apt-get on local filesystem

I have a copy of debian/dists/unstable on my hard disk I am too dumb to understand how to specify the correct string in /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt will use this source instead of the HTTP sites (to which I have no connectivity). BTW I tried setting the $http_proxy environment var but a

where does libjpeg.so.6a come from ?

I am unable to perform a kernel "make xconfig" since it abend when invoking the "wish" command stating that it does not find libjpeg.so.6a. This is an unstable install . Thank you. Bob

[Fwd: where does libjpeg.so.6a come from ?]

Sorry ... my EXIM has gone awry !!--- Begin Message --- I am unable to perform a kernel "make xconfig" since it abend when invoking the "wish" command stating that it does not find libjpeg.so.6a. This is an unstable install . Thank you. Bob --- End Message ---

How to change the background highlight in Netscape searches ????

When I do a "Find in page" on a Netscape page, the found term is highlighted by a change in the background colour which is almost invisible. I would like the background of found terms to become RED for all of my users Which X11/Netscape file should I tweak ? Thank you very much. Bob Ale

please help with info on stable to unstable upgrade (partitions,LILO etc)

I have a Debian stable system doing quite a lot of stuff (DNS,SMTP,POP3,HTTP,Netscape roaming server, rsync mirror of Debian unstable, lpr server, INN news server, FTP server etc etc). Now I started adding quite a lot of packages from unstable but I am starting to have a messed up situation. I wo

Upgrade to Perl 5.005 for slink. HOWTO ???

Is there a place with hints on the right packages to upgrade to install perl 5.005 on a slink platform ?? Thank you. Bob Alexander

IP accounting .... (ipac) cannot find kernel option

I would have liked to get IP accounting informations ... reading the docs it says "... compile the kernel with IP accounting on ...". I have a slink dist with a 2.2.13 kernel and could NOT find the place in make xconfig to tell that I need IP accounting (searched mostly under Networking Options) .

LILO boot partition question. Thank you

I have a / partition on /dev/sda1 and have also defined a /dev/sda2 partition in the first /dev/sda cylinders to ensure my kernels are always below the 1024cyl limit. The /etc/lilo.conf I have working says: boot=/dev/sda1 root=/dev/sda1 if I try installing a lilo.conf with boot=/dev/sda2 as I wo

GO!Zilla for Linux

Is there something like Go!zilla for a Debian Linux system ? I mean some browser plug/in or similar to take charge of FTP clicks Thank you. Bob Alexander

Advice on wu-ftpd security needed (URGENT)

I am running a Debian 2.1 dist. I was sent the following (appended) quite recent (a month old) CERT advisory. How do I understand which Debian packaging has closed these holes BTW Is there a way to automate the PUT of files in the incoming area so that every time one is performed root gets

bash: /home/username: is a directory

When I use the command "su - username" for any user (root included) I get the message in the subject ... what is it caused by ?? I am using Debian 2.1 with a few unstable packages, bash Doing an sh -x of my .profile and .bashrc does not yeld any errors Thank you. Bob Alexander

/etc/init.d/network script missing .... help needed please

I just installed a Debian 2.1 stable machine. Since it has a Token Ring adapter I skipped the "configure the network" step during installation. I have recompiled a kernel 2.2.13 and have tr0. My /etc/init.d is missing the network script ... is there a source from which I could get it/create it ???

Re: Rescue disk fails for initial installation

This might not be the easiest way but ... Try downloading tom's root/boot diskette (www.toms.net/rb) and see if the box will IPL from it. If it does follow the instrucctions in the append I just made to the list ... Good luck. Bob Bucky Pope wrote: > > I have an old IBM PC that I'm trying to

Re: Grafting other kernels on Debian's rescue disks

GREAT !!! After a couple of days of sweat, headaches and the occasional fit of rage, mostly thanks to this great support group I made it. Recap: Dowload the 2.1.4 diskettes. Download tomsrtbt versio 1.7.102 (DOS ZIP) and extract the kernel Graft the kernel image from tom's (thank you tom) on

Re: Grafting other kernels on Debian's rescue disks

hangs there ... BTW 2.1.4 does NOT boot my old faithful Thinkpad 760 like the tecra did so just going to zImage does not appear to be enough. Any other ideas Ciao Bob. J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 08:22:53 -0500, Robert J. Alexander wrote: > > As I am

Grafting other kernels on Debian's rescue disks

As I am stuck on my Thinkpad with Debian, while other distributions happily boot (SuSe, Tom's RootBoot for example), I would like to know if and how can I "graft" the kernel on the working boot floppies on Debian's rescue. This is my last chance before sadly departing from Debian of which I have

Re: during linux boot

Try: shutdown -h 0when you want to shutdown shutdown -r 0when you want to reboot Darko Martic wrote: > > Hi ! > > When I'm booting linux (from hda2 cause hda1 is swap) sometimes I get > message something like '/dev/hda2 was not unmounted .' and then it's > 'fixed' I supose. W

Debian install failure on laptop. Please help ...

I cannot boot any Debian (tecra or whatever) rescue disk on my latest laptop (previous 3 IBM Thinkpads where OK). Really need a solution. Here is the description (in the attachment). Thank you very much. Happy 1999. Bob Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Very dear Debian friends, In the past I have

Re: (no subject)

install it. Cheers -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: rcp and rsh: permission denied

rhosts and man hosts.equiv They ar a weak spot in your security though ... handle with care. Cheers. Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: Checking dependencies

rl is 5.004.04-6 Thank you. Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: WARNING : libc6 Version: 2.0.7t-1 breaks resolv routines

ke Win95/WinNT is that with sufficient knowledge and sweat you can always understand why Unix behaves in a certain way .. I hate non deterministic looking OSs ... PPS I cannot check now but I would bet fiver that AIX host commands behaves like I think it should ... --- Robert J. Ale

Re: Problem with normal user login

ll Did you check LOGNAME envvar eg echo $LOGNAME ... Is /etc/passwd 644 ?? (owned by root and -rw-r--r--) Just shoting in the dark ... -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: What dist is vararg.h in?

sr/include/linux/time.h libc6-dev: /usr/include/time.h libc6-dev: /usr/include/sys/time.h libc6-dev: /usr/include/linux/utime.h libc6-dev: /usr/include/utime.h time: /usr/doc/time/time.html kernel-source-2.0.34: /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/include/linux/time.h Cheers -- Robert J. Alexander

WARNING : libc6 Version: 2.0.7t-1 breaks resolv routines

to read it when doing name to address translation. Cheers. Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: RAM Sizing

/WIN95_C/map vga=normal delay=100 image=/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb1 read-only append="mem=80M" I have read that on some machines you could have problems with 80MB RAM (what a lucky guy am I : have only 80MB 8->). Cheers. -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAI

Re: New User

en ring you are pretty out of luck AFAIK 8-< -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: Why Debian default kernel is bzImage ?

gt; installation). > Thank you sen. Yours is the only answer I got ... good to know I am not alone in this Universe 8-> Good hint for the kimage := zImage Bye Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: gunzip - invalid compressed data?

al tree (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man etc.) and having the right pointers in your user's PATH variable. > Also, IF I get it to work, should I run the Runme file in X? > If WordPerfect supports X yes if not you will not need this. -- Robert J. Alexander <[E

host does not resolve names to addresses anymore

I wish to follow my previous append on name resolution problems. I think I have simplified the issue a lot. This is the current situation. Holding my breath until somebody saves me 8-> . TIA -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Lin

Re: Debian full bootable backup. Howto ?

Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 09:49:23AM +0200, Robert J. Alexander wrote: > > What would be the smartest approach to have a full bootable backup of a > > Debian customized system ? > > > > As backup media I could use : 4mm SCSI tap

Why my name resolution files are not considered anymore ??

I know I must be doing something horribly stupid, but plase help me (and feel free to insult me ;->) ... here attached is the problem I described offline ... -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sci

Netscape annoying message box

Class: XmScrolledWindow _XmMsgScrollVis_ Is this normal ?? Does the attachment reach you (it's just a two line shell script to open an aixterm from my AIX box on my linux machine). TIA -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrat

Debian full bootable backup. Howto ?

volume group to be picky). Once I have a system which is up and running, correctly configured, I ususally make a mksysb and in case of a disk failure I only need to place the mksysb in the tape drive, boot from it and voila my system is fully restored and alive again. TIA -- Robert J. Alexander

Why Debian default kernel is bzImage ?

rst reboot. All of this would not be necessary if Debian's kernel format was zImage. Why isn't this desirable ? In most contributions to this list, when it comes to kernel compiling I very often see make zimage or make-kpkg --zimage crop up ... Thank you. -- Robert J. Alexander <

Re: ATX and "shutdown -h"

s off. Could it be that you are not using the kernel compiled with these options ?? I personally like to use the following sequence: cd /usr/src/linux make [x|menu]config make-kpkg --zimage --version myhost.1 kernel_image dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.0.34_myhost.1_i386.deb shutdown -r -t0 n

Re: xsession vs xinitrc

n a different system and XDM got me into some problems since the XF86Config files where uncompatible. I have now taken the habit of starting X with a startx in my users ~/.bash_profile but not for root ... -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debia

Re: Mouse Fatality in X-Windows

PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed. (or "dmesg | grep aux" if you are lazy). Cheers Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

sendmail help please

rejected email anywhere: No such file or directory -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: 16bpp XFree86 on IBM Thinkpad 760XL

ation in 16bpp as far as I know because the thinkpad > 760xl has only 1m video memory. > The performance is allright with only one exception : when I drag windows aroud the window repaint is AWFUL ... Have a nice day. -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified Syste

Re: X menus : cannot find first entry

fvwm95/main-menu-pre.hook > ---------- -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

Re: 16bpp XFree86 on IBM Thinkpad 760XL

nkpad > 760xl has only 1m video memory. > > HTH > - John Kloss > Thank you VERY VERY much. -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

PCMCIA conflict. Any help ?

another IRQ (dor instance 6,9,10,11 are free in /proc/interrupts). TIA -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy

16bpp XFree86 on IBM Thinkpad 760XL

Have XFree86 running smoothly 8bpp on my 760XL ... anyone has hints on driving it to 16bpp ?? Tried startx -- -16bpp (or similar) but get the screen readable but broken in four mixed up sections ... Here is my XF86Config. Thank you very much. Bob -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

X menus : cannot find first entry

/etc/menu from the default behaviour found in /usr/lib/menu but the entry for xterm I cannot trace anywhere. I need to replace it with rxvt with some params ... Any help ? Thank you. -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - W

Re: Unable to install Debian on Thinkpad 760E

60E ?? Thank you again very much for helping me and making Debian the best supported Linux on the planet. Bob Alexander Brandon Mitchell wrote: Try the tecra disks.  They are in the disk-i386/special directory. Report back to the list to let everyone know if this works. Brandon --  Robert J. Alexan

Unable to install Debian on Thinkpad 760E

ISA box. -- Robert J. Alexander -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Can avoid wu-ftpd resolving names ???

Dear fellow Debian/Linux user, wu-ftpd seems to be trying always to resolve into names the addresses connecting to it. this is very useful for logging purposes. Unfortunately though I use my Thinkpad Debian box in many different locations and often there is no local DNS or proper entries in my /etc

Please advice on insmod problem

I have a wonderfully working Debian 1.3.1 system. During boot I get an error message which I can reproduce with the following command: insmod psaux which yields the following error message : /lib/modules/2.0.30/misc/psaux.o: unresolved symbol kill_fasync_R53d38e09 What can I do to fix this litt

Wanted: command to monitor hard disk activity

On my other Unix box (AIX) I have the iostat -d command which gives off : %tm_act : perc. of time disk was active Kbps : amount of KB per second read and written to disk tps : transfer per seconds issued to disk (rtansfer is an I/O request issued to disk) the sar -u will at least give