Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:04:19PM -, john smith wrote: While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for a good

Re: boot up look and feel

2001-04-17 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:35:32PM +0600, V.Suresh wrote: Other distros like Suse/Redhat have a good looking boot up. Each process is started with a colorful done/ok message at the right end. Is it possible to make debian do so? May be some hacking is needed, I guess. Point the files, please.

Re: Best way to run a 2.4 kernel with stable?

2001-04-14 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 02:26:46PM +1000, Mark wrote: Is it safe to run a 2.4 kernel with stable? If this is OK then, what is the best way to do it? Should I use Adrian Bunk's stuff to do it? http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html Is this safe or will this cause potential problems?

Re: download problem

2001-04-12 Thread ktb
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:40:42AM -0400, Rahul Agarwal wrote: I am trying to download the Debian intallation files (first time installation) from the website using the ftp ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ the ftp program has already downloaded data more than 2.4 gigs and is still going on.

Re: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink

2001-04-12 Thread ktb
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:48:57PM -0400, - wrote: I don't know your parents well enough to comment on the bastard part, but if you want to take without giving, that pretty much is the textbook definition of selfish. What does this wise ass expect someone who knows very little about Linux

Re: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:37:32PM -0400, Kevin Stokes wrote: Once again I find myself helpless. As unreliable and as frustrating as Windows is, in Linux it seems like you can't do anything without asking for help. I wanted to remotely login from a Windows machine to my linux machine.

Re: outgoing mail header address qyestion

2001-04-11 Thread ktb
file. Maybe you know this. You can override this by putting a line in your ~/.muttrc file. Here is the one I use - my_hdr From: ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] You could create two files one called ~/.muttrc and one ~./muttrc2 Put a my_hdr line, one for isp1 in one file and one for isp2 in the other

Re: startx problems

2001-04-10 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:19:25PM -0500, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: When I execute startx, it exits with the following: _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font

Re: Progeny Debian 1.0 released

2001-04-09 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:13:42AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 05:53:14PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Branden Robinson wrote: Media Contact: Aaron Stenhoff Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. (317) 833-0313 (ext. 137) [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, do

Re: custom kernel can not install

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 01:23:58AM -0600, eric wrote: ktb wrote: On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 04:40:13PM -0600, eric wrote: snip this is some lines after I run dmesg | less SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor

Re: Partition recommendations for dual boot installation???

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:06:09AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: I am planning to install Debian potatoe release on my Dell 4100 pentium III with 60 GB HD. I have read through several different versions of installation instruction posted at various places on the web and few things remain

Re: kernel compilation in Potato...

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:01:42PM +0200, Marcin Landowski wrote: Hejka I've reinstalled my Potato (changed partition) and I can't recompile kernel. The output of make manuconfig is: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]:

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 05:01:37PM -0700, Aaron wrote: I just tried to follow these directions and still couldn't get gnome to start as the default WM. ' Just install them. In your .xinitrc add the command to start whichever envinronment you want to run. I.e. 'echo gnome-session

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: X is currently being started by xdm I believe. The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any error messages just not the WM I want. I didn't have any .xinitrc files on the system so after reading the other

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron wrote: This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use .xinitrc and start gnome? # apt-get remove xdm or # dpkg -r xdm Should remove xdm If you

Re: custom kernel can not install

2001-04-07 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 02:48:54AM -0600, eric wrote: Dear Mano or debian user: after I kpkg to make new kernel.deb, I got error dpkg -ikernel-image-2.4.2_custom* dpkg: regarding kernel-image-2.4.2_custom.1.0_i386.deb containing kernel-image-2.4.2: pcmcia-modules-2.4.2 conflicts

Re: NIC config question?

2001-04-07 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 01:21:01PM -0700, user138 wrote: does the stock debian I386 binary come with a driver that works with the older dlink de-528 card? i've tried others but none seam to work, ... i also have a intel 21143 chip on the mother board but that also seems to be unsupported

Re: Lost directory...

2001-04-07 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 10:52:49PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Somehow I've lost a directory, /proj, used to be a nfs mountpoint; when I try to recreate it I get mkdir: cannot create directory `/proj': File exists Looking at / with debugfs, there's a line with proj What do I

Re: How to compile the debian way?

2001-04-07 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 08:23:46AM +1000, Mark Devin wrote: Henry House wrote: Anyway, my question is how do I compile stuff the debian way? You know, so that the packages are all known by dpkg. Try: apt-get source --build pppoe OK did that and here is the error I got:

Re: custom kernel can not install

2001-04-07 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 04:40:13PM -0600, eric wrote: snip this is some lines after I run dmesg | less SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-R1002 Rev: 1034 Type: CD-ROM

Re: command for system beep?

2001-04-06 Thread ktb
On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:07:59PM +0200, Robert Voigt wrote: I want to write a shell script that beeps on a certain event. I don' want the output from the soundcard but from the system speaker, like when I do something wrong. But it would be nice if I could make the sound shorter or longer

Re: Howto setup eth0

2001-04-03 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:55:33PM +1000, Mark Devin wrote: When I installed debian, I didn't set up my ethernet card. Now I want to set up ADSL using it but have noticed that the file /etc/init.d/network does not exist on my system. How do I create this file? Is there a package which I

Re: Howto setup eth0

2001-04-03 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 02:58:56PM +1000, Mark Devin wrote: ktb wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:55:33PM +1000, Mark Devin wrote: When I installed debian, I didn't set up my ethernet card. Now I want to set up ADSL using it but have noticed that the file /etc/init.d/network does

Re: installed program as only run as su

2001-04-02 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 02:50:34PM +0100, JACKSON, DEAN wrote: I have installed a program and can only run it when logged in as su location of directory is /home/dean what command do i have to run to make it so all users can run it especially dean? chmod -R 755 /home/dean springs

Re: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-27 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote: Hi, How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate

Re: running lynx

2001-03-25 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:37:50AM -0700, Simmons-Davis wrote: Dear Debian Group, I am unable to run lynx on the Debian 2.2r2 system I recently installed. After I run wvdial, connect to my ISP, hit cntrl z and then type the command lynx at the command prompt (all as root) I get the following

Re: Samba Password

2001-03-25 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:29:16PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: * ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010324 17:06]: On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 09:27:57PM +0100, Gregor Kaleta wrote: I have a problem with the Samba Password. Samba is running and the correct smbpasswd file exists. But when I want

Re: (OT) - Static electricity grounding device?

2001-03-25 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 01:08:46PM -0700, jh wrote: Hi. Does anyone know how or have a link to building your own grounding device that could attach to your wrist for hardware upgrades? I live in a very small town with no way to get one quickly. I know there are places online that sell them.

Re: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA

2001-03-25 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:09:13PM +1200, Lex McPhail wrote: What does the following message mean: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } It is coming up on my Debian 2.2.18pre21 potato installation quite regularly since I have

Re: how to edit the kernel....make menuconfig???

2001-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 08:53:46AM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Shawn Yarbrough wrote: Use the 'kernel-source' packages and you will get extra features and bugfixes patched in by Debian which are not in stock Linux. For example 'kernel-source-2.2.18pre21'. When

Re: Samba Password

2001-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 09:27:57PM +0100, Gregor Kaleta wrote: I have a problem with the Samba Password. Samba is running and the correct smbpasswd file exists. But when I want to login (for using shares) from my Win98SE Client, I get the Error that my Password was wrong. What have I done

Re: how to edit the kernel....make menuconfig???

2001-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:52:17PM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If these Debian patches are so great, why aren't they in the official kernel source? Because the patches didn't exist when 2.2 was released. That is the nature of a patch

Re: Hepl, please, I broke my sound :-(

2001-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 05:47:36PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: I have a new machine that I am setting up. It has a Creative Labs Sound Balster PCI 16 sound card in it. I installed a minimal stable system, and then pointed my apt-get source to the Progeny RC1. Then I installed thier RC1.

Re: Hepl, please, I broke my sound :-(

2001-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 07:19:13PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: On Sat Mar 24 18:07:15 2001 ktb wrote... On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 05:47:36PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: broken my sound? I have the same card and it uses - es1371 ac97_codec kent Sorry that's over my head

Re: disk drive controller failure

2001-03-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:18:09PM -0800, Michael O'Brien wrote: Hola~ I've got a Dell Inspiron 8000 on which I have the unstable debs installed. I believe the laptop has a buggy disk or drive controller. I'm finding some files saved to the disk contain garbage. For example, in downloading

netscape won't reinstall

2001-03-22 Thread ktb
I don't know what is going on here. I've been looking though the archives but can't find what I'm looking for yet. Netscape wouldn't load, java crap I think. To make a long story short even a reboot wouldn't allow me to use Netscape. Decided to reinstall. Purged all communicator and netscape

Re: netscape won't reinstall

2001-03-22 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 10:31:00PM -0800, Nick wrote: On Wednesday 21 March 2001 22:09, ktb wrote: I don't know what is going on here. I've been looking though the archives but can't find what I'm looking for yet. Netscape wouldn't load, java crap I think. To make a long story short

Re: netscape won't reinstall

2001-03-22 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:52:28PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: You should have /usr/bin/X11/communicator, which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/communicator, which is a script that will run netscape or mozilla depending on the situation. I just discovered that this morning and haven't had the

Re: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:18:21PM -0800, jens wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:32:09 -0800 (PST), you wrote: I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with 256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a try. Lots of good

Re: Linux wannabe

2001-03-21 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:09:17PM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote: Bill White wrote: You've never used Windows ME have you? I once interviewed with someone who said that If you don't reboot Windows 10 times a day you aren't working hard enough. Of course, when I worked on Linux device

Re: Troubles with Apache and PHP4 installs

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:16:46PM -0800, jenny w wrote: Hi! I'm kind of new to Debian. After a bit of trouble, I got things (including Apache) to work the way I expected. Then I decided to install PHP4 and troubles began. The PHP4 package install offered to run apacheconfig. I did this,

Re: virtual terminals

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:27:44PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote: hey folks. i was just wondering about virtual terms -- is there an easy way to change how many there are? debian seems to default at 6 running getty, and X opens up 7. presumably i can use as many as 12? how does this work?

Re: 3com 3c905c question

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:25:43PM +0800, KurtChen wrote: dear all: i had some problem in installtion debian 2.2 it cannot defind my 3c905c lan card,but it can work perfect in redhat 6.2 and 7.0 so have another solution or better way to clean up this problem?

Re: Kernel-image-2.4.2-k6 install error

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:19:45PM -0800, Parrish M Myers wrote: Hi all, Has anyone tried to install the new 2.4.2 kernel images in unstable? I have and keep getting the error: Setting up kernel-image-2.4.2-k6 (2.4.2-1) ... depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in

Re: 3com 3c905c question

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 04:23:00PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Kent, I have the same problem with my NIC 3C905C and debian. dmesg ?less dosn't say anything about it but less /proc/pci  detects it here it is: Bus 0, device 12, function 0: Ethernet controller: 3Com

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-03-20 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:02:12PM -0500, Robert Silver wrote: Hello debian-user, Running debian 2.2.1 release version I have been wrestling with the install of two different Ethernet cards, an old ISA SMC card and a 3COM ISA card When I run kerneld It says don't do this refer to some

Re: help in getting started

2001-03-19 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:08:58AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: Amit Ganpule wrote: Dear Sir, I have recently purchased a computer magazine along with that two CDs of Debian were given, now I bought the magazine for the Linux CDs, but I can't make head or tail of how to install, run or

Re: no subject

2001-03-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:00:34PM -0600, Chris wrote: After loading the basic setup and configuring the various components during the installation process, and after entering the login and password, I attempt to enter the X window environment with ³startx². I ALWAYS get the error message ³You

Re: How can I find out what package installs xvditune?

2001-03-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 08:29:03PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: I'm seting up a new system. xvidtune was here yesterday, today it's gone, or at least U can't find it. How can I find out what package it belongs to, and where it dhould have been isntalled? dpkg -S xvidtune or Search the

Re: badiane: Need network boot floppy for

2001-03-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:14:11PM -0800, Badiane Ka wrote: ftp install. I am trying an ftp install and would like to know where I can find a debian boot floppy with network tools to install the server. Read the installation instructions at -

Re: Flash Player ?

2001-03-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:55:24PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: What's the Debian way of installing a Flash Player plug-in for Netscape? This came up with a search with google - http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/ If your talking about the plug-in I just end up at a site that needs flash and follow

Re: sound with 2.4.1

2001-03-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 02:03:07PM +0100, Moritz Schulte wrote: ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm running kernel 2.4.1. Just bought a sound card today - Sound Blaster 16. I can't see it is even being detected in dmesg. Seems like I read once there is some issue with the new kernel

Anyone using SoundBlaster 16? / better card?

2001-03-17 Thread ktb
I purchased a Soundblaster 16 (PCI) CT4810 OEM card yesterday and still can't get the thing to work. I've selected all the soundblaster choices for the kernel as well as pnp support. The card isn't detected on boot, nothing in dmesg. I've tried using module es1371, got a little static.

Re: Anyone using SoundBlaster 16? / better card?

2001-03-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 09:50:40AM -0600, ktb wrote: I purchased a Soundblaster 16 (PCI) CT4810 OEM card yesterday and still can't get the thing to work. I've selected all the soundblaster choices for the kernel as well as pnp support. The card isn't detected on boot, nothing in dmesg. I've

sound with 2.4.1

2001-03-16 Thread ktb
I'm running kernel 2.4.1. Just bought a sound card today - Sound Blaster 16. I can't see it is even being detected in dmesg. Seems like I read once there is some issue with the new kernel and sound. I've been searching the docs for an hour now and can't find anything. If someone has a hint or

Re: building a KERNEL?!

2001-03-14 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 02:30:03AM -0500, Mark Livingstone wrote: Re, what's the best way to build a kernel in Debian? or should i unpack the sources and do it as i used to do it in slackware? You can do it how you like but I would encourage you to try it the debian way. This should get

Re: Dell Q A Comments

2001-03-10 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 05:35:53PM -0800, hammack wrote: Dell has quoted: $2180, INSPIRON 4000, 128MB, 10 GB HD, 850mHZ, XGA, V90 Gold Card Modem, 24 X CR-ROM, with RH 7.0 installed. My thinking is, test drive the RH for a while. then copy all config files for reference to setting up

Re: VMware work on Debian

2001-03-08 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:00:01AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: I am assessing Debian as a replacement for RedHat on all of my machines. One critical requirement is support for VMware. Can someone tell me if they have had success running VMware on Debian 2.2(r2)? Thanks and regards,

Re: exim filters

2001-03-07 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:38:54PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying the exim interface to mail filtering, and, I have sent about five messages to this list. I'm so sorry. The filter I'm trying is this: if personal and $h_from contains yahoo or $h_from

Re: Bash .bashrc

2001-03-07 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 04:40:25PM -0500, Colin Cashman wrote: I have .bashrc set up to support color ls, but .bashrc isn't called when I log in. If I subsequently start a new shell, however, or 'source .bashrc' then the file is read and processed. What's the best way to handle this so

Re: Leyton Murray

2001-03-06 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:29:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern: I was informed that your web site has an open source version of LINUX that you designed, and I was wondering how to get a copy of this for my home PC. I stumbled across a FTP page, but was not

Re: [OT] vmware / boot floppy

2001-03-05 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:23:46AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:09:47PM -0600, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 06:41:23PM -0800, Jeff Goodman wrote: Did you set the VMWare BIOS to boot from the floppy? Yes kent Is the floppy

[OT] vmware / boot floppy

2001-03-03 Thread ktb
I'm trying to set up vmware in order to test debian boot floppys. VMware installed fine on slink, 2.4.1 kernel. The problem I'm having is when I try to install potato as a test with boot.bin I get the message, Operating system not found The virtual bios is set to boot off the floppy. The seek

Re: [OT] vmware / boot floppy

2001-03-03 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 04:40:56PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:47:51PM -0600, ktb wrote: I'm trying to set up vmware in order to test debian boot floppys. VMware installed fine on slink, 2.4.1 kernel. The problem I'm having is when I try to install potato

Re: [OT] vmware / boot floppy

2001-03-03 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 06:41:23PM -0800, Jeff Goodman wrote: Did you set the VMWare BIOS to boot from the floppy? Yes kent - Original Message - From: ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: [OT] vmware / boot floppy

Re: correct files

2001-03-02 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:34:20AM -0800, Robert Tucker wrote: Ok... I admit it. I seem to be a simpleton. I've been through the dirs and read all the docs and instructions and I've looked at all the files, etc. and I'm still not sure which files I use to create the disks I need to put Debian

Re: Problem with --revision and make-kpkg

2001-02-25 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:26:08AM -0800, Lars Jensen wrote: I can't make the --revision flag work with make-kpkg: First I issue: make-kpkg --revision Custom.1 kernel_image make-kpkg --revision Custom.1 modules_image (to make the pcmcia modules) Try --revision=Custom.1 ^ You

[OT] What is he talking about ? - debian and kernel headers

2001-02-25 Thread ktb
I just read an article at - http://linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2001-02/lw-02-penguin_4.html about apt-get. The article was all right for the most part but at the end of the article is a link - Discuss this article in the LinuxWorld.com forums Within the forum is a posting entitled - Debian

Re: Installing with OLD CD-ROM problems

2001-02-25 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:34:53PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have downloaded and burned the Potato ISO's onto cd's but it will not boot in the old CD-ROM drive of my laptop. Someone told me older drives cannot read newer format ISO burns. Is there a way to address this? Is your

Re: easy(?) kernel compiliation question

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
snip On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:29:03PM -0600, Lute Mullenix wrote: Hi, I'm new to Debian, but have been using Linux in the form of SuSE 6.4 evaluation for about six months. Under SuSE I managed to compile a custom (I use the word loosely) kernel that worked well enough for my needs. And

Re: rebuilding system map

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 09:09:31AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Hey people. I installed a new kernel by rolling my own and using make-kpkg. Then I decided to go back to the stock one, so I downloaded it and installed it with dpkg -i. Now... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps {module_list}

Re: Network card

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 09:23:58AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am doing a new install of Debian 2.2 onto a older box of mine. I am trying to get past the network modules installation. I started with 2 Linksys ISA cards and had no luck so pulled them out and put in a PCI

Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Fri Feb 23 22:33:51 2001 ktb wrote... Post the output of - # rdev and your /etc/lilo.conf Any error messages when you run /sbin/lilo? kent On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 10:00:36AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: Script started on Sat Feb 24 05:58:00 2001 debian_test:~# rdev /dev/hda3

Re: compiling a program

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 03:05:39PM +, Philipp Bliedung wrote: Hi, I have simple question concerning compiling a programm When I compile a program from the sources and it beakes for whatever reason, how can I get rid of all the files that were created so far or how can I remove this

Re: Kernel upgrade question: apt-kpkg??

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 11:51:43AM -0500, Glen Snyder wrote: I've upgraded my kernel before, with the ususal procedures. I noticed in Debian Planet http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/sections.php?op=viewarticleartid=4 the suggestion that it is better after using make menuconfig or make

Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:02:37PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: Hi, I've been getting the msg every two or three days now and know that it's origin is a program accessing an empty file. The questions are: 1. Does this happen on most systems? 2. Is it something particular to this system,

Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 12:59:52PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: On Sat Feb 24 11:53:25 2001 ktb wrote... OK I don't know if this will work but lets clean this up a bit and try a couple things. First comment out the lines for the image=/vmlinuz.old section and comment out lba32 and run /sbin

Re: Kernel upgrade

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 12:30:31PM -0600, Jason N. Price wrote: I am going to try and upgrade my kernel so I can get my lame NIC to work (Linksys LNE100TX) and add SMP support. I have a couple of questions, though: 1) How do I install the source for my current kernel? I'm running

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for my memory. I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only 64m is recognized. I have done the append=mem=256M on another box

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:05:43PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: ktb wrote: On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for my memory. I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all

Re: Filename.tar.gz

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 01:06:36PM -0800, hammack wrote: With ilename.tar.gzon a CD, what do I have? What are the stepsto untar and unzip such a file. thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] tar xvfz filename.tar.gz kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of

Re: (linux)how do allow pings (and stuff)

2001-02-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:46:14PM -0500, Richard Black wrote: Thanks Nate (and for the others who have also relied with a similar fashion), but the problem is when I try to ping my machine from a _different_ host. From this different host I can ping other machines, just not my machine

Re: MySQLGUI-DEBs

2001-02-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:18:30PM +0100, Thomas Wegner wrote: HI! Can anybody tell me where I can download a MySQLGUI debfile? I've had a lot of trouble while compiling an installing the sources. I'm using Debian2.2r2 and Kernel 2.4.1. If it exists you can find it here -

Re: Newbie: Debian 2.2r2 to 2.4 ?

2001-02-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:54:11PM -0600, Horburapa Mongkol-Q13382 wrote: I am quite new to Linux Debian. I have Debian 2.2r2 on my machine and upgrade it with Progeny Linux image package. If I want to upgrade the kernel to 2.4, what should I do? Or please point me to the doc I can follow.

Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!

2001-02-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: I am trying to install stable On an HP Vectra P200, with a 20G IDE disk. All of the install goes well, untill I reboot. Then, I get a continuois stream of 40 ;s streaming across teh screen while the hard disk ling _and_ the floppy

Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!

2001-02-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:34:24PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: On Fri Feb 23 18:57:36 2001 ktb wrote... On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: I am trying to install stable On an HP Vectra P200, with a 20G IDE disk. All of the install goes well, untill I reboot

Re: Senior Project

2001-02-21 Thread ktb
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 06:22:18PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am doing my Senior Project shortly for my degree and have decided that I would like to build a Linux firewall which also is configured for IP Masquerading and DNS using Bind. I really just wanted ideas from some

Re: [OT] Re: WYSIWYG HTML Editor

2001-02-20 Thread ktb
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:24:16AM -0500, Steve wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: if dreamweaver would be available on Linux i'm sure there would be a LOT of designer's making the transition, though i must add that Dreamweaver (not UDev version) has it's flaws and

Re: Xdm, Kdm, Gdm.. or just, none?

2001-02-19 Thread ktb
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:40:54PM +0100, William Leese wrote: After recently getting used to the Blackbox WM i decided i'd try to replace all my KDE apps because they seem more CPU intensive (due to extra KDE proceses?) than other apps. Problem is that i've installed Kdm, not because i

Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?

2001-02-19 Thread ktb
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:00:28PM -0800, Aaron Brashears wrote: I'd like to try out kernel 2.4.1 from unstable, but I wanted to know if there's anything I should be wary of. A quick search through the archives of debain-user revealed there's *something* with modconf, but I'm not sure what the

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:23:50PM +0100, William Leese wrote: okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt by Redhats simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can someone, give me a hint? Mines linked to hdc but yours may be different. Check - $

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:05:16PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: William Leese wrote: okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt by Redhats simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can someone, give me a hint? At a terminal MC go to

Re: Novice memory usage question

2001-02-18 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:34:05PM +0100, franck routier wrote: Hi, I have added memory to my computer to up to 384 MB. When I check memory usage on my system (Gnome information Panel or even cat /proc/meminfo), I'm very surprised to see that ~350 MB are used, with X / Gnome started +

Re: Partitioning a large drive.

2001-02-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 03:04:01PM -0600, Lute Mullenix wrote: Ok, here's my situation. I was planning on doing the switch to Debian in the near future, but it came sooner than expected when the HD in my Brand X distro machine bellied up on me. So I went down and picked up a new 30 gig unit

Re: Kernel compile comments

2001-02-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 10:09:03PM -0500, Michael A. Howard wrote: Testing debian to see if it meets my requirements for installation on a few servers to replace RedHat 6.1 6.2. I am a very happy RedHat user except it installs too many items like X that are unecessary for a server nearly

Re: yo, where's .Xresources

2001-02-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 07:33:03PM -0800, Nick wrote: I am trying to set up my wheel mouse , which requires a script for IMPS/2 Where is .Xresources, I have looked in ~/.Xresources /home/user/.Xresoures Thanks for the help I just created the file and put the following line in

Re: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs

2001-02-16 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 09:48:49PM -0800, Nick wrote: it tells me running e2fsck is recommended. after I run it (e2fsck /dev/hde5), it still says the same message. How do you overcome the annoyance. Thanks list members You posted about this once before. Did you try - tune2fs as

Re: keeping checksums of every file installed

2001-02-15 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 07:12:08AM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I´ll soon have to give out the root-pw of one of my boxes temporarily, but I´m a little paranoid... Does anybody know of some program/script that could make checksums of eachevery file installed and keeping this list

Re: what is char-maj-4 ?

2001-02-15 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 03:41:50PM +0100, c-3 wrote: Hi! Since I recompiled my kernel, I always get the message Can't load module char-maj-4. But the question is, what is char-maj-4? Take a look at /etc/modules.conf - You will find the info there. At the top of the file you will also find

Re: debian command list

2001-02-15 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 08:40:19AM -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote: Hi all... I'm looking for a web site that would have a nice list and basic description of debian commands. Anyone know of such a place? or even just linux commands for that matter... Have you looked though the debian

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