Just wondering if any Debian users have tried the new Netscape
Communicator beta, released a couple of days ago.
There's a thread on comp.os.linux.development.apps discussing
problems with hangs bus errors people have been having.
I can't get the newsreader function to work because the program
Right after installing debian, the system was logging in.pop3d requests
and who the requests came from in the /var/log/daemon.log file.
It seems that right after installing xinetd I lost the logging of those
messages. Maybe it was xinetd or something else, but the system WAS
logging
Well I guess I was expecting a little too much of NT when I just tried
to shift partitions around.
The plan was to simply backup a data partition and move it by creating a
new data partition on the same drive and restoring the backup. I figured
I'd be able to get the drive lettering sorted out.
Lindsay Haisley said:
The Debian FAQ lists the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the address to
which to send corrections and suggestions regarding the FAQ. Mail to this
address bounces with a Sorry, no mailbox here by that name message.
Do the people who maintain the FAQ know this?
Yes.
1.
Try ln -s .xinitrc .xsession and make sure that /etc/X11/config
contains the line allow-user-xsession.
hunnia wrote:
I installed an .Xmodmap in my home (user) directory. It suppose
to switch between hungarian and us keyboard by the use of the scroll
lock key.
Called the file up as
Does anybody have the home page for OSBS?
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On Feb 24, Robert Nicholson wrote
Does anybody know how to run lilo once you've executed a shell from the
rescue disk? Basically I'm having a problem because / is the /ramdisk0
and not my harddrive. I think I need to rerun Lilo.
I don't know if this is the recommended usage, but I just did it
I just got a new Pentium Pro 200 MHz, and I put Debian linux 1.2 onto it
(had it on my old system and LOVED it! So had to have it again on this
new screamer). Well, I am trying to compile a custom kernel, which I've
done numerous times on my old system, using make-kpkg.
So I go through make
Well, I am trying to compile a custom kernel, which I've done
numerous times on my old system, using make-kpkg. So I go through
make config and everything is just fine ... until it comes to the
sound. When it reaches the soundblaster I/O, no matter what I type
in, it reports: Sorry, no help
Does anybody know how to run lilo once you've executed a shell from the
rescue disk? Basically I'm having a problem because / is the /ramdisk0
and not my harddrive. I think I need to rerun Lilo. However, the error
I'm getting, Thanks to NT, is
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root on 08:13
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Michael Banys wrote:
So I go through make config and everything is just fine ... until it comes
to the sound. When it reaches the soundblaster I/O, no matter what I type
in, it reports: Sorry, no help available for this option yet, and then
just goes right back to the
On 24 Feb 1997, David Sewell wrote:
Just wondering if any Debian users have tried the new Netscape
Communicator beta, released a couple of days ago.
Tried it with MALLOC_CHECK_=0, only got one bus error. The newsreader was
working fine for me.
Christian
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So far I have read a lot about everybody joining in, what name to run
under and how to split the money. But I have only seen two URL's on where
to get info for this. One is the at upenn.edu where I could only find a
precompiled binary, but NO Documentation or Source Code. I also saw a
Mount the hard disk root on /mnt, and run lilo -r /mnt. That will
treat /mnt as if it were the root.
I agree these commercial operating systems aren't worth the trouble.
Bruce
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On 25-Feb-97 Christian Hudon wrote:
On 24 Feb 1997, David Sewell wrote:
Just wondering if any Debian users have tried the new Netscape
Communicator beta, released a couple of days ago.
Tried it with MALLOC_CHECK_=0, only got one bus error. The newsreader was
working fine for me.
I had
I've just installed 1.2.7 on a Gateway Solo 2100
laptop. Unfortunately, some time after installing 2.0.29 and
pcmcia-source_2.9.1-1 and building a kernel with PCMCIA support and
support for the nice things one likes on a laptop (APM, etc.), it
randomly hangs in the first few minutes
The sources are now in portal.stwing.upenn.edu and ftp.genx.net. I saw someone
mentioning it in the linux-kernel mailing list.
// Heikki
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| does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be?
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|From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES:
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|Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a
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|[..]
| - Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit.
This only
Paul == Paul Rightley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Paul That says 'file' not 'filesystem.' Last I remember, no file
Paul could be over 2GB, but filesystems up to 4TB are possible.
I remember reading an article calculating these limits, and the
filesystem limit was a bit lower, between 2
The score, as of Tue Feb 25 2:40 EST 1997, was:
1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 100602 106.06 70.73
2 #root 35303 154.25 17.07
3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12063 86.37 10.41
4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10789 124.51 6.46
5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9964 124.50 5.97
6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8211 68.82 8.90
We are
I've been trying to run several svga games and keep getting this error:
/usr/games/doom-1.8/sdoom: can't load library '/usr/lib/libvga.so.1'
Unknown error
/usr/games/doom-1.8/sdoom: can't load library '/lib/libvga.so.1'
Unknown error
/usr/games/doom-1.8/sdoom: can't find library
Robert == Robert Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Robert Well I guess I was expecting a little too much of NT when
Robert I just tried to shift partitions around.
sad, yet common story snipped
Ahh, the beauties of NT Disk Administrator :-) Which version of NT are
you using, 3.51? It
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Riku Voipio wrote:
Here at debian, we have joined the fun, and you can join in too.
This may sound silly, but why doesn't someone package this thing (both US
and non-US) with a nice description of what it is, how can the whole
community beneffit from such an effort,
Victor Torrico writes:
Did a recompile to version 2.1.26. Everything works fine except that I
cant load the three loadable modules I compiled.
If you really mean you recompiled it (as in, you compiled it twice), then that's
probably your problem; there's a file called
Riku Saikkonen wrote:
I like WorkMan too, except for the fact that it uses the XView libraries
(which wouldn't be so bad if something else used them too, but it's kind of
a waste to have them for just one small program). I haven't seen WorkMan in
the Debian distribution, though -- maybe
Jason Gunthorpe writes:
- Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit.
ext2fs, like other file-systems seems to have a 2G per file limit
Oh, yes, sorry for that. It's a file, not the filesystem that has the 2GB
limit.
Ciao,
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Spiegl) writes:
something must be wrong with my lpd-setup. When a user starts
a print job, s/he can't cancel it anymore. Example: (user 'spiegl')
$ lpr abc.txt
$ lpq
lp is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total
Thus spake Hamish Neil Moffatt
Victor Torrico writes:
Did a recompile to version 2.1.26. Everything works fine except that I
cant load the three loadable modules I compiled.
If you really mean you recompiled it (as in, you compiled it twice), then
that's
probably your problem;
Hi!
I tried to install ( on my PC) too many packages using dselect.
Dselect quitted , because my Linux partition was full .
What can I do now to recover my system clean and well working ?
Maciej Koprowski
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On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, David Puryear wrote:
If anyone finds way to make java work without causing bus error, please let me
know.
Did you try out using old version of the pixmap library?
I have libXpm.so.4.6 in /usr/lib/netscape/lib, and a symbolic link
libXpm.so.4 pointing to it. Then I start
From what I've seen with it in Win95, it crashes a lot too
... so I wouldn't doubt it would have problems under Linux too.
Tried it with MALLOC_CHECK_=0, only got one bus error. The newsreader
was
working fine for me.
I had to disable java, or it give me buss error and crash every time
Tres,
I had a similar problem on a Solo 2100 and re-installed from the
stable area built a custom kernel (2.0.27) from the distributed kernel
source and all's well so far, it hasn't hung since (2 days).
--Bob
Tres Hofmeister wrote:
I've just installed 1.2.7 on a Gateway Solo 2100
I'm new to Debian, new to mailing lists, but not to Unix or Linux.
I'm sorry if this has already been discussed, but I can't seem to get
archives for this list. My problem is not in the kernel section of the bug
reports by package, nor can I find it on verisim.
I have a Slackware distribution
Hi all:
here is my problem, a machine at my school is running Debian 1.2 (upgraded
from 1.1) the current kernel is 2.0.6, libc is 5.4.20, the problem is any
attempts to send mail from pine results in a segmentation fault. I've
noticed this since I've attempted to install Majordomo(ugh!) ok I'm
sorry about this . . . but I feel it is relatively important
I can send mail in pine as root . . so it must be a permission problem
right but where
Corey A.
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Hi all,
I've finally risen to the next step. I've allocated enough HD space
to actually try all the packages I want to.
I d/l the base disks for 1.2.6? could be 7 and started over
installing from scratch.
Do I need any other packages to make pon work so I can FTP the rest
with dselect? Or
It seems to me we've got a problem with the way dependencies and the
installation are handled. It seems that if package 1 is dependent on
packages 2,3 and 4, and all were selected for installation, then
dselect doesn't always install 2,3 and 4 before 1. More usually it
installs 2, then tries 1
On 24 Feb 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
Ed Down [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But, on the ftp site, doesn't rex contain what was, in effect, the
original 1.2.0 release in total?
No, not in total, just a subset. Source and binaries in 1.2.0 that
have been replaced by files in rex-updates are
I've been trying to upgrade my kernel using kernel-source-2.0.27. I
put the new kernel on a floppy, boot from the floppy, and instead of
loading the new kernel I get this on my display:
Loading..
8000
AX: 02FF
BX:
CX: 000B
DX:
The hex code sequence keeps repeating until I reset my
Hi all...
Created a new kernel for my litlle compaq tecra laptop. (386sx,
6mb ram, 120mb +- HDD, mono vga)
After doing a make bzImage, I copied the image to the floppy as
linux and boot the contura with the new disk to perform a new
install on
Hi,
This is a know bug with the *kernel sources* (not make-kpkg as
has been suggested). Actually, this problem is an artifact of expr
becomming suddenly POSIX compliant, much to the consternation of the
kernel configure scripts.
The fix is to apply the following patch to your
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
I'd consider running it here (since I have a permanently connected
machine with time on its hands), but how much network bandwidth does
it use -- it's at a premium here.
Including inet headers, the upper limit is about 1k bytes of traffic
per
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Michael Banys wrote:
Does anyone know how to fix this problem? It's completely baffling me...
I don't know of a way to make it perfect, but, the following is a
fix. in the drivers/sound directory, copy Config.std to Config.in and
then do make config or oldconfig (not
Hi,
I'm running on an demand dialed modem connection, and the
bandwidth requirement is pretty minimal (I had to explicitly nice it
down to 17, though, for it not to make my machine slow as sludge).
manoj
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Manoj
Hi.
You may all be pleased to know the following stats at 12:25am +0800 WST
1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 112709 115.41 72.82
2 #root 36550 163.60 16.66
3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12229 95.72 9.53
4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11350 133.86 6.32
5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10394 78.17 9.91
With a 9.91 average,
Ed Down [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmmm, I wasn't aware of this. Couldn't debian fit the last release in
total on the ftp site in a 'frozen' state for ftp users? I for one was
happy with the 1.2 release 'out of the box' and would probably not have
bothered upgrading until the next release if
Hi,
We are working on a package ordering mechanism, and are giving
it a fairly high priority.
manoj
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Stefan Petters:
just found this on linux--security.
Seems to be contained in your tar--files for Debian as well. I don't
want such things on my machines. I think, this Package can't be on a
serious Debian--Distribution. I know, you can't keep an eye on
everything, but if such things are
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Hi folks!
Some time ago I started a discussion about the future of Debian's TeX
packages. The old packages had lots of bugs and some of them were based on
old upstream sources.
We had two possibilites: continuing with our own tex packages (i.e. fixing
the old
It seems that Debian is taking a rather different philosophy on
pre-configured packages than other distributions, such as RedHat. What I
mean is that after installation of RedHat you have a more or less
pre-tailored system setup. You can start tweaking your heart out but the
basics are already
Brian,
Here's what I use:
~/.procmailrc:
-begin-
# Please check if all the paths in PATH are reachable, remove the ones that
# are not.
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:.
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
DEFAULT=/usr/spool/mail/pryan
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail/from.log
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote:
Hi folks, Could someone do me a wee favour and write out a simple
procmail recipe for filtering this mailing list to another folder?
(~Mail/deb)
Been playing around for ages and can't seem to get it to filter on the
To: header.
Hi,
I a new to this list and to Debian. I have a 2.0.0 kernel and debian 1.2
Yesterday I updated some packages from the unstable tree. The packages
were base-passwd bsdutils debianutils dpkg e2fsprogs fileutils and
findutils. Today I have noticed by runing pstree that kerneld
spawns new
Yoav wrote:
#ifdef QUOTE
It seems that Debian is taking a rather different philosophy on
pre-configured packages than other distributions, such as RedHat. What I
snip a comparison of different packaging set-ups
It seems as if Debian is catering to
I have lived 3 jears with Windows95. So, this won't kill me anyway.
Sorry, it sould be a two. (2)
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On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote:
Hi folks, Could someone do me a wee favour and write out a simple
procmail recipe for filtering this mailing list to another folder?
(~Mail/deb)
:0:
* ^Resent-From.*debian-user
$HOME/Mail/deb
Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP
When this is done please post it here or forward it to me. Procamil and I
have this love hate thing going on.
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote:
Hi folks, Could someone do me a wee favour and write out a simple
procmail recipe for filtering this mailing list to another folder?
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Maciej Koprowski wrote:
Hi!
I tried to install ( on my PC) too many packages using dselect.
Dselect quitted , because my Linux partition was full .
What can I do now to recover my system clean and well working ?
Go back into dselect and remove or purge some of
Hallo,
When I connect to my ISP and run runq the message lock failed - try
again sometimes comes up in the /var/log/smail/logfile and mail in the
queue are not sent. If, while online, I send a message directly from
pine, it goes through while the queue stays with the same message.
Why does
I am having problems installing Debian. Here is what
happens.
The installation goes smoothly until I get to the part
where it decompresses the selected packages from dselect.
halfway through, it crashes with some kind of kernel memory error
and forces me to reboot the system. Upon reboot, I get
Hi,
From time to time, there come a question on this list (or the
developers list) about Debian's practice of not providing the
symbolic links /usr/include/{linux,asm}; instead, we ship default
headers in the libc development packages.
In order to answer these concerns, I
Yoav == Yoav Cohen-Sivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yoav My proposition - let's go for the more casual, yet
Yoav sophisticated user. A user that DOES want to read the Fvwm man
Yoav page to learn how to set it up to his own tastes, BUT doesn't
Yoav want to do it 2 hours after installing the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
eventually you will be forced to upgrade do to changes in libc, the kernel,
perl, etc. It is my understanding from what I've read on this list that it
is pretty much impossible to upgrade an old installation like mine
without re-installing.
How old? I upgraded my
Gleb Arshinov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IMO, it would be good publicity to promise 1/3 of potential prize to
Linux International, 1/3 to FSF, 1/3 to keep for debian, and keep
running with [EMAIL PROTECTED] identity.
But how much is that 1/3? I know RSA is offering $1, but there's
New
Stefan Walder writes:
I want to use my Linux-Box at home to get mail and news. I'm using my
Uni-ISP and i want to have several Email-Adresses (my family). And I
don't want to use POP, I think uucp is nicer! So I want to use uucp
over TCP/IP! Now my questions:
Particularly for multiple
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dr. banzai [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am having problems installing Debian. Here is what
happens.
*snip*
I just dealt with a whole host of problems just like this, ranging
from Signal 11 deaths in gcc to bad inodes, like yours. The problem
ended up being a
Hi,
How can I limit the max size of spool/mail/user's files
in order to prevent, e.g., a run of disk space?
[]s,
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Gleb Arshinov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IMO, it would be good publicity to promise 1/3 of potential prize to
Linux International, 1/3 to FSF, 1/3 to keep for debian, and keep
running with [EMAIL PROTECTED] identity.
But how much is that 1/3? I know RSA is offering $1, but there's
I was getting bus errors with the most recent version of Netscape 3.0
until I turned off Java. When I installed Communicator Beta 2, it may
have kept Java turned off, I don't know. I got a bus error within the
first few seconds of using it, but I've used it for about 5 hours after
that with
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Ioannis Tambouras wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
I'd consider running it here (since I have a permanently connected
machine with time on its hands), but how much network bandwidth does
it use -- it's at a premium here.
Including inet
The developer mirror sites are a little too volatile.
So, what' the best 1.2.6 mirror?
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I'd consider running it here (since I have a permanently connected
machine with time on its hands), but how much network bandwidth does
it use -- it's at a premium here.
The trick with this contest is to track down all of your buddies who are
system administrators for huge numbers of
I believe this is set in the /etc/smail/config file, you have to modify
the line:
max_message_size=10M
You can find more options in 'man smailconf'.
Hope this helps you out.
=
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I just received a Atari Falcon 030. Will the debian 68k
distribution work on this machine? Anyone else out there
using an Atari?
Thanks,
Brian
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Try the boot disks in unstable/disks-m68k. I think they'll work on the
Atari.
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1. DO I NEED PERMANENT CONNECTIVITY OR DIALD TO RUN THE CLIENT ?
No. When the client starts, it establishes a tcp connection to
zero.genx.net and gets a keyspace block, then it closes the connection.
Once the key search
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Lynch)
Did you try /dev/sr0 ???
Thanks for responding. I guess that boot-up message and devices list
should have given me a clue.
There is no /dev/sr0, so I used mknod to make one doing
mknod sr0 b 11 0
I then did
mount -t
Tres Hofmeister writes:
:
: I've just installed 1.2.7 on a Gateway Solo 2100 laptop.
: Unfortunately, some time after installing 2.0.29 and
: pcmcia-source_2.9.1-1 and building a kernel with PCMCIA support
: and support for the nice things one likes on a laptop (APM, etc.),
: it randomly hangs in
Mario Olimpio de Menezes says:
How can I limit the max size of spool/mail/user's files
in order to prevent, e.g., a run of disk space?
Use disk quotas
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