Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Basic Kernel Question
However for that to work you need to either a) compile support for the
common
file systems into the kernel or b) auto load all of those modules at boot.
[CHEONG, Shu Yang (Patrick)] There is a module named autofs
What I normally do is cp the .Xauthority from /home/username to /root and
starting X as root would then be okHowever, I am unsure whether this
would compromise certain security features, etcCan anyone on the list
comment on this method?
Not sure about the sound card problem...what does
If you have got the correct modules loaded...you'd need to chmod your
/dev/dsp and /dev/audio to allow your username write access to the
devices.try chmod 666 on the above devices!
HTH, YMMV
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Yes, it should be more than enough unless you intend to keep numerous copies
of your kernel for diferrent purposes...10mb should be more than
sufficient.
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I have read somewhere on the Net that the newer lilo can now handle beyond
the 1024 cyclinder barriercan anyone confirm this to be true...
A question tha I have:-
I noticed that grub comes on the 2.2 cdsafter I dpkg -i...how do I
remove lilo and configure and use grub instead to boot my
Which motherboard are you using? If you are using one with the ALi 15XX
chipset, then you cannot set dma via hdparm...you'd have to fetch a patch
for the kernel and enable dma via the kernelthe patch is
kernel-ide-2.2.17 (for the 2.2.17 kernel) or something like that (can't
rememebr the exact
$apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17...
However, I normally use dselect...
Once completed cd to /usr/src...and you will find a file
kernel-source-2.2.17.bz2...just
$bzunzip2 kernel-source-2.2.17.bz2
you should now have a file kernel-source-2.2.17.tar. Do
$tar xvf kernel-source-2.2.17
and
ae /etc/inetd.conf
comment out the telnet and ftp lines
also, I would normally use dselect and remove both the telnet and ftp
packages..
if you do not want to remove the packages, then remove from rcX.d the
scripts which fire up the daemons for ftp and telnet
For example:-
mv
man pages is beyond me.
What does your inetd.conf telnet entry look like?
You shouldn't use telnet
anyway, unless you're on a closed network. Too much cleartext. Use ssh.
I would have tried that too, but 'apt-get install ssh' is unable to find
the package on my 2.2 CD set. [CHEONG, Shu
Is GPM loading through /etc/rcX.d? If so, then you'd need to point to
/dev/gpmdata in XF86Setup instead of /dev/psaux or /dev/mouse.
You can determine this by moving your mouse at the console. If you see the
cursor moving (i.e. a grey rectangle), then GPM is running.
HTH
Patrick Cheong
My modem (USR x2 flashed to v.90 56k) got burnt last week.and I got a
replacement for it FOC...after using it for 3 years (it has a 5 year
warranty including lightning...where I live, lightning is a norm)within
1 week. The connection is stable as hell and it connects to the ISP between
: libtk8.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory
then I did:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ locate libtk8.0.so
/usr/lib/libtk8.0.so.1
[CHEONG, Shu Yang (Patrick)]What the fine hell is this, do you
get a kick out of adding number to
very ordinary libraries. My
Have been following your threadwell here is what you need to do.
Fire up dselect and select #1. Change the source to the cdrom...I think it's
the last option
Then go to #2 and update your packages database...
Then go to #3 and you should be able to see all the installed and
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From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:03 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: RE: Help with mouse - newbie
Have been following your threadwell here is what you need to do.
Fire
Yup...installed 5.2 over the weekend.so far no problemshowever, the
Starwriter files saved as Word 5, Word 9X and Word 2000 was not
compatible..i.e. when I tried opening these files in Word 97, it said
something about file permissions.in Windoze 95!!!
I hope the Sun and Gnome folks
the system without having to edit files and typing in complex commands
every
time ?
[CHEONG, Shu Yang (Patrick)] Have you tried linuxconf?
2. This is critical and I am about to start banging my head on the
wall,
except that I still holding on to the hope that you guys can help me out
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From: Saran [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:50 PM
To: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Network Configuration
Hi,
I thought linuxconf is only available
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Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:19 AM
To: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]
Cc: debian-user
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I included an additional SXX in the rc2.d dir as follows:-
#! /bin/sh
# Enabling dma for hda
hdparm -d1 -c1 -a1 -A1 -m8 -k1 /dev/hda
Remember to chmod the file created to 755 less it does not execute at
boot. Also, I'd manually try this first
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OK...what you need is to cp from /usr/src/linux System.map to /boot
and replace the file System.map-kernel_version. Also, what I
normally do is mv /lib/modules/kernel_version to
/lib/modules/kernel_version.original (Just in case the backward
I have seen such error messages below before too.it was when I decided
to enable dma support for the hd via hdparmcheck to see whether that
that has been enabled (hdparm /dev/hda). Anyway, after that incident, my
hardisk had bad cluster/sectors!
Patrick Cheong
Information Systems
Hi Gutierrez Family...(and List),
Hey...I got the same error messsage too while attempting to compile the
patched 2.2.17 kernelI downloaded the patches for 2.2.16 and 2.2.17
and applied those to my 2.2.15 source tree in /usr/src/linux (-
/usr/src/2.2.15). I did get some error message while
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From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:36 PM
To: 'Gutierrez Family'
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Well...the lm-sensors I installed with the 2.2.15 kernel on a potato box was
able to show me the correct temperatures as displayed by the BIOS...I am
using a Asus P5A.I suppose it depends on the motherboard you are using
as well...
Patrick Cheong
Information Systems Assurance
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The stock kernel which comes with Debian (2.2) has the auto power off
function disabled! To enable this feature, you need to recompile the
kernel...which is suggested anyway.
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Have you guys tried ctrl+alt+backspace to get back to the console instead of
(i) rebooting the box and (ii) telnetting from another machine to issue a
init 1!!! If that doesn't work, try ctrl+alt+FX (where X is the number
representing the console 1 to 6). You also might want to determine the
To: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Apps Crashing a Lot
On 30-Aug-2000 CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote:
Have you guys tried ctrl+alt+backspace to get back to the console
instead of
(i) rebooting the box and (ii) telnetting from another machine
I can't recall if this option was affected by devel option at the
beginning of the make xconfig screens. Also, I think you have to check the
main option above the Realtek 8129/8139 option to allow it to be bold
(ungrey). IIRC that was what I did when I compiled 2.2.15..so it should be
more or
Meit was over the weekend and when I logged into my mail app this
morning..boom...I had 670 unread mail
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From:
You are on the worng list unless you are running DebianI suggest you do
a query on search engines for what you are looking for.
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Hellohow do you upgrade from 2.2.16 to 2.2.2?! I would really like to
know...
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-Original Message-
From: Dale L . Morris [SMTP:[EMAIL
Please for the love of the Free Software movement, stop sending garbage
to this list!
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From: Biz [SMTP:[EMAIL
I beg to difer...but then again, it's only my opinion based on my
experiencesmaybe someone else may have differing viewshey it only
makes us humans!
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Set both ip addesses to a private one...say 192.168.0.X and use a
cross-wired network cable and you shoudl be off...also make sure you have
ftp-server software running on the hostgood luck
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I attempted compiling Galeon 0.72 over the weekend but an error occured
during makeit can't find lgtkembedmozI had used alien to convert the
mozilla-devel rpm package to .deb and installed that using dselect. When I
cd to /usr/include/mozilla, I see gtkmozembed.h (note the different name
Coincidental you should ask that! Point your browser to
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=797.
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From: Suresh Kumar.R
Hi!
I remember reading something about galeon on the list very recently...but at
that time I was unsure what galeon washowever, over the weekend, I was
catching up on some OSS news and came across galeon and wanted to give it a
spin. I downloaded the source and attempted to compile it but
That site doesn't seem to be working? Any ideas?
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From: Marko Cehaja [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000
Why use Alien when you can install directly using the shell scripts provided
with the X distribution?
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-Original Message-
From: Sean Champ
I was just wondering, what are the differences (if any) between using gpm
and the x-mouse?...and what are the advantages?
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OK here goes
cd to /etc/network and ls to see whether you already have a file there
named interfaces. If not, use you favourite editor (mine's ae, BTW as it
is so ealy to use for simple editing) and create this file with the
following contents:-
# The loopback device
iface lo inet loopback
Hi!
Have you RTFM? Ok..okhere goes:
*I am assuming you have Samba up and running properly* i.e. the smbd and
nmbd daemons are running (check this using ps aux).
1. Configure your smb.conf in /etc/sambaI usually use Samba Web
Administration Tool (SWAT), which allows you to configure
Hi guys,
Finally, I have found the answer to my problem: Acessing the Internet with
a Potato box via MS Proxy Server 2.0.
Here it is:-
MS Proxy Server basically allows 3 types of authentication, namely :
Anonymous, Basic and NTLM (also known as NT challenge/response). The first
speaks for
To: 'CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]'
Subject: RE: Linux Client Through MS Proxy Server
Patrick,
Helping is no problem. I've spent no small amount of time trying to
get
past
our proxy server here, so saving other people the same trouble if possible
is a
good thing :)
As for IIS
Oooops...I forgot to put in the Subject
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From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01
don't think a DNS within the ISP's network counts as an external
machine.
Try pinging something outside of the ISP and you might find that you have
some problems... :)
- Chris
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From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 1 August
protocol?
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-Original Message-
From: Kenrick, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 7:17 AM
To: 'CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick
on www.deja.com/usenet.
Jason Quigley wrote:
Then of course, the fact that we're reading this means we're already on
the
list :)
--On Monday, July 31, 2000 9:40 +0800 CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hear ye..hear ye.you should join this list, then you'll
02, 2000 9:10 AM
To: 'CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]'
Subject: RE: Linux Client Through MS Proxy Server
It wouldn't surprise me if it did...
However, at my location we also use a MS Proxy Server, running on port 80
and it works fine under netscape, apt-get, etc...
Maybe your server
OK I have seen the same error message before, you need to chmod the
/dev/dsp to 666 so that all users of the box have sound!
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Hi guys!
I have been searching high and low for the answer but no such luck.I am
attempting to connect by Debian GNU/Linux box to the Net through a Microsoft
Proxy Server 2.0. I can ping outside the local network but whenever I use
dselect, I get an error message. I understand that if the
Ooops...also ensure that the /dev/audio is 666...
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Have you tried insmod the autofs module before attempting the mount the said
RHL 6.2 floppy?
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From: Dale Morris [SMTP:[EMAIL
Try inserting gnome-session in either .xinitrc or Xsession.can't
remember which.
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From: Marcio Rosa da Silva
Hear ye..hear ye.you should join this list, then you'll really get a
feel of the Linux (and Debian GNU/Linux) community.
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You got that right :-)!
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-Original Message-
From: Ethan Pierce [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 8:25 AM
To: montefin;
Q1 It usually defaults to the user directory in /home...unless you
changed it...then it will default to the last chaged directory
Q2 Suggest you go to http://www.google.com and type in yamaha opl3sa
linux and see what comes up
Q3 See the LDP at the various mirror sites...
Hellowake upthis is the debian-user list...
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From: dsbiloxi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000
Try tar zxvf kernel-source 2.2.12.tar.gz (which u have mentioned is already
in /usr/src). tar will un-tar and
gunzip the kernel sources into the directory
kernel-source-kernel_version (or something like that). cd
into the said directory and do a make config ( ro make menuconfig or make
xconfig
Go to /etc/init.d/ and change SXXxdm or SXXgdm (where XX are the sequence in
which init.d will run/ execute startup programs) to something like ~SXXxdm
or ~SXXgdm. This just 'disables' the X-based login prompt!
Patrick
Where do you want to go today?
As far away from Redmond
Only dead fish go
Ooopsthe line below should read /etc/rcX.d ...must have been
daydreaming
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-Original Message-
From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP
Well, I have a Linux box in our department where all are M$ boxes. I
installed samba (2.0.7) and used cron to mount the shared M$ folders and
tar'ed the mounted filesystems into backup directories on the Linux box.
This was done during lunch when I was quite certain the M$ machines were not
in
Don't know about the rest of the hw but Debian/GNU Linux does support the
3Com cardhowever, I would suggest that the potential buyer obtain the
latest pcmcia packages(tgz) from the pcmcia homepage.have fun!
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From: Melissa Stirling [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
What you have described is almost exactly what I have working on one of my
boxes at home..I don't think you will have a problem installing Linux on
drive D:. I usually like to use different file systems for the /, /usr,
/boot, /var and /home as corruption on one will not affect the others. If
Thx...will give it a try... and will post the results here for the
community
Cheers.
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From: Bolan Meek [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 11:22 PM
To: CHEONG, Shu Yang (Patrick)
Subject: Proxying Problems (was Re: )
CHEONG, Shu
Since you had not provided adequate info on your setup, I will assume you
are browsing your Linux (Apache) box from a M$ box on a local network and
that your Linux box is connected to the Internet. If you noticed, the
'other' links on the default page are actually Internet links and hence for
you
Hi!
I am attempting to connect my debian (potato) box to an NT network after
installing the base sothat I can use dselect to update and install programs.
Under Windows 95, I noted that the ip address under
Settings--Network--TCP/IP has been set to 'automatically obtained' and
there is no ip
As all M$ Windows 95/98/NT/2000 uses a protocal called SMB (Sesssions
Message Block), you will have to install SaMBa (http://www.samba.org). The
debs are kept in net and otherosfs. To configure SaMBa, I strongly suggest
you also download/ apt-get SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool). Once
I have always found SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool) to be very
handy when it comes to managing your smb.conf and smbpasswd. Give it a
try
Cheers.
Patrick
My apologies to the person who coined this but I LIKE IT...
Where do you want to go today?
Run df -h.
Sorry but I have not used mutt before
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From: Jay Kelly [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 9:32 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: What drive is the dir on ?
Hey Guys,
I have two ide drives install and I
Which version of Samba are you running...I would suggest that you use the
latest (2.0.7) as I understand the earlier versions had some
problems..similar to what you have described!
Cheers
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From: Jay Kelly [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:26 PM
Firstly, if you are using Debian, all you need to edit are the following
files:-
/etc/networking/interfaces you should include the proper lines so that
the system can locate your eth0
eth0 inet static
(I think I am missing another part here)
As for returning to X, use Ctrl F7
Oops or is it Alt F7! It's been awhile since I have used the Penguin!
-Original Message-
From: CHEONG, Shu Yang (Patrick) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:52 PM
To: 'maynord'
Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org
That's easy..i.e. viewing and accessing a Windows 95/98/NT share from a
Linux box. Use smbclient or smbmount. For example, say you have a shared
directory on the M$ Windows box (c:\My Documents on the computer
Windoze), on your Linux box, execute the following to make sure the share
is available
Mahadev,
You could seriously get yourself flamed for asking such questions on the
mailing list without checking it out first yourself. PLEASE, visit
http://www.debian.org and also
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base (for Intel)
and look for the kernel-image debs
Try imagemagick with screenshot...I think or something like that ...its part
of the Gnome desktop environment
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From: Michal Novak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:23 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Screen Capture
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