I have spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure out
whos distribution to to use (RedHat, Slackware, Debian).
I have decicde to go with Debian. Their Package Management
system looks to be much more powerful.
I am planning on downloading the distribution and writing it
to a CD. I have a
Hello all,
I get I/O errors when I attempt to
mt -f /dev/nrft0 fsf #
my HP/Colorado T1000 tape drive. I'm gonna guess it's either not a
supported action or a bug, but it doesn't really matter. Is there any
easy workaround for this problem, preferable one which integrates easily
into
I have ghostscript (with all recommended/suggested packages),
apsfilter, lpr and all the things necessary to print, but
nothing goes to the printer! I don't know if I forget
something, or didn't configured correctly. In W95 all works
fine, but in Linux doesn't. Can anyone tell me the
I was experimenting
with setting up ppp over a nul modem cable (with little luck, I might
add).
To get mine working, I had to instruct getty not to die if it didn't see
the Carrier-Detect/DSR/CTS set. Otherwise, it wigged if the cable wasn't
hooked up. Getty would respawn faster than a
Does a root-installed crontab (i.e. crontab somefile) interfere with
/etc/crontab (the system crontab)?
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On 15 Dec 1996, Kevin Dalley wrote:
This bug has already been reported--twice. It is #5729 and 5657.
Bruce's response follow:
It's OK for base to still be on the system. All of its files are
taken over by other packages.
Uhm.. its not that BASE is there, its that base version 1.2.x is
Shane Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What does the Debian CD looklike?
/debian/binary-i386/
Stick to the organization on the ftp site. I don't think it matters
where you put the top level directory as dselect asks you where it is.
Bruce - will be bootdisks ask you where the base disk images
Pete Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does a root-installed crontab (i.e. crontab somefile) interfere with
/etc/crontab (the system crontab)?
No. Note that they're not in exactly the same format though.
Guy
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Hi.
A quick question I hope. We are moving our main server to debian in the
next few days. At the same time I hope to move from UUCP hdb configs to
taylor configs. I found the utility uuconv which got me started and I
think that I have that sorted out. My question is, if I have gotten
I'm not sure if my initial message made it to the list (spam filter
intervention 8-) ). Let's try it again. I fetch my Debian release packages
manually with FTP. I've always wanted an easy way to verify the integrity of
the packages (looking for stupidity like using text mode instead of binary
Adam Shand writes:
Hi.
A quick question I hope. We are moving our main server to debian in the
next few days. At the same time I hope to move from UUCP hdb configs to
taylor configs. I found the utility uuconv which got me started and I
think that I have that sorted out. My question
Hi,
I'm trying to convert the following dip script to /etc/ppp/chatscript
so i can use pppd to dial in, but i've not had much luck. Can
someone help me please.
Thanks,
Chris.
// Begin ZetnetPPP.Dip \\
#!/usr/sbin/dip
netmask 255.255.255.0
get $mtu 1006
get $remote 194.73.161.1
port
What is going on here? The permissions are:
==
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/spool$ ls -dal /var/spool/lp*
drwxrwsr-x 6 root lp 1024 Dec 10 11:40 /var/spool/lpd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/spool$ ls -al /var/spool/lpd/
total 6
drwxrwsr-x 6
I forgot to mention the print job files:
==
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/spool/lpd/ps# ls -alrt
total 5065
drwxrwsr-x 6 root lp 1024 Dec 10 11:40 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 26 Dec 17 08:55 status
-rw-rw 1 wehler2 lp
I am trying to install a packard bell monitor (model PB8538SVGA) but have no
knoledge about it's character (Hfreq Vfreq max-resolution etc...) if there is
someone else using this monitor (which is about 3-4 years old, the model # is
written on the back) i would appriciate it if he/she would send
Anyone working on an ifmail package for Debian?
ifmail is a fidonet mailer for Unix.
hamish
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I'd suggest that you consider putting more on your / partition (as opposed
to less as you propose) and then freeing up some space elsewhere.
Something I find useful is to have a separate partition for local
stuff, like home directories, /usr/local etc. I create a separate
partition, then make
Hello,
I installed debian 1.2 the other day and compiled a new kernel (2.0.27)
The new kernel was unable to load any modules during bootup.
It just said: 'Can't find dependancy information for module mcd.o' and
the like.
What went wrong? Is it because I have kerneld 2.0.0? Where would I get a
Help, please. There is 1 old (sorry, no-debian)-box which has for
one or the other reason lost his /dev/printer socket entry. How can I
create a new one? tar -c, called on another machine, produces a named
fifo entry for /dev/printer, and /dev/MAKEDEV printer doesn't know
about how to create
At random times, I'm simply logged out. And it got really bad
just a few moments ago. All vt's where were closed down and
a new login prompt appeared. While this was going on, my hard-drive
lit up and started spinning like Linux was reading my whole disk
over and over again. Even when I tried
Hi all,
I know this has gotta be a real simple basic question, but I've
been through all the man pages and how-tos I can find, with no
answer.
After Linux recieves no input for a while, the screen blanks.
While this behavior is fine in character mode, it hoses my X server.
The screen gets
Hi all,
Given the discussion of moving directories and such, I'd like to
suggest a quick visit for any and all to
www.pathname.com/fhs
It's the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and although it's most
appropriate for developers, a lot of us can learn some neat stuff about
the
Hello,
is it possible that telnet strips the user name whenn logging into
another machine to 8 characters?
plus:~# telnet minus
Connected to minus.lfm.rwth-aachen.de.
Escape character is '^]'.
Debian Linux 1.1
Copyright (C) 1993-1996 Debian Association, Inc. and others
minus login: 1234567890
It seems that in new Debian installations /var/lib/locate
is owned bu root.root instead of nobody.nogroup and
that is why locate does not work. Cron routine can
not update the database because it is run as nobody.
I tried to trace the bug and it seems that in the source
package the directory is
Hi Alexander:
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I really think that could be a happy-administrators-guide.ps, with
things like: Well, you have Linux in your computer. You want to make
Linux usable. Then, do these simple steps...
So, again, how can I make my printer work? It's connected. It's
I ran
ctlinnd renumber
and got the message Must be running.
This is the second time I've seen this message... what does it mean?
innd is up and running and receiving articles. Why would ctlinnd say that?
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Robert Stone wrote:
preforming a:
ctlinnd renumber
Hi,
you are using teTeX instead of the Debian TeX system you have a
problem with the dependencies? I have created a dummy package, which
provides all necessary dependences. If someone is interested on this
package just drop me a line.
Nils
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Hi All,
I was wondering why LDP(Linux Documentation Project) manuals are not
included in Debian?
Sorry if this is an old news, but as a new user of unix, I found Linux
Systems Administrators and Users Guide very useful.
Just wondering,
David
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I use pine quite happily on Windows 3.1 but would like to use it on
debian too. I use a university unix system as the IMAP server, so I
should be able to see all my mail on either machine.
However, when I use pine on debian, it makes me type my name and
password (for the university machine)
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Heiko R. Selber wrote:
Hello,
I installed debian 1.2 the other day and compiled a new kernel (2.0.27)
The new kernel was unable to load any modules during bootup.
It just said: 'Can't find dependancy information for module mcd.o' and
the like.
What went wrong?
Pete Templin wrote:
Given the discussion of moving directories and such, I'd like to
suggest a quick visit for any and all to
www.pathname.com/fhs
This is certainly excellent literature.
However, a couple of weeks ago I found a document on the web which I now cannot
find back. It
Hi:
There's a file named 'Archive Maintenance In Progress' in at least three
Debian mirrors, namely ftp.debian.org, debian.crosslink.net and
debian.med.miami.edu. In debian.crosslink.net it's been there since at least
a last week, so I'm wondering if something is going wrong with the mirrors.
Hi all,
I'm a very happy user of Debian-1.2 (great job!), which have a little problem
with the new XFree86-3.2:
sometimes, when I start XFree (I use startx), the X screen has the extreme left
part disturbed, and if I move the mouse over it, it will draw in the extreme
right part, and viceversa.
From: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ifmail for debian
To:debian-user@lists.debian.org (debian mailing list)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:47:19 +1100 (EST)
Anyone working on an ifmail package for Debian?
ifmail is a fidonet mailer for Unix.
Not
In your email to me, Ricardo Kleemann, you wrote:
I ran
ctlinnd renumber
and got the message Must be running.
This is the second time I've seen this message... what does it mean?
innd is up and running and receiving articles. Why would ctlinnd say that?
The server throttled with
Why does the server keep throttling? :( I can't find any error messages
that point me to my problems... But I've been finding that everynight the
server is stopping (I assume throttling). Each morning I look at the
logfile and it is of size zero. Only after I do a ctlinnd go does it
start back
In your email to me, Ricardo Kleemann, you wrote:
Why does the server keep throttling? :( I can't find any error messages
that point me to my problems... But I've been finding that everynight the
server is stopping (I assume throttling). Each morning I look at the
logfile and it is of size
I have searched the Debian web page and the ftp hierarchy and been
unable to find any instructions on upgrading to 1.2 from 1.1, except
for a cryptic sentence in the README in the upgrades directory -- the
rest of the documentation there is outdated. What to do with the
files mentioned in the
I think you have to recompile the kernel. One of the options in the
character devices section is the apm support, in which you can turn the
console blanking off. Alternatively you can use
$ xset s off (look at the xset manpage)
hope this helps,
alex
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, John Juergensen
Hmmm thanks for the pointer!
I went to check, and my news.daily is already renumbering every day...
I had already tried the stop-makehistory-start-renumber sequence, but
for some reason I'm still getting throttled...
What are the reasons for throttling and the system staying in that mode?
In your email to me, Ricardo Kleemann, you wrote:
Hmmm thanks for the pointer!
I went to check, and my news.daily is already renumbering every day...
I had already tried the stop-makehistory-start-renumber sequence, but
for some reason I'm still getting throttled...
What are the reasons
Probably this is a stupid question.
Probably I could find the answer in any FAQ but I didn't:
Where could I find the source to install Lebian1.2 on my PC ? Should
I get them file by file or is there any tar form of the whole program ?
Thanks a lot
Franck Le Gall
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directory's permissions would not change. Hence, it has taken a few
months for the change to be noticed.
I will upload a fix later today.
Esa Turtiainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems that in new Debian installations
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.CNET/LAB/FCI/PIH wrote:
Probably this is a stupid question.
Probably I could find the answer in any FAQ but I didn't:
Where could I find the source to install Lebian1.2 on my PC ? Should
I get them file by file or is there any
Hello,
I've been installing, purging, etc several packages with dselect. After
quitting I wanted to install some other thing and, to my surprise, ftp is
no longer available as an Access method (just cdrom, nfs, harddisk,
mounted, floppy). Probably I did something wrong when installing things,
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
Now that exim is making it's debut in Debian, I'd like to try it out quickly.
I looked at the docs from it's home site, but the Virtual Domain stuff
was not real obvious. Can someone who is using it (anyone?) post
a quick example on setting up a virtual
Joost Kooij writes:
However, a couple of weeks ago I found a document on the web which I now =
cannot find back. It describes how to partition an approximate 1 =
gigabyte harddisk into multiple filesystems, including suggested sizes =
for each of the filesystems. The FHS document contains no
I've run out of ideas on this one, if anyone can help...
I'm installing Debian 1.2 (from 1.1) and have created the boot floppy from
the resq1440.bin file. This boots ok, loads root.bin and the linux
kernel, but then fails with a 'crc error' while uncompressing the
kernel. However, the same
I have an Opti Pnp Sound Card, and it doesn't work under Linux (have
to boot DOS and loadlin into Linux). According to the OSS/Linux
Page, the Opti Cards will be supported under the official version
of Kernel 2.1.x, is there such a thing, I see v2.1.17 (or something
close), or are these
I have Debian packages on a Win95 formatted disk
and need to transfer them to a Linux formatted
disk. These packages have the long filenames, they
were not downloaded from the msdos directory. However
when I try to access the files directly from Linux,
it converts the files to the 8.3 dos
Hi,
Anyone have success in building inn 1.5?
I haven't found any binary distributions and having a rough time getting
the distribution to compile properly...
TIA
Ricardo
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http://www.debian.org/ftplist.html tells about mirrors. The list has the
following site from France:
ftp://ftp.ibp.fr:/pub/linux/distributions/debian/
It seems to have the sources and binaries for i386, Alpha, m68k and sparc.
// Heikki
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I have been installing Debian little by little so I could see what's going on.
Here's the most recent findings.
o XFSetup didn't work. The configuration utility seemed to work right but when
it was the time to test the server the client was not able to connect to it.
I had to use
About the message that I posted two days ago:
Nothing of the suggestions that I've received worked. So,
I uninstalled the 'apsfilter' filter, purged its files, and
manually removed all references to it. So, I've installed
the package again, and it works! I don't know why. If
someone know, could
Alright,
I'm getting nowhere but poorer and more frustrated everyday. The
DEC netcard which came with my P133 wasn't supported. The Intel I bought
wasn't supported. The 3c905 which I bought requires compiling a custom
kernel, but I got compile errors, no kernel, and no help from this
I need to make base-files provide the virtual package base.
Next upload.
Thanks
Bruce
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In your email to me, Neil Parry, you wrote:
I've run out of ideas on this one, if anyone can help...
I'm installing Debian 1.2 (from 1.1) and have created the boot floppy from
the resq1440.bin file. This boots ok, loads root.bin and the linux
kernel, but then fails with a 'crc error'
OK, so I had to force the silly network card to be non-PnP, and it worked.
Now maybe I'll be able to recompile that darned kernel.
Now, an NFS mount request fails, like this:
# mkdir /nfs
# mount templinux:/nfs /nfs
mount: clntudp_create: RPC: Program not registered
Any idears?
--Pete
I was greatly impressed with the relatively painless upgrade from 1.1 to
1.2. Good job, guys! However I did notice a couple of things which I
feel should be mentioned here:
1) The modules package overwrites /sbin/request-route without checking
to see if it has been modified by the user.
2) I
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If you currently have Debian 1.1 installed on the system, you don't need
floppies to upgrade. Just have dselect update the packages file and
install the packages.
If you have an odd problem with one machine reading the floppy, it is
often memory related - especially in the case of the Cyrix CPUs.
Use mount -t vfat when you mount that partition and Linux will
recognize Windows 95 long filenames. You might have to load the
vfat module. You don't need to use UMSDOS, nor will it help.
Bruce
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Copying - I have used cp -a to good effect (transferring /usr amongst
others), e.g. cp -a /home/. /tmpmount.
CAUTION 1:
When you mount a filesystem, the visible effects are mounting a directory
tree structure, from the mount point down, so with only one filesystem (on
/dev/hda) you CANNOT replace
Try mount -t vfat /dev/hd?? /??. This mounts the filesystem with long name
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Hello,
During last system installation, I chose bj10e to be the default
printer and to use apsfilter - it works fine. Now, I would like to
add second printer now - cdj550. I created a new entriy in the
/etc/printcap with cdj550-a4-auto-color, spool dir but this does
tried lpc up new_printer,
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