Re: Problems with kernel recompiling

David Benfell wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 01:40:36AM -0500, Vadim Kutsyy wrote: > > > > I want to recompile the kernel. I config and compiling went without any > > problem (I am trying 2.2.18pre21 static on woody). Hwever, when I am > > restrarting computer, Xserver starts, but gdm doesn'

Re: mouse configuration

This thread about mouse configuration got me to try to get 'gpm' and X co-operating again, and I was successful this time. Let me explain my setup. I have a Logitech mouse of some sort, a Mouse Man Plus, I think. It's got two buttons, plus a wheel that also acts as a third button(plus up-and-down,

Re: X in startup

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the > command line using startx? > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > after booting up press F1 to go into a console > > terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just >

Re: mouse configuration

Kent West wrote: Mithras wrote: After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I discovered the mouse wasn't working. Besides this mouse problem, I'd just like to say how *pleased* I've been with Debian. The default X environment (what I've been able to see of it) an

Re: docbook and pagesize

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 05:59:32PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > - What tools to you use to produce output? I've been using sgmltools, > but am told jade is the preferred (or at least more powerful) route. The scripts in sgmltools simply call jade. /usr/bin/sgmltools, from sgmltools

Re: mouse configuration

Mithras wrote: Excuse me if this question is really basic. After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I discovered the mouse wasn't working. It didn't move at all at first, and I found last night that /dev/mouse was just symlinked to some weird device, but not ttyS0 like it sh

Inspiration & 2.4

I was inspired by this post at advogato [http://www.advogato.org/article/224.html] and would like to test the 2.4 kernel. I've tested ac patches and sent in bugs to Alan Cox and he was quick to respond with a fix. I have no idea how he does this with the amount of email I'm sure he gets, but it i

Re: GeForce2 MX, drivers, X4...

I installed X4.0.2 and the nVidia drivers 0.9-5. Just take your time and follow the steps in the docs that came with those packages and things should work. If you have an Asus P5A (what I have) or anything with an ALi chipset, there are a few extra steps, but they work nicely. As of version 0.9-

quake 2 server lists probs

I've managed to install quake 2 and get it to run without too many problems, but whenever I try to refresh the server list it complains that the broadcast address of 224.1.0.0 is unreachable and no local servers are displayed. How can I get quake 2 to broadcast on my local network for available s

Re: fdisk program in MSDOS

Michael Light wrote: I just recently bought a debian software package and I've been reading the book 'Learning Debian GNU/Linux'. I tried using the fdisk utility on my hard drive. One of the things I've noticed is that on my menu there is no number 5. Change current fixed disk drive. Is tha

Package Config Diffs

For system administration... In order to reconstruct a system... It is easy/rivial to get a list of all the instaned packages on a machine. But, getting a list of the modified configuration files (presuming any modified file is a config file of some type) and the differences is a little hard

Re: sound blaster live! 512

Hmmm I changed the permissions with the setting you specified, and added my user to those permissions, but I still get the same error. I`m wondering if i should boot to my old kernel if i want sound, and if i want to use my cd writer, to boot to my new kernel. that would be such a pain t

[jerlin@surfcity.com: Re: sound blaster live! 512]

- Forwarded message from Jerrud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Nope, all that is in my /var/log/syslog file are 3 entries Jan 4 02:11:13 localhost syslogd 1.3-3#33.1: restart. Jan 4 02:11:14 localhost anacron[173]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Jan 4 02:11:14 localhost anacron[173]: Normal ex

Re: Dell PERC RAID Controller

Oh, and I forgot to mention I'm not subscribed to either of these mailing lists, so please be sure to reply privately with any comments, questions, etc. Regards, Kevin - Original Message - From: "Kevin Traas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 03,

Dell PERC RAID Controller

Greetings everyone, After much frustration in trying to get Debian GNU/Linux (my distro of choice) installed on a Dell PowerEdge 2450, I've finally found success! My problem was finding kernel support for the onboard PERC 3/Si RAID Controller (Adaptec OEM chipset) so that I could store my root fs

Re: LILO 0x40 ERROR when trying to multiboot freebsd and linux

It's been a while since I used FreeBSD, but if I remember correctly, you just set up your lilo.conf file for FreeBSD the same way you do for a Winderz partition. Try: other=/dev/hdb3 <--- FreeBSD boot partition label=freebsd After you setup lio.conf, re-run lilo for corrections to become act

Re: SCSI challenge

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 05:50:35PM -0800, David S. Bach wrote: > What I cannot do yet is get Debian 2.2r2 to speak with my Advansys > SCSI card. Tied to it are a couple of gigabytes of storage I would be Which boot-floppy flavour did you use? Vanilla-boot-floppies have advansys support included

GeForce2 MX, drivers, X4...

Well, the price was right and I grabbed a GeForce2 MX card... now I have no X. I understood X 3.3.x support was nil, so started an X4 upgrade...! Now, I'm not sure how to proceed, I'm still downloading one packages, (xserver-xfree86), but if I understand correctly, I need to compile the kernel mo

Re: LILO 0x40 ERROR when trying to multiboot freebsd and linux

> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:50:47 -0500 (EST) Walter Tautz writes: WT> NOTE: I can run linux with NO difficulty. I just can't get freebsd WT> to boot...maybe someone is trying to tell me something ;-) I suggest your using GNU GRUB. Maybe you can solve the problem. http://www.gnu.org/soft

Re: debian on a red hat system

If you can't be helpful, be silent. On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Veit Waltemath wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 07:49:06PM -, Pat Woolley wrote: > > Hi > > I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it. However I would like to be > > able to install debian packages on my system. As I see it there a

Re: mouse configuration

have you run gpmconfig recently? That'd be the first step... On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Mithras wrote: > Excuse me if this question is really basic. > > After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I > discovered the mouse wasn't working. > > It didn't move at all at first, and I foun

Re: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

apt-get install ldp-nag;apt-get install ldp-sag :) On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all,, there have been some mentions of books > on the list, but nothing definitive... > can anyone recomend a good system > administration/network administration book? > just curious to hear people's opini

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Opinions on the O'Reilly book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/

O'Reilly kernel book is pretty good, definately much better than Linux Internals. __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Ray Percival wrote: > I assume you mean the O'Reilly Debian book. It is worth reading online > the website not worth buying.

Re: debian on a red hat system

use alien. IIRC there is an RPM for it, look on rpmfind. alien --to-rpm package.deb Convert the package.deb into a package.rpm On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Pat Woolley wrote: > Hi > I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it. However I would like to be > able to install debian p

boot problems

I can't boot Debian the right way. I use loadlin.exe to boot, thus I copy my kernel images to C:\ so that loadlin can find them. This has worked fine for me with RH6.1 (custom kernel) and RH7.0 (stock kernel). I copied my Debian kernel to C:\, but loadlin tells me it's not a kernel. I can boot

Internet for normal users & /usr/local

I am doing some configuration now, and installing new programs, but I would like not to desorganize the system or compromise the system security, and I have 2 questions: Is /usr/local the right place to put executables that are not controlled by packages? If some user is supposed to access intern

Re: Memory leakage

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:05:13PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > $ fuser -v bigfile# show process(es) using bigfile > $ fuser -vk bigfile # kill process(es) using bigfile > $ fuser -v bigfile# verify the kill worked > $ cat /

Re: Installing KDE 2 using apt-get

> > Please, do someone know how to install KDE 2 using apt-get? >If you go to you'll find details on adding a > line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file which will allow you to install > KDE2 in *.deb format. You only need kde.tdyc.com if you use potato or something older

RE: Official Debian

It was slink--it was part of the VA/SGI/ORA boxed set... On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the jacket. > > > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #21

Debian worked out of the box for my with my Advansys card. It seemed to be built into the kernel. You shouldn't need to get anything from Advansys. If you rebuild your kernel with generic SCSI and Advansys device support built in (not as modules) it should work with no additional hassle. I'm

alsa software mixing

I was astounded today when my laptop was able to play a mp3 while I was running a game with sound effects. I don't use esound; I do use alsa with the snd-card-ymfpci module. I didn't realize alsa did software mixing. This rules! Am I just particularly lucky about the sound card in my laptop[1], o

Re: Memory leakage

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:06:16PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > > Try the following on each of your mounted partitions, starting at the > > mount point: > > > > $ du -sx * | sort -nr | cat -n | less > > > > ...which will

Re: rsync and harddisk memory dissapearence

on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:25:54PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For a couple of days already I have been observing the following strange > thing: > I run > rsync -v -etcetera kdesite:: /mnt/drC/kde_mirror > Setting: drC is where /dev/hda1 is mounted. My linux runs from /de

Re: Installing KDE 2 using apt-get

> Please, do someone know how to install KDE 2 using apt-get? If you go to you'll find details on adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file which will allow you to install KDE2 in *.deb format. -- Regards,| Need some help with Debian GNU/Linux?

Re: docbook and pagesize

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 05:40:24PM -0500, Bob Bernstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 01:50:51PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > /usr/lib/sgml/stylesheet/dssl/docbook/nwalsh/print/dbparam.dsl > > In your custom dssl driver file put: > > (define %paper-type% >

Re: Memory leakage

kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Try the following on each of your mounted partitions, starting at the > mount point: > > $ du -sx * | sort -nr | cat -n | less > > ...which will list out your largest directories, with usage sumarized, > in size order. Track down where the storage seems t

SCSI challenge

It's really nice to get X up with Debian. It really can be done in a single install (CAN be done, but maybe not the first try!). Anyway, I took the Windows computer that works as a backup for games and Word and installed 2.2r2 with X, and it looks and works great - no mouse problems, nice virt

Re: Tracking down IP's

On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 02:30:25PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > Either way, it's still a private IP address range. NOBODY should let > packets with one of these addresses, either as source or destination, cross > a network boundary. If the ISP is getting this traffic from its upstrea > provider,

Re: Tracking down IP's

Looks like HP OpenView or some other network management tool with auto-discovery turned on is wasting bandwidth on your corporate network. (And I say that because...) 161 is SNMP's port number. It's happening at regular intervals. 172.16.0.0/20 is private address space reserved IP's. And... I'v

Re: Imac CD install problem

You may want to subscribe to the debian-powerpc (or is it debian-ppc?) mailing list and ask questions there. You're much more likely to hit someone who's knowledgeable about the iMac platform there. I've been (very very slowly) gathering some information about how to load Debian on my new iMac DV

Re: Problems with kernel recompiling

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 01:40:36AM -0500, Vadim Kutsyy wrote: > > I want to recompile the kernel. I config and compiling went without any > problem (I am trying 2.2.18pre21 static on woody). Hwever, when I am > restrarting computer, Xserver starts, but gdm doesn't, so all what I am > getting is

Re: Many install questions

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 04:40:04PM -0800, David B. Small wrote: > I haven't been able to find an "install-help" list. If I've sent this > to the wrong list, I'll be happy to resend to a different one. > > I have a well-aged Dell Dimension with, among other things, a Promise > UDMA-66 card and an

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Opinions on the O'Reilly book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/

I assume you mean the O'Reilly Debian book. It is worth reading online the website not worth buying. There are a couple of books on the kernel one has all the source and comments (INAC so I have not looked at it) I also noticed that O'Reilly has a kernel book. -- Original Message ---

Re: Many install questions

I'll try to help where I can :) To quote "David B. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # 1) Have other folks had trouble installing from potato CD's, or is it # likely mine are bad. I can't say for sure - I only used one CD, but it went flawlessly(after I figured out how to get through the install proces

Re: Helix gnome control center freezes

When I try to run gnomecc it crashes out of X and returns me to my KDM prompt. Is Gnome currently broken under Woody? == Steve Cooper (working for somebody else in Redmond, WA) > > Subject: Re: Helix gnome control center freezes > Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10

Many install questions

I haven't been able to find an "install-help" list. If I've sent this to the wrong list, I'll be happy to resend to a different one. I have a well-aged Dell Dimension with, among other things, a Promise UDMA-66 card and an old CDROM drive. I was given 3 CD's of the potato release, and I intended

Re: VPN client software for Linux

Be very careful doing this. You're connecting a "relatively insecure" environment for many people (home network) directly inside your corporate firewall. If you're big enough to have a legal department, ask them to try to write something specific that your end-users have to sign -- but it still w

Re: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

Mithras wrote: > I'm also looking for a book, a late Xmas gift for my dad who's been > getting into Linux. I'm confident he has enough newbie literature to > help him when I'm not around (I last recommended Thinking Unix to > him), so I thought a book about the free software culture would be > goo

Parallel Printer Port Problem

Anyone, I recently got the newest Dell Latitude CPx laptop and I've installed it with stable 2.2.18. I've got about everything worked out but the sound and the parallel printer port. I need help with the parport. It won't work. Here's everything I can think of to help: - parport and parpor

Re: System.map irritation

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:31:41AM -0500, David B . Harris wrote: > > To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # well i also used gcc-2.95.2 as that is also what is in potato. > # > # i should note one other detail, i build the kernel on straight potato > # (with potato modutils) and install

Re: debian on a red hat system

> "Veit" == Veit Waltemath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Veit> Why do you want install debian packages on a rpm-system. The Veit> sense escapes me. Probably because Debian has packages that rpm doesn't??? (of course, the next obvious question is: why not install Debian instead? I suspe

Re: howto tell cron run last day of month

check out the GNU date function. I know that you can specify 'yesterday' and believe that you can 'tomorrow' as well, so if tomorrow is the first, then today is the last. Sorry, I'm on a solaris box with boring date and it doesn't do that to my knowledge. rick Nate Duehr writes: > Would midnig

Re: Network Throughput

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 05:37:56PM -0500, Tim Sailer wrote: > I have a Debian box with 2 NICs. Both 100Meg, running in full duplex. This > machine is running as a ftp proxy. As part of the traffic going through the > box, some streams have 1000k window size for a certain reason. How do > I tune t

Re: glibc devel info pages

Lo, on Wednesday, January 3, Ben Collins did write: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 04:37:44PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > > "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ben> By default, __USE_GNU is defined. If you want to define it > > > > (perhaps you meant "...is undefined"???)

Re: Quick questions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I was wondering, could you get a base Debian system installed by > downloading from /dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/: > > base2_2.tgz > images-1.44/rescue.bin > images-1.44/root.bin > > Then install the rest of the system when I get networking configured? > I

Re: howto tell cron run last day of month

Would midnight on the 1st work? Just a thought. There's no situations I can think of where the first of the month doesn't exist in most locales, since daylight savings changes officially at 2 AM in places that do that. (like here... grrr) On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 06:12:21PM +0200, Jaume Teixi wr

Quick questions

I was wondering, could you get a base Debian system installed by downloading from /dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/: base2_2.tgz images-1.44/rescue.bin images-1.44/root.bin Then install the rest of the system when I get networking configured? Also, how do you rebuild the package listings?

Re: docbook and pagesize

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 01:50:51PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > /usr/lib/sgml/stylesheet/dssl/docbook/nwalsh/print/dbparam.dsl In your custom dssl driver file put: (define %paper-type% ;; Name of paper type "A4") The DocBook stylesheet documentation lists these characteristi

Network Throughput

I have a Debian box with 2 NICs. Both 100Meg, running in full duplex. This machine is running as a ftp proxy. As part of the traffic going through the box, some streams have 1000k window size for a certain reason. How do I tune the NICs to handle the streams better? There are ways of doing this on

Re: Official Debian

Hello John, I have the same book Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, but never used the CD that came with it... I ordered a CD from http://www.Libranet.com, it comes with a full year of Support Help, not any other vendor I know does this... I will say this though, there CD was a snap to Install Debian, so befor

Re: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all,, there have been some mentions of books > on the list, but nothing definitive... > can anyone recomend a good system > administration/network administration book? > just curious to hear people's opinions. > thanks! Myself, I've always liked the Unix Sys

Re: Memory leakage

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 04:44:45PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:34:09AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > In a case of permanent memory loss (hard disk), w/o apparent reason,

Re: docbook and pagesize

on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 02:31:54PM +0100, Remco van 't Veer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > How do I get sgmltools-2 to output my docbook article in a4 format? I > always end up with a BBox size document. My /etc/papersize reads a4 > though. I'm still getting the hang of this myself, but

Re: Upgrade from Mandrake

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 01:38:47PM -0800, thus spake Miguel Pengson: > Hi, > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 and would like to install Debian 2.2. I read the > Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO at ldp but it seems a little > dated(96), any pointers? You will need to perform a new insta

Re: Gcc broken. How to fix?

matthschulz wrote: > > Say dpkg -i _package-name_ > > Replace _package-name_ with the full name of the .deb file. > Its not that simple. Have another look at the output below. The libtool package is installed its just thats its failing during configuration. Thanks anyway for the help. Erik

Upgrade from Mandrake

Hi, I am running Mandrake 7.1 and would like to install Debian 2.2. I read the Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO at ldp but it seems a little dated(96), any pointers? --- Miguel _ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> h

Re: mouse configuration

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David B.Harris wrote: > To quote Mithras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # Excuse me if this question is really basic. I wonder now if I showed naivete' by suggesting mouse configuration should be simple! :-) > # After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I > # discov

Re: Is there a nice graphical front end available for gpg or pgp ?

> I am looking for a graphical front end for gpg and or pgp. Possibly qt or gtk > based. Is geheimnis packaged already ? Check out the GnuPG home page at http://www.gnupg.org/, it has a list of many front-ends available. Then just use the "search" function in dselect with the name of the packa

Re: Memory leakage

kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:34:09AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > In a case of permanent memory loss (hard disk), w/o apparent reason, > > "Memory loss" and "hard disk" don't make sense. Memory in the sense of storage space, in the ha

Re: 4 Mouse buttons with gpm?

> > I've got a Logitech 4 button "MouseMan" (according to the label) mouse, and > > I can't get gpm to repeat the fourth button; it keeps being repeated as > > button 2. > Don't know if this solves your problem, but you definitely should use > "repeat_type=raw" here. And to complement the use of

Re: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 12:17:23PM -0800, Xucaen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all,, there have been some mentions of books > on the list, but nothing definitive... > can anyone recomend a good system > administration/network administration book? > just curious to hear people's opinions. Linux

Re: debian on a red hat system

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 07:49:06PM -, Pat Woolley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it. However I would like to > be able to install debian packages on my system. As I see it there are > two ways possible. > Convert debian to rpm Yes. > or install

Re: Official Debian

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:45:42AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the > jacket. Poor quality, dated, and a nonstandard distro. You can read what there is worth reading from it at O'Reilly's website. Goin

Re: X-windows in startup

on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 07:07:28AM -0800, Tom Schuetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the > machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working > beyond letting me enter username/password. > > C-ALT-D only get

Re: X in startup

I usually rename just the (in my case kdm) /etc/init.d/xdm into /etc/init.d/xdm.bak. It mkes a lot easier to bring everything back into the old status. /etc/init.d/xdm stopwill shutdown xdm without rebooting. Matth On Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2001 11:40, David Turner wrote: > nope do

Re: mouse configuration

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:31:58 -0500 (EST) Mithras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excuse me if this question is really basic. > > After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I > discovered the mouse wasn't working. > > It didn't move at all at first, and I found last night that /dev/m

RE: [slightly OT] book recomendations?

Xucaen, I have purchased the following books: 1. Linux Systems Administration Handbook by Mark F. Komarinski About 385 pages, not enough examples, syntax, etc., for me. 2. PREP KIT General Linux I by Theresa Hadden Martinez About 350 page

Latest apt-get dist-upgrade on unstable removes kde ?

Hi all, a quick apt-get update and dist-upgrade would uninstall kde. Is this intentional ? Greetings Michael

Re: mouse configuration

To quote Mithras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Excuse me if this question is really basic. # # After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I # discovered the mouse wasn't working. # # It didn't move at all at first, and I found last night that /dev/mouse # was just symlinked to some weir

mouse configuration

Excuse me if this question is really basic. After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I discovered the mouse wasn't working. It didn't move at all at first, and I found last night that /dev/mouse was just symlinked to some weird device, but not ttyS0 like it should (for my 3-but

[slightly OT] book recomendations?

Hi all,, there have been some mentions of books on the list, but nothing definitive... can anyone recomend a good system administration/network administration book? just curious to hear people's opinions. thanks! xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Pho

Re: Removing Helix packages

> > Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the > > Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting > > X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have > > scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption > > is that it's related to Helix's version of the various > > imlib packages. Now

Re: debian on a red hat system

> Pat Woolley wrote: > > Hi > I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it. However I would like to > be able to install debian packages on my system. As I see it there are > two ways possible. Convert debian to rpm or install dselect on my > system. Try alien. $ alien -r package.deb It shoul

Re: Potato and new hardware

paul wrote: > > hi there, > > i'm upgrading my current system (intel p2) and i'm getting a thunderbird > 1.2ghz. > i've ordered an abit kt7 motherboard, and i'm wondering if i can expect any > problems? > > should i build a kernel with support for a particular chipset? and do i need > any patch

Gcc broken. How to fix?

Hi all, I had a crash on my laptop (battery died) which has left me with a broken GCC. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling task-c-dev but now I get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > apt-get install task-c-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building De

Non-KDE2 programs aren't taking on color scheme

Hi, I have KDE2.1 installed and am having trouble with the color scheme being applied to other programs. This is how my computer currently looks: http://gigabee.com/linuxextras/kde2.1-koverse.png , but when I run GImp, for example, it is showing up as light gray with large fonts. Before, it was

Re: Removing Helix packages

On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the Gnome packages from Helix > a try. After re-starting X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have > scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption is that it's related to > Helix's version of

Re: debian on a red hat system

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 07:49:06PM -, Pat Woolley wrote: > Hi > I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it. However I would like to be > able to install debian packages on my system. As I see it there are two ways > possible. Convert debian to rpm or install dselect on my system. > > Can

Re: Recompiled potato kernel and

Badiane Ka wrote: > > now I'm having problems with modules not being > inserted. I have tried to insert them manually with > no success. > > I ran linuxinfo and notice that my laptop speed which > is 500MHz is now something in the low 100's. > > Can someone help. > > Badiane To keep things co

Re: sound blaster live! 512

romain lerallut wrote: > have you tried the ESD output plugin instead of the OSS one ? > > [...] > such device > > Looks like I might have deeper problems than permissions... > > Have any ideas? > Could you look in your "/var/log/syslog" for any messages like "modprobe: Can't locate module sound-

Re: Straight to woody after fresh potato install?

To quote Jon Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # csj wrote: # > # > The first of two questions: Is it OK to specify woody as the apt source after # > a fresh potato installation (I just grabbed, as someone suggested, the 2.88mb # > floppy install image)? I want to have woody with the least number of

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I have an older American Megatrends 1994 rev BIOS and I recently put in an IBM IDE 20Gig drive as my master driveI haven't done anything to reconfigure my BIOS since it is old and DOES work with just linux kernels (I have some newer equipment on which the settings below work flawlessly) I hav

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Hi I use mandrake 7 and I am very happy with it.  However I would like to be able to install debian packages on my system. As I see it there are two ways possible. Convert debian to rpm or install dselect on my system.   Can you help with one or both of these solutions please.   Regards Pat

[OFFTOPIC] Opinions on the O'Reilly book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/

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Re: Straight to woody after fresh potato install?

> The first of two questions: Is it OK to specify woody > as the apt source after a fresh potato installation I did and it worked fine. The commands (after specifying Woody in /etc/apt/sources.list) are "apt-get update" and then "apt-get upgrade". This will only upgrade the packages you currently

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hi there, i'm upgrading my current system (intel p2) and i'm getting a thunderbird 1.2ghz. i've ordered an abit kt7 motherboard, and i'm wondering if i can expect any problems? should i build a kernel with support for a particular chipset? and do i need any patches or anything? thanks f

Re: Straight to woody after fresh potato install?

csj wrote: > > The first of two questions: Is it OK to specify woody as the apt source after > a fresh potato installation (I just grabbed, as someone suggested, the 2.88mb > floppy install image)? I want to have woody with the least number of > downloaded packages. Sure. I'd recommend changing

Re: Source list

At Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:56:01 -0700, Brandeil wrote: > > Hi ! > I am very new to Debian. I have been trying to install some software > using the apt-get, I have had little success with it though. > netscape and ncftp are the only programs I have successfully installed. > GIMP, MC, GTK and other

Re: Official Debian

It would be quite a wait for Woody as they are now talking about it going frozen about May and then several months after that before it goes stable. -- Original Message -- From: D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:26:12 -0500 > >Potato is the

Re: Source list

> Some files are NOT FOUND, I dont know how to > add a link to the source list (the attempts that i > have tried causes an error and does not run) Run "apt-setup" to add source "locations" for software. Select "http" as your access method and then choose a mirror site (or the main Debian site, if

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