USB wireless
Does anyone know of a USB wireless device that can be used under Linux without too much effort? Thanks Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ Required disclaimer: Any opinion expressed herein is my own. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: playing DVD movies and .avi files (fwd)
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 02:28:05 + > From: Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: playing DVD movies and .avi files > > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 0:10:31 UTC, Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings everyone! > > > > I have a camera which has the option of producing .avi movie files. I also > > have some movie DVDs I'd like to play. Some Web searching turned up > > cinelerria. There is an .rpm package at > > aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/heroines/cinelerra-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm > > but that has become a quagmire. > > > > The short question is: are there any other packages I can use? > > My favorite is mplayer. It is just an awesome package and can play > every video format I can think of. Add the following line to > /etc/apt/sources.list and install the corresponding packagewhich > matches with your architecture. > > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main Thank you. Just what I'm looking for. One hint to others who might read this: Make sure of your distribution. For me the line is deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main > > Everything should be fine once you install it. If you have trouble > getting the movie in full screen, check the -vo option in the manual > page and choose a different output plugin. > > hth > raju > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
playing DVD movies and .avi files
Greetings everyone! I have a camera which has the option of producing .avi movie files. I also have some movie DVDs I'd like to play. Some Web searching turned up cinelerria. There is an .rpm package at aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/heroines/cinelerra-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm but that has become a quagmire. The short question is: are there any other packages I can use? For those of you wo might be interested why cinelerra didn't work, here are excerpts from my log. Oh, and also, is is safe to purge the package that I forced? Thanks and regards Tom $ cinelerra cinelerra: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # cd /usr/X11R6/lib # ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a # ln -s libXv.so.1 libXv.so # ldconfig $ cinelerra cinelerra: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # ls libpng* libpng.so.2 libpng.so.2.1.0.12 libpng.so.3 libpng.so.3.1.2.1 Got libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb from sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/deb...bp/libpng3/ p# dpkg --install libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package libpng12-0. (Reading database ... 100541 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libpng12-0 (from libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpng12-0: libpng12-0 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.2.5-11.5. libpng12-0 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1); however: Version of zlib1g on system is 1:1.1.4-1.0woody0. dpkg: error processing libpng12-0 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libpng12-0ap# dpkg --install libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package libpng12-0. (Reading database ... 100541 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libpng12-0 (from libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpng12-0: libpng12-0 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.2.5-11.5. libpng12-0 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1); however: Version of zlib1g on system is 1:1.1.4-1.0woody0. dpkg: error processing libpng12-0 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libpng12-0 It is strange why an old package like libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7 should depend on a newer package libc6 2.3.2.ds1-4 than we have on the system (2.2.5-11.5). It seems like the newer version should work. The installed version of zlib1g is newer (1:1.1.4-1.0woody0) than what is required (1:1.2.1) so it should work. Let's be brave. # dpkg --force-depends-version --install libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb (Reading database ... 100552 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 (using libpng12-0_1.2.5.0-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpng12-0 ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpng12-0: libpng12-0 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4); however: Version of libc6 on system is 2.2.5-11.5. libpng12-0 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1); however: Version of zlib1g on system is 1:1.1.4-1.0woody0. dpkg: error processing libpng12-0 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libpng12-0 So it looks like the --force had no effect. Well, that's not true: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Images/Us/Lilibet/AtHome/2004$ cinelerra cinelerra: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory It looks like this whole cinelerra business is a bust. I saw on the Debian website that a request to make a cinelerra package has been pending for a couple of years. -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:19:06 -0400
> From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: what happened to KDE?
...
> OK. A quick comment: I would strongly recommend taking the time
> to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . . .in
> particular, the part about "Before You Ask". Searching the web,
> searching the archives for this mailing list, and scanning the
> documentation of the software for changes are all good things to
> try to solve your problem.
I spent about two hours searching the Debian website for anything relevant.
Nothing. But then, I was probably searching with the wrong keywords.
>
> I mention this because this first issue ("disappearing gdm sessions
> after upgrade") has been discussed in this mailing list about 10
> jillion times in the last few months. A careful search of the
> mailing list archives should answer this question for everyone.
> There's also an explanation for what happened in the docs for gdm,
> located at /usr/share/doc/gdm on your machine.
This would be surprising. The files is dated May 16. I did problem-free
updates on May 19 and May 21.
>
> You further say:
>
> > Creating a menu
> > entry requires an appropriate entry in /etc/gdm/Sessions for kde, but
> > there isn't one anymore.
>
> Right. That's what changed. From the changelog for gdm, located
> on your machine in /usr/share/doc/gdm/changelog.Debian.gz, we see . . .
>
> } gdm (2.4.4.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
> [ various changes snipped ]
> } * gdm no longer reads the Sessions directory to populate the menu
> }(closes: #218786)
> [ more snippage ]
> } * With the new Xsession.in that uses the Xsession.d dir to start up,
> }and the /etc/dm/Sessions dir supported by kdm and gdm for programs
> }to indicate they should be on the session list, all that's needed
> }is those programs to supply desktop files for /etc/dm/Sessions
> }(closes: #84396)
>
> Sessions aren't kept in /etc/gdm/Sessions anymore. Instead, they're
> in /etc/dm/Sessions. Putting a KDE session file there should do the
> trick.
Thanks. I went through that some months ago, did not enter it into my
log, and forgot it. Having said that, /etc/dm/Sessions contains:
Fvwm.desktop dated May 7 and default.desktop dated March 29.
You are right about the cups library issue you discuss below. I didn't
There were changes made to cups, packages removed, packages upgraded,
and packages installed. I can get the details from the log. However,
it seems that patience is going to provide the remedy.
I wish the developer speedy recovery.
> The second issue -- the fact that many of your KDE packages were
> de-installed . . .this one I'm not sure about, but were any of the
> packages you upgraded CUPS libraries? As was discussed here earlier
> today, unstable is currently missing the package libcupsys2. I
> think the package libcupsys2-gnutls is meant to replace it, and the
> two packages conflict with each other. If you upgraded "cupsys",
> that would have replaced libcupsys2 with libcupsys-gnutls. However,
> the package kdelibs4 currently in unstable was built against
> libcupsys2, and needs to be rebuilt against libcupsys-gnutls.
> Since it requires libcupsys2, an upgrade of CUPS causes kdelibs4
> to be removed; it can't be re-installed, because it requires
> libcupsys2, which is no longer present in unstable. As discussed
> in that earlier thread today ("Whom to ask about package system
> errors?"), the KDE maintainer who needs to deal with this is aware
> of the problem, but is very sick, and will do an upload when he
> is able.
>
> I don't know if that's what your problem is, but you might wanna
> check into it. If it isn't, it might be worth going back and seeing
> what packages you *did* install/upgrade, and using apt-cache or
> aptitude or p.d.o or whatever to find out why the KDE packages were
> driven out. That will help to fix things.
>
At this point, I'm going to wait a few days and try again.
Thanks for your help.
Tom
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Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:39:43 -0400 > From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:26:58 UTC > Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:19:06 -0400 > >> From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? > >... > >> Hi. First of all, there's no need to CC me with any of this stuff. > >> I read the list, obviously. > > > > The way 'elm' parses the header, if I reply only to you, no copy goes to > > the list. So, I do a 'group reply' to pick up what is on the Cc: line. > > OK, elm is broken. Nevertheless, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO CC ME. > Sending to only the list is fine. I read the list. It's generally > considered rude here to cc people with a second copy unless they > request them. It's especially rude to continue to do it after > they've asked you to stop, and even more so if the recipient is > someone who's taking time to try to be helpful. I accept your criticism and have found a work-around using 'forward'. > > With that out of the way . . . > ... > Given that you snipped the rest of the message I sent, I'm a little > worried that you thought I'd top-posted, and thought that what you > quoted was all I added. There was a bunch of stuff further below, > indicating what I think is up with your gdm installation and what I > think is up with KDE. You may have seen it and trimmed it; but due > to paranoia, I'm just making sure you caught it. > You are right on the mark there, so I'll go back and repond to that message. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:19:06 -0400 > From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > Hi. First of all, there's no need to CC me with any of this stuff. > I read the list, obviously. The way 'elm' parses the header, if I reply only to you, no copy goes to the list. So, I do a 'group reply' to pick up what is on the Cc: line. > > I think the problems you're having are two separate problems: one having > to do with the missing KDE session option in gdm, and the other having > to do with KDE being de-installed. > OK, you've confirmed my diagnosis. Right now, if you try to get kde back, you won't get the core parts. I trust it will be fixed soon. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:11:24 +1000 > From: Mal Beaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > > The only kde related command on my system now is /usr/bin/kdetrayproxy > > > > I think the Debian developers have made some policy decision without > > announcing it. > > ... > > I have seen this once before about 6 or so months ago but was rectified > very quickly > > I have checked bugs.debian.org but cant identify anything. My work mate > is looking into it today > Yes, I too saw it about that time and it was fixed in a day. I've been trying to update occasionally but the Debian sites often don't respond. Something is going on. Tomorrow maybe. Alas, I'm taking my laptop home for the weekend, so I guess I'll be learning gnome nilly-willy. Builds character! Cheers Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:47:35 -0400 > From: Alex Derkach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > I know this is a stupid question, but have you tried apt-get install > kde ? Yes. That is what I was doing with dselect. dselect is just a curses-based front-end for the apt commands. It gives a more visibilty into what is going on. The thing that really bugs me is that I've lost access to such things as my calendar because applications such as korganizer are no longer there. It's starting to be a wasted day. Regards Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:21:45 -0400 > From: Alex Derkach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > Why not just make a new /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE file? > I've included mine for reference. That's what I did the last time this happened, but it is no longer an option. The only kde related command on my system now is /usr/bin/kdetrayproxy I think the Debian developers have made some policy decision without announcing it. Cheers Tom > > * Tom Kuiper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:40:34 -0400 > > > From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? > > .. > > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:32:37 UTC > > > Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I few hours ago I upgraded the "unstable" version (2.4.20 kernel) with > > > > 'dselect' and found that a KDE log-in session was no longer an option. > > > > > > I don't know what you mean by "no longer an option." You tried to start > > > up KDE but it crashed? Your display manager no longer gives you a KDE > > > choice in some menu? KDE was de-installed? > > > > Aplogies for my vagueness. What I meant was that KDE is no longer listed > > as a session option in gdm log-in window. > > > > When I accepted the default recommended upgrades, many (but not all)?kde > > packages were removed. > > > > > > > > > > I've tried to force it back in but all that did was mess up Gnome a > > > > little. For example, the upper task bar is gone and the lower is empty. > > > > I can probably fix that, but I really want KDE back. Does anyone have > > > > any suggestions? > > > > > > I don't know what you mean by "force it back". You tried to re-install > > > KDE by hand? You tried to create a new menu entry in a display manager > > > for KDE? > > > > I used dselect to select the missing KDE packages. Creating a menu entry > > requires an appropriate entry in /etc/gdm/Sessions for kde, but there isn't > > one anymore. > > ... > #!/bin/sh > # > # /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE > # > # global KDE session file, used by gdm > > exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/startkde > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT
> From: "J M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT > Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:25:44 -0800 > > Debian won't boot, here's the synopsis of the problem: Most recently the > computer began crashing simple programs such as Abiword when attempting to > save as well as do other moderate tasks. Up until now, the OS has not given > me any trouble (had it for roughly 9 mo). The other night, Debian decided > not to boot, and started giving me attitude. The debian load screen comes > up, and the OS begins loading linux.bin off of the boot disk i use, it then > quits and says that it failed to load the kernel, and it says I must > 'switch' disk and retry, or eject the disk and press 'restart'. It sounds to me like your hard disk has failed. You might try using a rescue floppy and see if you can mount that disk. Maybe you can recover something. I recommend that you use smartmon to monitor the health of your disks. See Linux Journal a few months back. > > The only thing that I have done wrong is accidentally ejecting a disk > without unmounting (did this the day be4 the com wouldn't boot). Don't know > what OS i have, believe is is ver 2.88 (it's the version which was most > recent about 9 mo ago- when i got it). Any help is appreciated thx! > I don't think ejecting an unmounted disk is the cause. I've done that too. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what happened to KDE?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:40:34 -0400 > From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE? ... > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:32:37 UTC > Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I few hours ago I upgraded the "unstable" version (2.4.20 kernel) with > > 'dselect' and found that a KDE log-in session was no longer an option. > > I don't know what you mean by "no longer an option." You tried to start > up KDE but it crashed? Your display manager no longer gives you a KDE > choice in some menu? KDE was de-installed? Aplogies for my vagueness. What I meant was that KDE is no longer listed as a session option in gdm log-in window. When I accepted the default recommended upgrades, many (but not all) kde packages were removed. > > > > I've tried to force it back in but all that did was mess up Gnome a > > little. For example, the upper task bar is gone and the lower is empty. > > I can probably fix that, but I really want KDE back. Does anyone have > > any suggestions? > > I don't know what you mean by "force it back". You tried to re-install > KDE by hand? You tried to create a new menu entry in a display manager > for KDE? I used dselect to select the missing KDE packages. Creating a menu entry requires an appropriate entry in /etc/gdm/Sessions for kde, but there isn't one anymore. Regards Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what happened to KDE?
I few hours ago I upgraded the "unstable" version (2.4.20 kernel) with 'dselect' and found that a KDE log-in session was no longer an option. I've tried to force it back in but all that did was mess up Gnome a little. For example, the upper task bar is gone and the lower is empty. I can probably fix that, but I really want KDE back. Does anyone have any suggestions? Regards Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
krecord data dropouts
Greetings all. I'm trying to record music to a .wav file with krecord but I get a lot of dropouts in the recorded data. The resulting .wav file sounds like a skipping CD. I've got a reasonably fast system (1666.743 MHz processor) and I've deleted all other processes so my desktop is empty, except for krecord and one terminal window. I've tried the audio buffer with its default size and with both extremes. Results vary but none are satisfactory. Any advice would be appreciated. Best regards Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hosts.equiv not working FIXED
> From: Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: hosts.equiv not working > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Kuiper) > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:20:43 PDT > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > A recently configured Debian 2.2 (Linux 2.2.17) system does not allow > > password-free rlogin, even though I have configured /etc/hosts.equiv the > > same way as a 2.0.25 system which does. Is there something else I need > > to do? > > I've narrowed this problem down. It only is a problem for root. An > attempt to do 'rsh' gets me "Permission denied". Both /etc/hosts.equiv > and /.rhosts have the appropriate entries. > I got confused between Linux and HP-UX. The .rhosts needs to be in /root. Cheers Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
Re: hosts.equiv not working
> A recently configured Debian 2.2 (Linux 2.2.17) system does not allow > password-free rlogin, even though I have configured /etc/hosts.equiv the > same way as a 2.0.25 system which does. Is there something else I need > to do? I've narrowed this problem down. It only is a problem for root. An attempt to do 'rsh' gets me "Permission denied". Both /etc/hosts.equiv and /.rhosts have the appropriate entries. Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
Re: rlogin and rsh for potato?
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 20 15:00:13 PDT 2000 ... > I use rsh routinely on potato you did get the appropriate packages? > rsh-client and rsh-server? They are not installed by default. > You are right, Jeff. I somehow missed the rsh-server package the first time around. Tom
hosts.equiv not working
A recently configured Debian 2.2 (Linux 2.2.17) system does not allow password-free rlogin, even though I have configured /etc/hosts.equiv the same way as a 2.0.25 system which does. Is there something else I need to do? B.t.w., those who recall my earlier post, I got around the problem of the missing /usr/sbin/in.rlogind and /usr/sbin/in.rshd by getting copies of them from a (less paranoid?) Red Hat system. Cheers Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
rlogin and rsh for potato?
I just installed potato (2.2) on a new server and tried unsuccessfully to set up a daily rdist to it from an old machine running bo (2.0). After rdist failed, I discovered that rsh, which rdist uses by default, (and rlogin) are seriously disabled under potato. I guess it's a security feature. Not only are the services disabled in /etc/inetd.conf but the executables /usr/sbin/in.rsh and /usr/bin/in.rlogin don't exist. A search of the available packages with dselect did not turn up anything I could recognize. One option would be to run rdist with ssh, but I also can't find an ssh in the bo archive. For that matter, does potato support rsh? Any advice would be much appreciated. Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
libdl.so.2 for bo?
I'm trying to install StarOffice 5.1, which is said to be compatible with my linux 2.0.30. However, when I try to run the setup program: ./setup: error in loading shared libraries libdl.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Indeed, the version of libdl.so on my system is 1.8.12. Is there a way to upgrade without upgrading to a newer version of Debian? A search on "libdl" with dselect of the available bo packages turned up nothing, but I suppose libdl is included implicitly in another package. Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper p.s. In case you wonder, I haven't upgraded because my system works wonderfully, and I don't want to mess with it until I can spare some time for dealing with unexpected problems. -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
Re: How to get bo packages?
> Tom Kuiper wrote: > > Dear Joey and group, > > > > I'm sorry that my original posting was not clear. I did go to > > ftp://archive.debian.org/ but there is no Packages.gz file there, so > > dselect won't work. > > Maybe I haven't read careful enough, in that case... oups... update > manually. > I haven't done this before but reading the Debian User's Guide suggests that I should fine the appropriate .deb files on the ftp side, download them, and run 'dpkg -i file.deb'. Is that right? How's the weather in Denmark? Thanks and regards Tom -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
Re: How to get bo packages?
Dear Joey and group, I'm sorry that my original posting was not clear. I did go to ftp://archive.debian.org/ but there is no Packages.gz file there, so dselect won't work. Regarrds Tom > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:41:01 +0100 > From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How to get bo packages? > > Tom Kuiper wrote: > > Greetings. > > > > I'm still running `bo' and I would like to get a few additional packages. > > 'dselect' doesn't work anymore because it can't find Packages.gz anyway. > > I've poked around myself with ftp and with Netscape, and I can't find > > a bo distribution with a Packages.gz file. What can I do? > > ftp://archive.debian.org/ should still have them. > http:// > > Regards, > > Joey > -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
How to get bo packages?
Greetings. I'm still running `bo' and I would like to get a few additional packages. 'dselect' doesn't work anymore because it can't find Packages.gz anyway. I've poked around myself with ftp and with Netscape, and I can't find a bo distribution with a Packages.gz file. What can I do? I know that I should upgrade. I even have the disks. However, I got scared off when I did a fresh installation on another computer and found that the disks did not include non-free packages I depend on. I don't have a spare few days to work around those kinds of problems. Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
How to diable mail relaying in smail
I need to disable mail relaying on my system. I have smail 3.2.0.92-3, which came as the default with my Debian system, installed. We cannot figure out how to turn off mail relaying (an institutionally required anti-spam measure), since smail does not use a sendmail.cf file. Can anyone advise? The only alternative would be to install sendmail in place of smail, but wouldn't that be a step backwards? Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
recs1440.bin boot fails in SCSI init
While booting an AST Premmia LX P/60 from a resc1440.bin or resc1440-safe.bin disk (images from the official 2.1 CD-ROM) the booting hangs during the SCSI initialization. It gets this far: ... (scsi0) found at PCI 14/0 (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 412 instructions. The same computer boots fine from a previous COL 1.1 kernel on its (SCSI) hard disk. In that case the SCSI driver is identified as aic7xxx. An almost identical machine (more meomory, IDE hard disk) works fine from a Slackware kernel which is a little over a year old and also uses the aic7xxx driver. I would be grateful for suggestion on working around this problem. Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?
> From: Brian Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Adrian Monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? > > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaleh wrote: > > > The various office suites for Linux have slide presenters in them. I am > > fairly sure that both Star Office and Applixware do. There may also be > > a generic slide tool presenter. However I am sure the GUI lacks a great > > deal compared to a professional office. These office suites are NOT > > free, but they are not that expensive either. > > > StarOffice 4.0 is still free. Check out http://www.stardivision.com. I've > never tried Applixware but from what I've seen and heard StarOffice is the > best Office suite around for Linux. Good luck finding what you need. > I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity to study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported, though the files should not have been saved with the "Fast Save" option. I have received a number of files which I suspect are WinWord 97 for which I got the message "no filter available". Also, WordPerfect files are not recognized. In summary, Star Office 4.0 looks like a nice office package, but its interoperability isn't super. The Web site lists Star Office 5.0 features which include filters for Word 97, AmiPro, WordPro, WordPerfect, PowerPoint97, Excel 97, etc., etc. Looks like a nice product but I couldn't tell if it is available yet and how much it costs. One nice thing. It doesn't violate the Debian scheme because it installs in the user's home directory. On a real multi-user system, there is a 'net install' option, for which a deb package should be created, but I suspect that most Debian systems are really single user workstations. Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Bulletin Board SOftware
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 1 12:12 PDT 1998 > > I am working to develop a Intranet for my company and one of the suggestions > is to use Debian. One of the features needed is a bulletin board. Is there > any software available to implement it(esp. in Debian).. > Check out WebBBS at http://awsd.com/scripts/. We use it and are quite happy with it. It is a Perl script, so you'll need Perl too. Good luck Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
adding pcmcia module for updated kernel
I recently installed the 2.0.33 kernel. Now I want to add the pcmcia module, which is in a separate package. This module is already installed for the previous version of the kernel, 2.0.30. I strongly suspect that I cannot just create a pointer to /lib/modules/2.0.30/pcmcia in /lib/modules/2.0.33. 'dselect' will not let me re-install the pcmcia module because it is already installed. I don't want to remove it and re-install it, because then 2.0.30 wont have a pcmcia module anymore, and I'm not yet ready to trust the new kernel completely. I can think of some work-arounds but I'd like to know if there is an approved way around this problem. Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing netscape 3.04
I downloaded the Netscape-3.04 installer from http://cgi.debian.org/www-master/debian.org/Packages/unstable/web/netscape3.html The download was transparent, that is, my current netscape (3.01) did not ask me where to put it. I assumed that it was put somewhere where dselect would find it. I then got the Netscape 3.04 tar file from ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/archive. (The link on the Debian 3.04 download page is out of date.) I put the tar.gz file in /tmp, assuming that the Debian installation would be similar to what it was for 3.01. I next tried dselect/Install, but the package was not found. What did I do wrong? Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper -- PLEASE DO NOT SEND MAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] The host 'kuiper' is my laptop. It will not always be available. -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.78.48.2) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
