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I got a 486 machine that I have installed Debian 1.31 version on. It has a 3COM 3C905 tx PCI card in it. The system does not recognize the PCI card. Do I need to get something and recompile the kernal in order for linux to see the pci card? Tony Koehn This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Praise the Lord it worked......
Well after weeks and days of trying I finally got this thing to work.., [EMAIL PROTECTED] your method of fixing this worked and was straight to the point. I do appreciate everyones efforts in helping me out with this particular problem. I have seen several comments posted about what the docs do and don't say when installing. This was one of those situations that the documentation sayed nothing about. It would be nice to have who ever takes care of the web sites to at least post this particular problem and solution there. Once again, Thanks for everyones help. Tony Koehn Our Town USA, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] DW>Ok, here is the problem: DW>The current base disk has an older version of libc5 than the one in the DW>archive. This makes a bare install have some of the same characteristics DW>of an upgrade. There appears to be a problem with the ftp method in this DW>reguard. I just did a fresh install, with the current archive, from CD and DW>everything worked fine. DW>The prescribed solution: DW>Treat this like an upgrade. After you reboot and answer the DW>password/account questions, dselect is started. Exit dselect with Q and DW>set up an ftp session. Download the libc5 version from the archives and DW>install it with dpkg -i. At this point you should be able to proceed with DW>the dselect ftp install. As a precaution, I would suggest at least one DW>other package be installed this way before you begin the dselect DW>installation, that being the perl package. This package is partially DW>represented on the base disks and under certain circumstances (possibly DW>related to the ftp method in dselect) doesn't behave as well as when DW>"fully" configured. There is also the slim possibility that dselect go DW>"broken" in some fashion by the partial installation and subsequent DW>failures. Re-installing it, after libc5, "by hand", will certainly not DW>hurt, and it could be a potential help. DW>In any case, some subset of the above approach should get you out of DW>trouble. I'm not sure what the proceedure is to recover from a broken DW>system like the one you get with the ftp method. It appears that the other DW>advice that you got on that front was less than successful. Try a fresh DW>install, one more time ;-), and follow the above proceedure. It should DW>provide you with more success than the "advertised" approach you have been DW>trying. DW>On Sat, 5 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DW>> Well here we go again DW>> DW>> A little background so some of you remember. DW>> DW>> I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting DW>> dselect to install files using the ftp access method. I keep getting DW>> this can't map /lib/libc message. DW>> DW>> Well someone sugested that I type this DW>> DW>> ln -s /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 libc.so DW>> ln -s /lib/libm.so.5.4.33 libm.so DW>> DW>> Well I did and I thought it was going to work... But I still get the DW>> same error messages when using deselect. DW>> DW>> Now I can install packages individually using dpkg -i This DW>> works fine and thats what I have been having to do. DW>> DW>> So why do I get this error? Is this going to happen everytime I want DW>> to use dselect to upgrade?? Is this suppose to be this way? I didn't DW>> think so DW>> DW>> I am at a loss still... Any suggestions? Shall I start over?? Could DW>> it simply be the mother board? I believe this is a HOT307 386 DW>> Motherboard with 8 megs ram. DW>> DW>> DW>> Tony DW>> This email originated from ourtownusa.com. DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>Dwarf DW>-- DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- DW>aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 DW> Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road DW> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE-COMPILING the Kernel...
Just so I know and have my ducks in order. Is this the correct method for re-compiling my Kernel?? cd /usr/src/Linux make config make dep make zImage make zdisk make zlilo Is this correct? Can someone explain briefly each step and why I have to do this??? I just want to understand it more. Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: It still don't work......
PA>If that is 2 meg total you need more. If it's 2 meg used, OK. I usually PA>create a swap partition of 32mb or more. Often I create them at the max PA>usable 128mb because I tend to really hammer the system with a lot of PA>tasks. PA>> The date on the floppy is 5-28-97 (looking at the rescue disk using PA>> dos). PA>That should be correct if they were all created from the same directory. So your saying that I should acutally have a bigger swap... I remember when partitioning the HD I wondered about how much I should use. I don't recall seeing anything that suggested the swap partition size... Ok So its back to start over. Or can I reduce the /usr partition and add that to my swap partition with out effecting anything. Normally on DOS you can't do that... Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: It still don't work......
IG>Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 12:27:57 -0400 IG>From: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IG>did you type ldconfig (as root) after that? That might be the problem. IG>if that doesn't work, try reinstalling dpkg with dpkg -i (it includes dselec IG>HTH. Yes I did. I did find dpkg-dev and installed that one using dpkg -i method. Heres what I get now using dselect... Processing Status file... Processing Package files... stable... /usr/bin/dpkg: can't map 'lib/libc.so.5' /usr/bin/dpkg: can't map 'lib/libc.so.5' /usr/bin/dpkg: can't load libary 'libc.so.5' dpkg--compare-verions 3.2 lt 3.2-failed with 16 at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install line 101, chunk 235 Installation script returned error exit status 2 Thats all she does... Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: It still don't work......
PA>I will be sending the 1.3.1 CD Monday. One of my machines is a 386DX40 PA>with 8 mb and a soundblaster 2x cd drive that is flaky under windows. I PA>have a 540 mb IDE drive in it that I use just for testing and I have good PA>results with it installing from my CD or from my network. PA>What date were the floppy image files that you used? I can't see that this PA>would be a hardware problem if dpkg -i works. Do you have an active swap PA>partition? The free command will tell you. The df command will tell you PA>about filesystem space. Ok Paul, Yes I do have an active swap, its 2 meg. The date on the floppy is 5-28-97 (looking at the rescue disk using dos). Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
It still don't work......
Well here we go again A little background so some of you remember. I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting dselect to install files using the ftp access method. I keep getting this can't map /lib/libc message. Well someone sugested that I type this ln -s /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 libc.so ln -s /lib/libm.so.5.4.33 libm.so Well I did and I thought it was going to work... But I still get the same error messages when using deselect. Now I can install packages individually using dpkg -i This works fine and thats what I have been having to do. So why do I get this error? Is this going to happen everytime I want to use dselect to upgrade?? Is this suppose to be this way? I didn't think so I am at a loss still... Any suggestions? Shall I start over?? Could it simply be the mother board? I believe this is a HOT307 386 Motherboard with 8 megs ram. Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Anyone available that I can call???
DW>I suspect that your problems are with the ftp method (this was not tested DW>as extensivly as it should have been) DW>You indicated that you have tried this 7 times. Was it from scratch each DW>time? That is, did you start over and do a fresh install each time? Yes each time was a start over... Set the Boot partition back to the dos partition first and start again. DW>Suggestion: Set up the base system. Download the new libc5 package and DW>install it with "dpkg -i libc5*.deb 2>&1 |tee install.log". This will put DW>all the error messages into the file intall.log. If the installation DW>fails, send me the file. Does this mean When dselect is ran skip the selectoin process and jump strait to install??? DW>If you think it might help, you should feel free to call me, but we should DW>be able to resolve this via e-mail. DW>With respect to a CD. I'm fairly confident that a CD would work for you DW>(this sounds like a problem with the ftp method of dselect) and can DW>provide you with a 1.3.1 CD. If you are interested, let me know. Whats the cost here DW>On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DW>> Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem DW>> installing debian 1.3. DW>> DW>> I have only had one responce on my posted questions... and am no DW>> farther ahead than I was a week ago. DW>> DW>> Whats my problem??? Well ok, let's see, the installation of the base DW>> system DW>> works correctly. I can boot my Debian GNU/Linux system from DW>> harddisk, and I have a network connection. DW>> DW>> Now to the problems. I start dselect, choose ftp as access method, do DW>> an update this works, select my packages, start install. And then DW>> it stops with the dpkg-message referring to can't map /lib/libc5. DW>> DW>> I try to install the file libc5_5.4.33-3.deb using dpkg and I get a DW>> message that says version 4.23-6 is already installed. DW>> DW>> I do get other error messages trying to install other files using the DW>> dpkg -i method. I seem to get all sorts of dependency errors. So I DW>> try to install the files that the system says it depends on and end up DW>> back at the can't map /lib/libc5 error. I also get some kind of error DW>> that says that the /usr/lib/libc.so.5 file is missing. I look for it DW>> and it points to a file in lib/libc.so.5. DW>> DW>> At this point I am confused on whats right and whats wrong. After DW>> installing this thing 7 times now and always running up into the same DW>> error every single install, I don't know where to turn. The IRC are DW>> useless and I haven't gotten but one responce on this list. DW>> DW>> Does anyone know of anyone I can call for help??? If I bought a CD DW>> would it make a differnece? Am I talking to brick wall??? DW>> DW>> DW>> Tony Koehn DW>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] DW>> DW>> slakware is looking real nice right about now DW>> This email originated from ourtownusa.com. DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>> -- DW>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to DW>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? DW>> e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . DW>> DW>> DW>> DW>Dwarf DW>-- DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- DW>aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 DW> Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road DW> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 DW>_-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....
LE>By now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly LE>broken - your hardware or the software/installation. LE>I think, however, we can focus on the gcc + cpp + libraries region for LE>now, because I get the impression that dselect's install only fails LE>because of reasons related to these packages. LE>I'm going to show you the correct lines under dselect's select for the LE>involved packages. Please compare them to what you get and maybe you LE>could post the differences (or everything): LE> *** Std develgcc 2.7.2.1-9 2.7.2.1-9 The GNU C LE>compiler (ELF v Shows: 2.7.2.1-8 2.7.2.18 LE> *** Std interpre cpp 2.7.2.1-8 2.7.2.1-8 The GNU C LE>preprocessor (E Shows The same here... LE> *** Req base ldso 1.8.10-21.8.10-2The Linux dynamic LE>linker, Shows The same here... LE> *** Req base libc55.4.23-65.4.23-6The Linux C LE>library versi Shows an install version of 5.4.23-6 with available version of 5.4.33-3 LE> *** Std devellibc5-dev5.4.23-65.4.23-6The Linux C LE>library versi Shows The same here... LE>Regards, LE> Andree This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....
LE>Hi again, LE>thinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig LE>(as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even LE>solves your problems. LE>By the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I LE>hope this question doesn't sound rude, it's just goot to know to be able LE>to adjust the answers accordingly. LE>Regards, LE> Andree No its not rude I have been using linux now for some 6 months. I don't program on it and don't have any idea as to what a lot of the files are for. Now DOS another story I use Linux becuase of its ability to handle internet very well. Thats what we use it for but not having anyone in my area where I live at that knows anything about it is hard to find. Ok on ldconfig: I get these messages 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 the libc.so points to /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 but this file does not exist I have a 5.4.23 the libm.so points to /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 but this file does not exist I have a 5.0.8 What gives here?? What is ldconfig for? Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Anyone available that I can call???
Bruce, When I run ldconfig here is what it says 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 When I look for these files they point to: libc.so -> /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 This file don't exist but there is a 5.4.23 libm.so -> /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 This file also does not exist but is a 5.0.8 How would I fix this??? Tony BR>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BR>> Now to the problems. I start dselect, choose ftp as access method, do BR>> an update this works, select my packages, start install. And then BR>> it stops with the dpkg-message referring to can't map /lib/libc5. BR>Just to see if you get lucky, become root and run "ldconfig". That might BR>solve this problem. If it does not, please give us the entire text of the BR>message when dselect quits, and tell us exactly what you are doing when BR>you get to that message. Your best bet would be to fix this problem, so BR>that you can install using dselect. BR>You are not talking to a brick wall. You do have to give us better BR>information, though, otherwise we will have no idea of what is happening BR>on your system. BR>Regarding whether buying a CD would help, it might help you install BR>faster, but we give the same customer service either way. BR> Thanks BR> Bruce BR>-- BR>Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 BR>Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. BR>PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Anyone available that I can call???
Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem installing debian 1.3. I have only had one responce on my posted questions... and am no farther ahead than I was a week ago. Whats my problem??? Well ok, let's see, the installation of the base system works correctly. I can boot my Debian GNU/Linux system from harddisk, and I have a network connection. Now to the problems. I start dselect, choose ftp as access method, do an update this works, select my packages, start install. And then it stops with the dpkg-message referring to can't map /lib/libc5. I try to install the file libc5_5.4.33-3.deb using dpkg and I get a message that says version 4.23-6 is already installed. I do get other error messages trying to install other files using the dpkg -i method. I seem to get all sorts of dependency errors. So I try to install the files that the system says it depends on and end up back at the can't map /lib/libc5 error. I also get some kind of error that says that the /usr/lib/libc.so.5 file is missing. I look for it and it points to a file in lib/libc.so.5. At this point I am confused on whats right and whats wrong. After installing this thing 7 times now and always running up into the same error every single install, I don't know where to turn. The IRC are useless and I haven't gotten but one responce on this list. Does anyone know of anyone I can call for help??? If I bought a CD would it make a differnece? Am I talking to brick wall??? Tony Koehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] slakware is looking real nice right about now This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
gcc errors.....
I have been having a terrible time installing 1.3 I keep getting gcc: can't map '/lib/libc5.so.5' This message might also be the same but have dpkg: instead of gcc: What does this mean and what am I doing wrong. Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....
I am having so much problems I just flat have not been able to get past DSELECT. I have totally re-installed everything.(about 5 times) Everytime I bring up dselect and select FTP. (My Machine is connected to the net via ethernet). I get up to the point of installtion... Here is my first error. dpkg (subprocess): faild to exec C compiler 'gcc': no such directory or file. dpkg: subprocess gcc -print-libgcc-file-name returned error exit status 2. I also get alsorts of can't map gcc errors. I have tried to install things manually. I have ftped files to my hard drive. I keep getting all sorts of erros. malloc errors. out of memory errors. You name I get it I am running on a: 386 40 Mhz, 8 Meg Ram, 850 HD I have read the install intructions and have done everything to the T. Everything works right on the install with out as much as a glitch. But every time I get to the install process thats when the errors occur. I boot with resuce disk and have my drivers disk. My base1_4.tgz is on a Dos partition. It reads that just fine. When I reboot and run dselect I never have been able to get past the installation.. Is gcc part of the base installation? What could I be missing? Am I suppose to do something else in addition? Do I need to get any other files? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
