WVDial
SS Has anyone gotten wvdial to work with static IP? ISDN? What's the problem with fixed IP on a dial-up? Is your ISDN treated like a modem? (I know nothing about ISDN) If so you could try editing the /etc/wvdial.conf file and put the correct init strings in there Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SS Have you tried the package wvdial that is in _some_ of the Debian SS distributions? (Certainly in frozen). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Netscape Communicato
Have you tried the package wvdial that is in _some_ of the Debian distributions? (Certainly in frozen). Very easy to configure and it seems to work. IMO the ppp stuff is a nightmare - before finding wvdial I had ended up with a one-line script with all my ppp options in it as I couldn't get ppp to work any longer (happened when I upgraded to a newer version on the ppp packages) Regards, Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IB Thanks to all that try to help in my problem with ppp and Netscape. IB have done what Steve suggested: to remove the '\r' from the ppp.chat IB wasn't my idea to put them there, it was just what I have found in s IB documentation about how to set the ppp. Those guys that are writing IB us, the beginners, should be more careful, I think. IB So now my ppp is up with pon and down with poff. There are still mor IB do, but as I am concerned, this thread is ended. IB Thanks again to all that gave my suggestions and please forgive me f IB expressing these thanks sooner. The last two weeks were awful and I IB time for my Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Win95 as a terminal
JJ Win95 supports a Direct Cable Connection as an Adapter when you go JJ properties. That said, I tried arduously to get this thing to work b JJ Win95 laptops without success. I suspect that with the right configu JJ would work. It needs, for some reason Netbeui NWLink bound to the Dial-up adaptor. Then it seems to work fine. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect / ftp broken
Grab any Perl packages that are outstanding by FTP and then install those using dpkg - that should fix it. I had the same problem when upgrading. HTH Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SH Hi -- SH Through some stupid mistake, I seem to have broken my dselect's ftp SH method. When I select FTP in Access, I see: SH [verbatim:] SH Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: SH /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 SH /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at SH /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm lin SH 106, SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line SH BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup SH line 7 SH query/setup script returned error exit status 2, SH Press RETURN to continue. SH [end verbatim] SH So it looks like PERL5 got screwed up, yes? SH What can I do to replace the proper minimal items so that dselect (a SH all the rest of Debian 1.3) is happy? SH Thank you for your help -- Sam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dpkg --help | less
DMIW instance if I do a dpkg --help | less then less doesn't seem DM into DM try DM dpkg --help | less DM for tcsh And if I'm using bash? Sorry I can't try it out as I'm not in Linux at the moment. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: dpkg --help | less
And if I'm using bash? Sorry I can't try it out as I'm not in Linux at the moment. on my system dpkg --help | less works fine. The person who had trouble with it said it did not work for him/her. Now the problem would be because their dpkg --help writes to STDERR and not STDOUT. In which case will trap them both in csh's. Right. It was me who had the problem :) It seems it is considered a bug, as help should normally got to STDOUT. Bash on the otherhand uses numbers. From bash man pages STDERR is 2 but I have no idea how to use it. I am a relative newbie, so haven't looked at other shells, so now I know what does in csh :) 2 does the same in bash. Regards, Ian W -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ipmasq problems
I've just recompiled the kernel (2.0.33) to include ipmasq support and I now can't connect to the Internet via my PPP dial-up connection :( If I ping www.debian.org then I get unknown host name and if I ping a x.x.x.x address I get Operation not permitted I have installed ipmasq once before on a similar machine (2.0.33 kernel) and I didn't get these problems then I believe the same message is showing when the NFS stuff is being loaded on boot-up. I suspect I've done something daft, but I've done various things and checked it all against the mini-IP-Masq howto but I haven't been able to sort out what Ian W -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dpkg --help | less
II IW Is this correct behaviour or am I missing something? AFAICT al II IW other packages I have done a | less on to get the help have wo II IW expected. II Dpkg --help prints on stderr, not on stdout as most others do. This II expected behavior, and a bug is already filed. Right. Thanks. Any ideas when it might be fixed? I suppose I could look at myself. g Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- þ RM 1.31 0445 þ OK, I'm weird! But I'm saving up to be eccentric. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Dselect problems on a new
MI Can't locate loadable object for module IO in @INC (@INC contains: MI /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 MI /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at MI /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Handle.pm line 241 MI BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/IO/Socket.pm lin MI BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line MI BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup MI query/setup script returned error exit status 2. MI Press RETURN to continue. MI *** MI If this is cause of some other package overwriting the installation MI packages..what other package should I download to fix this problem? I think that this is indicative that the complete PERL installation hasn't been done. I had this when FTPing a stable-unstable upgrade. I'm sorry I don't have any more details than that, but are you aware of any PERL stuff that is required that hasn't been installed? I hope at least that this points you in the right direction. Regards, Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- þ RM 1.31 0445 þ Sector not found...Try the broom cupboard? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HP Colorado 5GB IDE
Can anyone enlighten me as to how to use a HP Colorado 5GB Internal IDE tape drive under Linux? I have had a look at various packages that come with Debian, but so far I haven't been able to work out how to get it to work. If there's a HOWTO somewhere then I'd be happy to be pointed in the right direction. Thanks. PLease reply to the address below. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- þ RM 1.31 0445 þ Deja Moo-The feeling you get when you listen to a politician -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dpkg --help | less
On my system the dpkg --help seems to come out on the wrong console. For instance if I do a dpkg --help | less then less doesn't seem to come into the picture at all. To check this out I did dpkg --help 2 dpkg.txt and all the help came out in the file. Is this correct behaviour or am I missing something? AFAICT all the other packages I have done a | less on to get the help have worked as I expected. Please reply to the address below. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- þ RM 1.31 0445 þ Is there a Lawyer in the House? BLAM! Any more? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Off-line newsreader
FB From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Barknecht) FB Subject: Re: Off-line newsreader FB If anybody else has any other suggestions I'll be glad to hear the FB For the true Forte FreeAgent type of news reader try SKIM or xagent FB available at your fav sunsite mirror in [...]/system/news/reader (?) Thanks. I'll have a look. I've got hold of Peruser and that seems OK, but I'm interested in looking at others. The mail program I use on Windows at the moment (CommMaker IE) does a single pass for mail, headers, requested articles and posting articles which is very good if you want to keep your on-line time down... Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Off-line newsreader
Thanks for all you folks who replied to me regarding an off-line news reader. I d/led slrn and configured it, but as a couple of you suspected it _doesn't_ support d/l of just headers and the picking of interesting articles. I can't afford to d/l all the newsgroups I keep up with - some of them have over 100 messages a day, so I'm still looking for a true off-line news reader like the one I have in Windows at the moment g I had another look at Netscape, but when I was off-line it seemed to want to go to the server everytime I selected a new newsgroup (or just clicked on it). This was rather annoying (understatement), but I might have had something not setup quite right - or NS doesn't really do off- line news reading If anybody else has any other suggestions I'll be glad to hear them... Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Debian users and new
JJ I'm using slrn's scoring to bring Debian-related postings to my atte JJ The organisation of the Debian community is very mailing-list orient JJ quite often, I answer Debian-related questions on newsgroups by refe JJ people to the mailing list. The disadvantage of mailing lists is tha JJ unfortunately less visible on Usenet. I pick the Debian mailing lists up from a news server - they then all come into the same program as I am using for reading mail (DOS-based at the moment) which works better than them getting dumped into my mail program. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
SEUL packaging, etc.
FE I would like to make it almost trivial for a user to install a FE package, i.e. click in a hypertext help/wizard window and it FE will install what is required for functionality set X. I couldn't agree with you more Fred. I thoroughly enjoy Linux, but I found it hard to get into. I am slightly above an average user having spent 10 years on mainframes, some assembler, some C++ and the last 5 years supporting Windows installations. There does seem to be a tendency within the Unix community that if it isn't a bit difficult to do or use then we must have done something wrong g I would support in anyway that I am capable in providing some sort of easy front end to Linux to widen it's appeal. I am particularly interested in seeing something available for charities to use as a stable, cheap and therefore cost-effective way of providing file and printer services, mail and Internet access to support their work. However at the present, with it's rather dense interface I cannot see that being viable. I realise the value of the infinite configurability that the infinite number of configuration files gives you, but it is almost impossible (as well as daunting) for an inexperienced user to work out what to tweak and how. I would also consider that the help system needs to be looked at quite seriously. I believe that there are packages out there that make them more user friendly, but there must be a better way to provide help than man pages and the less command? I think that Linux has a great deal to offer to those who want a good solid OS with a wide range of applications. AFAIK it doesn't have anything like Exchange or Notes supported on it, but I suspect that the number of organisations needing that sort of application within my area of interest are rather limited. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Clean hamm installat
HM Did you ever use --force-blah with dpkg? Was it ever possible to hos HM your system without using --force-blah? What is --force-blah? HM I upgraded my system before Scott's HOWTO was written; at that stage HM it was fairly simple and all the dependencies seemed to prevent HM me from doing anything wrong. IIRC, it was basically a case of HM installing new ld.so, removing the libc5 -dev libraries, installing HM libc6, installing the hamm non-g libraries, then installing the hamm HM libraries, then anything else, like bash. For a while I only upgrade HM the libraries (just to support running new libc6 stuff from hamm), HM not bothering with existing packages. Never any sign of trouble. I've done the upgrade (with the help of the mini-howto). What do you mean by hamm non-g and hamm libraries? Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
NTFS driver as modul
AB MM BTW I've got the same problem, when I've changed kernel... AB MM Even I don't tour on: AB MM Set version information on all symbols for modules AB AB Weird. Is this a bug perchance? AB It's not the ideal fix, but the 2.1.x kernels have much better NTFS AB - even (experimental) write. Try 2.1.78 if you want (or possibly 2.1 AB although there seem to be a few compile problems). I'm having enough fun with the upgrade to the Unstable distribution, that I think I'll give the development kernels a miss! Thanks for the info about NTFS in the next release I'll look forward to that. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
divide the list in beginn
IT Shouln't it be possible to divide the list in beginners and advanced Problem is that you couldn't stop mis-posting, so you'd end up with people posting twice, once in the newbies group and once in the experienced group just in case nobody in the newbies group knows the answer, so you'd end up with more mail than ever g Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
NTFS driver as modul
MM I have tried all sorts of things to get around this, what have I m MM I have not got module versioning installed in the kernel as far as MM MM Try to recompile the module under new kernel v33 or insmod it with o MM force: MM insmod -f ntfs.o I did, a number of times g MM BTW I've got the same problem, when I've changed kernel... MM Even I don't tour on: MM Set version information on all symbols for modules Weird. Is this a bug perchance? Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Libc5 / Libc6
BN I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond t BN distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but that c BN (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ large numb BN programs. =:| BN BN What should I do? Forget it and wait? BN One possibility would be to get the source tar package and make your BN debian package from that. I've tried this a few times without a lot BN success, but will persevere (I've read all the debmake documentation BN still have a few problems). The other would be to compile and instal BN software in a relatively safe directory such as /usr/local. The source is enormous (for a slow FTP link anyway g) and I just haven't the time to fight my way through that. I had enough fun recompiling the kernel, but it's working now. I have had one or two scares moving from libc5 - libc6, but it seems relatively OK now Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
IP-Masq (was Re: ms explo
JS I suppose I will have to load specific modules manually as I read JS somewhere that kerneld will not auto-load masq modules (true ?). I JS be giving it another bash later tonight as I've just d/loaded and JS installed kernel-source-2.0.32-2.0.32-3.deb so that may make things JS hopefully. JS My knowledge of modules and the loading of them is very brief at the JS moment. I've just been through the same thing with IP Masquerading. I created a file in /etc/rc.boot (I don't know whether that was the right place or not!) marked it as executable. It contained the following: #! /bin/sh echo Loading ipmasq modules... /sbin/depmod -a /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_vdolive /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake Seems to work for me. Ian W Karachi, Pakistan email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
