Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt
Sorry it's so late on the return: had to check mine at home... Your lilo.conf is almost exactly like mine. I'm assuming that you ran lilo since you made this conf, so that shouldn't be the problem. At this point, I'd consider other OS loaders like chos, booteasy, or grub, since lilo is being a

Re: Leyton Murray

2001-03-06 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:29:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To whom it may concern: >I was informed that your web site has an open source version of LINUX > that you designed, and I was wondering how to get a copy of this for my home > PC. I stumbled across a FTP page, but was n

upgrading X to 4.0.2

2001-03-06 Thread Michael Perry
Hi- I think that this has changed a bit so could someone let me know the easiest way to upgrade from 3.3.6 to 4.0.2? I am now tracking stable and a bit of testing with a dash of unstable :). I see a few of the task xwindows core packages, etc. Last time I did this was when the packages had a po

[tallison@phoenixdsl.com: XFree4.0.2 upgrade problem]

2001-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
The problem is that X -configure and xf86cfg are both in pretty bad shape in stock 4.0.2. For the time being, it is better to use the debconf interface to X server configuration that I wrote. [I have begun forwarding private mails I receive to debian-user, because it is poor practice to ask a pac

Re: Nuevo Usuario

2001-03-06 Thread scud
Hi, it is good idea to use english, I don't know how many of people here are spanish speakers, or if they would answer you in spanish, but if you want to use the list, you should definitely use english! Now to your problems, for some manuals try  debian.es or any other debian.* site under any other

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
You should check out mutt again. Mutt can read html mail and can display threaded. type v and use lynx to read html mail. If you check mail-header of postings for this mailing list, user either use mutt or Emacs+GNUS. Guess why. Mutt can read mbox (netscape) type mailbox so it will be eas

[ze_mil@club-internet.fr: X error]

2001-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
Would someone help this user for me? - Forwarded message from Laurent Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Laurent Dubois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: X error Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, I'm a french Debian user and I've just

dependency problems when installing apps from original sources

2001-03-06 Thread scud
Hi everybody, I'm trying to install glib 1.2.8 from it's original source file obtained from gnome.org The problem is, that old debian package "libglib1.2" (1.2.7-2) is still present. I tried dpkg -r --force-depends libglib1.2which removed the old package, but left mess in dependencies a

Leyton Murray

2001-03-06 Thread Ginzberg00
To whom it may concern:   I was informed that your web site has an open source version of LINUX that you designed, and I was wondering how to get a copy of this for my home PC.  I stumbled across a FTP page, but was not exactly sure what to use if any of this.   Thank you for your time

Re: IMAP server with SSL in debian?

2001-03-06 Thread Dave Carrigan
Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know if any of the IMAP servers in Debian support SSL (the > imaps: protocol) and if so where I can look for docs on how to configure > it? Cyrus supports TLS, but not the version in Debian, which is woefully out of date. You could look at

Re: dpkg -i error

2001-03-06 Thread Stewart Jenkins
I hate to follow up on myself, but I just tried the following with the listed result. # dpkg --configure veepee dpkg: error processing veepee (--configure): package veepee is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') Errors were encountered while processing:

Re: After Debian install, XMS and HIMEM errors prevent Win95 launch.

2001-03-06 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 02:23:58PM -0800, Robert Cymbala wrote: > > Error: "HIMEM.SYS is missing..." or "Error: Unable to control A20 > line..." After Installing Norton SystemWorks Very odd. I have that same problem on my laptop (Win98 & sid). However, on mine it isn't merely after i

dpkg -i error

2001-03-06 Thread Stewart Jenkins
Ok, I've banged my head up against the wall alone long enough. I am trying to install veepee_1.0-1_i386.deb. I have the deb on my local machine. I have run the dpkg -i veepee_1.0-1_i386.deb only to get the following error: Selecting previously deselected package veepee. (Reading database ...

Re: Testing wants to remove most of my system...

2001-03-06 Thread Joey Hess
Damon Muller wrote: > I'm guessing that the issue is perl related, as the new packages to be > installed were all perl ones. > > Is there any way to work around this (just do an upgrade, rather than a > dist-upgrade and ignore all the ones that have been held back?)? It's impossible to tell what

Re: Get Mozilla work w/Procmail?

2001-03-06 Thread kmself
on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:43:55PM +0100, Jonathan Gift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > As it is I use Mutt as a front end. Is there any way to point Mozilla's > mail folders at the one's used by Mutt and/or allow procmail/fetchmail > to do their stuff and then hand to Mozilla as it does to

Compiling/Installing D-link Ethernet Card Module

2001-03-06 Thread Arlo White
I'm trying to install a D-Link DFE-530TX+ Module for my ethernet card. I found the via3043.c source code at there website and copyed it to my /usr/src/via directory. The script tells me to run this command within the /usr/src/linux/ directory: "make config" I get this error: make: No rule t

Re: Vim: underline. subscripting etc

2001-03-06 Thread kmself
on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 02:13:57PM +, Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > How does one do things like underlining and subscripting under Vim? I had a > look at the manual, and read up about term caps, but can't seem to get it > working under xterm. With a markup lang

Re: new hard drive

2001-03-06 Thread hansen
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 05:22:59PM -0800, Ian Turner wrote: > > IIRC tar doesn't handle special files, you know, dev's, pipes, stuff > > like that. What you want is dump/restore. > > Dump/restore might yield better performance, but tar most certainly does > the job. For example: > > # cd /tmp > #

Re: Dual boot, multiple kernels, sytem map problem (was Re: Switching between two file systems.)

2001-03-06 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
I have a desktop at home that has RedHat 7.0 installed & RedHat 6.0 transferred (from another HD). After specifying the location of the other kernel image as image=/chopin/boot/vmlinuz I have no problem switching between rh6 and rh7, with no error messages. I thought I should be able to get

Re: Help!

2001-03-06 Thread Michael Perry
Quoting will trillich on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 07:15:06PM -0600: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:59:17AM -0800, Michael Perry wrote: > > I have been trying to subscribe to debian-user or debian-user-digest and > > while I get a response from the list software, I get no email from the list > > either in

Re: Modem Supra Express 56i

2001-03-06 Thread Glen Snyder
The ISA Supra Express 56i cards work, PCI cards don't. See: http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010302a.html I have an ActionTec PCI call waiting card that works (It took a bit of tweaking, but their web page explains how). Generally speaking, external serial modems are "more compatible" , as are I

Unresolved symbols

2001-03-06 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi, I am trying to install the tulip.o modules for my network cards. If I try depmod -a now I get a error which returns Unresolved symbols /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/tulip.o Any ideas as to what I screwed up now? I just installed debian this week. Thanks Eileen Orbell Software & Interne

Re: Vim: underline. subscripting etc

2001-03-06 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 02:13:57PM +, Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed wrote: > Hi, > > How does one do things like underlining and subscripting under Vim? I had a > look at the manual, and read up about term caps, but can't seem to get it > working under xterm. You don't. Maybe you want a wordproces

terminal capabilities WAS: muttcolors vs.TERM types

2001-03-06 Thread Lee Bradshaw
I saw your question while browsing the debian user archives. I believe you're looking for a way to control whether programs like vi and less use the alternate screen buffer (when you quit them, their output disappears, and the original contents reappear) or the normal screen buffer (just overwrite

Re: session managed VIM?

2001-03-06 Thread Brian May
> "Chun" == Chun Kit Edwin Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chun> Hi everyone, I am just wondering if VIM support x11 session Chun> management stuff or under GNOME. Like, if I open I file and Chun> exit GNOME, will the previous session of VIm (previous file Chun> etc) show up ag

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
Forrest English wrote: > it's really easy then. just enter the same settings for your ethernet > card in linux as you would in windows. you will be prompted for this info > on the installation of debian. > > might i suggest for a first time storm? (stormix.com) it's debian based, > and compat

php4 can't use dba modules?

2001-03-06 Thread Adam Shand
hi. i've been having an ongoing discussion with the author of phpwiki. i've also had a couple other problems with other php packages which use db stuff, at this point i'm not sure if the problems i'm having are my stupidity, a bug in the debian package or a programming issue with the programs i'

Re: Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-06 Thread ocorrain
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:26:04PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Hi, > I don't know if this is because of a laptop keyboard or what but since > my X setup doesn't work I can't do anything after boot. > > I try the ctrl-alt-bs to kill the x server and that doesn't work. I also > try ctrl-alt-f2 e

Re: Mailman: Relay access denied

2001-03-06 Thread Adam Shand
> I just installed Mailman on my Potato server here at work and > attempted to set up a test mailing list. None of the welcome messages > were sent out. After digging around for a while, I found this in > /var/log/mailman/smtp-failures: it means exactly what it says. that postfix isn't allowin

X4 and fonts.

2001-03-06 Thread Corey Popelier
A slightly more detailed question, since I wrote the last one at 5am this morning after my mobile rang for some data call from the other side of the country woke me up (and I missed the call anyway)... :) I have a debian box with an Tseng Labs ET6100 card, running X4.0.2 using the VESA driver (the

IMAP server with SSL in debian?

2001-03-06 Thread Stuart Ballard
Does anyone know if any of the IMAP servers in Debian support SSL (the imaps: protocol) and if so where I can look for docs on how to configure it? Thanks, Stuart.

Re: Shells

2001-03-06 Thread Romain Lerallut
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, will trillich wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:19:15PM -0600, Rob Zietlow wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > > but only about 5 pages worth a

Mailman: Relay access denied

2001-03-06 Thread Matthew Thompson
Greetings, I've searched Google and various mailing lists to no avail, so now I come to you all. :) I just installed Mailman on my Potato server here at work and attempted to set up a test mailing list. None of the welcome messages were sent out. After digging around for a while, I found thi

Re: partioning, ssh, rawrite w/ a Mac

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:01:24PM -0600, dmeiser wrote: > I am going to attempt to install Debian on a 100 Mhz Pentium I > with a 1 Gig HD, and was wondering what would be a good partion > system would be. I'm not quite sure. depending on your deadlines & so forth, i'd do this: 1) /swap

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-06 Thread Anthony Fox
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am not on the debian-user list, so please cc me as well as the > list... > > I have been using netscape mail for several years on winblows, and > have over 50 folders and even more filters. I have been getting > about 10,000 messages a month, a

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-06 Thread John Griffiths
>Now, here's the problem. I want to convert my email activities over to linux. >So, I may as well drop netscape at the same time, if I can. I would like to be >able to read html mail also. I've looked at a couple in the last half hour, and >here's what I've come across in potato-r2. > there's a

Re: help...

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:19:45PM -0800, Rick Rezinas wrote: > Not sure about the first, but for the second, check out the docs for > ifconfig, netstat, and route. They should take care of most networking needs > for a host. Your immediate question looks like an ifconfig problem. > > have fun,

Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-06 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hi, I am not on the debian-user list, so please cc me as well as the list... I have been using netscape mail for several years on winblows, and have over 50 folders and even more filters. I have been getting about 10,000 messages a month, and now that I'm a LKML reader, it's gone even higher. S

Re: OT: Best Mac list info Mac OS X?

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:56:34PM -0600, Aaron Hall wrote: > As a long-time Mac diehard and a developing unix geek, I am excited about > OS X. (But I've found I really like Debian...) for lack of a better term, i have the exact same problem. :) three macs, two debs (and my wife's holding out wi

Re: Help: long file name

2001-03-06 Thread D. Hoyem
You need to edit the /etc/fstab for your hd? and your cdrom it probably has msdos it need to be vfat. --- Horburapa Mongkol-Q13382 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I mount Windows partition or cdrom, I receive a > short file name. > How could I get the long file name supported for > this? > > Tha

Re: Shells

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:19:15PM -0600, Rob Zietlow wrote: > Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > but only about 5 pages worth and only gives extreme basics you can snoop through

Re: Help!

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:59:17AM -0800, Michael Perry wrote: > I have been trying to subscribe to debian-user or debian-user-digest and > while I get a response from the list software, I get no email from the list > either in digest or non-digest. I have confirmed my subscription when it > reque

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:03:03PM -0700, John Galt wrote and bt replied : > > 1) What's your LILO setup? lilo.conf is attached > 2) what version of LILO? 21.5-1beta > 3) What flavor and version of BSD? FreeBSD 4.2 > 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? Not

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread David Z. Maze
Balbir Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BT> I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on BT> /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and BT> and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I BT> must install its boot manager on the first hard dis

session managed VIM?

2001-03-06 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, I am just wondering if VIM support x11 session management stuff or under GNOME. Like, if I open I file and exit GNOME, will the previous session of VIm (previous file etc) show up again when I start GNOME? I notice that there are a lot of application like netscape. gedit suppo

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
Lilo is installed on the MBR of hda and currently I boot windows and debian of it. However I would prefer to stick to lilo right now but with the following in lilo.conf other=/dev/hdc1 table=/dev/hdc lable=FreeBSD The freebsd install seems to proceed ok . I install no boot manager

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt
1) What's your LILO setup? 2) what version of LILO? 3) What flavor and version of BSD? 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? 5) did you install the BSD bootloader AT ALL? 6) is your disk Dangerously Dedicated? On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: >Hi >I am running debian on /dev/hda and wan

which C types to use for computing off_t sizes with LFS?

2001-03-06 Thread Britton
I'm trying to be sure how to do computed offsets larger than 2G. I looked at the source for dd, and it multiplies and unsigned long with a size_t and puts the result in off_t (which is the new wide type if things are compiled with the new largefile symbols). I would like to have some idea why th

Testing wants to remove most of my system...

2001-03-06 Thread Damon Muller
Hi gang, I've been tracking testing, but only sporadically. It's probably 2 weeks or so since I last did an upgrade. When I attempted it today (using dist-upgrade), it looked like apt wanted to remove most of my system. I'm guessing that the issue is perl related, as the new packages to be insta

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
whats wrong with installing lilo on the MBR of hda? -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: > H

SiS 6326 AGP Problems

2001-03-06 Thread Eric
I am having an impossible time trying to make my SiS 6326 AGP card (with 8MB of VRAM) work with the Debian unstable distribution (XFree86 4.0.2). When I run "startx" with the attached XF86Config-4, it says the following: Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 When reportin

Nuevo Usuario

2001-03-06 Thread Ibai Biritxinaga Ferreras
Hola: Soy usuario de PC y estoy harto del "windows", y realmente me gustaría administrar un sistema Linux, ante todo porque es un S.O. abierto, versatil y GRATUITO. Recientemente he adquirido la "version 2.2 de debian" y he optado por esta distribucion, por ser la más versatil segun he enten

Re: Upgrading to unstable.. debconf probs [solved]

2001-03-06 Thread William Leese
On Wednesday 07 March 2001 01:22, Joey Hess wrote: > William Leese wrote: > > Setting up debconf (0.9.10) ... > > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > debconf > >

linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
Hi I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I must install its boot manager on the first hard disk . I would like to avoid this . Could you please advice

Re: Upgrading to unstable.. debconf probs

2001-03-06 Thread Joey Hess
William Leese wrote: > Setting up debconf (0.9.10) ... > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 > Errors were encountered while processing: > debconf > > > This doesnt help me much. Anyone who can help me with this?

Re: where is ps2up?

2001-03-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
The psutils package contains psnup. Bob On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:48:18PM -0500, mike polniak wrote: > I'd like to use ps2up to print. Did not find it with apt-cache > search or google. Its probably obvious but i can't see it.

StarBand or DirecPC Satellite Return on linux?

2001-03-06 Thread Mike Wills
I am currently looking for a broadband connection. My only option is going to be via Satellite for now. I know both say it is only USB, but I also read somewhere that the Starband set can be "hacked" to use Ethernet and make it work for Linux. (Don't remember the site). What I am wondering i

philosophical reasons

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Cymbala
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Grand Oral Disseminator wrote: > > > Hi... ... > There are other distros that are easier to install (well, actually, > easier to get working with your modem/graphics setup/printer/etc), but > once set up properly, Debian is the premier distro, and on

Re: _Very_ strange problem with compiling

2001-03-06 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Mark Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for this! I increased the stack size via "ulimit -s " > and the thick4 executable no longer crashes. > > However the curious thing is that with test.c, I thought "surely by > increasing N I could make it seg fault too" but I can't, even > > #d

where is ps2up?

2001-03-06 Thread mike polniak
I'd like to use ps2up to print. Did not find it with apt-cache search or google. Its probably obvious but i can't see it. -- LINUX~~nobody owns it~~everybody can use it~~anybody can improve it ~~~

Re: New to Linux

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Cymbala
--- The Grand Oral Disseminator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...Please provide detailed information so that > I can understand it... If you would do me a favor and look at some documentation and let me know what parts are not easy to understand: "Debian GNU/Linux on Toshiba T4700ct Notebook"

Re: _Very_ strange problem with compiling

2001-03-06 Thread Mark Phillips
Peter Kovacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem is: you're simply asking for too much stack space. On my > machine, ulimit -s reports 8129 (that's in Kilobytes). When I write a > seperate program such as: > > #include > > void main(int argc, char **argv) > { > double a[209677]; >

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
it's really easy then. just enter the same settings for your ethernet card in linux as you would in windows. you will be prompted for this info on the installation of debian. might i suggest for a first time storm? (stormix.com) it's debian based, and compatable with debian in everyway. but,

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
I'm using a Kingston ethernet card (internal) to an Alcatel LAN (external). Right now I using W95 and so it is very difficult to find all the info that it seems I need... I'm upgrading to linux and don't have a clue as to what I'm doing with the exception that I know that ANYTHING is better than

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set > > up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know > > what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone > > have experience with DSL? > > You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DS

winesetup won't run!

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Markevich
Can anyone help me with winesetup? I had a small disaster with my home directories and now wine is supremely unconfigured. Now when I ask it to please configure, it tries to run winesetuptk (installed) and bombs with "Failed to load Itcl extension This interpreter does not support stubs-enabled

Re: Network Monitor Suite for 2.2

2001-03-06 Thread Andy Wettstein
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Mark Leary wrote: > Anyone know of a good network monitor suite which is part of the 2.2 > distribution? I need something that can check various services on various > servers and output pretty html. Netsaint looks perfect, but I'm having > trouble getting

Re: Simple c program won't compile

2001-03-06 Thread Juan Fuentes
* Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This is not. (Using "should" in the sense that it must be this way to > compile, not be this way to be stylistically correct). It is just > confusing to everyone else who reads his program to have it the way > that Mark has it. Traditionally, argc stands

After Debian install, XMS and HIMEM errors prevent Win95 launch.

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Cymbala
This Symantec knowledge-base solution applies equally to GNU/Linux, ... just replace "Norton SystemWorks" with "GNU/Linux" ... Was able to "fix" by turning off power, unplugging a few things and then power-up. Lo and behold, Win95 came back, like it had a new life-support system or somethi

Re: Help: long file name

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Matthews
> When I mount Windows partition or cdrom, I receive a short file name. > How could I get the long file name supported for this? You might try mounting it as "vfat" instead of "fat" or "auto". jc

Re: Compaq Proliant 6500 Install Problems

2001-03-06 Thread Lee Elliott
Steve Beitzel wrote: > > Hello All, > > Sorry for the re-post of this message, but I didn't get any > responses last time, and I am in desperate need of help. Does anyone > have tips for me? Any help is greatly appreciated. > > I have a Compaq Proliant 6500 (P11) Server in my lab, and

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > If it's PPPoE, I'd suggest getting the Roaring Penguin > > PPPoE client. I believe it's available through apt-get. > > Installing it will run the config program for it (or adsl-setup, > > I think). You'll need to know your ISP's DNS servers. > > package name? I just did a real quick search and

Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-06 Thread Eric Richardson
Hi, I don't know if this is because of a laptop keyboard or what but since my X setup doesn't work I can't do anything after boot. I try the ctrl-alt-bs to kill the x server and that doesn't work. I also try ctrl-alt-f2 etc to get a virtual console so I can kill X and that doesn't work. What is t

Re: Cannot install RealPlayer

2001-03-06 Thread Frodo Baggins
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:06:24PM +0200, Daniel Mashao scripsit: > Hi, > I cannot install real player because the Debian install program says > "You are running in non-interactive mode ..." > What? I am running in an interactive mode I thought. Anybody see this > error anywhere? > Hi, I got the

same file twice with apt-get

2001-03-06 Thread pplaw
debs, i've installed slink for booting purposes. now i want to upgrade to potato and install the custom packages. however, when in "update" in "dselect," i get a message that i'm trying to fetch the same file twice: attempt to fetch the same file twice http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dist

Re: update on network card

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt
Look in /var/log/messages. There will probably be an error on loading. If there's not, look at IRQ conflicts. On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Brian Murphy wrote: >It does seem the module is being loaded. a modconf shows it as >loadedbut its not being configured... > >Brian > > >___

Re: Is it possible to downgrade a Debian system from testing to stable?

2001-03-06 Thread kmself
on Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 05:13:19PM -0500, Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun Mar 4 13:34:34 2001 mike polniak wrote... > > > >Gavin Hamill wrote: <...> > >> I thought that this was one of the new features of apt 0.5, that it > >> WILL downgrade when dists are changed? Maybe I > >> mi

Re: apt-get sometimes hold packs back on upgrade

2001-03-06 Thread kmself
on Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 03:19:59PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > > If i run "apt-get upgrade" it does hold some packages back eg. perl 5.05... > (???) I ment that woody uses perl 5.6 and not the older version... What does > that mean, that apt-get holds the packages

Install problems with X. Was, Re: I don't get apt-get

2001-03-06 Thread Eric Richardson
Steven Dickenson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:26:57PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > > Now when the installer started to install, it asked me to put in CD disk > > 1, which I did, but it seems that the installer is installing everything > > off the net. > > Your CDs are 2.2r0. The

Re: network card update...final....:)

2001-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:21:30PM -0800, Brian Murphy wrote: > Well, that was interesting. As I previously stated, the module was loaded. > So, I apt-get install dhcp-client just for kicks and boom...everything > works..mostly. It grabbed the necessary info. eth0 shows up under ifconfig > as it

Help: long file name

2001-03-06 Thread Horburapa Mongkol-Q13382
When I mount Windows partition or cdrom, I receive a short file name. How could I get the long file name supported for this? Thanks,

emacs and psgml problem

2001-03-06 Thread Chris Gray
I'm running sid on one of my boxes and I've discovered a problem with using psgml with emacs. Whenever I ask it to parse in a dtd, emacs spins off into never-never-land. This applies to both public and system dtds, even really simple ones. The last message I get is that the sgml catalog loaded O

'stretched' screen in X?

2001-03-06 Thread Erik Steffl
system: HP pavilion n5170 notebook, fresh install of debian testing, X 4.0.2 (latest X in debianm, I don't have access to said computer right now), video card is s3 savage/IX, using LCD. X starts succesfully but the image is stretched out off the right side of the screen, so the right side of

Re: _Very_ strange problem with compiling

2001-03-06 Thread Xucaen
I just compiled it with gcc 2.95 and it compiled and ran fine.. very strange xucaen --- Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I'd found a gcc compiler error (and > still may have). The > following program crashes with a segmentation > fault. > > #define N 209677 > >

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:21:44PM -0500): > You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DSL), DHCP, > or assigns static IP addresses. If they use static, you should have been > given an address to use. i think he's using pppoe. > If it's PPPoE, I'd suggest

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
you're gonna have to explain that a bit more. ppp or bridging mode? are you using an external router or an internal dsl modem? bridging external router is easy. anything else... i've never used. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reaso

RE: Message with no Package: tag cannot be processed! (Network Ad apter )

2001-03-06 Thread Atif Mohamed Jilani
Hello, First time I am installing LINUX on my server and I having a very hard time to configure a network adapter, would you send me a procedure how I can configure a network card and what is the step need to be followed. I appreciate your cooperation. Thanks, Atif Jilani System Administrator/DB

network card update...final....:)

2001-03-06 Thread Brian Murphy
Well, that was interesting. As I previously stated, the module was loaded. So, I apt-get install dhcp-client just for kicks and boom...everything works..mostly. It grabbed the necessary info. eth0 shows up under ifconfig as it should, but now a "sit0" shows up. it says: sit0link encap:IPv6

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set > up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know > what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone > have experience with DSL? You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DSL), DHCP, or assigns static IP add

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:11:25 -0800, Robert Tucker wrote: > I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set up for DSL (which > I'm using under W95. I need to know what program(s) I'll need to get > online with linux. This depends on the particulars of your DSL service. E.g. here in .n

Cannot install RealPlayer

2001-03-06 Thread Daniel Mashao
Hi, I cannot install real player because the Debian install program says "You are running in non-interactive mode ..." What? I am running in an interactive mode I thought. Anybody see this error anywhere? /--/ Daniel J. Ma

DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone have experience with DSL? Appreciate your help... Thanks Robert

X4.0.2 and fonts.

2001-03-06 Thread Corey Popelier
I have 2 boxes here, mine and a new one im configuring for a friend. Both running sid. I've set up X almost identically bar the video cards being different, and I just can't seem to get any font choices. I've apt-get reinstalled the fonts packages just in case, but still no go. What the hell have

Re: I don't get apt-get

2001-03-06 Thread Steven Dickenson
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:26:57PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Now when the installer started to install, it asked me to put in CD disk > 1, which I did, but it seems that the installer is installing everything > off the net. Your CDs are 2.2r0. The FTP source is 2.2.r2, which is newer, th

Re: vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Matthews
Thanks guys. I had seen the hex mode numbers at the lilo stage, but then I remembered doc/lilo/Manual.txt: vga= alters the VGA mode set at startup. The values normal , extended , ask or a decimal number are recognized. (See also "Booting kernel images from a file".) And so I didn'

update on network card

2001-03-06 Thread Brian Murphy
It does seem the module is being loaded. a modconf shows it as loadedbut its not being configured... Brian __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Re: startx error messages

2001-03-06 Thread Kent West
Simon Harvey wrote: hello, i was asked to type: startx 2> Xerror.log by a helper on this email list, it was because my svga X-server would install and give the GUI congratourly message yet when i types 'startx' it simply wouldnt load up. this was the same for both debian 2.0 and 2.2r2 so here

network card on new install not recognized

2001-03-06 Thread Brian Murphy
I am attempting a new install of deb. potato. The install program is not recognizing my network card and isn't configuring it. I have an SMC EZ 10/100 ( the driver should be for a Realtek 3189). I selected the realtek driver in the install procedure, but when it goes to configure DHCP it doesn't

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's! (PS. M$ shucks)

2001-03-06 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:40:07PM -0800): > Can I change my mind about this partition scheme later? If not, your > earlier recommendation included several more partitions and I'd like > to understand the change in thought. I don't have a problem with > partitions. It is my u

Re: vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, Am Tuesday, den 06. March 2001 20:15:48 schrieb Jonathan Matthews: > I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as > an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the "Press ENTER or > type SCAN to . . " prompt. > > Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appe

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