Upgrading from slink to potato
- Please reply to debian-user@lists.debian.org or directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Hello, I want to upgrade my Debian Linux Box from slink to potato. I have got a 4-CD copy of the potato system. It was obtained from a Debian mirror around 20th december 1999. A friend of mine told me that upgrading to potato was as easy as: 1) Installing apt-cdrom via dpkg --install path/apt-cdrom.version 2) Running apt-cdrom add for each CD of the potato distribution. This way apt updates its packages database. 3) Running apt-get upgrade dist. Nevertheless, I can't find the apt-cdrom package neither in any of the four potato CD's nor in the www.debian.org archives. What do I have to do in order to install apt-cdrom? Are the options for dpkg correct? Do I have to empty the apt database before doing step 2? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz begin:vcard n:Arenaz Silva;Manuel tel;home:986542243 tel;work:981167000 Ext. 1212 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:University of A Coruña;Dpt. Electronics and Systems version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note:Laboratory 1.2 adr;quoted-printable:;;Campus de Elvi=F1a, s/n=0D=0A15074 A Coru=F1a;A Coruña;;;Spain x-mozilla-cpt:;24128 fn:Manuel Arenaz Silva end:vcard
Re: only half of physical memory showing up
Hello, Can I know how much memory is available in my Debian linux box? Thanks in advance for your help, Manuel Arenaz
Making a backup
Hello, I want to do a back-up of my system. Is there any tool to do it automatically? Which are the parts of the Debian system that is mandatory to back-up? Thanks in advance for your help, Manuel Arenaz
Re: The clock has gone crazy...
The file /etc/adjtime has the following two lines: cambados:~# cat /etc/adjtime -115.758041 945099084 0.00 945097761 Is it important the fact that it has two lines? Another question: What command do I have to use in order to set the clock up? Thanks in advance and apologies for having replied to your mail so late. Manuel Arenaz Bryan Scaringe wrote: Try modifying /etc/adjtime so that it has one line: 0.0 0 0.0 Those are zeros, not the letter O. Then set the time. then reboot. /etc/adjtime is ment to keep track of the drift on your HW clock (since no clock is perfect). However, the drift isn't always the same. If /etc/adjtime was made during a time when your clock had an extrodinary amount of drift in a short period of time, the hwclock program may have assumed your clock was always that screwed up. Then it would try to correct that on every bootup. In effect, it would always overcompensate. This happened to me. Changeing /etc/adjtime to the line above should tell the system that your clock is perfect. Eventually your system will write a new /etc/adjtime, and fill it with more realistic values. Bryan Scaringe On 13-Dec-1999 Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: Hello, The clock of my machine has gone crazy. When I set it up to the correct time in the BIOS everything works fine for a while. But after some time, the clock begins to accumulate more and more delay. When I reboot the machine and enter in the BIOS setup, the hardware clock has been changed. What is happening? May it be related to the timezone? I detected this strange behaviour two weeks ago, and the Linux Debian was installed in my PC in june. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
The clock has gone crazy...
Hello, The clock of my machine has gone crazy. When I set it up to the correct time in the BIOS everything works fine for a while. But after some time, the clock begins to accumulate more and more delay. When I reboot the machine and enter in the BIOS setup, the hardware clock has been changed. What is happening? May it be related to the timezone? I detected this strange behaviour two weeks ago, and the Linux Debian was installed in my PC in june. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
CD-Writer recomendation!
Hello again, A friend of mine is interested in buying a CD-Writer. He asked me to recomend a model to him, but I have no idea. Can anyone help me to go through this situation? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Presentations with latex
Hello, I use latex to prepare my presentations. Before installing Debian Slink (default workstation setup), I had a latex class called seminar.cls available. Nevertheless, I cannot use it now bacause it is not installed. Which package(s) do I have to install? Are there any other latex recomended packages to install? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Accounting Package
I have installed the package acct but how is it used? In the man pages there is no information about how to account information. Solution?
Re: Sources of linux documentation (solved)
Thanks to everyone, I have solved the problem. I succeeded by installing the package latex2html, which includes the file html.sty. NOTE THAT THE FILE html.sty LISTED IN A PREVIOUS MAIL IS NOT VALID BECAUSE I GOT THE FILE typehtml.sty FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM AND RENAMED IT TO html.sty TO CHECK IF THE COMPILATION PROBLEM DESAPPEARED. BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. APOLOGIES FOR THE ERROR. Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Sources of linux documentation
I have downloaded the sources of the Debian linux documentation in the format .tar.bz2. While compiling the .tex file using the default slink Latex2e, the compiler couldn't found the file html.sty. Where can I found this file? Do I have to install any new package? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Sources of linux documentation
I've tried some three times to get a book compressed in that bz2 format uncomperessed to a readable version. But no LaTex, TeX or LyX ever could read that stuff. Is there something in general wrong with that bz2 format or are there available some brand new TeX formats, which no Slink latex can read? In first place, you have to decompress the debian-guide.tar.bz2 file by using: tar -xvIf debian-guide.tar.bz2 This command generates following files: -rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 arenaz 55 Jun 10 21:02 clean.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 arenaz 412100 Jul 1 18:16 coart.eps -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 arenaz 347507 Nov 3 12:26 debian-tutorial.tex -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 arenaz 27378 Jun 6 21:32 debian.cls -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 arenaz 8606 Jun 7 03:37 debian10.clo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1048 Nov 3 12:05 debian10.log -rw-r- 1 arenaz 340024367 Nov 3 12:11 html.sty drwxr-sr-x 2 1000 arenaz 1024 Jul 1 18:16 images -rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 arenaz258 Jun 11 17:39 remake.sh Now you can compile the file debian-tutorial.tex by using latex. In my linux box the compiling process stops because the file html.sty is not installed. Where can this file by obtained from? Is it available in any package? Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Sources of linux docu... html.sty ??? (solved)
I have solved the problem ofcompiling the Tex file by installing the package latex2html in my box. Thak you very much, Manuel Arenaz Peter S Galbraith wrote: virtanen wrote: In my linux box the compiling process stops because the file html.sty is not installed. Where can this file by obtained from? Is it available in any package? I ended with the same problem... who knows? whre to get html.sty? Package latex2html in section tex -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Problems with the man
In my slink box there are some packages (for example a2ps) whose man pages are available only for the root user. The other users can execute the commands (a2ps) but can not read their man pages (man a2ps fails). What is the problem? Should these man pages be available as their are related to packages that where installed in the system during the default installation? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Sources of linux documentation
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 21:21:32 +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: Where can I download the Latex/EPS source of this package from? Same as with all source: do a dpkg --print-avail on the package so you have the source package name, and download that from your friendly neighbourhood mirror. Or use apt, and put in deb-src entries, then do apt-get source debian-guide. Two questions: 1) How can I know the source package name from the output of the command dpkg --print-avail debian-guide? cambados:~# dpkg --print-avail debian-guide Package: debian-guide Priority: optional Section: doc Installed-Size: 7223 Maintainer: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: all Version: 1.0.0 Size: 4667528 Description: Text from: Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage This package will install the full text in HTML and PostScript formats from the book Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage by Debian developers John Goerzen and Ossama Othman (ISBN 0-7357-0914-9). . You can find the installed items under /usr/doc/debian-guide. cambados:~# 2) I have been reading the man for apt-get and sources.list looking for the sintax of a deb-src entry in the /etc/apt/sources.list file, but I have found no documentation about it. Where can I find this information? Which is the sintax of this type of entry? This is the version of apt installed in this Debian box: cambados:~# dpkg --print-avail apt Package: apt Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 1068 Maintainer: APT Development Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: i386 Version: 0.1.9 Replaces: deity Depends: libc6 (= 2.0.7u), libstdc++2.9 Conflicts: deity Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/admin/apt_0.1.9.deb Size: 319114 MD5sum: fe1aee4c9f2a2c95e2b6ad1ca807b09d Description: Front-End for dpkg This is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager. It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages. . APT features complete installation ordering, multiple source capability and several other unique features, see the Users Guide in /usr/doc/apt/guide.text.gz cambados:~# Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
html to postscript converter
Where can I find a html to postscript converter for slink? I can perform the conversion by using netscape-SaveAs, but this way I have to open and SaveAs each file, which is very tedious and embarrasing. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Sources of linux documentation
I have installed the package debian-guide from the unstable distribution in slink and every has gone right. Now I would like to build the postscript file by myself in order to change some appearance features. Where can I download the Latex/EPS source of this package from? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
files with extension tar.bz2
What kind of fiels are those that end with .tar.bz2? How are they decompressed? Thaks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Ver .doc desde Netscape
Hola,
He probado el script para ver ficheros .doc en netscape y funciona. El unico
problema es que la
aplicacion mswordview no reconoce muchos de los ficheros .doc. ¿Existe alguna
otra aplicacion
que interprete los ficheros .doc sin tantos fallos? Si existe, ¿es posible
generar ficheros
.html con ella?
Saludos,
Manuel Arenaz
David Charro Ripa wrote:
He puesto en marcha en mi Debian unos scripts para poder ver directamente
desde el Netscape
los documentos de word 8 (office97)
Estaban en la web de mswordview pero no funcionaban en mi debian.
Son dos scripts: nswordview y nsopen.
Para que funcionen en Debian hay que decirles donde esta el tcsh, ellos
suponen que esta en
/bin pero en Debian lo tenemos en /usr/bin
Ademas la llamada a mswordview desde nswordview la he cambiado porque creaba
un documento
vacio.
En netscapeeditpreferencesnavigatorapplications se edita la opcion
Microsoft Word
Document y ponemos el comando /usr/bin/nswordview %s
Y si un enlace apunta a un archivo .doc, cuando pinchas te lo convierte en
.html y te lo
muestra sobre la marcha.
Hay que tener cuidado con el directorio /tmp porque crea alli los archivos
html convertidos y
si no los borras crece y crece.
Os los adjunto porque son muy cortos y espero que no cargue mucho la red.
Saludos
David
#!/usr/bin/tcsh
if ($#argv != 1) then
echo Usage: $0 file
exit 1
endif
set file = $argv[1]
if (!(-r $file)) then
echo $0: File $file cannot be read
exit 1
endif
#Try to open file in an existing netscape window
(netscape -remote openFile(${file})) /dev/null
#if this fails, it means that netscape is not running, so start it
if ($status) then
netscape -no-install file:${file}
endif
#!/usr/bin/tcsh
if ($#argv != 1) then
echo Usage: $0 file.doc
exit 1
endif
set source = $argv[1]
#Generate a unique html filename (/tmp/scriptname.pidnum.html)
set com = $0
set temp = /tmp/$com:t.$$
set html = $temp.html
mswordview -o $html $source
if ((!(-s $html)) | ($status)) then
echo $0: failed to generate HTML file
exit 1
endif
#File exists and is of length 0, so open it
nsopen $html
#I do NOT remove the html file so that the user
#can click on the Back button without generating
#a file not found error
exit 0
Linux documentation
Hello, I am a beginner in Linux and I am interested in obtaining linux documentation for free (at least for the moment). Following one of the suggestions that appeared in the list, I have downloaded an online Debian Linux book from the O'Reilly site: wget -r --no-parent www.ora.com/catalog/debian/chapter This command generates a file tree with a lot of html and gif files. My question is: Is there any tool to generate a postscript file (for example) starting from all those files? If such a tool doesn't exist, which is the easiest way to print the whole book? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: HP 9070cxi ???
Rob Reesor wrote: Hi, Sorry for the intrusion. I noticed your exchange muc.lists.debian.user. I'm having trouble posting, so thought I'd send email directly. I've just ordered a Red Hat Linux system and am having a hard time finding a printer. Seems that most of the printers listed on the various compatibility lists are no longer sold. The lists are very out of date. One list (gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi) lists the 970cxi as being perfectly compatible with Linux. However, it also claims that driver information is incomplete and there is no autoprobe available. Have either of you gotten the 970cxi working with Linux? If you don't mind, will you please let me know what printer you *have* gotten working with Linux? Many thanks, Rob I still have not decided what pirnter I am going to buy. I am still gathering more information. I have only gotten working an Epson Stylus Color 850 in my Debian linux box. I have not tried to configure another printer yet. This model has been easy to configure by using magicfilter. Manuel Arenaz
Re: Printer suggestion
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manuel, Hewlett-Packard, but avoid the Winprinters Best value for my money would be the HP 970cxi. It's 12 ppm in BW fast draft mode. It can do two-sided printing (!!!) and street prices are under $350. I don't know of any other inexpensive printer that will automatically print on both sides of the paper. That sells this one to me. You have hardly convinced me about buying a HP970cxi because of the two-sided printing. It is a very interesting characteristic. If I finally decided to buy this one, would I need to carry out any special setup in my system? I mean (I have Debian 2.1 with the default Scientific Workstation configuration): 1) Could I install the printer by using magicfilter 1.2-28 and gs 5.10-1? 2) What filter do I have to use with the gs 5.10-1? 3) What special options do I have to use in order to setup the two-sided printing? I am not very experienced with Linux and I dread to have to upgrade my system or any of its components (because of the dependences). Thank you very much in advanced, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Printer suggestion
Justin Settle wrote: For an ink jet, however, I own and Epson and, IMHO, they make a better product. They are a bit cheaper, but built just as well, have high res and are pretty fast. You mention higher cost to maintain (what are you referring to?) but I don't see that. I have a 440 and it works very well for color printing; If you have money, buy something with a faster pages per minute. I mention this because the 440 is about the same price as the bottom of the line HP but that model has only one cartridge - i.e. you can only do black and white or color. The 440 has a CMYK with a K cartridge and a CMY cartridge. I work with an Epson Stylus Color 850 at work. We have a lot of problems with the ink cartridges because the printer wastes a lot of ink (for example, it cleans the injectors on every startup by using quite much ink). Besides, epson inkjet printers have a problem with injectors. In HP the injectors come together with the cartridge, so every time you change the cartridges you are changing the injectors. In Epson, if the printer is not used quite often (THIS IS MY CASE), the injectors stall and they stop working. Therefore, the injectors have to be changed. I have collected this information by asking to several friends and sellers. The characteristics explained above, finally, lead to higher cost maintenance. What do you think about this? Manuel Arenaz
Re: SB-PCI-64
Jordi wrote: On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 02:50:40AM +0200, Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez wrote: On jue, oct 07, 1999 at 07:08:56 +0200, Agustín Martín Domingo wrote: La SoundBlaster 64 PCI es realmente una Ensoniq 1371, no una soundblaster. Ponle sus parámetros al kernel Cuidado que puede ser o una es1370 o una es1371 depende del chipset que tenga la tarjeta. Probar es lo único para saber cual es el caso. Puedes buscar el identificador de la tarjeta con lspci. Yo tengo una SB128 y es la es1370, no siempre es la es1371. El id para la es1370 es 1274:5000 Para la es1371 es 1274:1371 Haz lspci y busca cualquiera de estas 2 cadenas y ya sabes la que tienes. Yo tambien tengo una Soundblaster PCI64, con lo cual todo lo dicho en esta discusion es valido en mi caso. El problema es que en mi sistema no esta instalado el comando lspci. ¿Tengo que instalar algun paquete adicional? Mi sistema es Debian 2.1 con la instalacion por defecto de Scientific workstation. ¿Que debo hacer? Saludos, Manuel Arenaz
Printer suggestion
Hello, I am interested in buying a printer, but I want to avoid as many installation problems as posible. For this reason I would appreciate if someone could advice me about a mark and a model. What do you prefer? An epson printer (highest resolution but expensive to mantain), a HP printer (very robust but lower resolution) or a Cannon/Oki/... printer (secondary marks that are cheaper to mantain). Take into account that: 1) Most of the time I am going to print postscript documents (with graphics included) generated by latex. 2) The printer will be installed in my home computer, so I will use it very few times each month. Any suggestion will be carefully considered. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Shell bash
Hello, In my work in have to use some machines where the bash shell is not available. Normally, these machine have Solaris or IRIX installed. When I connect to those machines I have to use other different shells which I am not used to using. You can imagine how embarrasing is this situation. I have though of compiling the bash shell for those machines and installing it in my $HOME directory. How can I do this? Where can I download the sources of the bash shell? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: How to filter this list?
Hello, I am interrested in filtering the incoming mail. On my opinion, my situation is quite different from the explained in this thread. I am the administrator of a PC K6-3 400MHz running Debian Linux. I use a mail server (mercurio.des.fi.udc.es) to send and receive mails. [mercurio:/home/des/becarios/arenaz]$ uname -a SunOS mercurio 5.7 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCclassic My question is: What do I need in order to filter the incomming mail received in the server? Can I manage using elm? I am currently using netscape messenger to filter the mail, but, first, I have to download the mail to my machine and, second, perform the filtering action by hand. You can imagine that this a tedious and embarrasing task. I would be very grateful if you could help me. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: configuration of a printer
Hello, I have already solved my problem. My problem came from the fact that I created the /etc/printcap properly (for example, using magicfilter) but I didn't know that, in order to use the new configuration, I had to make the lpd daemon re-read the printcap file. This can be done by executing the lpc program first and the reread command from its prompt later. To check that the printcap file has been read, execute the command printcap from the lpc prompt. Doing this, my printer has work properly. I hope it also works for you. Thanks to every one for their advices because they have allowed me to discard some wrong alternatives during the configuration process. Manuel Arenaz
Re: configuration of a printer
Andreas Piesk wrote: are you sure about the /dev/lp1 ? the first lpt is lp0. what are the permissions of /etc/printcap ? readable by everyone ? the printcap itself seems to be ok. At first sight everything looks OK: the /dev files, the printcat file... cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp* 9409650 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp0 9409660 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 1 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp1 9409670 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 2 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp2 cambados:~# ls -lisa /etc/printcap 349431 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 340 Sep 23 21:40 /etc/printcap But even if I change /dev/lp1 by /dev/lp0 cambados:~# cat /etc/printcap # # Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing! # Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format! # Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info. # # This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel. epson:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sh: the result reamains the same. cambados:~# lpr -P epson /root/fstab no printcap for printer 'epson' job 'cfA368cambados.des.fi.udc.es' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed cambados:~# What can I do? Does anybody has some idea? Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
Re: What does mountd is used for?
Wayne Topa wrote: Subject: What does mountd is used for? Date: Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:03:31PM +0200 In reply to:Manuel Arenaz Silva Quoting Manuel Arenaz Silva([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I would like what is the usage of the mountd daemon. man mountd That man command is very useful. I know, but in my system there is no man page for mountd cambados:~# man mountd No manual entry for mountd cambados:~#
telnet to my machine (cont)
Hello, I really want the telnet service installed. But, what is SSM? I have never heard about it. thanks
telnet to my machine (cont)
Jim McCloskey wrote: Hello, Manuel: [1] If you simply install the telnetd package, the daemon, I believe, will start running. If you reboot, it certainly will. So install it with: dpkg --install or: apt-get install telnetd and you should be fine. [2] The daemon is started in the file /etc/init.d/ which calls /usr/sbin/intetd (but obviously the program has to be installed on the system before inetd can start it). I have installed telnetd via dpkg --install and, after that, I have rebooted the machine. Nevertheless, the daemon was not started. The contents of the directory /etc/init.d are: cambados:/etc/init.d# ls -la total 66 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 15 13:39 . drwxr-xr-x 63 root root 4096 Sep 22 13:23 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 840 Jan 12 1999 README -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 May 14 1998 anacron -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1164 Oct 24 1998 atd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1683 Jan 8 1999 bootmisc.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 728 Jun 21 1998 checkfs.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2776 Jan 12 1999 checkroot.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 835 Mar 18 1998 cron -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1046 Nov 7 1998 exim -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1164 Oct 31 1998 gpm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 281 May 19 1998 halt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 132 Jun 21 1998 hostname.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 969 Jan 27 1999 hwclock.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 317 Nov 22 1998 isapnp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1281 Dec 29 1998 isdnutils -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 641 Nov 25 1998 junkbuster -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 968 Oct 18 1998 kerneld -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 843 Nov 17 1998 keymaps.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 630 Jul 17 1998 logoutd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 818 Jan 30 1999 lprng -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 981 Nov 1 1998 modutils -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 561 Dec 10 1998 mountall.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1056 Oct 5 1998 mountnfs.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3254 Dec 5 1998 netbase -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 410 Feb 13 1999 netstd_init -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 583 Feb 13 1999 netstd_misc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 322 Jun 15 14:20 network -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1428 Jan 24 1999 nviboot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 653 Sep 17 1998 omniorb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 649 May 26 1998 ppp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2100 Nov 26 1997 rc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1038 Feb 23 1999 rcS -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 197 Jun 21 1998 reboot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 252 Jun 21 1998 rmnologin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 349 Jun 21 1998 sendsigs -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 476 Jun 21 1998 single -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1753 Mar 3 1998 skeleton -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1471 Jan 20 1999 sysklogd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 394 Jun 21 1998 umountfs -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1128 Jun 21 1998 urandom -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1859 Feb 23 1999 xdm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 915 Feb 23 1999 xfs -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 501 Jun 15 12:54 xntp3 cambados:/etc/init.d# where de daemon telnetd does not appear. What else do I have to configure in order to set up the telnet service? I have checked through the HOWTOs but I could not find any clue. Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
telnet to my machine (succes)
This is to inform that I have had succes. Next, I intend to install ssh so as to improve the security of my machine. Thanks to everyone, Manuel Arenaz
About mountd
Hello, Right now, when I want to read the contents of a CD or a floppy I have to mount the corresponding directory (/cdrom in my machine) manually. I would like the system to configure the mount point automatically when I try to read or write the contents of that directory. I have scanned the file /etc/inetd.conf and I have found the following entry: #mountd/1 dgram rpc/udp waitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd Next, I have looked for the daemon /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd but it is not installed in my system: cambados# ls -lsia /usr/sbin/rpc* 4 10 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9420 Feb 13 1999 /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd 41116 14 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root12988 Feb 13 1999 /usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd 411128 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7836 Feb 13 1999 /usr/sbin/rpc.rusersd 411156 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5996 Feb 13 1999 /usr/sbin/rpc.rwalld cambados# As in the case of telnetd I have looked for the package mountd in the CDs of the distribution, but surprisingly there was not any package with that name. My questions are: * What do I need? * What about the daemon mountd? My system is a Linux Debian 2.1 running on an AMD K6-III. If the following information is useful for you, here it is: cambados# dpkg --list *mount* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ NameVersionDescription +++-===-==- ii mount 2.9g-6 Tools for mounting and manipulating filesyst un xmountains none (no description available) cambados# Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
configuration of a printer
Hello, I want to install an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer directly attached to my machine (local printer). I have been looking at the Printing-HOWTO-6.html that comes with the default installation of Linux Debian 2.1 (slink). After reading the introduction, I have tried to print an ascii text to the printer but the systems gives me the following error: no printcap for printer 'epson' job 'cfA886cambados.des.fi.udc.es' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed Despite the previous message, I have confiugred an /etc/printcap entry epson:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sh: and I have also created the corresponding spool directory: 10588531 drwxr-sr-x 2 root lp 1024 Sep 22 20:42 /var/spool/lpd/epson What about the lpd daemon? The output of the command ps aux | grep lpd is: lp 161 0.0 0.6 1500 800 ? S13:23 0:00 lpd MAIN So I suppose that the daemon is correctly installed and initialized. Is that correct? Maybe that the error comes from the initialization of lpd? I have tried to configure this printer several times but I have always obtained the same result. I have also studied the questions and answers about printer configuration that appear in the list, but even though I have not been able to find the error. I hope you can help me. Thanks, Manuel Arenaz
What does mountd is used for?
I would like what is the usage of the mountd daemon.
telnet to my machine (cont)
Hello, I have checked the daemons that are installed in my system, and I have noticed that inetd is working but there is no telnetd installed. ¿How can I make my system install telnetd on start-up? I don't know where the daemons to be installed are specified. Is there any HOW-TO available? NOTE: I cannot telnet to my machine but I can connect via ftp. The strange is that I have no ftpd installed. ¿How is this posible? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Library glibc
Hello, I want to install an MP3 player. I want to download it from www.freeamp.org, but I have to chose between to configurations: * FreeAmp_1.3.1_for_Linux2.0.x_glic2.0_Intel_x86 * FreeAmp_1.3.1_for_Linux2.0.x_glic2.1_Intel_x86 How can I know which version must I download? I have installed Linux Debian 2.1 with Kernel 2.0.36. Is there a site where I can download this MP3 player in .deb format? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
GoZilla for Linux
Hello, Does anyone knows I there is an ftp client for Linux Debian with, more or less, the same functionality as GoZilla for Windows? Some of the more interesting caracteristics of GoZilla are: * Restart donwload if connection fails * Continue donwloading (without restart) if connection fails * Programmable downloads * Posibilityh of downloading dirctories Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
telnet to my machine (cont)
Hello, I have taken a look at the file /var/log/syslog, which registers the same information every time a telnet conection is refused: Sep 21 17:11:49 cambados in.telnetd[8102]: connect from 193.144.50.23 Sep 21 17:11:49 cambados in.telnetd[8102]: error: cannot execute /usr/sbin/in.telnetd: No such file or directory Efectively, the file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd doesn't exist. How can I solve this problem? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
telnet to my machine
Hello, I have installed Debian on my computer. Surprinsingly, sometimes when I try to stablish a telnet conection to my machine I obtain the following message: venus% telnet cambados.des.fi.udc.es Trying 193.144.50.62... Connected to cambados.des.fi.udc.es. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. venus% I have tried to solve the problem by modifying the files /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, but the conection is always refused. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Thanks to all
Thank you very much for the information about StarOffice (the dowload, the license,...) Regards, Manuel Arenaz
Where is apt-cdrom?
Hello, I keep on trying to know more about apt. In a message sent to the list a few days ago, someone talked about installing .deb packages from a CDROM via a command called apt-cdrom. I have searched for this tool in my system but it isn't installed. cambados:~# find / -name apt* -ls 30723 91 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root92568 Nov 6 1998 /usr/bin/apt-cache 30724 115 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 116940 Nov 6 1998 /usr/bin/apt-get 3174411 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jun 15 14:21 /usr/lib/apt 3256331 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 15 14:21 /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt 1310731 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 15 14:21 /usr/doc/apt 3051564 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3172 Jul 16 1998 /usr/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz 3051573 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2456 Jul 16 1998 /usr/man/man8/apt-cache.8.gz 614411 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 7 21:30 /etc/apt 8806411 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:14 /var/cache/apt 331 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:07 /var/state/apt 9011471 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 292 Nov 6 1998 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst 9011481 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 920 Feb 23 1999 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.list 9011491 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Jul 17 1998 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.conffiles 9011501 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Nov 6 1998 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.shlibs 9011512 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1179 Nov 6 1998 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.md5sums 4854064 -rw-r--r-- 1 man root 3360 Sep 3 20:23 /var/catman/cat8/apt-get.8.gz find: /home/des: Permission denied Maybe I haven't read the mail properly. Does this tool really exist? Does apt-get perform this function? If apt-get does, what do I have to add to my apt/sources.list? Thanks in advance. Manuel Arenaz
How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the program wordview? What is the name of the corresponding package? On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft Word files under Linux? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Reading Word format files?
Anthony Campbell wrote: Thanks to all for replies. I've now found two apps that will do this: word2x and mswordview. Both are available for slink; I found word2x to be the more convenient. Where can you install these aplications from? Via apt-get?
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
Kent West wrote: Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the program wordview? What is the name of the corresponding package? Your normal location for .deb packages should work I would think. The package name is mswordview. The problem is that I still haven't used apt-get, so I don't know which is a normal location for .deb packages because I don't anyone. Could you pleasa tell me which is the content of your apt/source.list file? Thanks.
Entry in apt/sources.list to install StarOffice
Hello, Can someone tell me what entry must I add to my apt/sources.list in order to install StarOffice? Thanks.
Printer configuration
Hello, I would like to know what I have to do to configure a printer. I need to configurations: 1) A local printer attached to a parallel port. 2) A remote printer that is accesed through a local area network. ¿Is there any tool to configure printers (as there is in RedHat)? Thanks in advance. Manuel Arenaz
System defaults: user enviroment
Hello, I would like to know where the default user enviroment is configured. Thanks in advance. Manuel Arenaz
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Hello, I have just subscribed to this mailling list and I would be very grateful if you could reply to this message. That way I could confirm that the subscription has been properly made. Thank you very mauch in advance. I hope I can learn a lot from all of you and I can help you even though my knowledge of Linux is very limited. Best regards, Manuel Arenaz
