Re: init dying with NFS root

I was using lilo so I could use the kernel boot options, but I can get around that by using bootp instead. Now I just need to sort out all the other little problems... Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - System Administrator & Programmer Trinity College, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia

init dying with NFS root

etting to mounting root -- I'm not sure why yet.) The kernel is loaded by LILO from an ext2 filesystem on a floppy or hard disk. Any clues as to what's going on, or the next thing to try, would be much appreciated. (Reply-to set to debian-user.) Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Two delete keys with xemacs

mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. In my .emacs file, I was loading an old file called delbackspace.el, and it was responsible for fouling up my Backspace key. Removing it fixed the problem. Sorry for wasting people's time with this. Tim. -- Tim Bell -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Administrator -- 9349 0466

Re: Two delete keys with xemacs

* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Tim Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm xemacs21 (21.1.10-1), and I find that both my delete key and my > >backspace key are registering as the keystroke "DEL" under xemacs. > >However, under xkeycap

Two delete keys with xemacs

iles and utilities common to all X servers Thanks, -- Tim Bell -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Administrator -- 9349 0466

apache auth_ldap problems

yone thinks it will be useful.) But now, apachectl configtest gives: Syntax error on line 103 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/1.3/auth_ldap.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/auth_ldap.so: undefined symbol: ber_scanf [Of course, it's not really a syntax error

problems with diald, and local network

ll should be troublefree, or require at the most a couple of visits to the documentation. Oh well...) TIA, Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Dept of Comp Sci - Uni of Melbourne, Australia -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

hamm timezones problem

bug with 2.0.7pre1-1, or some configuration problem? TIA, Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Dept of Comp Sci - Uni of Melbourne, Australia -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Problems with new install on old laptop

Any other tips? I've had a quick look at the Linux on Laptops page (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/), but I'm not convinced this is necessarily a laptop-specific problem. TIA, Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Dept of Comp Sci - Uni of Melbourne, Australia

libc6-dev depends on kernel-headers-2.0.32-2

re? (I was tempted to do a --force, but I remembered Scott's advice to NEVER do a --force when upgrading to libc6, so I'm stuck.) Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Dept of Comp Sci - Uni of Melbourne, Australia -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &qu

Re: AU mirrors

31 croatan.schnet.edu.au 64 ftp.uwa.edu.au 97 ftp.citylink.co.nz 163 ftp.tower.net.au 189 ftp.waikato.ac.nz 205 ftp.fuller.edu 211 sunsite.net.nz 267 ftp-nog.rutgers.edu HTH. Tim. -- Tim Bell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Dept of Comp Sci - U

Writing CD images (not under Linux)

ted CD image, I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell | ambiguities prose your in Remove future clearer a children [EMAIL PROTECTED] | your for create and English postfix use -- . Tyson Dowd -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Re: DMA with IDE on Triton II

ported. Is there a list of supported controller cards somewhere? I couldn't find it. Another possibility is that I connect the hard disk to the IDE controller on the motherboard. (I guess there's not much point using the Ultra DMA card if I can't get it to DMA...) Does this

DMA with IDE on Triton II

/63, CurSects=6306048, LBA=yes, LBAsects=6306048 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 Any ideas? Thanks, -- Tim Bell

Re: Debian 1.3.1 installation and network problems

fc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html There has been varying amounts of success with the 3c905 card reported on the vortex mailing list. Unfortunately, there's at least one of these cards (i.e. mine) which really doesn't want to work under linux. Tim. --

problems posting news

file? I guess I'd rather that the server looked after all that, since I have no local newsgroups (as yet...). Any ideas what I've missed? Thanks in advance. -- Tim Bell .--_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /

bypassing xdm?

ged to hang the machine. There must be a proper way to do this... only I can't find it. Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell. | "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear." [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Mark Twain -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-

mke2fs with blocks other than 1024?

find interesting is that the first data block is 1 for blocksize of 1024, and 0 for every other size (2048, 4096). Any ideas here? Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell .--_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Department of Computer Sc

netatalk: afpd breaks when incorrect password entered

incorrect password is entered. I've checked the Debian bug lists for netatalk, and I believe this is bug number 10290 in the bug-tracking system. Is anyone else getting this problem. Is anyone using afpd and *not* getting this problem? -- Tim

POP2 and POP3 servers?

pper which both provide just POP3 servers. I've had to install the Redhat package using alien. So, is there a Debian package with a POP2 and POP3 server? Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell .--_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Department

Re: 1.3.1 release date.

local mirror that everything is ready to go? Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell .--_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Department of Computer Science \_.--._/ University of Melbourne, Australia v -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE F

Re: fiddled with gcc/libc, now can't find stddef.h

Emilio Lopes wrote: > > >>>>> "TB" == Tim Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > TB> I'm sure I've done something really stupid and obvious: can anyone > TB> point it out to me please? > > The problem is that you have a versio

fiddled with gcc/libc, now can't find stddef.h

x27;m sure I've done something really stupid and obvious: can anyone point it out to me please? Thanks, Tim Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: 3c905 problems with 1.3 (and 1.2.5)

Rick Macdonald wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Tim Bell wrote: > > > So, I figured I'd go back to the 1.2.5 setup which had worked. This I > > did, and it worked -- until I rebooted. > > I had similar problems once, but nothing to do with a network card. >

3c905 problems with 1.3 (and 1.2.5)

k once, right after installing 1.2.5 and compiling a new kernel with the latest boomerang (3c90x) driver. After that, the card won't talk. I can't figure out why... If anyone has any tips or can help in any other way, I'd greatly appreciate it. Tim. -- Tim Bell

moving to 2.1.xx?

are officially unstable kernels; I'm mainly interested in Debian- specific details.) Thanks, Tim. -- Tim Bell | "Due to a shortage of trumpeters, the end of the world [EMAIL PROTECTED] | will be postponed three months." -- Anon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS