Low Memory Booting
Okay, when follwing the Debian installation tips, they didn't help. I've created a Minix and Swap partition and now I need to know how to boot so I can use those partitions I have made. also when activating the partition, how do write it: Activate swap partition: (1) or (/dev/hda1) any help on this? thanks alot in advance. Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
CRC Checksum on Rescue boot
When using the rescue disk to install Debian from floppies I get a CRC error when it begins to decompress the kernel. I have put new memory in it, new hdd, and still the same error. It does use an older I/o card (it's a suped up 486, motherboard had no I/O channels) so could it be that the error is in the I/O card, or somewhere else? Any input would help. Thanks. Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Some ideas...
Just to ask a favor, I'm creating a End-user Linux site for people who just want to install Linux and run it like Windoze. We're not talking big time compile a kernel daily use, but everyday. I'd like to create it a-la-slashdot where people are the help engines. Basically a post answer situation. Most people don't know how to use mailing lists :) Just an idea so people aren't afraid of Linux each time someone yells RTFM at them, and they go to a certain other OS that is more widely supported. Right now I need general area ideas, and if anyone wants to contribute. Let me know.. Thanks... It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Re: Red Hat brouhaha??
I noticed to that Slashdot is kinda folded and the article swap. Shall we tell cloak and dagger stories about RH backdoors into servers to disable anti-RH propaganda? Wait, they're monitoring the list..they've got me!!! ah!!! Debian user to the very end...Viva le GNU/Linux go to www.linux.com and look in the upper right hand corner RH..take that *runs away* :) Jayson At 07:37 PM 5/20/99 -0700, you wrote: Ok, what the heck is up? I hear runblings of Red Hat threatening Linuxcare with a lawsuit, then an article appears on slashdot, it is taken down, another article appears and slashdot is off the air? Anybody see the articles before the site was nuked or have any idea what this is all about? It shure LOOKS like RH is playing Evil Empire here. George Bonser Welcome to Wit's End -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
A Linux CIA(Red Hat Bruhaha)?
I say we form a watchdog committee called the Linux CIA :) it seems like slashdot's crash came from the grassy knoll and NOT the book depository...h...All I know is..I glanced something on Redhat and Linux care, and Rob is out at LinuxExpo I believe...I don't know if I can go without slashdot for this long :) Jayson It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Re: Linux.com on line
I too thought that was pretty slink(seriously, no pun intended). Anyway, I like the Debian ad on the lower right. Oh well, when your the #1 flavor for hobbiests and researchers, you gotta be used somewhere :) Another proud Debian user and linux.com bookmarker... :) At 11:28 AM 5/19/99 +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: 5 minutes ago there was nothing, now it's on line. And guess what? 'Powered by Debian' it says in the top right corner. -- Hans -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Installing Debian
Anyone know of any trouble that when the kernel tries to load it causes a system reboot? Jayson S. Baird Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter -- Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Russian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Help with Alien
Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on how to use dpkg to install rpm's with alien? Thanks... Jayson S. Baird Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter -- Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Russian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
make-kpkg and an error message
okay, thanks for all the other help, now when I type this make-kpkg --revision=test1 kernel_image the kernel compiles it's little heart out ..until.. **Error Message** /tmp/ccc05362: In function 'main': /tmp/ccc05362(.text+0x42b): undefined reference to '__bzero' make[2]: *** [tools/build] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-source- 2.2.5/arch/i386/boot' make[1]: ***[bzImage] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.5' make: *** [build] Error 2 **End Error Message** Any ideas on this one? I don't have the directory linux in /usr/src, I've just untarred the source into kernel-source-2.2.5 Would this make a difference at all? Any ideas? Jayson S. Baird Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter -- Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Russian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Kernel Compile Error Messages
Anyone know of a spot where I can get common or rare error messages for kernel(2.2.5) compiles? Thanks, Jayson S. Baird Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter -- Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Russian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Kernel 2.2.5 and make-kpkg
After running make menuconfig, make dep, and make-kpkg clean , and then finally to build the kernel package: make-kpkg --rev test1 kernel_image Okay, I know I'll probably give a few people some laughs here..but my .deb package is no where to be found..I had about a 7 minute wait while the kernel compiled and poof, no .deb with the Kernel..any ideas? Jayson S. Baird Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter -- Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Russian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Kernel-Package problems
Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/linux. Any help I'd be greatly appreciative... thanks :) Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how do i get past install.bat file
To me, when I installed this way, the kernel image file is linux, not @file. try Linux, and it should boot the kernel. Best advice I can give... Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:20 PM 5/4/99 -0700, you wrote: hi, i'm trying to install, boot, and configure debian linux. onto my hard drive (partitioned into c: and d:) i've downloaded the required files (resc1440.bin,drv1440.bin, base2_1.tgz, root.bin, linux, install.bat, and loadlin.exe). i type install. when prompted for the name of the kernel image file, i type @file. the computer goes through several screens of information, resting with my dos/cpu configuration and then a c:\ prompt. (what has it done at this point?) i guess my next step is to boot the install? if so, how is that done? if not, what do i do next. (if i hard/soft boot the computer, it just boots into dos.) any suggestions are appreciated. thx. bentley. // -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Loadlin and new kernels
When using loadlin to boot from dos into Linux, it requires the command line loadlin linux /hda2 whereas linux is the kernel I keep in a local directory. If I compile a new kernel, is there anyway to get that new kernel on disk to copy over to the dos local directory to use loadlin? Any help you can give, I would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :) Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE and a non PnP AWE32
Has anyone ever successfully used the AWE32 drivers on a Debian system running X w/ KDE? ANY info for setting this up would be greatly appreciated. When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you... -Walt Disney [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird
Re: power down
For me, all this took was going into the BIOS and shutting off ALL of your power management stuff. Bummer if you have an ATX case, but nice if it stops lock-ups At 06:55 PM 4/19/99 -0700, you wrote: how can you stop linux form powering down when the computer is not in use. The computer that I am using locks up when this happens. Jason E Winters [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eznet.com/~jasonw -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Life was hell, then I discovered Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird
CD-ROM and KDE
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help with final setup...
To finalize my debian installation, I've installed KDE and the newest version of XFree-SVGA, but now I need to get sound setup, my CD-ROM recognized, and my modem setup. I'm new to linux and alot of the sites I've travelled to have explanations that I would say are way over my head (i.e. isapnp) or else my comprehensions are running slow (years of MS brainwashing :) ) If someone can point to some good web-sites for users about these points, It would be greatly appreciated. thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
lock and ppp options?
Using KDE and it's Kppp dialer, what does it mean when it says that it sees a lock option in /etc/ppp/options? any ideas? thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
got plug and play?
When using isapnp with lspci it says it tries to find the directory /proc/bus/pci/... but cannot. when I then go in to make the directory, I get an operation not permitted error. It's nuts. Any other way to install PnP devices? or is this an easy fix and it's just over my Linux-semi-newbie head? :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Re: got plug and play? (more)
upon uninstalling lspci, the error did disappear, but I get this one instead: lspci not found, so PCI resource conflict not checked. I did look at the isapnp webpage on this error, and it says, well if this happens, it probably won't. Any more ideas? At 02:24 AM 3/31/99 +, you wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 08:09:55PM -0500, Jayson Baird wrote: When using isapnp with lspci it says it tries to find the directory /proc/bus/pci/... but cannot. when I then go in to make the directory, I get an operation not permitted error. It's nuts. Any other way to install PnP devices? or is this an easy fix and it's just over my Linux-semi-newbie head? :) Wild guess... you'r running a 2.0.x kernel? lspci only works with the 2.1.x/2.2.x kernels. Just uninstall the pciutils package and that error will disappear. As for /proc/... - /proc is a virtual filesystem, not a physical one, which makes information from the kernel available. As such, you can't create new files or directories there (though you can write new values to a few of them in order to modify the kernel's behaviour). What you probably want to do in order to get your PnP devices configured is to run pnpdump (as root), in order to create a config-file for isapnp. Then you'll want to view/update it, in order to be sure that all the values are correct. Finally, start isapnp and watch the messages. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
A question about compiling
I feel really moronic asking this, but what is the package that allows you to use make. Is it GCC or something else? thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Error Message with Qt 1.44
Anyone know what the error messge: $QTDIR needs to be set to $PWD(usr/local/qt) when installing QT? in my bash .profile QTDIR is set to usr/local/qt or does this mean something else? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
operation not permitted?
using cpio to undo rpm files (Alien to be exact), cpio returns for each file that the operation is not permitted...any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
operation not permitted and GNOME?
I am logged in as root, I type alien -i package.rpm it runs it's thing, but when it gets to cpio it says operation not permitted. Either help with this or point in the direction of all the gnome Debian packages..either would be great :) thanks At 05:15 PM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote: using cpio to undo rpm files (Alien to be exact), cpio returns for each file that the operation is not permitted...any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
XWindows and Debian
Anyone ever had trouble with a Riva128 card running the SVGA Xserver? I try to start the server using startx and it seems to start and then it unloads say it's waiting for server to shut down. I'm using enlightenment as a window manager. and have xdm installed..any ideas? thanks alot.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
Help installing X-windows
Ok, I know how to use Debain packages, but which ones are needed for a semi full install that will allow use of either KDE or GNOME? If someone can point to a walkthrough of installation for Debain, or just some advice, it'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to further the desktop discussion...
THAT is what is going to kill Linux ... forget the desktop, they need a consistant system interface to avoid the Unix problem. In a small sense Linux does have it's own standard. The linux kernel used by RH is in base form the same as Slink's. Also, if you can program and keep your wits about you, open your source files and lend one distribution to the other. With the open source policy I see it as a way for developers with any crazy scheme to get into the serious developing(that is without assembly), in fact, my school to teach computers and programming throws you in front of a Unix box. The best way to learn another language is to be immersed in it :) I was also proud to here that Dell is now packaging workstations with Linux by request. Everyone seems to be going to the open source policies (Mozilla.org, GNU(FSF), and now Apple OS X Server). As a developer I like it, and of course, will continue to contribute. You CAN target certain software at RH, or SuSE, or BSD but you can do exactly what debian, and other Linux flavors have done in the past (i.e. RPM's, KDE) is take source and apply it to yours. Just some thoughts...use the source Luke... Hoping everyone will speak C++ one day... Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux Boot Disk (needed)
Can someone drop in an email, either a disk image or a site to get a disk image for a Linux boot disk(OS on ramdisk that is), that supports mounting a vfat drive? (some boot disks give me an error that the kernel doesn't support vfat). Any help will be appreciated. Thanks alot. Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
obscure fdisk command
anyone know that obscure fdisk command to clean the master boot record of a drive? thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
interesting error message
Good evening!, While installing Debian, I got the following error message, well, pieces of it since it lasted all of a second before my machine rebooted but this is what I could get: The installation program is determining an *** next installation ** performed *** Anyone ever heard of this? Well this is the rest of my problem, hopefully can further help. I install debain once before (Slick 2.1) and it wasn't exactly the cleanest install(as we say at work, what first setup of Linux is), so I decided to reinstall it a little better this time. Does Debian throw anything in certain nooks or crannies that can hamper a second install? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and thanks for the system... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
error messages on install
Anyone know an error message that Debian gives that flashes quickly then reboots your system? This happens when loading from disks and another hard drive..any ideas? Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
more to errors, sorry about being unclear
What happens is this exactly: after choosing my video type and the infor page, a small grey text box flashes and reboots my system. I'm using the rescue dick to boot the kernel and install the drivers, but the base is on a seperate drive running 98. thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyillic only) http://www.concentric.net/~jsbaird ICQ UIN: 19560609
help w/ installation
anyone ever encountered a problem while installing, it suddenly reboots the entire system around the point where you partition your drive? Other times I'll repartition the drive, will initialize them, and then it will reboot...any ideas? Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]
