my monitor wont start

Hi I installed Debian through network option. However after installation, I booted my computer for the first time and waited for my moment of truth. However I got a blank screen on my LCD monitor which said, Video mode not supported. And debian I guess was working fine but there was no output

Harddisk Errors in Etch using Kernel 2.6.17 but not Kernel 2.6.8

I've been using Sarge for a several months now with no problem , other than drooling over new software. So, as this is my desktop computer and not a server -my server runs a Slackware 10, and is running very fine, although I hope to find time to convert it to Debian 4.0 when it is Stable-, so as

Built-in Network Port not detected in Debian

I am trying to install debian on my wife's computer. It already has Windows XP installed and running on the first partition and used to have Mandrake 10 on another partition. Both Windows XP and Mandrake 10 recognized all hardware components including the built in network chipset. I tried

Network Not Working - multipart post

I am trying to install debian on my wife's computer. It already has Windows XP installed and running on the first partition and used to have Mandrake 10 on another partition. Both Windows XP and Mandrake 10 recognized all hardware components including the built in network chipset. I tried

Re: Network Not Working - multipart post (Debian Sarge (Stable))

/uname -a/ Linux farabi 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux -- //etc/resolve.conf/ search lan nameserver 10.0.0.138 -- //etc/network/interfaces/ # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system #

Re: Network Not Working - multipart post

Knoppix 4.0 Live DVD works fine and automatically detects and configures the built-in ethernet port which I can use to connect to the router and the internet without a problem. /-- /uname -a/ Linux Knoppix 2.6.12 #2 SMP Tue Aug 9 23:20:52 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

Re: Network Not Working - multipart post

Debian Sarge (Stable) does not detect the built-in ethernet port, so I can not connect to the router or the internet. -- uname -a Linux farabi 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Thu May 19 17:53:30 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux -- /etc/resolve.conf search lan

Re: Network Not Working - multipart post

Debian Etch (Testing) does not detect the built-in ethernet port, so I can not connect to the router or the internet. -- /uname -a/ Linux farabi 2.6.12-1-386 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux -- //etc/network/interfaces/ # This

Re: Network Not Working - multipart post

I put a working PCI network card from my computer that also runs Debian Testing (Etch) into this computer and installed from a Debian Testing netinstall CD that has a 2.6.12 kernel. Again, Debian didn't detect the built-in network port. -- /dmesg | grep eth/ eth0:

Setting up Netgear MA401 wifi card

In fact, I'm very interested to understand how Linux supports PCMCIA interfaces, hot plugging, wireless networks, and the utilities that tie them together. I would really appreciate it if somebody could point me to the correct resources.Thank you,Salman Yahoo! DSL Something

Re: Setting up Netgear MA401 wifi card

he correct resources.Thank you,Salman Output of dmesg: ... PCI: Enabling device :02:0b.0 ( - 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt :02:0b.0[A] - Link [LNKA] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :02:0b.0 [1179:0001]

Re: Diskless Debian PCs / Network Boot

the filesystem. If anybody has any tips on this, I would really appreciate it. Thanks ... Salman On Jul 12, 2004, at 12:16 PM, Patrick Ouellette wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am trying to build a network of Debian PCs which must be diskless. The idea is that every once in a while

Diskless Debian PCs / Network Boot

/disadvantages of using one option over another. I anticipate that our client PCs will be based on Intel motherboards. Thanks! Salman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: apt-get install hangs while unpacking

just slows down and eventually the connection times out. The overall progress stays at 1%. On the server, the process continues to run as an orphan and continues to use the connection. Can somebody give me pointers to how I can start debugging this issue? Thanks, Salman When I ran the apt

Installing Debian on Dell 8300

version 2.4.18. So I think after installing, I am going to have to burn the newer kernel on a CD to upgrade the just installed kernel. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks in advance for your suggestions and tips. ... salman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: No space left on device - Solved!

2% /home /dev/hda8 478M 68M 385M 15% /var Thank you everyone for your useful suggestions! ... salman On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, David wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 09:10:14PM -0400, Salman Haq wrote: #df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev

Re: i810 problem

from www.xfree86.org. Perhaps the new version my solve your problem also. ... salman On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, J. Smith wrote: i have i810 board and Debian 3.0, but X does not work, below is output by xinit: warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested This is a pre

Re: No space left on device

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:51:55PM -0400, Salman Haq wrote: Hi, When trying to compile some code, I got the following error: cpp0: /tmp/ccFJJwQN.ii: No space left on device I then realized that /tmp is mounted on my root partition

Re: Linux commands

. Also try snooping around in the Debian documentation pages. 2. Assuming you have installed and configured X11, type 'startx' at the prompt. ... salman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

No space left on device

change this situation, without re-formatting/re-partitioning? Or, atleast for now, which files can I safely delete to free-up some space? Thanks ... salman Intelligent Servosystems Lab University of Maryland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Creating Potato CDs

I have the debian-cd package installed. I edited the CONF.sh file. But the documentation didn't indicate how to create a local mirror of Potato .debs. The system I will be using to create this Potato CD is a potato system that I installed over the Internet using the boot disks. So, what

Urgent: Can't upgrade from slink to Potato/Frozen!!

to this box but I'd like to upgrade to latest potato first. Any suggestions ?? Thanks. PS : I have already spent 6 hours trying to upgrade this box to potato but apt/dpkg refuses to let me do so. I just hope that its something simple I have completely overlooked. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT pathcom DOT

Re: problem locating ndbm.h but it is there

with the app and see what the exact option is to specify additional include directories (try ./configure --help), though the --site-includes option is a pretty standard way of specifying additional include dirs. This solved my problem. HTH, -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

email. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: wheel mice

/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

tells me now: @phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] xhost access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect INET:phoenix LOCAL: Can I assume that the above xhost and WDM settings are safe ? -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

for WDM ? Just curious. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Compiling XEmacs-20.4 from source package

/sources.list ? Also, when building the debs for XEmacs, how can I configure the different options available through the autoconf script that comes with the XEmacs source package ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: System.map does not match kernel data

-package, and man make-kpkg. HTH, -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Environment Variable weirdness

: kernel version and machine architechture. e.g. : linux-2.2.12-i686. Let's call it OSVERSION. Where do I set this environment variable ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Environment Variable weirdness

/environment or in the users startup files eg .cshrc/.tcshrc/ ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Environment Variable weirdness

: Nathan export OSVERSION=`uname -r`-`arch` Nathan HTH, Yes it does. Thank you. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Modem speed with wmppp.app

specified in the .wmppprc file ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Reading compressed files in XEmacs

about. On a somewhat related note : is it possible to view compressed (.gz) files with pagers like more/less ? I think I remember a thread about this either on this list or on some linux NG a while back except that I was paying attention at that time! -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

CVS setup and administration

this is and how I can improve on it. Plus any other tips on CVS setup/administration/security/etc. This is my home system that I am talking about. I connect to the Internet via dialup PPP. Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Getting The Most Out Of APT

installing packages via apt-get install. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

shutting down X

tweaking. Thanks for any help. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: shutting down X

services being shutdown) without pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7. Any other suggestions ? What does your /etc/syslog.conf file look like ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: shutting down X

Salman == Salman Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Salman Ok. I'll also check RedHat-5.2 to see what /dev/console points Salman to under there. Then I'll try symlinking it to /dev/tty1 and Salman see if that solves my problem. BTW, under RH5.2, I am running Salman kernel 2.2.10

Re: shutting down X

, Brian notice how it is makes a symlink for 2.0.x kernels and a device Brian file for 2.2.x or greater: I'll try out the MAKEDEV script on my box. I would like to have a real device for /dev/console. Thanks for your helpful replies. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Unix98 PTYs

that some of the gurus on this list can explain to me exactly what a unix98 pty is and why it is better (or not) than what was present in the 2.0 series of kernels. Also, why is it called a Unix98 pty ? what's so special about 98 !!! Thanks as always. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

querying installed packaged

Is there a way to determine if package X is been installed from the stable or unstable area, using a combination of apt*/dpkg ? dpkg --list does not mention what `area' of the release the package has been installed from. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Bug in XEmacs-20.4 ?

for a very long time now and have grown used to its excellent and exemplary behaviour!! I am running Debian 2.1 + glibc2.1 from potato and a bunch of other potato packages - glibc2.1 being the most important one. Thanks for any info. Regards, Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Very serious problem with apt-get

stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates deb http://www.netgod.net/ x/ and I am using Debian 2.1 + some packages from potato. Please help!! Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

I broke apt-get

Can this be fixed without having to reinstall Debian ? (yes I know it was a bad idea to delete those files from /var/!!) -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

problem with apt-get

/ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates deb http://www.netgod.net/ x/ Thanks for any info. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Installing/Debianizing WindowMaker themes

How can I either install WindowMaker theme tarballs or debianize them and then install via dpkg/apt ? Running slink + some potato debs (WindowMaker-0.60). Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

compiling/building unstable Eterm from sources

/etc/apt/sources.list and exactly how do I compile Eterm-0.89-9 from sources ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

.xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

X clients from my .xsession file ? Do I have to start up WindowMaker from my .xsession file (as I do for RedHat) or is it enough to rely on /etc/X11/window-managers ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

PPP for non-root users

How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

# in the console window. # tail -f $USER/.xsession-errors /dev/console /usr/local/bin/paralogger exec wmaker Works fine now. I am able to start up the desired X clients. Also, to get non-root users to run PPP, I just did : usermod -G dip ssahmed Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed

What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

which is a standalone system. I use it for doing some development and to browse the WWW and read this list. Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Rebuilding unstable packages

: Thanks for the replies re:kernel 2.2.12. I will check out the page on debian.org which has more info. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

problems reading News with Netscape

some time, I can't stand the plain look of Xrn. Thanks for any info on this very annoying problem with Netscape. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: 56K internal modems

.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html for more info. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: 56K internal modems

mistake for not checking at the time if Linux supported WinModems, and I didn't check that the modem that was being put in my system was a WinModem or not. After I got the system I realized that I had a WinModem and that it wouldn't work under Linux. A case of buyer beware! -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed

Re: 56K internal modems

including taxes. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)

are FAQs but after having spent the past few hours getting Debian 2.1 up and running and am kinda anxious to get these few issues out of the way. Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)

At 09:25 PM 7/31/99 , you wrote: *- On 31 Jul, Ed Cogburn wrote about Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!) I suggested using 'mingetty' as it by default will clear the screen at logout. Its also smaller than the default getty (I'm pretty sure). Yep! # ls -l

Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)

it work then it would definitely matter. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com