gs question
[ Due to the high volume, I'm not subscribed to this list. Please send reply to my private address. Thanks! ] To my dismay, I discovered that the Debian version of gs does not have the escp2 driver compiled in. I have an Epson LQ-300, which supports ESC/P2. I can print with the epson driver, but the output looks horrible. Has anyone else her run into this problem? -- Nathan L. Cutler livingston @ pha.pvtnet.cztel.: ++420-311-671160 Livingston Professional Translations (CZ-ENG)fax:++420-311-671159 * * * When pretty good is not enough * * * mobile: ++420-602-251053 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
libc5_5.4.23-4 installation warnings
I just upgraded to libc5_5.4.23-4 and when I installed it, dpkg gave me the following warnings: # dpkg -i libc5_5.4.23-4.deb (Reading database ... 11654 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc5 5.4.20-1 (using libc5_5.4.23-4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc5 ... Setting up libc5 (5.4.23-4) ... ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or directory), skipping Is this something I can safely ignore? TIA -- Nathan L. CutlerT R A N S L A T I O N S Livingston, s.r.o.Legal, Business Marketing E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P Ř E K L A D Y -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Where can I find xterm_color?
John == John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using John fvwm95, but when I try and start a new sheel, the message John xterm_color appears in my login window. John Also, how do I set the LS_OPTIONS so that my directory John listings will be in color? Right now I am using an alias, John but that's a sloppy way to do it. Also, does fvwm95 support John colorized listings? I don't know anything about fvwm95, but if you put the following line in your .bash_profile or equivalent, 'ls' should display in color: eval `dircolors` Note the backwards apostrophes. If you want to see what it does, try typing dircolors at the bash command prompt. If it doesn't work, upgrade to fileutils 3.14-3 or higher. If you want this to work in an xterm, you have to make sure you have a color-enabled xterm. HTH -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where can I find xterm_color?
Shaya == Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't know anything about fvwm95, but if you put the
following line in your .bash_profile or equivalent, 'ls' should
display in color:
eval `dircolors`
Shaya I don't think this works anymore, I think the color-ls was
Shaya folded into the normal ls, and you have to put all the
Shaya aliases in your .bash_{rc,profile} manually. However, I
Shaya can't verify this since my system at work doesn't seem to
Shaya want to accept any connections right now except for
Shaya telnet's to port 25 (so at least I know it hasn't crashed
Shaya :-) )
Thanks for pointing out that I'm out of date! Upon taking a second
look, I noticed that I still have the color-ls package installed, and
my fileutils package is 3.12-4. I'll have to upgrade. But didn't
the person who asked the question specifically ask about how to set up
the LS_COLORS environment variable, and isn't that was 'dircolors' is
supposed to do?
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Re: lp1 out of paper
Alain == Alain Nadeau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alain I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of Alain electricity, being that it's in a cupboard in the Alain basement. Still, the above message is sent to Alain /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've Alain recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling Alain printer support, but that message is still spewed out every Alain ten seconds. I cannot for the life of me find where that Alain call is made. Could a kind soul tell me how to disable Alain printer support for good (I do my printout stuff on the Alain nice Laserjet at the office...). I had this same problem. It was extremely irritating. I even tried putting paper in the printer ;-) to no avail. I finally discovered that there was a long-dead print job on the queue. When I 'lprm'd it, the messages stopped. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making kernel using make install
kooij == J P D Kooij [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: kooij Regarding compiling and installing new kernels, kooij I would like to know more about details of installing new kooij (and older) kernels and have an overview of the process as kooij well. IMHO this is something that is not quite exhausively kooij covered in the documentation. The definitive manual for configuring and installing a new kernel is /usr/src/linux/README. By following the directions contained here, and reading the help entries for the individual configurable items when running 'make config', you can make any kind of kernel you want. What more can you ask for? If you want to hack the kernel, see the Kernel Hacker's Guide, by Michael K. Johnson, at the following URL: http://www.redhat.com:8080/HyperNews/get/khg.html kooij But when compiling kernels is kooij addressed, they only tell you to do make this, make kooij that. There's hardly any documentation of what the makefile kooij does, is supposed to do and can do for you. kooij Of course, there's the kernel-HOWTO and it is very good kooij where it makes configuring a new kernel very easy, explains kooij a lot about what the kernel does, how it handles devices, kooij what modules are, where to get the source, how to patch it, kooij etc.. But when it comes down to the final part: installing kooij the kernel, there's not much more than a reference to the kooij lilo manual. I would really like to see some additions made kooij about how the kernel is (or kernels are) embedded in the kooij filesystem. kooij IMHO installkernel(8) and mkboot(8) and are not good enough kooij as the only reference to the install option of the kernel kooij make. The process of installing a new kernal is much to kooij fundamental to linux to be documented only in the huge lilo kooij documentation or the kernel hacking guide. Mere complaining about lack of documentation is not going help anybody, least of all you. If you want something to be improved, ask yourself: how can I help improve this? Remember, nobody's getting paid for the work they do here. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cron scripts error
Luis == Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Luis Hi, after reinstalling the system recently, I have been Luis receving this message from cron everytime it runs: [snip] Luis Looking at the offending script, it seems that it has Luis problems while issuing Luis su nobody Luis If I do this by hand, it complains that it can't run Luis /dev/null which is the default shell for nobody. What is Luis going on? How can I repair this? Any hints or pointers would Luis be welcome! Sorry for the me-too message. I have a similar problem. It is not critical, though, so I have been biding my time to see if anybody else's system exhibits similar behavior. My cron.daily scripts are set to run at 6:42 a.m. I often leave myself logged in overnight in X, and every morning when I look at xconsole, the last message on it is from 6:42 a.m. and says something to the effect of su (to nobody). When I log myself out, xconsole recovers and all the messages from after 6:42 a.m. suddenly appear. Closer examination reveals the following line in /etc/cron.daily/find: su nobody -c cd / updatedb 2/dev/null Interestingly enough, my 'locate' database doesn't seem to get updated automatically and I have to run 'updatedb' manually every once in awhile. I assume this is a known problem. Other than doing a wholesale upgrade of all my packages, is there a Debian-correct way to fix this problem? -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone know about AMD K5Pxxx processors?
Syrus == Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Syrus Hello. I'm considering a desktop upgrade for my home, and Syrus I'm wondering if any of you know how the AMD chips perform Syrus under Linux. Specifically, I'm interested in the AMD Syrus K5P133 verses a Pentium 100 or 120. I've read that the FPU Syrus speed does not measure up, but that the card just rips with Syrus integer operations. I'm interested in fast video and fast Syrus loading of large apps mostly. Syrus Any opinions? If you buy one, make sure you get a CPU fan for it, or you may not have it very long. ;-) But seriously, I have an AMD-K5 PR133 and am quite satisfied with it (aside from the noise of the CPU fan). Large apps load quickly. Fast video is more a function of the display card (and the quality of the display card driver), but with my S3 Trio 64+ (cheap) video is acceptable, but it is that with a Pentium 90 as well. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do access hda, fd0, etc. ?
Gieg == Alexander Gieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux? Gieg You need to mount these partitions. You can use some empty Gieg directory to use as mount point. If these directories Gieg doesn't exist, create them with mkdir. Since I discovered the 'mtools' package, I haven't had occasion to mount an msdog-formatted floppy. I highly recommend it: just insert the floppy and go, switch floppies at will, just like on msdog. I even noticed not long ago that it automagically recognizes and deals with 2m formats (e.g., 1743Kb floppies that are just as stable as the classic 1440Kb format). Hats off to the developers! -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: purged package base while update to Debian 1.2.2
Rick == Rick Macdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rick If I remember correctly, I just went into Rick /var/lib/dpkg/status and set the status line for them to Rick purge. I think I did the same with the old base package, Rick so it looks like this: RickPackage: base RickEssential: yes RickStatus: purge ok not-installed Rick I didn't notice any problems, and it cleaned up the dselect Rick sections. I didn't manually delete any files that had Rick anything to do with base. I did the same thing to get rid of an old kernel-source package that wouldn't go away. It kept telling me Danger, Package in a Severe Unstable State, and that I needed to reinstall it to be able to get rid of it, but since dpkg considers each new kernel-source package a completely new and different package, and the kernel-source-2.0.0 package was no longer on ftp.debian.org, I had to do the above manual editing process to get rid of the messages. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?
Hamish == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hamish I think you're overlooking the Cyrix unfairly. A Cyrix Hamish 6x86-P166 costs about 1/3rd of the price of a Pentium 166 Hamish here in Australia, and according to the benchmarks, Hamish integer performance exceeds the Intel chip. Sorry, I did indeed overlook the Cyrix. Nothing against it! Hamish Intel's prices are extortion in comparison. Agreed! Hamish To date, AMD K5 chips are only available in fairly low Hamish speeds, Pentium 100 equivalent or so. Pentium 100 seems to Hamish be a little below entry level here now. Yeah, I hate to admit it, but not long ago I naively purchased a 133Mhz AMD. I wasn't too pleased when I read in my motherboard manual that this is equivalent to a 100Mhz Intel Pentium! Let the buyer beware. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best Debian CD?
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody who wants more information on ftpmail can send me a private e-mail, or if you feel its appropriate I will post it on the debain-user list. As long as it's not commercial software, I think it would be appropriate to post it to the list. I've never heard of it, so I'm curious. Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ghostscript
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Fundamental wrote: Is ghostscript a package? or is this a dumb question? I searched the debian archives, found a lot of fonts and addons for ghostscript, but no ghostscript:( When searching for packages, I believe that better than browsing the ftp archive is to get the files Packages.gz and Contents.gz and use less or zless to browse and search them. Thus, if the name of the software is ghostscript and the Debian package is called gs, it's trivial to find out by searching for the string ghostscript in Packages.gz and then looking at the package name once you get there. The Contents.gz file is extremely useful when you can't find a particular binary on your system and you want to know what package it's in. It's a list of all files in Debian cross-referenced to package name. Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?
Jim == Jim Blaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim Can anyone give me non-emotional advice on whether Linux Jim would install much easier on an apple system than on an Jim intel box? Jim If my goal is to buy a used computer that has the best shot Jim of getting Linux up in a hurry, what should i get? I realize Jim this could be a loaded question, but I really need to know. Since you asked for advice, here's mine: Buy an intel box consisting exclusively of inexpensive components. You're almost certain not to have any trouble. For example: standard no-name PCI motherboard with 256K synchronous cache, Intel or AMD Pentium-type chip (midrange Hz is the best bang for the buck), on-board dual port IDE controller, standard IDE hard drive or two (in the 1-2 Gb range, again, best bang for the buck), no-name S3 Trio 64 type video card with one or two Mb of memory, any fairly good 15 digital monitor. It's best, if you can hack it psychologically, to buy individual components and put your box together yourself. If your number one priority is to get a box up and running as soon as possible, this is the way to go. Don't mess with SCSI or any brand-name products whatsoever. If you need a CD-ROM, insist on an IDE/ATAPI-type, not one that connects to a special card, Soundblaster, SCSI bus, etc. You'll only get into trouble. You'll most likely get it to work eventually, but is it worth the hassle? HTH and Good Luck. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Troubleshooting (was Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE)
Keith == Keith Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Keith The only dumb question is the one not asked. Maybe a newbie Keith list should be setup so that these questions won't bother Keith the people that are tired of answering the same old stuff Keith (which isn't old to the newbie trying desperately to get Keith his (or her) system running. Or perhaps we should just let Keith them give up and return to the greedy world of commercial Keith software and keep all this good stuff to ourselves. Hear, hear, Keith! I agree we should encourage people who are just starting out to be forthcoming with questions after making a college attempt to find the answer in the fine manuals available. Keith Perhaps a mailing list called debian-knowitall would be Keith good, then that mail would be cut to nothing, since no one Keith would (or could) admit to being baffled by the system. Keith Sorry for getting hot under the colar (sp?) but it burns my Keith tail feather when I see people spitting from their ivory Keith tower. Remember, though: the only appropriate reply to a flame is no reply at all. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best Debian CD?
Richard == Richard G Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard This is a good question. I'm looking for a 1.2.x cd as Richard well, but I need it to look decent. It can't be disk 26 Richard of the 43 cd internet bonanza!! and it can't be a gold Richard CDR with Debian scribbled on it in black marker. I need Richard to be able to show it to other people (like my boss) ;-) Richard Does anyone know of a CD for sale that looks presentable Richard (i.e. has an actual screened or printed face)? Nothing against Richard personally, but I find this message disturbing. Never judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes. This applies doubly to Linux! Aren't we attracted to it so much for the very reason that it is the very antithesis of over-commercialized products that look very appealing but don't work properly? The fact that it comes on a gold CD with something cryptic scribbled on it speaks in its favor IMHO. Also, it doesn't play idiotic music at you when you boot it up! -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.
Re: Where to put things to be satrted at bootup ?
Stan == Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stan Where is the debian correct place to put things that Stan need to be starrted up a boot time, such as rwhod? I believe rwhod is started by /etc/init.d/netstd_misc. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xwindows video modes
Eric == Eric Budd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric I have been trying to instal X on my linux box, and Eric everythig in theinstallation went ok. whenever I start Eric xinit or startx, however, it rolls by some startup mgs and Eric then gives me the following: Eric (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named 640x480 (--) SVGA: Removing mode 640x480 from list of valid modes. Eric (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named 320x200 (--) SVGA: Removing mode 320x200 from list of valid modes. Eric Then the screen blanks out for a second, comes back up, Eric gives me a fatal server error, andgoes back to the root Eric prompt. Whenever I try xdm, it goes really wacko, with the Eric screen flashing, text jumping around, and all sorts of Eric interesting and disturbing things. Eric I have de-installed and re-installed several times, checked Eric my XF86Config (and several others) and everything seems to Eric be set up right for my card (a Paradise Accelerator Value Eric card) and my monitor. The two modes ARE defined in Eric XF86Config, both in /etc/lib and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11, but Eric it's not picking them up. I've been pulling my hair out Eric trying to figure out why. Eric Help me before I go bald! Usually, behavior of this sort is caused by faulty configuration information in /etc/X11/XF86Config. You claim to have checked the file and confirmed that everything is set up right for your card and monitor, so that would not seem to be the problem. The second thing to check is whether you have the proper X server installed and set as default. The most reliable way to do this under Debian is to simply reinstall the X server package and answer yes when it asks you if you want to set this server as default. Another possibility is that you have multiple XF86Config files on your system and X is looking at the wrong one. 'locate' can be useful in tracking down problems of this nature. Good luck. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xterm color
Michael == Michael Harnois [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, when I added the contents of the following file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color to my .Xresources file and restarted X, the colors started to work. Michael So is Debian X finding the app-defaults files at all? On my system at least, there is no 'xterm-color' binary, so, if I understand things correctly, when I run 'xterm', only the XTerm app-defaults file is checked, not XTerm-color. Thus, even though I am running a color-enabled 'xterm' binary, it doesn't know I want color and, since color is turned off by default, the display is in black and white until I change the resources. So, I'm not sure whether this is a Debian bug or not? Certainly, most people running Debian have color monitors, so perhaps it would be reasonable to have xterm colors turned on by default. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: improvements
Indeed, it might be worth considering doing away with the classification of required, recommended, extra, important, etc., because every person's needs and desires are different. Obviously, if the system won't run without it, it is required de facto. This might reduce the dselect confusion. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel compilation under Debia (Was Re: A few questions)
Manoj == Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Manoj Hi, There are some mis-impressions floating around about Manoj compiling custom kernels. Manoj The kernel-source package is just the pure sources Manoj from Linux in /usr/src/kernel-source-X.XXX Manoj directory. Nothing is added to that directory tree. It does Manoj contain pre and post install scripts to help maintain Manoj /usr/src/linux symlink -- you can then have multiple kernel Manoj sources on your machine, and the kernel source package Manoj scripts make sure you don't have a dangling symlink. (I Manoj have 2.0.27 and 2.1.20 sources on my machine) Manoj The point is, there is no difference in the kernel Manoj code. The statement that the kernel source package is less Manoj fine tuned than the original sources is a fallacy. I apologize if I contributed to a misconception! It was a mistake to imply that the Debian kernel source package doesn't allow one to compile and fine tune their own kernels, and I apologize. However, I do maintain that the existence of a kernel source package at all _may_ be confusing to some people (i.e. possible questions such as what's the difference between the Debian package and the 'actual' kernel sources?) and, more importantly, the kernel source package will not generally be caught up with the actual kernel sources. Maybe for a week or two right after the package is upgraded, but otherwise no. BTW, if the only reason for having the kernel-source package is automatic maintenance of symlinks, IMHO people who can compile their own kernel are also capable of maintaining symlinked multiple kernel sources by hand... -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Troubleshooting (was Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE)
Joseph == Joseph L Hartmann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joseph I really do appreciate the Joseph help that incompetents like me can get from more expert Joseph individuals -- but how do we get to be able to fix stuff Joseph for ourselves ??? That's a very interesting question. I've often found myself getting desperate and going to a listserv for help, only to arrive at a solution to the problem (by troubleshooting, BTW) minutes after sending off a desperate message to hundreds or even thousands of people... Perhaps the answer is 'patience'. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xterm color
Karl == Karl M Hegbloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael So is Debian X finding the app-defaults files at all? Karl I don't think it is. Does anybody know how to get it to? Karl None of the X programs are finding their app-defaults file. Are you quite sure? Perhaps they're just not finding stuff that you add to them? I found this in /usr/doc/xbase/debian.README (it's at the very end of the file): Please note that this distribution expects you to leave app-defaults files unchanged. If you want to customise X applications globally, put your customisations in /etc/X11/Xresources. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A few questions.
Jon == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jon I've switched from slackware to debian. I have a few Jon questions that I'd appreciate any help with. [snip -- dunno the answer] Jon 2) I am use to directly building slackware kernals. Will Jon something like make config; make; make zImage; make zlilo; Jon make modules; make modules_install break any dependancy info? Jon I noticed make-kpkg; what options would be comparable to the Jon makes above? I don't use the debian kernel-source package at all. I download Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux and compile them as per /usr/src/linux/README. I have never had any problems with this, and otherwise have a full Debian system. IMHO the kernel-source package can never give you the fine-tuned kernel you need for your particular machine and your particular tastes. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xterm color
Herbert == Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Instructions for turning on recognition of the color change escape sequences is in the xterm man page. Herbert Yes indeed. And that means you need this resource line: HerbertXTerm*customization: -color Herbert in your /etc/X11/Xresources file or your user Xresource Herbert file if you don't want it for the world. I noticed after upgrading to 3.2 that xterm was not displaying color. I tried running it with various command-line options, to no avail. However, when I added the contents of the following file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color to my .Xresources file and restarted X, the colors started to work. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A proposal to improve dselect
Pete == Pete Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pete Keep in mind that we are all getting a generally fantastic Pete product for the best price anyone could ask for. Hear, hear. Pete Dselect might lead you Pete astray. But accept what the Debian project has given each Pete of us, and send a few thanks to each and every person who Pete has contributed their own time to simplify your life, to Pete make it possible for you to experience UNIX with a minimum Pete of effort on a variety of hardware. The project leader has Pete managed to get a few emails onto the list while cleaning out Pete from a devastating flood. That's what I call dedication. Hear, hear. Pete How about we all take a step or two back and peek at what is Pete in front of us? There's a lot there. It may not be the Pete best it can be yet, but it's quite fine in its current form Hear, hear. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is fdos?
Johann == Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Johann I have trouble in finding fdos. I want to instal dosemu Johann and fdos is recommend. In more than one mirror site's Johann ls-lr-file there is a reference to fdos in the Johann rex/binary-386/misc directory, but there is no such file. ^^^ Try putting an 'i' before the 386 Johann Can somebody help, please? Try looking in bo/binary-i386/misc as well. However, I've tried getting fdos to work and it is still fairly unstable. You'll get much better results if you have DOSEMU boot itself up from a regular msdog boot diskette. Also, be careful when giving DOSEMU access to partitions on your hard disk. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting up IP mascarading.
Shaya == Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shaya I've finally convinced my school to set up a linux box so Shaya that we can have all the computers in the lab be able to Shaya access the net. The way I plan to accomplish this is to Shaya set up one linux box that will dial into an ISP and run Shaya PPP. I will then have all the Win95 machines run tcp/ip Shaya and gateway all the tcp/ip to the linux box. The linux box Shaya should then forward it on to the ISP. Shaya All my experience with linux networking has either been Shaya plain lans or just setting up PPP. I am sure I need to Shaya role my own kernel with things like IP mascarading, but do Shaya I also need firewalling and ip-forwarding. Shaya Does anyone have any good experience with this or can point Shaya me in the direction of some documentation. Hi Shaya: I just set up my box as a router for an NT box. It was a horrible experience until I realized that there might be a HOWTO on it. Sure enough, there is, and by following the directions there to the letter, it worked on the first try! Check out http://www.li.org/Resources/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is fdos?
I apologize for following up on my own message, but I just realized that I could have done better. Nathan == Nathan L Cutler ncutler writes: Nathan Try looking in bo/binary-i386/misc as well. However, I've Nathan tried getting fdos to work and it is still fairly Nathan unstable. You'll get much better results if you have Nathan DOSEMU boot itself up from a regular msdog boot diskette. Actally, both DOSEMU and FDOS are in bo/binary-i386/otherosfs, not bo/binary-i386/misc as I implied. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rescue Disk (was Password)
Chuma == Chuma Agbodike [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chuma But HOW does one make RESCUE disk properly. Mine surely Chuma didn't rescue me! I personally use CatRescue, which is an older package, but excellent. I can't even count the number of times this thing has saved me from the horrors of a reinstall. In fact, I've got to the point where I don't even worry about things like switching disks around, because I know I can always boot CatRescue, manually mount partitions, edit lilo.conf, etc. to get a bootable system back. The advantages of CatRescue are (as I see them) the following: (1) it's all on one diskette, so it doesn't take much time to load (2) it contains many of the basic system maintenance tools that one needs when one has to resort to booting from a rescue disk (3) it contains man pages for most of the above tools It's been a long time since I downloaded it, but I'm tolerably certain that you can find it on the Linux Software Map (search by title for 'CatRescue' or by subject for 'rescue'). Basically, all it is is a prepared diskette image and instructions for making a physical diskette out of it. There are also some instructions for making your own custom-configured rescue diskettes, but I've never gotten into this part of it. If you know how to do Archie searches, try searching for an exact match of CatRescue101E.tgz, perhaps it will turn up an ftp site near you. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install problems - InfoMagic LDR
Brian == Brian Sheaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian My interest is using Linux as a mail gateway for a Brian Win95/Win3.11 LAN. The setup would be like this. Brian 1. The Linux PC would dial into local ISP. Get each users Brian mail from the local ISP. e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. I presume the mail gateway software Brian can read a userlist file ?? Brian 2. Each PC user would then check the Linux mail server by Brian using a Windows based mail package (e.g. Eudora) or telnet Brian to the Linux PC and use Unix Mail command from a login Brian shell. Brian Is it possible. Certainly. Brian What packages would you recommend for 1. mail gateway Brian software (e.g. fetchmail,sendmail etc) 2. to make the dial Brian up connection (ISP would allocate IP on login) For 2., the latest ppp package should be just what you need. It contains the ppp daemon (pppd) and some useful scripts for connecting and disconnecting (pon, poff, plog). For 1., I personally would not recommend fetchmail. On my system at least, it seems to have trouble communicating properly with the POP3 server at my ISP. I would recommend 'popclient', which used to be in the 'netstd' package. As of 1.2, however, I believe you have to look for it elsewhere. Also, if you want to use it, you can't have fetchmail installed, because the fetchmail package contains a 'popclient' which is actually a symbolic link to 'fetchmail'. As to whether popclient (and fetchmail, for that matter) can read a user list, automating them to retrieve mail for any number of users with a shell script run by 'cron' is trivial. Good luck, sounds like you're off to a good start. The next step is to convince your Winblows users that they'd be better off running Linux as well... -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail procmail troubles!
Mario == Mario Olimpio de Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mario I'm using popclient to retrieve mail from my Mario server. It's working fine, after a reinstall it. I didn't Mario ask to remove it. I was mystified by this, too. It appears that popclient has been obsoleted. It used to be in the netstd package but the new netstd package doesn't provide it. I solved this problem by installing the new 'fetchmail' package. I had to change my scripts, but now I've got everything working. I like the new 'pon' and 'poff' programs! -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.
Re: PPP Dial up help
Knight == Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Knight Ok Mr Newbie here again. I have been trying to get Debian Knight to connect to my local ISP threw an external modem. When I Knight issue the PON command it dials the connection fine, the Knight modems connect, but then the line drops. The PLOG stated Knight that I was dropped by the peer. I know I have to make a Knight config change someplace. I know my local IP assigns a IP Knight address to me each time I call, Where in Debian do I Knight configure this, in the options file??? If so what do I Knight need to change to make both systems stay connected and Knight happy. Make sure you have everything right in your /etc/ppp.chatscript file. If you examine /var/log/messages, look for lines like the following: Jan 4 22:31:55 goober chat[2710]: CONNECT 57600^M Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: ^M Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: host -- got it Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: send (ns^M) Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: expect (ogin) Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: : ns^M Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: login -- got it Jan 4 22:31:57 goober chat[2710]: send (ncutler^M) Jan 4 22:31:58 goober chat[2710]: expect (word) Jan 4 22:31:58 goober chat[2710]: :ncutler^M Jan 4 22:31:58 goober chat[2710]: Password -- got it Jan 4 22:31:58 goober chat[2710]: send (??) Jan 4 22:31:58 goober pppd[2709]: Serial connection established. Jan 4 22:31:59 goober pppd[2709]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 4 22:31:59 goober pppd[2709]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Jan 4 22:32:02 goober pppd[2709]: local IP address 195.70.129.138 Jan 4 22:32:02 goober pppd[2709]: remote IP address 195.70.130.20 Obviously, these are from a functioning system. But the equivalent lines on yours should help you track down the cause of the problem. HTH -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PPP connect using pon / poff / plog scripts
Andrew == Andrew Martin Adrian Cater [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andrew Help, I can connect to my ISP using pon as root: when I Andrew attempted to use this as user amacater, I got cannot read Andrew /etc/ppp.chatscript errors: chmod 755 cured this for Andrew /etc/ppp.chatscript and /etc/ppp.options_out but I now Andrew get: cannot execute /usr/sbin/pppd - permission denied. Andrew I know that pppd is suid, owned by root with group of dip Andrew - what do I need to do next. I am *very* unclear on suid Andrew so would appreciate any help here - apologies for a Andrew possible FAQ. I remember having the exact same behavior on my system. Here is an 'ls -l' listing for pppd: -rwsr-x--x 1 root dip 75944 Dec 8 01:54 /usr/sbin/pppd* Note that the group 'dip' has read and execute permissions, and other only have execute permission. I'm not exactly sure why (I'm not too clear on SUID root myself), but I was able to solve the problem by adding myself to the the group 'dip' in /etc/group. Perhaps doing a 'chmod o+r /usr/sbin/pppd' as root would do the trick as well? (Haven't tried this, though.) -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OK to install across 2 HDs?
Joseph == Joseph L Hartmann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joseph I have two HD's. Right now only one is hooked up -- it is Joseph my hda, a 1.6G Western Digital, running Redhat. I wish to Joseph hook up in addition a 340 Meg Connor. I would like that Joseph to be the slave so that I can keep my WD stuff where it Joseph is. I want to install Debian on the 340 Meg drive until I Joseph convince myself if I want Debian on the 1.6G drive. I was in a very similar situation once. I had a machine with two disks and a CD-ROM, a functional Red Hat on one disk, and a trial Debian on the other. Joseph would like to boot up on either one. How do I arrange Joseph that? The second one would be hdb, would it not? That depends on how your hardware is configured. Most modern motherboards have two IDE ports -- called primary and secondary. Each port can handle two drives, a master and a slave. On all the boards I've worked with (a total of three :-), Linux sees the primary master drive as /dev/hda, the primary slave drive as /dev/hdb, the secondary master as /dev/hdc and the secondary slave as /dev/hdd. Thus, if you have hda, and hdb, both drives are connected using one cable to the primary IDE port on the motherboard (or controller card). If you want to boost performance, you can try moving the slave drive to the secondary port. Make sure you know how to set the jumpers on the drives to let them know that they'll be alone on their respective ports, though! Joseph disturbing my running system. Can I get lilo to boot Joseph from either drive? How? Put a kernel image somewhere on both of them and the put clauses in your /etc/lilo.conf file for the two different drives. Something like this: image = /vmlinuz-2.0.27 root = /dev/hda1 label = First_Drive read-only image = /vmlinuz-2.0.27 root = /dev/hdb1 label = Other_Drive read-only Joseph I have a controller card, el-cheapo $19.00, that controls Joseph 2 IDE HD's, 2 Floppies, 2 Serial Ports and 1 Parallel Joseph Printer port. Aha! Here's perhaps the source of your confusion: your controller card only has one IDE port. Thus, your dilemma is solved -- you don't have the option of putting the second disk on the secondary port. For you, the master disk will be /dev/hda and the slave /dev/hdb. Joseph Sorry for my elementary questions. Any advice will be Joseph appreciated. No need to apologize. Just try to help out others with similar problems once you have learned the ropes. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Password
Chuma == Chuma Agbodike [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chuma Today I booted linux and it won't let me in. I log in as Chuma root and give it CR at password prompt. Keeps rejecting Chuma me. Chuma How do I get around this? I hate to think that I have to re Chuma install from scratch after all the work I did getting it to Chuma where I like it. Try booting from your trusty rescue diskette (what? you don't have one?) (which will automatically log you in as root). Mount the root partition under /mnt or something appropriate to your rescue diskette and use 'vi' to edit /etc/passwd. An entry for 'root' with no password looks something like this: root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash (the space between the first and second colons should be empty). HTH -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie question on serial ports in Linux - please help!
Mikael == Mikael Bendtsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mikael And by which device should I call my modem which is Mikael connected to the second serial port? /dev/cua1 or Mikael /dev/ttyS1? Where can I find out more about this? The Linux guru community seems to be divided on this question. I had always read that the cua devnames are for _dialout_ connections, and the ttyS devices are for _dialin_ connections (or was it the other way around?)... But recently I installed mgetty+sendfax (useful if you want to receive faxes, but also need to dial-up capacity on the same line) and while browsing the docs, came upon the following tidbit: Some guys seemingly can't resist posting misinformation to the net all the time, don't believe 'em. The `/dev/cua*' devices are *not* different from the `/dev/ttyS*' devices concerning data flow or modem control lines. . . . We use `/dev/ttyS*' all the time for dial-in *and* for dial-out, and believe me, it works. . . . I'd recommend against using `/dev/modem' as a link to the real device, but if you do that, make it a *hard link* to the appropriate `/dev/ttyS*'. After reading this, I switched to an all ttyS system -- i.e. I use the ttyS device everywhere instead of the cua or /dev/modem devices, and everything works great. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install questions
Terrence == Terrence M Brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Terrence - how do I allow DOS to be booted Terrence from a LILO prompt? I had this same question and remember having to do more than the normal amount of manual reading to figure it out. Since the solution is extremely simple, this should not have been the case. Hopefully, this will save you from having to go through what I did. Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add the following clause to it: # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/hda1 label = msdog table = /dev/hda # loader = /boot/any_d.b # DOS bootable partition config ends Change '/dev/hda1' to the right device for your system (i.e. the partition on which you have msdog installed). If it doesn't work like that, try uncommenting the load = /boot/any_d.b line. If you have any trouble, feel free to contact me directly. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Corrupted superblock on msdog partition
Tom == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Nathan L. Cutler writes: By accident, I rebooted my box with an msdog partition mounted manually (i.e. it is not in /etc/fstab). Now, msdog can't access the partition, and linux says the superblock is corrupt when I try to mount it with mount -t msdos. Tom I don't know what happened, but I do this sort of thing all Tom the time (i.e. reboot system with manually mounted Tom partitions). I've yet to run into this sort of problem. What Tom release are you running? I'm running a modified 1.1 system. The whole question is moot now, because I've moved the disk that contains the damaged partition to another box. I think one of two things happened: (1) the msdog partition was not synced when I rebooted and the reboot left it in an unstable state, or (2) DOSEMU (which I was running on the partition as well) left the partition in an unstable state when I exited. Today I realized a long-time dream of mine -- I built myself a second box for msdog and NT. Hopefully, I'll never have to run two operating systems on one machine again! I have both boxes connected to the same monitor, keyboard and mouse through a mechanical A/B switch (a local firm custom makes them). If there's anybody out there who is fed up with continually rebooting their machine because they are forced to run Windows software against their better judgment, I highly recommend this solution. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie X-WIndows Installation questions
Miller == Eamiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Miller I am brand new to the Linux operating system, and have Miller been trying to install XFree86 on my system. My first Miller question is, should I get 3.2 from Xfree86.org, or is Miller there a specific Debian package that I can use? Next, do Miller I download the aout files, or the elf files? I have tried Miller both with no success. When I undo all of the required Miller files I get various errors when I try to run XF86Setup. Miller Anything from missing library files to a missing card Miller file. I really need more detailed info then XFree86 gives Miller me. Do I untar the files in the root directory, or the Miller /usr/X11R6 directory that I create myself. Right now I am Miller totally lost, and desperately seeking help. I would recommend getting a full Debian distribution (1.2 is the current stable one). Then, run 'dselect' to choose which packages you want on your system. If 'dselect' has found the distribution correctly, it will offer you a rich variety of packages to choose from. There's a whole section for X11. As a minimum, you'll need xbase, xfntbase, and an X server or two (xserver-vga16 and one for your particular video card). That should allow you to get X running, then you can install more X packages as you see fit. If you're a newbie, don't worry too much about which version of X you're getting. Get whichever version comes with the particular distribution you are installing. Most likely it will be 3.1.2 -- so be it. It's a tried and true X system and you're much less likely to have problems with it than if you get the newest version at any cost. Also, many many more people can help you with 3.1.2 than with 3.2, since 3.2 is extremely new. Let the experts get used to it first, and then do what they do. Hope this helps. If it doesn't, feel free to send me a personal mail. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: select+paste does not work under X/Debian 1.2
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote: I would like to copy lines across opened xterm windows: to select a few lines with the left-button, then to go the another window and paste the selected text pressing the right button (or the left+right together). Why I cannot do it ? Hints ? It isn't the _right_ mouse button that is generally set to paste, but rather the _middle_ button. So, if you only have a two-button mouse (not so good for X in any case), it must be set up to send the code for the middle button when both buttons are pressed at once (the so-called chord click). I'm not exactly certain how to set this up correctly in your case, since I don't know what kind of mouse you have and what its capabilities are. --- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corrupted superblock on msdog partition
Hi. By accident, I rebooted my box with an msdog partition mounted manually (i.e. it is not in /etc/fstab). Now, msdog can't access the partition, and linux says the superblock is corrupt when I try to mount it with mount -t msdos. Is there any way to recover from this mistake or should I kiss my data goodbye? TIA Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual-Boot on a non-sys disk
Eric == Eric Budd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric Now I have someone that wants to install a dual-boot Eric win'95/Linux system, but the only available hard drive space Eric is on drive E: (a new gig drive). Can I just set it to a Eric boot disk in the BIOS, repartition the new drive and pray Eric that it works? Or do i need to install it to the C: drive? What OS is the box running now? If it is running Linux, and you want to install Win-BLOWS 95, I think (but am not sure) that Win-BLOWS will want to install itself on the first primary partition of the first hard drive. It rewrites the boot sector, too, so make certain you have a Linux boot/rescue disk ready, 'cause otherwise you'll find it difficult to get back into Linux! On the other hand, if the box is currently running Win-BLOWS 95 and you have an extra partition handy, installing Linux on it should be no problem. Linux is content to reside on any partition on any disk, including logical partitions. HTH -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pgp packages, where are they?
* == Alexander Gieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've looked all over and can't seem to find the pgp packages. Where might I find them? * See at ftp://ftp.lh.umu.se/pub/linux/debian-non-US I found them at ftp.pgp.net. There's no .deb package there, but there is an RPM, which I unpacked with 'alien'. I had to install it manually, though. Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xconsole problem
Hello! I'm hoping somebody can help me with a problem I'm having with xconsole. I'm running a Debian 1.1 system and have recently upgraded to XFree86 3.2, but I was having the exact same problem before as well. When I run 'xconsole' as a non-root user, I get the following message (inside the xconsole window): Couldn't open console /dev/console is linked to /dev/tty1, which I believe is the first virtual terminal, and indeed, console messages appear there, instead of in the xconsole window. Anybody have any idea what to do with this conundrum? Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
