Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites
What's the url of this Release file? I couldn't find it. http://www.linex.org/sources/linex/debian/dists/sarge/linex/binary-i386/ It seems to be logical, stupid that I haven't found it on my own. Nevertheless, thank you. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites
Hi, I want to assign a lower priority to packages which come from other sites than debian.org. The problem: testing is my target release. In my sources.list there the following entries: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib deb http://www.linex.org/sources/linex/debian sarge linex ... # apt-cache policy mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox: Installed: 1.0.6-1.linex1 Candidate: 1.0.6-1.linex1 Version Table: 1.0.6-5 0 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 1.0.6-1.linex1 0 990 http://www.linex.org sarge/linex Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages 990 http://ftp.at.debian.org testing/main Packages 1.0.4-2 0 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/main Packages But this is not what I want. I want to have 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 installed. Automatically! Does anyone know, if this possible (by changing the apt_preferences, for example). I have tried a lot of ways, but no success. Thank you for your help. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites
Thank you for your email. I want to assign a lower priority to packages which come from other sites than debian.org. The problem: testing is my target release. In my sources.list there the following entries: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib deb http://www.linex.org/sources/linex/debian sarge linex ... # apt-cache policy mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox: Installed: 1.0.6-1.linex1 Candidate: 1.0.6-1.linex1 Version Table: 1.0.6-5 0 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 1.0.6-1.linex1 0 990 http://www.linex.org sarge/linex Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages 990 http://ftp.at.debian.org testing/main Packages 1.0.4-2 0 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/main Packages But this is not what I want. I want to have 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 installed. Automatically! Does anyone know, if this possible (by changing the apt_preferences, for example). man apt_preferences, include APT::Default-Release testing; in /etc/apt/apt.conf (create one if you don't have one) then include something like Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 in /etc/apt/preferences (again may need to create) This should prevent unstable packages being given the same, or higher priority as testing. I tried that but didn't work. Seems logical to me. The linex packages are also denoted as testing. Therefore, this doesn't work. I really need to give to all packages of a certain site a lower priority. Any idea? Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites
I had the same problem with Ubuntu packages trying to upgrade unstable packages and put Package:* Pin: origin ubuntu Pin-Priority: 100 in my preferences file so they will only install if they are the only version of that package available e.g. mplayer-amd64 is not in debain proper so it is installed. AFAIK this will only work if the 'origin' flag is set on the package from linex. Thank you for the hints. I discovered that you have to look into the Release file of the repository. There you find things like origin, label, etc. Concerning the linex site: I couldn't access the Release file with a browser, I don't know the exact url, but I could filter it as release c=linex. Unfortunately it all depends on the owner of the repository. I would prefer to depend it on the site address, since this is real. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites
I opened it with kwrite, unfortunately its origin is 'debian' so I dont think this will help :) The confusion is being cused by the fact that this site still has sarge as testing! What's the url of this Release file? I couldn't find it. Especially for this site I could use the component filter (release c=linex), so I can solve it this way. You could try pinning the packages you want to hold at earlier versions using Package: mozilla* Pin: version 1.0.4* Pin-Priority: 1001 Hm, the way above seems to be better. Thank you for your help. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading to stable sarge produces Segmentaion fault
Hi, I upgraded to stable sarge. Unfortunately there appearing errors with two packages: sendmail and apache. The apache package install ok, when /etc/init.d/apache start is called: Configuration syntax error detected. Not reloading. /usr/sbin/apachectl: line 186: 10119 Segmentation fault $HTTPD -t At configuring the sendmail package a similar error appears. For example if I call makemap at command line it just says 'Segmentation fault'. Since 'makemap' is needed at configuring sendmail it can't be configured completely. For the time beeing I installed the old version of sendmail again (thanks god it worked, so I have email at least). I really would appreciate if someone can help me. I don't know what to do anymore. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot to execute lilo
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 07:18:55PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 04:04:49PM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote: At the boot: prompt, try linux single root=/dev/hda2 (replace hd2 with the correct partition for your root). This results in a kernel panic: cannot open device /dev/hda2. Read the original post again, more carefully. Especially the part in the parentheses. /dev/hda2 is the first IDE harddisk, 2nd primary partition. It's a coincidence but /dev/hda2 IS my root partion. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot to execute lilo
At the boot: prompt, try linux single root=/dev/hda2 (replace hd2 with the correct partition for your root). This results in a kernel panic: cannot open device /dev/hda2. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot to execute lilo
else you'll have to get the Debian 1st Minimal cd to boot. just use the cd and type rescue at the prompt. This is not working with the testing installation CD. 'rescue' is not allowed. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot to execute lilo
There was a similar question few days/weeks ago; the way I do it is to boot off an install cd, mount the system fs at /mnt/foo; and do chroot /mnt/foo. Then I can play with the system, as if I booted normally. The tricky part is to resolve which partition your system resides on ;-) This worked. Here the way I did it (maybe for the FAQ) .) Booting with the installation DVD (testing) .) Aborting the installation process to get to the main menu .) Entering the shell .) mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 /mnt (corresponds to /dev/hda2) .) chroot /mnt .) lilo (it complains that it can't find /proc/partions but nevertheless it's working) .) exit .) umount /mnt .) reboot I have an old SuSE CD, where I have the option 'boot installed system', where I could boot my system just to run lilo and then reboot regularly. Maybe you'd be even able to use this; I tend to use the Debian Binary-1 CD. It was also working but I won't have it with me all the time. Now I don't rely on it in the future. Thank you for your help. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Boot to execute lilo
Hi I overwrote my MBR while installing another OS. Now I just want to boot the installed Debian testing system to execute lilo. How can I do this using an (unoffical) Debian testing install dvd? I have an old SuSE CD, where I have the option 'boot installed system', where I could boot my system just to run lilo and then reboot regularly. Is there anyone who can help? Thanks in advance. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel compile error
I had this, but no Modules (like I siad before). I tried to Compile 2.4.22 from kernel.org and get now the same Errors. It's confusing, I remove the directory, decompress it again, do an make oldconfig make dep make and get the same Error on another file. The Error is sometimes here and sometimes anywhere. Now I try to do a module an all that I don't really need to be compiled in. Seems that we have to try until it works, because noone seems to care on this Thread or Problem. You and I not counted :-). As far as I can remember, I couldn't run the 2.4.20 kernel image on that computer. It hangs somewhere at disk checking (not fs, before that). Same with the Knoppix CD, which also uses that kernel. This is an old computer where I have a 120 and 60 GB disk in. If I enter the bios setup and I go to the disk page, the bios cannot recognize the disk and hangs. Nevertheless the woody CD could be started and installed. So maybe it has something to do with the bios setup. I have to check the exact error messages. Maybe someone else on this list gets an idea what could be wrong. The problem is, that this computer is not local. So, I have to get there to do this. I should do this soon. How old is your computer? Similar situation? Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel compile error
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 04:44:57PM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 16. September 2003 16:13 schrieb Florian Sukup: What do you mean with 'Kernelconfig'? Is it /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/.config? Or a tool which I don't know? I mean .config, sorry. # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y Is that what you mean? It's y at my configuration. But it does compile correctly. Any other ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel compile error
Hi,
I try to compile the 2.4.20 Kernel. It worked before, but on that
(older) computer it does not. I do the following steps:
I download the kernel-source-2.4.20 package, unpack the source and enter
the source dir. Then:
cp /boot/config-2.4.20-3-k6 .config
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --initrd --append_to_version -self-k6 kernel_image
Then comes (after a lot more output) the following:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=k6
-DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc
-iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=zftape_compress -c -o
zftape-compress.o zftape-compress.c
gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 4
make[5]: *** [zftape-compress.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/char/ftape/compressor'
make[4]: *** [_modsubdir_compressor] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/char/ftape'
make[3]: *** [_modsubdir_ftape] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/char'
make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_char] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers'
make[1]: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
buerobian:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20# {standard input}: Assembler
messages:
{standard input}:0: Warning: end of file not at end of a line; newline
inserted
{standard input}:441: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `add'
cpp0: output pipe has been closed
Can anyone help me?
This also happens if I try to compile 2.4.18 .
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Florian.
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Re: kernel compile error
Thank you for your reply. I had the same Problem when I tried to compile my Kernel. I had in Kernelconfig no Modules configured, moduleloader was included (nvidia etc.). 2 Minutes before I got your Mail I tried it with Modules and it worked. I don't know if this was the Error but its the only thing I changed. What do you mean with 'Kernelconfig'? Is it /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/.config? Or a tool which I don't know? Maybe you have not gcc-2.95, I had a newer one and deinstalled it, but I don't know if I tried it after that before today. I have gcc 2.95.4-14 installed Thanks in advance further info. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB printer: no such device
Thank you guys for your hints. Now I found out why it's not working: I have to load uhci. Reason: I had recompiled the kernel and the new uhci modules was called uhci instead of usb-uhci (because it's the alt one). So, there is a diffence between the compiled version and the kernel source config file at Debian. Debian enters usb-uhci in /etc/modules (which cannot be found) and uhci is not loaded. I have two other usb jacks which needs ohci. I forgot about them and thought the entries I saw (e.g. in /proc/bus/usb/devices) are the ones I plugged my printer to. It would have worked if I have put the usb cable to the other usb jacks. And it works if I load uhci. Thanks for helping me! Regards, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB printer: no such device
Hi, I've read HOWTOs and asked Google but I can't find the solution: I've a postscript-usb printer. And I am running Debian, 2.4.18 kernel (selfcompiled but almost same config as the Debian kernel). I inserted the printer module: modprobe printer And then I tried echo hello /dev/usb/lp0 su: /dev/usb/lp0: No such device As far as I read this has to work before I can start configuring lpr or simular. This printer (lexmark t520) was connected to a SuSE machine. There the setup just took me a few minutes. Therefore, it should be possible to run this printer with Debian as well. Thanks for hints, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord doesn't work
You can check the CD-WRITING HOWTO in www.linuxdoc.org, that worked for me. I was at that site but I didn't find that document in my search results. This helped me a lot, thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord doesn't work
I made it, thanks for your help. 2. Add the following to the end of /etc/modules.conf options ide-cd ignore=hdd# tell the ide-cd module to ignore hdd alias scd0 sr_mod# load sr_mod upon access of scd0 pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd # load ide-cd before ide-scsi This didn't work for me in this way. There are four modules to be used: ide-cd, sg, ide-scsi, sr_mod ide-cd and sr_mod are already compiled into the kernel (that's why I need to write append ... to my lilo.conf) So, ide-scsi couldn't be loaded because ide-cd has to be loaded first. And ide-cd couldn't be loaded because it's compiled into the kernel. Therefore, I am only allowed to add line pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg into modules.conf This is not clear in the CD-Writing Howto. I will contact the author of this document in order to enter these details. 3. Add the following the following to /etc/modules ide-scsi sg note: 'scsi_mod', 'ide-cd', ide-mod should be inserted (I think). It turned out that that's not necessary. Both modules are loaded dynamically when I call cdrecord. Acctually I don't know why? Any explaination? Getting cdrecord burning cds may be another small challange you'll have to work on (especially if you are working from the command line with no frontend). It's not hard, but it *might* take a little tweaking! As long as you burner is supported by cdrecord, you should be burning cds within no time. I used cdrecord on my SuSE system, so I have all the scripts necessary to burn data cds faster than with any GUI. At SuSE it was just ready to use (almost), but I have learned some new things this way. Once again, thank you for your help. Your reply was like a small HowTo and very detailed. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord doesn't work
Should this not be placed in a file in /etc/modutils/... since /etc/modules.conf is automatically regenerated from all the files in /etc/modutils/... by update-modules ?? , hmm at least on unstable it is :) Thank you, I probably would have done it this way anyways. A good hint! Otherwise I could have lost my changes the next update-modules. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord doesn't work
This just means that you haven't quite loaded the modules correctly. You need (in this order): ide-scsi sg sr_mod Check 'dmesg' to make sure that ide-scsi has take your CD drive; if not, remove all the cdrom modules (cdrom, ide-cdrom, maybe more), then load the modules in the order I listed above. The problem was that sr_mod is not compiled to a module but into the kernel. This mixed think made the CD-Writing Howto not working. To make it work I tried modprobe ide-scsi mknod pg0 c 97 0 Heh, AFAIK, the pg devices are 'generic-scsi-over-parallel-port' devices, which is probably not what you want :) If you are right, then it's again a wired SuSE solution which I tried to copy. I already removed it. Thanks, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cdrecord doesn't work
Hi, I have trouble writing a CD using cdrecord. My old Computer is running SuSE. There I can write a CD. There is Debian woody on my new computer and here it's not working: # cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=10 blank=fast file.cd_image Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 cdrecord: No such device. Cannot open '/dev/pg0'. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. To make it work I tried modprobe ide-scsi mknod pg0 c 97 0 but no effect. Please help, I already spent half day in searching for a solution. Thanks, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord doesn't work
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 06:28:31PM +, Brad Eisan wrote: Florian, I will need more detail. What kernel r u using? Contents of # uname -r 2.4.18 self-compiled to smbmount large files, rest unchanged from Debian. '/etc/modules' ? Have you added anything to '/etc/modules.conf' ? What see end of message. I haven't added anything, yet (except network card). does 'cdrecord -scanbus' return? Do you have a symbolic link from # cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. /dev/scd0 to /dev/ (=what u call ur burner)? Have you added # ls -l /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 Mar 7 21:28 /dev/scd0 - /dev/hdd anything to 'append=' in lilo.conf? I am assuming the cdrw is not an There is the following section in lilo.conf (this kernel is booted): image=/boot/vmlinuz.smb label=kernel_smb read-only append = hdd=ide-scsi scsi device and you are trying to emulate scsi for an ide cdrw, yes? Do yes you have two cd drives? If so, which is the burner (hdx) and what ide bus are they on? yes, there is also a dvd reader. Both are on the IDE1, the dvd-reader is master. Thanks for your help. Florian. # grep -v # /etc/modules.conf keep post-install bttv insmod tuner post-remove bttv rmmod tuner alias char-major-10-175 agpgart alias char-major-10-200 tun alias char-major-81 bttv alias char-major-108ppp_generic alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate alias loop-xfer-gen-0 loop_gen alias loop-xfer-3 loop_fish2 alias loop-xfer-gen-10 loop_gen alias cipher-2 des alias cipher-3 fish2 alias cipher-4 blowfish alias cipher-6 idea alias cipher-7 serp6f alias cipher-8 mars6 alias cipher-11 rc62 alias cipher-15 dfc2 alias cipher-16 rijndael alias cipher-17 rc5 alias char-major-10-134 apm alias /dev/apm_bios /dev/misc/apm_bios alias /dev/misc/apm_biosapm alias eth1 3c59x alias /dev/nvidia* NVdriver alias char-major-195 NVdriver alias /dev/nvidia* NVdriver alias char-major-195 NVdriver alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic alias char-major-108ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate alias /dev/tts serial alias /dev/tts/0serial alias /dev/tts/1serial alias /dev/tts/2serial alias /dev/tts/3serial post-install serial /etc/init.d/setserial modload /dev/null 2 /dev/null pre-remove serial /etc/init.d/setserial modsave /dev/null 2 /dev/null alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias char-major-10-144 nvram alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout alias char-major-10-135 rtc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpkg inconsistency
Yes, I found some of dpkg.status.x files. But I don't know when these files are written. Daily, from /etc/cron.daily/standard. Thank you. Does apt-get provide a feature like a history file? I would like to keep track what I installed at a certain time. Or at least have apt-get made status backups each time I install something. There is nothing to find in the man page. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpkg inconsistency
discusses a method for recreating it. The script in the first message
contains and error, so read subsequent messages also.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200301/msg03647.html
I'm trying now this recovery. I'm doing it line by line to see if it's
working:
mobian:~# apt-get update
E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
.
.
.
was the first error. So I created directory
/var/cache/apt/archives/partial
But then comes
dpkg --set-selections $(
ls /usr/share/doc | grep -v [A-Z] | awk '{print $1 install}'
)
This didn't work because dpkg --set-selections doesn't take arguments.
So I tried
ls /usr/share/doc | grep -v [A-Z] | awk '{print $1 install}' | dpkg
--set-selections
which was accepted but appearently had no effect at all.
What is missing here?
Florian.
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Re: dpkg inconsistency
There should be backup files of dpkg's status file in /var/backups. Yes, I found some of dpkg.status.x files. But I don't know when these files are written. Is a backup made always when I install new packages? There must be a config file for that. I haven't found one in /etc. Is there a document describing these things. In the regular manual I couldn't find it. Thanks for some hints. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpkg inconsistency
Hi, I've done a really stupid thing: I tried to installcompile some stuff for the kernel which failed. I made a dump before that, which I restored to make my system running again. But I forgot to dump restore the /var parition. Therefore data in /var/lib/dpkg are not consistent with the rest of the system. What can I do here? Is there a command which makes dpkg building its database from the installed system? Thank you in advance for help!!! Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
boot log
Hi, is there a log file where I can find all boot messages? Or, if not, is there a possibility to make them written into a log file? Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
compiling with large file support
Hi, I managed to compile some small C-programs with large file support using gcc flags: -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE. How can I make this default? Maybe with environment variables? I would appreciate hints very much, since, it would make my life much easier when I compile packages if I find a solution for that. Thank you, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Large file support for smbmount
Hi, I installed woody. LFS is available. I can mount a directory to a share on a win2k machine. The win2k machine allows files 2GB. 'ls -l' shows wrong (huge) file sizes. Copying from win2k machine to the Debian doesn't stop. The file on the Debian machine gets bigger and bigger. ftp from win2k to Debian works. What can I do to make it work. Thank you in advance for any hints. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get debconf
Hi, just a question, I couldn't find an answer, yet. If I use apt-get install package_name , is this package automatically configured by debconf. If not how can I do that? I know there is the command dpkg-reconfigure but I don't want to do a reconfiguration and it should be done automatically without invoking configuration for each installed package. Thank you for the answer. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
opera or other fast browser
Hi, I'm installing Debian on an old machine. Therefore, I need a fast browser. So, I thought Opera could be a good idea. But I can't find a package including it (at least not bin/opera). Is there a debian package for it? Or are there other fast browsers with flash/java support which I should try? Thanks for info. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: End and home key on bash in X-window not accepted
Press Ctrl+ mouse_button_3 (might be 1 or 2, can't remember) over the xterm. Select application cursor keys. wow! It's working! I added the line *appcursorDefault: true to my /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm and now it's working. Does this have any side effects? Anyways, I am very happy about that. Thank you. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Icon manager geometry in TWM
Hi, I'm new to Debian and using the very old window manager twm. I've already spent much time to solve that problem but no success: In my .twmrc file there is a line: IconManagerGeometry =71x24-0+86 But it simply ignores the value 24, no matter what I enter there. At my SuSE Linux the default height was acceptable but the Debian Icons are too high by default. Does anyone know how to change it??? Thanks in advance, Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
End and home key on bash in X-window not accepted
Hi, I'm new to Debian. I hope there is someone who can help. When I am writing on bash command line under X-window (I am using twm as windowmanager) the end and home key is not accepted. This is working on console and under SuSE-X-window configuration, but not in my xterms. Why? Any idea? Thanks for help in advance. Florian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
