Re: debconf: how to configure non-interactive install

Hi, Do you want to go in and change defaults in the database? Yes, that's doable, though there is no well-polished program to do it as of yet. yes, that's what I want to do. My aim is to use FAI (Fully automated installation, cf. http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/) for the installation of

debconf: how to configure non-interactive install

Hi, is there a way to provide the configuration (i.e., to manipulate the debconf backend database) for a package prior to installing the package? Afterwards it should be possible to install the package with the non-interactive frontend. Thanks for any help, Thomas

Re: Package to give away/orphan: GNU acct

Hi, GNU acct is still broken for 2.2 kernels. I thought a recompile would fix it, but it doesn't. The upstream author, with whom I generally had very good (albeit sporadic) contact is MIA. AFAICT the other dists don't distribute acct. I am still using an acct_6.3.2-2_i386.deb package that

libg[dt]k-1.1.so.13? (was gnome-apt)

Hi, when I tried to have a look at gnome-apt_0.3_i386.deb I found that it depends on several potato packages. I tried to install as much as needed (well, as the deb dependencies indicate) but still get some missing so dependencies: # gnome-apt gnome-apt: error in loading shared libraries

mark bug #31824 (html2ps: can't execute) as critical?

Hi, shouldn't we mark #31824 (html2ps: can't execute) as critical? html2ps does not work at all with this bug. Fortunately the bug can be fixed by deleting an erroneous character in the script. Cheers, Thomas

Re: nfs security problem, debian missing

Hi, 'got a mail about this mountd bug today. you see the list of vendors - but as you can see: debian is missing. why? how can we get on this list next time? - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Appendix A - Vendor Information Below is a list of the vendors who have

Re: dpkg config files in /etc ?

Hi, My general rule of thinking about it is: state is an opion within the program which can be changed and should be remembered next time. esp something which reasonably could change every time the program is used (it is concievable I have a CD today...in a month I am FTP upgrading) this

dpkg config files in /etc ?

Hi, the configuration files of all debian packages are located in /etc. That's really fine. But the package manager stores its configuration (access method, list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why? If these items would be stored in /etc, one could rebuild the system from

Re: dpkg config files in /etc ?

Hi, But the package manager stores its configuration (access method, list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why? Configuration goes in /etc, state goes in /var. Ok. So the information about the configured access method and the list of selected packages should be

Could we automate downgrade possibility by dpkg-repack?

Hi, when I install a package from unstable it sometimes happens that something is seriously broken and I'd like downgrade the package again. But the last recent version of the package has already disappeared from all the ftp mirrors and it is not easy to go back again. Could one include the

fonts messed up in emacs after last hamm update

Hi, after the last upgrade from a hamm mirror the X font metrics in emacs are completely messed up such that any text becomes unreadable and the characters seem to be placed in the window randomly. Since this problem occurs also when displaying a remote emacs on the local X server, it might be a

Unidentified subject!

Hi Austin, Incidentally, simply rebuilding the acct package against the new header files is a little tricky, since the ./configure script uses sys/acct.h in preference to linux/acct.h Did you manage to build a acct package for 2.1.96? If so, could I get it from you? Cheers, Thomas -- To

Re: acct: process accounting and 2.1.96

(Please excuse me for omitting the subject line in my previous mail) Hi Austin, Incidentally, simply rebuilding the acct package against the new header files is a little tricky, since the ./configure script uses sys/acct.h in preference to linux/acct.h Did you manage to build a acct package

Re: bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb

Hi, for some reason I am unable to install bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (and only these package) on one of my debian systems. dselect stops here: Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to `/pub/Linux/debian'... getting:

bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb

Hi, for some reason I am unable to install bsdutils_4.2.deb and bsdmainutils_4.2.deb (and only these package) on one of my debian systems. dselect stops here: Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to `/pub/Linux/debian'... getting:

Re: Donald Becker's ethernet drivers

Any chance of getting the ethernet drivers listed as supported in the ethernet howto, but stored at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov instead of in the main linux kernel, included in the base debian kernel distribution? The Boomerang driver (updated Vortex driver) has already been included in the

Re: 1.3 installation report.

Hi, Presumably, you installed xdm after installing shadow. shadowconfig edits /etc/init.d/xdm to switch between using xdm and xdm-shadow, so all you need to do is: shadowconfig off shadowconfig on and all should be well. Yes, thank you! But I think, the xbase package should

Re: 1.3 installation report.

Hi, 2. I installed shadowing as it suggested - started installing packages merrily. I also installed and configured NIS - however, I cannot log in any in my personal account - though I can finger anyone without trouble. I deinstalled shadow by doing a shadowconfig off and that still didn't