I'm trying to delete an entry from the routing table:
$ /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
DestinationGateway Genmask Flags Metric
RefUse Iface
207.216.243.171 - 255.255.255.255 !H 0
-0 -
207.6.224.0*
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:50:32 -0400, Steven Feinstein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was running k3b and it looked like it wasn't doing anything while writing
> (but the CD drive was still flashing). After a while I decided it was not
> working and stopped the CD writing. K3b came back with a mess
During or immediately after boot you can scroll back through the
video buffer with shift-page_up. There should also be a /var/log/boot
that you can look at (maybe not in stable yet?)
Geordie.
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:54:01
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:22:25 +0200 (CEST), Jasper Metselaar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to look with top and free
Another good tool to keep track of swapping is vmstat.
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cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07 Oct 2003 04:10 +1300]:
> Anyway, *now*, Ctrl-Alt-BS does indeed just kill X and leave me in Linux as
> it should.However, whether it'll still work if X 'siezes' I'll only know
> if and when I have a sieze.
Check out the magic sysreq key. With its secure access
Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21 Sep 2003 12:09 -0500]:
> Is there any clean way to get rid of gnome. When I did
> "apt-get install gnome)
> it installed a whole bunch of packages.
> but when I did
> apt-get remove gnome"
> it just removed the gnome package.
Have a look at debfoster a
When I switch from X to VT 1-6 all characters display as blocks
and the keyboard goes into raw mode. After using C-M-SysRq to reset the
keyboard I can log in and type commands blindly. Switching back to VT 7
shows only block characters, even though X is still running.
I have t
Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20 Sep 2003 11:09 +0200]:
> So I would like to try out some lightweight windowmanagers. What is an
> easy way to start different window managers (so I can try them out)?
>
> OK, I *could* live with a graphical login, if there's no easy text based
> solution.
Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19 Sep 2003 20:09 -0400]:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 07:22:50PM -0400, Geordie Birch wrote:
> > Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18 Sep 2003 14:09 +0700]:
> > > Have you stumbled upon the text fields that wouldn't accept any input?
&g
Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18 Sep 2003 14:09 +0700]:
> Have you stumbled upon the text fields that wouldn't accept any input?
> (ie: no keystroke accepted, but the mouse works).
> It happens to me, on Mozilla snapshot and also the recent Firebird.
I get this with the unstable package but
Mariano Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08 Sep 2003 22:09 +0200]:
> when copying from one ide disk to another ide disk on the the same controller
> the whole systems stalls. I am running 2.4.19 on unstable.
>
> When renicing the copying processes it works ok, but I am not sure if that
> is the solu
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06 Sep 2003 14:09 +0200]:
>
> Very good advice, I'd only add to read debian-devel list before
> upgrading packages.
The topic of #debian-devel on irc.freenode.net is a good place to check
for unstable upgrade warnings and is much easier to scan than -devel.
Geo
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06 Sep 2003 00:09 -0700]:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:42:55AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > The angle of the photo is really bad for identifying the weapon, but
> > > it looks like an AK-47. Not familiar with H&K to know what they look
> > > like.
> >
> > But
Internet Texas Security Agent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05 Sep 2003 09:09 -0500]:
>
> PLEASE NOTE: Some viruses do not use the real Email Address to send, so the address
> that we have reported may not be the actual Email address the message was sent from,
> but is the only address we have to notify.
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05 Sep 2003 01:09 -0700]:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 04:00:59AM -0400, Geordie Birch wrote:
> > I guess you never took the 257 Horseshoe Bay Express.
>
> No, I didn't. I haven't spent much time in the Vancouver area north
> of
Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05 Sep 2003 00:09 -0700]:
> I'm currrently learning assembly and I'd like to get
> more used to it - is there a way to get to see the
> assembly of a compiled program, what program(s) do I
> need for that ?
You need a disassembler, such as ndisasm from the package
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04 Sep 2003 23:09 -0700]:
> Vancouver, BC has a similar
> issue, though the steep stuff doesn't hit until you hit the outskirts
> of town well past the end of the electrified grid, so your closest
> stop is at the bottom of the hill and you get to go hike.
I guess
Jesse Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [25 Aug 2003 15:08 -0500]:
> (ratpoison is an interesting window manager since it is very
> minimal and maximizes each window - I find it useful for 640x480
> resolutions, but at 800x600, lines get too long in terminals for
> my tastes)
You could use a larger font
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 01:01:25AM -0400, Nyc0n wrote:
> Where does debian and or linux select the window manager at boot? I installed
> enlightenment and would like to use that instead of the default WM and would
> like to change it manually
Run update-alternatives --config x-window-manager.
Geo
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:42:38AM -0700, Leo Spalteholz wrote:
> If I install the 2.6.0 test kernel can it be added to grub just like
> any other kernel image so I can boot back into my 2.4.20 kernel if it
> turns out not to work?
Yes.
> Anyone have experience wrt the reliability of
> this te
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 07:17:50PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote:
> Hi Geordie Birch,
>
> > FWIW, I have version 2.85-5 of initscripts, sysvinit, and sysv-rc
> > installed and am not having any problems re. terminal output.
>
> Upon standard bootup into a terminal it appears t
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:45:26PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote:
> Hi Geordie Birch,
>
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:14:01PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote:
> >> I wrote:
> >>
> >> I have confirmed that downgrading to initscripts_2.85-4.1_all.deb
> >> sys
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:14:01PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > The bug is most likely caused by initscripts, sysvinit or sysv-rc. If
> > you have upgraded you may wish to downgrade/wait for a fix before
> > rebooting, especially if your computer doesn't automatically boot into
> > X
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:21:33PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 19:37, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 18:02, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> > > > Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun,
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 09:20:48PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:19:01 -0700
> Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I believe this is not established by the kernel but by the
> > boot loader. I quickly looked over documentation for both lilo
> > and grub and c
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 06:00:00PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 07:54:41PM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > I imagined so, but I was trying to understand why dpkg-reconfigure
> > wouldn't be enough to fully perform the neces
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 08:28:00PM -0700, Piero wrote:
> I had to install X 4.3 because former version didn't support my video
> card. I istalled it from a tarball downloaded from the Xfre86 site. Is
> it possible to "tell" the packages databae managed by dpkg or apt-get
> that this operation ha
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 12:06:39PM -0600, Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote:
> Hugh Saunders wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 05:53:22PM -0400, Charles Roberts wrote:
> >
> >>Hi;
> >>I am installing Debian from another linux system (this one) on the same
> >>machine. To set some thing up the instruc
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:38:43PM -0400, Tom Kloppel wrote:
>
> Jun 9 14:25:38 ingersoll dhclient-2.2.x: socket: Protocol not available -
> make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel
> configuration!
> Jun 9 14:25:38 ingersoll dhclient-2.2.x: exiting.
>
> Do I do that?
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:52:09AM -0700, Jake Johnson wrote:
> I have been using debian for a long time now and I some of my friends are
> coming on board from Redhat. Is there any new programs that will aid in
> the Xfree problems. Redhat has a fairly good video detection software and
> I hope
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 12:57:02PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote:
> However, the e100 NIC wasn't detected either. Was it supposed to have
> been? Would it have, if the NIC had been connected? (it wasn't)>
Check the comprehensive install manual at debian.org. If it's not
in there, it's not part o
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:00:38PM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
>
> This was a headless server, no x11, no sound.
> The graphics card is certainly different but it only runs console so..?
>
> The configuration, was basically a standard install + kernel 4.2.18 compile.
> If I am lucky I added most
said Roberto Sanchez (on 2003-03-25),
> It didn't work out. I offered some other ideas (as suggested here on the
> list), and got a "we'll think about it." Today when I went into the lounge,
> I saw the shiny new ~$1500 Dell. They also won't let me have the old
> machines, since they could only
said Michael Naumann (on 2003-03-22),
> According to /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/Documentation/sysrq.txt
> I have to set CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ when configuring the kernel to
> enable this feature.
>
> Yet, I do not find this key in .config nor under "make menuconfig".
Look under "Kernel Hacking",
said Bob Proulx (on 2003-03-18),
> export LESSCHARSET=iso8859
>
> Does that make your problem go away?
Not here, it still looks the same.
Geordie.
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said Oliver Fuchs (on 2003-03-18),
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Christopher Swingley wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > What's the appropriate way to view the Mutt manual
> > (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz)?
>
> 1) Running mutt and typing F1.
> 2) vim /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz
> 3) gunzip /usr/
said ktb (on 2003-03-18),
> 1) How can you tell if a program is actually running as a non-privileged
> user?
>
> For example proftpd is configured to run as "User nobody" and "Group
> nogroup" but when I do a "lsof|grep proftpd" "root" is listed as the
> user.
>
> proftpd 5884 root0u IPv4
said Anthony Campbell (on 2003-03-18),
> A preliminary attempt to set up CUPS was rather demanding and I'm
> wondering if there is much point on a single-user system. Most of my
> printing is quite straightforward (plain text and only occasional
> images) and it works well with apsfilter or magicf
said Pigeon (on 2003-03-16),
> relative positions and work the same way. If you were to make a car
> with even slightly different controls - like a different gearshift
> pattern - nobody would buy it.
No? What about the three-on-the-tree manual transmission shifter? Plenty
of those were shipped
said Calyth (on 2003-03-11),
> 185 overruns upon receiving 838.6 "MiB" (excuse my ignorance, but I
> can't recall what MiB means. It has to be something bytes, but what?)
>From http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=136
Giga- A Prefix meaning 1 Billion, or 10^9 of something.
said nate (on 2003-03-08),
> Geordie Birch said:
>
> > Stumped (and wishing I had a spare cable and a known-to-work printer.)
>
> another thing to try..
>
> echo "Blah" >/dev/lp0
>
> I think your printer can handle ascii.. if that works at least you
&g
said Glenn English (on 2003-03-10),
> The mouse doesn't work, but there's a window telling which keys on the
> numeric keypad to use instead. Laptops don't have numeric keypads, and
> the system knows this is a laptop (I installed "Support for Dell
> laptops" and I saw something flash by while it
said nate (on 2003-03-08),
> another thing to try..
>
> echo "Blah" >/dev/lp0
>
> I think your printer can handle ascii.. if that works at least you
> know the printer and cable and computer can talk...
Still no thing.
Geordie.
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said nate (on 2003-03-08),
> also be sure nothing else is using the port
> lsof | grep /dev/lp
Nothing else seems to be using it.
> modprobe parport irq=7 io=0x378
> (I think thats the right module, either that or maybe its parport_pc..)
>
> 7 is the most commonly used IRQ for parallel ports in
I have an old HP LaserJet 4L plugged into the parallel port.
The printer seems to be in working order: the lights work as expected and
a test page can be printed by pressing the sole button on the case.
I believe the parallel port is set up correctly: /var/log/messages
contains the following two
said Paul Johnson (on 2003-02-24),
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 12:18:17PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > > This one's been bugging me for a while now...why do Americans
> > > associate animation strictly with children?
> >
> > Two words: "Walt Disney"
>
> Not too valid when I saw a copy of "Disne
said Corey Hickey (on 2003-02-23),
> When I set up my debian system a long time ago, I remember being asked
> to specify what level of configuration questions I wanted to be asked.
>
> Now, despite my best efforts, I cannot seem to recall what that
> "configuration-level" option was called, or how
said Shaun ONeil (on 2003-02-21),
> I could be completely wrong, but I suspect that's already been delt
> with. Reading some _very_ old pages[1] recently, I came across the
> addresses debian-user and debian-devel, @pixar.com - so I presume debian
> and pixar had some communication early in the pr
said Sandip P Deshmukh (on 2003-02-21),
> some confusion here. i already have a link that you are talking about.
> here are contents of my /home/sandip/phoenix/plugin directory:
>
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x6 sandip sandip 4096 Feb 19 18:46 java2
> lrwxrwxrwx1 sandip sandip 7
said Trey Sizemore (on 2003-02-21),
> My KDE appears to be at least partially fried...it was never fully
> installed but I didn't have any showstopper issues. Today, when I
> logged in however, the taskbar is not functioning (anything appearing on
> the taskbar is not selectable). Anyhoo, I was
said Sandip P Deshmukh (on 2003-02-20),
> i recently downloaded phoenix tar ball (binary files) and expanded it in
> my home directory.
> what do i need to do to get java going? several sites seem to run
> tickers etc using java.
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/phoenix/plugins/
total 1460
-rw-r--r--1
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:57:09 -0500
Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> like Phoenix and Skipstone (which utilize GTK+). But I have yet to
> utilize a good *graphical* file manager that didn't come with a DE; for
> the most part, I've been doing without one, but I can also see your
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Anyway, which browser should I use under gnome to get the most pages
>viewed?
>
>I'd prefer a .deb package from stable
Phoenix has daily builds which are easy to use. You unpack the tar to any
directory (your home directory is just fine) and it's ready to run. To
unins
said Eduardo Rocha Costa (on 2003-02-16),
> Let me explain better, if I'm in the command line and I leave the terminal
>untouched, the screen becomes blank. How do I do to it not become blank ?
man setterm
man xset
HTH,
Geordie.
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said Faheem Mitha (on 2003-02-10),
> I was wondering if any people on this group do volunteer work using
> their knowledge/expertise with Debian/Free Software to help deserving
> causes. I'm particularly thinking of progressive groups here.
> I was wondering how difficult it would be.
TAO Commun
said Ron Johnson (on 2003-02-08),
> On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 15:21, Geordie Birch wrote:
> > said David P James (on 2003-02-08),
> >
> > > Travis Crump wrote:
> > > > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 20:57, Gary
said David P James (on 2003-02-08),
> Travis Crump wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 20:57, Gary Turner wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe I'm missing something, but what are you talking about. People
> >> and corporations produce their own goods and services every day.
> >
> > Peo
said Ron Johnson (on 2003-02-08),
> > you've listed. I can't just use the tokens anywhere; they are probably
> > only redeemable at that particular arcade, though I might be able to
> > sell them to another arcade-goer at par or at a discount.
or you could control the supply by hoarding them and
said Dan Jacobson (on 2003-01-07),
>
> I will try chmod -x /etc/init.d/xdm
> which will only stop X, not like init 1, which stops too much...
> no, indeed it turns out I don't know how to stop X from staring on
> debian. I can't figure it out. If I say 'single' at the boot prompt
> that will
said Colin Watson (on 2003-01-05),
> Find the package in which it resides (using 'dpkg -S' or 'dlocate'),
> then run 'dpkg -s '. The conffiles will be listed.
dpkg -s xserver-xfree86 reports no conffiles. is this because the file is
generated by debconf rather than included in the .deb?
Geordie
said Joris Huizer (on 2002-12-29),
> I think my security settings are too restrictive.
> When I try to log in at mail.yahoo.com using lynx I
> get an error "client doesn't support https:// " (I
> logged in on the windows system now to email :-S )
try installing the lynx-ssl package.
Geordie.
said Joris Huizer (on 2002-12-27),
> Please respond as soon as possible - I really want to
> do the installing soon!
check out the install manual at
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
Geordie.
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said Hanasaki JiJi (on 2002-12-26),
> the irc server is dropping my connection with the error "Bad User Info"
try changing your username, hostname, etc. settings to very "conservative"
values.
Geordie.
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said Hal Vaughan (on 2002-12-24),
> Is it possible to install w/ the floppies and NO CD and do a complete
> network install? If so, why did install refuse to go on until I provided
> the first CD?
Yes, it is possible to install over the network with no CDs. In addition
to the Rescue and Root fl
said Aryan Ameri (on 2002-12-24),
> On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:57, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:30:02PM +0330, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> > > however i wonder if there is any other program (console based or
> > > WYSIWYG) for managing system's sound volume.
> >
> > ps: do you
said Matthias Hentges (on 2002-12-19),
> apt-spy will build you an up-to-date sources.list
also netselect-apt
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said ObGilmour (on 2002-12-15),
> Fuck You.
>
>
>
It's definitely a Fuck You but how is it a spam?
Geordie.
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said Jeffrey Taylor (on 2002-12-09),
> Quoting Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > cable ... its you and all your neighbors watching/sharing that copper
> >
>
> Can you provide evidence for this? That cable modems run in
> "promiscuous" mode?
>
> Jeffrey
ettercap will sniff switched LANS.
G
said Jason Pepas (on 2002-12-09),
> > some folks like to sniff passwds... those are some of the ones you
> > should worry about... ( there are ssh based pwd sniffers too )
>
> ssh based password sniffers? can you provide us with any evidence of this?
don't know about ssh2 but ettercap works grea
said alan brown (on 2002-12-05),
> So I'm not sure that I'm
> truly out of x-windows (though I think perhaps I am).
No, you're not out of X at that point.
> So my question is, How can I use the keyboard to kill X-Windows (as my
> mouse is dead)?
Ctrl-alt-backspace should kill X. This can be d
said alan brown (on 2002-12-04),
> The screen appears stuck on a 800x600 resolution. I've looked at the
> manual
try auto configuring X with debconf and the discover (and mdetect)
packages:
make sure you have discover and mdetect installed;
backup your 'good' XF86Config-4;
purge X: dpkg --force
said Andre (on 2002-11-29),
> Please can you help, i want to get this up and running asap.
In addition to what others have said, you might check out the #debian
channel on irc.openprojects.net.
Geordie.
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said Ross Boylan (on 2002-11-14),
> Can anyone tell me what / directories are reasonable to mount from
> other partitions/volumes, and which must stay put for safety?
>From http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html:
The root partition / must always physically contain /e
said csj (on 2002-10-25),
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:47:12 -0400 (EDT)
> Geordie Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > said csj (on 2002-10-24),
> >
> > > I managed to find out Ion's "restart_other" option, but with
> > > Ratpoi
said csj (on 2002-10-24),
> I managed to find out Ion's "restart_other" option, but with Ratpoison I
> appear to be trapped. I need to log-out of my XSession before I can
> change WM.
CTRL-t : newwm afterstep
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said john gennard (on 2002-10-15),
> I'd like to try using IRC. There seems a wide variety of programs
> available and I wonder what is the one most commonly chosen
> by list members. I'm running Woody.
I like irssi.
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said Christian Schoenebeck (on 2002-06-23),
> > Reading Package Lists... Error!
> > E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
> > E: Error occured while processing rio500 (NewVersion1)
> > E: Problem with MergeList
>
> Try
>
> dselect --update
I tried 'dselect update' with the same resu
During a routine 'sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get -uyd upgrade',
my X display froze. The screen showed:
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca
said Harry Putnam (on 2002-02-28),
> A couple of posters have mentioned a network install. Where are the
> details spelled out? Are we talking installing from a running
> machine? Already network enabled? My situation is that I have 2
> desktops before me. A full well used redhat 7.1 on one ma
said Harry Putnam (on 2002-02-28),
> > But, really, give Potato a try -- it won't take more than another 2 hours
> > to do a full-on installation of it, and if it works -- well, that's just
>
> I'd have to get it first. And I did already spend $40 on this adventure.
> Not a forture to be sure, bu
said Harry Putnam (on 2002-02-28),
> Maybe I should have tried the released version, but something about
> the name `potato' puts one in mind of a large overweight weak
> vegetable lying on a couch.
>
> At least `woody' sounded.. well erect :-)
why don't you lose all those cd's, do a ne
said Matt Gerginski (on 2001-06-10),
> Hi. I want to put debian on a 486 that I recently got from my school.
> They were giving away "obsolete" computers, so I grabbed 5 of them. I
> just have one small problem: I can't get any of the rescue.bin disks to
> boot on the computer. It boots fine i
said Kenneth Pronovici (on 2001-06-07),
> I have a friend who's interested in getting my help to install Linux
> for the first time... but his spare machine only has 4MB of RAM. The
> last time I tried to install Linux on a machine with that little RAM
> was in 1996 or 1997 when I was using RedHa
said Geordie Birch (on 2001-06-07),
> said Kenneth Pronovici (on 2001-06-07),
>
> > I have a friend who's interested in getting my help to install Linux
> > for the first time... but his spare machine only has 4MB of RAM. The
> > last time I tried to install Linux
x27;t meet the criteria for inclusion in testing.
if you really needed such a (non-extinct) package and did not want to
install debs from unstable then you would need to get it from the stable
stable (sorry!).
geordie birch.
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debconf: package "debconf" is not installed or does not use debconf
said hogan, on Feb 15,
> dpkg dselect-upgrade
i believe it should be
apt-get dselect-upgrade
g.
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said Stan Brown, on Feb 7,
> Where can I find this? Preferably a .deb
you can find ksh93 at http://www.research.att.com/sw/download (this site
seems to cause konqueror to crash.)
it compiled for me on an unstable box.
geordie.
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debconf: package "debconf" is not installed or does not use deb
said Holger Mense, on Feb 2,
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Geordie Birch wrote:
>
> >
> > apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of
> > packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f
> [...]
> > # apt-get -fuy d
apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of
packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f
install, apt-get -f dist-upgrade, dpkg --configure -a, dpkg -P [broken
packages], apt-get remove [broken packages] has sorted it out.
(please cc [EMAIL
said Cameron Matheson, on Jan 1,
> Hey,
>
> My family's crappy windows computer has this beautiful DSL connection, which
> I have lusted after for many months. Anyway,
> I can't steal the modem or anything, so I was wondering, is their a way to
> share a window's internet with a linux box?
>
said hypo crite, on Oct 31,
> Hi!
>
> I thought the common language in this list is english!
> By chance I speak german as well...
one of the little things that i like 'bout this list is the non-english
posts and responses.
gives it a real global feel.
geordie
are you running gpm?
does your mouse work under gpm?
if so i recommend that you:
# /etc/init.d/gpm stop
and then get your mouse working under x.
last week i almost threw some perfectly good hardware out the window
gb
said Bob Edwards, on Oct 24,
> Greetings,
>
> My mouse is not
the debian package parted resizes ext2fs (or claims to.)
guess i'm the linux tough guy. i'll take you all on.
said Cavaiani, Don, on Oct 25,
> You seem to be much smarter by far than 98% of the people on this list. I
> have been trying for a couple of days - via the Debian list yesterday - to
i am running debian 2.1 on a 486 laptop w/ a 125 mb hdd (actually that
was my first linux install).
right now i have about 16.5mb free.
first step: read the installation guide and get a copy onto another
machine that you can refer to, or print it out.
make sure you add scsi support during the
i have successfully created a bootable cd for disk 1 of the debian package
using the new pseudo-image software package.
however, when i try to create the second disk, i continually run into this
error:
binary-i386-2.iso
672940032 (99%)
ERROR: file corruption in binary-i386-2.iso. File changed
you'll have to ask linus torvalds ;)
THUS SPAKE Yuji Toyoda, on Oct 12:
> Simple question. How do you pronounce "apt-get"?
> Especially I'd like to know how do everyone pronounce "apt".
>
> Thank you for your help.
i have successfully created a bootable cd for disk 1 of the debian package
using the new pseudo-image software package.
however, when i try to create the second disk, i continually run into this
error:
binary-i386-2.iso
672940032 (99%)
ERROR: file corruption in binary-i386-2.iso. File change
chvt
THUS SPAKE Egbert Bouwman, on Oct 6:
> Hello,
> There seems to exist a program 'screen' with which you can
> go to another virtual screen. Makes obsolete, more or less.
> I can not locate it. Is it in potato ? Somewhere else ?
> egbert
> --
> Egbert Bouwman - Keizersgracht 197 II - 1016 D
THUS SPAKE Miquel van Smoorenburg, on Sep 2:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Geordie Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was experimenting with changing runlevels and exec'd 'telinit'
> >from an non-login bash in xterm. When I used a numb
Does the init/x combination normally behave this way?
_
Geordie Birch Dow Vancouver http://vancouver.tao.ca
"Belief is the death of intelligence"http://tao.ca
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