Problem installing bash-2.03
Hi all, Current system is slink 2.0.36 bash 2.01 gcc 2.7.2.3. I am trying to upgrade bash from tarball (bash-2.03.tar.gz). But first of all I would like to test it on a temporary directory (/tam). Now I've done ./configure and make but when come acrossing to make -e prefix=/tam/usr install it comes an error :- == /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 bash /tam/usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 bashbug /tam/usr/bin/bashbug ( cd ./doc ; make -e \ man1dir=/tam/usr/man/man1 man1ext=1 \ man3dir=/tam/usr/man/man3 man3ext=3 \ infodir=/tam/usr/info install ) make[1]: Entering directory `/tam/usr/src/bash-2.03/doc' test -d /tam/usr/man/man1 || /bin/sh ../support/mkdirs /tam/usr/man/man1 test -d /tam/usr/info || /bin/sh ../support/mkdirs /tam/usr/info /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./bash.1 /tam/usr/man/man1/bash.1 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./bashbug.1 /tam/usr/man/man1/bashbug.1 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./bashref.info /tam/usr/info/bash.info if /bin/sh -c 'install-info --version' /dev/null 21; then \ install-info --dir-file=/tam/usr/info/dir /tam/usr/info/bash.info; \ else true; fi make[1]: Leaving directory `/tam/usr/src/bash-2.03/doc' install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/tam/usr/info/dir' usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn] [--section regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn] [--calign=nnn] [--quiet] [--menuentry=xxx] [--info-dir=xxx] [--keep-old] [--description=xxx] [--test] [--remove] [--] filename make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tam/usr/src/bash-2.03/doc' make: [install] Error 2 (ignored) = Any ideas ? Thanks in advance. Alan
Missing library libXamwM.so.0
Hi, I am setting up siag-3.3.2 to work on my 2.1 box with 2.2.14 kernel. I have done ./configure, make, make install. When I run the program siag, pw, or egon it complains about error in loading shared libraries libXawM.so.0:Can not open shared object file:No such file or directory. I've looked into the slink and frozen packages of xaw-wrappers, xaw3dg, xaw3dg-dev or xaw95g none of them provide the above library. Could someone pls tell me where to get it, or get siag running ? Thanks. Sherab
RE: Cups 1.0.5
Hi Jim,
Thanks for you info.
Cheers,
Alan
Subject: RE: Cups 1.0.5
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Hi Jim,
Thanks for your reply.
Can you tell me more about how you worked around it
by changing some of the macros in the a2ps config files ?
I changed a2ps-site.cfg in the following ways:
change DefaultPrinter: | #{lp.default}
to DefaultPrinter: | #{lp}mydefaultprintername
I also changed that printer to be level 2 postscript. Read
the comments in the file...
jim
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Re: Cups 1.0.5
Hi Jim, Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me more about how you worked around it by changing some of the macros in the a2ps config files ? Temporary, I reinstalled the lprng package but could not print in kde (console, netscape wordperfect 8 is ok). Thank you. Alan Hi dear Debian gurus, I am a home user running slink (Debian 2.1). I've installed the cups 1.0.5 deb package which overwrites my original lprng package. But when I try to print something like lpr ~/.bashrc it says lpr: error -- no default destination avaiable I found that it would work if you put the printer name in the options to lpr. It would never work with the printer defaulted. I worked around it by changing some of the macros in the a2ps config files to always use the printer name. Not a general fix, but it worked for me. jim
Kernel patch
Hi dear gurus I would like to use the supermount features on cdrom floppy disks. But I don't know how to apply the patch file to kernel. (currently running slink 2.0.36) Can somebody tell me please ? Thanks in advance. Alan
Cups 1.0.5
Hi dear Debian gurus, I am a home user running slink (Debian 2.1). I've installed the cups 1.0.5 deb package which overwrites my original lprng package. But when I try to do lpr ~/.bashrc it says lpr: error -- no default destination avaiable then I go through the web for cups related docs and I found http://cups.sourceforge.net. Then I followed the steps 1. [bash] lpstat -o Enter == nothing comes out 2. [bash] cupsd Enter == [1] 523 (I've tried a few times, some are 629, 1003) 3. [bash] lpstat -o Enter == [1]+ Exit 98cupsd(I've win98 on the same disk) what is that mean ? Issued the command again lpr ~/.bashrc same error message. Then I try to add the printer by doing [bash] lpadmin -dHewlett Packard Deskjet 660C -vparallel:/dev/lp1 -mdeskjet.ppd it responds with: Authentication required for root on localhoist... UNIX Password: then I entered my root login password. It then responds with: lpadmin: set default failed: The requested resource was not found on this server. and jumped back to the command prompt. How to get cups up and running ? Thanks in advance. Alan
StarOffice 5.1a
Hi dear Debian gurus, How do I start staroffice as a normal user ? I can run it as root. I've checked the file permissions, they are -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root3437Aug 24 1999 soffice in /usr/local/Office51/bin. When I issue ./soffice the hard disk started to run but after a while nothing comes up. Thanks in advance. Alan
gIDE make error
Hi all, I have installed the necessary files for gIDE-0.1.1 (they are glib-1.2.0, gtk+1.2.0 and guile-1.3). When I go to make, it compliants about cd . aclocal -I macros aclocal : configure.in: 9: macro 'AM_PATH_GTK' not found in library make: ***[aclocal.m4] Error 1 What does that mean ? Any pointers ? or links to FAQ about gIDE ? Thanks. Alan
Re: Kernel: Make config errors (First time compile)
Hi, I think you are installing the old hamm (2.0) package. The current package is slink (2.1). Nothing wrong with the old ones just a reminder. If you prepared to use kernel-package, it depends on perl, dpkg, dpkg-dev, fileutils, libc6-dev and if you install ncurses3.4 may be the libncurses3.4-dev is required. Enjoy! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what I've got installed (and think I need): bin86 0.13.0-4 binutils 2.9.1-0.2 gcc 2.7.2.3-4.8 kernel-package 4.11 kernel-source-2 2.0.34-4 libc6-dev 2.0.7t-1 make 3.76.1-8 ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-8.8 patch 2.5-2 but I thought the kernel-package was required to install with kpkg, I'll upgrade that one ... if there's anyone else you might think of, please let me know. Thank you Alan Tam dixit: ~ Hi, ~ ~ Have you installed all the packages mentioned according to the dependencies ~ and recommends of kernel-package 6.05 and don't forget the bin86 package as well on ~ intel x86 platforms. ~ ~ Cheers. ~ ~ Alan ~ ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~ ~ Hi, ~ ~ I've just started to try compiling kernel 2.0.35 on a Debian 2.0 (2.0.34) ~ machine, and just tried `make config' and got the following error(s): ~ ~ consolemap.c:303: uni_hash.tbl: No such file or directory ~ consolemap.c: In function `con_set_default_unimap': ~ consolemap.c:404: `dfont_unitable' undeclared (first use this function) ~ consolemap.c:404: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ~ consolemap.c:404: for each function it appears in.) ~ consolemap.c:406: `dfont_unicount' undeclared (first use this function) ~ consolemap.c:397: warning: `j' might be used uninitialized in this function ~ consolemap.c:398: warning: `p' might be used uninitialized in this function ~ make[3]: *** [consolemap.o] Error 1 ~ make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers/char' ~ make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 ~ make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers/char' ~ make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2 ~ make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers' ~ make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 ~ You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root ~ homega:/usr/src/linux-2.0.35# ~ ~ Can anyone help me with it? ~ ~ TIA ~ ~ Horacio ~ ~ P.S. I want to try the `make config' method first, then I'll try `make ~ menuconfig' and `make kpkg'. -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Can't load modules [Re: Kernel compile OK]
Hi, Have you compiled the new kernel with some module loading in it ? Or you did compiled the kernel to load the necessary module but forget to make modules ? Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new kernel seems to load ok with a lilo dual bootup, but I get a message saying it can't load some modules... if I run `lsmod' I get the following output homega:~$ lsmod Module PagesUsed by homega:~$ So, does it mean no modules have been loaded? What do I have to do next? TIA Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Help! More problems compiling kernel
Hi, I have done my kernel compile with ease, and I have made a note on it. Here is my note for your reference. See the attached file Steps to do a kernel compile in Microsoft Word Document format. Cheers ! Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having problems with compiling a new kernel 2.0.35 on a Debian 2.0 (2.0.34) machine. I've tried downloading the kernel a couple of times, but after `make config', `make dep', and `make clean', when I do `make bzImage', eventually I get the following error: In file included from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/include/asm/processor.h:11, from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/include/linux/sched.h:81,from readdir.c:11: /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/include/asm/math_emu.h:54: parse error before `' /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/include/asm/math_emu.h:55: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype make[2]: *** [readdir.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/fs' make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/fs' make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 homega:/usr/src/linux# Please, could you help me with this? Also, the first time I tried to install the latest downloaded sources with `tar zxvf', the system completely stopped and had to press the restart switch (I could switch terminals, but no ^C, nor any other key would work). TIA Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Steps to do a kernel compile.doc Description: MS-Word document
Re: Help! More problems compiling kernel
Hi, Thank you for telling me about that. I am new to Linux, new to Debian, and also new to this discussion list. Don't know the rules very well. I will do no more next time. Thanks Alan Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote: Alan Tam wrote: I have done my kernel compile with ease, and I have made a note on it. Here is my note for your reference. See the attached file Steps to do a kernel compile in Microsoft Word Document format. I can't believe that! Why do you send such large binary attachements to the mailing list? You should only send it to interested parties by private mail! Thanks, Ulf
Re: New Kernel install (II)
Hi, cd to /etc to edit the file lilo.conf as original lilo.conf === boot=/dev/hdxn where x = hard disk a or b; n = partition number 1, 2, 3 etc (could be boot=/dev/hda if you have written the master boot record (MBR) during your initial install) root=/dev /hdxn install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only add: image=/zImage (your newly compiled or installed kernel) label=036 (or whatever you like) read-only after the line delay=20, before image=/vmlinuz Run lilo (the default image comes with a * along side which means the first image in lilo.conf) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe it's possible to maintain both kernel and have a dual boot (eg. one for kernel-2.0.34 and another for kernel-2.0.35)... how do I go about this with lilo? TIAYA Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
How to install Pine
Hi All, How do I install Pine from the pine396-diffs 2 pine396-src 2 Debian packages ? Cheers. Alan
Re: Kernel: Make config errors (First time compile)
Hi, Have you installed all the packages mentioned according to the dependencies and recommends of kernel-package 6.05 and don't forget the bin86 package as well on intel x86 platforms. Cheers. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just started to try compiling kernel 2.0.35 on a Debian 2.0 (2.0.34) machine, and just tried `make config' and got the following error(s): consolemap.c:303: uni_hash.tbl: No such file or directory consolemap.c: In function `con_set_default_unimap': consolemap.c:404: `dfont_unitable' undeclared (first use this function) consolemap.c:404: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once consolemap.c:404: for each function it appears in.) consolemap.c:406: `dfont_unicount' undeclared (first use this function) consolemap.c:397: warning: `j' might be used uninitialized in this function consolemap.c:398: warning: `p' might be used uninitialized in this function make[3]: *** [consolemap.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers/char' make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers/char' make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/drivers' make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root homega:/usr/src/linux-2.0.35# Can anyone help me with it? TIA Horacio P.S. I want to try the `make config' method first, then I'll try `make menuconfig' and `make kpkg'. -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con la línea de asunto: Send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: Tipo de Clave/Key Type Asunto:/Subject: DSA/ElGamal fetch dsa/elgamal DSS/Diffie-Hellman fetch dh/dss RSA fetch rsa -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: file system vfat
Hi, The kernel comes with Debian was not configured with vfat support. During boot time mount is processed before kerneld, therefore you can't mount vfat file systems before kerneld is processed. After login (before login, kerneld is processed) then you can mount the vfats. To have the vfat support at boot time compile your kernel with answers to make config (or make menuconfig | make xconfig) as follows: fat fs support y msdos fs supporty vfat fs supporty nls codepage 437 m nls iso8859-1 m Cheers. Alan Jelmar Andree wrote: hello, when booting I get the message vfat not supported by the kernel. when I'm logged in and do as root mount /dosc there is no problem. I've ofcourse in my fstab mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dosc etc. how is that possible and what to change so by booting the windows-partities will be mounted? Jelmar -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: How to install Pine
Hi Bruce, Thanks for your nice link. Bruce Sass wrote: Try: http://www.ompages.com/debian/pkgs/pine/pine.html -- On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Alan Tam wrote: Hi All, How do I install Pine from the pine396-diffs 2 pine396-src 2 Debian packages ? Cheers. Alan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null later, Bruce
Re: How to install Pine
Hi John, I've installed the package. From the /usr/src/pine396 directory I found the *.dsc file and read the README file, and done the dpkg-source -x *.dsc. With these, there are some errors coming up saying patch and pico not found. And I don't know how to do with debian/rules binary. Please help. Thanks Alan John Galt wrote: get the .dsc file and the README as well and read it--dpkg-source -x, debian/rules binary, then install the new .deb. On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Alan Tam wrote: Hi All, How do I install Pine from the pine396-diffs 2 pine396-src 2 Debian packages ? Cheers. Alan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Customer: I'm running Windows '98 Tech: Yes. Customer: My computer isn't working now. Tech: Yes, you said that. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Directories in vfat
Hi, Can I install the / directory in ext2 filesystem all others in vfat filesystem ? And how to do it ? Thank you. Alan
Disk error
Hi dear debianers;
I've installed Slink and worked fine. (hard disk A for Windows;
hard disk B for Linux, boot from loadlin or sometimes from floppy.)
Now I want to install the kernel-package downloaded from Debian
for a kernel compile (kernel-source-2.0.36 downloaded as well). When I
get to
dpkg -i kernel-package_6.05.deb
I got the following error.
===
debian:/linux/debian# dpkg -i kernel-package_6.05.deb
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
}
hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1991485,
sector=193213
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:43, sector 193213
dpkg: failed to read `/var/lib/dpkg/available' at line 45230:
Input/output error
===
How can I fix it ?
Do I have to reinstall the whole thing ? Or get a way to mark
the bad sectors before the installation ? Or even try to move the data
to somewhere else and continue the above installation ?
Many thanks.
Alan
Re: .rpm -- .deb conversion
Hi, check out http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/admin/alien.html for full details Alan Fethi A. Okyar wrote: I did this once before, I copied the file xf86setup.rpm from my old installation CD and used a tool to either convert that .rpm package directly to ..deb format, or had used an intermediate step, I can't remember... Surely somebody knows how to do this ?? thank you Fethi Okyar Research Assistant Computational Solid Mechanics MMAE Department, IIT Chicago, IL 60616-3793 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Goodbye, people!
Hi, I've installed Debian Gnu/Linux 2 months ago, till now I still can't handle the Dosemu package and run dos correctly. But I never think of giving it up. I use win95 to download and read news groups to improve my knowledge on Linux. Linux is my destination and windows is only the bridge. After all, I am a home PC user. I am in no hurry. Alan Cristiano Viana wrote: Well, I have tryied... Everybody was tolding me that Debian was the best Linux... But I will keep working with my Windows 98. It recognizes my CD-ROM. Goodbye and thanks to all those people who have helped me! Cristiano -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Which Kernel?
Hi, Use the latest kernel 2.2.1 at http://www.kernel.org which supports shared parallel ports. The program which compiles the kernel under Hamm is gcc make which is included in the Hamm packages, that means you don't have to download newer versions of software. I am new to Linux as well, my answer may not be right. Enjoy ! Alan Steven Feinstein wrote: Hi, I'm looking for opinions. I currently use Debian 2.0 (Hamm, Kernel 2.0.34). Everything I need works fine except my zip drive. It works, but I can't use the printer while it's connected. Disconnecting one to use the other is a pain. I know I can use a 2nd lpt port, but I figure compiling a kernel is easier than fidlling with IRQs. My question is which kernel to get that. I think both 2.1 and 2.2 support shared parallel ports. Also, where would I get the source and does hamm compile these kernels or do I need to download newer versions of software. Thanks, Steve More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Printer Setup
Hi Craig, That is the default printcap settings when you first install lpr or lprng. You have to run magicfilterconfig--force to replace that printcap which is mainly for dot matrix printers not for ink jets. The Netscape printings clearly indicates that nothing has been processed through the gs postscript filter. After you do magicfilterconfig--force your printcap should look more or less like Bob's email at Thu 11:27 Good luck Alan Craig R. Hodges wrote: Here's my printcap: lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :df=/etc/filter.ps:\ :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ :pl#66:\ :pw#80:\ :pc#150:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:43:14 -0700 (MST) From: Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Craig R. Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer Setup On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Craig R. Hodges wrote: With lpr as the print command in Netscape, my printer prints: %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 %%Creator: Mozilla (NetScape) HTML - PS and then starts feeding sheets. I have a HP Deskjet 682C which doesn't understand postscript. But lpr should feed it through the magicfilter and gs, which converts postscript to hpgl. What do you have in /etc/printcap? Bob On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:27:29 -0700 (MST) From: Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Craig R. Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer Setup I just use lpr as my print command in Netscape and the output gets sent to gs and the printer via magicfilter. Bob On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Craig R. Hodges wrote: I've installed gs-aladdin, gsfonts, magicfilter from slink. In Netscape I put for the print command gs --sModel=unspec --sOutputFile=\|lpr It'll pop-up a Ghostscript preview window in X and after a couple minutes (if I'm printing a web page with graphics or instantly if just text) get a stdout/stderr The message is Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50 (1998-9-16) Copyright (etc., etc.) GSGS...GS71GS... (etc. etc.) ...Loading NimbusRomNo9L - Medi font from /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb... (a bunch of numbers) 0 done. ...Loading NimbusRomNo9L - Reguital font from /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb... (a bunch of numbers) 0 done. ...Loading NimbusRomNo9L - Mediltal font from /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pbf... 2023936 708506 1329168 38317 0 stderr diagnostics have been truncated Any ideas? Thanks, Craig -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Dosemu help
Hi , folks; I installed the dosemu_0.66.7-13.deb with raw config.sys and autoexec.bat. After I boot to drive A (executing dos -A with a Win95 bootdisk in /dev/fd0), the MSDOS editor can start but not functioning at all. Thanks for any help in advance. Alan Tam
Re: WP8 - Lots of Joy and some grumbles
Hi Richard, Here maybe a bug in Wp8, but I am not sure, because I'm new to Linux. In the command window xterm I run the command less /usr/doc/dosemu/README.txt to view the contents. There are some headings for each paragraph listed (something like) in bold characters. On the other hand if I view it with Wp8 all those bold headings are not converted. Instead, it turns out to be square boxes. The README.txt file is originally in gzipped format (README.txt.gz of which I gunzipped it for Wp8 to read) while I choose ascii text format from the popup dialog box for convertion. Any idea to solve this problem ? Yesterday I saw an email complaining Wp8 more or less the same as I do. I am using Fvwm95 as my window manager, running Debian 2.0.34. Thanks in advance. Alan Tam Richard Lyon wrote: Hi all, I see this latest version of wordperfect is causing some excitement. Has anyone checked to see how the micrsoft share price is faring? Before I can consider downloading this software I would like some hear some slightly more objective reviews. Would anyone be prepared to use wordperfect for a number of days and then post a mini-review for the rest of us debian plebs? I am interested in an exact list of features, bugs, speed, ease of use, how it stacks up against other similar products, etc ... There also must be some issue about the packages that must be pre-installed before attempting to run wordperfect. Maybe a mini-howto-debian-wordperfect would save us having to read iterated help pleas. Have fun ... -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: WP 8 Download and Installation - my expiriance
Hi Martin, Thanks for your response. I actually thought that I shouldn't extract the file in Win95 system. So the file I downloaded yesterday from Download.com is a whole named guilg00.gz 23M in size. This time I learm to get smart by copying the file from Win95 system to Linux system and extract it according to the Download.com's web page (gunzip, then tar -xvf and run Runme). Perfect as the name implies. Thank you. Alan Tam Martin Bialasinski wrote: AT == Alan Tam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AT Last time I got the Demo version in Win95 file system ( downloaded AT by Netscape through Getright ). After finished downloading I boot AT to Linux and mount the vfat file system to access the file. From AT there I extracted the file and run the Runme command, it AT compliants that a file is missing. So the installation was failed. I wouldn´t extract the file onto a vfat partition, as you don´t have any permission and ownership on this kind of filesystem (I don´t know if it is neccessary, but it won´t hurt). Otherwiese, if you tell what you did to install WP, and what error messages you get, someone probably can help you. Ciao, Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: WP 8 Download and Installation - my expiriance
Hi Martin, In what directory or file system should the guilg00.gz ( I downloaded it in a whole unit ) resite. Last time I got the Demo version in Win95 file system ( downloaded by Netscape through Getright ). After finished downloading I boot to Linux and mount the vfat file system to access the file. From there I extracted the file and run the Runme command, it compliants that a file is missing. So the installation was failed. A detailed setup procedure is most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alan Tam Martin Bialasinski wrote: Hi, I did the download from ftp.funet.fi (actually any www.cdrom.com mirror should have it by now I guess). I got the multipart version, and also run into the problem, that Runme said there is nothing to do. The problem is, that the files havo to be all lowercase. gunzip GUI* #convert the filenames to lowercase mmv GUI* gui#1 tar xfv gui00 Then you may want to unpack the other gui* files as well, but the installer should be able to do this also (I am not sure, so I would like to hear from people who tried this). ../Runme The installation is GUI based from this point. You may want to run the installation as root. To do this, either start X as root (or log in as root through xdm) or run ssh -l root localhost. WP8 looks quite nice so far, but I usually use LaTeX and Lyx, so I have to take a deeper look to evaluate it. To run it, you need the debian packages libc5, xlib6 and xpm4.7. Check if you have them installed with dpkg -l libc5 xlib6 xpm4.7 HTH, Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: First attempt
Hi Kent; I add these lines to the rc file at /etc/init.d = # I add the following for NumLock ON by default INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8] for tty in $INITTY do setleds -D +num $tty done # eof /etc/init.d/rc = Alan Tam Kent West wrote: On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, KTB wrote: #1. Ok I'm not getting very far. First of all I want to make sure I am using the right disk. I have Debian 2.0 official, both the Binary and Source disks say the same thing when I boot them up and try to install from cdrom. Can you use either, or? I'm fairly new myself, so don't take my responses as gospel. I'm not sure if you can use the Source CD for an initial install; I think you want to use the Binary. I went through the steps and everything seemed to go ok until I tried to partion the drive. I followed the instructions in the book. I select [New] and [Primary] then I can't change the size of the partion, it lets me make a 6149.89 MB partion but then can't go on to make a swap partion. The 6149.89 MB is my whole HD so maybe that is why I can't make another. At any rate I noticed the numbers lock isn't on and the numbers just don't work. I entered [US] when choosing a keyboard. I haven't yet figured out how to get the numlock to default On (that's low priority for now). You can us the numbers above the qwerty keyboard, or just press the NumLock key to turn on numlock. I don't think I'd use one partition for the system, although the system doesn't really care. It's just that later you might find it more useful if you've modularized the system some. I'd probably allocate 200MB for the root, maybe 300 if you want to be generous. Then maybe 64 or 128MB for the swap (you can't use more than 128MB for a single swap partition, I believe, and I think 64 would be more than adequate). The rest of the drive I'd probably evenly divide into partitions for /usr, /tmp, /var, and /home. Others would probably say this is overkill. If you have [an] existing partition[s], you may need to delete them first to make room for the scheme mentioned above (or whatever scheme you decide on). Be aware that partitioning will clean your drive of any existing data. Then when you create a new partition, don't let it use the entire space. One of the questions that cfdisk (or fdisk) asks is how big you want the partition (it automatically puts in 6149.89M for you, assuming it should use all the available space. Erase this and type in the size you want (such as 200M). I believe you can specify the size in megabytes by typing a number followed by M, but I'm not sure of the exact syntax. I think the on-screen hints will indicate how to do that. Once you've got the partitions created, you'll need to choose the Write option to actually write the changes to disk. #2. While I'm at it. I have a blank 6.4 gigabyte 2nd IDE HD that I am trying to install Debian on. Most of the literature I have read talks about partioning in limited space. I was thinking I could make the 1st partion (root) 1000 MB and the swap 100 MB, I have 64 MB Ram. Does this sound reasonable? Will that make the rest of the HD dead space? Thanks, Kent I'm not sure what you're referring to, but again, a root partition of 1000MB seems awfully large. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! Life is an ongoing classroom. - Capt. James T. Kirk, Dreadnought -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: XFree86 Problem
Hi Jeff; Last night I've done a few things -- install the XFree86 X windows system; run the make xconfig; and finally compiled the kernel. Get the basics of XFree86 from Debian 1. xbase 2. xfntbase 3. xlib6g 4. xserver-vga16 or xserver-svga or xserver-s3 which ever suits your video card Install the xlib6g and any dependencies that is necessary, then the xfntbase, xbase, xserver-( ). When you come to the xserver install get ready with your monitor data and run the SuperProbe to check for video card chipset and memory. When you come to the run the preinstalled script for XFree86, I just answer no and I do the XFree86setup myself. Finally it turns up with Selected card definition Identifier : Winfast 3D S600 Chipset : S3 ViRGE Sever : XF86-svga Do NOT probe clocks or use any Clocks line. And then what follows is I don't select any RAMDAC (actually, I don't know what it is) or set any Clock chip; and lastly I end up with the program saying your XF86Config is in /etc/X11/XF86Config and that is it, all done. But when you go through the steps go slowly one after one read the questions carefully and then answer them. You may need xfnt75 and xfnt100 package as well. The main difference between you and me is that I haven't run the preinstalled script provided by XFree86. Try this out yourself and it's full of challenge. I feel satisfaction when I run the startx command and compiled the kernel. Alan Tam Jeff Browning wrote: When I try to run the preinstall script for xfree86, it says: It appears that you have an a.out system. a.out binaries are not available for this release. Is this correct? If not, how am I supposed to install xfree86? Jeff __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: A few questions
Hi Jeff; Answer to Q1. I re-run XF86Config setup program. Initially I've been trying to setup X from xserver-vga16, then I go 1 step up setting the server to SVGA by ' dpkg -i xserver-s3v.deb '. It just installs and ask you whether your want the SVGA server to be default or not. I said y then I have a SVGA server. But when I run startx the same screen size comes out except the default colour is a bit different. Then I go to the /etc/X11 directory and renamed XF86Config and newserver.xserver-vga16 to some other file name and rerun the dpkg -i step. Now it asks me if I would like to configure XF86Config. Why, because it does not detect the original XF86Config file created last time so it asked for a new one. Now this time there is a pretty graphics screen, it is more easier to do the configuration. Do the mouse config first and when you come to the resolution part choose 800 x 600 24 bit or if you have enough video ram in your video card then choose 32 bit colour. That is your default. After finishing config it will automatically start the X window, and by exitting it there is a line saying XF86Config created. Done. When you start startx again you have a 800 x 600 screen size and looks more or less the same as Win95. Answer to Q3. Debian has a Netscape installer program get it from there. Attached here is a documentation about Netscape that I copied some days ago from the Web. Go and have a read, it should help you. Other questions ? I don't know the answer. Some other gurus may help. Alan Tam Jeff Browning wrote: Now that I got X up and running, I got a few questions. 1. How do I change the color setting from 256 colors to True Color? 2. Are there any nice, small, graphical web browsers that support a proxy server? 3. Where can I get netscape and what are the procedures for installing it? 4. If I'm idle for about 10 minutes, my screen turns black, how do I turn that off or start a screen saver? That's all for now. Thanks to all those that helped me set up Linux. Jeff __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Netscape How do I install netscape on debian? Due to netscape's license restrictions, debian can only distribute the installer package. You will have to download the netscape archive from ftp.netscape.com (or its mirrors), put it in /tmp, make sure it's owned by root, and then install the installer package. The installer will unpack netscape into proper directories, and enable the workarounds for some netscape bugs. Recently, netscape released its source code under a license that allows free redistribution. The browser is called mozilla and an alpha version is available from http://www.mozilla.org and in a debian package, mozilla.deb Netscape The Netscape Client products now come only in gzip format. Though gzip is available on many Unix systems, some (for whatever reason) may not have it. If this is the case on your system, you can download a pre-built gzip binary (and/or source) from the URL ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/unsupported/gnu/ * To unpack a gzip-compressed tar file into the current directory, use some variation of the following command: gzip -dc the-file.tar.gz | tar -xvf - Release notes for this version of Netscape are available on-line. After starting the program, select Release Notes from the Help menu. This will take you to the URL http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.5/relnotes/unix-4.5.html which lists new features and known problems of this release. To submit bugs or other feedback, use the following URL http://help.netscape.com/forms/bug-client.html If for some reason you cannot submit feedback using that form, you may send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please be as specific as possible about the version of Netscape you are using, and the hardware and version of the OS. If possible, include a test case for the problem, including a URL. == Configuration Notes == Configuration Files from Version 1.12 or earlier: If you are migrating from Netscape Navigator Version 1.12 or earlier, a new directory is created in which configuration files are placed. This directory is called `$HOME/.netscape'. Existing 1.12 or earlier configuration information is copied into this directory upon first execution of Netscape. A dialog is presented asking whether or not you would like to automatically delete your 1.12 files. If you do not choose to delete the old files, then they will continue to be used by older
Re: Make xconfig
Dear all; Thanks a lot for your precious info. I have installed X and get it running now (in XF86-svga server). My next step is to do the ' make xconfig ' and have a try on kernel compile. Thanks all. Alan Tam wrote: Hi all; How to run a ' make xconfig ' ? I have installed the base of Debian 2.0.34 and tcl8.0, tcl8.0-dev, tk8.0, tk8.0-dev. When I do a ' make xconfig ' it runs untill finally comes to an error ( see attached log file ) What packages do I need for the proper 'make xconfig ' to run ? I have tried ' make config ' and ' make menuconfig ' both runs fine. Thanks in advance. Alan Tam rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts' make -C /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound mkscript make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound' Compiling Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux rm -f configure gcc -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/include -o configure configure.c ../configure script Config.in cat lowlevel/Config.tmpl Config.in ../configure fixedlocal local.h ../configure fixeddefines .defines make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound' ../tkparse ../arch/i386/config.in kconfig.tmp cat header.tk ./kconfig.tk cat kconfig.tmp kconfig.tk rm -f kconfig.tmp echo set defaults \arch/i386/defconfig\ kconfig.tk cat tail.tk kconfig.tk chmod 755 kconfig.tk make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable Error in startup script: invalid command name button while executing button .ref (file scripts/kconfig.tk line 26) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1
Re: X 11 vs. window manager (was: Re: Make xconfig)
Hi Frank; Thanks a lot for your precious info. I have installed X and get it running now (in XF86-svga server). My next step is to do the ' make xconfig ' and have a try on kernel compile. I have visited the site Window Managers for X at http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/ and learned the difference of X windows system and window manager, I will have a try on fvwm95. Thank you. Alan Tam Frank Smith wrote: I haven't been on this list long enough to know if this has strayed too far off-topic (since it isn't debian-specific) to include the cc: to the list, but I'm sure I'll hear about it if that's the case ;-) X windows (or X or X11 or X11R6, all names for the same thing) is the displayserver that creates windows on a graphical screen. You can run it by itself,but normally don't since there is no easy way to control the windows you create. A window manager is usually started after X, it puts frames and titles on the windows, allows you to easily move or resize them, and gives pop-up menus for various functions. The window manager is what gives the look and feel to the display. Common window managers are mwm (Motif) and fvwm2. There is also an fvwm95 that gives the look of Microsoft Windows 95, and several others such as fvwm (the predecessor to fvwm2), olwm (with the old Sun OpenLook look), and cde/kde. I believe the X HOWTO goes into most of these in pretty good detail and may help you decide which ones you might want to try out. Frank --On Monday, December 07, 1998, 12:15 AM +1200 Alan Tam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your quick answer. I've never installed X windows. For now, I am going to install one. What is the difference between window manager and X windows. Do I have to install X windows and then window manager or window manager means X windows ?
Make xconfig
Hi all; How to run a ' make xconfig ' ? I have installed the base of Debian 2.0.34 and tcl8.0, tcl8.0-dev, tk8.0, tk8.0-dev. When I do a ' make xconfig ' it runs untill finally comes to an error ( see attached log file ) What packages do I need for the proper 'make xconfig ' to run ? I have tried ' make config ' and ' make menuconfig ' both runs fine. Thanks in advance. Alan Tam rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts' make -C /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound mkscript make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound' Compiling Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux rm -f configure gcc -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/include -o configure configure.c ./configure script Config.in cat lowlevel/Config.tmpl Config.in ./configure fixedlocal local.h ./configure fixeddefines .defines make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/drivers/sound' ./tkparse ../arch/i386/config.in kconfig.tmp cat header.tk ./kconfig.tk cat kconfig.tmp kconfig.tk rm -f kconfig.tmp echo set defaults \arch/i386/defconfig\ kconfig.tk cat tail.tk kconfig.tk chmod 755 kconfig.tk make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable Error in startup script: invalid command name button while executing button .ref (file scripts/kconfig.tk line 26) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1
Re: Make xconfig
Hi Frank; Thanks for your quick answer. I've never installed X windows. For now, I am going to install one. What is the difference between window manager and X windows. Do I have to install X windows and then window manager or window manager means X windows ? Thank you. Alan Tam Frank Smith wrote: All you may need is to set an environment variable. For sh and bash, export DISPLAY=:0.0 for csh setenv DISPLAY :0.0 That tells it which display (screen) to open the xconfig window on. This is assuming you already have Xwindows up and running, otherwise you can't use xonfig. Frank --On Sunday, December 06, 1998, 10:26 PM +1200 Alan Tam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all; How to run a ' make xconfig ' ? I have installed the base of Debian 2.0.34 and tcl8.0, tcl8.0-dev, tk8.0, tk8.0-dev. When I do a ' make xconfig ' it runs untill finally comes to an error ( see attached log file ) What packages do I need for the proper 'make xconfig ' to run ? I have tried ' make config ' and ' make menuconfig ' both runs fine. Thanks in advance. Alan Tam
Re: printing
Use ' magicfilterconfig --force ' to create a new printcap file to suit your needs. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sure this ranks as a newbie question so let me know if it is misplaced, My printer hp deskjet portable has started to work using the default printcap file. (foolishly not saved as printcap.old) After editing it as suggested in 't printing HOW-To to give carriage returns: lp|dj|deskjet:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :if=/var/spool/lpd/DJ500/deskjet-filter :sh: where deskjet-filter is properly chmoded in that directory, I get: lpd: Fatal error - Another print spooler is using TCP printer port possibly lpd process '170' can anyone remind me of the original printcap file (?) or suggest some method of resolving this. Many thanks Angus Claydon, After three weeks of debian I've got mc, lynx, ircII bsd-games bc fetchmail elm+me*^% ncftp all working properly X? forget it for now! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Using CFDISK - Help Required Urgently
Boot your Linux and go to cfdisk. Highlight the /dev/hda5 and at the bottom of the screen there is the selection tabs. Select type and press Enter, then you will see a lot of file systems supported by Linux, select Linux Swap numbered 82 and then Enter. Switch to write and confirm with yes, then you have a hard disk with /dev/hda1 as Linux native with 335.18Mb and a Linux swap with 0.50Mb. Nothing will be done if you don't confirm the "yes" to write option. Since your hard disk is not large enough, only 1 primary partition for all the files in Linux is OK (such as the root directory /, user directory /usr, as well as /home, /var, /tmp will all go into 1 partition). Alan Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: Thanks to all who offered help with getting files for install.I am installing from floppies and am stuck at partitioning with cfdisk;the screen display:/dev/hda1 boot primary linux 335.18(MB)/dev/hda5 logical linux 0.50(MB)drives have 16 heads, 63 sectors per track and 682 cylindersHow do I create a partition and swap file, ie where to go from here.Thanks in advance,Stephen LavelleAustanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.Australian Tanned Fashion Leather 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi Bob,
My answer to your question is no and yes.
No, I don't have gs installed by the time I learn the command. When I
read the
/etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter I found 2 lines that goes with gs, then I know
for
PostScript printing it requires GhostScript. At first, I don't know what are
the difference between gs and gs-aladdin package. I downloaded 2 and installed
2 by
typing gs the screen freezes at a white blank page. After I studied the dpkg
--info of these 2 packages I realized that they are in conflict to each other
from there I selected gs-aladdin instead of gs.
Now I have gs (aladdin) installed, but doing ' gs ' or ' gs
Tutorial.ps ' or
' gs -sDEVICE=cdj550 Tutorial.ps ' I got
Unknown paper size:(A4).
Unrecoverable error: stack under flow in dup.
Unexpected interpreter error -17
Error object: dup(d84)name(0x818b1e8#508)
Execution stack at 0x818850c:
(numbers, offsets and codes same for the
above commands)
Dictionary stack at 0x8188434:
(numbers, offsets and codes same for the
above commands)
What's wrong with it ?
I have Debian 2.0.34 with base installation on it (no Window Maker,
nor
X windows. Because I want to learn from the basic and am trying to
compile the kernel to suit my personal needs. But before that I need to read
the
docs about kernel compile by printing it on papers.)
From the install.txt.gz file of gs-aladdin, it says ( in the Unix
section ) we
have to compile the source. Do I really have to do it ? Isn't all the
executables
in the package are ready to go ?
Thanks Bob
Alan
Bob Nielsen wrote:
Do you have gs (or preferably gs-aladdin) installed? That is necessary
for the man -t output to print, since -t converts it to PostScript.
Keep at it and you will soon learn the Unix/Linux commands. Most of us
started from a DOS background.
Bob
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your info, but the command ' man -t printcap|lpr '
didn't work.
With your hint I tried ' man printcap|lpr ' it works. Printing perfectly
without any stepping at all.
Thanks anyway. Since I am new to Linux, I don't know the command
style in Unix/GNU/Linux. Now I know the symbol '|' means piping. In Dos
I usually use
'type printcap lpt1' and that will print to the printer.
Thank you.
Alan
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
The reason you are getting the stepping is that this is going as raw
data
to the printer, not through any filter. You need to pipe it through lpr,
not send it directly to /dev/lp1.
The ghostscript printer compatibility page
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html) indicates that the cdj550
driver (which is called by dj550c-filter) is the correct one to use with
the 660C, so you should use the dj550c-filter in magicfilter.
To print a man page, use 'man -t printcap|lpr'.
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something
else
?
The easy way is to let magicfilter do the work for you.
Bob
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Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi Bob,
I have installed gs-fonts as well. I don't know how to use dselect (and
apart from that there are a lot of questions being asked about dselect), I use
dpkg
instead.
Dependency is not a problem for me since the Debian site manage the dependencies
very well and on installation the packages will remind me if I get something
missed
out.
Now I've tried ' man -t printcap | lpr ' it works well and also
' lpr Tutorial.ps ' (the tutorial file in /usr/doc/lprng-doc)
All worked well.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Alan
Bob Nielsen wrote:
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Alan,
There is a bit more to it than typing 'gs something.ps'. You should print
practically everything using the magicfilter entry. Just type 'lpr
filename.ps'.
gs-aladdin is a newer version than plain gs (it has a slightly more
restrictive license). It is pre-compiled in the Debian package.
Did you also install gs-fonts? If you use dselect or apt-get, you will
avoid (or at least minimize) dependency problems.
Bob
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi Bob,
My answer to your question is no and yes.
No, I don't have gs installed by the time I learn the command. When
I
read the
/etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter I found 2 lines that goes with gs, then I
know
for
PostScript printing it requires GhostScript. At first, I don't know what are
the difference between gs and gs-aladdin package. I downloaded 2 and
installed
2 by
typing gs the screen freezes at a white blank page. After I studied the dpkg
--info of these 2 packages I realized that they are in conflict to each
other
from there I selected gs-aladdin instead of gs.
Now I have gs (aladdin) installed, but doing ' gs ' or ' gs
Tutorial.ps ' or
' gs -sDEVICE=cdj550 Tutorial.ps ' I got
Unknown paper size:(A4).
Unrecoverable error: stack under flow in dup.
Unexpected interpreter error -17
Error object: dup(d84)name(0x818b1e8#508)
Execution stack at 0x818850c:
(numbers, offsets and codes same for the
above commands)
Dictionary stack at 0x8188434:
(numbers, offsets and codes same for the
above commands)
What's wrong with it ?
I have Debian 2.0.34 with base installation on it (no Window Maker,
nor
X windows. Because I want to learn from the basic and am trying to
compile the kernel to suit my personal needs. But before that I need to read
the
docs about kernel compile by printing it on papers.)
From the install.txt.gz file of gs-aladdin, it says ( in the Unix
section ) we
have to compile the source. Do I really have to do it ? Isn't all the
executables
in the package are ready to go ?
Thanks Bob
Alan
Bob Nielsen wrote:
Do you have gs (or preferably gs-aladdin) installed? That is necessary
for the man -t output to print, since -t converts it to PostScript.
Keep at it and you will soon learn the Unix/Linux commands. Most of us
started from a DOS background.
Bob
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your info, but the command ' man -t printcap|lpr '
didn't work.
With your hint I tried ' man printcap|lpr ' it works. Printing perfectly
without any stepping at all.
Thanks anyway. Since I am new to Linux, I don't know the command
style in Unix/GNU/Linux. Now I know the symbol '|' means piping. In Dos
I usually use
'type printcap lpt1' and that will print to the printer.
Thank you.
Alan
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
The reason you are getting the stepping is that this is going as raw
data
to the printer, not through any filter. You need to pipe it through lpr,
not send it directly to /dev/lp1.
The ghostscript printer compatibility page
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html) indicates that the cdj550
driver (which is called by dj550c-filter) is the correct one to use with
the 660C, so you should use the dj550c-filter in magicfilter.
To print a man page, use 'man -t printcap|lpr'.
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN
Re: HP DeskJet 890c ????
Hi John, Read the email at around 17 Nov 1998 titled dj660c-filter and stepping . These may help. John wrote: Hi All, Is there anyone out there who has a HP DeskJet 890C up and printing in Debian? So far the only driver I've found is an add-on for Ghostscript 5.10 and up. But when I downloaded it from the web (www.erdw.ethz.ch/`bonk/) I saw nothing about Linux , only OS/2. I downloaded both the driver and the source code. But being new to linux, I'm not sure I'm heading in the right direction. So if someone can assist me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks John P.S. I'm both hard-of-hearing and very new at Linux, so please speak slowly ;) P.P.S. Please excuse my sending this by Windows 95, but the list server wouldn't accept my Linux mail. Something about it not accepting messages from root. Imagine! It will accept Windows 95 but not root? Sounds kinda like Blasphemy to me. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Downloading the Linux file from ftp -Help!
Hi David, Use your browser (Netscape) to download it and save the page as *.txt. But normally Linux is an image file, if you save it as a text file you can't boot your system in text format. Alan "David B. Teague" wrote: Can anyone can give me some advice on how to get the kernel (linux) file from a ftp site with downloading it as a .txt file?ThanksStephen LavelleAustanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: downloading kernel image
I had the same problem before. After that I used Getright (in Win95) to download it or as Bob said use an FTP client if you are familiar with the FTP software. Alan Mark wrote: I downloaded all the files necessary (from debian homepage) to install Linux on my computer, but when I tried to download the Linux kernel image it first opens the file, which looks like machine code, then I did a save as and my only choices are html or txt. How do I save the kernel image? I'm using Netscape 4.0 Any help would be appreciated! MK Smith -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for your suggestion. I've solved my printing problem from
the hints given by Bob and
Hernan.
There is a dj550c-filter in the magicfilter package from Debian and
replace the last command with '
default text ' as instructed by the installer and that is it. It works fine
now.
Thank you.
Joseph Hartmann wrote:
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Hi all,
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet
660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual
pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an
example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something
else
?
Thank you.
Alan Tam
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One way to do this is to purchase the Technical Reference from
Hp. I bought one for my Hp Inkjet 540 for $16. In the manual it
explained to me how to stop the staircasing effect.
joeh
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Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi Hernan,
Thank you for your info, but the command ' man printcap |
/etc/filter.pcl /dev/lp1 ' didn't work. I got a permission denied
error. With you and Bob's hint I tried ' man printcap|lpr ' it works.
Printing perfectly without any stepping at all.
Thank you.
Alan
Alan :
There is a filter for avoid the star-stepping effect :
/etc/filter.pcl
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
just do
man printcap | /etc/filter.pcl /dev/lp1
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something
else
?
Thank you.
Alan Tam
Hernán.
Hernán J Cervantes Rodríguez
Instituto de Física da USP
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage : http://fge.if.usp.br/~hernan/
Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your info, but the command ' man -t printcap|lpr '
didn't work.
With your hint I tried ' man printcap|lpr ' it works. Printing perfectly
without any stepping at all.
Thanks anyway. Since I am new to Linux, I don't know the command
style in Unix/GNU/Linux. Now I know the symbol '|' means piping. In Dos
I usually use
'type printcap lpt1' and that will print to the printer.
Thank you.
Alan
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
The reason you are getting the stepping is that this is going as raw
data
to the printer, not through any filter. You need to pipe it through lpr,
not send it directly to /dev/lp1.
The ghostscript printer compatibility page
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html) indicates that the cdj550
driver (which is called by dj550c-filter) is the correct one to use with
the 660C, so you should use the dj550c-filter in magicfilter.
To print a man page, use 'man -t printcap|lpr'.
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something
else
?
The easy way is to let magicfilter do the work for you.
Bob
Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Help with Install
Take a look at the following emails posted a few days ago: downloading kernel image by Mark Re downloading kernel image by joseph Re downloading kernel image by Peter Re downloading kernel image by Bob Re downloading kernet image by Alan If you don't have the messages kept in your harddisk goto http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9811/threads.html and read from there. Alan Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: I have recently downloaded from ftp the necessary installation files. All went well except for the linux (kernel image) which my browser insists on saving as a .txt file. Is this ok?Regards,Stephen LavelleAustanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: beginner: mouse driver
The mouse driver comes in http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/misc/gpm.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to get the mouse running on an NEC powermate 486 sx-25 i. When installing the mouse driver a message says that it depends on misc.o From the busmouse HOWTO it seems to be the PS/2 type of mouse. Im not sure what to do. How would you install the mouse driver after the system is running, or can this only be done at the time of the initial setup. The machine has a 4x cdrom drive. I have the debian binary-i386 cdrom, but did not find any mouse driver or misc.o file. Is there a cdrom with the files I might be looking for, or where on the internet can I download onto floppies, the files to do this. I am installing from floppies and once the cdrom driver is loaded, the base system is installed from the cdrom. Im using the internet in a public library. *** Get your FREE e-mail and FREE web site at FIBERIA http://www.fiberia.com *** -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Dj660c-filter and stepping
Hi all,
Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
660c. A
question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
command
man printcap /dev/lp1
From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
#!perl
#The above line should really have the whole path to perl
#This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while (STDIN){chop $_; print $_\r\n;);
#You might also want to end with a form feed: print \f;
Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something else
?
Thank you.
Alan Tam
Re: No manual entry for lpc
Hi Vernon, Thanks for you hints. I've solved my problems now. I issued the command dpkg -C to check for broken packages. Yes, it is. There are a few incomplete installations. So I reinstalled the system and now all the man lpc, lpd, lpq, lpr and printcap pages works fine. Thank you. Alan Tam M.C. Vernon wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote: Hi all, I am trying to read the manual pages on printer concerned commands. I have installed man-db and lpr package from Debian distribution. Typing ls /usr/man /man1/lpc.1.gz as root the file is there, but when I type man lpc it responded with No manual entry for lpc. Why is it ? Any ideas ? Same as lpd, lpr, lpq etc... Something is broken. These should all be in section 8. Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
No manual entry for lpc
Hi all, I am trying to read the manual pages on printer concerned commands. I have installed man-db and lpr package from Debian distribution. Typing ls /usr/man /man1/lpc.1.gz as root the file is there, but when I type man lpc it responded with No manual entry for lpc. Why is it ? Any ideas ? Same as lpd, lpr, lpq etc... Thanks. Alan Tam
Re: Midnight Commander
Thank you all very much. I found the mc files and installed it by dpkg according to your path. Thanks alot. Alan Christian Lavoie wrote: Where can one find the Midnight Commander (GNOME version) 4.1.35 .deb files? Christian Lavoie UIN: 947212 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: I can config man-db, the man command is unavaliable.
I've just installed man-db and manpages from the following URL http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/doc/ follow the instructions, then man command IS avaliable with comfort. Alan Tam. ayin wrote: Dear Sir When I install the man-db package , the dselect utility tell me that I should have groff. But groff need libg++272. The problem is that I have installed libg++272( the dselect show installed) , but the groff item still shows that libg++272 does not appear in the installed packages list, and be unavaliable. So that I can not run man utiltiy, then how can I do? Give me some advice , Please . ayin from Shanghai -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Newbie installation problems
Hi Rebecca; I am a newbie too, I am also switching from W95 to Debian. I installed Debian from a floppy set and its smooth -- no problem at all or alternatively if you like, you can install it from your hard disk. Files to get if from floppy: (asumming your floppy is 3.5 1.44M at drive A:) 1. rawrite2.exe (a dos program for writing Debian image files to floppies) 2. resc1440.bin (boot / setup disk can be created by using the rawrite2.exe) 3. drv1440.bin (driver image) 4. base14-1.bin to base14-5.bin (base/core program files) 5. install.txt (or the Html page at http://www.debian.org/2.0/install.html) Files to get if installed from hard disk (which is also suitable for you to copy your files from your Cheapbyte CD) 1. resc1440.bin (in case you need to write a boot floppy) 2. drv1440.bin 3. base2_0.tgz (core program files) 4. root.bin 3.loadlin.exe 4. install.bat 5. linux 6.install.txt or install.html All the above files or information can be obtained in http://www.debian.org/2.0/install.html#Installation Enjoy Rebecca Naylor wrote: Wondering if someone could help me.I'm trying to change over from Win 95 to Debian, which would be fine if I could actually get the latter installed. I'm using a Cheapbytes CD, and BIOS is set up to boot from the CD drive. I press ENTER at the boot prompt, and a lot of technical info flashes past on the screen, before everything comes to a complete halt. No bootlog, since I can't actually get that far, so excuse my vague explanations! I did manage to write down what was on screen at the time: Ramdisk driver initialized: 16 ramdisks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 hda: SAMSUNG VG34323A (4.32GB) gq033, 4124MB w/496KB cache, VHS=525/255/63 hdb: CD-ROM 24x/AKOx, ATAP CDROM drive hdc: WdC AC31000H, 1033MB w/128KB cache, CHS=2100/16/63 hdd: M1614TA, 1040MB w/64KB cache, CHS=2114/16/63 ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x3f6 on irq 15 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 At which point everything just stops. No reboot, no error message. I left it for 10 minutes one time, and nothing happened. My setup is: AMD K6 2 300 Samsung 4.32 GB IDE HD Western digital 1GB IDE HD (that I want to put Debian on) M1614TA IGB IDE HD Philips 24x CDROM Soundblaster clone Cirrus Logic 5436 PCI display adapter Samsung Syncmaster 3 monitor No SCSI cards/HDs, and I don't have any of the hardware mentioned in the boot help options. I checked the Linux Hardware Compatability FAQ, and I don't seem to have any hardware that could cause a problem as far as I know. What am I missing? Why does it stop straight after the md driver line? It's probably something really obvious that I'm overlooking...I'd be really grateful for any help. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: debian latest version?
Goto http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ 4. Compatibility issues and you may find your answer there. J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 04:14:33PM -0600, Jason Herring Dale Davis wrote: what is debian's lattest version At the moment, 2.0 . I keep hearing about debian 2.1... We've just entered a code freeze for 2.1, meaning that we hope to release 2.1 in the not too distant future. and where can I find a list of supported hardware and package version information?? Start at the website: http://www.debian.org . HTH, Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Command `man' not available
Hi Dear Debian Users, I am a newbie to Linux. I just dowloaded the Debian 2.0 floppy base installation set a few days ago. These includes 1. resc1440.bin5. base14-1.bin9. base14-5.bin 2. drv1440.bin 6. base14-2.bin 10. install.txt 3. fips15.zip7. base14-3.bin 4. rawrite2.exe 8. base14-4.bin The installation process is smooth and booted OKay. When I tried to use the command man by typing man whoami at the $ prompt, the system respond with: bash: man: command not found then I looked at the /bin and /usr/bin with ls, there is no man ! Where is the man command as it was described in the Debian Tutorial | Chapter 4 | The Basics | 4.1 The command line and man pages on http://www.debian.org/~hp/tutorial/debian-tutorial.html/ch-basics.html#s-basics-commandline ? Thanks for your reply in advance. Sherab Puntsok
