The lazy-E-character affair
I'm running a pure potato flavour of debian2.2 updated with the 'official' package r2 in debian sites, under stable version. The problem is that when I type the E letter in vi insert mode, I have a two or three second delay between typing and appairing of lazy E on my monitor. The vi command is a symlink to /usr/bin/elvisnox; elvisnox in a shell script that says: -begin-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ less /usr/bin/elvisnox #!/bin/sh # This is a little wrapper shell script, which runs elvis with # the GUI set to always be termcap, useful for people (like me) that _hate_ # all these evil attempts to make vi ito a graphical editor. ;-) exec /usr/bin/elvis -G termcap $@ ---end This strange phenomenon appairs also if I run the pure 'elvis' command, without wrappers or other options. It appears in: console, Xterm, gnome-terminal (I hate Eterm ;)) but NOT appens in 'elvis X11' under Xfree in the debian menu. It happens *only* with E character. For reproducing: run elvis; press i; press E. Sob!!! Any idea? paolo massei
Re: Java2
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 04:38:35PM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: I downloaded the j2sdk1.3 package from Blackdown, it installed fine, but doesn't work when I try to setup staroffice. Any suggestions? I'm using debian 2.2 (libranet 1.8.2 that's been apt-get upgraded). I suppose there's some permission somewhere that has to be changed, but I'm not sure where it is. I don't know about your problem, but both staroffice and openoffice work with JDK 1.1.8. paolo massei
Re: cd-burning
On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 05:12:20PM +0100, M G Berberich wrote: Simply using the -dao option in your command line, you'll be able to create your live-concert cd's, mantaining the numerical order of the tracks and their separation. Ex.: cdrecord -v -eject -dao speed=n dev=x,y -audio track* It works fine There also is 'cdrdao'. Yes, but I've never understood howto use/write the necessary TOC file for cdrdao, and so... I prefer -dao option of cdrecord ;) paolo massei
Re: cd-burning
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 01:54:17PM +0100, Peter Wollny wrote: I had a look on the docs for cdrecord and found out that it is not possible to burn in DAO, only TAO. How can I avoid the two seconds of silence between the tracks? Simply using the -dao option in your command line, you'll be able to create your live-concert cd's, mantaining the numerical order of the tracks and their separation. Ex.: cdrecord -v -eject -dao speed=n dev=x,y -audio track* It works fine ciao paolo -dao massei ;)
Re: LI- Lilo just stops working
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:32:17PM -0500, D-Man wrote: I had the problem of LILO stopping at LI when booting from the MBR on my machine. Upon further research I found that my BIOS is too cheap to boot from /dev/hdc. (Using LILO to boot from floppy worked, but couldn't find /dev/hda). My solution is to use loadlin.exe (from AUTOEXEC.BAT). Try to use the line append=linear (without quotes;)) in your /etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo: also take a look to lilo-docs. paolo massei
Re: libungif.so.4
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 10:30:40PM -0600, Trey Nolen wrote: I may be wrong, but I believe that this package is not available in Potato -- perhaps because it is considered unstable. Is there any way to add the libungif.so.4 package to Potato without upgrading the whole machine to Woody? Given on a *pure* potato system: ProteoTien:/boot# dpkg -S /usr/lib/libungif.so.4 libungif4g: /usr/lib/libungif.so.4 Installed from Official cd's and upgraded yesterday from 'stable' ftp source. Ciao paolo.so.4 massei ;))
Re: Music CD's
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 07:50:06PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: your system seems to think this is a normal IDE cdrom which is the slave on the 2nd IDE chain (IDE1). can you verify any of this information? what kind of cdrom drive is it? also, what is /dev/cdrom linked to? /dev/hdd? ...and, your /etc/fstab pertinent lines? Have you the necessary permissions for devices? Have you also a cdburner in your system? Is the soundcard cable connected to cdrom? Ciao paolo massei
Re: kernel compiling
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 04:10:45PM -0800, Nick wrote: what packages are needed to compile a kernel after make menuconfig i get the following error: lxdialog.o Error 1 something about curses.h any idea? thanks -nick Perhaps this: (dialog) ProteoTien:/# dpkg -l | grep dialog ii dialog 0.9a-2118- Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from she ii whiptail 0.50-7 Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from she ciao paolo massei
Non-root kernel compiling
I read sometimes ago in this list that i can compile my custom-kernel being an ordinary user and not using root account (before installing it); well, when i try run make *config in /usr/src/linux directory, i receive this error message: bash-2.03$ make xconfig rm -f include/asm rm: impossibile scollegare `include/asm': Permesso negato make: *** [symlinks] Error 1 (translation of line n°3: rm: impossible to unlink `include/asm': Permission Denied) and all is stopped. User paolo hasn't (obviously) permissions of writing /usr directory and i think the right thing to do is to untar kernel-source in my /home-dir and compile there: may i have troubles installig (as root with make-kpkg) from there, or it's the ordinary manner in compiling kernel as user? Answers, other tips (and money donations ;))) will be appreciated... Tnks paolo massei
Re: Non-root kernel compiling--Continue...
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 07:53:30PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, I have read a very different way to compile a new kernel. $ cd /tmp $ tar -xIvf /usr/src/kernel-souce-2.2.17.tar.bz2 $ c cd 2.2.17 $ make-kpkg clean $ make menuconfig $ fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=9:mykernel kernel_image If it is correct, there is a net .deb packet in /tmp: cp /tmp/kernel-image-2.2.17_mykernel_i386.deb /home/user/ Now as root: # dpkg -i /home/user/kernel-image-2.2.17_mykernel_i386.deb This will install your new kernel. Check lilo and look out for updates in /lib/modules/2.2.17, I do not remember how this is handled. Ok, Sebastiaan, thanks to you and Alson, but... Is there a reason to copy /tmp/kernel_image in /home/user/ before installing? and Do you know if there are troubles using dpkg -i and grub like loader? Ciao paolo massei
Docs request
I'm a newbie in debian and i find some 'particulars' very different from the Slak7 i've used till now. [For example, in /etc directory, there is the environment file (less environment---LANG=C, in my system), and i don't know the function of this file: can you tell me something about it?] Where may i find some docs about a Debian-system files policy? I've already downloaded FAQs and Deb-Tutorial, and also the command 'apropos' didn't help me :(( Thanks paolo massei
Re: Help getting PS/2 mouse working, please
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:11:59PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: Got it working in console mode? Mmm, sorry I was not specific enough on my problems. The answer is no it's not working in console mode. Here is what i have in /etc/gpm.conf device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repear_type=ms3 type=ps2 append= Think I should cahnge the tyep? I ned to get it working in console mode first, before moving on to X Me too have had some truobles with a PS2 mouse (with add-on card): these are my /etc/gpm.conf and the mouse section of /etc/X11/XF86Config file: both of them work fine *without* using the wheel (and imwheel program :(( ) /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=msc type=ps2 append= /etc/XF86Config (mouse part): Section Pointer Protocol MouseSystems Device /dev/mouse Note:/dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux Note 2: on another potato machine, with the same logitech mouse (NOT in a separate card), those files DON'T work. Sigh!!! Ciao paolo massei
Re: 75dpi font default-haw?
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 10:24:42AM +, sena wrote: On 18/11/2000 at 01:23 -0800, Tino Ionescu wrote: Please advise haw can the 75dpi font be set default, as opposed to 100dpi font. Start X with startx -- -dpi 75... Regards, sena.. ...or you can put on the top of your /etc/X11/XF86Config (Section Files) the lines: FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaledand FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ The order in which the fontpath appears, in XF68Config file, is important, so you can make yourself your testing ;)) (this for XFree3.x: i don't know for XF...4.x) Ciao paolo massei
Re: Problems with Matrox G400 AGP
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:42:13PM -0200, Rogerio Theodoro de Brito wrote: I've tried to use both XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.0.1e (Branden's packages from Debian) and after working for 2 or 3 *seconds*, the whole machine hangs *hard*: no desktop switching, no ctrl-alt-fx, no magic sysrq, no life, no nothing. :-( But some strange facts actually happen: 1 - when using XFree with a low resolution, 640x480 with 16 colors (like when I'm running XF86Setup), everything works ok; 2 - the *worst* part: windows works fine even with very, very high resolutions and a considerable amount of time (I don't have games here to test really intensive use of the card). SNIP- (**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: Generic VGA ^ (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: Monitor (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: Matrox Millennium G400 16MB (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: My Monitor (--) SVGA: detected an SGRAM card (--) SVGA: chipset: mgag400 (**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k ^^ (**) SVGA: Option dac_8_bit Reading the output of startx, it seems to be a server/memory-affair. In the first underlined line, you can see that your default Xserver is the Generic Vga, while your videocard needs the SVGA server: you have to re-run xf86config program (first you have to control the installation of the XF86_SVGA server in /usr/X11R6/bin) and here set XF86_SVGA server as the default. With the same program you have also to correct the amount of your videocard (in kb) : the second underlined line shows the amount of 4096k of videoram while G400 has 16M. I suggest you xf86config program also in XF...3.6 because for XF..4 i's the only configuration tool (if I remember well). Ciao paolo massei (and his rusted English ;))
Re: Debian 2.2 installer boot floppys
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:55:25AM +, Chris Howells wrote: ...snip I asked on #debian about this, and was told that I needed to edit the file syslinux.cfg on one of the floppies, yet I am unsure how to do this (or why even -- all I want to do is start the installer from the CD-ROM?). They won't mount under Linux Mandrake (on my other machine), to edit the file, even if I specify mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ^^ Perhaps here is the error: try with mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ^^ (Note: if msdos isn't rhe right choice, try with minix . Good Luck paolo massei
