks all, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It works fine when you go from one (former) stable > release to another, > though you would probably have to enter it several > times. > Tim, I am going from stable to testing so that may be the problem. My instinct was that iterating through those packages would eventually resolve the dependency problems but the second try didn't install anything new. It's all good...I tried numerous methods to upgrade ranging from recompiling source from kernel.org to "apt-get dist-upgrade". It was supposed to be an exploration of the various methods and I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks all. ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 04:21:08PM -0700, Eric
> Dickner wrote:
>
> > ... I got all the
> > packages...the problem is they sit in the
> > /var/cache/apt/archives directory uninstalled,
> except
> > for a few crucial ones that hurt more than they
> > helped, like libc6 2.3.x.
>
> How about 'find /var/cache/apt/archives "*deb" -exec
> dpkg -i {} \;'?
>
Carl,
That was a very powerful command that I will remember
for later use...after I reinstall Woody and start
over. Tons of things were installed that "apt-get
dist-upgrade" missed but they ended up hosing the
system. I had to boot off of the floppy and re-run
LILO even. After I got the kernel going the X-windows
system was missing a bunch of things.
The documentation states that "apt-get dist-upgrade"
is "not recommended." I'd have to say that it just
doesn't work; there aren't many places for a user to
go wrong since it's so automated, but it has proven to
be a disaster. I don't think it's me...
Some of the dependency conflicts make no sense. One
that I remember clearly was libstdc++5 needed gcc-3.3
to be configured. The *very next package* was gcc-3.3
that said it needed libstdc++5 to be configured
(WTH?!).
It was all a huge mass of dependency and configuration
conflicts. Both "apt-get" and "dpkg" were simply not
up to the task of straightening them out and that
command at the top that you told me just forced "dpkg"
to do it's worst on that mass of .deb's with very bad
results.
It took over 35 hours to download them all...I'd say
that no one should ever try it; just download the
current iso images and cut CD's. Spare yourself the
grief.
ejd
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>RE Re: Post "apt-get dist-upgrade" question:
--- Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If that's the case, then the new KDE / Gnome should > "just work". Yes...but that is the least of my problems now. I have another thread going about some other more serious issues after this "apt-get dist-upgrade". > What is > leading you to believe that KDE / Gnome are not the > current version? The "About" screen still shows kde 2.2.2 from my old Woody install. I'd post you more but I am now back on Windows cause the modem driver is broke. That's my fault but an effort to recompile it proved to be undoable cause I am stuck between these upgrades with an old gcc, a new libc6, and two kernels that dislike one or the other of them. ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What distribution did you START with? "Woody", 2.2.20-idepci, from CD's I purchased. >What distro is your sources.list pointing to? "testing" from the main station. I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" pointing to a mirror at MIT but it was missing some packages so I then ran it again at the main site to pick them up. I got all the packages...the problem is they sit in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory uninstalled, except for a few crucial ones that hurt more than they helped, like libc6 2.3.x. >What if you did "apt-get -f"? Did it, it made the "apt-get dist-upgrade" get all those packages (before running that it got stuck), but the problem seems to be not *getting* the packages, but _installing_ them. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried "aptitude"? > I bet it is in that mass of .debs that are downloaded but not installed I am sure it is a much needed improvement to "dselect" ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Re: Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The following command will reinstall all packages on
> your system:
>
> COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs
> apt-get --reinstall
> install
>
> -- Thomas Adam
So I should just give up on using "apt-get
dist-upgrade" and try to go back?
ejd
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Serious problems after "apt-get dist-upgrade"
I downloaded hundreds of packages through an online "apt-get dist-upgrade" from a fast mirror and then from the central download site; I assumed that they were being installed by apt as it went along (it tok a day and a half by modem) but it seems only bits and pieces were installed. The bits and pieces that were installed were critical ones that seem to have the whole system out of whack. For example, I now have a new kernel (2.4.27-x) and the new lib6c library (2.3.x) going but very little else is up to date. The compiler is 2.95 which puts it out of whack with both the old kernel and the new one, which was compiled with 3.0. I _have_ the gcc-3.3 packages and all its depends sitting in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory, but am forced to go in there with dpkg -i and install all the separate pieces by hand. I tried changing my sources.list to only point to this area but apt seems to think all those .debs have been installed. I tried "apt-get --fix-broken dist-upgrade" and it said the same thing. APT is convinced all those packages in the archive are installed but most of them are not. I tried to use "dselect" but was unable to make it work. That was likely my fault as I found the the interface very confusing. If "dselect" is my only choice I will go back to "dpkg -i" and laboriously cut and paste all the warnings and do it by hand. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"apt-get dist-upgrade" Question:
Hello, For my modem-connected machine it is a ginormous download, some 500 Meg... Will I, or some kind of disconnnect at the ISP, ruin the whole thing? Can I then issue the command again and will it recognize the packcages it already got? Will it check these downloads for errors with an md5 or something? Is this just a bad idea to try over a modem connection? ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trouble with "apt-get dist-upgrade"
--- Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It immediately went through my dependency tree and > > gave me a list of packages to "apt-get -f > install". I > > thought the power of "apt-get" was that it figured > out > > what packages you needed and got them > automatically? > > Did you try "apt-get -f install" with no further > arguments? No, I didn't. I misread the output and thought that each listed package had to be installed separately. Thank you to you and the other reply. ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trouble with "apt-get dist-upgrade"
Hello, I have a Woody 2.2.20-idepci system running on a Dell that I am trying to upgrade to 2.4.x (Sarge, or testing) with mixed results. At first I felt that I should download source and recompile the kernels, and I did that, but those kernels did not match any Debian patched headers, which I need. Those kernels run OK but I'm not able to compile and add the modules that I need/like. The advice I got here was to use this procedure: "Change Woody to Sarge in sources.list" I assumed this meant change "stable" to "testing" which is what I did. "apt-get update" This when fine. "apt-get dist-upgrade" This did not connect... It immediately went through my dependency tree and gave me a list of packages to "apt-get -f install". I thought the power of "apt-get" was that it figured out what packages you needed and got them automatically? I started at the top of the list and tried to get them one by one but right off the bat I must have picked the wrong one because it told me that I had yet other packages or some of the other ones to get. I don't know what order to get them in and reading the docs I am led to believe that I am not *supposed* to have to do all this by hand. What am I missing or doing wrong with "apt-get"? Or am I just expecting too much of it? Thanks, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"linmodem" works but hangs up when idle
I got a BCMSM 4212 to work on Debian 2.2.20-idepci with the driver .rpm from Dell but it seems to hang up after a minute or so of idle time. I used "pppconfig" to set no hang-up at all for idle time, and it seems to be sort of a random period, ranging from 50 seconds to two minutes. If it's doing something with the connection, like a download, it works like a champ, but reading webpages means a redial everytime I pause to take the content in. Anyone know what this might be caused by? ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/etc/init.d/devpts.sh is missing..
Hello, I must have deleted this somehow screwing with my system. There is a link from /etc/rcS.d/S35devpts.sh over to it that is broken. Can someone please post this script for me? Thanks, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clarification needed for dist-upgrade instructions
> > Change woody to sarge in your /etc/apt/sources.list > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade I received the above instructions from this mailing list. The bottom lines seem to be a little different from the documentation but it is the top line that lost me, and the docs didn't help. I have no reference to "woody" in the source.list file; I installed woody from CD's and that is all there is. Do I just put the word "Sarge" on a line? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wvdial doesn't seem to use login strings
Hello, "wvdial" seems to be doing the wrong thing; instead of sending the Username and Password it seems confused and tries things like "ppp" and "pppd" when prompted. I tried to remove them hoping to handle the prompts by hand (which I'd like to do anyway...) but it won't dial then. Am I doing something wrong? Or is there another dialer program? Thanks, ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the package to upgrade the whole distibution?
Is there a package that will take one from Woody to Sarge complete with the libc6 and all the rest? I'm running into a lot of trouble with the separate packages and I can't do a network apt-get because of trouble compiling the modem driver... Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to shut down all X apps?
I'm trying to install libc6 and it wants all of the X stuff shutdown. I can't recall the command to do this, but I thought there was one that brought the whole thing down for you... For whatever reason my /etc/init.d scripts give errors or don't work when I try to do "gdm stop" et al. Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel-image-x.x.xx-i686-smc ? What's the smc stand for?
And how can I tell if I have a plain i686 machine or an i686-smc one? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Partly successful modversions.h hack....
I found a hack that sort of worked...create a file called include/modversions.h: #include This allowed the driver to compile with no problems but upon "insmod" the kernel complained that while it was version 2.4.27 the module had been compiled for version 2.4.18. Where this version could have come from I don't know. I've never installed it. I did have for a time some headers of that version but I removed them and used the headers that were created by my 2.4.27 source from kernel.org. What is going on with all this "versioning nastiness"?? ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
modversions.h? Don't have it. Any solution?
Apparently I am not the first person to run into a problem regarding this particular header. A general web search revealed that all sorts of people have tried to compile drivers, found they needed but didn't have this thing, and then proceded to try all sorts of hacks. Are any of these hacks going to work? What should be done? I have kernel source headers, not debian_kernel_headers headers. Will I be forced to use those as well as the matching kernel package? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
modversions.h Missing In Action
When I configged the kernel I had in the .config file CONFIG_MODVERSION=y and yet I do not have that modversion.h header file. I have something called modsetver.h (or something like that) but no modversion.h Where is it?? I am trying to use a kernel that is compiled source from kernel.org. I enjoy making things difficult for myself to understand all the process but I don't like impossible. If it is just not possible to compile modules for debian with a kernel.org source kernel and headers then just let me know and I will give up and get the debian packaged kernel and kernel_headers. If there is a way to do it with the kernel.org sources and headers I surely would like to know what it is, though NB I may have the spellings of the files wrong...I have to switch back to windows to use the modem. This effort to get the kernel headers version to match the kernel is to compile a modem driver. ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to match kernel_headers and kernel versions?
--- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you compile the kernel yourself? In that case > the headers you need > should be in the kernel source tree. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > Yeah, I did. The instructions from kernel.org told me not to keep the source there as the code from the "kernel du jour" would conflict with the headers, so I installed a debian package there, instead. I am guessing from looking at the names of the versions there is no way to match up a kernel_versions_.deb with source from kernel.org, is there? The debian packages always have versions like 2.4.x- while the kernel.org versions always end after the third number. So I guess I have to decide on using a packaged kernel or making the headers by hand, correct? ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to match kernel_headers and kernel versions? Use unstable..
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A foolish question. Proper version package is in "unstable", something that I will have to get used to, apparently. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to match kernel_headers and kernel versions?
I have the 2.4.27 kernel running and needed a kernel_headers_ to compile a native kernel module (modem driver). The latest headers package offered for 2.4.x was 2.4.18 which is what I installed. I was able to compile the object but when I go to "insmod" it into the kernel I am told that the version doesn't match my kernel version and it bails. Since there is no kernel_version_2.4.27 (as far as I know) available will I have to DOWNgrade my kernel to 2.4.18 in order to compile modules? ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X and Intel I810 video card
--- Greg Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to running X and I'm having a problem > getting the I810 video card > on this D845GLVA motherboard to run at 1280x1024 on > my 17" TFT monitor: I snipped out part of your log and put '!' around the warning that states your problem. I had the exact same problem; it's the VESA driver. It will only allocate 860k or so of memory. Nothing you do with XFree will make it get more memeory even though it's there. Are you running "Woody"? If so an upgrade to 2.4.x will get you a new driver that will fix it. Otherwise you will have to compile a native driver and get the agpgart.o module loaded. All those things will be done automatically if you upgrade, though. (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 8000 kB (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Brookdale-G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Brookdale-G Graphics Controller (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0 (II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 845G (--) I810(0): Chipset: "845G" (--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF000 (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xFFA8 (II) I810(0): detected 8060 kB stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 200700 kB available (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM !!! (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not !supported. !!! (II) I810(0): Before: SWF1 is 0x0108 (II) I810(0): After: SWF1 is 0x0108 ** __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Preinstalled System
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. > Should I go with > "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? > I installed stable woody from purchased CD's (which is what you will be buying) and have been able to upgrade it to "Sarge" status by recompiling the source code BUT it was a real hassle. The next time I have to do it to get to what comes after Sarge it will be a snap because I learned many small lessons that were not in tutorials; in fact a lot of the answers were gotten from this mailing list. To answer your question; if you are the kind of user that will want to get into things like recompiling the source (or installing and configging kernel packages, which is easier) the I would get the Woody and immediately begin the learning process. If you don't want to do that then get the "Sarge". It is "stable" in that it will run fine, it's just that it is still changing. "Sid" is the testing kernel and is more advanced than "Sarge" and will cause you problems; stay away from that one. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to link kernel_headers?
I installed the kernel_headers_ package and it created a directory that was called: /usr/src/kernel_headers_ It seemed a trivial matter to make the link to be: ln -s /usr/src/kernel_headers_ /usr/src/linux Yet when I tried to "rmp -rebuild .src.rpm" it went off looking for something under a directory that looked something like this: /usr/src/kernel_headers_/ It was a trivial matter to issue the "make" command 'by hand' and alter the parameter for the header location, but I'm confused as to why the way I linked them up wasn't used? Am I wrong? Am I being too simple-minded and the .rpm programmers trying to tell me to use that EXACT version of the headers that they had listed there? I think they had 2.4.9- where mine were 2.4.16. The rpm (modem driver) compiled but I haven't tried to use it yet. Whether it works or not I was curius about the situation. __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I have no /usr/src/linux/ sources
--- Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you > need some kernel > header files you'll probably find them installing > kernel-headers > packages. > > > Andrea > Yeah, putting that empty directory there only made it insist on specific files. That at least led me to the proper package. I a remain surprised that these headers are not part of any given install. ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I have no /usr/src/linux/ sources
--- Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing. > > How to cope: > > > # mkdir /usr/src/linux > # mkdir /usr/src/linux/include > > Now the apps -I/usr/src/linux/include won't do > anything, but they will > still find the kernel headers because a set of > known-good kernel > headers is installed in /usr/include by libc6-dev. > > -- Well, that's easy enough. I guess it's silly to point it out but it is things like this that make linux hard to use. Why isn't that directory created and left empty upon installation? Scrpits and makefiles from all over seem to want things there. ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have no /usr/src/linux/ sources
I am trying to compile some .src.rpm files. When I try to do this they look for headers under the /usr/src/linux link. I installed linux from CD's originally and they didn't put anything there...I don't even have that link. I downloaded a source kernel from kernel.org and many of the instructions I found told me to put the source there...BUT the readme from kernel.org specifically told me NOT to put it there. They said something about how the source from the "kernel du jour" was not what was supposed to be there. Of course, I threw out all those instructions on recompiling kernels and followed the readme from those folks. As a result I still have nothing there except the RPM directories. Any effort to"make" the .rps results in them looking for these headers. What am I missing here, besides these .h files? __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Will Debian have libstdc++.so.5 soon?
--- Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unstable means that the packages actually get > upgraded. With stable, all > you get is security fixes. > Well, that's good to know. The word has many bad connotations in spite of its official definition. > But stable _does_ have libstdc++.so.5; you must not > have it installed. I don't have it installed so I searched packages.debian.org with "stable" as one of the parameters and it turned up nothing (.3 latest one in there). I should have checked under the other two parameters before asking about it...kinda stupid there. I am glad I asked, though. Without being reassured I would not use anything under "testing" or "unstable", ever. Thanks, Eric D. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Will Debian have libstdc++.so.5 soon?
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:40:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Will Debian have libstdc++.so.5 soon? > To: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Debian/Unstable: > > > > libstdc++5 - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > > Unstable...I didn't look there. The word deters me > from even considering use of anything there. > > I have 2.4.27. Will I need the 2.6.x to use > "unstable" packages? > > ejd > PS Mehh..again with the direct reply. Sorry. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Will Debian have libstdc++.so.5 soon?
I have an application that was developed on RedHat that is calling for it. Apparently Debian doesn't have it yet, at least I can't seem to find it as a package. Does Debian lag behind RedHat on a lot of things like this and if so by how long? Is it worth getting the .rpm and "alien"'ing it over? Is it likely to be the first of many missing library errors and I should just give up on this application? ___ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Differences between binary images and compiled kernels - 5 min
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:20:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Differences between binary images and
> compiled kernels - 5 min
> To: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> --- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > make oldconfig
> >
> > that option usually does not work "right" and
> > creates more headaches
> > than its worth
> >
>
> This was the the problem, it did not work AT ALL but
> I
> stubbornly refused to accept that since I hadn't
> heard
> that could be the case. I kept thinking I must have
> been doing something wrong.
>
> > > > make dep
> >
> > make clean ( before or after make dep ) -- or
> > you will be pulling
> > your hair for days ...
> >
>
> I didn't see this in the README and after I gave up
> on
> the "make oldconfig" the proceedure went OK.
>
> I used "make xconfig" to add the things that I
> wanted
> from the old configuration ("by hand" so to speak).
>
> There isn't much added for this particular machine.
> In the future I guess I'd try to add modules to this
> release and then avoid the "make mrproper". I
> skipped
> that a few times in my many trial and error compiles
> (I was hand editing the "make oldconfig" file trying
> to track down the particuclar issue. hehehe..) and
> it
> didn't seem to make a difference.
>
PS Sorry about the direct reply; I keep thinking that
the list address is the return address for this thing.
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Final Answer Re: Differences between binary images and compiled kernels
--- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Configging a kernel is an arduous process of booting > and then figuring out > what you got wrong. Yes, it is. You guessed correctly when you said that I might have gotten a "bad config" file from the vendor of the binaries. "Bad" in that it while it was probably fine for that 2.2.x kernel it was just not working when used for 2.4.x through the offices of "make oldconfig". The config made by that just wouldn't compile and I refused to accept that "make oldconfig" would give me something bogus. After fooling with the files produced by "make oldconfig" by hand for a long time I switched to "make config" that used the defconfig file that comes with the binaries. I then spent a long time using the old command line interface for trying to add the features that I wanted. Due to being a luddite I resisted using "make xconfig" for a long time, but I would higly recommend it as it will prevent you from saying "yes" to things that will mess up the compile. I added the Joliet extensions and got the CD file names out of that 8.3 format. Even with "make xconfig"'s help I was unable to get a viable kernel with the fat, vfat, and msdos filesystems. I have no idea why; those are not complicated configure options and they are also old features. Images would be produced but would not boot... Reading the help file the I noticed "mtool" which was installed already and just gave up on the idea of mounting the MS filesystems. I'm thinking that getting the Winmodem to work might be a little harder ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Differences between binary images and compiled kernels
--- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not enough information. Thanks for you time! I didn't want to get too specific in case there was a general and simple answer to this situation (getting an old configuration from a binary install to work). > What lead you up to running > make oldconfig? If you > installed the vendor-supplied kernel source tree and > then copied the config > they used to compile the particular kernel you're > running > (eg. /boot/config-2.4.25-1-686) into the kernel > source directory as a file > named .config, and then ran make oldconfig, then > that should have let you > reproduce their compiled kernel exactly, and should > have let you compile any > missing modules for it. This is exactly what I did but it was not a vendor supplied source tree, it was downloaded from kernel.org The vendor-supplied binaries didn't come with source (that was an extra set of cd's I didn't get) so the only source tree is the new 2.4.27 one. > If you did that, and it > didn't work, there's no > single explanation as to why, but one could suppose > they shipped with a > broken config. Well...that's where I am at...confused as to what is wrong. When I try and go through the "make oldconfig" by hand and answer the questions the "make bzImage" breaks down with errors and bails out. "missing symbols" and a host of warnings about other things. When I just delete .config and let "make oldconfig" race on through the procedure without asking me any questions I get the new kernel to compile properly but it boots up with radically logs. MOST things work, but, for example, the MS Joliet extensions to the CD-ROM driver are not there. I harp on this because I assume it is why the file names on the CD are 8.3. There is no vfat or msdos filesystem available to this new kernel. In short, I seem to be give a choice of abandoning the old configuration or having errors during the compiling. None of the modules available in the old binary kernel are seen by "modconf" either. > What basic procedure was that? make mrproper make oldconfig make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install "user fools with links and lilo" I've seen is outlined for all the distros. > > Anyway, you can patch a kernel source. I think > that's what you're after. It shouldn't be necessary for the following issues...but I guess that is what he did with the code from www.scyld.com. I just mention it as it is one of the divergences during boot. > What are your problems? Floppy will not mount, vfat, msdos, & other filesystems are not supported, CD-ROM reads old 8.3 filenames, I assume because MS Joliet Extensions will not load. > > You said something about a vendor supplied kernel, > and then you said you had > fooled around trying to compile a plain vanilla > kernel.org source, but I > missed the part where you tried one of the myriad > kernel images installable > from Debian first. I need/want to develop a "distribution agnostic" set of procedures that will be applicable to all (or as many) distributions if/as possible. It may be that Debian upgrades MUST be done their way and the "vanilla" way (ie make dep, make bzImage, ...) will not work right. If that is the case, then so be it, but I am surprised the old way will not still work... Thanks again, Eric Dickner __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Differences between binary images and compiled kernels
I have two kernels on my system, one I bought and installed from CD's: 2.2.20-idepci, and the other is 2.4.27 that was compiled from sources from kernel.org. I'm having some hardware issues that I was confident could be handled by installing modules, but now I'm not so sure. Close inspection of the boot logs show significant divergences between the way the these two kernels handle hardware. My questions are these: 1) How did the seller of my original binary kernel compile it to be specific to certain hardware? 2) Is there any set of modules out there that will make up for these difference? RE question 1, if the answer is just in standard configuring why did the "make oldconfig" not work and leave many things out? Now, one of the things I noted was a website and credit given to an individual for some code...is there anyway for me to recompile to 2.4.x with things like that inseerted? Certainly the basic proceedure that I followed doesn't give one the opportunity to do this. RE question 2; wasn't this sort of situation the reason modules were introduced? And aren't kernels becoming "more modularized"? And if all that is true should I try another recompile to 2.6.x and see if there are some advances that will fix my problems? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Re: "modconf" sees no modules at all in recompiled kernel
-- Incidentally, if you didn't build your kernel the Debian way, did you specifically make the modules? If you didn't, you won't have modules to load, even if you specified them in the config. Justin Guerin No, I didn't. I just followed the instructions that I found for recompiling kernels. They didn't mention anything about all this. I assumed that the things that worked and had been configured under the old kernel would be there for the new one. In a lot of cases this is true, but not for the drivers and modules(!)? I guess then, my question is, how do I go about rebuilding the drivers? Do I run "debconf" again or something? It is important to me that I use the generic kernel recompile for administrative reasons; if getting the debian distribution upgrade package is the only way to upgrade in debian then I need to know that. I just thought there would be a way to do it that is "distribution agnostic". ejd __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"modconf" sees no modules at all in recompiled kernel
I have two kernels running, one 2.2.20 installed from purchased disks and one 2.4.27 that was created by recompiling the "old fashioned" way, ie not by a debian package but from the sources that came from kernel.org. The problem is this: running the old linux there are a few modules installed that make the cdrom work properly and the floppy work. There are many modules available from the "modconf" program that are not loaded. In the new kernel, none of that is there; no modules are loaded and the only one that "modconf" can see is a "dummy" one in the net directory. Can I simply copy the contents of /lib/modules/'uname -r'/ over? Can it be that simple? I am afraid to do that thinking that things will become unstable if I "force" things upon the new kernel that way. ___ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get APT to work on local files.
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "To use the packages, finally, add: > > deb file:/root debs/ > " > > NB that there in no '#' here...does that mean to > "add" > that line to something else? OK, the debian refernce manual was much more clear. That line above should say: "To use the packages, finally, add to /etc/apt/sources.list the line: deb file:/root debs/ " ___ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't get APT to work on local files.
I can't seem to get apt-get to see some .deb files I have copied to the hard drive. I followed the instructions given in the APT HOWTO exactly but they don't seem to be very well written, at least in this section (2.2 How to use APT locally). I make a directory /root/debs, put the debs there and then did this while still in the root directory (as per the HOWTO): "Still in the /root directory do: # dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > debs/Packages.gz " I used /dev/null to avoid looking for an override file. The HOWTO states that using '/dev/null' will prevent it frow writing an override file, but in actuality the dpkg-scanpackages is LOOKING for an override file of that name. The instructions on actually creating an override file are not clear and I wanted to skip that. So using 'dev/null' I am able to continue to the next step. "To use the packages, finally, add: deb file:/root debs/ " NB that there in no '#' here...does that mean to "add" that line to something else? Typing the above right into the shell prompt does not work; it tells me that there is do file called 'deb'... In the end I did get a 'Packages.gz' file created. I went to that directory and tried just a simple and intuitive command: 'apt-get install ' Of course, this didn't work at all, even though I was right there in that directory and could see the file...apt-get needs it in some kind of database that I had not added it to properly. I know there are other ways of adding packages (aptitude) but I have to add that itself to my system first with this apt tool, so getting this to work is my only way to add packages. Any clarification of this apt/dpkg system would be greatly appreciated. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why no "initrd" for Debian?
--- Eric Dickner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I recompiled my 2.2.x kernel to 2.4.27 I > followed > the generic instructions rather than using a > package. > I was forced to skip the "mkinitrd" step as there > was > no file where the instructions told me there would > be. > > When I went to edit the lilo.conf file to point to > all > the proper places there was no entry for "initrd" in > the original installation. I didn't use one for the > new one, unlike what the instructions told me to do. > > It seems to have had no effect; although I am having > some issues using the CD-ROM and the floppy, > everything else seems ok, but I suspect there are > several hidden problems other than those. > > Do I need to get some kind of mkinitrd and get that > into lilo.conf? Is this one of those areas where > debian diverges from other linuces? __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE Re. Floppy not mounting on 2.4.x
Original Message: I think the msdos module is not loaded. Mount does not autoprobe for this file system by default. It checks /proc/filesystems, and msdos is only listed if the driver has been loaded. You can solve the problem by either - loading the msdos module at boot time - copying /proc/filesystems to /etc/filesystems and adding msdos read the mount man page for details best regards Andreas Janssen *** I'm not sure how to get that module to load. Why isn't "auto" supported anymore? ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mouse Wheel not working.
I am using XFree86, but I'm not sure if the problem isn't with the Debian (2.4.27) configuration. Or is it a problem with how I've configured XFree? The KDE control center seems to think that the wheel is there and working fine. ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trouble mounting floppy with 2.4.27
I didn't have any trouble mounting my floppy drive as file system type "auto" with 2.2.x, but since my upgrade "mount" insists that I provide a file system type. I tried "msdos" but it tells me the kernel doesn't support that type. What might be going on? __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2004 : Issue > 1051 > > Today's Topics: > Re: alsa stopped working [ Mark > Hannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Bluefish keybindings [ Francisco > Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: raid 1 setup. [ Roger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: alsa stopped working [ Antonio > Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Testing mailing list [ Carlos > Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: KMail crashing on startup.[ > Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Configuring Courier [ Carlos > Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Using LILO on non-linux disk [ Alvin Oga > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: grub wants root=/dev/hde?? - map [ Alvin Oga > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: First general purpose unmoderate [ Travis > Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Real Debian LiveCD? [ Tom > Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: First general purpose unmoderate [ Paul > Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > RE: newbie Xlib install/configure qu [ "Mark D. > Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: newbie Xlib install/configure qu [ Stefan > O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Real Debian LiveCD? [ Stefan > O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:18:12 +1000 > From: Mark Hannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Debian Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: alsa stopped working > > I have had problems with Audigy cards over upgrades > before. If you run > the alsa-mixer and check if your 'audigy > digital/analog output' you may > find that it is incorrect (it seemed to toggle on at > least one upgrade > for me). /mark > > On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 15:04 -0400, Antonio Rodriguez > wrote: > > Using sid, somehow alsa stopped working; the only > thing I can think of > > between the last time I heard it and the time I > noticed it wasn't > > working is that I started kde in vt8 (while having > gnome in vt7), and > > perhaps an upgrade, but I don't remember seeing > any alsa related > > stuff. Any ideas? > > reboot didn't help, alsamixer settings were > recovered to no avail, rm -r > > .kde doesn't help either (don't use kde much) > > lspci > > :02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative > Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:38:38 +0200 > From: Francisco Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bluefish keybindings > > Hello! > > I asked a couple of days ago about HTML editors and > ended up finding > bluefish beter than quanta or other alternatives. > (BTW, thanks a lot for > all the help with that question). > > My problem now is that I am a heavy emacs user, I > didn't like emacs HTML > mode and I find myself in all sorts of trouble > trying to kill, copy, > paste etc inside bluefish with it's "desktop like" > keybindings. > > Is there any way to get the editor in bluefish to > remap its keys? There > is a /save shortcut_keys/ option under edit but I > coudn't find out how > ot use it. Any pointers? > > Thank you for your attention, > > Francisco. > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:44:22 -0500 > From: Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: raid 1 setup. > > Roger wrote: > > > I'm trying to get raid 1 going on my Sarge > unstable box. > > > > When I installed raidltools2 and mdadm doing a > /proc/mdstat gave the > > following > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : [raid1] > > read_ahead 1024 sectors > > md2 : active raid1 > ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part3[1] > > 3148672 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > md1 : active raid1 > ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part2[1] > > 7269312 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > md0 : active raid1 > ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1[1] > > 25728000 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > > > The thing is I have yet to create any md devices > and my > > > > /etc/raidtab <-which raidtools doesn't use - but > I checked anyway > > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf > > > > files are empty.. > > > > How do I get rid of these bogus md devices? I'm > at a loss as to where > > the are configured, and that mdadm doesn't seem to > have a erase or > > delete function to it > > I finally got around to removing the md devices even > though I had a > empty raidtab > > raidstop /dev/mdx > > That remove the raid entries in /proc/mdstat, while > preserving the md > devices in /dev - from their I was able to create > new raid devices. > > > -- > Rock River Internet Roger > Grunkemeyer > 202 W. State St, 8th Floor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Rockford, IL 61101 > 815-968-9888 x102 > > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: W
Recompiling from 2.2.x to 2.6 OK?
Or should I recompile first to 2.4 and then to 2.6? Thanks, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trying to build agpgart.o with an rpm from Intel
And I'm having no luck. Nothing seems to be where the rpm wants it to be. Is there anything I can do to make this rpm work? Is there anyone that knows where this module compiled for debian is? It's part of a native driver for the i810 Intel Extreme Graphics Controller. Maybe someone knows something about that. The VESA driver will not use any more memory than the BIOS allows and all that allows is enough for low resolution modes (all this is with the XFree86 server, btw). Thanks in Advance, ejd ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Modem detection and installation problems
Hello All, I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function 0) on an Intel Pentium 4 that the debian configuration software never did detect. I went on to try and configure PPP as best I could... When I try to use 'pon' I get messages about looking for ethernet cards instead of any dialilng. I believe the OS just has no idea that there is a modem installed. I have not found anything in the Debian manuals about all this; most of the advice seems to be for machines attached to networks. A wider search of of the web got me lots of inapplicable advice (references to hand-editing configuration files that are not in /etc/ mostly). Where do I go for information on this? Thank You, Eric Dickner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems partioning XP disk
Hello All. Starting right off the bat in the set of instructions for installing on an existing disk running Windows I have a problem. Section 3.6.1.1 tells you to create a bootable floppy with the "sys a:" command, something that I have done in the past on older versions of Windows but apparently does not work now: C:\>sys a: 'sys' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Using an older system disk made in the past with the "fips" tool on it, again as section 3.6.1.1 tells you to do, will not work either; the system will not boot into DOS. XP has a disk management tool of its own but I don't trust it. For one thing it tells me that the size of my disk is the amount that is filled an that I have zero free bytes I don't want any part of it. What do we do for a "lossless" XP install? Sincerely, Eric Dickner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
