> I recently wondered why my Netscape is so slow to start. I found that
> some Debian packages adds entries to /etc/mailcap many times and
> Netscape is *very slow* in processing them.
You can find out what has installed itself into /etc/mailcap by running
the command:
install-mime --list
> > libc5_5.4.7-7 will be in the archive soon, and it includes the older
> > malloc as a seperate library for buggy software like netscape. You'll
> > be able to run netscape like this:
> >
> > LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libgnumalloc.so netscape
> >
> > and java apps will work.
> >
> > The path m
> Xfree 3.2 is out, and I just noticed that there was a code
> freeze for Debian 1.2. So, is there any plan for including Xfree 3.2
> in Debian 1.2 ?
Xfree 3.2 is too big of a change to get done by Debian 1.2. Expect it
standard in "unstable" and the next "stable" release.
> Run xkeycaps with its output redirected to a file called Xmodmap.new.
> Change the mapping of the BS key to mean 'Backspace' rather than 'Delete'
> and then write all of the keys out. I then take this Xmodmap.new file
> and move it to /etc/X11/Xmodmap. This works fine for all the
> applications
> > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually,
> > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file.
>
> People have kept saying this and everyone assumes that the person asking
> knows how to point Netscape to XKeySymDB. First of all, I tried u
> > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually,
> > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file.
> >
> > This probably the case for other Motif apps, too.
>
> And how can we do this?
The netscape package is available under contrib.
To use the
> > I am using the latest version of Debian (brand new system installed
> > yesterday). Is there something to be done to properly set up X?
>
> I found that Debian/XFree86/whoever by default maps both the BS and Del
> keys to , which is irritating with Netscape and when logging in on
> other compu
> sun\bject line pretty much says it all. I like the debian
> install mechanisim!
There is a netscape installer for v3.0 under "contrib". You will still
need the original archive from Netscape, though.
> I tried LyX and sometimes run Netscape, and they show the same problem :
> when trying to erase a character with backspace, the current character is
> erased instead of the preceding. ( just as DEL does in a Microsoft
> environment). It's very disturbing, and other apps don't have this
> problem
> > So, I think libc 5.4.7 should be removed from rex and downgrade to 5.2.x.
>
> Thats the point of REX isn't it? to be the latest of the stuff... if you
> upgrade, and RECOMPILE against that libc5, your problems will go away.
> I have had NO PROBLEMS with that version! None! You must be runnin
> There recently has been a flurry of messages on netscape
> problems with debian. Much of it was contradictory.
> Becoming concerned, I tried installing netscape 3.0 and
> 3.01b1 with libc5 5.2.18 and received "Bus error" when
> trying to run. This was with both a hand installation and
> the deb
> I'm trying to send faxes via either efax or mgetty's sendfax with no
> success.
>
> I started by using efax's "efix" to generate some group-3 files. Once upon
> a time efax would try to send them... now it isn't even able to dial.
You don't need to call "efix". The "fax" script will do it for
> Once I upgrade libc to 5.4.7-1, netscape cannot run and it said
> bus error. Then I downgrade to 5.2.18, netscape runs again.
>
> Is it a bug?
Yes, but it is a bug with netscape. You should report this directly
to netscape and tell them to compile against a later version of libc.
You can do
> We plan to install the debian distribution in the whole network. I was
> looking for a master installation script to run the installation
> process automatically from a nfs mounted directory or via ftp. Are
> there any solutions for that.
We maintain a small network of Debian machines here, but
> Hi, I noticed that the .deb in rex is for 3B4 Is that what people are
> running today? Will that deb (which requires you to download netscape) work
> with other releases?
The primary site has not netscape packages under "rex". There is a package
for netscape-3.0 under "contrib".
> I was wondering if I could use Linuxconf on a Debian system? If not,
> please explain. I think as new user, it would be nice to have admin.
> tool to control most of system config. in one setting.:-)
"cfengine" is nice if managing a network.
> Is it common knowledge that the search engine isn't working on
> www.debian.org?
You can search the Debian site at:
http://insite.verisim.com/search/Debian/simple
This does not include the archives, though.
> > Well, I'm not sure that installing the most recent one is the right
> > answer. Take ghostscript for example. There's the GNU version in
> > .../text and the Aladdin version in .../non-free. Now the GNU version
> > should always be <= the Aladdin version since GNU repackages the
> > Aladdin
> I installed the msql package and it tries to start itself from a script
> called "run-msqld" in /usr/sbin. The script runs msqld, waits for
> it to exit, mails a crash report to "msql" and then waits 15 seconds
> before trying to spawn it again.
>
> Well, ever since I installed it, it's been fil
> I selected netscape package in dselect and put netscape-v30tar.gz.
Where did you put the .tar.gz archive?
> But it still doesn't work!!
What exactly did the Netscape package say when you tried to install it?
> I decompressed manually but when i type netscape in the directory, it
> does
> > When i select my packages, i do pine+netscape.
>
> Pine (and I believe Netscape) are in the non-free section. Unless you have
> downloaded this section from one of the mirrors, it is not likely to be on
> any CDs. Plus, with netscape, you will only get an installation program.
> You will need
> Last night, my aging micropolis 1.5 gig drive decided to scramble itself.
> "Self," I think, "Just boot up off the boot and root disks, and fsck the
> root partition back into order." A noble thought, but to my utter dismay,
> I found out that the boot/root set doesn *not* have fsck on it! Does
>
> 2. My X server is not recognizing Backspace in Motif programs such as
> Netscape Navigator 3.0. I grabbed the XKeysymDB from the Netscape
> tar.gz file on ftp.netscape.com and diff'd it with the one in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and there appear to be no relevant differences.
The problem
> Are there mime and nslookup packages for debian?
MIME is a transmission standard for email. What MIME package are
you looking for?
I maintain 'mime-support' which is basically /etc/mime.types and
/etc/mailcap with a support program for installing new types into
mailcap.
> I'm using Debian .96 and have a need to change all the files in a
> directory from uppercase to lowercase (ftp'ed from DOS). Is there a
> quick method or command to do this?
There is a command called 'rename' that comes with perl. You can find
it as:
/usr/doc/examples/perl/rename.gz
> Second is a question with Ghostscript, I use gs to print postscript files on
> my deskjet. Now I use a function in my .bashrc to invoke it. The only
> problem is that when it is done printing I get the GS> prompt and have to
> type "quit" to finish printing and eject the paper. Is there a way
> Susan> I'd agree that a search engine front end to the FAQ would be helpful.
>
> Also, the debian-user archives would be a whole lot more useful if we had
> both more up-to-date archives and a search engine.
There is a search engine for the Debian web site:
http://insite.verisim.com/se
> System is running fine, thank you! A question: Can I do ftp in passive
> mode with dselect ? It does not seem to rely on .netrc, so I can't give
> passive command there. I also tried dftp, but it seemed too complicated
> (did not read .dftprc etc).
Well, I beg to differ with "complicated". If
> > Please does anyone know of a program/script I can run to provide an html
> > output for my manual pages?
>
> There's rman, in non-free.
>
> > or better still act as the front end of man?
>
> I'm working on a WWW front end to all on-line documentation on a
> Debian system, but it's not fini
> > If you disagree with this, as many seem to, please propose a solution
> > whereby package maintainers can easily make sure that app-defaults
> > files are updated to reflect any changes introduced in the upstream
> > app-defaults file.
>
> Well, couldn't the files in app-defaults be marked as
> > (a) Content-type: application/GNU Compr. Tar
> >
> > (b) Content-type: text/plain
> >
> > The question now is, who tells lynx to identify these files?
>
> It's normal - look at lynx.cfg file and modify it - it should contain lot
> of lines with first word SUFFIX (it tels how to transfer di
> > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:19:55 -0400
> > From: "Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Apparently, until "ld.so" is configured "libc5" won't install, and if
> > "libc5" insn't configured then perl brea
> bcwhite>You don't want to trace it. If you read the "debian.rules" (or
> debian/rules)
> bcwhite>file, you'll see how a package is built. Basically, you create a
> directory
> bcwhite>("debian-tmp") and create a directory structure just like that of the
> debian
> bcwhite>system and place yo
> bcwhite>> Could someone please mail me a complete step-by-step instruction on
> creating
> bcwhite>> deb packages? The manual page is somewhat outdated... I actually
> figured out
> bcwhite>> how to do it simply using tar, gzip and ar (couldn't figure dpkg
> out),
> bcwhite>> but how do I make
> >Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:19:55 -0400
> >From: "Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >Apparently, until "ld.so" is configured "libc5" won't install, and if
> >"libc5" insn't configured t
> Could someone please mail me a complete step-by-step instruction on creating
> deb packages? The manual page is somewhat outdated... I actually figured out
> how to do it simply using tar, gzip and ar (couldn't figure dpkg out),
> but how do I make dpkg run some post-install shell script after un
> Could someone please mail me a complete step-by-step instruction on creating
> deb packages? The manual page is somewhat outdated... I actually figured out
> how to do it simply using tar, gzip and ar (couldn't figure dpkg out),
> but how do I make dpkg run some post-install shell script after un
There is a significant problem when installing "ld.so" and "libc5" using
'dftp'.
Apparently, until "ld.so" is configured "libc5" won't install, and if
"libc5" insn't configured then perl breaks. After which nothing will
install.
I'll fix this for dftp v2.1, but for now it would be wise to instal
THE DEBIAN WEB SITE HAS NOW BEEN INDEXED!!!
Since Verisim has been claiming on our web site to support Debian, we
thought the least we could do would be to index Debian as part of our
new "InSite" search service.
So, drop on by http://insite.verisim.com/search/debian/simple and
give it a try.
> I have debian 1.1 and I installed an anonymous ftp service. It works fine
> except for an annoying problem: ftp users can always see the files in the
> ftp site even though there is no "ls" binary under the bin directory of
> ~ftp.
The "chroot" is only done for _anonymous_ ftp and thus only this
> > you might try adding an "-L/usr/X11R6/lib" to the CFLAGS line of the
> > Makeflag (or unlesss you don't use one on the gcc line".
> > I also had this sort of trouble a long time ago. Which compiler version
> > and binutils are you using?
>
> It's better to run this command from /usr:
> ln -s X
> My debian box doesn't seem to be able to boot with
> 16 megs ram!!
>
> Dos and windows works fine, but Linux just hangs after
> it does partition check. I boot with lilo, using both
> kernels 2.0.17 & 18. The basic Debian boot disks crash
> when mounting the ramdisk, dumping register values and
> (1) Netscape 3.0B7 - non debian
>
> The backspace key doesn't work. Is this a setup problem?
> I'm using TCSH shell
You need to tell Netscape how to find the XKeySymDB file. Try this:
setenv XKEYSYMDB /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
Or, use the Debian package.
> Found to my great surprise that netscape now doesn't default to ghostview'ing
> a .ps file --- could you post me your /etc/mailcap file to overcome this?
It's a bug in Netscape that causes it not to poperly evaluate the test
condiditon. I have reported this bug to Netscape, so hopefully it will
> You know, it is not straightforward to keep *only* the intel binaries
> mirrored on another machine. I did write a preliminary mirror config file:
>
> package=debian
> site=ftp.caldera.com
> remote_dir=/pub/mirrors/debian
> local_dir=/usr3/people/nathan/src/debian
> get_patt=(binary-all/|non-fre
> Some newbies tell me they find debian-user intimidating due to the high
> level of technical discussion that sometimes goes on there. Is it time
> to split the list? About 2 years ago I proposed a separate list just for
> people trying to install the system. At the time we did not have enough
> t
> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
>
> moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.announce
> moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.install
> moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.nontech
> moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.tech
> moderated group comp.
> What is the present status of WABI for Linux?
I've built "wine" package for debian and update it occasionally.
> How well does it perform?
Pretty lousy. It's _very_ alpha. It runs most of the windows applets
okay, but no real apps that I know of.
You can find it in project/experimental.
> I sure hope this is not a FAQ...
>
> How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach
> through a fire-wall system? Alternatives?
I don't know about dpkg-ftp, but 'dftp' can run through a firewall. The
only firewall I ever tested it with was the "Eagle Secure Gateway", but
> can anyone advise a new debian user on a scenario in which a useable
> system can be installed on a 120 meg hard drive with a 20 meg swap
> on another disk? If I can't use it for much then it seems that I would
> be better off going back to microstuffit- not all bad but
> thanks 1&all
> This symptom with majordomo usually indicates a problem with access rights.
Yup. All the directories were owned by admin.qmail or something similar.
Removing and re-installing majordomo fixed all that.
Thanks!
I'm trying to set up majordomo on our server, but have run into the
following problem.
Any mail sent to the "majordomo" alias and gets piped into the majordomo
command via "wrapper" causes majordomo to just spin its wheels, chewing
cpu cycles and allocating more and more memory. If I run the comm
> Doesn't anyone save that message they get when they subscribe?
>
> Send a message to "debian-user@lists.debian.org" with the phrase
> "unsubscribe debian-user" in the body of the message. (That should do it).
That should read "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
Brian
> Whats wrong with the cron script to produce this error?
>
> Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>
> cfengine:/etc/cfengine/cfengine.conf:23: parse error
> cfengine::23: Warning: actionsequence is empty
> cfengine::Execution terminated after parsing due to errors in progr
> >> I spend close
> >> to 50% of my Linux time using two programs, an editor and
> >> a WWW browser, and in both cases the current Debian version
> >> is several months out of date.
> >
> >Which editor and browser are you talking about? Are you looking
> >at the "stable" or the "development" dire
> As a new Debian user who migrated from Slackware, one of the
> few things I find a comparative disadvantage is being dropped
> back to earlier releases of certain programs. I spend close
> to 50% of my Linux time using two programs, an editor and
> a WWW browser, and in both cases the current De
> > /tmp
> > Several programs seems to prefer /tmp over /var/tmp. I have a 30MB /
> > partition, and only about 10MB space free on /tmp. This didn't work very
> > well while trying to restore a 50MB file from taper. (I've now mounted
> > 100MB on /tmp to avoid the problem.)
>
> I've got severa
> > > XKEYSYMDB='/usr/local/lib/netscape/XKeysymDB'; export XKEYSYMDB
> > > XNLSPATH='/usr/local/lib/netscape/nls'; export XNLSPATH
> >
> > Do those XKeysymDB and XNLSPATH really provide something useful or have
> > you used them only because they are provided ?
>
> The following info has been in
> I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
> months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
> at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am
> submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself.
>
> I am using the o
> > Background: Got and installed motifnls_2.1-1.deb and
> > netscape_3.0-beta6-1.deb. Got the right tar.gz file off of Netscape's
>
> Well, you need libXpm. Which you can get in the xpm4.7 package.
> netscape should probably be fixed to depend on this package.
Consider it done.
> However, given the amount of problems seen recently on the list about
> Netscape,
> and matching the right debian Netscape package with the right Netscape tar
> file, let me tell you how I do it for myself without netscape.deb package.
There are no problems. People just have to be a little pat
> > Goodtimes isn't real. And Clinton is not sincere.
Guys, please take it elsewhere!
> (Note that I just broke my rule. Sorry again.)
Then why did you do it?
Brian
( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
---
> Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Actually, there is a "Good Times" virus and it does come by email.
The announcement itself _is_ the virus and it spreads _exteremely_
quickly!
For more information, check out the following FAQ:
http://www-mcb.ucdavis.edu/in
> How does one make "slight modifications" to a debian package? What is
> a debian package? Is it really just a gzipped, tarred file? What are
> the important components?
You can grab the package source and edit it from there. Please DON'T do
this, though. I try to keep up and a short note to
> >Actually, cracking a unix passwd file is quite easy, even for those
> >with minimal computer knowledge. With widely available programs like Crack
> >(UNIX), Crakerjack (DOS), and root_crack(DOS) anybody with a CPU >386 can
> >crack the DES encryption with a bit of time.
>
> My understa
> I've set up a test PC with Debian 1.1 and want to
> administer it remotely but am refused a telnet connection
> as root ... is there a way around this ? Do I have to give
> root privs. to a named user or can I enable telnet
> connections as root ?
Generally, it is better for people to login wit
> I tried to use dpkg to install Netscape the _right_ way, and it expects
> a netscape 3.0b4 file to be in /tmp; here is what dpkg says when I try
> dpkg -i using the 1.1 cdrom:
You'll need to pick up the 3.0b6 version from ftp.debian.org.
> Anyway, I looked on the Netscape ftp archive last nigh
> I am getting lots of messages about the key symbols
> not being right. I remember from BSDI that you had
> to have the nls directory set up in a special place.
> Tried to hack this but still not getting the desired
> result (i.e. no more messages about missing keysyms).
>
> The docs say that a s
> Does this imply that dftp (or the functionality thereof) has been
> merged into dselect? That would be good.
No. 'dpkg-ftp' is a method for dselect to read from an FTP site in much
the same way that it would read from an NFS mount or CD-ROM.
This seems only fair since 'dftp' has added the
> I am wondering how I should set the permissions for /var/spool/mail
> if I want to use Netscape Mail. The debian base system has it set to
> drwxrwsr-t (user=root group=mail). However, this does not work with
> Netscape Mail. Netscape suggests setting it to mode 01777 ie drwxrwxrwt.
>
> What is
> >> There is indeed a Debian-ized version of the kernel. The package is
> >> called kernel-image.
>
> You could also grab the raw source and use kernel-package
> package to generate your new image package. This is the recommended
> method for generating custom kernel images.
Could you po
> As I understand dselect, it looks at the Packages file to determine
> the list of packages, their dependencies, and whatever else.
>
> Suppose I want to upgrade a single package. I grab the .deb file.
> But now what? The Packages file doesn't know about the new package.
>
> I know I could ins
> > Is there a Debian-ized package of this kernel or are Debian testers
> > expected to grab the "raw" source?
>
> There is indeed a Debian-ized version of the kernel. The package is called
> kernel-image.
But is there a "self-compiled-kernel-image"? At least the new "diald" (in
Incoming) depend
> I don't want anyone to risk anything, I just don't believe that the
> problem is so serious because nobody else seems to care about it.
> If it is - better move the distribution outside the US now, it only
> gets worse. Not only something that was in the public domain may be
> patented, you can
> When I dpkg -iGBE netsc*.deb, I get the message that Netscape wants to
> see the archive netscape*.tar.gz in /tmp. Nothing further seems to
> happen. The obvious thing to try was to cd /tmp, then run dpkg, but
> alas, no joy:-(
>
> What's the story?
Because Netscape will not allow redistribut
> I remember seeing a *long* time ago that dftp 1.5 had been uploaded to
> the Debian FTP site. Yet, I still only see 1.4. What happened to 1.5?
I was just wondering the same thing myself. It seems to have been put
on HOLD for some reason. Could the archive maintainer please move this
into:
> find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\
> xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {}
>
> I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's
> not the case. Anyone know how to solve this?
Find only replaces "{}" with the filename under "-exec". You have piped
the output
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
> a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
> singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
> (installed) is older than its archive version (and will theref
> > The subject says it: none of these keys work with Motif apps on a
> > fresh installation. I'm sure some xmodmap commands (though I'm not
> > sure which ones, if you can help) would do the trick, but I wonder
> > what neither of them is usable by default?
>
> I did a ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X386
> I need to re-configure the network for my debian machine. Is there a way to
> automate this process or do I have to do it by hand?
You might want to look into "cfengine". It's a tool for tracking all of
you network configurations so they can all be changed at once.
It won't do the work you're
> Any hints on where I would find dftp
>
> I have just mirrored the unstable 1.1 release and want
> to now use dftp, but can't find the correct one...
It is under /debian/contrib/tools. The latest version is 1.5, though
I'm not sure if that version has made it from incoming, yet. If you
hav
> Can dftp be used instead? I'd hate to have to download the whole
> bloody 1.1 hierarchy across my 14.4 modem...
Yes, it can. However, because of the large number of dependancies involved
in such a huge upgrade, you might find "dselect" with "dpkg-ftp" a better
solution in this case. Dselect su
> Any ideas on how to enable DIR for anonymous ftp users?
Here is what I have in my directories. This was setup automatically when
I installed "wu-ftpd", I believe.
gatekeeper:~ftp# dir bin
gzip* ls*tar* zip*
gatekeeper:~ftp# dir lib
ld.so* libc.so.4@ libc.so.4.6.2
The latest version of "dftp" should be appearing shortly in the
distribution as "/debian/contrib/tools/dftp-1.5".
What's new in version v1.5
** Added architecture setting to select between several available in the
Debian distribution.
** Support for downloading "
> What's the current status of dftp and dpkg-ftp? Are either of them "official"
> debain tools? I'm looking for easier ways to upgrade my system than by
> mirroring the whole debian tree. (I just tried dftp-1.4 and had some trouble
> with the 'select' function -- the file produced for editing had a
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