Re: can't ifconfig dummy
Hi Bill! On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Bill Roman wrote: Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Am I the dummy here? The same happened to me, until I realized that the interface should be called 'dummy0' (or 1, 2, etc...) Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.
Re: module cdu31a fails on insert
Hi Michael! On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The drive is defaulted onto 0x340; when I try to add a parameter to the module insertion it either fails the same way or gives me an invalid parameter message. Have you tried with the following parameter? cdu31a_port=0x340 Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.
Re: Installing Netscape with dpkg
Hi Ken! On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Ken Gaugler wrote: Dpkg specifically asks for the beta 4 binary; can I get away with using one of the newer binaries? Do I need to tweak anything to get it to install using dpkg? This is what I've done. I got the 3.0b7 binary from their site; then grabbed the 3.0b6 installer (source form) from ftp.debian.org (under the rex hierarchy) and slightly modified it to use the 3.0b7 package (I don't remember exactly the modifications, they were slight). Then it worked, and it didn't seem to break anything. I'll tell you when I upgrade Netscape again! g Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.
IPX and loopback
Hi! Why does kerneld load the IPX module while the localhost's loopback interface is being set up? (ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1) I see no need to it... stracing ifconfig shows that it makes an IPX call (and also an AX.25 and some other calls). This didn't happened with and old Slackware based installation, and, altough harmless (the module gets cleanly unloaded) annoys me a bit. Any ideas? Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.
Non debian packages
Hi! I've upgraded to Debian 1.1 two days ago and have some doubts... I used to have installed lots of packages I couldn't find in a debianized form (fetchpop, ImageMagick, and lots more). I see several alternatives, but I'd like a recommendation... 1) Wait till somebody releases a debianized package (I don't think this will be the best, though) 2) Install everything as it comes under /usr/local, and keep the mess confined there. (A last resort, isn't it?) 3) Make an attempt to 'debianize' the packages, installing them under /usr/local with dpkg (my 'own debianization', in fact). 4) Try to debianize the packages in a FSSTND compliant way, to eventually install them with dpkg. (I'd need a spare year... g) Of those four, I like best the 3rd, but I've got to learn how to make a good debianized package (I've already updated to lynx 2.5 and xwpe 1.4.2, byt that was just a matter of 'manual diffing') Any recommendations? Bye Good Luck! Pablo B.
