jdk 1.2?
Hi, is there a debian package for JDK 1.2? Apt says jdk1.2 exists in the database but has no available version. Thanks, // joey tsai
Re: jdk 1.2?
> > Hi, is there a debian package for JDK 1.2? ^^ > > http://www.blackdown.org/
hard drive error?
Hi, right in the middle of my dist-upgrade-ing to xfree 4.0.1 (hurray!), I'm
getting a physical hard drive error.
My terminal says:
Setting up xfonts-100dpi (4.0.1-1) ...
md5sum: read error on stdin
dpkg: error processing xfonts-100dpi (--configure):
subprocess md5sum returned error exit status 2
the system log (at the read error, I believe) says:
Nov 3 17:05:27 corban kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
Nov 3 17:05:27 corban kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError
}, LBAsect=18817, sector=18754
Nov 3 17:05:27 corban kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector
18754
If anyone has any suggestions on what to do, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
// joey tsai
gdm without gdm?
Hi, I'm running the newest Helix Gnome core packages and could really do without gdm. But, I have to say I do like its functionality. So, is there anyway I can achieve what it does without running it? Like, can I continue the session and start up the gnome components, etc. via startx? // jt Please CC to me, I'm not on this list.
Re: Command Line on logout
> > remove the reference to XDM in the startup scripts, deinstall XDM, or remove > > the symlinks to XDM in /etc/rcX.d directories (this just prevents it from > > starting, does not remove it). > > A more elegant (IMO) solution is to modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. I personally think the most elegant way to do this is the "debian way" and use "update-rc.d" to remove xdm (or gdm for helixgnomers) from the startup. // jt
Re: Command Line on logout
> > I personally think the most elegant way to do this is the "debian way" and > > use "update-rc.d" to remove xdm (or gdm for helixgnomers) from the startup. > > If you're not going to use xdm, remove it. If you're going to use it for > non-console logins, my suggestion is IMO appropriate. It's also a > little-known feature. Well, I use gdm, and the problem I have is that I cannot remove it without breaking task-helix-core, which keeps me up to date with the helixcode packages.
Re: Command Line on logout
> You *can* remove gdm safely. All the other packages will still be in the > system, and so will still be kept up-to-date. The problem with removing gdm is that it will remove the task-helix-core package as well. While that doesn't seem to be a problem (the package is just an empty packgake of requisities), if task-helix-core is later updated to include another package (as it has just recently included grdb, I think), you'll miss out on another package you may want if you want your helix gnome dist up-to-date. // jt
Re: Dvorak keyboard layout
> Can someone tell me how to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout? I dimly > recall the debian boot diskette asking to choose a keyboard layout, but I > don't know how to change it on an installed system. To change your default layout, use "kbdconfig". You have to be root. If you just want to switch layouts, you can do $ loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak.kmap.gz Any user can do this. // jt
Re: Sound card trouble
> I have an Aureal Vortex pci sound card. I downloaed the drivers from Aureal's > website (v.1.0.5) followed the instrutions and even rebuilt my kernel with > sound support. However, my sound card still doesn't work. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. There's drivers at aureal.sourceforge.net; at linux.aureal.com there's a great discussion board where there's lots of help. // jt
mouse freezes in X
Hi, I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical, and I'm currently using it via ps/2 port. I had no problems with it for nearly a year, but now in X it will simply freeze on the screen and won't respond. Restarting X will usually restore it, but eventually it will freeze again. Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, // joeytsai -- | FUTURE, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, joey tsai | our friends are true and our happiness is assured. | -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
sawfish from helixcode
Hi, is the newest sawfish package from helixcode breaking for anyone else?
[corban][03:14pm][/var/cache/apt/archives] # dpkg -i
sawfish_0.30.3-helix3_i386.deb
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing sawfish_0.30.3-helix3_i386.deb
(--install):
files list file for package `sawfish' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
sawfish_0.30.3-helix3_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
Or have I done something wrong? Thanks,
// joey tsai
Re: Helix and Galeon
:: Rino Mardo :: > Hi. I have gnome-helix installed from woody and been wanting to try Galeon. > Anyone done it yet? Is there a .deb package for Galeon? I don't think there is a Galeon Debian package, in either Debian "proper" or from Helixcode. I heard Helix was going to package it, but I also heard it wasn't packaged in Debian because of licensing issues (similar to KDE before QT went GPL). // joey tsai
package kernel-image
After compiling my own kernel and making a kernel-image package from it, each
time I do a apt-get dist-upgrade apt wants to replace my custom kernel with the
stock kernel-image package from debian.org. How can I stop apt from trying to
"upgrade" my kernel? Thanks,
// joey tsai
Re: built-in bash functions
:: Michael P. Soulier :: > Hey guys. When I do a type -p ls, nothing is output. which ls returns /bin/ls, > but does the failure of the type -p signify that it's a shell built-in? If so, > how does that work wrt installing a new version of ls? There are some tools > built into bash, are there not? Yes, there are some utilities built into bash, but ls is not one of them. ls belongs to package "fileutils". But since you mention it, [corban][12:55pm][~] $ type type type is a shell builtin // joey tsai
Re: quick upgrade help needed-kernel image not wanted
I had the same problem. I just did a make-kpkg with "-revision 2:Custom.2" (my previous custom kernel was "Custom.1") and installed the new custom kernel. I don't know if this is the "right" or "best" way, but apt is cool now. // joey tsai :: Kenward Vaughan :: > I'm in the middle of a woody upgrade, and discovered that the latest greatest > kernel image has been DL'd and is attemping to overwrite my custom 2.2.17 > kernel. I stopped that process when queried about the modules directory, but > apt refuses to continue with the rest of the upgrade. > > I used aptitude to change the status of that package to hold, but apt-get > still has the script nagging at it. > > Can someone tell me what the best step is to get out of this? Simply let the > image get installed, and reinstall the old (requiring a -f option?)?
Re: quick upgrade help needed-kernel image not wanted
Yeah, but when you do that, you'll have to repeat the process each time you do
an apt-get because your custom kernel is older than the newer.
// joey tsai
:: Kenward Vaughan ::
> I decided I likely had answered my own question. Copied the modules directory
> and modules.conf files, then let apt install over my image (after which the
> upgrade finished normally). I then immediately reinstalled the custom over
> that. Recopied the old files back and was done.
>
> Kenward
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:08:39PM -0400, Joey Tsai wrote:
> > I had the same problem. I just did a make-kpkg with "-revision 2:Custom.2"
> > (my previous custom kernel was "Custom.1") and installed the new custom
> > kernel. I don't know if this is the "right" or "best" way, but apt is cool
> > now.
Re: Upgrading to Xfree 4
There are xfree 4.0.1 packages by the Debian X maintainer, but they are still experimental and not part of Debian "proper." If you want to try them, add deb http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ woody/i386/ to your sources.list. Do an "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and you'll update yourself. However, these packages are not part of the distribution, and you shouldn't use them if you're afraid of Things That May Go Wrong. That said, I recently tried upgrading and the packages upgraded extremely smoothly. There was a slight hiccup with the config file, but one symlink and I haven't had a problem since. // joey tsai :: Rogelio E. Castillo Haro :: > Do you know how to upgrade to Xfree 4.0? There is something .deb package to > use apt? or must be upgrading manually? If it's so, Is there some HOWTO to do > that?
Re: Woody broke my system
Yeah, my apache and exim have broken for me. Apache: /usr/sbin/apache: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/libdb.so.3) /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started Fetchmail is getting the mail from the SMTP server, but exim is not delivering the mail to the local boxes. I had to add myself to group "mail" and change group permissions on some directories before I could find some more useful errors messages: 2000-09-28 12:02:17 13eh4b-Yu-00 Unable to get root to set uid 1000 and gid 8 for local delivery to joeytsai: uid=8 euid=8 This normally wouldn't bother me too much, but today, when I was trying to go back to stable's libc6, I realized I don't have ldconfig anymore. Sucks. Anyway, if anyone has any similar problems and fixes I'd be interestd in knowing as well. // joey tsai :: David Vest :: > hello > > I updated my system with apt (unstable) and it totally breaked down. Now I > can't install/configure anything: > > perl: error while loading shared libraries: libdb.so.3: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory > > btw, My apache broke down too.. > > Anyone with simular problems? Fixes?
Re: Woody broke my system
So, after my last post (where I tried to revert to stable's libc6 and ldso), I do a new apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, I get: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: cpp: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed exim: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed g++: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed gcc: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed ldso: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.1.94-1) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libdb2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libdb2-util: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libldap2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libpam-modules: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libpam0g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libsasl7: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libxaw6: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed libxaw7: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed locales: Depends: libc6 (= 2.1.94-1) but 2.1.3-10 is installed xserver-common: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.93) but 2.1.3-10 is installed Okay, so I do the -f install thing. Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libc6 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/2426kB of archives. After unpacking 2925kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/libdb.so.3) E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code (1) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt Uh... [corban][02:50pm][/var/cache/apt/archives] # dpkg -i libc6_2.1.94-1_i386.deb dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. [corban][02:51pm][/var/cache/apt/archives] # dpkg -i ldso_1.9.11-10_i386.deb dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. Can somebody help me get this stuff working again? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! // joey tsai
Re: oops
Firstly, thanks to Ben for his work, the speed at which the libc6 issues were resolved calls for high praise. The only issue that seems to remain for me is with exim - after fetchmail grabs my SMTP mail, exim doesn't deliver it. Exim's logs say Unable to get root to set uid 1000 and gid 8 for local delivery to joeytsai: uid=8 euid=8 However, I can force exim to deliver the mail with "exim -qff". Does anyone know if this problem's been resolved or if there's a fix I can apply? Thanks so much for your time, // joey tsai
Re: Multiple X consoles on LINUX
> I would like to get multiple X consoles on my LINUX PC. http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/lg_answer23.html#monitor // joey tsai
weird 100% disk usage
Hi,
My drive appears to be full via df:
[corban][05:07pm][~] $ df -h
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 61M 59M 0 100% /
However, I'm not exactly sure I'm even getting 57M used:
[corban][05:09pm][/home/joeytsai] # du -shx /
23M /
I find this slightly disconcerting, and was wondering if anybody else
has experienced this before.
Any suggestions? Please CC to me, I'm not subscribed.
// joey tsai
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$VIMRUNTIME
Hi, everytime I install vim I get this problem... I have a work-around, but I'm pretty sure it's The Wrong Way to do it. Anyway, opening a file in vim which has some syntax will cause vim to say like - Error detected while processing Syntax Auto commands for "conf": Can't open file /usr/share/vim/syntax/conf.vim Press RETURN or enter command to continue with the second line changing to whatever type of file I'm editing (for instance, it just said it couldn't find the mail syntax file). The ":help" doesn't work, either. I'm guessing it's looking there because of the $VIM or $VIMRUNTIME parameters, both of which are /usr/share/vim for me. But Debian is installing vim's "syntax" and "doc" directories in /usr/share/vim/vim58, why vim can't find what it's looking for. My current work-around is to sym-link the syntax and doc directories so it works. I'm guessing changing the $VIMRUNTIME variable would work, too. But neither of those solutions seem to me to be best way to do it. Do I just have a strange setup? Is the vim package meant to be like this? Thanks in advance, // joey tsai -- joey tsai | CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more cs1322 ta | unfortunate than yourself. | -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
