Re: I need help

1997-06-15 Thread Lamar Folsom
joost witteveen said:
> [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
> > I tried using new disks and formatted them for this,
> > 
> > Can some one nice please give me installation help, may be even a step
> > by step prosses, this is what I've tried so far, I downloaded the disks
> > from ftp.us.debian.org (or something similar) and I used rawrite2.exe to
> > write the resc1440.bin to the disk
> > it shows that everything went fine, then when I try to boot off it it
> > comes up with the welcom screen, and the boot: prompt but when I hit
> > enter I get:
> > Loading: root.bin.
> > Loading: Linux
> >
> > Then it just re-boots again and I've check to make sure they were both
> 
> When this happens, you've probably got a hardware problem.
> Please try to
>   - disable all caches (I had this when I enabled both "linear burst"
>   and "external cache" on my Cyrix 200+ system).
>   - increase wait states
>   - possibly slow down the system clock (shouldn't be neccecary though,
> might just help).
> Once you've got something that works, you can try to step-by-step
> increase the speed again, and find what was wrong.
> 
> 

Another possibility is that the disk itself is bad.  Reformat the disk,
run Norton (or some other disk checking utility) on the disk and make
sure that there are no bad sectors.
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Problems with X, reprise

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
Hi again, y'all.

Though Paul's suggestion didn't solve my problem, it _did_ remind me
that /etc/X11/Xserver should be pointing to /usr/X11R6/bin/X instead
of XF86_W32.  After I made this change, I now get a different response
from the X server:

(crystalcave:merlin)~$ startx

Unable to load interpreter
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
(crystalcave:merlin)~$

I also get this response if I try to run startx as root.

Help. :>

Thanks,
Lamar
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Re: Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
> hi Lamar, I had something similar happen to me.  The problem is in your 
> /etc/X11/Xserver file the last line should contain the following:
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> The reason why you are not getting anything on tty7 is that you are not 
> starting your xserver.  I hope this helps.  Just for grins do a ps-aux to 
> see if xdm is running.
> Paul 
> 

Hi, Paul.

Thanks for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, it doesn't fix the problem.
I think that you meant to say that ':0 lamar /usr/X11R6/bin/X' should
go into /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers.  At least this is the format of the
entries in that file.  When I put it into /etc/X11/Xserver, it seems
to have no effect, and even when I add it to xdm/Xservers and try
starting 'xdm -nodaemon' to test xdm, I still get a blank screen on
tty7.  (btw, xdm isn't running normally.  I changed /etc/X11/config to
skip starting xdm since X will run without errors but give me no
screen.)

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Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
Howdy, y'all.

Before I explain the problem, let me provide a little background.  A
couple of weeks ago, I decided to upgrade my system from 1.2 to 1.3.
Rather than just switching to the frozen directory and upgrading
packages, I did a full install to see if I could help test the new
distribution.  Things went well until I got to X.  Unfortunately for
me, I had forgotten to save off my working XF86Config file, so I went
ahead and generated a new on using the nice vga16 method.  The newly
generated config file didn't work.  X would start with no errors, but
tty7 was blank.  I thought that maybe I had specified the wrong
parameters for my monitor, so I verified those in /usr/doc/X11/Monitors
and made some minor adjustments in XF86Config.  I got the same result;
tty7 was blank.  I then decided to try the old tty version of
xf86config and regenerated the XF86Config file.  Once again, the same
result.  I now must admit to being stumped.  I would appreciate any
and all help.  I'm including the output from startx, and the Device,
Monitor, and Screen sections from /etc/XF86Config.

Thanks in advance,
Lamar
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Output from startx:
---
XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100)
Release Date: Oct 26 1996
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux [ELF] 
Configured drivers:
  ET4000W32: accelerated server for ET4000W32 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
  et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p_rev_a, et4000w32i_rev_b,
  et4000w32i_rev_c, et4000w32p_rev_b, et4000w32p_rev_c,
  et4000w32p_rev_d, et6000
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, baudrate: 1200
(**) ET4000W32: Graphics device ID: "ET4000/W32"
(**) ET4000W32: Monitor ID: "NEC MultiSync 4FGe"
(**) FontPath set to 
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(--) ET4000W32: ET4000: Initial hibit state: high
(--) ET4000W32: Ramdac: att20c490
(--) ET4000W32: chipset:  et4000w32
(**) ET4000W32: videoram: 1023k
(--) ET4000W32: clocks:  25.16  28.32  32.64  36.11  40.12  45.07  31.53  37.74
(--) ET4000W32: clocks:  50.32  56.65  65.28  72.22  80.25  90.15  63.07  75.49
(--) ET4000W32: clocks:  12.58  14.16  15.79  18.05  20.06  22.53  25.16  32.64
(--) ET4000W32: clocks:  25.16  28.32  31.59  36.11  40.12  45.07  50.32  65.28
(--) ET4000W32: Ramdac speed: 86
(--) ET4000W32: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 86.000 MHz
(**) ET4000W32: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  81.000, clock used =  80.250
(**) ET4000W32: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  50.000, clock used =  50.320
(**) ET4000W32: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  31.000, clock used =  31.530
(**) ET4000W32: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
PEX extension module not loaded
XIE extension module not loaded
-

Device section of XF86Config:
-
Section "Device"
Identifier  "ET4000/W32"
VendorName  "NEC"
BoardName   "Unknown"
VideoRam1024
#Clocks  25.16  28.32  32.64  36.11  40.12  45.07  31.53  37.74
#Clocks  50.32  56.65  65.28  72.22  80.25  90.15  63.07  75.48
#Clocks  12.58  14.16  15.79  18.05  20.06  22.53  25.16  32.64
#Clocks  25.16  28.32  31.59  36.11  40.12  45.07  50.32  65.28
EndSection
--

Monitor section of XF86Config:
--
Section "Monitor"

Identifier  "NEC MultiSync 4FGe"
VendorName  "NEC"
ModelName   "MultiSync 4FGe"
BandWidth   80  # from /usr/doc/X11/Monitors

HorizSync   27-62   # from /usr/doc/X11/Monitors

VertRefresh 55-90   # from /usr/doc/X11/Monitors

# Modelines from /usr/doc/X11/Monitors
ModeLine "640x480"  31  640  680  704  832 480 489 492 520
ModeLine "800x600"  50  800  864  976 1040 600 637 643 666
ModeLine "1024x768" 81 1024 1068 1204 1324 768 776 782 807

EndSection
---

Screen section of XF86Config:
-
Section "Screen"
Driver  "accel"
Device  "ET4000/W32"
Monitor "NEC MultiSync 4FGe"
Subsection "Display"
Depth   8
Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 

Re: DEITY TEAM -- one comment

1997-04-17 Thread Lamar Folsom
> Francois Gouget writes:
> > Unfortunately in some cases it is not so simple to check for space
> > availability as /var may be on one partition, /usr on another and /lib
> > yet somewhere else.
> 
> Should be doable.  "df" to get all the partitions and their capacities, "df
> /var", "df /usr", etc to get the filesystems containing these directories,
> and a script to sort it all out.

Does this mean that each package will have to list the space it requires in 
every directory and the packaging software will figure out if each of those 
directories is on a separate partition?

I have seen a user that had separate /var, /usr/lib, and /home partitions.  
Please figure out how much space to report for postgres and how it will be 
reported.

I think figuring out how much space is required for the installation may be 
more difficult than just doing 'df' on each partition and "sorting it all out."
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'Frozen' boot disks

1997-04-12 Thread Lamar Folsom
Is anyone else having trouble finding the disks for 1.3?  I'd appreciate any 
pointers.  The 'bo/disks-i386/1997-04-04/' directory seems to be empty.

TIA
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dpkg-ftp broken

1997-01-05 Thread Lamar Folsom


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app-defaults file for Offix?

1996-12-13 Thread Lamar Folsom
I have installed the Offix-2.3a-1 package file and am having some trouble 
locating the app-defaults file.  I was reading the man page looking for 
resource names, and it said to see the app-defaults file.  When I run "dpkg 
--listfiles", I see nothing installed in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults.  Is 
there somewhere else I should be looking?
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FSP Archives?

1996-12-09 Thread Lamar Folsom
Are there any FSP sites containing Debian mirriors?
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missing dwww-build script?

1996-11-25 Thread Lamar Folsom
I've been getting an error message from dwww-build (as run by cron.daily) for 
about the last week and a half.  I've removed dwww and reinstalled it, and I 
still get the same error.  Am I missing a script, or have I just got dwww 
configured improperly?

Thanks,
Lamar

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Docs for cron.daily?

1996-11-08 Thread Lamar Folsom
I've been unable to locate any information on how to make changes to _when_ 
cron.daily runs.  Can anyone point me to some documentation or tell me how to 
specify a specific time?

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Digest problem?

1996-10-15 Thread Lamar Folsom
Hi.  I was wondering if anyone else has been receiving 2 copies of the digest 
each day?
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