Re: Japanese fonts
You ever hear of kdrill? It's in games: a kanji drill and dictionary... On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Forrest English wrote: i would also like to know how to do this, my girlfriend is learning japanese, and has not been able to get it to work in windows (which doesn't surprise me). come on, make linux look good ;) -- Forrest English http://truffula.net When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use -Fugazi On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Dean Posey wrote: Hello, I have a computer at home that myself and my wife use, I would like to set it up for her to be able to log in and email/surf using Japanese fonts. I know it's possible, but I was looking for suggestions from someone using a similiar setup. In the past I've used the jamondo program for Win, and I was looking into dual booting with the Japanese Win98. Since her use will be limited this seems like overkill, I'm sure there must be a better solution in linux. Any help would be appreciated, Dean Posey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with suitable application of High Explosives. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: potato-package for gcc 2.95.3 ?
On 22 Mar 2001, Felix Natter wrote: hi, will there be a potato-package for gcc 2.95.3 ? No. Potato's long since frozen, and there shouldn't be a version change in potato ever again. thanks, -- There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with suitable application of High Explosives. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: OT: Best PDA?
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Jim Richardson wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 07:54:42AM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: Jim Richardson wrote: the older IIIX(E) series, the new m100 is smaller) If all you are going to do is take notes, then you can get the cheaper 2MB visor, but if you Yes, just notes. I assume Visor uses the Palm OS and apps/applets? Would it be better to get more ram, if so, why? Yes, the visor uses PalmOS, as a licencee from the Palm folks. as an aside, the visor is produced by the folks who originally did the palm itself, they split off to form Handspring inc and build the visor. Ipaq, (expensive and hard to get) can use linux, I don't know how well they work as a pda though. Anyway, for price and convenience, go with a visor or palm. How does it use Linux. If it's to present the same front end as the others, then it's of limited interest. If it's to give you a command prompt and run vi, that's another story... you get a cmd line, or the gui front end, or both, your choice. /me imagines a pilot 5000 with X.:) -- There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with suitable application of High Explosives. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Need Help getting rid of really anoying messages from Pam_unix (cron).
That would be klogd: syslogd won't easily install via apt over sysklogd. On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: John Foster wrote: Recent upgrades from woody to a blend of testing/unstable has resulted in me getting a continuous stream of messages on every consol screen from; Pam_unix[1235]: (cron) session opened for user list by (uid=0) and a simalar message from user root. Does anyone have ANY idea how to get rid of these. I can't see where any of the config files were changed that might have caused this. Even a WAG will be appreciated. Thanks! Don't remeber what of the two, but you need install klogd or syslogd (correct me if i'm wrong) Andrea -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Kernel-package, how do I get back to a distributed kernel?
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Stan Brown wrote: Having already installed the 2.4.2 kernel package from progeny, I decided to build a cistom 2.4.2 kernel using kernel-package. Well to make a long story short, I did not fix anything, instead I broke some things. So, how do I get dselect (or something) to reinstall the distributed kernel package? In straight Debian, I'd say FTP it down and dpkg -i. Ask Progeny. -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Checking port scanning?
jail, ippl, or another icmp event logger. On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Lars Jensen wrote: How do I check if someone is scanning my ports, or hammering a certain port with requests? Thanks for any help, Lars. %%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Combining disks in one virtual partition.
options LVM, linear, or raid in the kernel. I wouldn't do it with root however, as one screwed up disk could mean the death of your system. My suggestion: one disk as a root disk ~50M, its slave and the entire secondary chain in LVM (2.4 kernel stuff) as /usr. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Simmons-Davis wrote: Hello, My question for you all is whether or not you can join the partitions of several small hard disks together to form one large-contiuous-virtual root partition. I have quite a few small hard disks but none that are really big enough to be of much service to me. Thank you, Ry -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Minimum RAM Requirement.
8M effective, though I've heard of 4-5M, and used bo with 4M. On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Simmons-Davis wrote: Hello, I would like to know the minimum amount of RAM a computer needs in order to run a basic Linux setup and then also the minimum for X Window System. Thank you, Ry -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Where is nslookup?
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages There's a Search the contents of the latest release at the bottom that tells me that it's in dnsutils and a builtin in zsh. It can tell you that as well... On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Eric Richardson wrote: Hi, I'd like to have nslookup. I installed and updated Debian 2.2. Any help would be appreciated. Eric :-) -- Be Careful! I have a black belt in sna-fu! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Selecting i686 for compiled code?
pentium-builder will allow processor-specific instruction sets. On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: I am compiling my first set of code under Debian and the Debian package management system. I downloaded the source for bash and I want to try to compile it for the i686 instruction set and with O3 optimization level. I am using the debian/rules build method and I am not able to figure out how to set up the environment for something other than i386 instruction set. I looked at dpkg-architecture, but that selects the processor family (i386, m68k, etc.), but not the specific processor type. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Randy -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: nameserver for class CHAOS ?
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: Besides, 'host' is shorter to type than 'nslookup'... =) But not 'nsltab' ;))) count the keystrokes... gdh -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Debian and HP49G
lrzsz and minicom may be a bit better. It's certainly freer... On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Chris Gray wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, David Z. Maze wrote: Glenn Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GB I just got an HP49G calculator ... purchased the PC GB Connectivity Kit in a fairly clueless moment (clueless = not GB thinking that the included software might be Windoze-only). GB GB Have found *some* Linux - HP calc connection stuff on GB SourceForge, but was wondering if any Debian-ers are GB successfully shunting stuff back and forth from Debian to an GB HP48 or 49. Would be interested in ... how ... :-) Gosh...I haven't done this in years. The one thing you do need from the HP kit is the strange serial cable that plugs into the calculator. The HP48, at least, supported both xmodem and Kermit transfers, so I'd try installing the (non-free) ckermit package and trying to use that to move files around. The last time I tried it was many years ago on a Slackware machine on the other side of the country, so... :-) I've been doing this fairly recently (I have some boring classes where games come in handy :) ). Here is my ~/.kermrc (you have to be in the group dialout to open /dev/ttyS1) set port /dev/ttyS1 set speed 9600 set parity none set file type binary set carrier-watch off robust kermit can be a fairly annoying thing to use, so good luck. Cheers, Chris -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: visudo not vi?
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Chris Lawrence wrote: On Mar 13, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks... 1. not everyone knows how to use vi 2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis-tiny. We probably should change to nano-tiny, because (a) it's tiny and (b) it supports neither syntax (though it isn't modal, so maybe it's closer to Emacs), so nobody can complain that the other syntax is supported but theirs isn't. :-) 1) nano-tiny is bigger than ae by ~10K 2) nano-tiny has all of the library disadvantatges of ae. It carries all of the libraries that ae does. The hidden advantage of elvis is that it only carries symbols from libc and libncurses (for reference, true pico also only carries libc and ncurses...) Chris -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: etherexpress card and modconf
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Don Seiler wrote: hullo. I'm having trouble getting my Intel EtherExpress card online. Using modconf, when I try at add the eexpress module, it first does an autoprobe and returns this: eexpress io = 0x300 irq = 0 (IRQ value read from EEPROM) Impossible. The irq is between 1 and 15. IRQ 0 is the CPU. So I assume I need to specify the irq. I _believe_ the irq is 14, but I've tried 9 and 5 also, and all return the same error: No, in fact, you don't. The eexpress module does a good job of autodetecting IRQ. /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/eexpress.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters This is followed by failure messages. The command-line parameter I am using in modconf is this: options eexpress io=0x300 irq=14 Try without any io and irq. Sometimes the module will autodetect. If you have no idea of the ioport and IRQ and the module doesn't autodetect, contact me offlist for a Softset disk... I found that line on a webpage so have no idea if it is correct or not. That's when I decided the actual mailing list might be helpful. The ethernet card did work yesterday when RedHat was on it. But let's not speak of that again. Any help would be very ... helpful. Thanks, Don. -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: How best to install a TrueType font on Debian?
type1inst would be what I'd use... On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: Hi everyone. I just downloaded a TrueType font (Lucida Sans Unicode) and am wondering what's the best way to install that so that everything works in the Debian fashion. You know, what's the official Debian policy-guided (etc.) way to install a TrueType font? What packages do I need, what commands do I type, etc.? Also, does anyone offhand know the legal status of the Lucida Sans Unicode font? I've read conflicting statements on that. Thanks in advance for your guidance. Please CC me on all replies; I was once subscribed to the list but unsubscribed due to the extremely high volume. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: apt-get problems
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Pollywog wrote: I have the following in my /etc/apt/sources.list but they no longer seem to work and I don't know why. I can access these via the web just not with apt. deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ^ You're missing the terminal slash: the correct line (the one I use) is: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian unstable contrib main non-free Need I say more? Any ideas? thanks -- Andrew -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: [OT] napster login failures...
apt-get install gnut :) On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Walter Tautz wrote: How difficult is it to get a new user activationdoes anyone have one they can lend me ;-) -walter -- a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Who is John Galt?/a Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld
Re: mp3 encoding
Are you tied to mp3? There's a free alternative that's reasonably supported by Debian: ogg/vorbis. Try it. It's a little bigger file for file, but I was able to play ogg files reasonably on a 486... On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Ok, I know there have been some licensing issues which is probably why so many of these disappeared, but is anyone still doing mp3 encoding on linux? I installed grip, but I don't have an encoder installed. What is everyone else using? Thanks, Mike -- Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: how do you find out what your sound card is
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, hanasaki wrote: The person that sold the system to me said its a soundblaster on board.. there is no bios setting with any info... it worked under win 95/98 1.how does one find out what is installed? lspci or pnpdump 2. if it is a sound blaster, what insmod will make it work? sb Thank you. -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! a href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]John Galt /a
Re: can't install new kernel
Did you rerun lilo? On 9 Mar 2001, Arkaitz wrote: Hi, I used kernel-package to build a new 2.4.2 kernel package for my woody machine, and installed it ok. The problem is that if I do uname -r, it still says that the kernel version is 2.2.17. I think everything is configured ok, in lilo.conf the default /vmlinuz image is a link to the 2.4.2 image in /boot as well. What am I doing wrong? Cheers, Arkaitz. -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! a href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]John Galt /a
Re: apt-get source -b build directory
apt-get source downloads to pwd. I tripped on it a few times myself... On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Bill Wohler wrote: I just tried `apt-get source -b xmms' and the package was downloaded and built in /etc. Why there? Wouldn't it be better to do it in /usr/src? If I can't change Debian policy, how can I configure apt-get to download and build in /usr/src? Assuming, of course, that someone convinces me I don't want to do that ;-). -- Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! a href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]John Galt /a
Re: potato - kernel 2.4.2
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg02154.html On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Jens Lauterbach wrote: hi! I'm about to install potato (2.2.17) (firewall purpose)! I would like to upgrade to 2.4.2, so what is the best way to get it done! Just get the kernel source, compile and install the new kernel??? But what about all the deb-packages are there any problems I should be aware of? I using IPAC which does not run with iptables/netfilter, does anybody know another tool for IP accounting? /jens --- Jens Lauterbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roskilde University -- Here is wisdom. Let him that hath wisdom count the number of the BSD: for it is the number of a man; and his number is VI VI VI. (ir-reve-rent-lations 13:17-19) Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Software to read eFax
The gimp does tiffs, so may do tiff-fs. You may need the xsane stuff tho (the reason I know that the gimp does tiffs is that's how I prefer to save my scanner stuff, and I don't really remember precisely what part of the setup does tiffs). On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Marc Shapiro wrote: I just signed up for eFax, so that I could receive some needed info. The FAX arrived, but I can't seem to find anything that will read more than the cover page. The faxes are sent as TIFF-F attatchments to an e-mail message. Any help will be appreciated. PS - I seem to have stopped receiving the digest, so, until I can figure out why, please send answers directly to me at the address in my sig-block. Thanks -- Marc ShapiroIf you drink melomel every day, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will live to be 150 years old, http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_shapiro/ unless your wife shoots you. -- Dr. Ferenc Androczi, winemaker, Little Hungary Farm Winery -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: vga= in lilo.conf
lilo uses hex notation...I can't remember if it'd be 0x09 or just 0x9. On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Jonathan Matthews wrote: I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or type SCAN to . . prompt. Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appears to be an invalid mode, but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes. Any ideas on how to make it work nicely, without my having to be there at the console at boot time? Cheers! jc -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: update on network card
Look in /var/log/messages. There will probably be an error on loading. If there's not, look at IRQ conflicts. On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Brian Murphy wrote: It does seem the module is being loaded. a modconf shows it as loadedbut its not being configured... Brian __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk
1) What's your LILO setup? 2) what version of LILO? 3) What flavor and version of BSD? 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? 5) did you install the BSD bootloader AT ALL? 6) older FreeBSD is your disk Dangerously Dedicated? On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: Hi I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I must install its boot manager on the first hard disk . I would like to avoid this . Could you please advice? I have read linux+freebsd howto but could not glean anything about dealing with a second hard disk. Please note: my lilo version number is 21.5beta Sincerely Balbir Thomas -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk
Sorry it's so late on the return: had to check mine at home... Your lilo.conf is almost exactly like mine. I'm assuming that you ran lilo since you made this conf, so that shouldn't be the problem. At this point, I'd consider other OS loaders like chos, booteasy, or grub, since lilo is being a bitch for no apparent reason. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :( On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:03:03PM -0700, John Galt wrote and bt replied : 1) What's your LILO setup? lilo.conf is attached 2) what version of LILO? 21.5-1beta 3) What flavor and version of BSD? FreeBSD 4.2 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? Not too much . But Being familiar with lilo I would like to stick to it. 5) did you install the BSD bootloader AT ALL? No I do not install any boot loader for FreeBSD. And even if I do try to do so on the second hard disk it still does not work. 6) older FreeBSD is your disk Dangerously Dedicated? No. On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: Hi I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I must install its boot manager on the first hard disk . I would like to avoid this . Could you please advice? I have read linux+freebsd howto but could not glean anything about dealing with a second hard disk. Please note: my lilo version number is 21.5beta Sincerely Balbir Thomas -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: size of a directory
Are you talking mountpoint? Then use df. Are you talking size of a directory that doesn't point to anything special? Then cd /usr; du -s On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Gregor Kaleta wrote: How can I view the size of a spezial directory e.g. /usr? -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Error debian/rules?
apt-get install dpkg-dev On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Jonathan Gift wrote: Hi, I've tried apt-get source foo and everything goes fine. When I try to build the binary/deb using debian/rules build or dpkg-source -x foo.dsc I get: make: dh_testdir: Command not found make: clean error 127 Any help on what is missing? Jonathan -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Error debian/rules?
ITYRISC :) On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Joey Hess wrote: John Galt wrote: apt-get install dpkg-dev ITYM debhelper. -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: non-Debian package
Install package rpm, then just rpm -Uvh. You may have some dependency issues though (rpm doesn't recognize when a .deb covers a dependency). On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: Debian Warriors, Is there a general technique or utility that allows one to install a non-Debina package on a Debian system? I am finding very sketchy information about a thing called aliensyntax something like; alien package_name.rpm Will apparently convert/create a Red Hat .rpm package to a Debian .deb package ?? Yes. Not very well IME, but it'll usually do it. I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with the .deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian package to install it on a Debian system? Look at Connectiva's apt. It understands RPMs... man alien, whereis alien, whatis alien, etc., etc produce no indication of such a thing on my Debian 2.2.17 machine. Have you done apt-get alien? Thanks, John D. Holp -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: apt question
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, F. Heitkamp wrote: I have a mostly working Linux setup that I have maintained and upgraded over the years using sources I've compiled and installed. I want to use apt so that I can test and checkout various applications and can remove them easily if I no longer need, or don't like them. How can I tell apt/dselect not to mess with the base system? echo base-config hold|dpkg --set-selections What would really be nice is a gui program that you could just check off the packages that you don't want touched or upgraded. I know that probably doesn't exist, but just being able to do it manually would be nice too. Also is there a option for dpkg that just lets you test a package? I sometimes download .debs and would like to know if they downloaded OK. dpkg --no-act -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: cannot start X
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common set permissions to Console Users Only On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Aaron Maxwell wrote: Hi, when I run startx, I get the following error: yomama[5]% startx X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. here it hangs, so I press ^C xinit: unexpected signal 2 yomama[6]% My .xinitrc is real simple: exec rxvt exec rxvt exec enlightenment I'm running a fresh woody, with xserver-common version 4.0.2-1. Can anyone suggest a fix? Thanks in advance. Aaron -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: What module for LNE100TX
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Eileen Orbell wrote: What module should I be using for a Linksys LNE100TX PCI network card? Everything I seem to try does not work so far? I thought it would be the PCI Ne2000? Um, no. It's a Tulip. Not only is it a tulip, but it's a non-standard tulip, so you'll need to have a bleeding edge kernel to get it to work. Any 2.4 will work, and 2.2.18+ will IIRC. Best bet, go to Donald Becker's site and get the bleeding edge driver http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html Thanks Eileen Orbell Software Internet Applications Capitol College mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www,orbell.net Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Unidentified subject!
Look at the file http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf402_potato/READ.THIS It should answer all your questions... On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: I'd like to try Xfree86 4.0... on my Debian 2.2_r system. Which deb packages do I have to install? apt-cache search xfree lists out a lot of things that I probably don't need/want. Maybe I do but need to know. -- Christopher W. Aiken Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com www.cwaiken.com Debian GNU/Linux 2.2_r2 -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Simple Woody install
The actual files you need from ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/mirrors/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/ images-1.44/rescue.bin images-1.44/root.bin Next you need to decide how you're doing things from here. If you have a pile of floppies, you can get all the drivers-* and base-* files from images-1.44. We're looking on the wrong side of 13 floppies for this method. If you don't have 13 floppies or the patience, but DO have a partition you can easily put 20 or megs somewhere near the root directory, you can get drivers.tgz base2_2.tgz Please note that the above refers to potato, there's no good way to install straight woody ATM. This will set you up a ~40M distribution with enough functionality to choose what you want from that point. You're looking at a tough row to hoe for this, but if you think you can hack it, go for it! On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Kenny S wrote: wordwrap added... Isn't there a reasonably easy method of installing a bare bones Woody OS without having to download 600+ mb of files? Then use apt-get to install only what's needed or desired. I HAD this problem with Win98 and it was a frustrating headach to clean-up after a fresh install. Thanks, -kenny- -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: C editor
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, scud wrote: Hi everybody, I just wonder, what software do you use for C/C++ programing. - SCUD Vi and g++ :) -- There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare would be produced. Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: potato and kernel 2.4
This is more appropriate on debian-user, redirected. BTW, it's a FAQ,
look in the archives:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg02154.html
Just out of curiosity, what prompted you to use -project to ask? There
has been a rash of -user type questions on -project as of late, and I'm
wondering if there's some resource directing people to -project for user
questions.
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Justin Hibbits wrote:
Hello,
Is Debian Potato kernel 2.4 ready? What updates do I need to make to
upgrade to 2.4?
Justin Hibbits
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Re: Help geting hP jetdirect printer to work with Debian
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Stan Brown wrote:
I;m integrating a Debian testing machine inot a network with lot's of
FreeBSD machines, and some HP-UX, and Sun machines.
I'm having a hard time geting the Debian box to print to our networked
(JetDirect) printer. Can anyone give me a pointer to some docs.
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/network.html#NETWORKED-PRINTER
It uses a JetDirect as its example...
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Re: is there a way to probe a sound card's settings to see if it broken
cat /dev/sndstat
would be the first thing I tried. Today seems to be my day to refer to
howtos...:)
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.html
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Walter Tautz wrote:
I have recently suffered a mysterious failure in my sound
card that was working perfectly (es1371) and the modules
are still being loaded and I am in the audio group and
the permissions are writable etc and YET the damn thing
does not work...I should point out i am doing this with
a head set and not a amplified speaker system. mpeg123 claims
it is playing the files. I did test the headset on my radio..and
they work. Maybe pulling the sound card out and putting it in
again (possibly into another slot would work)...
ARe there any tools that can probe the card to see whether certain
settings have somehow been turned off??? How does a sound card actually
work...
-walter
ps. Annoyed that sound doesn't work Any references would be
appreciated.
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Re: Napster Block Ipchains Debian 2.2
I'm thinking you could use a snort ruleset to do the trick...
They have a policy ruleset that covers it at
http://www.snort.org/Files/03012001/policy.rules
Looks like about a dozen or so rules for napster, and another half dozen
or so gnutella
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Martin Marconcini wrote:
Hello:
My firewall is using Debian and my damn boss asked me to block napster.
i have eth0 internal and eth1 external.
eth0 = 10.0.0.0/255.255.0.0
eth1 = x.x.x.x
I can't find a damn way to do it.
ipchains -A input -j DENY -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 -l Will not
work!
:(
Thanks!
Martin.
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Re: correct files
Have you discussed this with the boot-floppies team?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, MaD dUCK wrote:
also sprach ktb (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 05:42:20PM -0600):
Snag, at minimum -
rescue.bin
root.bin
... except the last time that i tried root.bin from like 5 different
locations, dd'ing and loop mounting it several times, it never turned
out to be a valid filesystem and i could never use it. maybe this is
fixed by now. i'd be interested to know.
martin
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Re: Outlook conversion
Could you forward them to yourself and check your email in mutt or whatever? On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Rob Zietlow wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that converted a .pst Outlook file into something that a Linux email program like Kmail or Evolution can read. I want to totally convert over to Linux, but this is a big thing because I don't want to lose my hundreds of saved messages from the past couple months. -- There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare would be produced. Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: how do you use a module more than once
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Richard Green wrote:
I'm building a router to play with out of an old PC an a few Intel
EthereExpress 16 cards.
How do I insmod or modprobe to for each of the cards?
modprobe eexpress io=io1,io2,io3
io1,2,3 should be in the form 0x300 (where sosfset usually puts them).
You have run softset on them to get them on different ioports, right?
I can load the module for any *one* of the cards by specifying the io
parameter, but if I try again I receieve a message to say a module of
that name is already loaded.
Is there a way of 'reusing' the module, or specifying all the parameters
on one line?
Thanks!
Richard
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Re: how do you use a module more than once
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, MaD dUCK wrote:
also sprach John Galt (on Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:33:41PM -0700):
modprobe eexpress io=io1,io2,io3
now say i had to specify irq and io in the insmod line, howto?
never dealt with irqs--they're usually autodetected by the module, but I'd
assume that it was nothing more than irq=q1,q2,q3
modprobe and insmod deal with passing parameters exactly the same way, so
the syntax above should work.
martin
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Re: A modules question
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, mike polniak wrote: Peter Jay Salzman wrote: again, just for my own curiosity, do other distributions also autoload modules on boot using /etc/modules? Yes. I don't think other distros have an update-modules etc., but i What does update-modules do with /etc/modules? just don't know exactly how they do it. Take a look at the script for modutils in /etc/init.d. Its one of the first scripts run from sysinit. It runs depmod and echos Claculating module dependencies... just before modprobe loads modules from /etc/modules. -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with tulip driver
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: james, the tulip driver is problematic. we've had cards at our installfests that required the tulip.c driver from the 2.4.* kernels. Also look at Donald Becker's company's site (Becker wrote most of the linux networking software) http://www.scyld.com/network/ can you ping the card's IP? what does /var/log/messages say? why don't you recompile the kernel and turn off Lite-On 82c168 PNIC. compile it as a module or something. that will stop the kernel from trying to configure the card at boot. pete On Sun 25 Feb 01, 2:33 PM, James K. Wiggs said: Folks, I'm finding it impossible to get networking functional on the box I've just installed 2.2r2 on. This is not an exotic setup, and I've successfully installed several other distros on it at one time or another, but the Debian install has been a complete wash. Why does my NetGear FA-310TX refuse to work with this kernel? I searched the archives of the mailing lists exhaustively, and I've found no mention of this problem, but it clearly is not working on my box. I've got an AMD K6-2 350 on an FIC board; the only cards in the machine are a BT-950 SCSI card, the NetGear card, and an older SB AWE32 card. The master disk on the primary controller is an ACER 50X CD, and the master disk on the secondary controller is a CD-RW drive, a Matsushita 8x4x32. The box works perfectly with RedHat 6.0 and 6.2, and with Mandrake 7.0. The hard disk is an IBM 4.3 GB FW-SCSI. The boot logs show that the kernel identifies the card as a Lite-On 82c168 PNIC (???), and the interface gets configured with the proper IP, netmask, etc, but any attempts to send any data out over the wire fail. Any suggestions? best, Jim Wiggs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: did something stupid - removed gzip
A .deb file is gzipped twice, so without gzip, dpkg cannot install it... On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Colin Watson wrote: Jason N. Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I just did something that, in hindsight, was very stupid. :) I have been getting a lot of errors from gzip, so I decided to apt-get remove it and then re-install it. Since somebody's already answered this, I'll just add that what you really want to do in this situation, for any package, is 'apt-get --reinstall install package'. HTH, -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wine and woody
You don't NEED windoze to use wine, but it will use native DLLs if they exist, so it will ENHANCE wine. On 26 Feb 2001, Pollywog wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:46:14 -0700 (MST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. I don't believe that is true. I have managed to use a few Windows apps without it. I am not sure how I would go about installing Windows on a Linux machine anyway. Most recently, I was able to run Free Agent newsreader on Linux, using WINE. It would probably run better if I had Windows installed too. The latest WINE can install a fake windows directory, btw. -- Andrew -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to view man pages.
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Xucaen wrote: Hi all. I just installed libncurses5-dev. man ncurses gives me a very nice overview of ncurses. It also gives me a very big list of function within ncurses. Next to each function name is the matching man page name. for instance, clear() has the man page clear(3NCURSES). when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES) bash: syntax error near unexpected token `clear(3' man 3ncurses clear However, I did find that particular page in /usr/share/man/man3/clear.3ncurses.gz How do I view this page using the man command? I have had this problem with many other pages, not just ncurses. thanks!! xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Root Password problem
Boot single user mode? On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Daniel Ray wrote: Grin he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a video/mouse/keybroard switch box see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there would have been a problem. hind sight is 20/20 sorry for the delay .. was at lunch Daniel -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Eek! X won't go away!
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: 3. Remove gdm completely by doing something like apt-get remove gdm as root. Hi :) It was the generic 'xdm' that was the problem, but when I tried to remove it, it wanted to take 'task-x-window-system' away, too.. so I decided to just remove the startup lines in /etc/rc.* :) What's the point of the task once the packages are installed? Go ahead and purge it if you don't want xdm. After all, it's *YOUR* system, not tasksel's :) Thanks! gdh -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lilo-rotate.conf: No such file or directory
Have you tried to touch it? On 27 Feb 2001, Forrest English wrote: well, when i apt-get upgrade to unstable. everything went fine (i'm shocked actually), except for lilo... thneed:/home/forrest# apt-get install lilo Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 201 not upgraded. 3 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 143kB of archives. After unpacking 82.9kB will be used. Get:1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main lilo 1:21.7-1 [143kB] Fetched 143kB in 7s (18.7kB/s) (Reading database ... 29011 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace lilo 1:21.4.3-2 (using .../lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.deb) .. already preserved: boot.b already preserved: chain.b already preserved: os2_d.b Rotating files /boot/*.preserve to avoid breakage on upgrade error: cannot stat /etc/lilo-rotate.conf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) thneed:/home/forrest# this is me re-running it after the update. anyone got an bright idea's? what exactly is lilo-rotate.conf, and what the heck is it needed for? -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lilo on other archtechtures ?
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: Can Lilo be used to boot Linux on non-Intel hardware ie PowerPC and StrongARM ? Or is Lilo only for Intel based systems. There are variants for each. Look in the port for the specific architecture. Thanks. -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: ethernet card installation
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: --- John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:32:09 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: ethernet card installation On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: I am new to Linux, and have recently installed Debian. In my attempts to get connected to my school's ethernet, I have found that there is no /dev/eth*'s on my system. I have one network card, a Netgear FA310TX. I found this card in a hardware list with the word Tulip in parentheses next to it, so following the Ethernet HOWTO's instructions on how to use ethernet drivers as modules I tried to install the card by adding an alias Did you first try to insmod/modprobe the module to make sure it worked? I was able to modprobe many of the modules in my /lib/modules/dist/net directory successfully. I'm clueless as to telling if this allowed the detection of my NIC. I didn't see /dev/eth0 appear, and when I ran modprobe --showconfig, one of the lines said alias eth0 off. That line is nowhere in my modules.conf, so I don't know where that's coming from. insmod tulip is the only one needed... Would I even see a /dev/eth0 appear after modprobe'ing the correct driver? I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Look at ifconfig rather than in /dev As far as updating the kernel goes, does the 2.4.2 kernel work ok with the potato dist? I'm currently running 2.2.18pre21. Look in the archives. Adrian Bunk has packaged waht you need to use 2.4 kernels with potato. Thanks for your help so far! -JB __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: 404 errors and html file names with and + in them
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Steve Rudd wrote:
Hi!
I have noticed in the log files that some file names that I have chosen
that include characters like + or are not found and create an error 404.
you can escape them off usually with a \
I believe the file looked for is a redirect from search engines like
altavista.com who
[Fri Feb 23 01:47:29 2001] [error] [client 210.150.25.154] File does not
exist: /var/html/grizz/www/f-10com-Husamp;Wifes.htm
The file looked for was:
f-10com-Husamp;Wifes.htm
The actual file name is:
f-10com-HusWifes.htm
Are there certain characters that one should avoid in file names?
I've usually had to escape space, ampersand (), single quotes('),
parentheses, braces (both [ and { and their closers), question marks, and
asterisks.
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Re: Debian 2.2 and Linksys LNE100TX - problems
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jason Price wrote: I am installing Debian 2.2 for the first time (on a dual cpu box) and have run into a problem with my NIC. I have a Linksys LNE100TX, which I understand uses the Tulip module. During setup, I tried to select the Tulip module to install, but I got an error saying that the device is busy and something about IRQ and IO (not at home right now). Am I missing somethere here? How can I get this card installed? Until you get a new kernel, you're SOL. I will be compiling a new kernel to add SMP support - when I do, is there anything special I will need to do to make sure the NIC works? Get the newest source possible. Tulip (to wit the LNE) was flaky through most of the 2.2 series. IIRC they fixed it in the 2.2.18 area. I know that 2.4 works wonders on it. I'm a new Linux user, so be gentle... :) Jason -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: Are you guys sure about that?
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Robert Cymbala wrote: This question comes from LULA discussion list (linux users LA). There someone writes that with Red Hat 7, ``up2date'' is equivalent to It was in Red Hat 6.2 as well, and it sucked even then. It failed about a third of the time to keep up with changing dependencies and it's a GNOME program, so you can't do it if you want to stay console-only (there is a console up2date, but the package itself depends on gnome). If apt goes to a strict dependency on gnome, the maintainers will face a lynch mob! apt-get update/upgrade in terms of security patches. So, switching to debian doesn't necessarily mean better or easier security... No, it means easier security in the mainstream case. GNOME is not the whole of Linux! Message: 5 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:55:22 -0800 From: Dan Kegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: debian-user discussion: Debian or Linux 7??? Are you guys sure about that? With Red Hat 7, all you do is run up2date daily, and you have all the security patches. I'm not sure your criticism is justified anymore. - Dan Jason Helfman wrote: I couldn't agree more. I just joined the Debian Realm, and was with Redhat. What a load off the shoulders! On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 05:16:39PM -0800, Robert Cymbala thus spat: | | Regarding redhat or debian, there's currently a thread on | debian-user@lists.debian.org that centers on security ... | | http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg03099.html | and | http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0102/msg03123.html | | Excerpt: | There is one primary reason why I would have chosen Debian over | Redhat in the first place. The auto-update feature. | | I am considering joining the debian family, but am a bit | concerned about security. | | Just how much more secure is Debian than redhat? | | #apt-get update | #apt-get upgrade | | do it every day an unless you are the first kid on the block | hacked you'll be secured | | its not as easy with red-hat * * * -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: easy(?) kernel compiliation question
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jonathan Lupa wrote: When I move from one kernel to another (e.g. 2.2.17 to 2.2.18), can I just copy the .config from the old directory to the new one? Mostly. If there's an added option, you'll have to configure it somehow, but yes, in most cases you can. I would imagine it innocuous, but I figured I'd ask just in case. Thanks! Jonathan -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: re-partition, non-destructively?
Fips. It's still (I think) in the tools directory on the default CD image... I can't see why it wouldn't work with win me... On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: I am just wondering what is the best (preferably free) tool to re-partition the HD without wiping out windows. my problem: hp pavilion n5170 notebook win me installed no win install CD only repair cd that can reinstall win using norton ghost (which includes partitioning HD to factory default - hibernation partition and the rest of the disk is win partition) I also have win 98 but that one cannot be installed (dies during fdisk phase). so much for how win support lot of hw and how easy it is to install so I am stuck in situation where I have to install win me over whole hd and later on I would like to re-partition the drive without loosing win (it's my wide's notebook and they might give them some stuff at university that requires win). what is the best tool? partition magick? I am kinda reluctant to shell out $40 (or whatever it costs) for a one time (probably) use... is there any free alternative. yes, I plan to install debian there, which makes this at least slightly on topic. tia erik -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: magicfilter
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, JOHN MUELLER wrote: Dear deb, OK my Lucent Win Modem won't work with Linux, so I downloaded magicfilter Is this after playing around with linmodems.org's stuff? Most Lucent Winmodems are now supported under Linux... onto a floppy. I tried install after mounting /floppy, but I don't know where to install magicfilter or how to run it. Help this forlorn Get the .deb file on a floppy then dpkg -i it. It'll guide you through the setting up of the filters... hacker to print so I can finish my randomized partitioning program $% Cheers,[EMAIL PROTECTED] johnny -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!)
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Martin Marconcini wrote: Ok. Lets go again. - Where are the Debian network configuration files? /etc/network/* - If you did answer NO when asked to config network while installing what happens to those files? Do they exist? or they are only created when YES is the answer? They should...I always seem to remember them being there, regardless of my networking configuration... - If they don't exist, what and where must I create them for the OS to start networking and routing every time I boot? dpkg-reconfigure base-config will get the same questions asked again... I can't remeber if it's in base-config or net-tools, but it can't hurt to dpkg-reconfigure net-tools as well... - I DO have my NIC working. but I DONT know how to change it's settings - Every time i boot, I have to do and ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.66 netmask 255.255.0.0 up , how can i avoid this? I've already mentioned two ways, I'll elucidate on the first at the end. - I dont' have internet access, since the box has no network properly configured. EVEN When the nic works .. (but thanks to my knowledge of ifconfig... not because it booted like that) have you set up a route? Route add default gw whatever THis is better? Now.. - WHere do i set up the default gateway and the dns's ?? ( icreated resolv.conf on etc and it seems to work.. even when i can't access internet) /etc/network/interfaces. Make it if it doesn't exist --put this stuff in-- auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.66 netmask 255.255.0.0 gateway blah --enough stuff-- thanks again. - Original Message - From: hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Martin Marconcini [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 4:08 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!) Neither.!! :( (i assure you!) Remember i did not configure network while installing the OS. apt-get install netbase #dpkg -s net-tools ... Replaces: netbase (4.00) ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ethernet card installation
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: Hi, I am new to Linux, and have recently installed Debian. In my attempts to get connected to my school's ethernet, I have found that there is no /dev/eth*'s on my system. I have one network card, a Netgear FA310TX. I found this card in a hardware list with the word Tulip in cringe tulips in Linux are NOT for beginners... parentheses next to it, so following the Ethernet HOWTO's instructions on how to use ethernet drivers as modules I tried to install the card by adding an alias Did you first try to insmod/modprobe the module to make sure it worked? Aliasing eth0 is not necessary unless you have two or more NICs: it'll just go ahead and assume you mean to make the NIC eth0. Bad news though: the tulip driver in the 2.2.X kernels is flaky: it's anybody's guess if your kernel/card combo will work. If it works, it should work consistently though. If it doesn't, try a newer kernel--the driver is getting it right slowly but surely to my aliases file in /etc/modutils. The line I added was alias eth0 tulip. This didn't seem to have any effect. There was no /dev/eth*'s after I rebooted. If modprobe/insmod works, just add tulip to /etc/modules and you'll have the card up. Getting it to do what you want is for another part... If someone could tell me what I need to do to get Debian to recognize my card, and then how to set up DHCP, I would be extremely grateful. I'm assuming pump (the default DHCP client in Debian) is usable in your networking setup... edit /etc/network/interfaces put in the following line iface eth0 inet dhcp and you should be golden... Otherwise, come back with more info and we'll work from there. -JB __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: starting with Corel Linux
Redirected to -user, which is the more appropriate list... On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Brian Smith wrote: I have the first version of Corel Linux that I want to use to start my adventure into using Debian, is this o.k. ? Can I install it and then proceed to upgrad to the latest stable Debian packages ? Been there, done that. Corel did some things that you might think twice about blindly upgrading, but yes. In particular, you want to watch to ensure that you don't lose libc compatibility. Corel's based on Slink, which has a different libc than potato. The two can exist side-by-side, but you may have to install an extra libc to be sure to keep the Slink programs happy. Thanks, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- If a 6600 used paper tape instead of core memory, it would use up tape at about 30 miles/second. -- Grishman, Assembly Language Programming John Galt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: QuarkExpress equivalent on Linux?
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 09:24:04PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: Richard Taylor wrote: There's Adobe's port of Framemaker or the Corel stuff... WordPerfect and so forth. On Linux? I didn't know. Same name? WordPerfect, yes, but Adobe has cancelled the Beta of Frame on Linux, and word is that they don't plan to continue. Additional information: Corel once (and sort of still...) did a Debian based distribution. The first edition included a .deb of the full version of WP 8. Apparently, they make a WINE-ized version of WP 2000. BTW, the Corel debian-ish distro's apt line was: deb ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/CorelLinux corellinux-1.0 main contrib non-free corel corel_updates It also had apt lines for slink, so be advised that the WP 8 deb might not work post-potato (I used it once with plain potato). They have since come out with corellinux-2.0, but I don't rightly know the apt line for it (I would assume s/1/2, but I ain't going to bet the farm on it...) Mike -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Question - Corel and GNU/Linux Compatibility
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Shawn Urquhart wrote: I have a Corel distro on my laptop - it installed nicely with little input from me. Unfortunately, that's true. It just substituted it's judgement on your hardware for yours. That sucks when you know that yours is better... I have PURCHASED the Debian GNU/Linux from a store for 20 US. ( It came with a terrific bumper sticker!) Ahh, the O'Reilly/SGI copy. I would like to replace Corel with Deb GNU and wondered if there were any pitfalls to be aware of. Absolutely none. the ORA and the Corel are based on the same libraries, etc. You can use packages from one in the other, assuming the dependencies are fulfilled. BTW, they're both one (almost two now) distribution behind: they're both Slink (Debian 2.1) with 2.2 kernels, Debian has since moved on to potato (2.2r2) and is in the process of moving on again to woody. Please cc my address directly as well as the list - I have limited bandwidth for email and was overwhelmed by the list. I was not able to use apt-get with Corel - it seems to want a dedicated internet connect and I don't have that. ?! The default apt configuration in Corel is the CD+the FTP site. Comment out the deb ftp... line and it should work fine. I think you'll have the same problem with the ORA CD if the aforementioned is the ONLY problem (the solution is similar). Basically the reason it wants a dedicated connection is that part of the use of apt is to efficently keep your system updated from remote servers. If it's simply a CD package setup, dpkg or dselect is a much better option. Thanks ! Shawn -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Drivers for ASUS K7M onboard audio
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Larry Fletcher wrote: I would like to upgrade from a 486 to Duron based system, but I don't want to have to compile a kernel. After reading the following it looks Nothing stopping you: the Duron uses the Intel 80386 instruction set with a LOT of additions. Yopu just own't get some of the benefits of a Duron is all... like the standard kernel would work. Am I right or would I be better off with a Celeron based system? Whichever trips your trigger Larry On Feb 21, 2001, studenten wg wrote: hi !! i have a k7m and the onboard sound worked fine with the standard potato modules... it's the via68xxx and ac97 (insert them with modconf) i now have a 2.4.1 kernel and compiled the same modules and it still works... at my first install, i had in mind that the onBoard sound was complicated ( i tried that with suse 6.2 one year ago ) so i first compiled the alsa-drivers for the via686xxx and that worked also fine (then i just tried the kernel modules and kicked alsa )... hope i could help... peter -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get config for woody
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do I need to put in sources.list to upgrade to woody? switch all instances of potato to woody and all instances of stable to testing, except security.debian.org (they don't do testing ATM). Is there an ISO if I am installing from scratch? There will be RSN. The RM has just blessed the woody freeze this last week. Part of a freeze is making test ISO's available. Stay tuned. :) What is the best way to get woody on a new machine? ATN install potato and upgrade. TIA -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian or Red Hat (was:Re: Debian or Linux 7???)
FYI, your subject is WRONG. Linux is trademarked by Linus Torvalds, an employee of Transmeta. Calling RedHat linux is no more accurate than calling Debian linux. To be more exact, it is Red Hat Linux v 7.0 AND Debian GNU/Linux v 2.2r2. I forsee only trouble if you continue to refer to Red Hat 7 as Linux 7 often on Debian mailinglists... On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Steve Rudd wrote: Hi! I am frustrated with the linux 2.2 kernel. I have had two hacks in 3 months and I am going broke rebuilding my server. The 2.2 kernel isn't the issue, your configuration is. Crackers don't often break in via insecurities in the kernel, they usually use a service or other program that they can get to remotely I went out and bought Redhat 7, and got hacked 6 weeks later. Not surprising: .0 releases of RH are always risky. I have been placed in contact with a guy who wants me to use Debian. But if it based upon the same kernel as redhat, how is it going to be more secure? I checked and found that A few things that RH does insecurely, Debian does a bit more securely. But that security comes at a cost of some of the ease of use features in Red Hat. from (http://www.securityfocus.com/) Security risks for years: 1997-2000 respectively: Debian 3, 2, 32, 45, 12 RedHat 6, 10, 49, 85, 20 There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. So Debian is about twice as good as redhat, but that is not real reassuring. What do you want, OpenBSD-type security? Got a couple of four years to do a code audit? I am considering joining the debian family, but am a bit concerned about security. Right now, it sounds like you need to solve the PEBCAK issue first. Security is something that happens in the Sysadmin's mind first: once it's there, the most insecure OS in the world will become secure. Turn off all unneded services; update early and often; if something is widely considered buggy, consider alternatives; try breaking in [to your own computer, natch] yourself a couple of times--if you can do it, so can others; go on a SUID killing spree; countless things... Just how much more secure is Debian than redhat? Slightly. Debian will probably give you the space you need to learn security before you get killed, while Red Hat compresses the learning curve, but leaves some obvious holes. Thanks! Steve Rudd -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Aaron Brashears wrote: I'd like to try out kernel 2.4.1 from unstable, but I wanted to know if there's anything I should be wary of. A quick search through the archives of debain-user revealed there's *something* with modconf, but Basically, older versions of modconf don't recognize the 2.4.X modules directory organization. If yo9u have the latest modconf, you have no problems. I'm not sure what the problem is. Is there anything I should be aware of before attempting a building 2.4.1 from the deb source? Good luck. Also, does alsa work with the new kernel? I'm running a p3 with a netgear 310tx(tulip) and nvidia tnt2 with xfree86 4 installed, but I'm pretty sure it's actually using the XF86_SVGA server found in xfree86 3. I'm currently running the kernel image 2.2.17 found in potato but I synch with testing. Thanks. -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Suggestions for and comments on trackballs?
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Richard Cobbe wrote: Greetings, all. Over the last several months, I've been having increasing pain in my right wrist. A co-worker suggested that this is due to problems with standard mice and recommended that I try a trackball instead. Look at the Mouse Systems one--3 diameter ball... Logitech makes a good one as well, but I'd go with a larger ball with RSI injuries: some of the movement can be pushed back up the arm... So, I'm looking for a trackball that will work well with potato/X. My primary goals: * at least 3 buttons that work in X. Trivial: most trackballs have too many rather than too few. * I'm using potato and kernel 2.2.18, so I'd need a PS/2 connector. ?! I've used various kernels/Debian distributions and NEVER got limited to just a ps/2 mouse. In fact, I was prevented FROM using a ps/2 mouse oftener than I should've, but never had issues with a good old fashioned serial. * the ball should be under my fingers, not my thumb, as it generates the most pain. Again, go with a 3 or larger trackball. The larger the ball, the less often you're wrist is going to move. Remember the old Centipede trackballs that you used your palm to control because they were so big? * Compatibility with gdm is not an issue, as I never use it. * Other random features, like scroll wheels, extra buttons, and wireless connections, are extra. Ideally, I'd like to avoid these, as they probably drive up the price, but I'll take them if I have to. Find youself a good old fashioned serial mouse systems or equivalent trackball. Should be OTO $5-$15. Three buttons, 3 ball, no frills. I'm looking at the Kensington Expert Mouse, Kensington TurboRing, Kensington TurboBall, and Logitech Cordless Trackman. (All the other Logitech trackballs have the ball under the thumb or only 2 buttons.) I've never used the cordless trackman, but the corded ones are passable. What experiences have people had with these devices under Linux? Do people have any other recommendations for trackballs (or other pointing devices, for that matter)? Have you considered a touchpad? Cirque and Synaptics are well supported. You can actually use a touchpad without any wrist movement at all... Thanks kindly, Richard (I'm subscribed, so no need to CC me.) -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Rebooting is foolish ....
Everything in /etc/init.d is a shell script that can be used to restart a daemon. Usage: /etc/init.d/foo restart. If there's not a init.d script, ps aux|grep foo to get the PID, then kill -HUP PID. That's just about it: if it doesn't fit into one of these two categories, it's not important to the machine's continued well-being for the process to remian active, so the process itself can be taken down and restarted. On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, SamBozo Debian User wrote: Hello to the group, Recently there were comments made as to the foolishness of rebooting just to reset an edited config file. How about a list of the cli entrys that would have accomplished this? Are there different ones for different config files? SHUP something? blabla stop/start/restart It's a wonderful thing to already know all this... how about sharing? And if the standard RTFM reply is to be used ... please specify which freaking manual we are refering to reading. Any hostility you may percieve is directed at my newbie ignorance and the joys? of the learning curve ... gurrr! TIA, Sam Morgan http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr -- Television is now so desperately hungry for material that it is scraping the top of the barrel. -- Gore Vidal John Galt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Antwort: Rebooting is foolish ....
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I know you only might want to reboot if you change the hostname and /etc/init.d/networking restart want it active. If you change the partitiontable it might be usefull. Linux Fdisk resyncs the disks almost immediately. DOS fdisk requires a reboot to do this. Did you reboot after running fdisk when installing Debian? the rest is mostly right -- Television is now so desperately hungry for material that it is scraping the top of the barrel. -- Gore Vidal John Galt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: keeping checksums of every file installed
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I´ll soon have to give out the root-pw of one of my boxes temporarily, but I´m a little paranoid... Does anybody know of some program/script that could make checksums of eachevery file installed and keeping this list somewhere safe so that I can compare it when I take the password away from my colleague to make sure there´s no trojan or something installed? Tripwire it to removable media (The joke is that there´ll be a security audit and they want to have the root-pws for that...) TIA, rw -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: isapnp.conf problems
Ain't gonna happen. The aztechs don't work under Linux-- they're Packard Bell: 'nuff said. On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, john smith wrote: I am trying to revive an old isa pnp modem/soundcard and when I use pnpdump to try and configure my modem (not the soundcard yet) I see this error at /var/log and during boot-up when my card is being detected. Board 1 has identity of FF FF FF FF 003 054 07 AZT300 serial no-1 [checksum of ] /etc/isapnp.conf:93- fatal-IO range check attempted while device activated /etc/isapnp.conf:93- fatal : error occured executing request 'IORESCHECK' --further action aborted I tried mucking around with the BIOS (i.e. turning on/off pnp os and resources controlled by auto/manual) to no avail. Any suggestions? TIA _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot find debian/rules! Are you in source code tree? - ERROR
Did you get the diff file as well? The diff file holds the ./debian directory... On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Downloaded source for a linux program on DOS machine (Linux machine not on net yet), unzipped it, and copied source to floppy. Mounted floppy on /mnt/fd0, migrated there, ran debuild-and I got the error referenced above. Where is the source code tree. Should I copy the source package to some other directory and try again?? TIA, dave -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sit0 Interface?
IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel. Until they make v6-only routing, you'll probably need it. Read up on it on Bieringer's site: http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6 He's a RedHat dweeb, but he has some good info... (work on your 70-column wraps...) On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Ken Sandell wrote: Hi, I recompiled my kernel and added ipv6 support and now, there is this wierd sit0 interface when I do 'ifconfig -a' wtf is it for? Any ideas? Thanks. -- Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: kernel 2.4.1 and modules
Your modutils is out of date. Either get Testing's, or wait until Adrian Bunk sets up the convience package for 2.4 kernels w/ potato. On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.17 to 2.4.1 and when I boot I get errors that can't initilize /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep directory not found. Or something like this. I know this is true because all I have are my 2.2.17 modules. I compiled everything I needed into the kernel(NIC,IPX etc.)So it doesn't effect normal operation but I do want to fix it for my own knowledge. Any help would be awsome. __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Who is John Galt?/a Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld
Re: iptables rules and open ports
All listed in /etc/inetd.conf. Comment them out. On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Vadim Kutsyy wrote: Jason, good idea. I took care about ssh (removed all [K,S]20ssh). Hoever I have no clue what to do with aother ports. port 13: daytime port 37: time port 9: discard Any ideas? Thanks. Jason Schepman wrote: Vadim, I would turn off the services that are using those ports (if you don't need them). For instance, port 22 is going to be your ssh daemon listening for connections. If you have a standalone workstation, I can't imagine why you would need ssh running. I'm not sure what the other ports are. If you do a $netstat -a it will tell you the name of the ports. If you're not using them, stop the services or uninstall the packages that are launching them. - Original Message - From: Vadim Kutsyy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: iptables rules and open ports I have stand alone workstation withour any network, so I am trying to keep all ports close. I run kernel 2.4 with iptables. Recent scaning (by www.dslreports.com) shows that ports 13,22,37 and 9 are open. Any recomendation on how to close them? -- a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Who is John Galt?/a Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld
Re: how do i configure network settings?
There's a new program in unstable, netconf. You can go through the initial setup again with dpkg-reconfigure base-config. The manual way to set things up is to edit /etc/network/interfaces Make sure the following is in there: auto lo eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp then run /etc/init.d/networking restart This oughta get your card up On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the kernel in the potato install didn't detect my 3com mini pci(3c556B) ethernet card on my T20, so i compiled the 2.4.1 kernel and now it detects it. but the problem is i still can't get on the net because i didn't configure networking during install... so what program can i run to configure networking? and how do i configure the network when the network gives my dynamic ips? __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: etho: card reports no resources. (potato)
You aren't alone. Try another kernel. Some kernels do that less than others: I don't know why. On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Stan Brown wrote: I have sudddenly started geting a slew of these on the console The cars is a Intel Etherexpress Pro100 What's going on? -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to keep apt from updatine the kernel
This is getting annoying. The precompiled kernel-imges simply have everything as a module that can possibly be built as a module, and a good selection of that which can't built in. You certainly didn't build your own kernel when you installed Debian (you don't have the tools yet), you got the kernel image. As far as how to stop the precompiled ones writing over your homebuilt: this is a FAQ--either set the package version obscenely high so that nothing supercedes it or put it on hold. Putting it on hold is most easily done in dselect, but there's a way to do it with dpkg --set-selections: it's in the archives and I'm not going to repeat it. Chris: if you can't understand the whys and wherefores of default kernel images, are you really in a position where you can offer help? BTW Chris, when's the last time you CHECKED the signed source? Who signed it? Is the signing key current? What was the type of key (gpg, pgp, RSA, DES)? Unless you have the answers to those questions off the top of your head, the added security is practically nil. On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Chris Matta wrote: Now that's a weird statement. Why would recompiling your own kernel be any less of a security risk than running precompiled kernel? Do you read every line in the every new kernel before compiling? I was merely saying that I know what my kernel has in it and what it doesnt, i certainly dont trust a precompiled kernel, even if it is from debian. Im aware that the source may be compromised, but thats what a signed kernel source is for. -c - Original Message - From: John L . Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: ray p [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:10 AM Subject: Re: How to keep apt from updatine the kernel -- There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with suitable application of High Explosives. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: Grrr. 6 people replying with the same answers is 5 people too many. Hitler! Hitler! Hitler! I have to agree. At the time I wrote my answer, I did not see any other answers yet, but of course they could have been delayed or something. I don't see what Hitler has to do with it however. Somehow I have a feeling the answer is: nothing! He was trying to invoke Godwin's law -- There is no problem so great that it cannot be solved with suitable application of High Explosives. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console
Two possibilites (both in the affected tty): 1) reset (the command, not the button) 2) more the same file until the status line looks like it's in normal characters, then quit out. On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Benjamin Pharr wrote: Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. (Or just forget to give mkisofs the -o flag.) This causes the console to use WEIRD characters, just plain gibberish. Is there any way to get rid of this without rebooting? Thanks! Ben Pharr -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console
You going to write the FAQ to point to? :) On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: Grrr. 6 people replying with the same answers is 5 people too many. Hitler! Hitler! Hitler! Benjamin Pharr wrote: Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. (Or just forget to give mkisofs the -o flag.) This causes the console to use WEIRD characters, just plain gibberish. Is there any way to get rid of this without rebooting? Thanks! Ben Pharr -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: upgrading the kernel to 2.4
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Matthias G. Imhof wrote: I am actually having the same problems as the original poster, but my modultils are version 2.4.1 which I must have gotten as a deb file from unstable or testing. Any ideas why modconf 2.4.1 does not see the modules in /lib/modules/2.4.1? ^ I doubt this. locutus:~# dpkg -s modconf Package: modconf Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: base Installed-Size: 224 Maintainer: Boot Floppies team debian-boot@lists.debian.org Version: 0.2.30 Depends: whiptail, modutils (= 2.1.85-14) Description: Device Driver Configuration Modconf provides a GUI for installing and configuring device driver modules. I'm guessing you're thinking that modconf is part of modutils. Well it's not: modconf is packaged separately. Looks like you have more updating to do... insmod and friends can use these modules. Matthias -- Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: KDE2
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Renai wrote: Hi, just a couple of questions - could someone tell me the apt-get command for installing kde2 on my woody machine? I've just installed woody but can't find the package name that indicates kde2. I'd go with task-kde I had thought that it was part of the unstable tree somewhere. and secondly, Red Hat has a boot utility named 'SysVinit' for managing the bootup services. Does Debian have anything similar? yes, sysvinit :) BTW, there's a sysv init script manager in KDE called ksysv... regards and thanks, Renai -- When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: KDE2
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Tibor D. wrote: Renai wrote: Hi, just a couple of questions - could someone tell me the apt-get command for installing kde2 on my woody machine? I've just installed woody but can't find the package name that indicates kde2. I had thought that it was part of the unstable tree somewhere. Yes, kde2 is part of unstable, but unstable is not woody. Woody is testing, sid is unstable and potato is stable. To be more exact, kde2.1 is part of both woody and sid, and you can get kde2.1 packages for potato from kde.tdyc.com -- When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Two soundblaster
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Julio Merino wrote:
Hi all
I'm trying to configure two soundblaster 16 pnp isa in the same
machine. The two cards are not the same so they should be properly
recognized (both work on windows fine).
I'm using 2.2.18 kernel and have compiled the sb module. I have also
used isapnp.conf to setup both cards, and the configuration for them
is the following (which I've included into /etc/modutils/sb):
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options sb2 io=0x240 irq=9 dma=3 dma16=6 mpu_io=0x300
The sb2 module is a copy of the sb module. I can't figure out how to
configure both sb cards with the same module, so I've done this.
The problem comes when trying to use the second soundblaster, which is
recognized as a Vibra16 by bios; the module is installed properly but
then it doesn't work. I've tried setting up sb2 with dma=0 dma16=3,
which make it sound, but it gives me Invalid 16 dma.
Below I've included the output of the isapnp command, loading
/etc/isapnp.conf if it can be of any help:
juli:[/home/juli] # isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
Board 1 has Identity 1a 10 0d 81 4b 2a 00 8c 0e: CTL002a Serial No
269320523 [checksum 1a]
Board 2 has Identity 6d ff ff ff ff f0 00 8c 0e: CTL00f0 Serial No -1
[checksum 6d]
That's the serial no. of a vibra16...The dma 16 thing is a known issue:
read the kernel docs for workarounds: I think it's
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/VIBRA16
CTL002a/269320523[0]{Audio }: Ports 0x220 0x330 0x388; IRQ5
DMA1 DMA5 --- Enabled OK
CTL002a/269320523[3]{Game}: Port 0x200; --- Enabled OK
CTL00f0/-1[0]{Audio }: Ports 0x240 0x300; IRQ9 DMA3 DMA6 ---
Enabled OK
CTL00f0/-1[1]{Game}: Port 0x210; --- Enabled OK
As you see it gaves no error, but I'm wondering about that -1...
Please, any info could be great :D
Thanks in advance.
--
When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to
tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but
only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle.
Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: hacked, then intrusion detection system
On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I just realized that someone entered my debian box with cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was deleted. If you've truly been cracked, of course you can't find anything in the logs. That's one of the first things a rootkit takes out. Then it takes out the tools to dissect additional logs. What catches me weird about this is that the cracker basically nuked your connection: Cable uses DHCP (pump) pretty regularly, so it'd be stupid for them to take out one of the things that kept your box up on the 'net. Basically, the cracker WANTS your box to be up and online as much as possible once they're in. I'd have a look at some more pedestrian reasons that pump was taken out first (like a bad sector on your disk or a bad $PATH)... I replaced inetd for xinetd. took off services I didnt't use (It was left all default, as I installed in a rush), and now I'd like a good intrusion detection system. snort works. ippl, portsentry are some good pre-IDSes... I'd like to hear about any advices about not security (too wide) but tools to run in cron and which may be usefull for this kind of situations. tripwire to make sure the disk image doesn't change, reinstallation of your computer (all of it: you have no idea what's been trojaned), cracklib to ensure that your passwords are hardened. Security isn't something you install on your computer, it's something you install in your sysadmin's mind (usually yourself in a singly owned computer). Thanks! -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: dhcp
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. look at http://isc.org/products/DHCP/ After Vixie's letter under the ISC AEgis, I'm less than thrilled about referring you to them, but they did write the reference software. Basically DHCP is a way to get an IP/gateway/nameserver/_et al_ upon bringing up the interface. This is the successor to bootp/rarp. The debian packages relating to it are client: pump, dhcpcd, dhcp-client, etherconf, rrlogind, bpalogin server: dhcp, bootp Associated programs: dhcp-dns, dhcp-relay, autodns-dhcp On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Cristian Fatu wrote: What is dhcp ? -- FINE, I take it back: UNfuck you! Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: What is bounce-debian-user ?
Perfectly normal--basically, the dude forgot (or munged) the From: header, so it got filled in with a good guess. Now for my question: what part of it was so important that you had to ask THREE TIMES? On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, USM Bish wrote: Hi folk, Just a small clarification. The mail placed below was received by me today from bounce-debian-user. This was NOT initiated by me. Quite surprised to see my name on the LOG (List of Greats!). Did others receive this mail too ? Could someone enlighten me on what this bounce-debian-user is ? TIA USM Bish From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:14:27 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: External ISDN device User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:50:52 +0100 Resent-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailing-List: debian-user@lists.debian.org archive/latest/130541 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UIDL: 19a44967b7e84f1aecbd248d4a0458d9 I have to connect a linux box to the Internet through an external ISDN device. I have read the ISDN4Linux stuff but everything there is about internal devices. Should it be treated as a normal modem connection using pppd? Do I need task-dialup-isdn at all? -- If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. -- Albert Einstein John Galt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: printing to motd
echo `quota -v` `/usr/games/fortune` /etc/motd On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, RAccess wrote: Hello. I would like know how I can print quota information into the motd for every user. Since we are talking about appending to motd, how can fortune be appended as well? They should both work along the same lines, just quota system would be harder, i think. thanks. RAccess #geeks/irc.openprojects.net -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS GIT GP d- s+: a-- C+++ ULSB+++ P+ L+++ E+ W+++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5-- X++ R* tv-- b+ DI+ D- G++ e h! r* !y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! a href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]John Galt /a
Re: How to determins total system up-time.
uptime it's format is: locutus:/etc# uptime 10:35pm up 5 days, 17:50, 4 users, load average: 0.46, 0.12, 0.04 which says locutus has been up for 5 days, 17 hours, and 50 min as of 10:35 pm MST 1/24/01 (I added the timezone and date information from other sources...) On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Scott E. Graves wrote: I would like to know where to find how long the server has been running (Days, Hours, Minutes) Thanks, Scott -- There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare would be produced. Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: certification
The week after hell freezes over. I've already suggested it, and was met by less than gentility. On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Howell Caton wrote: Does anyone know how soon we might expect a certification program for Debian Linux. Certification is a good way to assure prospective employers that you know your stuff. Thanks! -- a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Who is John Galt?/a Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld
Re: A secure FTP replacement
locutus:/usr/src# apt-cache show sftp Package: sftp Priority: optional Section: non-US Installed-Size: 56 Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: i386 Version: 0.9.5-1 Depends: ssh, libc6 (= 2.1.2), libncurses5, libreadline4 (= 4.1) Filename: dists/woody/non-US/main/binary-i386/sftp_0.9.5-1.deb Size: 22170 MD5sum: 88bab0ade1a5d87b5c0f24f50990aa22 Description: ssh-tunneled file transfer program sftp is an ftp replacement that runs over an ssh tunnel. Two programs are included - sftp and sftpserv. When sftp is run and a host is connected to (either by running 'sftp remotehost' or 'open remotehost' from the sftp prompt), an ssh connection is initiated to the remote host, and sftpserv is run. . From within sftp, all of the normal ftp commands are present. There are too many to list here. On 22 Jan 2001, Arcady Genkin wrote: Is sftp not available as a Debian package? Couldn't find it in dselect. In any case, what are you folks using as a replacement for unsecure FTP protocol? I need a solution that would also provide my Windows users a viable method to transfer files to my server. Now that I've wrapped POP3 and IMAP in SSL, FTP is my last worry. Thanks for any input. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Sound for woody with 2.2.12
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jonathan Gift wrote: John Galt wrote: I have in modules: sound uart401 sb io... Missing: mpu... op13... These mostly deal with midi. mpu is mpu 401 support (NOT for SB) which is self explanatory why you shouldn't need it, and opl3 is ymf 2XXX/opl3 support. My advice to you on the opl3 is don't get too het up about recompiling specifically for it, but make sure you do it the next time you build a kernel... I would imagine it was MIDI or synthesizer. If the mpu is not SB16, then what is the op13 and where in the sound section is it? What item did I not turn on? If you hvae a name, because I seem to have mised it twice now... There are three questions dealing with the Yamaha opl3. One of them is for a full-on card they built called the opl3-sax. This is not the one you want. The one you want is listed under the old ymf 2000 series number. I can't remeber any more details, but this should be enough to get you what you need, especially if you use X or menuconfig... Thanks a lot. Jonathan -- When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Sound for woody with 2.2.12
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Rick Loga wrote: I want to get sound working on my woody box with kernel version 2.2.12. I was originally slink and a half with kernel 2.2.12. I upgraded to potato and then woody. I have ready numerous how-to's, articles, tutorials, and mailing lists trying to figure out how to get my isa Sound Blaster 16 (mocel CT2291) working. Several things I have read said slink needed sound compiled into the kernel. Other things have said with kernel 2.2, you use modules rather than compile the kernel. I have tried modconf and found no modules related to sound. I found articles on SB16 that say I need modules adlib_card, opl3, sb, sound, and uart401. I did The important one here is sb. The rest should come along for the ride a locate on these names with the .o extension and found nothing. I look in /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc downloaded sndconfig from unstable which will help configure the sound card but it needs modules loaded, it says, and so does other documentation. So, I guess my questions are: Do I have to compile the kernel? If you can't find the sb module easily, that IS a way to ensure you have it. If so, could I replace the kernel with a newer one instead? (I've never Nothing stopping you. apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.18 (2.4.0 is packaged, but I think it's in sid...). 2.2.18 WILL have module sb in it... done this and would rather wait until I learn linux more before compiling a kernel.) If 2.2.12 does not need recompiling, how do get the modules needed? I've looked at all the packages and find no help there. modprobe sb _ Want a new web-based email account ? --- http://www.firstlinux.net -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: Sound for woody with 2.2.12
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Jonathan Gift wrote: William Leese wrote: the module named sb.o.. ..and voila, that is.. ..if your SB16 uses the default settings.. I wondered if you could help me out here... I have a SB16 and have succesfully compiled the sound options in the kernel and can hear sound fine. But I saw somewhere someone with the same card having additional modules. My question is, do I need those modules, and if so, where are they in the kernel config section? ie What options do I turn on that I missed in the sound section? I have in modules: sound uart401 sb io... Missing: mpu... op13... These mostly deal with midi. mpu is mpu 401 support (NOT for SB) which is self explanatory why you shouldn't need it, and opl3 is ymf 2XXX/opl3 support. My advice to you on the opl3 is don't get too het up about recompiling specifically for it, but make sure you do it the next time you build a kernel... Thanks. Jonathan -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re: How to make apt-get upgrade interactive?
You could run it dry once with apt-get -s... On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Richard Cobbe wrote: Hello, all. While I generally trust apt-get upgrade, I'd like to have it print out a list of the packages to be upgraded and possibly check with me before it actually does anything. I'm a little unsure how to do this, though. Based on the manpage, I added APT::Get::Show-Upgraded true; to /etc/apt/apt.conf, but this didn't seem to have any effect. What's happening here? ii apt0.3.19 Advanced front-end for dpkg Thanks, Richard -- EMACS == Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
