"Kimsey-Hickman, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to get Debian on a new IBM xSeries 360 with an Adaptec 7892
> adapter and Utra 160 SCSI hard drives. Debian with the normal CD install
> can't see the drives. I was thinking about using the drivers from the
> floppies but I could
Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> but is there a quick fast way or command to see what I'm running?
cat /etc/debian_version
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Manfred Gahr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anobody know where I can get the sources for Debian 2.1 or 2.0?
archive.debian.org
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"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Good luck on this one, I just ran into the same problem with a
> 3c905b.
Eh? You want the '3c59x' module. It works just fine with both 3c905b
and 3c905c. BTW, you might want to try http://www.google.com.
Searching for 'Linux 3c905c' and checking
Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have my doubts that you know what you're talking about.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that you have no fcuking clue who
you're talking too.
> 1) I have been doing an 'apt-get update' every day for several months
>with no error (as I pointed out i
Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ potato/updates main contrib
> non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-non-US/ potato/non-US main contrib
> non-free
^^^
> I am now getting 404 errors.
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> as I said, two years ago I found that random awk scripts worked
> better with mawk than gawk, this has likely changed.
Err, actually you claimed that this (i.e. 'random awk scripts
work[ing] better') is why mawk is the default, but that's comple
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As to the specific awk issue, when we made the choice mawk worked better on
> more scripts than gawk did. This may have changed in the last 2 years or so
> but was still valid when potato came out.
Err, no. Mawk is the default because (since a
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hmm, i installed it a month or so ago, and I could get it working.
> I installed today, after reinstalling the system a couple of weeks
> ago, and I can't get it working.
[...]
> Has something changed?
Yes; apple2 use to _incorrectly_ defa
"Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just installed pcre-dev, newt-dev and slang-dev. It appears that
> only slang-dev actually has docs to come with it. There are no man
> pages for newt or pcre.
aziraphale|15:27:19 ~ $dpkg -c
hamm/hamm/binary-i386/devel/libpcre1-dev_1.06-3.deb | gre
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I have installed the new procps pakage and
> > the killall command is lost.
>
> Get the procmisc package. I think it migrated into there.
ITYM, psmisc.
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Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need to install the new source-only pine package ... I've got the
> .orig.tar.gz, the .dsc, and the .diff.gz, and can't seem to get
> patch to install them. How to I go about this? Is there a dpkg
> option for it?
`man dpkg-source' (hint: `dpkg-source -
Alex Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> let's not start the war, please...
Pot. Kettle.
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Carl Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It would be an especially handy feature in Linux-X with all the
> virtual destop space. gpmconfig or XF86Setup didn't offer me any
> setting for this. Is there a way to do this?
Add "-a X" (where X is some number) to the append line in gpmconfig to
accele
Paul McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello everyone, I am trying to install modconf but it depends on
> whiptail. Whiptail is not a package. I installed newt0.20 (gave me
> /usr/bin/whiptail) but that did not help. There has been discussion
> abot this topic but no one really knows what
"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does Debian M68K suppor HP 300/400 serries hardware?
I don't know if Linux/m68k even supports them; You might find more
information at
http://www.linux-m68k.org/>
If it's supported by Linux/m68k, Debian/m68k binaries will work.
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Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a
> console session, i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a
> log file for that session?
Have a look at `script'(1) from bsdutils.
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dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] dpkg -s libpam0g
> Package: libpam0g
> [snip]
> Depends: libc6, libpam0g-util (>= 0.57b-0)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] dpkg -s libpam0g-util
> [snip]
> Depends: libpam0g (>= 0.57b-0), libc6, libpwdb0g
>
> Is there a reason why these two package
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please forgive me if this has been posted before, but I think there
> is a mistake in the file /etc/pam.d/other that is distributed with
> the standard install of debian.
You're right; this is bug #10497, #10758 and #12030. It's fixed by
the latest release of
Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > libgpm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 (0x4003a000)
> > libext2fs.so.2 => /lib/libext2fs.so.2 (0x4003f000)
> > libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x4004f000)
>
> It links to both libc5 *and* libc6. This is the cause of the
> segfaul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have checked my mail; it was the maintainer of gpm who had set up
> the install of an earlier package to strip out t-mouse.el from the
> system---it worked fine until then.
Really? It never worked for me with GNU Emacs 19.34, and the author
of t-mouse.el said it was
"B. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> according to the gpm info file, I need the file t-mouse.el to be
> able to use my mouse in emacs while on the console. where can I
> find t-mouse.el???
I removed t-mouse.el* from gpm because it doesn't work with GNU Emacs
later than 19.29 (Debian has 19.34
"Nelson, R.A \(Richard/Rick\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What (if anything) are Debians intentions toward PAM (honourable I
> hope ;-])?
[...]
> Is there time for Debian 2.0 to update login, PPP, etc. for PAM?
PAM has been dropped as a release goal for Debian 2.0; however the
intention is s
Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> just stupid question - in which package is killall command ?
In bo it's in procps, in hamm it's in psmisc.
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Stefan Baums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I try to start emacs now I get a segmentation fault (this
> happens under X _and_ tty), and gv doesn't start either but produces
> the error message "gv: No message text for "missing-resources"". Is
> this really the fault of my new xlib6? If so, wha
Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ debian-user? ]
> Erm, where did it go?
I broke xpm. Please see the logs for #14973.
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Ken Lauffenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to be able to just get the latest Packages.gz file and
> check for updates. I'm looking for a list of updated installed
> packages, not available (uninstalled) ones.
Ruari-diff does just that; it's currently in Incoming, until it's
ins
Steve Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After reading /usr/doc/povray/copyright, it seems to me that it is
> non-free,
I agree.
> even though AFAIK it is part of the main distribution, and I suppose
> that is a concern for any Debian distributors.
Yes it is, it's already been reported as a bu
"Orn E. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You can purge all libc5 programs, takes a trick or two though...
> and it's the ONLY way to get a stable libc6 system.
Absolute rubbish. I've been running two systems and have access to a
third which have been tracking hamm since it became hamm, al
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has nothing to due with previous post ;-) Version 4.04 is out for
> ALL Linux platforms but Alpha. Even one for mklinux!!
You have a broken definition of "ALL". (There's no m68k one either)
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Christian Lynbech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I do not remember (or perhaps understand) whether it meant that no
> dpkg-source could unpack it or whether you had to use a specific
> version of dpkg-source.
(For the second time) Upgrade to dpkg-dev 1.4.0.19 *and* patch 2.2 or
better and you'll b
Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./ppp_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz' contains
> > object (ppp-2.3.1/) not in expected directory (ppp-2.3.1.orig)
>
> You need to upgrade your patch package to the one in unstable, I
> believe.
You also need dpkg-source from dpkg-de
Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I need the file libX11.a because I want to compile a program that
> needs to be linked with it. However, I can't find it. Can anybody
> tell me where it is?
Contents files are your friends. For hamm:
ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/linux/distributions/De
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Isn't there a non-debian tarball of dpkg somewhere?
[...] Debian/project/experimental> ls -l dpkg*nondebbin*
-r--r--r-- 1 adminroot 555827 Oct 8 17:17
dpkg_1.4.0.19_alpha.nondebbin.tar.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 adminroot 459539 Jul 21 23:48
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I wanted to see the source of a program login, and modify the
> greeting, and responses, however, I didn't find it under
> bo/source/base/[login] Is there any reason for it's absence?
> And where can I find the source for it?
Package: login
Version: 961025-2
[...
Galen Hazelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > gnats: 3.101-2
>
> Old versions of gnats did something very bad.
[...]
No, no, no, no, no. *smacks Galen about a bit*
gnats != gnat. _gnat_ is the Ada compiler that does/did evil
diversions, _gnats_ is the problem report management sys
Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to recompile the clisp package, which installs and
> compiles it's own gnu readline library. The display routines are
> having problems locating functions such as "tputs", which the
> comments in the source code indicate should come from the loca
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Since the program hangs, [...]
I wouldn't bother trying to track it down. The problem is easily
reproducible with the lftp in 1.3.1 but not with the one in hamm, the
problem appears to have been fixed somewhere between 0.10.0 and
0.12.2.
> If the reget command to ftp
Martin Steigerwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > my friend has such a machine, but no working kernel. can someone
> > send me a working kernel?
Andreas: tell your friend to look at his nearest tsx-11 mirror, there
is a precompiled kernel for Amigas in 680x0/v2.0/vmlinux-2.0.29-Amiga.tar.gz.
"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This really annoys me. (No, not you Jason.) I agree that we have to
> move on the the next distribution, but given the fact that
> *most* debian 1.3.1 users use netscape
> and that *most* of those folks will
> want to use a plug-in, I think thi
Matthew Tebbens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Found this message in BUGTRAQ, not sure if it has been seen here
> yet...
I already forwarded this to the bug tracking system, but the bug
tracking system is down along with master. I've put a non-maintainer
bug-fix version up at
http://thor.lib.cha
Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can't see the non-US directory on sunsite - do they mirrror it?
I don't think they do, but ftp.mcc.ac.uk do :-
ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/linux/distributions/Debian-non-US/>
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Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've installed 1.3.1 on a small (40MB) partition on my laptop. I did
> the base install, exited immediately from dselect, and have used
> dpkg to install just the packages I feel I need to have a real OS
> available.
>
> Configuration of man-db fails for
[ Redirected to debian.user at Paul Seelig's insistence ]
Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > No. New upstream versions do not go into stable without *very*
> > good reason.
>
> Well, the current mc-3.5.17 is an *old* development version which
> has since long been superseded by some 3
Hi,
I have a PC on loan from work, which I would really, really like to
install Linux on. I successfully installed Debian on the last two
PC's they gave me, but am having trouble with this one.
The problem comes when I start the rescue disk (1997-05-30) right at
the beginning of installation. I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I just installed all the .debs in master:~troup and everything seems
> to work just fine.
Thanks a lot for checking, but actually, I believe I may have just
found the problem. The debs in ~troup/ can hose your system under
certain circumstances. I've removed them in
"Dave Cinege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is also how I pronounce it. But the question really is, how
> does the guy who made it pronouce it? I guess it hinges on how he
> says his name.
That's Ian Murdock, not Ian Jackson. Please see the FAQ :-
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-2
Emilio Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is a *known* bug in the gcc package (it should have the right
> dependencies), but the gcc maintainer does not seem to think it's
> important enough to do a fix in stable. Look at the bug list for gcc
> at http://www.debian.org.
Actually Galen fixed
Andre Koopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Vi is not provided on the base disks because of its size.
>
> ed is very small :-)
hades|00:08:36 ~ [501] $ls -l $(type -path ed) $(type -path ae)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root23945 Jun 28 1996 /bin/ae
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root6796
"Karl M. Hegbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Open up your info reader;
> >
> > Don't get me started on info!
>
> Why not? Elucidate. (I imagine it will have to do with 'C-n and
> C-p rather than arrow keys' type of things... If you use Emacs,
> that's fixed, and arrow keys work fine.)
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