Re: How to power off the PC after shutdown
On Thursday 14 March 2002 6:41 pm, Panuganty, Ramesh wrote: > On my system (Intel815), the APM doesn't work with any of these options. > I also tried the "real mode APM Bios call" option. No use. > > I had to use ACPI to have the system powered off. APM doesn't work for > me. > Using a standard debian kernel I added 'apm power_off=1' to /etc/modules and it works for me although not Intel815. Nick
Re: ADSL & USB
On Thursday 22 November 2001 1:34 pm, Vittorio wrote: > I'd like to use an ADSL modem via USB. > > Is there anyone out there having experience of such ADSL modems under > woody? > > Suggestions about particular makes? > > Thanks > Vittorio Hi, I'm connecting using ADSL and a Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem and it works brilliantly although it was a pain getting it set up. There is a GPL driver for it and Alcatel have released a binary management application which you have to download from their website. For more info - http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ 2.4.15 kernel includes pppoatm so you don't need to patch the kernel anymore. I had a bit of trouble getting hotpluging working with Debian (worked with Redhat) but got it working eventually so if you need anymore info just say. Nick
Re: Getting Linux to start a few daemons , I want , at startup
On Sunday 25 November 2001 3:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wish to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start , at a run-level , > say run-level 5 (so far , it has not been assossiated with any run-level) > ., and /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop , while shutting down . > Check out update-rc.d
Re: arc archiver - where can I find it?
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:53 am, Dragos wrote: > I'm trying to compile amavisd and complains about not having found the arc > archiver; an apt-search reveals nothing (or it is named different)?! > > thanks, dragos ark
Re: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Setup...
Check out /var/log/syslog that's the important one (When I changed from Redhat to Debian that was one of the most annoying mistakes I made) If you need any more help I'd be happy to help. Nick On Monday 03 December 2001 1:45 pm, Ben Hill wrote: > Hi, > > As a few of you will know ;), I have been trying to set up my Alcatel > SpeedTouch > USB modem for about 2 weeks now and I must be getting close! :) > > I have the usb hotplugging working, the speedmgmt stuff working etc. The > problem is that I still can't connect to the internet. The process is that > I do a lsmod and make sure that the speedtouch module and the usb-uhci > modules are there, then I plug the USB modem in. After that do a ps-ef | > grep mgmt to see if the speedmgmt driver is running, it is. > > Then when I have watched the modem light sync in the right order, I run > "pppd" manually. The output is something like: > > pppd[1234]: PPPoATM plugin_init > pppd[1234]: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm > pppd[1234]: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS > > ...then nothing else. As you can see the line: > > Dec 3 13:29:30 kungfoo kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1 > > ...is in the /var/log/messages file. > > I have included the /var/log/messages section all pertaining to a reboot > and then plugging in the modem and running pppd. > > Any help would be great! And thanks to all you that have helped me already! > > Cheers, > > Ben > > --- > > b e n @ j a v a c o d e r . n e t - w w w . j a v a c o d e r . n e t > > "The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the > changer of worlds" > - D'Ni proverb > > > ---START OF /VAR/LOG/MESSAGES--- > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo syslogd 1.3-3#33.1: restart. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: klogd 1.3-3#33.1, log source = /proc/kmsg > started. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.14 > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Loaded 16764 symbols from > /boot/System.map-2.4.14. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.14. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Loaded 5 symbols from 1 module. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Linux version 2.4.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc > version 2.95.2 2220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #20 Sun Dec 2 23:32:01 GMT 2001 > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: - > 0009fc00 (usable) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - > 000a (reserved) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: 000f - > 0010 (reserved) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: 0010 - > 077f (usable) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: 077f - > 077f8000 (ACPI data) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: 077f8000 - > 0780 (ACPI NVS) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: BIOS-e820: - > 0001 (reserved) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 30704 > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: zone(1): 26608 pages. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: zone(2): 0 pages. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux > ro root=301 BOOT_FILE=/vmlinuz > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Initializing CPU#0 > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Detected 846.865 MHz processor. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 1690.82 BogoMIPS > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Memory: 118272k/122816k available (1358k > kernel code, 4156k reserved, 437k data, 220k init, 0k highmem) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Dentry-cache hash table entries: 16384 > (order: 5, 131072 bytes) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: > 4, 65536 bytes) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: > 2, 16384 bytes) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 > (order: 2, 16384 bytes) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: > 5, 131072 bytes) > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 256K > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on > CPU#0. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: CPU serial number disabled. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: CPU: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping > 0a > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception > support... done. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > Dec 3 13:19:08 kungfoo kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at > 0xf0200, last bus=1 > Dec 3 13:19:0
New to debain
Hi, I just installed debian after having a bad experience with Mandrake 8.1. I've always used Redhat or Mandrake before this and never Debian so I've got a couple of problems that I haven't been able to find the answer to. I started with Debian 2.2r2 and I've upgrade to sid. How do I change the keymap for the console (permanently) ? Should I edit /etc/init.d/keymap.sh directly ? I have to do 'loadkeys uk' after every boot. The modules for my sound card and USB ADSL modem don't load automatically on boot I've tried editing /etc/modutils/actions and running update-modules but without any success (not sure of the syntax). The soundcard is a SoundBlaster Value (emk10k1) and its a Speedtouch Modem. They both work fine once I run modprobe for each one but I'd prefer not to have to do it everytime I boot. I would like thank everyone involved in Debian for a stunning distribution and I don't know why I didn't change sooner. Thanks for any help. Nick Sanders
Re: New to debain
On Thursday 11 October 2001 3:42 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 03:07:42PM +0100, Nick Sanders wrote: > > How do I change the keymap for the console (permanently) ? Should I edit > > /etc/init.d/keymap.sh directly ? I have to do 'loadkeys uk' after every > > boot. > > dpkg-reconfigure console-common > > This works on recent versions at least. Thanks, worked a treat. I did try dpkg-reconfigure console-tools (As loadkeys as in the console-tools package) and I couldn't understand why didn't bother asking but just went ahead set the keys to US. Also got the modules working - Thanks Hal Thanks again Nick PS. Sorry I spelt debian wrong
Re: ASDL with potato? FreeSWAN with potato?
> Can I get ASDL with British Telecom to work under potato, and if so how? The short answer is no, you need a 2.4 kernel to get the USB Alcatel Speedtouch modem to work for more info check out the url below. http://www.linuxdude.co.uk/docs/Alcatel-Speedtouch-USB-mini-HOWTO/speedtouchusb.html To upgrade to 2.4 check out http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html I installed potato then upgraded modutils etc and then followed the instructions in the howto (Luckily I had a dual boot to Win98 to download everyting I needed). Anyway I got the ADSL working after a few problems (I still can't get hotplug to work properly) and it works like a dream (With windows the connections kept stalling). If you do attempt it I'd be happy to answer any questions that arise. I'm running a 2.4.8-ac12 as that's the latest kernel I could get to work. The latest ac kernel have pppoatm but I couldn't get the module to load (2.4.10-ac10). Good luck Nick
Re: Mozilla 0.9.5, font sizes
> > http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/test_css.html > > > > It has font styles with 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 20 point fonts. > > On my display 8 - 14 are exactly the same, 16 is a bit larger, and > > 20 is a bit larger than that. > > no problems here at all! all fonts showed properly, with different > sizes. > > I'm using woody, wmaker, mozilla 0.9.5 from unstable, with xfs and xfstt > On mine (sid) 'Ten point' is smaller than 'Eight point' and 'Sixteen point' is smaller than 'Fourteen point'. I haven't iinstalled xfs or xfstt and there are font problems with other apps (eg KDE Help Center, xmms) so it looks like a system setup problem not mozilla or package problem to me.
Re: I need some advice on :
> I have heard about something called TDS (not Tax Deducted / Stolen > at Source) .I presume that it is a database (an RDBMS) . Please correct me > if I am wrong . TDS is used by Sybase and Microsoft for client to database server communications. See - http://www.freetds.org/ Nick
Re: which package contains file domainname ?
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 1:33 pm, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Shaul Karl wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which > >> package contains 'domainname' package hostname contains dnsdomainname
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41
Hi, I tried using a stock debian 2.4 kernel (kernel-image-2.4.17-k7) for the first time before now I've been compiling vanilla kernels. I get the following message while booting (after the LVM probing devices message) cramfs: wrong message Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41 I know this has been mentioned before but I can't see any solution, I've added initrd=/initrd.img (which points to /boot/initrd.img-2.4.17-k7) to lilo.conf and run lilo - below is my lilo.conf Thanks Nick -- # Generated by liloconfig # Specifies the boot device boot=/dev/hda # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. # If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the # device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root # has been changed with -r , the respective device is used. If the # variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the # kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program. root=/dev/hdb1 # Enables map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map # smaller. Using COMPACT is especially recommended when booting from a # floppy disk. compact # Install the specified file as the new boot sector. # If INSTALL is omitted, /boot/boot.b is used as the default. install=/boot/boot.b # Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should # wait before booting the first image. LILO # doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero. delay=20 # Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is # omitted, a file /boot/map is used. map=/boot/map initrd=/initrd.img # Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when # booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored): # NORMAL select normal 80x25 text mode. # EXTENDED select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be # abbreviated to EXT. # ASK stop and ask for user input (at boot time). # use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes # can be obtained by booting with vga=ask and pressing [Enter]. vga=normal default=2.4.16 image=/vmlinuz label=linux append=" hdd=ide-scsi" read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=old append=" hdd=ide-scsi" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16 label=2.4.16 append=" hdd=ide-scsi" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=win ---
Re: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41
Sorry, I've found the problem my fault I was playing with ext3 about the time it came in the kernel and for some reason the filesystem was identified as ext3 but was ext2. Sorry again Nick
Re: (Kinda OT) What makes Debian cool?
> Hmmm... I must have missed the easy way to set up my sound card in > Debian. In Windows, it was automatically recognised and configured and > just worked. Is there really an easier way in Debian? Apparently (I > haven't tried it) I have to actually either recompile my kernel, or at > least a module, and choose which software to use... I've been saving > the messages on this list about sound setup, but it doesn't look like it > will be anywhere near as easy as it was in Windows, never mind easier. > I'll dive into it one day when I can allocate a few uninterruped hours. > > And then there's my CD burner and my printer to set up, both of which > "just worked" under Windows. > Have a look at kudzu it might help you but personnally I would try apt-get install doc-linux-html and look at /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html Good Luck Nick
Re: ext3 on Debian woody
> You can use ext3 as a module if ext2 is also a module, I believe. > That's why the stock 2.4.17-686 kernel works with ext3 out of the box, > whereas 2.4.17-386 and 2.4.17-k7 and probably all others don't--they > have ext2 built into the kernel. 2.4.17-k7 boots my ext3 root partition fine it has ext2 and ext3 both as modules.
