Repost: used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
I am reposting this in hopes that someone has an idea or two what I did
wrong
thanks
tripolar wrote:

>Hello
>I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7
>/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img
>I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive
>/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the failing harddrive
>and replaced it with a new harddrive /mnt/hdc . I have tried to follow
>these directions " Then run fsck on the image you have created, mount it
>loopback (|mount -o loop /mnt/hdb1/hda1_rescue.img /mnt/hda1 | in my
>case) and then browse through it and recover the files you need. "
>located at http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5205
>First I am unable to run any kind of fsck on the .img . I think the
>original parttition was reiserfs.
>Then I went on to try "mount -o loop 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" I
>get "Unknown error 990"
>"mount -o loop -t reiserfs 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" and get this
>error
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0"
>Anyone with ideas of what I am doing wrong Please help me out.
>Thanks!!
>
>
>  
>


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Re: how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote:

>2005/7/25, tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>  
>
>>I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image
>>file badpart.img
>>How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device?  mount -o loop
>>Any help would be appreciated
>>
>>
>
>First you could create a mount point, for example:
>
># mkdir /media/images
>
>or you could use too /media/floppy or /media/cdrom, but it is better
>to have different mountpoints. Next:
>
># mount -o ro,loop,nodev,noexec,noatime /path/to/file.img /media/images
>
>You could use other options with -o, check the man of mount : )
>
>Cheers,
>Sergio
>
>  
>
Thanks
I still havent been able to mount it. again I get an "error 990"
I posted a detailed message on Saturday about my problem. I will repost
it and hopefully with more details someone can help me out.
Thanks again


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how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image
file badpart.img
How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device?  mount -o loop
Any help would be appreciated


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used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

2005-07-23 Thread tripolar
Hello
I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7
/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img
I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive
/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the failing harddrive
and replaced it with a new harddrive /mnt/hdc . I have tried to follow
these directions " Then run fsck on the image you have created, mount it
loopback (|mount -o loop /mnt/hdb1/hda1_rescue.img /mnt/hda1 | in my
case) and then browse through it and recover the files you need. "
located at http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5205
First I am unable to run any kind of fsck on the .img . I think the
original parttition was reiserfs.
Then I went on to try "mount -o loop 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" I
get "Unknown error 990"
"mount -o loop -t reiserfs 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" and get this
error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0"
Anyone with ideas of what I am doing wrong Please help me out.
Thanks!!


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how to recover data even when unable to mount?

2004-10-08 Thread tripolar
It appears my 120G harddrive is near-death. Being unable to boot I used a 
knoppix cd to run smartd and /sbin/badblocks. 
my hard drive 3 partitions I wish to make backups of. After googling I have 
found several options- one being
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb conv=noerror,sync
I have a new 160G hard drive.
Here is my plan 
install new hard drive ( I already have partioned with fdisk & used 
mkfs.reiserfs ), put near-dead hd into machine then boot into knoppix live 
cd. Use dd if=/dev/hda  etc
I have no clue how much life is left in the old one and I dont want to make it 
work any harder than just getting files copied to new disk.
Are there any arguements to boot knoppix with to prevent old disk from 
spinning up until need be?
dd_rescue is also on this knoppix cd. Is that a better option than dd 
if=.etc?
Before I pulled the old hd out I was unable to mount 2 partitions Input/output 
errors.
Anyway to force a ro mount on a corrupted filesystem?
Do I need to mount those partitions to do a dd if=  ?
The reason I ask here is because I feel it may already be too late for much of 
the data and that I have very limited time to save the data. 
Hoping I can get the most efficient & best options from this group.
Any tips would be appreciated.
thanks


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Re: ok, here goes nothing...

2004-07-07 Thread tripolar
One more link that was helpful to me
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-create-floppy
Cecil wrote:
Ok, I got my toshiba libretto. No cdrom. What do I need to do to be 
able to install this thing? I am guessing I could wipe the system and 
just install dos. But I'd like to install the needed files on my 32 
meg usb thumb drive and copy the files over to the win 98 partition 
and install from there. what files do i need to install to my hard 
drive that would just let me get a boot linux floppy, boot linux, and 
point it at the hard drive and do a net install? I have done a lot of 
reading on this today, and I have not found a good simple document 
that doesn't pre-suppose u have a cdrom or a ton of linux experience. 
Please, someone help!

Cecil


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Re: ok, here goes nothing...

2004-07-07 Thread tripolar
Hi Cecil,
A few months back I installed Debian on a Toshiba Satellite laptop with 
a trashed dvd-rom. I used floppies from here-  
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/
I actually chose the bf2.4 floppies and all went well with network 
install. I changed the apt sources.list to unstable right after minimal 
install. Sorry I havent any experience installing with a USB thumbdrive.
Maybe someone else has more info to offer.
Good Luck

Cecil wrote:
Ok, I got my toshiba libretto. No cdrom. What do I need to do to be 
able to install this thing? I am guessing I could wipe the system and 
just install dos. But I'd like to install the needed files on my 32 
meg usb thumb drive and copy the files over to the win 98 partition 
and install from there. what files do i need to install to my hard 
drive that would just let me get a boot linux floppy, boot linux, and 
point it at the hard drive and do a net install? I have done a lot of 
reading on this today, and I have not found a good simple document 
that doesn't pre-suppose u have a cdrom or a ton of linux experience. 
Please, someone help!

Cecil


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Questions about /etc/profile ulimit -Hn and /etc/initscript & /etc/security/limits

2004-06-03 Thread tripolar
When running java w/ another program I get this error message-
java.io.IOException: Too many open files
I was told
1) change /etc/profile to add ulimit -Hn 65536
2)create /etc/initscript as described in man initscript, including 
ulimit -Hn 65536
Someone else mentioned /etc/security/limits.
Now I have looked at /etc/profile which is gibberish for someone like me 
who knows nothing about shell scripts. I wonder do I just add the line 
"ulimit -Hn 65536" anywhere in that file??
Next question- I have read man initscript and wonder do I take that 
sample file- change the ulimit -Hn to 65536 and save.
This particular line- "Experimenting with this can make your system 
un(re)bootable." has be quite worried. In /etc/security/limits 
everything is commented out without any reference to ulimits. Yes I have 
googled without luck- specifically Debian way of doing this. Here is 
/etc/profile-
"# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"

if [ "$PS1" ]; then
 if [ "$BASH" ]; then
   PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$ '
 else
   if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
 PS1='# '
   else
 PS1='$ '
   fi
 fi
fi
ulimit -Hn 65536
export PATH
#export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/j2re1.4.2_04/lib:/usr/local/j2re1.4.2_04/lib
#export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/j2re1.4.2_04
#export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2re1.4.2_04/bin
umask 022"
You can see I added "ulimit -Hn 65536". I havent rebooted yet out of 
fear *grimace*
Considering the path to java is below
/usr/lib/j2re1.4-sun/bin/java
and the path to the other program is /home/user/program/program.sh
Do I need to be specific about java or user in /etc/profile?
Lastly do I need to set something in /etc/security/limits?
Thanks

After banging my head on this problem I have a headache and need 
aspirin. I hope someone will help me out with this ulimit problem.

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Re: 2.6.6 Kernel + Adaptec aic7890/91 = Kernel panic

2004-05-31 Thread tripolar
Ishwar Rattan wrote:
Where can I get 2.6.6-debian kernel sources or kernel-image deb?
-ishwar
On Mon, 31 May 2004, Ralph Bergmann wrote:
 

Also try
apt-cache search kernel-  will give you many options. You might want to 
check around on apt-cache search to see how to fine tune it.

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Re: 2.6.6 Kernel + Adaptec aic7890/91 = Kernel panic

2004-05-31 Thread tripolar
Ishwar Rattan wrote:
Where can I get 2.6.6-debian kernel sources or kernel-image deb?
-ishwar
On Mon, 31 May 2004, Ralph Bergmann wrote:
 

In Debian the name of the packages you want to install are 
kernel-image-2.6.6 . I have an athlon so mine is kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 
. The lazy way to do it is install synaptic and in the "find" button 
near the top type in kernel-  You will get many options. kernel headers 
would be something like this kernel-headers-2.6.6-1 . kernel source 
would be kernel-source-2.6.6 .
Hope this helps.

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Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

2004-05-28 Thread tripolar
Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya "quadpolar" :-)
On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote:
 

I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I 
received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( 
service subseven) but going to a different outside IP.
   

post your logs (unedited, except for ip# ) you are reading/interpretting
- you don't care that 100's of script kiddies are trying to make
1000's of attempts to get into your pc
	- consider it a free audit of your systems 

	- if they got in ... you've got a serious, but solvable  major
	problem
 

What logs?
here are a few lines from "hit" list
time:May 27 21:22:29 in: out:eth1 port:12345 source:192.168.1.1 
dest:81.53.*.* len:44 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:netbus
time:May 27 22:10:38 in: out:eth1 port:1234 source:192.168.1.1 
dest:63.207.*.* len:40 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:subseven

what is the output of "netstat -nv"
 

netstat -nv only brought up two addresses- my isps mail servers
- you are looking for foreign address on whacky ports that have
established connections to your local pc

- if you cannot explain any of the those outside machines
connected to your pc... you've probably need to get comments
from the list "what does this line mean"
c ya
alvin 

 

I had had many ports forwarded from hardware firewall/router (HFR) to 
debian-sid machine because of certain programs ( which I have since shut 
down )and then I removed all port forwarding rules from HFR to debian pc. 
I will just keep an eye out on the hit list.
Thanks


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Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

2004-05-28 Thread tripolar
Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya "quadpolar" :-)
On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote:
 

I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I 
received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( 
service subseven) but going to a different outside IP.
   

post your logs (unedited, except for ip# ) you are reading/interpretting
- you don't care that 100's of script kiddies are trying to make
1000's of attempts to get into your pc
	- consider it a free audit of your systems 

	- if they got in ... you've got a serious, but solvable  major
	problem
 

What logs?
here are a few lines from "hit" list
time:May 27 21:22:29 in: out:eth1 port:12345 source:192.168.1.1
dest:81.53.*.* len:44 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:netbus
time:May 27 22:10:38 in: out:eth1 port:1234 source:192.168.1.1
dest:63.207.*.* len:40 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:subseven
what is the output of "netstat -nv"
 

netstat -nv only brought up two addresses- my isps mail servers:995
- you are looking for foreign address on whacky ports that have
established connections to your local pc

- if you cannot explain any of the those outside machines
connected to your pc... you've probably need to get comments
from the list "what does this line mean"
c ya
alvin 

 

I had had many ports forwarded from hardware firewall/router (HFR) to
debian-sid machine because of certain programs ( which I have since shut
down )and then I removed all port forwarding rules from HFR to debian pc.
I will just keep an eye out on the hit list.
Thanks
-
This didnt go through to the list the first time so here goes again.
Also since then I slowly opened 1 port at a time after starting 1 of the 
programs. I see the requests leaving my machine again so I have tracked 
down the culprit.
Thanks


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testing

2004-05-28 Thread tripolar
testing
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Re: bad thing Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus-

2004-05-27 Thread tripolar
Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya tripolar
On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote:
 

What logs?
   

/var/log/{messages,syslog,debug,warn}
 

here are a few lines from "hit" list
time:May 27 21:22:29 in: out:eth1 port:12345 source:192.168.1.1 
dest:81.53.*.* len:44 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:netbus
time:May 27 22:10:38 in: out:eth1 port:1234 source:192.168.1.1 
dest:63.207.*.* len:40 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:subseven
   

it says subseven is running on your 192.168.1.1 box ... or something
that uses that default service name
if 192.168.1.1 is a windoze box ... it's been hacked/trojaned
if 192.168.1.1 is a deb box... why is subseven or equivalent running on it
 

- how did it get there
- how do you update your deb boxes ...
( if it is a deb box... time to rebuild or find somebody
( locally to figure out what is broken on your box
"google: subseven" and the first 2 links is what you need/want ...
 

what is the output of "netstat -nv"
 

netstat -nv only brought up two addresses- my isps mail servers
   

you have to have the cracker online at the time for netstat to show
who's using the machine ... and/or a lazy script kiddie will stay
on 24x7 ( and get caught )
you have to run netstat say every minute ... 
	- exclude your own ip# and allowed ports and see who is 
	left that using yuor box

c ya
alvin
 

here is part of /var/log/syslog- there are 7 requests from my machine 
over several minutes

May 28 00:34:32 fatboy kernel: IN= OUT=eth1 SRC=192.168.1.1 
DST=81.53.*.* LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=49686 DF PROTO=TCP 
SPT=48961 DPT=12345 WINDOW=5808 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
May 28 00:45:04 fatboy -- MARK --
May 28 00:47:52 fatboy kernel: IN= OUT=eth1 SRC=192.168.1.1 
DST=81.168.*.* LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=15482 DF PROTO=TCP 
SPT=23190 DPT=1234 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 ACK RST URGP=0

This is a Debian-Sid machine. My guess is Operator errors :-( Probably 
too many to list. Hmmm checking out two websites about subseven and I 
only see windoze versions- hmmm maybe I have been using too much "WINE" 
and got myself into trouble??  Oh well, I installed this with 2.6 kernel 
and have debated whether or not I should have started with 2.4 kernel. 
Might be as good a time as any to reinstall :-)


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Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

2004-05-27 Thread tripolar
Paul Johnson wrote:
tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 

I see hits from my debian machine to 81.53.*.* port 12345 - under
service it says "netbus"
I dont think I installed netbus. Could my machine be compromised?
   

I doubt it.  Are you using PortSentry or some other port monitoring
system?
 

I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I 
received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( 
service subseven) but going to a different outside IP.

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Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

2004-05-27 Thread tripolar
cablemodem>hardware firewall/router>debian-sid machine on LAN running 
firestarter (GUI firewall program).
I see hits from my debian machine to 81.53.*.* port 12345 - under 
service it says "netbus"
I dont think I installed netbus. Could my machine be compromised?
Thanks

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Re: installing debian with floppies on laptop

2004-02-20 Thread tripolar
s. keeling wrote:

Incoming from tripolar:
 

I need to install debian on a laptop ( no OS installed ) with a bad 
dvd-rom drive. I would like to get network up to do network install.
Laptop is Toshiba satellite 1805-s203.
Etherfast 10/100 PC Card Linksys ( PCMPC100 )
   

That should be supported out of the box by the stock install
floppies.  Support for it may disappear once you reboot, but
recompiling the kernel gets it back.
Or, that's what it was like for me a couple of years ago.  This may
since have changed.
Note, you have to say yes to cardbus even if your cards/slots aren't
cardbus.  This is detailed in /usr/src/linux/documentation...
 

Not sure how to find floppy with drivers for either card??
   

I believe it uses the "ne" driver.

 

thanks to you and mark for your help
I  made a rescue, root, and 4 driver floppies. I made it as far as 
networking  which failed before I got blue screen and ended rebooting 
and starting over.
I did a google and it seems I need axnet_cs driver for the linksys 
pcmcia card.
This install I enabled pcmcia support before going to loading modules 
which is where I am at now.
Now the linksys card has lit up the dongle.
One question- at what point will it ask me to say Yes to cardbus?
thanks

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installing debian with floppies on laptop

2004-02-20 Thread tripolar
I need to install debian on a laptop ( no OS installed ) with a bad 
dvd-rom drive. I would like to get network up to do network install.
Laptop is Toshiba satellite 1805-s203.
Etherfast 10/100 PC Card Linksys ( PCMPC100 )
Orinoco Gold Lucent ( PC24E-H-FC ) wireless
Which Floppies should I use? I have looked through the list vanilla, 
compact, etc
Not sure how to find floppy with drivers for either card??
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

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shell script question

2004-01-23 Thread tripolar
I would like to download all files from an ftp site. probably 250 files
some between 25-50 Megs.I am wondering about using wget with shell (
bash) script to login, download all files, if one is found on harddrive
ignore and goto next one. one file at a time to prevent using too much
of their bandwidth.
>From my questions you can safely assume I have never written a shell
script.
any suggestions for this issue?
 plus any links for shell scripting for newbies?
Thanks


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How to find new url's for sources.list?

2004-01-10 Thread tripolar
Recently when doing apt-get update I get failures from
deb http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/ unstable main
non-free contrib
I chose that mirror when I did the install because it is near. How do I
find other sources? Preferably  a .edu in wisconsin, minnesota or
illinois. I have googled and searched debian.org I must be missing
something???
thanks




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Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

2004-01-06 Thread tripolar
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>   After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian.  I have a couple
> questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers
> available for linux?  Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome
> to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap, but if i play
> them with totem they sound just fine, any ideas (SiS sound card set up
> as an ALSA device, with OSS emulation)?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Victor Varsanyi
> 
Hello Victor
I use both a 3Com-homeconnect and a Dlink DSB-C100 webcam. The modules
listed are vicam, usbvideo, videodev,& usbcore.The module for the DSB
C-100 is OV511. Both webcams are discontinued though you should be able
to find them on ebay. Sorry I have no information on current webcams.
note- I am not running 2.6
Good Luck


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Should I upgrade from 2.4.22 to 2.6.0-test11?

2003-12-17 Thread tripolar
I just posted about compiling error with 2.6.0-test11 which got me
thinking if 2.4.22 is working well ( not perfect) should I even update
to 2.6?
Currently almost all USB devices work the exception being a linksys
wireless network adaptor. Though because the system picks it up with a
vendor & product id I think it is up to me to get it configued correctly
;-)
I have an ABIT NF7-M motheboard nforce2 chipset built in nvidia
graphics. I havent gotten the nvidia splash screen even though I
installed nvidia-kernel stuff with aptitude. Again something else to fix
on my end with nvidia drivers- but what???
Does 2.6 even have nvidia drivers?
Just wondering aloud


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make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

2003-12-17 Thread tripolar
I am compiling linux-2.6.0-test11 kernel (patched with patches from
kernel.org)
unpacked in /home/user/
cd ~/linux-2.6.0-test11
$make menuconfig
$fakeroot make-kpkg clean
$fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=.261217 kernel_image
at the end of that process I get these errrors

drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48c82): In function `ide_match_hwif':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48c87): In function `ide_match_hwif':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48cb5): In function `ide_match_hwif':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48cd9): In function `ide_match_hwif':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48cde): In function `ide_match_hwif':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x48ce3): more undefined references to
`ide_hwifs' follow
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x495fa): In function
`ide_setup_pci_controller':
: undefined reference to `noautodma'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49acb): In function `ide_setup_pci_device':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49ad3): In function `ide_setup_pci_device':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49af0): In function `ide_setup_pci_device':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49af8): In function `ide_setup_pci_device':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49b80): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49b88): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49ba5): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49bad): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49bcc): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49bd4): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49bf3): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `ide_hwifs'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x49bfb): In function `ide_setup_pci_devices':
: undefined reference to `probe_hwif_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x4a3ae): In function `__ide_dma_off_quietly':
: undefined reference to `ide_toggle_bounce'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x4a4be): In function `__ide_dma_on':
: undefined reference to `ide_toggle_bounce'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x4a660): In function `__ide_dma_read':
: undefined reference to `ide_execute_command'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x4a740): In function `__ide_dma_write':
: undefined reference to `ide_execute_command'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x4aa11): In function `__ide_dma_verbose':
: undefined reference to `eighty_ninty_three'
make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/user/linux-2.6.0-test11'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

Any ideas? Did a google though havent found any answers.
Thanks


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after compiling,rebooting, fsck fails

2003-12-11 Thread tripolar
After compiling kernel, updated grub,then rebooted getting the following
error
ooops dont have it verbatim
something about fsck failed
/dev/hda6 doesnt exist or invalid

use
#mount -n -o remount,rw

I hit ctrl-d hoping it would continue to boot but no such luck, rebooted
this time booted into old kernel
Any idea why after compiling kernel it would say fsck failed and
/dev/hda6 doesnt exist or invalid?

by the way, started from scratch didnt use old .config file

thanks


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Do I use 2.4.22 or nvidia-kernel-common?Re: was "Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review"

2003-12-11 Thread tripolar
It seems I have install nvidia-kernel-common but I must have not
configured it because I dont have a nvidia splash screen.
It appears I am running 2.4.22-1-k7.
Do I recompile 2.4.22-1-k7 to get usb devices working (usb webcam, usb
storage, usb phone, & usb wireless network adaptor)?

What do I do to get Nvidia stuff working? I hava an ABIT NF7-M board
with nForce-2 chipsets.
Thanks


On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:18, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 00:07 GMT, tripolar penned:
> > I am familiar with compiling kernel #make menuconfig #make dep && make
> > clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install
> 
> I snag the debian version of the kernel and then do the above.
> 
> > 
> > does this process work for debian? I usually download kernel from
> > kernel.org but I will use apt-get install new kernel if I am confident
> > that I wont break anything :-) Please direct me to clean documention
> > on how to compile kernel debian way Thanks
> > 
> 
> I can't help you learn the debian way, but I can tell you that the "old"
> way works with the debian versions of the kernel.
> 
> -- 
> monique
> 


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Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review(should be able to solve now)

2003-12-11 Thread tripolar
Was given another link.
even better :-)
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:07, tripolar wrote:
> I am familiar with compiling kernel
> #make menuconfig
> #make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make
> modules_install
> 
> does this process work for debian? I usually download kernel from
> kernel.org but I will use apt-get install new kernel if I am confident
> that I wont break anything :-)
> Please direct me to clean documention on how to compile kernel debian
> way 
> Thanks
> 
> 


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Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

2003-12-11 Thread tripolar
found this link kernel howto especially for debian :-)

http://www.e-aiyama.com/~toshi/Computer/Linux/KernelCompile.html



On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:07, tripolar wrote:
> I am familiar with compiling kernel
> #make menuconfig
> #make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make
> modules_install
> 
> does this process work for debian? I usually download kernel from
> kernel.org but I will use apt-get install new kernel if I am confident
> that I wont break anything :-)
> Please direct me to clean documention on how to compile kernel debian
> way 
> Thanks
> 
> 


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Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

2003-12-11 Thread tripolar
I am familiar with compiling kernel
#make menuconfig
#make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make
modules_install

does this process work for debian? I usually download kernel from
kernel.org but I will use apt-get install new kernel if I am confident
that I wont break anything :-)
Please direct me to clean documention on how to compile kernel debian
way 
Thanks



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Re: Sound issues-no sound from cd players

2003-12-10 Thread tripolar
Thanks
hooked up the cdrom drive to soundcard.
now enjoying "Tool" cd :-)
In the past( I think) I have listened to cd's without that cable.
any idea how that worked?

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 20:53, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > $ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp
> > did work then I tried cd players again- both gnome & kde cdplayers. each
> > cd player picked up my music cd but played no sound.
> 
> Is your CD player connected to your sound card?  Do you have read
> access to the CD player device?
> 
> - -- 
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> : :'  :
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Sound issues-no sound from cd players

2003-12-10 Thread tripolar
$ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp
did work then I tried cd players again- both gnome & kde cdplayers. each
cd player picked up my music cd but played no sound.
I then tried to listen to linus again $ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp
this time "bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy"
this is what fuser shows
# fuser -v /dev/dsp

 USERPID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/dsp suley  2025 f  artsd
 suley  2080 f  artsd
ok did 
#killall artsd
now playsound works again
what am i missing to get cdplayers to play sound?


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Re: Installing on a GRUB system?

2003-12-06 Thread tripolar
David
what installer are you talking about? woody installer?
I used the newer sarge one and I didnt notice any option but lilo
because sure would have appreciated installing grub instead. Instead
will have to install & configure grub after the fact.

On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 22:48, David Palmer. wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 04:37:09 +0100
> Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:09:59 -0500, 
> > lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 
> > > i'm downloading the debian-installer beta.  i intend to install on a
> > > 
> > > spare partition on my GRUB-based system.
> > > 
> > > does debian-installer use GRUB or LILO?
> > > 
> > > if LILO, can i just skip the LILO installation and add an entry to 
> > > grub.conf instead?
> > 
> > ..you can do both: point lilo to the /boot of your install and boot
> > that off grub on the mbr.  And you can do apt-get remove --purge lilo 
> > and setup grub instead.  
> > 
> Apparently it's not immediately obvious, but installing Grub instead of
> Lilo is available as an option in the installer.
> Regards,
> 
> David.
> 


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Re: problems installing java

2003-12-06 Thread tripolar
well back in town and trying to install java on mothers pc so she can
goto websites with java.
I first upgraded her system to sid ( because that is what mine is)
then added a site from apt-get.org for j2re1.4
did apt-get install j2re1.4
then this-
Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
/etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so: No such
file or directory
dpkg: error processing j2re1.4 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 j2re1.4
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

any ideas?

On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 17:56, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:03, tripolar wrote:
> > it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games ,  yeah she is 
> > addicted ;-)
> > and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for 
> > her before I went out of state :-( no such luck.
> > will have to try again when I get back
> > thanks
> 
> To /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://jopa.studentenweb.org/debian ./
> 
> Then: apt-get install j2re1.4
> 
> It'll do it's magic.


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what kernel to use?

2003-12-06 Thread tripolar
package listing on debian is down. 
I am using
Linux version 2.4.22-1-386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.2
20030908 (Debian prerelease)) #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003

cpu- AMD 2700+ Athlon
ABIT NF7
Nvidia chipset
Nvidia Nforce2
I want to recompile or try new kernel ( if it would be better) so usb
will work- usb webcam, usb printer, usb storage and usb linksys
wirelessnetwork adaptor
I have had all of these working in GNU/Linux before except linksys
wireless adaptor.
I have never used debian kernel utils to compile kernel. just the make
menuconfig way
Would it be better to use debian packages & debian way of installing
kernel?


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Re: apt-get "waiting for headers" problem

2003-12-05 Thread tripolar
ooops apparently every address in my source.list was down 
added another source and it works fine

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 11:20, tripolar wrote:
> at #apt-get update
> gets me 
> "0% [Waiting for headers]
> I have net access. 
> how to clean out apt-get after using ctrl-C to stop it? 
> 


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apt-get "waiting for headers" problem

2003-12-05 Thread tripolar
at #apt-get update
gets me 
"0% [Waiting for headers]
I have net access. 
how to clean out apt-get after using ctrl-C to stop it? 


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Re: x only works for root

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
Thanks a million
both gnome & kde work now as regular user
Paul Morgan wrote:
/tmp should be owned by root and open to everyone:

drwxrwxrwx9 root root 4096 Nov 30 14:14 /tmp

as root, do
chown root:root /tmp
chmod 777 /tmp
 



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Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games ,  yeah she is 
addicted ;-)
and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for 
her before I went out of state :-( no such luck.
will have to try again when I get back
thanks

Kristian Niemi wrote:

Hmm ... Strange.

I do have it linked to .../plugins. As it should be.
Forgot to write /plugin; good that you noticed. ;)
Strange that it works, actually, because it *is* a bug. Firebird 
simply crashes; others have had the same problem. I believe they've 
worked out a fix for it, but ...

So, wonder how come it works for you?
... or why it doesn't work for me...
h: Krisse

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I use the same version as you and java works fine. Maybe you should link
libjavaplugin_oji.so to /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugins/ instead of 
mozilla-firebird.

Cheers,





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Re: x only works for root

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
.kde3-errors

+ break
+ sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
+ usrmodmap=/home/suley/.Xmodmap
+ startup=/home/suley/.kde3rc
+ resources=/home/suley/.Xresources
+ startssh=
+ sshagent=/usr/bin/ssh-agent
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z '' ']'
+ startssh=yes
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/X11/Xmodmap ']'
+ '[' -f /home/suley/.Xmodmap ']'
+ '[' -x /home/suley/.kde3rc ']'
+ '[' -f /home/suley/.Xresources ']'
++ which kde3
+ '[' '!' -n /usr/bin/kde3 ']'
+ '[' -n yes ']'
+ exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- kde3
mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied
.xsession-errors

/etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/
run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l :0 suley
+ WM=kde3
+ cp /dev/null /home/suley/.kde3-errors
+ chmod 600 /home/suley/.kde3-errors
+ exec
tripolar wrote:

I have had problems with permissions in /usr/X11R6
I set them #chmod 755 -R /usr/X11R6/
does that look right?
that has worked in the past.
I was told to remove files in /tmp  relating to dcop or orbit ( sorry 
I forgot and I am not on that machine because x only works for root 
and I have yet to figure out mutt ;-) )
I have messed with permissions in /tmp
what user & group should /tmp be?
at this time the only  twm for regular users though I cant open any 
apps like kmail or evolution or  mozilla
$kmail
trying to creat local folder:Permission denied
failed to create /tmp/ksocket-tripolar/
_KDE_IceTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener

DCOPServer self test failed
kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started
.
Can't setup DCOP communication

Any suggestions? again I messed up /tmp user & group & permissions. 
need to know the correct user, group and permissions of /tmp
also anything relationg to dcop & permissions to get reg users to log 
into x from gdm
Thanks





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x only works for root

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
I have had problems with permissions in /usr/X11R6
I set them #chmod 755 -R /usr/X11R6/
does that look right?
that has worked in the past.
I was told to remove files in /tmp  relating to dcop or orbit ( sorry I 
forgot and I am not on that machine because x only works for root and I 
have yet to figure out mutt ;-) )
I have messed with permissions in /tmp
what user & group should /tmp be?
at this time the only  twm for regular users though I cant open any apps 
like kmail or evolution or  mozilla
$kmail
trying to creat local folder:Permission denied
failed to create /tmp/ksocket-tripolar/
_KDE_IceTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener

DCOPServer self test failed
kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started
.
Can't setup DCOP communication

Any suggestions? again I messed up /tmp user & group & permissions. need 
to know the correct user, group and permissions of /tmp
also anything relationg to dcop & permissions to get reg users to log 
into x from gdm
Thanks



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Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
Thanks to all who have helped. I downloaded java to mom's pc, unpacked 
it, moved it and created links to mozilla & netscape
Now I will wait for my mom to get up and try netscape and mozilla to see 
if it works :-)

Kristian Niemi wrote:

Well ... I don't know if there's a `debian-way' that could be used, 
but I installed it by downloading it from the web ...

From the following address, I believe: 
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

I use Mozilla Firebird, and there I had to put a symbolic link from a 
file `from java' to Mozilla Fb's plugin-folder. I think the file was 
'/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32'. Found out about it 
from a Mozilla.org page. I.e., for me it was done by "ln -s 
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 
/usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/"

I'd imagine Mozilla and Netscape would require a similar action; 
probably exactly the same. I haven't got a clue about konqueror 
though. ;)

Oh, and this shouldn't be a problem for you, since you don't use 
Firebird, but this particular build of FB that debian `has' right now 
(unstable), has a bug that doesn't allow it to show java pages. So all 
of this didn't do me any good, I'll have to wait until debian starts 
updating their 'unstable' packages again. Heh. I'd imagine Mozilla 
doesn't have a bug like this.

Krisse

tripolar wrote:

having problems installing java
first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install?
2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java?
3. Any links I should set up and how?
I have main non-free & contrib in my sources.list
unstable
thanks





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problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
having problems installing java
first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install?
2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java?
3. Any links I should set up and how?
I have main non-free & contrib in my sources.list
unstable
thanks


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questions/comments about new sarge installer & LILO

2003-11-29 Thread tripolar
I have used the new sarge installer alot in the last week and am pretty
impressed. Thanks to all responsible.
A few things that seem different are
1) the way discs are labeled in lilo
for example:
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
I am guessing because Debian is the Universal OS and all the different
platforms it supports has warranted this change from /dev/hda1.
I need to figure out how to get lilo to pick up and boot /dev/hda2.
I ran lilo after editing lilo.conf- it didnt pick up m$ partition and
commented about name change because I used /dev/hda2 versus
.../target0/lun0/disc 
Where are docs about /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc naming
scheme?

2)I was surprised to see lilo start straight way without any prompt nor
any delay. maybe I did something wrong :-)





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Re: messed up mbr- unable to boot

2003-11-29 Thread tripolar
Thanks to all who tried to help. I lost patience and re-installed.
I am going to post comments/questions about new sarge installer & LILO

On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 19:23, Mark Haney wrote:
> > can I use knoppix live-cd to fix mbr to be able to boot sarge & m$XP?
> > lilo is installed on sarge. grub maybe also installed though not
> configured.
> > no boot floppy :-( used new installer and dont remember the option to
> make 
> > boot floppy
> > thanks
> 
> I haven't tried Knoppix yet, but I messed up my MBR just the other day
> and was able to fix it with the Woody install CD #1, which can also
> serve as a rescue CD. I booted to the CD, and then entered:
> 
> 'rescbf24 root=/dev/hda3'
> 
> at the prompt. This started up the 2.4 kernel (I had trouble trying to
> rescue with the default kernel; don't think it can read Reiserfs) and
> set root to my Woody partition. Then I just edited my menu.lst file for
> grub, reset the MBR with the 'update-grub' command, and rebooted.
> Everything worked fine after that.
> 
> HTH,
> Mark
> 


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messed up mbr- unable to boot

2003-11-28 Thread tripolar
can I use knoppix live-cd to fix mbr to be able to boot sarge & m$XP?
lilo is installed on sarge. grub maybe also installed though not configured.
no boot floppy :-( used new installer and dont remember the option to make 
boot floppy
thanks


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how do I fix xserver remotely?

2003-11-27 Thread tripolar
during an install on my parents pc I chose wrong xserver "fbdev" because I 
didnt know there video card at the time. since then I found out it was s3 
savage.
First I was locked out because of root password problem. fixed now with help 
from this list :-)
Their pc is running knoppix live-cd ( so she can access internet) while I sort 
this out. I will need to log in ssh ( not a problem did that earlier) and try 
to fix x by editing file and hopefully when she reboots after removing 
knoppix cd, gdm will start.
any clues would be helpful
thanks


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lost root password

2003-11-26 Thread tripolar
while installing sarge on my parents pc using new installer ( sweet!!) when it 
came to typing in root password I typed it twice in same line but didnt 
notice until it came for me to verify my typing again. I left the second line 
blank thinking when i rebooted there would be no password and could easily 
add root password then.
No suck luck. rebooted and tried one instance of root passwd and two instances 
of root passwd. no luck. cant log in.
I rebooted there machine with a knoppix cd, mounted the harddrive read-write, 
used vi to edit /etc/shadow & /etc/passwd
to reset root password.
still no luck
what am i missing?
Thanks


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dselect makes me feel like an idiot

2003-11-25 Thread tripolar
I open dselect and search / for nvidia
3 choices come up. i enter return a few times, get to "install" enter
then this comes up
Why are all these kde programs being removed? Am I not doing something right?
Thanks

"Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ark kappfinder karbon kate kcalc kcharselect kchart kcoloredit kcontrol
  kcron kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4
  kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdf kdict kedit kfind kformula kghostview
  khelpcenter khexedit kicker kiconedit kit kivio kjots klipper kmail
  kmenuedit knewsticker knode koffice koffice-data koffice-libs konqueror
  konqueror-nsplugins konsole korn koshell kpackage kpager kpaint
  kpersonalizer kpresenter kruler ksirc ksmserver ksnapshot ksplash kspread
  ksysv ktimer ktip kugar kuser kview kwin kword libarts1 libartsc0
  libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 lpr secpolicy
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys-bsd devscripts drscheme fakeroot junior-programming kdebase-doc
  libarts libncurses5-dev libreadline4-dev libruby1.8 mzscheme nvidia-glx-src
  nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-src ruby1.8
The following packages will be upgraded
  libruby ruby
2 upgraded, 15 newly installed, 69 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.0MB of archives.
After unpacking 110MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n"


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x & kde only run as root

2003-11-24 Thread tripolar
gdm starts, if I log in as root, kde starts & run fine.
if I log in as anyother user x fails with various messages
/etc/X11/xsession : line 7
xrdb: command not found

any ideas?
Thanks


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installing debian though compiling most everything.....

2003-08-01 Thread tripolar
I recently tinkered with another GNU/Linux distro Gentoo. I was 
impressed with several features- especially having everything run super 
fast compared to other distros.
I am sure there is a simple answer to this though I must ask to get it :-)
I would like to go back to debian though start with a very small base 
then any other programs I install- compile them from source to get a 
more stripped and fast OS.
I seem to remember some line in sources.list relateding to source.
Any suggestions what to start with?

Also, Do most of you consider Debian better than Gentoo? Why?

Thanks

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auto repair shop software on linux

2002-09-23 Thread tripolar

Sorry about the lack of info in the last post.
I dont have all the info yet- only that he runs windows in his autorepair shop and is 
getting tired of crashed and dataloss.
so at this point any software that he can use on linux-
accounting
customer database
repair records
etc.
Thanks



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Auto-Repair shop software on linux?

2002-09-23 Thread tripolar

Hello All
Can anyone help me out in finding software for a small auto repair shop that runs on 
Linux?
Thanks



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