fw:[oclug] moving an open file
I'm forwarding this question from a local linux user group list. I thought someone could help. -- Todd Harper4 out of 5 dentists agree that 1 out of 5 dentists [EMAIL PROTECTED]is an idiot. ---forwarded-message> In Slackware, I could be downloading a file in minicom then go to another VC and move the file to another directory without interrupting the file's growth. In debian, I can't do that anymore. Is there a way to switch this back on again? Why would they interfere with this capability? ORIGINAL.HEADER Description: Binary data
re:Disapearing /dev/tty0's
Sorry for a late reply... > This is what they look like normally: > tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450 > tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > tty03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16450 > > BUT two times now, this has happened when the system boots up: > > tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450 > tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450 Well, I recently had a problem where my floppy, 2 serial ports (mouse and modem), and probably my parallel port too all disappeared. I discovered that my I/O controller card was not pushed down all the way. Some questions tho: what are tty0x devices? Should it be ttySx? You seem to have two serial ports on irq 3. Is that causing any problems? Strange that tty01 changed from 16550A to 16450. Typo? -- Todd Harper4 out of 5 dentists agree that 1 out of 5 dentists [EMAIL PROTECTED]is an idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re:Modem config
In message "Modem config", [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What is the current standard for device files? I have a pcmcia > modem. Previously it worked fine with /dev/cua1 under my Slackare > Linux. Debian appears to have gone to some other device files or > naming system. (I think it tried to put /dev/modem --> /dev/ttyS0 > which didn't work for me.) > > Anyway, I pointed /dev/modem to /dev/cua1 on the partition with my > Slackware partition. That works fine, but where should it really go? /dev/ttyS1 The mapping is: Old New Dos ~ ~~ /dev/cua0 --> /dev/ttyS0 --> COM1 /dev/cua1 --> /dev/ttyS1 --> COM2 /dev/cua2 --> /dev/ttyS2 --> COM3 /dev/cua3 --> /dev/ttyS3 --> COM4 The /dev/cua[1-4] devices are obsolete in Linux (it's not just Debian). All your software using serial devices should point to the ttyS[1-4] devices (your mouse, modem,...). The reason for the move to the new ttyS devices has something to do with device locking. Someone more knowledgable could expand on this. -- Todd Harper4 out of 5 dentists agree that 1 out of 5 dentists [EMAIL PROTECTED]is an idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update
> > do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is > > not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it > > by hand? > >I've wondered about what exactly bo-updates is too, along with > if/when/how one should install these packages and/or integrate them into > dselect. I would say that bo-updates is a holding tank for packages intended to become part of Debian-1.3.2 when it gets released. Consider it the "unstable" part of "stable" until the testing group gives those packages its blessing. If you need/want any of those packages, you will have to install them with dpkg by hand. -- Todd Harper"Initiating 'getting-us-the-hell-out-of-here' [EMAIL PROTECTED] maneuver." -- Lennier, B5 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re:"ALT" key doesn't work in X, affecting emacs especially.
> The ALT key in X11 isn't working right. I have just installed XFree86, the > SVGA server for the Matrox Millenium (4MB WRAM), and I am not sure what I > did or didn't do, or could have done to make this key work right. Is it the > Keyboard setup in the installation of the Debian system? Is it xterm? Is > it the server? Is it the way I set things up? I uncommented a line in > /etc/X11/XF86Config making Left ALT a meta key---i made no difference. A friend of mine had a problem with the Alt/Meta key in emacs, and it turned out that the Meta key was the "windows" key on his Microsoft Natural keyboard. Otherwise you may have to try playing with xmodmap, or enabling/disabling the xkeyboard stuff in the X configuration. -- Todd Harper"Initiating 'getting-us-the-hell-out-of-here' [EMAIL PROTECTED] maneuver." -- Lennier, B5 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re:Dead list?
> Has this list died? I've received 0 messages all day and little more in > the previous 2 days. > > What's happening here? Knowing little about list servers and their capabilities, is it possible to somehow automate a system to let you know what lists you are currently subscribed to? Something along the lines of sending a message to (say) [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "list subscribed" in the body, and it will send back a message saying debian-user, debian-announce, ... Or perhaps a web interface to it (syncing the lists between list and web server would be interesting). At least that way, you would know that you haven't been kicked off the list for whatever reason. Any other ideas? BTW: Mail is still steadily pouring in here. -- Todd Harper"Initiating 'getting-us-the-hell-out-of-here' [EMAIL PROTECTED] maneuver." -- Lennier, B5 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Where is my .xsession file?
In message "Where is my .xsession file?", [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > OK, I created my own .xsession file just like yours. I exited Xwindows and i > get the login Xwindow prompt. I login as root (the .xsession file is in > /root) > everything looks the same. What am I doing wrong? Do I have to kill xdm? Make sure that your ~/.xsession is executable. user:~> chmod u+x .xsession Also make sure that in /etc/X11/config that there is a line that says something along the lines of 'allow-user-xsession' (I'm not on my linux box right now). Otherwise, users are stuck with the system Xsession. You shouldn't have to restart xdm. > > Alberto Ruiz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Thu, 15 May 1997, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > > > > > I did a search for .xsession and it was not found anywhere on my system. > > > Isn't > > > xdm or any of the other Xwindow program suposse to create it or a least > > > come > > > with templeates or default files? > > > > You create one in your home directory. The bare minimum is: > > > > my ~/.xsession file > > > > #!/bin/sh > > exec afterstep > > > > --Rick > > > > Unsolicited commercial/propaganda email subject to legal action. Under US > > Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), Sec.227(b)(1)(C), and Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a > > State may impose a fine of NOT LESS than $500 per message. Read the full > > text of Title 47 Sec 227 at http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html > > > > > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- Todd Harper"Damn it Smithers, this isn't rocket science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's brain surgery!" -- Mr. Burns -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: motherboard
> I hate windows.I hate having to fight the machine every step of the > way, and I really hate working in the dark with an alleged OS which is > being so 'user-friendly' that it prevents you from finding out what is > really going on. If CorelDraw ever becomes available for Linux, then > win95 goes (even if it's a java app - java is pretty flaky but nowhere > near as bad as win95) http://www.uk.linux.org/LxCommercial.html About halp way down is the "Graphics and Visualization" section, and CorelDraw 3.5 is listed. More info directly at: http://www.caldera.com/solutionsCD/Products/Corel/Info/draw35.htm Hark! Is that the sound of a Win95 partition being deleted? :-> -- Todd Harper"Damn it Smithers, this isn't rocket science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's brain surgery!" -- Mr. Burns -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
On the subject of debian mailing lists...
Is there a way to check if I am or am not subscribed to a particular debian mailing list? I would hate to find out "the hard way" that I have been accidentally removed or re-added to a list due to a mail server problem. Cheers, -- Todd Harper"Damn it Smithers, this isn't rocket science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's brain surgery!" -- Mr. Burns -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
