Re: which 2.2 kernel for sparc ?

1999-08-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 11:30:27PM +0200, Eric Delaunay wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm starting to work on a new set of bootdisks for one of the next 2.1 > subrelease. Since the 2.2.9 kernel built in potato are not usable for > installation software (heavily required features left out of the kernel

which 2.2 kernel for sparc ?

1999-08-30 Thread Eric Delaunay
Hello, I'm starting to work on a new set of bootdisks for one of the next 2.1 subrelease. Since the 2.2.9 kernel built in potato are not usable for installation software (heavily required features left out of the kernel itself, like iso9660 support, ...), I want to build a new one. Could I go

Re: apt-cache hang! on IPX

1999-08-30 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > This is a known issue with apt-cache on sun4c systems. The apt author > has compiled a version without pthreads and it seems to have fixed the > problem. I might just make an NMU for this so we can resolve this > problem until a permanent fix is produced

Re: apt-cache hang! on IPX

1999-08-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 04:13:41PM +1000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running slink on IPX. I just upgrade apt to apt in > slink-proposed-updates. After that apt acts weird. apt-cache will stay > forever. I've read some discussion about apt on IPC weeks ago. But here > apt-get ??

Re: kernel upgrade

1999-08-30 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
According to Adam Di Carlo: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg) writes: > > > Don't use 2.2.11. It's br0ken. 2.2.12 will be out on monday or tuesday. > > Miquel, can you elaborate on this? AFAIK, the Stable Release Manager > was planning to do a slink update (either 2.1r3 or else 2.1.1

Re: apt-cache hang! on IPX

1999-08-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
> Get APT 0.3.11.1 compiled for sparc at http://www.debian.org/~jgg - it > should fix these problems. > It works great, thank you Chanop -- ,-. | Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | |

Re: apt-cache hang! on IPX

1999-08-30 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > I'm running slink on IPX. I just upgrade apt to apt in > slink-proposed-updates. After that apt acts weird. apt-cache will stay > forever. I've read some discussion about apt on IPC weeks ago. But here > apt-get ?? work fine except upgrade which

apt-cache hang! on IPX

1999-08-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Hi, I'm running slink on IPX. I just upgrade apt to apt in slink-proposed-updates. After that apt acts weird. apt-cache will stay forever. I've read some discussion about apt on IPC weeks ago. But here apt-get ?? work fine except upgrade which I think it call apt-cache. On the other hand,

Re: X-server problem.

1999-08-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
> > The first time I get the XDM inlog window I can use CTRL-ALT-F1 .. F2 > > key-strokes. Also during the session, thus after I have logged in. But > > when I close the X-session and the XDM inlog window returns I am not > > able to use the CTRL-ALT-F1 .. F2 key-strokes. > > > > My work-around is