Problems installing

Dear debian-user's, If there is a specific install mailing list, please advise me ... I have tried to install two different versions of Debian GNU/Linux, ver. 2.1 from the CD accompanying Bill McCarty's book, and the latest version, 2.2rev3, from a CD given to me by a friend. My system does not b

pre-removal script

where is the pre-removal script for gdm (gnome display manager) also how do i make it NOT get executed on 'dpkg --purge' -notjunkd/will

RE: embeded debian

I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for or not, but check out http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Wayne Sitton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:40 PM To: debian-user Subject: embeded debian

Help in selecting laptop

I'm looking to purchase a laptop, probably used and I want to install debian linux on it. Can anyone point me to a good source or suggest a brand or particular configuration? I'm not so concerned about speed, but it might be nice to be able to hear/watch a cd.. I want to keep price below $700 if

Re: [UCLA-LUG] ssh via proxy?

Dear Yoshio: Hi. You don't know me, but the Internet has caused our paths to cross. I found a solution that can help us both when it comes to using Los Angeles Free-Net to make remote ssh/ftp/telnet connections through LAFN's socks proxy. While looking for a solution, I found a post you made bac

embeded debian

My company just started developing for the YOPY PDA. Me personaly, I am a Debian guy, so I found the Embeded debian project(http://www.emdebian.org). Unfortunately, their listserv basically has no traffic. So, does anyone know if their is an official, or plans for an official, Embeded Debian or

Re: Swapping /usr and /

hi andrew... simplest/safest way... - save your own data to another disk... - coppy off /etc and your deb package list - - reformat your disk partitions correctly... - - reinstall from backup... - done the harder way... - why are you swap

Re: Digital camera and Linux

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 19:53:33 Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:39:20AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > John S. J. Anderson wrote: > > > > > > On 06 Jul 2001 14:06:06 +0400, Ilya Martynov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > Ilya> Or any advice on another relatively

Re: Swapping /usr and /

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:09:35PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > Hi, > > After install potato on my laptop, I realize that I would like to swap the > partitions for /usr and / .. any idea how I can do this safely? I managed > to swap /home and /usr with little hassle but I'm kinda more concerne

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +1200, bewm wrote: | hi, | | i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f | it downloads all the files like normal, | but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... You probably want to keep gdm -- it s the login dialog yo usee when you have X run at bo

apt-get dist-upgrade -f giving some odd error when trying to remove gdm

hi, i typed in, apt-get dist-upgrade -f it downloads all the files like normal, but for them to install it had to remove a package called gdm... this is what it said when it tried to remove it: Removing gdm ... dpkg: error processing gdm (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error ex

MRTG and Squid

Im attempting to setup mrtg to talk to squid via snmp. whenever i run the config ive written for it i get this message back. SNMPGET: Failed to reach target: "cacheNumObjCount&cacheNumObjCount:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3401". I tried multiple times! Unknown SNMP var cacheServerErrors at /usr/bin/mrtg li

Re: Abiword and xset don't work

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:10:56PM -0500, George Fischer wrote: > > $ xset fp+ /usr/shared/abisuite/fonts > > in a terminal, and I got: > > X Error of failed request: 86 > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > Serial number of failed request: 9 > Current serial number in

Re: Keyboard Prob

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 22:59:25 BST, Keri wrote: > > > Many real modems have a chip on them marked "rockwell". > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Joost > > Well Made in Taiwan doesn't come close. > Will have a good think abotu this one and have someone > do some searching for the origination. > At leas

Swapping /usr and /

Hi, After install potato on my laptop, I realize that I would like to swap the partitions for /usr and / .. any idea how I can do this safely? I managed to swap /home and /usr with little hassle but I'm kinda more concerned about / and /usr. Any suggestions appreciated. Andrew -- Andrew Overho

Re: Shutdown -h now FIXED (finally)

> > Does anyone else have a problem with proper soft power off? I > realize > > it's a faq but I've never actually seen a clear-cut answer. I finally read somewhere that with SMP kernels (which mine is, even though I don't have MP), you need to put "apm=power-off" into your lilo append line.

Re: networking windows and linux

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:04:40PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > I don't want to start a war here and I've refrained > from replying to the many other posts, but there are > many NT machines which go for weeks and months on end > without being rebooted. But that's completely irrelevant, because th

Re: Keyboard Prob

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:59:25PM +0100, Keri wrote: > Will have a good think abotu this one and have someone > do some searching for the origination. > At least it's a start to one of the reasons why this puppy won't > work. > Actually, I have on several occasions used winmodems without a prob

Re: Digital camera and Linux

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:39:20AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > John S. J. Anderson wrote: > > > > On 06 Jul 2001 14:06:06 +0400, Ilya Martynov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Ilya> Or any advice on another relatively cheap and good digital > > Ilya> camera which can be used with Li

Re: Digital camera and Linux

> "Brian" == Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> My advice is to buy a camera that uses media that is Brian> supported in Linux. I own a Kodak DC280, which uses Brian> CompactFlash media, and a USB card reader that is perfectly Brian> supported in Linux. I never c

Re: q ad migrating IDE -> SCSI, partition layout

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 23:10:09 +0200, Joost Kooij writes: >On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:46:52PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >> So, basically, I want the system to reside on SCSI and the >> not-so-valuable data on IDE. Does something like >> >> SCSI: >> sda1 /boot 25 MB >> sda2 / 100 MB >> s

Re: xv alternatives

I like xloadimage (xview), although xv is certainly nice. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] I-Con's Science and Technology Programming

Re: testing packages not consistent?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >But whenever I try to install it, it wants to remove some critical files >from my system first! > > # apt-get install alsa-source > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: >alien debhelper dh-make

RE: networking windows and linux

At 06:04 PM 7/6/2001 -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: >I don't want to start a war here and I've refrained >from replying to the many other posts, but there are >many NT machines which go for weeks and months on end >without being rebooted. NT is reasonably stable. A home computer running (e.g., Win9

testing packages not consistent?

I just upgraded my system to all the latest woody stuff as of about an hour ago. Now, I want to install the alsa-source package so I can rebuild alsa for my system (I have an older version, 0.5.10b-6, installed now) But whenever I try to install it, it wants to remove some critical files from my

Re: Going slightly spare!

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:42:12PM +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Joost Kooij wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:20:54PM +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I'm trying to compile a driver from scyld.com on my Debian 2.2r3 install. > > > I > > > have the kernel source downloaded fr

RE: networking windows and linux

I don't want to start a war here and I've refrained from replying to the many other posts, but there are many NT machines which go for weeks and months on end without being rebooted. My departmental NT server had been up for 120-something days last time I was there. I've been on vacation for a fe

Abiword and xset don't work

I'm new to GNU/Linux, and have just finished my first installation. I am running unstable because I want to use the newest version of gnucash. I also want to use Abiword. I used apt-get to install the latest version, but when I try to run it I get an error that it cannot find the Times New Roman

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:26:37PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > If you do 'display *.jpg' for a large number of files total memory > used keeps increasing until all memory (including swap) is used up. > > This does not happen with xv. It's things like this that will make me miss xv so much. It's

Re: Going slightly spare!

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:20:54PM +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I'm trying to compile a driver from scyld.com on my Debian 2.2r3 install. I > > have the kernel source downloaded from kernel.org (as this isn't for my > > Debian > > install - I have also tr

Re: networking windows and linux

Subject: RE: networking windows and linux Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:29:24PM -0500 In reply to:Jeremy Gaddis Quoting Jeremy Gaddis([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? > > Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of > people and corporations worldwide who

Re: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

Subject: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:09:28PM +0200 In reply to:Robert Waldner Quoting Robert Waldner([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi! > > I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I´ve > got a soundcard which is h

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:16:17PM -0500, Michael A. Miller wrote: > > "Noah" == Noah L Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would > > like to find a new image viewer to use. > > I use "display", which is part of the imagemag

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:37:56PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would like to > > find a > > new image viewer to use. > > Why is this happening? Can't we continue to use the cu

Re: Keyboard Prob

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:59:25PM +0100, Keri wrote: | | Well Made in Taiwan doesn't come close. | Will have a good think abotu this one and have someone | do some searching for the origination. | At least it's a start to one of the reasons why this puppy won't | work. Serial numbers don't re

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > The features I really want are: > 1. Lots of easy keyboard commands (Tab & Backspace were great in XV) > 2. Intelligent scaling (I liked the zoom maxspect feature of XV, where >it would zoom as close as possible to the screens

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:37:56PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would like to find a > > new image viewer to use. > > Why is this happening? Can't we continue to use the curren

Re: xv alternatives

> "Noah" == Noah L Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would > like to find a new image viewer to use. I use "display", which is part of the imagemagick package. > 1. Lots of easy keyboard commands (Tab & Backspace were

Re: [OT] Harassment of open source developer !

Jason writes: > ...but not Xerox(tm) to mean photocopying, Kleenex(tm) to mean facial > tissues, and Ziplock(tm) to refer to plastic storage bags. I can say all of those things, as long as I am not doing so in an effort to sell anything. Michael A. Miller writes: > Nor spam to mean SPAM(tm) lunch

Re: DBD Pg problem

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:47:04PM -0400, R Ransbottom wrote: > Using woody with unstable DB stuff I get the following error. What file > or link am I missing? > > Thanks for any help. > > install_driver(Pg) failed: Can't load > '/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so' > for module

Re: syslogd really slow

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:38:10PM -0500, Leonard Leblanc wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently running Kernel 2.2.19pre17. I recently recompiled it to > support Generic SCSI devices (this is the only thing that I added). I then > restarted and from some reason (which I don't even have the slight

Re: Keyboard Prob

> Many real modems have a chip on them marked "rockwell". > > Cheers, > > > Joost Well Made in Taiwan doesn't come close. Will have a good think abotu this one and have someone do some searching for the origination. At least it's a start to one of the reasons why this puppy won't work. Ke

Re: Keyboard Prob

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:34:20PM +0100, Keri wrote: > Am in the case and the modem isn't telling me much. > What serial numbers would I look for to indentify it? > It's an Athlon 500 machine and am starting to know > it intimately. Spent hours last week mucking inside > looking for what kind of m

Re: OutPut of Pon?

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:24:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > > /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' > > > > Can you show us the contents of that file? It is not clear why this > > is not working. It may be tha

DBD Pg problem

Using woody with unstable DB stuff I get the following error. What file or link am I missing? Thanks for any help. install_driver(Pg) failed: Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so' for module DBD::Pg: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so: undefined symbol:

syslogd really slow

Hello, I am currently running Kernel 2.2.19pre17. I recently recompiled it to support Generic SCSI devices (this is the only thing that I added). I then restarted and from some reason (which I don't even have the slightest clue why) when booting the message: "Starting system log daemon: sysl

Re: xv alternatives

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would like to find a > new image viewer to use. Why is this happening? Can't we continue to use the current version? -- People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of go

Re: [OT] Harassment of open source developer !

> "Jason" == Jason Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's why you can say "asprin" when you want to cure a > headache (because Bayer didn't defend its trademark), but > not Xerox(tm) to mean photocopying, Kleenex(tm) to mean > facial tissues, and Ziplock(tm) to refer to pla

Re: Keyboard Prob

> These winmodems are a crock. Intel loves them, because you need a > fast processor. It saves the modem manufacturer a few cents on > component costs, and requires you to spend considerably more money > on a faster processor. You lose. The international-conspiracy-of- > marketeers-to-sel

Re: x wincdow login after reboot

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:33:20PM -0400, Peter Kok wrote: > I would like to stop X-window login after reboot It's called xdm. You can remove it completely, if you don't like it. Use dselect. After that, you can still start x windows manually with the "startx" command. Alternatively, you can

xv alternatives

Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would like to find a new image viewer to use. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find one that's as good as Xv. eeyes seems pretty nice, but I refuse to install the necessary GNOME libraries to make it work. I grabbed the source to see if it

Re: Keyboard Prob

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:23:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > My keyboard just pooped out in tty2 so I have no idea > if my configurations are okay , plus I also notcied upon bebooting that it > does not have "any ports found", now I wonder what this is? Is this why it > could not find the modem? It cou

Re: Help For Newbie

Kent writes: > 7) Once everything works and you're getting comfortable, you can replace > step 4 and 6 with a graphical ppp client, such as kppp or xisp. Or gpppon, which is a GUI front-end for pon and poff. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: OutPut of Pon?

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' > > Can you show us the contents of that file? It is not clear why this > is not working. It may be that /dev/modem is not actually pointing > to a valid serial device, su

Re: OutPut of Pon?

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' Can you show us the contents of that file? It is not clear why this is not working. It may be that /dev/modem is not actually pointing to a valid serial device, such as /dev/tt

Re: q ad migrating IDE -> SCSI, partition layout

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:46:52PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > So, basically, I want the system to reside on SCSI and the > not-so-valuable data on IDE. Does something like > > SCSI: > sda1 /boot 25 MB > sda2 / 100 MB > sda3 /usr 1200 MB > sda4 /var 840 MB (/tmp -> /var/tmp) > > ID

Re: x wincdow login after reboot

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:33:20PM -0400, Peter Kok wrote: > Hi all > > I would like to stop X-window login after reboot > > how do i do it? > > Tks > > regards > Peter > Hi, Try update-rc.d -f xdm remove HTH, Jim Richards > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: crontab

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:14:15PM -0500, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I was wondering if someone could look at this crontab file and tell me > if I've got it right. > 0 2 * * 6 find -xdev / |cpio --create >/dev/st0/root.cpio > 0 2 * * 6 find -xdev /boot |cpio --create>/dev/st0/boot.cpio > 0 2

Re: wavtools

wavp and wavr. Use the deb from woody as the deb from potato segfaulted with me all the time. At 06:39 PM 7/4/01 -0700, Xucaen wrote: >Hi all, >does anyone know anything about wavtools? I >used apt-get wavtools and it installed, but where >are the executables? the desc. says wavtools has >util

Re: dpms and X4

FYI, I found the problem, sort of. I had xscreensaver rotating at 2 minute intervals. Every time a new screensaver loaded, it came out of standby mode. Mike On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 07:35:40PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Ola. > > Under XFree86 3.3.6, I could execut

Re: OutPut of Pon?

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' > Did you use pppconfig to generate the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file? Have you hand edited this file? Most people, even experienced users who know enough to put this file tog

Re: OutPut of Pon?

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:00:52PM +0100, Keri wrote: | | /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' There's a syntax error in the provider script that pon doesn't understand. My technique for configuring dialup (ppp) is to use vim :-). I edit /etc/ppp/peers/provider and

Re: No keyboard or mouse in X

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:38:45PM -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote: > tatus: O > Content-Length: 1943 > Lines: 42 > > I've been having some trouble setting up a friend with a Debian system. > > First, I installed Debian 2.2 (stable) from CD, using the normal install > methods. The mouse (a USB mouse)

Re: networking windows and linux

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:13:08PM -0300, Miguel Griffa wrote: | At 02:29 p.m. 06/07/01 -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: | >Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? | > | >Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of | >people and corporations worldwide who've been | >running it for years. ;) | | I

Re: q ad migrating IDE -> SCSI, partition layout

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:46:52PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > 0: And, regarding the IDE-disk: Is this possible _without_ losing the > data on the current /mp3 (hda8)? Eg, deleting hda1-7, re-creating a > large hda1, ´cause I don´t have any means to backup 15 GB and I surely > don´t want to

Re: OutPut of Pon?

Keri wrote: /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' Keri If you'll give the command "ls -l /dev/modem" you'll see something like: westek:/home/westk# ls -l /dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root10 Jul 6 15:34 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0 This means that /dev/modem is

Re: how stable is the testing branch?

If you want koffice, you could install it on a system running stable also. see: http://kde.debian.net/ On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:51:25PM +, joe golden wrote: > Debian has koffice in the testing branch>> > this may be the answer to my need for a stable word processor and graphing > spread

x wincdow login after reboot

Hi all I would like to stop X-window login after reboot how do i do it? Tks regards Peter

Keyboard Prob

Okay. My keyboard just pooped out in tty2 so I have no idea if my configurations are okay , plus I also notcied upon bebooting that it does not have "any ports found", now I wonder what this is? Is this why it could not find the modem? Keri Debout les damnés de la terre Debout les forçats de la

OutPut of Pon?

/etc/ppp/peers/provider: unreconized option ' /dev/modem' Keri

RE: networking windows and linux

At 02:29 p.m. 06/07/01 -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of people and corporations worldwide who've been running it for years. ;) It's not news, just ask if they reboot servers every week or every morning... j

Re: kernel compilation error

"J.A.Serralheiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >hi. I already posted a question, but got any replies. You did. I've cc'ed you directly this time; you might want to check the web archives at http://lists.debian.org/ if you aren't subscribed to debian-user, as the convention here is usually to send re

q ad migrating IDE -> SCSI, partition layout

Hi! Currently I´m running my whole home-box off a large IDE-disk: bash-2.03$ df -k Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 495746 48534421609 10% / /dev/hda110213 3946 5740 41% /boot /dev/hda5 101

No keyboard or mouse in X

I've been having some trouble setting up a friend with a Debian system. First, I installed Debian 2.2 (stable) from CD, using the normal install methods. The mouse (a USB mouse) worked fine under X, using /dev/psaux (I think). The keyboard (a PS/2 keybaord) worked at the console, but not under X

RE: networking windows and linux

Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of people and corporations worldwide who've been running it for years. ;) j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Joost Kooij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 20

RE: Help For Newbie

Keri, First off, bring up an xterm/rxvt/whatever so that you're at a shell prompt. If you're not logged in as root (as you shouldn't be), enter the command "su -" followed by your root password. From there, run "/usr/bin/pppconfig" and configure your dialup connection. After that's successful,

RE: Help For Newbie

FWIW, here's what I get when I try to run pppconfig as non-root on my gateway machine: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ pppconfig You must be root to run this program. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fr

Re: Help For Newbie

Keri wrote: Yeah. I'm confused. There ae two icons on the desktop here. On for conencting and onforon/off. I have no idea where this fits in and if I have to configure the ppp in -term? The books I _do_ have unfortunately aren't tackling the problem as it seems there are so many different set up

Re: Help For Newbie

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 07:23:32PM +0100, Keri wrote: | I am able to configure ppp in tty2, | but I don't think that is what I'm suppose | to do, no? Yes. Use the ttys! They are your friend :-). Unix (and then Linux) is largely based on the command line. As Joost mentioned, pictures of using/c

kernel compilation error

hi. I already posted a question, but got any replies. Once I had a power fail, and on reboot, there were some errors. So, after fsck some files in /lib were missing. Now im trying to compile kernel 2.4.5 and in keep getting errors about undefined labels, and unknown variables and things like that

Re: networking windows and linux

Joost Kooij wrote: > >.My question is how do I share > > the files from the windows box with the Linux box? And while I'm at it > > Don't do that. Windows is not a stable server. It will hurt when you do it. I wouldn't recommend using an Windows box as an Internet server (in the sense of, mill

Re: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 20:23:35 +0200, Joost Kooij writes: >On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:09:28PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >> bash-2.03# insmod lp.o irq=5 >> lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy <...> >> Hints? FM?s? Clue!? > >First the hints: > >/sbin/modinfo -p lp >filename:/lib/modules/

Re: Help For Newbie

* Keri ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > When trying the "loadkeys defkeymap" I received the following: > /usr/share/keymaps/i386/querty/defkeymap.kmap.qz > > and then typing install-keymap defkeymap brings me: > > Command Not Found It means /usr/sbin is not in your search path. You can a)

Re: crontab

well it seems to me that you are erasing the tape every thursday at 14 hours and 21 minutes. Do you backup in the tape? then you will loose the old backup. That's fine, but field 4 () day of month) matches every day, so you will have a backup every day, and an additional backup every friday this a

Re: Help For Newbie

Yeah. I'm confused. There ae two icons on the desktop here. On for conencting and onforon/off. I have no idea where this fits in and if I have to configure the ppp in -term? The books I _do_ have unfortunately aren't tackling the problem as it seems there are so many different set ups. It doesn't s

d´oh! (Re: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy)

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 20:09:28 +0200, Robert Waldner writes: >I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I´ve >got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 ). > >Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from >`modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5" should suff

Re: Help For Newbie

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:56:13PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > Am using pppconf in root by doing pppcong& and it's brought up the menu. > > Unfortunately it does not want to use the up and down kjeys properly at this > > time. > > We had problems with this configuration of the keyboard at various

Re: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:09:28PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > > I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I?ve > got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 ). > > Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from > `modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5

crontab

Hi All, I was wondering if someone could look at this crontab file and tell me if I've got it right. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (- installed on Mon Jul 2 16:23:22 2001) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:3

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

Simon Lang wrote: I am faced with a conundrum. I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered my mouse will not work properly. The main problem with the mous is the fact that the pointer does not show up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space of 1/4cm strip along th

Re: Help For Newbie

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:56:13PM +0100, Keri wrote: > > Am using pppconf in root by doing pppcong& and it's brought up the menu. > > Unfortunately it does not want to use the up and down kjeys properly at this > > time. > > We had problems with this configuration of the keyboard at various

Re: mailto tag in netscape

Xucaen wrote: > Hi all > > currently, Netscape 4.76 does nothing when I click on a > mailto: tag. I want to set it up to use mutt or some other email client. > > How do I do this? The package muttzilla can do this for you. Package: muttzilla Priority: optional Section: contrib/mail Insta

Re: How do I clear out a list

I did a apt-get update. Acually I followed the instructions on www.progeny.com web site. For your instructions, would that install them or remove them? Brian Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 104442754 AIM schrammbrian www.linuxexpert.org On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Joost Kooij

mailto tag in netscape

Hi all currently, Netscape 4.76 does nothing when I click on a mailto: tag. I want to set it up to use mutt or some other email client. How do I do this? Thanks! xucaen

Re: how stable is the testing branch?

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:51:25PM +, joe golden wrote: > Debian has koffice in the testing branch>> > this may be the answer to my need for a stable word processor and graphing > spreadsheet for our small school network of 10 machines. > > Will the testing branch be so unstable as to crash r

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

Simon Lang wrote: > I am faced with a conundrum. > > I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered my mouse will not work > properly. The main problem with the mous is the fact that the pointer does > not show up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space of > 1/4cm strip

Re: Help For Newbie

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:33:33PM +0100, Keri wrote: > To be in root, am I not supposed to be opening it through the apps pull down > menu in Gnome? And it appears to open and swiftly close itself down but like > I said, I'm choosing it from the apps menu. This explains a lot. Normally in linux,

Re: Help For Newbie

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:56:13PM +0100, Keri wrote: > Am using pppconf in root by doing pppcong& and it's brought up the menu. > Unfortunately it does not want to use the up and down kjeys properly at this > time. > We had problems with this configuration of the keyboard at various stages. > Is

lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

Hi! I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I´ve got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 ). Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from `modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5" should suffice. Nope: bash-2.03# insmod lp.o irq=5 lp.o: init_module

Re: Strange behavior

Hi John, Your post contains longest line I've seen in any mail. Remember to wrap your lines to 72 chars about. It'll be readable better. It would be better if you enclose fragment of your log. Check if you don't block transmission on lo interface, check if your host protects itself i.e. if you bl

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