Just want to follow-up and say thanks. The follow up because there were a
couple of hypotheses about what could go wrong. Jeremy Nickurak's
hypothesis did the trickso people compiling kernel's under unstable
take note.
Thanks Jeremy for your help...I would never have guessed...thanks
-E
I just did a fresh install of woody and ximian gnome on my
laptop. Everything seems to be working fine, but when I try to login using
gdm it goes black like it's going into X and then goes right back to
gdm. No errors of any kind appear. I've checked all the logs including
the .xsession-erro
Erik Steffl wrote:
> I cannot find where to configure kernel to compile frambuffer device -
> which option should I use? I have read Documentation/fb but it does not
> say anything about how to configure kernel. I have found CONFIG_FB in
> drivers/video?makefile - but can't find where it should b
Hello, I have downloaded some themes for
e.themes.org
I moved them to my ~/.enlightenment/themes
directory
I restart enlightenment
The colors show up but not the whole thing. I'm
only getting colors and the menus change but not the background the way the
sample pictures show.
Any tho
The correct syntax is "apt-get -b source " not
"apt-get source -b "
Bob
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:53:56PM -0800, D. Hoyem wrote:
> I want to update xchat to 1.6.4 so I did a apt-get
> update ; apt-get source -b xchat 1.6.4 and I get this
> error, Could not open file
> /var/state/apt/lis
The following showed up in my syslog the other day Is this possbile
hacking?
What port is rpc.statd on?
What does it do?
What will break if it is turned off? and how to turn it off?
Only a few, selected ports, are listened on. The last rule in my
firewall script is ipchains -l -A input -i eth
I have compiled a new kernel and the image file is in /boot. I
install it in lilo.conf and when i run lilo it adds the new kernel but when i
restart the machine and try to boot it up using the new kernel it does not
detect it. [TAB] at the LILO prompt only shows Linux as the kernel when the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > OK, then when I go to copy the bzImage file to /boot/, it's not there. In
> > fact, I the reran bzImage step and in fact it cuts out with an error
> > messageI doesn't compile the source codeAnybody know what I'm doing
> > wrong? I am migrating from RedHa
I cannot find where to configure kernel to compile frambuffer device -
which option should I use? I have read Documentation/fb but it does not
say anything about how to configure kernel. I have found CONFIG_FB in
drivers/video?makefile - but can't find where it should be set. I guess
it must be o
Claus Enneper wrote:
>
> >
> >Mar 8 11:13:43 azar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
>
> please read linux/Documentation/Changes regarding ppp and ___/dev/ppp___
I did (I even quote it in my email) but I don't see anything that
would explain the error mesage - why would modprobe loo
> OK, then when I go to copy the bzImage file to /boot/, it's not there. In
> fact, I the reran bzImage step and in fact it cuts out with an error
> messageI doesn't compile the source codeAnybody know what I'm doing
> wrong? I am migrating from RedHat and maybe I'm assuming things I
>
Hi
> can ls the directories on the cdrom. can migrate to "install"
> directory.
> find a *.deb for "i-386". but then when i type "apt-get install
> *deb", apt
> can't find the file. it seems like these crazy loops go on for months
> and months. it's exhausting.
If the cdrom is not in your
can ls the directories on the cdrom. can migrate to "install" directory.
find a *.deb for "i-386". but then when i type "apt-get install *deb", apt
can't find the file. it seems like these crazy loops go on for months
and months. it's exhausting.
Ok, here is another far fetched question, but I just cant find out the anwser
on my own.
I need the QGL (QT OpenGL) extentions to compile a program I have, but I cant
find QGL in the QT tarball (2.3). The QT web site says "The Qt OpenGL extension
is included in both Qt Professional Edition and
In linux/arch/i386/boot/Makefile, all the "-oformat" occurances need to be
changed to "--oformat".
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:11:18 Eric R Cheney wrote:
> OK, then when I go to copy the bzImage file to /boot/, it's not there. In
> fact, I the reran bzImage step and in fact it cuts out with an error
>
Hi folks. Any one know of what I'm doing wrong trying to compile in a
new 2.4.2 kernel? I'm running debian unstable, kernel 2.2.18pre21 and
want to use kernel 2.4.2I got the source code from kernel.org.OK,
then I went through the usual steps that have worked for me in the
past
# ma
I want to update xchat to 1.6.4 so I did a apt-get
update ; apt-get source -b xchat 1.6.4 and I get this
error, Could not open file
/var/state/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-us_dists_stable_non-us_source_Sources
-open(2 No such file or directory. This is what my
sources.list is ...
# See so
I tried compiling a kernel (2.2.17) for the first time. It compiled,
rebooted, and generally worked okay, but there were a few problems
1) I received a startup message indicating that I was using kerneld and
almost certainly didn't want to. I don't know how I turned it on, so I
don't know how t
Music City (www.musiccity.com) opennap servers are much better. They sum
overall 5 times more songs than mainstream napster, besides the fact that there
are over 30 servers linked. It shows up in Napigator's list, too (you can see
that using Lopster, lopster.sourceforge.net, which I intend to packa
Kim De Smaele wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> when I try to install debian on my laptop i receive this error message:
>
> hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error )
> hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error 0x30
> hdc: ATAPI device reset complete
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (
* Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 20010312 01:16 +0100:
[...]
> I am running gvim 5.6. I want to change the dafault colors for the
> foreground and background. I can do that at the command line in gvim
> typping
>
> :hi Normal guifg=black guibg=grey
>
> But I have to type this each ti
apt-get install gnut :)
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Walter Tautz wrote:
>How difficult is it to get a new user activationdoes anyone have
>one they can lend me ;-)
>
>-walter
>
>
>
--
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Who is John Galt?
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I can answer part of this.
I haven't done anything quite so complex as that, but I did use Linux fdisk
to partition my disk like I wanted it, then installed Windows 98, let it
have its way with my MBR, *then* installed Debian and let LILO lay down a
nice new MBR that boots to my Windows 98 FAT32 p
no,
where do I get it?
greetz,
Kim
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: Pollywog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: maandag 12 maart 2001 0:56
Aan: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Onderwerp: Re: debian on laptop
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:41:17 +0100
"Kim De Smaele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:41:17 +0100
"Kim De Smaele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> when I try to install debian on my laptop i receive this error message:
>
> hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error )
> hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error 0x30
> hdc: ATAPI devi
Hi,
I post this problem before, although I receive a couple of answer I am
still having the same problem. Let me be more specific:
I am running gvim 5.6. I want to change the dafault colors for the
foreground and background. I can do that at the command line in gvim
typping
:hi Normal guifg=
hi all,
when I try to install debian on my laptop i receive this error message:
hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error )
hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error 0x30
hdc: ATAPI device reset complete
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 68
ATAPI device hdc:
Erro
I'm trying to get my dsl up and I'm told I have to get the ethernet card
working first. Can someone suggest the program(s) I'll need for the
ethernet card? I'm using a Kingston brand and I assume there are
specific drivers, etc. for it.
I'll sure be happy to get past all this ignorance...
Robert
Neil Booth wrote:
>
> Henning Otte wrote:-
>
> > > What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In
> > > general).
> >
> > How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem?
> > (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex,
> > but not V.90)
>
> Is it internal or external?
Mar 8 11:13:43 azar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
please read linux/Documentation/Changes regarding ppp and ___/dev/ppp___
Claus
Claus
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Keith Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:16:35AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
>
> > Now, we all use `apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' on a regular
> > basis. But you're supposed to use `apt-get dist-upgrade' when moving
> > between distributions. What happens if
I've just started playing around with my Palm Pilot using gnome-pilot.
Gnome-calendar looks good, GnomeCard would be better if the addresses
could be integrated into the address list of some internet mail client.
Does Woody have a decent mail client, where I could transfer mail on and
off the pilot
Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question -- I'm pretty sure
I'm dealing with a very simple problem, but I can't figure out how to
fix.
I've written a kernel module which builds cleanly on a stock RH 7.0
system, but when I try to build it on my 2.2 Debian box, I get a
*host* of errors, a
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:16:35AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
> Now, we all use `apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' on a regular
> basis. But you're supposed to use `apt-get dist-upgrade' when moving
> between distributions. What happens if stable changes without your
> knowledge and you run
Hey folks;
Yet another one of those pesky Redhat/Mandrake
convert-wannabe's here. I have an HP Pavilion 9694C.
The machine comes with an HP OEM network card. I
tracked this down and it appears to be an Accton
EN1207D-TX/WOL card. The Debian installer doesn't seem
to have a module for this card (at
Henning Otte wrote:-
> > What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In
> > general).
>
> How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem?
> (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex,
> but not V.90)
Is it internal or external? You should have no probs with an exter
OK, so it's a bit different than I thought: the ppp actually works (it
did not work because of the problems on the other side, I mistakenly
thought that it's my problem because of the modprobe error message), so
now the question is:
why do I get following error message from modprobe:
Mar 8 1
Hi,
I have installed dos 6.22 , windows 98 and debian 2.2 (kernel-2.2.17) using
grub( version 0.5.96.1) as my boot loader. I face two recurring problems
1) Every time I reboot (usually into dos or win and back to linux) grub is
unable to boot linux , and reports the stage 2 error 17. I boot with
hello everybody:
chat could not catch the promept "password:"
/var/log/messages show that chat stop at "expect (ssword:)" , then "alarm",
"fail", "exit"
my isp's login prompt are "username:" and "password:"
thank you
maths
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, David Raeker-Jordan wrote:
> Vadim Kutsyy wrote:
> > For that you need uid, or any other ownership comands.
> How about
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfatdefaults,users,umask=0 0 > 0
>
> Just make sure you trust your users!
Yep that works too, that will
> Delete the old verson of base.pm that is installed somewhere in the
> directories listed at the end of perl -V, but is not part of a debian
> package. It would also help if you can figure out where that copy of
> base.pm came from -- did you locally install it by accident, via CPAN,
> or somethi
Hi,
I have installed dos, win98 and debian on my system using GRUB as the
bootloader. The installation was ok. But every time I boot into windows or dos
and try to boot back into linux I get the Stage 2 error 17, that the info
documentations says is due to an unrecogized partitions type. When I
Timothy Bedding wrote:
> Here is the output from dpkg --configure debconf.
> What can I do to fix this?
Delete the old verson of base.pm that is installed somewhere in the
directories listed at the end of perl -V, but is not part of a debian
package. It would also help if you can figure out where
Hi,
you can try to compile a kernel that works correctly. Then make a bootdisk
to boot off the installation process (you might need the root disk on
floppy as well) and go on from there.
Hope it helps,
Sebastiaan
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Rick Jansen - Tweakers.net wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm tryin
I am having problems configuring debconf. I need debconf because
I have upgraded X and need to upgrade xdm as well.
xdm is currently not working.
Here is the output from dpkg --configure debconf.
What can I do to fix this?
Output:
Setting up debconf (0.9.21) ...
No such pseudo-has field "name" a
b3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> they switch. (IE: if you use "potato" you'll always get "potato"
> packages, but if you use "stable", then when woody becomes stable,
> you'll get upgraded to woody.)
Now, we all use `apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' on a regular
basis. But you're supposed to u
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:54:38PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote:
> mail_check doesn't have the effect I would expect:
> When a message has been delivered to /var/mail/mpa, mutt takes about
> 10 minutes to notice the new mail, despite mail_check being set to small
> values such as 5 or 1 (seconds).
>
Hi there,
I'm trying to install Debian on an AMI MegaRAID Elite 1500. However, when
the CD boots up, it freezes after it detected the MegaRAID card (the line
showing IRQ etc). Is there any way to install Debian directly onto a drive
connected to this card, without using an IDE drive as targetdisk?
> What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In
> general).
How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem?
(It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex,
but not V.90)
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:59:08PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > Nothing that I know of. I think bash is segfaulting when I hit
> > tab. Do you know how to fix this?
>
> I'd try:
>
> - Finding out what keysym is sending. I can't recall
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes:
>> Have you installed all the packages mentioned in the Build-Depends: line
>> of the .dsc that apt downloaded (it'll be in the directory above the
>> unpacked xmms-1.2.4 source directory)?
>
>Colin,
>
> Thanks for th
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 02:45:06PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote:
> 1. Does the order matter? Will it look to cd first if the cd entry is
> first in the file and then online second?
I'm not entirely sure if order matters or not - I generally only keep
the cdrom entries in there until I have the net
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: Re: Little advice for AA
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:06:13 -0700
From: "Ivan E. Moore II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:01:51PM +0100, Thibaut Cousin wrote:
> I've read everything recently about A
Same issue here...opening any QT app (in my case licq - not running
KDE 2.1 yet ;) ) produces:
Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0"
No AA. =( In all other respects, the app works fine. It just seems
that the unstable QT app packages are built to support RENDER, but
somehow the at
Use gnapster and connect to one of the opennap servers
On Sunday 11 March 2001 09:22, Walter Tautz wrote:
> How difficult is it to get a new user activationdoes anyone have
> one they can lend me ;-)
>
> -walter
--
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:35:55 -0500
WONG YEUNG YAN writes:
WYY> I want to make Debian 2.2r2 i386 Official CD and I've download
WYY> binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso and the md5sum is correct.
First, at where have you got the ISO file?
http://cdimage.debian.org/
WYY> But I found that a lots o
> How difficult is it to get a new user activationdoes anyone have
> one they can lend me ;-)
Napster has legal problems.. so is not working anymore as it used to do..
try gnutella..
Regards
Roberto
Roberto Diaz <[EM
How difficult is it to get a new user activationdoes anyone have
one they can lend me ;-)
-walter
Nate,
thanks for the suggestion; I am still in the dark; perhaps the following
output will help shed some light
Criss
results from running: smbclient -L devhost with debug level set to 3 in
smb.conf
doing parameter security = user
doing parameter workgroup = BLINKYGROUP
doing parameter server
What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In
general).
Patrick.
--- Henning Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi there
>
> i recently installed debian potato on my pc,
> everything works fine BUT
> i cannot manage to connect to the internet, so i
> still have to use
> ms-windows for that
Dear all,
I want to make Debian 2.2r2 i386 Official CD and I've download
binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso and the md5sum is correct.
I burnt this image to CD-R using HP 8230e CD writer and
Easy CD creator 5, no error was reported.
But I found that a lots of packages/files in this CD are actually
files w
regarding the lilo issue, I'd try install grub onto a
floppy, it's a lot saner than lilo
Patrick.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had a rather odd problem. I have an all SCSI
> system that includes 2
> disks, 1 burner, and 1 cd-rom. A few days ago, one
> of my HDs stopped
> working. It can't
Stefan Traber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
Hi,
> i have a question regarding the software RAID and LVM support in Linux. I am
> planning on setting up a Debian system for use as a file-server in a
> production environment. I want to set up RAID-1 (mirroring) and if possible
> use the
> L
Hi all,
I recently had to set up and configure a linux-box at our company. I
naturally wanted to take the best UNIX ever made, debian linux, but I
was told that i had to use redhat, because veritas netbackup client is
only certified to work with redhat. My argument, that if it runs on
redhat, I wi
kde2.1 debs can be have from
deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional
deb ftp://kde.tdyc.com/pub/kde potato main crypto optional
please add them in your /etc/apt/sources.list..
regards,
Kundan
-Original Message-
From: Sven Gaerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 12:31:19PM +0100, Christoph Groth wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to set some environment variables globally for the whole
> system. Before I began using xdm /etc/profile was fine for that. But
> now X is started directly by xdm which is started by init, there is no
> mothe
Hello,
I'd like to set some environment variables globally for the whole
system. Before I began using xdm /etc/profile was fine for that. But
now X is started directly by xdm which is started by init, there is no
mother login shell for all user processes.
Is there a way of telling xdm to execu
> I currently have a Debian box and a M$windows 98 box connetcted via network.
> The M$windows box has a usable printer, a Lexmark 5700, and I want to use it
> to print from my debian box. I know it should've been the other way around, i
> know it's possible and it's been done before with a differ
Hi,
where do I find KDE2 DEBs for woody?
I only have some kde-i18n DEBs in my packages list but not the
base packages and libs that I need.
Thanks.
Bye,
Sven
I currently have a Debian box and a M$windows 98 box connetcted via network.
The M$windows box has a usable printer, a Lexmark 5700, and I want to use it
to print from my debian box. I know it should've been the other way around, i
know it's possible and it's been done before with a different dis
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hi there
i recently installed debian potato on my pc, everything works fine BUT
i cannot manage to connect to the internet, so i still have to use
ms-windows for that purpose :(
the problem is:
after dialing with wvdial i get an OK msg, but then my (internal noname
PnP 56k) modem just keeps beepi
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:16:53PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:29:04AM +0100, Przemyslaw Bak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > We are going to move one of our production servers
> > from redhat (basically 6.1 upgraded to 6.2) to debian (potato 2.2r2).
> > It work
I had a rather odd problem. I have an all SCSI system that includes 2
disks, 1 burner, and 1 cd-rom. A few days ago, one of my HDs stopped
working. It can't spin up, but is still identified by the SCSI Bios
and by Linux. When I try to boot Linux, it tries to spin up the drive
but since the driv
xmh is ancient. Might I suggest Brent's exmh?
I'm biased, but I'd also suggest mh-e, which comes with Emacs.
--
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If you're passed on the right, you're in
Simon Harvey wrote:
>
> X11 TransSocket UNIX connect:
> Can't connect: errno=111
>
> hello i managed to get startx working well.
> but now when i type ( for example)
> xlogo
> it flashes up with that horrible; ambigious error message:
> _X11TransSocketUNIXconnect:
> Can't connect: errno=111
> (GU
X11 TransSocket UNIX connect:
Can't connect: errno=111
hello i managed to get startx working well.
but now when i type ( for example)
xlogo
it flashes up with that horrible; ambigious error message:
_X11TransSocketUNIXconnect:
Can't connect: errno=111
(GULP)
does anybody have any suggestions?
You need to check your system log to see what is happening. I would do
following as root.
1. apt-get install mc
2. poke around /var/log with mc to see all what is happening.
3. check /etc/exim.conf especially around procmail.
exim use fetchmail as local MDA only if it is configured so.
procma
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi! When I send a message to myself (maurizio) locally exim passes
> the message correctly to procmail (I have a ~/.procmailrc) which
> moves it to ~/Mail/In which is read by Mutt. If I send a
> message to an e-mail address outside my PC world a
on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:59:08PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> > on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 12:23:47PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am noticing a strange problem. At the console or at a shell in
>
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