Hi. I need to install Win2k on a PC that has only logical partitions
available.
/dev/hda1 Linux
/dev/hda2 Swap
/dev/hda3 Win2k
/dev/hda4 Extended
/dev/hda5 Linux
/dev/hda6 Win2k (new)
I can't get LILO to boot the second Win2k partition. It just hangs there
with no error message. If I use table=/
My Linux box is behind an NT firewall. The Linux box is 192.168.1.2. The NT
box is 192.168.1.1. I want to access CVS on SourceForge, but cvs reports
"Unknown host" when I attempt pserver login.
Using nslookup also fails, on sourceforge.net or any name:
*** Can't find server name for address 1
Hi. If I don't have a .twmrc file then the menus I find in twm are the ones
provided by debian menu_update. That's almost what I want, but that doesn't
give me the standard twm choices for raising and lowering windows, etc. If I
provide the standard .twmrc file then I don't have any debian menus. I
Karsten,
Thanks for the tips, but it's not the root menu or window minimize that is
the problem. Those I can do. It is the raise-lower-kill-whatever menu that
is supposed to pop up somehow off the titlebar of each individual window
that I can't find. Having the icon manager as a second method of m
Here's an easy one, I think. In playing with twm all I seem to be able to do
consistently is minimize or resize. How do I close a twm window, and how do
I get the window's menu to appear?
I've tried every mouse combination I can think of, the man page is no help,
and I can't find a helpful Web sit
I've installed XFree86 4.1.0 from source. (The latest deb seems to be
4.0.3.) How do I tell dselect that I've done that? I want it to leave
XFree86 4.1.0 alone, not try to bring in an updated 4.0.x.
Thanks!
Robin
Hi. I have a hard drive with ext2 (primary), swap (logical), and NTFS
(primary) partitions. It's a large drive with a lot of unused space. I want
to carve up the remaining space into several partititions, but cfdisk only
offers to make one last primary partition, then there are no more partitions
a
Hi. I'm converting a commercial rpm using alien so I can install it in
Debian (kernel 2.4.7). During the conversion alien reports warnings but does
make a deb. When I go to load the installed program it loads the splash
screen but eventually croaks, apparently because not all the shared libs
were i
YES! Thank you! Running ldconfig manually cleaned it up.
Cheers,
Robin
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From: "Joey Hess"
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: alien dpkg-shlibdeps errors
> Robin Rowe wrote:
> > where some_lib_name.so seems to be each of a bunch
Upgrade to 'testing' first, then 'unstable'. You can't make it directly from
potato to unstable. (The testing version has the cp version with -L, but
potato cp does not.) Below is the procedure that worked for me when I got
hung up by the same problem.
1. Set /etc/apt/sources.list to point instead
Hi. I want to install KDE and Gnome, but still boot in console mode and be
able to use my non-desktop startx. I don't want to have an automatic
graphical startup (XDM, etc.). I'm thinking that what I want is to create a
startk and startg that work like startx.
This configuration is so I can test s
Hi. I have a Potato system that has so many testing and unstable pieces in
it that I feel I should take the plunge and upgrade to Woody. Am I right
that ReiserFS and 2.4 are in Woody?
If I was just upgrading to Woody I could have apt handle that, but I also
want to install ReiserFS as the boot fil
Yes, you should have a separate partition for Debian. But, with the low cost
of drives it is more economic to install another drive rather than waste
your time dividing up the one you have. Maybe you already have a smaller
drive laying about (2GB is nice) that has nothing to do anyway.
Yes, Debian
FYI, there's an article in the current issue of Linux Journal (March) about
installing Debian called "Debian Multiboot Installation" on page 78.
Cheers,
Robin
I tried the route you are taking but found it too much trouble. If your
labor
is worth anything it's easier to order the CD for $9 from lsl.com or some
other vendor.
If you prefer not to get a CD (maybe you don't have a CD drive) then another
way to install from the net is to create rescue and boo
Hi. I'm having trouble configuring Netscape 4.7 to see my SOCKS server. I
have set the SOCKS_NS variable to 192.168.1.1 and likewise in preferences.
However, Netscape still can't see it. I'm guessing that as a user I don't
have permission by default to access port 1080, that I need to turn that on
he archive?
Cheers,
Robin
- Original Message -
From: "John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Debian Users"
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: How to clone packages setup
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:31:00PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> Hi. How do
Hi. How do I clone my packages setup?
I want to install the same packages that I have installed on one machine to
another machine that just has a basic install. What configuration files do I
copy and what command do I issue to cause apt-get (or whatever) to fetch and
install the same packages on t
Chip,
I don't know what's wrong, but a typical way to deal with this is to boot
using a generic rescue (install) diskette. (Win98 doesn't understand Linux
so whatever it may report is suspect.) A Debian install floppy has to work
whether your CD will boot or not.
When presented the main install m
Hi. I have a little confusion with XFree86Config. What is the difference
between bpp and color depth?
With the DefaultColorDepth set to 24 my screen rate was 115 hz, but at 32 it
is just 85 (max 86). What does choosing 32 or 24 signify? Isn't 24 bits as
much as there actually is?
At 85 hz I can a
Hi. I get an error sometimes when attempting a screen capture:
xwd: Warning. Error in XWD-color-structure (flag)
xwd: EOF encountered on reading
xwd: load_image (xwd): XWD-file /root/.gimp/tmp/gimp_temp.277523.xwd has
format 2, depth 24
and bits per pixel 24.
Currently this is not supported.
What
If you prefer a simpler method simply use dselect to uninstall xdm or
whatever X login you are using. When you come up in a console mode launch X
using startx.
Cheers,
Robin
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From: "USM Bish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Cc: "seg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, Februar
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From: "Adrian Bunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Robin Rowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Debian Users"
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: How to upgrade to a tested lib?
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Robin Rowe wrote:
>
> >
I have some apps I want to build that require newer libs than what I have
installed from stable. How do I tell dselect/apt/dpkg to let me pick the
newer SDL lib (for instance) out of tested, bring with it any dependent libs
(which may also be in tested), but not make a change to newer packages
acro
I have a win98 partition on /dev/hdb1. I want to mount that automatically,
instead of explicitly using 'mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /win98'. I looked at
the docs for autofs but found it confusing. How do I do it?
Thanks.
Robin
Hi. This seems like an easy question, but I can't find the answer. How do I
install a .deb file I've downloaded to the local file system? And, how do I
make it appear in dselect?
Thanks.
Robin
If I'll be booting with lilo from the MBR may I install Potato on an
extended partition or must it be on a primary partition?
Thanks.
Robin
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On my Pentium PC I have lilo booting potato, win98, win98se, winnt, win2k,
and beos. All are running on their native file systems, with NT and 2k on
NTFS partitions (no FAT16 nonsense), win98x on FAT16, potato on ext2, beos
on befs. Each OS is on a 2GB partition. I have some other NTFS partitions
f
Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere?
1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to
ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows?
2. What is gpm supposed to do and why does running it freeze my mouse in X?
Cheers,
Robin
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ccepting a newer version of
libstdc++. That's ok, right?
Robin
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From: "ktb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Debian Users"
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: can't install Netscape
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:02:43PM -
I read somewhere that if I put the Netscape gz file in /tmp then dselect
will figure out to install it. That doesn't do it. I'm trying to install
4.75. What's the procedure?
Related question, for gz files that have no debian install smarts at all how
do I install those? Do I just create a director
I want to play a CD using gtcd. It objects that it can't see the CD. Sure
enough, not mounted. Do audio CDs mount? Can I convince autofs to do the
job?
What's the best way to play a music CD in debian?
Robin
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Thank you!
Robin
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From: "Terry Boon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Network config easy question
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:27:53PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> > Dumb question, how do I se
Dumb question, how do I set the IP address, netmask, gateway, and dns host
on Debian? The docs say that I should edit a file named 'network' but I
don't find any such file.
Robin
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m root.bin to go with my custom kernal? How?
Thanks.
Robin
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Hi. How do I find out what Debian CD-ROM's are available? Is there an
article somewhere that comparitively rates them?
Thanks.
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Thanks! Problem solved.
Trying the manual approach didn't work (dselect said the contrib directory
didn't exist), but the soft links did work:
mkdir /install
ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8 /install/stable
ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/contrib /install/contrib
Robin
>There are two ways I can think of to
, before loading dselect.
How do I convince dselect I don't need the non-existant 'stable' directory
on my CD-ROM?
Robin
>
>On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:30:01 PST Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>wrote:
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>> When I run dselect it asks me for the location of the Packages-
Hi. In October I got Debian on the CD-ROM from Dale Scheetz, but had some
problems getting it to work with my CD-ROM. I got sidetracked and have only
recently gotten back to trying to finish installing Debian. I now have the
base system installed but have a problem installing any packages.
When I
I joined the debian list for a few weeks last November when I had a Sony CD
configuration problem, and was very glad for the help I got. (I needed the
magic flag 'cdu31a_port=0x340'.)
The info is great. However, this list is just too much email to leave on all
the time. Is it available as a newsg
Hi. I am trying to install debian, but not having much luck getting it to
recognize my sony cd-rom.
I am using 'linux cdu31a=0x340' at the boot prompt. When I get to the device
driver configuration menu and try to install 'cdu31a' it says it can't
initialize. It works fine under Win 3.1 and Win95
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