Re: moving LVM logical volumes to new disks
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:53:40PM +0100, lee wrote: Patrick Ouellette poue...@debian.org writes: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 08:52:58PM +0100, lee wrote: Fortunately, downtime isn't an issue. I also have a 32GB USB stick, and all the LVs are smaller than 32GB. Since there seems to be some agreement that it would be best to use pvmove, I think I could, one after the other, move all the LVs to the USB stick with pvmove, plug the USB stick into the other machine, move the LVs onto a hard disk in the other machine, replace disks and move the LVs back the same way. I can keep the VMs shut down while doing this, which allows me to just move the USB stick rather than moving over the network. However, over the network might be more reliable, and I could move all VMs at once with minimal downtime. Hmmm ... Call me unimaganitive or simple, but what about tar or rsync?? Just backup to the other host on the network; swap around drives as needed; create new volume groups; restore from other host. Because it's too simple? ;) Why didn't I think of rsync? I'm using it for backups all the time. How do I make the VMs bootable after copying them back? Maybe try a SuperGrub Boot Disk (or USB drive) if you are using GRUB. I would probably install on a minimal system on the new disks so they are bootable, create the new volumes, rsync, move to the desired machine and boot with the SuperGrub Boot Disk if the machine didn't just boot from the drives on it's own. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141116232237.ga8...@flying-gecko.net
Re: moving LVM logical volumes to new disks
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 08:52:58PM +0100, lee wrote: Fortunately, downtime isn't an issue. I also have a 32GB USB stick, and all the LVs are smaller than 32GB. Since there seems to be some agreement that it would be best to use pvmove, I think I could, one after the other, move all the LVs to the USB stick with pvmove, plug the USB stick into the other machine, move the LVs onto a hard disk in the other machine, replace disks and move the LVs back the same way. I can keep the VMs shut down while doing this, which allows me to just move the USB stick rather than moving over the network. However, over the network might be more reliable, and I could move all VMs at once with minimal downtime. Hmmm ... Call me unimaganitive or simple, but what about tar or rsync?? Just backup to the other host on the network; swap around drives as needed; create new volume groups; restore from other host. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141113202631.gd16...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Refracta systemd-free progress
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:33:23PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: If it makes you happy. Freedom of choice is one benefit of Linux. Personally, I like systemd and the fast boots it provides, plus the ease of administration. Glad you like systemd for your use. Please remember, one person's ease of administration is another person's administration nightmare. Freedom of choice only exists when there is a choice given, instead of imposed. Pat -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJURlZBAAoJEBmyZ4AhAzKfrDgP/2CogBWWFxfJZyEc9E/Tz9p/ eZquAZG1z/Qxulx+qhQQ/zsdoABhrzaSegqGzmkarwYp/ibm9ErYPOjFWCNrXBNQ 2ueXVtDwjs/u7qvPzHOiL82UyQScU9Q0k7zLQiRlS9grlNCP6di7mNH9gxv8RpBA Z6xrFPMikdx9ZjDLTzgTf3rUrPeQ6EPPSIst+q+q+61QyXCAl2Mkgsp8mS6b5iFB WSB6p+4sSbvHZA2/l1Bmmss2OunyAN5qQeq0g2vyfEWQa0oyDZcH0Di+3dzit8rM /td9JrwWUdrb53W2X2lY6XYYvXdKnym/CE2NHaH9R25aj3HOBj8WEmvORjoeSIyu L3qxIVYprZOrxxP8csKaLfGkOm0lrNBKdnvD2Uq+2vHUt1dAnRtVmXt5dzmlxUfY G0XcgXVLLOOr+i1PtfoxsPq0BxKMCtUQuqp6fUkVQHc0EfTePkqslzJedekb8leB 9ERap5SxTIj/hrq+UTRatgczpwqijE+tqOByZRutvYLp//ldI0zNIwv/FysY1Lak Ux667HllcyVoJv7MLgakwjkW2tzM4GevbbSkzRINu3Dm9A3Pv02relDm2uJ1WC2A Rgk1QxQOCBZDoqfA46M0xARIo2G3FX1LYSbPZkeq3fU8BEQ21226F9rgQLnIfvVK QbLiD3PNStq6hFzlzPzA =iIgz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141021124905.gb4...@flying-gecko.net
Re: resolv.conf misbehaving
Sounds like what you really want is for your local nameserver to forward the query if it doesn't have the answer. It might be helpful to look at the forwarders option for named.conf. resolv.conf would just need your local name server then. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140225171237.gb5...@flying-gecko.net
Re: resolv.conf misbehaving
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 05:17:22PM +0200, Danny wrote: Hi guys, The past weekend I upgraded from Debian v3.0 to the latest Debian stable (7.0 or something) ... (wish I never did) ... However, I have noticed that my resolv.conf gets overwritten by something after every reboot. The Debian server resolves all local (internal) addresses and the ADSL router resolves all external addresses. Normally my resolv.conf looked like this nameserver 10.0.0.2 (ADSL router) nameserver 10.0.0.5 (Debian server to resolve local addresses) Now it get's overwritten with : nameserver 10.0.0.2 I need to reslove both local and external addresses. At the moment I have to manually add the 10.0.0.5 into the resolv.conf file after rebooting. Any help or pointers? Welcome to the (un)helpful world of let me do that for you because it is easier aka networkmanager and/or resolvconf. You will need to either update your /etc/network/interfaces entry for the server or edit /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140220162806.ga5...@flying-gecko.net
Re: [OT] Rosetta Stone language program on Linux?
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 04:06:19PM -0800, Don Juan wrote: Not true :) Works great on my system with wine. I get the base free through work and any language extensions. I just keep updating the original install as they come out and have yet to run into any issues with it under wine. Though I am on sid based off a net-install running just openbox and run wine off the dev tree. RS-V.4 works though not all languages are to that version yet RS-V.3 works and all languages are supported. Have you been able to get the speech recognition driver working? I was never able to get that working with Wine. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120106044746.ga11...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Suggestion for a smartphone running natively LINUX? :)
I don't see any nokia phones, but over on XDAdevelopers they have plenty of success with Linux kernels supporting a wide variety of smartphone devices. -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110330163954.ga13...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 10:46:00AM +, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: The BIG Complaint: because Debian supports So many hardware platforms their release cycles are too slow. Just a minor correction. The number of hardware platforms supported has a minor impact on the length of Debian's release cycle. If you look back, Debian releases have been widely seperated even when it was just x86 only. The much larger reason seems to be the number of packages and the relatively few Debian developers who work on Debian as their full time job. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301123226.ga16...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Firware drivers?
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:03:43PM -0800, Arthur Barlow wrote: Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using testing for years with very little problems. I noticed that Squeeze was just officially released. I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable packages. So fine, I do the upgrade. Reboot, and find I can't get on the network. After some hunting around, I realize the Intel e100 firmware has been removed. What!!! Just because it's part of the non-free packages??!!! My PC is now bricked!! I'm going to have to go to another computer download the deb package, transfer and reload it. The change was made almost 2 years ago. Here is an article on it http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/05/11/tip-debian-linux-kernel-firmware-issues-ethernet-drivers-missing/ Does this have some nonsense to do with the philosophy of free software. If so, it's absurd. Yes - or more correctly open and free The Debian Project has NEVER hidden its philosophy about the importance of free software. http://www.debian.org/intro/free Add non-free to your repository list, boot with a pre 2.6.29 kernel and then apt-get update; apt-get install firmware-linux Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110207222153.ga5...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Please ignore this test.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:54:53AM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:34:23 +0100 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Dne, 12. 01. 2011 17:23:27 je François TOURDE napisal(a): Le 14986ième jour après Epoch, Klistvud écrivait: Dne, 12. 01. 2011 14:07:53 je Kleene, Nancy (kleenenl) napisal(a): Please ignore this test. Ignoring. Please ignore this reply. Should we ignore you've replied, or should we ignore that you've ignored the first msg? It's confusing ;) ... Oh, ignore it :P Well, replying to your question wouldn't be ignoring, now, would it? So, I'll just keep ignoring. This thread has become 'ignore' rant. If a thread is posted to a listserv, and everyone ignores it, does Godwin's law apply? -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110112180441.ga4...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Can Debian Backup ntfs File System?
Zeroth rule of support - never trust your user's to tell you the entire story (corollary - people lie about what happened) First rule of support - before deleting *anything* make a backup copy yourself -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110105165045.gb24...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Fwd: Canon Support Centre - Ref # 00066023
Actually what I see is a (probably untrained in Linux) customer service rep apologizing to you for the issue you are having, and then pointing you to the Linux driver. I suspect English is not the service rep's native language and the service rep is using a script to respond to the inquiry. Clearly Canon supplies Linux drivers, so they intended the printer to be used with Linux. This is probably a by-product of supporting Mac OS X. I would ask to have the issue escalated to the next level technician as the marketing materials on Canon's web site state it works with: Windows 2000/Server 2003 32bit/64bit and Mac OS 10.3.9 - or later (download); Linux, Citrix, Metaframe http://www.canon.com.au/en-au/For-You/Printers/LaserShot-Laser-Printers/LBP7200Cdn Should they persist in claiming no support, ask them how you will be receiving a refund for your printer as it does not work as advertised. Good luck. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101007133843.ga27...@flying-gecko.net
Re: detect ethernet card?
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:13:40PM +0200, Atu wrote: Now I have all my networking hardware in place, and it works (tested with another computer). I want to add network functionality to my lenny-PC, but I can't bring eth0 up with ifup eth0: #ifup eth0 [...] SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device Bind socket to interface: No such device Failed to bring up eth0. # lspci -v sees the ethernet chip on the mainboard though. At least it tells me the precise model number. I can load the kernel module (e1000) for this ethernet chip or not, the error message stays the same. It would be helpful to post the output of lspci -v (at least the part with the ethernet chip information) and lsmod (so we can see what modules are loaded). -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100909204216.ga14...@flying-gecko.net
Re: maintainer not responding
I think you may be missing the poing a bit. A 'TODO' list is nice, but what is stopping YOU from forwarding the information to upstream or checking the upstream project to see if they know about the issue? What SPECIFIC package(s) in the list do YOU use, and what SPECIFIC issues are YOU having? I'm not saying all the bugs don't need to be addressed, but it is a lot easier to motivate people when someone has a specific need rather than picking a developer's package set and complaining about every one of the packages with a bug report. Again I ask YOU what efforts have YOU made to contact the maintainer? Pat By the way, your Google email link doesn't work for me to look at the referenced message. On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 02:38:42PM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: I reviewed the outstanding bugs shown in [https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#label/debian-lists/12a43a9b406864ec] and below is a short summary of what I think needs to be done next. The 'TODO' sections indicate something that needs to be done by a Debian maintainer (packaging, forwarding, etc). The 'TODO_USER' sections indicate something that could be done by a regular user. #406051 qpopper corrupts mailbox when quota exceeded TODO: forward upstream? #437746 libgtkglext1: Program exit via window manager window close crashes xserver WAITING: message sent asking for info regarding video driver. #537575 uninstallable in unstable seems to be fixed in current version, installed OK TODO: close? #548383 qpopper: The PAM configuration file does not fit to the latest libpam-modules package TODO: patch needs to be applied and checked #573522 qpopper: error msg.: fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL) Some difference between lenny and squeeze causes qupopper to fail. TODO: Someone familiar with qpopper may have some insight. Or if the user provided a more detailed description of how to reproduce this would help. #242944 qpopper: RFC incompliant behavior TODO: forward upstream #275918 qpopper ignores -R or set reverse-lookup = false config item. TODO: report is from 2004, check if bug still present in latest version. #323492 libgtkglext1-dev: example can segfault TODO: forward upstream #337022 libgtkglext1: bug somewhere near gdk_gl_get_proc_address() in gdkglquery-x11.c:408 reproducible bug TODO: forward upstream #406687 GLXBadContext error happening only with i810 driver with DRI TODO: forward upstream? #471483 not available on ppc Is libgtkglext1 available for ppc? According to [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libgtkglext1searchon=namessuite=stablesection=all] it looks like it is available. TODO: bug is from 2008, it seems powerpc is available now. close bug? #516088 E: qpopper: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 It seems to be working now. WAITING: Message sent asking user to verify if problem is still present. #518514 pidgin-mpris: Please remove bmpx dependency TODO: update package to remove obsolete dependency #587984 Outdated API - please update to 0.62 TODO: update package for new upstream version #486579 qpopper: debian/watch fails to report upstream version uscan of qpopper says it needs a new version. TODO_USER: verify problem is still present #529137 qpopper: please upgrade your watch file similar to bug#486579 TODO: merge with #486579? #558512 Missing autoreconf to fix 554821 or similar bugs in the future Detailed description of what needs to be fixed. TODO: update package for autoreconf #590543 audacious-dumb: remove shared library linking Has patch to removed dependency on libdumb.so TODO: check if removing dependency makes sense, update package if it does. -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100806132900.ga6...@flying-gecko.net
Re: maintainer not responding
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 12:10:49PM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: debian-user list, Debian is a great distribution thanks to the countless hours volunteers have contributed. But what can be done when a maintainer is not responding to the bug reports they are responsible for? Specifically I am interested in these bugs: [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=nenolod%40sacredspiral.co.uk]. Some have patches, some need to be forwarded upstream, and lots just need a response like I don't have time to fix these bugs, could someone please help.. -- Jeremiah, You link to the bug page for a maintainer, not a specific bug or bugs. You also don't indicate what efforts you have made to contact the maintainer (if any), and don't appear to be offering to assist in the resolution of the bugs. You may get a useful response if you indicated which specific package(s) you are interested in and which specific bug(s) you currently experience. Offering to test or help in some fashion also tends to help motivate people to work on issues. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100805192700.gb14...@flying-gecko.net
Re: [OT] dry humor
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 03:23:22PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Obviously Mark isn't a Steven Wright fan. Apparently you aren't either. From now on I'll be damn sure to stick emoticons all over my comments intended to be humorous lest I cause another row with the dry humor. Well, I AM a Steven Wright fan and I though the p0rn remark was over the line, not funny and in poor taste. Maybe I'm just getting older, who knows. Ask anyone who knows me and you'll find I'm no stranger to dry humor, sarcasm, and other things that don't translate well to the ASCII text world. At least the presence of an emoticon lets people know you are not serious absent the body language and vocal inflections. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO What kind of change have you been in the world today? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100706203525.gb12...@flying-gecko.net
Re: Live CD says all fs clean, but...
Check file permissions on /etc/init.d scripts. I just had a system I upgraded where several critical init.d scripts lost the executable flag. This caused the symptom described, at the script that remounts root as rw was affected. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Don't let preparing for what MIGHT happen get in the way of experiencing what IS happening -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: using modem with phone
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 09:17:45PM +, Bhasker C V wrote: Hi all, I tried to google around but could not even get a match near to what i want. In fact i am running short of terminologies to exactly define what i want. What i want is, i want to use the internal modem of a system to work as a PSTN gateway so that i can control my telephone when connected to my modem. This way, i can make my telephone ring through my software. I can re-route my audio in/out to the phone. Is this possible ? does the modem protocol support this ? A standard modem will not do what you want. Look up Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org). I think you will find this software is what you are looking for, and there are some hardware suggestions on the site too. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette p...@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Accent chars instead of VGA graphics from Ubuntu system (terminal via ssh)
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 07:15:55AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: Having just installed Mythbuntu 8.04.1 onto a recently procured computer, I'm doing tasks via ssh. I have several Debian Sid boxes and I've not run into this issue until I began using the Mythbuntu box. What I see are VGA style graphics characters replaced by accented alphabet letters. Here is a snapshot of Midnight Commander: After the SSH terminal opens, did you try replacing the shell or opening a new xterm with a unicode enabled terminal (xterm -u8 for example)? -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT (slightly) swap limits
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 09:42:03AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 05:16:56PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Patrick Ouellette wrote: I've run machines with 1Gig or more RAM with NO SWAP. I've also run machines with 4Gig of RAM and 16Gig of swap (BIG datasets). Pat Well, I tend to agree with you, however, I am being sucked dry of my Linux knowledge (the purpose of the interview, find the point of breakdown to determine the extent of the knowledge/skill). And much to my surprise I just found this: At a bare minimum, you need an appropriately-sized root partition, and a swap partition equal to twice the amount of RAM page 59, from a questionable source: Installation Guide of RHEL5. interestingly RHEL4 at 2.6 kernel distro still also made swap files of 2G max and used multiples of that. Since 2.6 this hasn't been necessary. Just because RHEL does it that way doesn't make it right Patrick I believe has the better approach - what are you going to use the box for and what sort of response do you want, although I have to diss agree on the need for large swap space for a database, DB are engineered to use all the space that are told to get hold of and have their own caching. Why interfere with it by pretending you have more memory than you do. You could end up hitting swap because the DB cache has grown. I just want to clarify. I said there were big datasets, not necessarily a database application. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT (slightly) swap limits
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 04:45:05PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Being in an interview loop looking for employment, I find I am asked questions I never considered, for example: How much is enough swap? Rephrase the question. Ask what the intended use of the machine is, what response times the users expect, how much real RAM is there, and what applications/services will run off the machine. Then tell the interviewer how each parameter you've asked about would influence your decision on how much swap was enough. How much is enough? As much as the system needs to run and not kill processes due to lack of memory (real + swap). I've run machines with 1Gig or more RAM with NO SWAP. I've also run machines with 4Gig of RAM and 16Gig of swap (BIG datasets). Pat -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/null /dev/sdb1 !
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:38:58AM +0800, paragasu wrote: this is what printed on the old hard disk Seagate ST32122A 4092 CTL 2111MB 16 HEADS 63 SECTORS #fdisk /dev/sdb inside the fdisk, i did use the command p, n, t, d,a i did delete the whole partition, create new partition and reboot the computer. the same thing happen. same error message appear. Did you remember to w (write changes to disk) and exit in fdisk? -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question Regarding Directory Prompts
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:01:20AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0500 From: Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question Regarding Directory Prompts To: debian-user@lists.debian.org The prompt always shows the entire chain to the current directory. My memory says this was not always so. There is nothing in .bashrc regarding this. Is it set somewhere else? The reason I ask is that I am trying to work with a One Laptop per Child (olpc) laptop and the prompt never shows even the current directory. The olpc is fedora based but I'm trying to get it to behave more like Debian. My assumption is that aside from a few idiosyncracies fedora is linux. Look in /etc/profile or ~/.bach_profile -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: buying TV card
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:37:14AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:37:14 -0800 From: Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: buying TV card To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Mail-Followup-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 08:43:38AM -0500, Scott Lair wrote: I'm in the market for a TV card for my etch system. I'd prefer pci hardware. I don't really care about actually watching tv programs on my computer, I just want to record shows, edit in kino, then burn to dvd for viewing later on a stand alone player. Ideally, I would be able to program shows to record like I do on a vcr. So, anyone have any ideas on supported tv cards for etch? many of the hauppage pvr-* cards are supported with ivtv. I use them on my myth-tv box with no problems. Note that this is a knoppmyth-box so its not strictly etch. Also, these cards include hardware mpeg encoding which can be a blessing and a curse, depending on your situation. You might also check out the HDHomeRun device if you are interested in QAM or ATSC capture. It is a standalone device that has 2 HD tuners and talks to the world via a 100Mbps ethernet connection. Info is at http://www.silicondust.com -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM Living life to a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copy ./ to subdirectory.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:16:50PM +0100, James Preece wrote: cp: cannot copy a directory, `./', into itself, `backup' Is there a way to have cp ignore the newly created directory? Something like: cp -r ./ backup --ignore=backup You could try using tar. Something like tar --exclude=backup | tar -x --directory=backup -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM Living life to a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: copying a 12GB file
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 05:57:57PM +0100, . wrote: Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:57:57 +0100 From: . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: copying a 12GB file To: debian-user@lists.debian.org . wrote: how can I copy a 12GB file at reasonable speed over a 1000Mbit ethernet Thanks for your input! :) I've installed wu-ftpd on the workstation rather than on the mailserver (I should have thought earlier of that!), and it was easy and worked flawless except that the ftp client doesn't display the size of the file correctly: 538385455 bytes sent in 383.30 secs (1371.7 kB/s) That looks like an overflow when transfering more than 4 GB, but the target file has the correct size. The actual 33.4 MB/sec may represent the disk-writing-speed of the workstation rather than a network limit :) I would have expected better performance from an SATA disk, though ... Hmm ... GH Have you thought about netcat? -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM Living life to a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Whats the difference
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:33:48AM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: Hi all I was looking in the list of packages that are available and I came across these two linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 So I basically would like to know whats the difference (apart from the version numbers obviously). The description using apt-cache isnt very helpful. If anyone could share some clarity on this, I would be most grateful. There was a change to the name of the Linux kernel packages since the OS kernel does not have to be Linux (it could be the HURD for example). The name linux-image means you have the Linux kernel, as opposed to the generic term kernel-image which could be any OS kernel. Pat -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM Living life to a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why EsounD does not start with /etc/init.d/esound start ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why EsounD is not started with something like /etc/init.d/esound start like all other daemons, only it is started as a user logs in, well, in fact I don't know very well what starts EsounD, but I have big problems with it, it's a mess-up. I is not a mess-up. If you are using EsounD in a multiple machine, multiple user environment (say a University computing lab), the last thing you want is to have someone send sounds to all the machines (or one machine). First of all, I have a machine on which I want to run EsounD, but I do not run any Gnome or KDE on it, I don't even have a monitor or keyboard connected to that machine. I only log in with ssh, and even that I do rarely. This machine has connected speakers, and what I want to do is to play sound over the network from an app running on a different machine on that machine. Otherwise I would not want a sound daemon at all. You can set up your own /etc/init.d/esound script to start it on your system. Use the skeleton script in /etc/init.d and then use the update script to place the links to it for the run levels you want to start or stop the daemon in. Why don't package EsounD like all other daemons, so that when I do aptitude install esound everything gets set-up properly and running automagically at each bootup from /etc/init.d/esound and that all users can play sound through the daemon. I find it really strange that EsounD is run as one user, becasue all other users cannot play sound through it then. If Esound were run as a user (say user esd) that introduces one more potential security hole, and one more system user to deal with for no real benefit. Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restoring mbr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however) as root try # dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10 You're making up command options, as well as devices now? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10 Ok, so I have an imperfect ability to type. Thanks for posting the correct line. *BUT* even then, that is poor poor poor advice, and superfluous to the question being asked. Poor advice or not, it is not superfluous to what was asked. The original poster was having trouble with the boot record. The original poster mentioned trying to install Windows on disks previously used for Linux. I have had similar problems, and blanking the boot sector area of the device has allowed Windows to install properly when it previously would not. This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The leftovers from the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer. No the way you originally wrote it, alas. Lighten up, you made your point. I didn't see any great wisdom in you post pointing to the lost lilo link. The requested action was to get the system to boot to an OS. Additional information in the post strongly suggests the poster wanted that OS to be Windows. While you can boot Windows from lilo, if all you want is Windows using lilo as your boot loader will unnecessarily complicate things. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sid-Mozilla-user-crash
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading my Sid box (i386) last week, Mozilla 1.7 crashes on many websites and when attempting to open email that calls up data from the web. The strange part about it is that it only happens to regular users, it does not crash when running under root. Permission problem somewhere? So far I've: Waited patiently for Sid to quit breaking my toys - upgrading daily - no luck Sid will never quit breaking your toys. That is the purpose (Still In Development). The only Debian repository less stable than Sid is experimental. If you need some stability, try testing or stable. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Diskless Debian PCs / Network Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am trying to build a network of Debian PCs which must be diskless. The idea is that every once in a while the clients can be booted (may be remotely?) to download an upgraded kernel. Previously, we have used removable hard drives - very time consuming. From browsing around, I've come to learn that there are a number of ways that this can be achieved, eg: TCP/IP PXE (hard pxe for intel nics), Etherboot (soft pxe), etc. I would like to hear from people who have attempted this before and have some useful tips to offer. May be some one could weigh-in with advantages/disadvantages of using one option over another. I anticipate that our client PCs will be based on Intel motherboards. If you have access to boot media on the client (a floppy, usb boot device, CF card, etc.) you have many options. My favorite is to create boot media with GRUB. You can then chose to present a boot menu (or not) to the user. If all you have is a boot PROM on the NIC, PXE is not too difficult to set up (assuming the boot PROM supports PXE). Most useful tip: Make sure syslog is running on your server and use a network sniffer (packet capture) to monitor the boot process if things are not working properly. Good Luck, Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restoring mbr
boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however) as root try # dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10 This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The leftovers from the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer. Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two hard disks that I used for linux and now I'm trying to use them with Windows, but with both drives the computer (Dell) cannot see the hard drive as bootable. It comes up with the error message Primary hard disk drive cannot be found. The BIOS recognizes the hard drive and I can install Windows or linux, but it won't boot until I hit F1-ignore. I had this problem before and rewriting the MBR fixed it, but this time I have tried to rewrite the MBR using a DOS 5 boot disk, the Win2K fixmbr and fixboot utility and even loaded debian woody and tried a lilo -U, but nothing has worked. Anyone got any ideas. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: grub problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to implement a fallback full backup method for this great proxy-filter for the library. I used ghost to back it up, just as I used to do with redhat. Of course, ghost screws up grub. With Redhat, I'd stick the install cd in and at boot type in Linux Rescue chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install Since I used the sarge netinst, I seem to have no rescue cd. :( Would someone mind giving me a simply way, on this system, to get grub back? If you have a floppy drive, make a grub boot floppy. Google around for GRUB boot floppy. They work wonders and are very flexible. BTW, in the future, if I'm not dual booting, do I need a boot loader? Yes you always need some sort of boot loader. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lilo problem after upgrade on sid
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i found that my lilo hangs. the letters LIL.. come up and it simply freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simply wrong with the MBR. several people have mentioned creating a boot-floppy using mkboot. can i create a boot-floppy on another sid machine using this utility (by specifying the correct boot partition?) if i point to a boot partition like /dev/hda5, how will it work since that device may not be created at boot (on mine its something like /dev/ide/bus0/target0/.../part5). i also bumped into this location, is that all thats needed? ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/access/ Make a GRUB boot floppy. You don't have to install GRUB on your system as your boot loader, and the GRUB floppy will allow you to boot to any kernel on your system (as long as GRUB understands the filesystem). Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Courier IMAP directory structure with Exim
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 16:21, Thomas Halahan wrote: However when connecting via IMAP to the server, you cannot create directories on the level of the IMAP account, subdirectories can only be created in the inbox. I tried to deliver mail via Exim to $HOME/Maildir/.Inbox however the IMAP server did not recognise it as a Maildir directory - even though I ran makemaildir for it (actuall same effect as sending myself a mail via exim as exim creates the directory). Does anyone know how to move the inbox directory down a directory? Courier docs are no help. Not sure if this is any help, but my ~/Maildir has the directories new, tmp, and cur (standard for maildir setup) and courier treats that as Inbox. I can create subdirectories from an imap client. I can also create them manually, provided they are a subdirectory of ~/Maildir and their name begins with a period. I would guess you need to tell Exim to deliver to ~/Maildir not ~/Maildir/.Inbox If you created ~/Maildir/.Inbox courier would show the last .Inbox as a subdirectory of Inbox in your client. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AX25
You might try asking on the debian-hams list. On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 02:03:52PM -, Cristiano Tavares - SP wrote: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:03:52 - From: Cristiano Tavares - SP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AX25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there. Is anyone her using the AX25 protocol? 73's Cristiano Tavares CT1FLZ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wireless Frustration
I've had success with Belkin's PCI adapter and their pcmcia card (you need both for a desktop if your desktop does not have pcmcia slots). You use the orinoco_plx driver from the kernel, or the prism2_plx driver from linux-wlan-ng. On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:09:21PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 13:09:21 -0500 From: Thomas H. George,,, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wireless Frustration Can anyone recommend a wireless adapter (pci or usb) which is known to work with Woody right out of the box? I have struggled for a month with my Actiontec Wireless USB Adapter and linus-wlan-ng and all I have ever achieved is to have the ready light come on when the system is shutting down for a reboot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM 50.200, 144.200 EN81fp ICBM: 41:38:25.476N 83:31:43.417W -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing 2 POP mail servers
How about adding lines for each isp in your .fetchmailrc file? poll [EMAIL PROTECTED] with proto POP3 user username1 there with password password is localname here poll [EMAIL PROTECTED] with proto POP3 user username2 there with password password is localname here You can fetch from any number of servers this way (and if you set it up as root your can grab mail for multiple local users too). man fetchmail is your friend here. You could also use the fetchmailconf program. It does a decent job of holding your hand and writing your .fetchmailrc file for you. Pat On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:52:31PM +0800, Mike Alonzo wrote: Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 21:52:31 +0800 From: Mike Alonzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Accessing 2 POP mail servers Mail-Followup-To: Mike Alonzo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org I have 2 pop mail accounts(1 from the ISP and 1 is free). How should I access the second one? i have a mutt-exim-procmail-fetchmail setup here. This is what i want to do: 1st pop mail account: subscribed to various mailing lists. 2nd account: subscribe to various mailing list also. does fetchmail isp1;fetchmail isp2 suffice? TIA -- Jan Michael C Alonzo email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trying to establish voice contact ... please yell into keyboard. -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM 50.200, 144.200 EN81fp ICBM: 41:38:25.476N 83:31:43.417W -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian and PDAs.
Is there a reason no one has suggested the Compaq iPaq? They are expensive, but you can load Linux on them and get a fair number of expansions options (someone is even working on a GSM cell phone expansion sleve for them). -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM 50.200, 144.200 EN81fp ICBM: 41:38:25.476N 83:31:43.417W -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug in buildd for all except ix86 and sparc?
Hey all, I seem to be having a problem that is buildd specific. I uploaded my package (ax25-apps-0.0.5-5) from ix86 after fixing problems on the non ix86 archs (working on merulo). It builds fine on merulo manually (with debuild) but dies when the build daemon tries with a 'cannot run configure.sub' error. Anyone else have this problem? Is it a feature or a bug? Thanks, Pat -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM 50.200, 144.200 EN81fp ICBM: 41:38:25.476N 83:31:43.417W
Re: Iomega CDRW USB
Try the usb storage driver. I haven't tried Iomega's USB cdrw, but the
one I have tried uses the usb storage driver.
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:38:59AM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:38:59 -0500
From: Jonathan Daugherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Iomega CDRW USB
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Anyone know of a driver or a way to get an Iomega usb writer to work in linux?
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Re: Sony Minidisc recorder usb
You need a USB enabled kernel - 2.4.x and hotplug. Then the usblink is
detected as an audio device - like a sound card, but with fewer features.
Pat
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 04:31:46PM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:31:46 -0500
From: Jonathan Daugherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Sony Minidisc recorder usb
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Does anyone know of a way to use the usb pcLink features of a Sony mini disc
recorder??
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Re: Attention: Steve Hunger
I know Steve - I forwarded the message to him (he doesn't often read the Debian User list anymore - too high traffic) Pat On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:10:02AM -0400, Wayne wrote: Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:10:02 -0400 From: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i586) To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Attention: Steve Hunger Hi, I like to apologize to the rest of the group for this noise! I recentlly purchase your book Debian DNU/Linux Bible and had asummed that the publisher had a talk to the author section on thier web site. When I enter the web page, www. hungryminds.com, I recieved the following web page, Directory Listing Denied - This virtual directory does not allow contents to be listed. Could you please tell me how to ask question on your book? Thanks. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- === Patrick Ouellette Amateur Radio: KB8PYM mobile/portable 9 (somewhere in 9 land) Debian Linux Developer (as time and family permit) Human? (the jury is still out on this one) === GPG Fingerprint: 8577 CFA7 B984 8E58 0D00 79B6 CFDA 9D82 06A7 376E
Re: Pascal
Have a look at the GPC web site. It has an implementation of the crt unit that is compatible with most Borland Pascal 7 code, and has X extentions also. Should just be a matter of using crt to get it to work. There is also a GPC mailing list, just send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the command subscribe gpc [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the body of the message. The GPC web site is: http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal/ Pat hello, I use gpc also, it runs fine with debian, but how can we obtain the equivalent of the graphism with Pascal Borland under linux with gpc ? (If you like Borland, Pascal 7.01 (for dos) is free, but with the computers which have a processor = 300 Mz the unit crt gives error division per zero. This is a bug corrected by a patch.) -- Gerard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- === Patrick Ouellette Amateur Radio: KB8PYM mobile/portable 9 (somewhere in 9 land) Debian Linux Developer (as time and family permit) Human? (the jury is still out on this one) === GPG Fingerprint: 8577 CFA7 B984 8E58 0D00 79B6 CFDA 9D82 06A7 376E
Re: New Install of Debian: How do i create boot disks???
You can also create boot floppies off the Debian CD. There should be a directory on the cd called disks-i386. It contains the boot floppy image files. You will also need the utility rawrite2 from the dosutils directory (or somewhere on the net like ftp.us.debian.org). Pat On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 01:58:31PM -0800, Robert Cymbala wrote: Hi ~ Here's a method that installs Debian from floppy disks and then from a parallel port CD-ROM device (microSolutions bantam backpack). Debian GNU/Linux on Toshiba T4700ct Notebook http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html -- === Patrick Ouellette Amateur Radio: KB8PYMi mobile/portable 9 (somewhere in 9 land) Debian Linux Developer (as time and family permit) Human? (the jury is still out on this one) === GPG Fingerprint: 8577 CFA7 B984 8E58 0D00 79B6 CFDA 9D82 06A7 376E
Re: boot messages too fast to read.
You shouldn't need to do anything special to enable this, but if you switch virtual consoles the buffer that Shift-PGUP/PGDN scrolls through is reset. Pat
Re: Unwanted routing table entries
Are you running slip? The default route is set in /etc/init.d/network The other routes will also be added from that file. Kernel 2.2.x automatically adds a route for each interface when it is activated. I use diald which creates a slip device to act as a proxy for the ppp connection. When traffic is detected on the slip interface (sl0 on my machine) diald starts dialing the modem and on connect starts ppp. My routing table looks similar to the one you posted when I'm not connected to my isp. Pat --- Signature removed because some people are way too thin skinned
Re: printer won't print
Which canon printer? Did you change *anything* else on the system between when it worked and now? Specifically check the printer port device setup. The printer numbers got changed not so long ago (i.e. lp0 and lp1 may be reversed). -- Patrick Ouellette Assistant Computer Engineer Engineering College Computing The University of Toledo [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.
Re: Windows Pings not Telnet
Best guess I have is your /etc/hosts.allow is set to paranoid for all and your local net does not have a name server with entries for the windows machine. Pat On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 06:54:07AM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: Why would I be able to ping my debian box from my windows box and vice versa with 0% packet loss, but not be able to telnet, http, etc.? I suspect I have to reinstall all my networking related stuff, is this the answer? Thanks... -- NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian/GNU Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Problem with 3C905-TX Network Card
There is a driver for this card in frozen. I forget the name of the driver, but it also supports another 3Cxxx card. The driver works well on the machine I use it on (a Dell GX1p). Pat On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Robert Kasunic wrote: Hello All, I've got a problem with the Network Card in my PC. It's a 3COM Fast Etherlink XL 100 Mb or short 3C905-TX. The problem is that I can't find a driver for this card. I couldn't find this card in Debian Setup. It's my office PC, so I don't have a clue about this card.
Re: dual boot Linux/NT question
I had a similar problem. NT bootloader likes to control the system and load bootsectors from a file. You should be able to solve it with the following. Boot into Linux (use a rescue disk if your machine does not boot into Linux) Install Lilo on the LINUX PARTITION use dd to copy the boot sector from the linux partition to a file dd -if /dev/hda2 -of bootsec.lnx -bs=512 -count=1 (replace hda2 with the location of your Linux partition) copy the bootsec.lnx file to a floppy boot into Windows NT copy your bootsec.lnx file from the floppy to the c: drive add the following to the boot.ini [operating systems] section multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\BOOTSEC.LNX=Linux (replace the number in partition(1) with the proper partition number for Linux - NT starts at 0=hda1, 1=hda2, 2=hda3 if memory serves me) rumor has it that you need to update the bootsector file whenever you update your kernel. Here is my boot.ini file: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode] /basevideo /sos multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\BOOTSEC.LNX=Linux Good luck, Pat
RE: Xwrapper Netscape problems
I'd try reinstalling X, then getting the Netscape installer deb package (there used to be one, you have to grab netscape off a Netscape site then install the .deb). You can reinstall packages by having the .deb file available (in the current working directory, or append the path to the file name) then using dpkg -i deb file name. My guess is you will need to reinstall xbase and your xserver. Pat
RE: Help required SB16 PnP
In looking at the thread, I didn't see anyone mentioning that sound should be compiled as a module, so isapnp can configure the card before the sound driver tries to talk to the card. (I have been known to miss seeing things before ) Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: Valid Baud Rate Values
Hello Patrick, The speeds listed in the ppp.options file are the speeds the port is opened with, and therefore the speed the local computer speaks to the modem with. Most modern modems have some compression hardware / software built in which allows your data transfer rate to be greater than the 'raw' communication rate between modems. The amount of compression is dependent on the type of data you are transferring. I recall reading in a modem manual once a recommendation that the computer to modem speed be set two to three times the modem to modem speed to ensure that the modem was not starved for data when compression is enabled. For a 28.8 modem this implies a setting of 57600 or greater. My experience has been 115200 is a reasonable speed to use for a 28.8 or a 33.6 modem with compression. I haven't tried any of the 56K modems (and given the other options that are becoming available I probably won't). I usually am not limited so much by my modem's speed as by my ISP and / or the remote site. Hope this helps, Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: Lan Tcp/ip Question
Do you have the IP-Masquerade / IP-Firewall package installed? (I forget the actual name.) I had similar problems after installing the ipmasq tools. Seems the install scripts set up a really strict rules set to protect the Linux machine from attack over the net. The rules were so strict I couldn't get my windows machine (or any other) to talk to my Linux box via IP. I changed the firewall rules and that fixed the problem for me. You may need to experiment with the rules to get a set that works for you (or sacrifice the security benefits and change the default policy to allow - not generally a good thing). From what you posted the network setup look ok, and your ethernet card is seeing traffic (so it is apparently configured correctly). Good Luck, Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: color prompts
On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 09:19:41PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stuff deleted BTW, I also set the following for xterms: PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne \033]2;$TERM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$PWD/ \007\033]1;$PWD\007 This changes the title bar of my xterm to show user, host and cwd. The PROMPT_COMMAND line is missing the closing ' after the so it should be: PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne \033]2;$TERM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$PWD/ \007\033]1;$PWD\007' Wouldn't want someone to be lost trying a command that replies with a prompt :-) Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: pascal.+development
You can find a new version of gpc in experimental. It uses egcs. GPC should fit your needs quite well. The version there is alpha code, but is much more stable than the version that you found using libc5. There are a few bugs that are keeping it from being released as the gpc 2.1 beta software. There is an effort to develop an integrated development environment similar to Borland's (RHIDE is the name IIRC). But from what I have heard it needs a lot of work. There may also be some emacs guru's who have similar functionality (ide environment) available. Pat -Original Message- From: Alexander Gutfraind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 4:47 PM To: Debian User lists Subject: pascal.+development Hello fellow users! It's a weird newbie question I'm about to ask. but what about Pascal? you all seem to write in C or PERL, but I like pascal. when I checked the pascal compiler I found it required all types of libraries, libc5. but shouldn't it cause some problems to libc6? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: The Driver Install Disk...
Since I haven't seen any other replies, here goes. Humor me - I've had similar problems in the past, and have found this to work well. 1. Download a fresh copy of the disk image (the image you have may be corrupt) 2. If possible, boot the machine you are installing to with some version of MS-DOS - or some other OS that can format DOS style floppies 3. If possible, Format the floppy you are going to use for the install disk(s) on the machine you are installing to. If not possible, at least reformat the floppies you are using on a machine with a reliable floppy drive. If you get any bad sectors on the format YOU CAN NOT USE THE DISK! 4. Use rawrite2 or some other utility to transfer the disk image files to the floppies you formatted in step 3. Rawrite is rather stupid - it copies exactly what is in the file to the floppy, hence the need for step 1. 5. Try installing from the disks you just made. I have also had machines with turbo switches work install fine with the turbo switch in one position, but not in the other. I currently have a pile of 14 floppies that do not work (out of 20 new disks) for creating install disks. Hope this helps, Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: staroffice
The web site is www.stardivision.com Also from the site: StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) ServicePack 3 The new version of StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) based on ServicePack 3 is now available for download. As in the past StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) is free for private use. If you visit their German site, it appears that version 5.0 is out. Pat -Original Message- From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 2:10 PM To: Jeff Noxon; Debian User group Subject: Re: staroffice All very helpful info. on Staroffice so far, but WHERE can I get it. What's the address for their site. I've found version 3 on debian's ftp site, but I would like to get version 4 to evaluate for myself. Brian Jeff Noxon wrote: On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:59:53AM -0700, Brian Weiss wrote: StarOffice 4 is commercial -- i.e. not free. IMHO it's well worth the $100 since it's virtually a clone of MS Office. It's a bit sluggish though. Jeff That's not correct. I downloaded the full software package from their site for absolutely nothing. It's not an evaluation copy and doesn't require you to register or spend money in any way. Try downloading it from their site and if you still have trouble getting it drop me an E-mail and I'll see what I can do. If it's an evaluation copy, that means it's not free. It's for sale all over the place, and I remember reading a statement from the company that the Linux version is no longer free -- although it may be possible to download (and apparently is). StarOffice 3 was just an experiment to test the viability of a Linux port. It was distributed under different terms. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't remember if this info came from C.O.L.A. or Linux Journal. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: staroffice
Ok, I messed that up. Version 5 is scheduled for the second quarter. (It has only been 6 or 7 years since I had to *use* my poor excuse for German) Pat -Original Message- From: Patrick Ouellette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 3:29 PM To: Brian Morgan; Jeff Noxon; Debian User group Subject: RE: staroffice The web site is www.stardivision.com Also from the site: StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) ServicePack 3 The new version of StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) based on ServicePack 3 is now available for download. As in the past StarOffice 4.0 for OpenLinux (Linux) is free for private use. If you visit their German site, it appears that version 5.0 is out. Pat -Original Message- From: Brian Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 2:10 PM To: Jeff Noxon; Debian User group Subject: Re: staroffice All very helpful info. on Staroffice so far, but WHERE can I get it. What's the address for their site. I've found version 3 on debian's ftp site, but I would like to get version 4 to evaluate for myself. Brian Jeff Noxon wrote: On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 11:59:53AM -0700, Brian Weiss wrote: StarOffice 4 is commercial -- i.e. not free. IMHO it's well worth the $100 since it's virtually a clone of MS Office. It's a bit sluggish though. Jeff That's not correct. I downloaded the full software package from their site for absolutely nothing. It's not an evaluation copy and doesn't require you to register or spend money in any way. Try downloading it from their site and if you still have trouble getting it drop me an E-mail and I'll see what I can do. If it's an evaluation copy, that means it's not free. It's for sale all over the place, and I remember reading a statement from the company that the Linux version is no longer free -- although it may be possible to download (and apparently is). StarOffice 3 was just an experiment to test the viability of a Linux port. It was distributed under different terms. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't remember if this info came from C.O.L.A. or Linux Journal. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Help making a 486 into an X Terminal
Take a look at the following - it explains how to do what you are asking (and then some): http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal Pat -Original Message- From: Kiyan Azarbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 12:32 AM To: DEBIAN-USER list Subject: Help making a 486 into an X Terminal I had an idea recently. I would like to install a very minimal Linux/Debian base on the family 486. I already have a little LAN going here, using the 192.168.1.X subnet. We have three (sometimes four) computers connected, using coax/BNC and terminators. Everything is great, I even have samba set up so I can print, through magicfilter, to the BJC-4000 on my father's win95 machine. But the 486 is unsuited for connecting to the net. My brothers and mother use it for word processing (which I will leave that way, since I don't want to teach them LaTeX) and browsing the web. They do this fairly often but not for long periods. The 486 has a 14.4 modem, unfortunately. What I was hoping to do was to install a tiny linux distro on, say, 80 megs of HD space (it only has 400 megs total). I would install just the bare minimum for net connectivity, rudimentary system administration, and XFree86. I was wondering if this is possible in 80 megs? The purpose would be to start X in broadcast mode (or whatever it's called) so that the machine would basically become a glorified X terminal to my computer, so that my brothers can log on to MY box, and use MY netscape, and most importantly, my ppp connection at 33.6 kbps. This would double their bandwidth, and Netscape wouldn't be so piggish loading javascript and so forth. Is this possible? If so, what is the bare minimum I need. How do I get started? Is there a bootdisk package? I can copy any debs I need from my computer over to the share drive on the win95 machine, but I'm wondering how I should go about creating a partition for ext2fs, and how to install the kernel, etc. Should I just compile a tiny minimalist kernel there? And most importantly, where do I get fips? Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing A. Kiyan Azarbar its opponents and making them see the light, but Ottawa, Canadarather because its opponents eventually die and a Linux 2.0.33 new generation grows up that is familiar with it. 1024/0x9A9EC5EA 4F3ADBDA1EE5850209DD8BB205250ED2F696A7BE ^- Max Planck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Installing Debian from WindowsNT Pt. 2
John, One option *might* be to put the 400mb hard drive in one of the NT boxes connected to the net, formatted as FAT (not NTFS). Download the packages you want (or the bulk of the distribution if it will fit) to the added hard drive. Then put the drive on the Linux box, mount it with (assuming it is the second hard drive on the second ide controller) mount -t vfat /dev/hdd1 /mnt If your drive has multiple partitions you need to change the 1 in hdd1 to the number of the partition you are mounting. The drive designations in /dev are: /dev/hda - first (master) ide drive on primary controller /dev/hdb - second (slave) ide drive on primary controller /dev/hdc - first (master) ide drive on secondary controller /dev/hdd - second (slave) ide drive on secondary controller To get to the proper partition add the number to the drive designation as I described above. If you could convince the powers that be (I am guessing you can't), a parallel port connected zip/jazz drive would help you out a great deal - and there are HOWTOs on getting them to work with Linux (I use and internal ATAPI zip drive). Good Luck, Pat -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 3:40 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing Debian from WindowsNT Pt. 2 After searching and searching the FAQ's and HOW-TO's I found that I could enable the COM port on the Linux box in the /etc/inittab file. I can now log onto my Linux box from hyper terminal on the Windows machine but I still can't access or send files from the Windows machine to the Linux box. I have been through and through all the info I can find on the WEB with no hope. Everything assumes the I have access to the net, but I don't. I also don't have a CD Drive. I have a Pentium motherboard with 16 M RAM, a 600M hard drive with Debian Linux installed and a 400M hard drive I installed as a second drive AFTER Linux was installed. I've never used Linux or UNIX before so I need step by step assistance. I realise this is going the hard way but my System Administrator won't allow a Linux box to be connect to the network. He is afraid that Linux will bring down his precious WindowsNT network?!?!?!? Is it possible to mount the second hard drive I added after installing Linux or will I need to re-install Linux. ( It's no big deal at this point, I have nothing but the Base Floppies installed right now) I've already got several people bugging me for access to a 'true Operating System' but I keep telling them I have to get the system installed first. Thanks again for any assistance you can give. Cheers, John Gay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: faking the hardware address?
If I understand the situation, IP masquerading is what you want. The addresses assigned to the machine connected to the modem should be from the block of addresses reserved for private networks (networks that will not connect to the internet). The IP Masq process will forward the traffic from the remote machine to the internet (thru the PPP box) and back. It basically replaces the address of the remote machine with its address so the internet only sees traffic from the PPP box. You will want to enable ip always defragment in the kernel network setup to make sure any fragmented packets get forwarded correctly (only the first fragment contains all the information on the source and destination machines). Hope this helps, Pat -Original Message- From: Alan Su [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 1:31 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: faking the hardware address? My linux box is connected to a campus network, and i'd like to provide access to that network to a machine connected over a serial/modem line via PPP. i *think* the normal way to do this would be: - get an IP assigned for the PPP box - compile the linux kernel with IP forwarding and have it route packets to and from the PPP box - make the gateway that my linux box uses accept packets from the new IP with my ethernet card's hardware address and through my ethernet port the first two I can do, but the third one may be problematic, as I'm not an administrator for the gateway or anything. i have been told that i can have multiple machines connect through my port (using a hub), but it expects each IP to have a unique hardware address. My question is: can I fake this? all i think i need is to have the linux box use a different hardware address for packets using the second IP, right? thanks in advance for any random thoughts or ideas... -alan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: XDM doesn't work [SOLVED]
Everyone can relax on XDM - seems I managed to introduce an error in the setup that caused the problems. I had in my /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file a -bpp 16 setting that the server didn't like. Now I need to figure out the proper mode lines and settings to get it to work at 1024x768 -bpp 16. Winblows can do it with my video card / monitor, and I would *hate* to say I can do something in that OS that Linux can't ;-) Thanks to everyone who offered help and suggestions!! Pat -Original Message- From: Peter Iannarelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 10:19 AM To: Patrick Ouellette Subject: Re: XDM doesn't work Hay Patrick: xdm is failing, you do not have an xdm-errors file to tell you why. I find this _very_ troubling. NOTE: in the /etc/X11/XF86config file the first resolution will be the resolution xdm uses at startup. Also not the number of bits you are using. The default is 8. Start at the lowest resolution and work your way up. To be perfectly honest, when ever I have any xdm startup problems I look in the /var/log/xdm-errors. Peter -Original Message- From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Iannarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 12, 1998 9:53 AM Subject: Re: XDM doesn't work Peter, I applaud the quick responses, and assistance. That's one of the best things I've found since I started using free software / Linux. I have sucessfully used (and can use) startx and xinit on the machine that xdm is not working on. After running xf86config and testing with startx I start xdm (manually by /etc/init.s/xdm start or by allowing the system to reboot with xdm set to start) and get the flashing screen of death (the text terminal flashes as xdm attempts to start X over and over and over.). After rebooting (with single at the LILO prompt) I have tested the configuration by mv /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/init.d/xdm_old, rebooting and running startx. I get the expected X screen with the window manager, xterm window, etc. ving verified a valid X configuration (or so i thought) I do a mv /etc/init.d/xdm_old /etc/init.d/xdm and reboot. I get the same flashing screen of death when xdm starts. I have tried to reconfigure X several times and get the same results. I am running a custom kernel - If I recall I saw something about a problem with X if something was compiled with gcc 2.8.x. (If anyone has more details on the gcc2.8.x problem I'd like to hear them.) I think I am running gcc2.8.1 on that machine. I'll try installing a stock Debian kernel tonight and see if the problem goes away. (Sometimes just describing the problem and environment to another person helps clear the cobwebs.) Thanks again, Pat On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:34:07AM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote: Hello Patrick: Before using xdm, use startx to test. With respect to resolutions, look into the /etc/X11/XF86config or some such file. The other way is to run xf86config and adjust the start resolution to meet your requirements. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is already fixed, don't fix it again (was RE: XDM doesn't work [SOLVED])
I don't like Windows, I suffer through it. As for checking the supported cards list, I did and the card I am using has support in the SVGA server. My comment was that *I* need to figure out the proper mode lines to get it to work. I will assume the hostile tone of your reply is due to translation to English rather than intent. If it was intent, please step back, take a deep breath and relax. The lists are for *everyone* to get help and if you can't suffer the sometimes idiotic questions and problems people have (or create) while learning I would suggest you look for something else to occupy you time. The above paragraph was prompted by your reply: If you have strange video cards - well its your fault you haven't check the list of supported hw - you have to wait for new xserver or try SVGA xserver. If we are not friendly (or at least civil) to the newbie type questions, free software is doomed to become a second class techno-centric skeleton in the software closet. Sorry if I seem a bit harsh, but I am tired of people responding to lists with it's your fault because you bought xyz without checking instead of trying to help get what the person has working the best it can. Many people cannot purchase new hardware, and must make due with what is available to them. If we work to help them get what they have working, when they *are* able to upgrade they will know enough to check on hardware compatibility. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: If it is already fixed, don't fix it again (was RE: XDM doesn't work [SOLVED])
Thanks for renewing my faith in the world :-) I had thought it may have been a language translation issue. I have a small knowledge of German, and I pity the person who forces me to use it ;-) The tone of email messages is hard to determine without some indicators such as the smile :-) I'm glad you translated your signature. I like it! I've been watching the lists and there have been a good number of people who are unwilling to help with problems, but are quick to reply with hostile thoughts. I am copying this to the list for two reasons: 1.) Hopefully someone else can benefit from your suggestions (I will be working on the X setup later. You have included some very nice suggestions.) 2.) As a public apology for jumping to the wrong conclusion. I guess my mind has been dulled by too much Micro$oft fluff :-) In case anyone is interested, I did install the xserver package with XF86Setup, and used it to get the initial configuration. I have also used xf86config. Thanks, Pat -Original Message- From: Zdenek Kabelac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 12:43 PM To: Patrick Ouellette Subject: Re: If it is already fixed, don't fix it again (was RE: XDM doesn't work [SOLVED]) I don't like Windows, I suffer through it. If you think I'm fun of W95 here is my subcribe: Odstranite-li ve Windows95 vsechny chyby budete mit prazdny disk in English this means: If you will remove all bugs from W95 you will have empty disk :-) I hope this explain my relation to W95/98/NT. Today the computer on my right hand just destroyed its NT instalation by itself. Thankfully I'm only taking care of linux Debian instalation on this computer :-) As for checking the supported cards list, I did and the card I am using has support in the SVGA server. My comment was that *I* need to figure out the proper mode lines to get it to work. It is really good idea before you buy new hardware. I will assume the hostile tone of your reply is due Oh sorry, I'm not English native speeking person. But my comment should be somehow a little bit ironical. Maybe I could add smile :-) If you have strange video cards - well its your fault you haven't check the list of supported hw - you have to wait for new xserver or try SVGA xserver. If we are not friendly (or at least civil) to the newbie type questions, free software is doomed to become a second class techno-centric skeleton in the software closet. Sorry if I seem a bit harsh, but I am tired of people responding to lists with it's your fault because you bought xyz without checking instead of trying to help Well I suppose I have suggested to install xserver-vga which provides XF86Setup and the paragraph I have added below was really ment as ironical comment in M$ style. But in my point of view - you could also first consult your manual page before you post some elementary questions. -- Now some more advices (to be more friendly :-)) try using this parameter in Screen section of /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of -bpp parametr to Xserver Section Screen Driver SVGA Device Primary Card Monitor Primary Monitor DefaultColorDepth 15 ^^ BlankTime 0 StandbyTime 10 SuspendTime 15 OffTime 20 And my final advise use xvidtune to select the best Modeline on my school computer I have this lines for monitor: Section Monitor Identifier Primary Monitor VendorName Unknown ModelName Unknown HorizSync 30-72 VertRefresh 50-120 Modeline 1152x864 105.00 1152 1156 1316 1474 864 865 875 887 Modeline 1024x768 90.00 1024 1032 1152 1292 768 772 775 791 Modeline 640x48045.80 640 672 768 864 480 488 494 530 -hsync -vsync EndSection Modeline 1152x864 105.00 1152 1156 1316 1474 864 865 875 887 (It has horizontal sync: 71kHz and vertikal: 80Hz - its the monitors' limit. For my home: Section Monitor IdentifierMy Monitor VendorNameViewsonic ModelName Viewsonic PT770 Bandwidth 120 HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 50-130 Gamma 1.3 ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 135 1152 1152 1168 1616 900 900 911 925 # but this mode my S3 card can't handle correctly, but monitor is OK :-) ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 108 1152 1152 1262 1440 900 900 911 925 # and many others but I'm using the second one :-) its the best EndSection To get power saving working add this line to Section Device Option power_saver You might read a million on READMEs and HOWTOs but I suppose the easiest solution is to put the first number as high as you could (you have monitors limitation and video card
Monitor Problems?
Matthew, I have experienced strange colors when the X server doesn't know about the RAMDAC chip on the video card. Perhaps you could add the RAMDAC definition to the XF86Config file (or remove it if it is there). Pat P.S. I have been having a most enjoyable email discourse with Zdenek since my reply to his original message :-) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio (voice): KB8PYM on KB8YVY repeater (52.650 / 146.835 / 444.650) Amateur Radio (packet): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running down the hall: Hey you! You can ping your node, you can ping you neighbor, but you can't ping your neighbors node. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XDM doesn't work
Hello all, I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems: They are configured to start xdm on booting. One machine uses the S3 xserver, one uses the SVGA xserver. When starting the system, the screen will flash (xdm keeps trying to start X) and the only way I have been able to recover is to reset the machine (sometimes ctrl-alt-delete works, sometimes I have to push the big button). The S3 machine was reloaded from scratch, and the problem appears to have gone away. I removed all the X programs from the machine using the SVGA server and reinstalled X but the problem is still there. Startx and xinit work fine. I think this is related to bug 6468 - when switching to a text console then back this behaviour happened (paraphrased to protect the guilty). Any clues to a solution? If not, this is a pretty nasty bug to release on an unsuspecting user (read - I'll file a new bug report on xbase) Thanks, Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XDM doesn't work
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:12:40AM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote: Hello all: -Original Message- From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM Subject: XDM doesn't work Hello all, I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems: They are configured to start xdm on booting. One machine uses the S3 xserver, one uses the SVGA xserver. When starting the system, the screen will flash (xdm keeps trying to start X) and the only way I have been able to recover is to reset the machine (sometimes ctrl-alt-delete works, sometimes I have to push the big button). The S3 machine was reloaded from scratch, and the problem appears to have gone away. I removed all the X programs from the machine using the SVGA server and reinstalled X but the problem is still there. Startx and xinit work fine. I think this is related to bug 6468 - when switching to a text console then back this behaviour happened (paraphrased to protect the guilty). Any clues to a solution? If not, this is a pretty nasty bug to release on an unsuspecting user (read - I'll file a new bug report on xbase) Go into your /var/log/xdm-errors or some such file name and see what the problem is. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] The xdm-errors file gives an error that there are no valid resolutions for the xserver / monitor. The machine is at home, and I neglected to beinf the error report with me to work. If there were no valid resolutions, wouldn't I get failures in startx and xinit? They both start fine, and I get the 3 resolutions I configured (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768). Thanks, Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: XDM doesn't work
Peter, I *do* have the file, I just don't have it with me (it is on my machine at home and I am at work). The message xdm leaves in the xdm-errors file was something like no valid resolutions found. As I said, startx works so I assume I have a valid XF86Config (I have been know to be wrong before - I really shouldn't assume because I have disassembled assume (ass-u-me) way too many times.) Thanks again for the pointers, I'll dig into it later tonight and at least post the details to the list (XF86Config xdm-errors) if I can't get it working. (I forgot to cc the list on the previous reply it is appended to the bottom of this message. If anyone has the details on what breaks if you compile your kernel with gcc2.8.x please forward the info to me :-) thanks!) Thanks, Pat (Again I applaud the support I have received from the Debian and Linux communities - I have *never* in my 12+ years of computer support/administration gotten the same level of support from the big commercial computer / software companies) -Original Message- From: Peter Iannarelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 10:19 AM To: Patrick Ouellette Subject: Re: XDM doesn't work Hay Patrick: xdm is failing, you do not have an xdm-errors file to tell you why. I find this _very_ troubling. NOTE: in the /etc/X11/XF86config file the first resolution will be the resolution xdm uses at startup. Also not the number of bits you are using. The default is 8. Start at the lowest resolution and work your way up. To be perfectly honest, when ever I have any xdm startup problems I look in the /var/log/xdm-errors. Peter -Original Message- From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Iannarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 12, 1998 9:53 AM Subject: Re: XDM doesn't work Peter, I applaud the quick responses, and assistance. That's one of the best things I've found since I started using free software / Linux. I have sucessfully used (and can use) startx and xinit on the machine that xdm is not working on. After running xf86config and testing with startx I start xdm (manually by /etc/init.s/xdm start or by allowing the system to reboot with xdm set to start) and get the flashing screen of death (the text terminal flashes as xdm attempts to start X over and over and over.). After rebooting (with single at the LILO prompt) I have tested the configuration by mv /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/init.d/xdm_old, rebooting and running startx. I get the expected X screen with the window manager, xterm window, etc. ving verified a valid X configuration (or so i thought) I do a mv /etc/init.d/xdm_old /etc/init.d/xdm and reboot. I get the same flashing screen of death when xdm starts. I have tried to reconfigure X several times and get the same results. I am running a custom kernel - If I recall I saw something about a problem with X if something was compiled with gcc 2.8.x. (If anyone has more details on the gcc2.8.x problem I'd like to hear them.) I think I am running gcc2.8.1 on that machine. I'll try installing a stock Debian kernel tonight and see if the problem goes away. (Sometimes just describing the problem and environment to another person helps clear the cobwebs.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting to a different LAN
IMHO the best way to handle moving machines between networks is to have a DHCP server on the lans and let the machine use a DHCP client to get the necessary network information. It takes some work to set up the DHCP server, but the client is a plug in and go package (at least it was in hamm). Pat On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 01:38:57PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: Once I install Debian I hope to set my laptop up so that the network card has IP 192.168.37.mumble, mask 255.255.255.0. It will also connect to the 'net via the modem. However, if I take it to a friends LAN which uses IPs 1.0.x.y then will I need to change anything? What's the best way of doing this? Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sn.no/~balchen/igloo/ A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Quota on Mail systems
IMHO quotas on /var/spool are a bad idea. They are only effective (as you have discovered) if the user owns the file there - many processes (news, mail, etc.) put things in spool with the ownership other than the user who the file is for. If you do get say all the processes to put the file in spool with the owner as the user, and the user spools a postscript print job, they can't get mail, news, whatever until the print job is removed. If the user is using gs to render the postscript, they may need additional space (in /var/spool) before that happens. I grant that what I describe has a lot of if this statements. My experience with computers has shown me that eventually you get discover about 5 times the what if statements in actual problems. A solution would be to have quotas on the user's home directory, and have the user's mail spool to ~/mail or some such directory. Of course if the user fills up his home directory then he can't get any mail, but that is his/her problem ;-) Pat Ouellette Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio (voice): KB8PYM on KB8YVY repeater (52.650 / 146.835 / 444.650) Amateur Radio (packet): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running down the hall: Hey you! You can ping your node, you can ping you neighbor, but you can't ping your neighbors node. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:29 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Quota on Mail systems Hi. I am trying to implement quotas on the mail system of my debian linux server. I have configured the quota system so that users have a quota on /var/spool. This quota works fine and enforces the limit correctly when a user attempts to put any files in that filesystem via the shell - but when a user recieves mail it is placed into their mail file - regardless of their disk quota. So affectively the mail system is quotaless. Can anybody explain this behaviour and perhaps suggest how I may correct this?? Thanks, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: ACK! SCSI Not WOrking
Does you SCSI card have *gasp* jumpers to configure the interrupts (or software)? I get similar messages if I put the wrong irq in the AHA152x module load line. If it is one of those plug-n-pray cards there used to be some utils that might help, iirc. Pat Ouellette Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio (voice): KB8PYM on KB8YVY repeater (52.650 / 146.835 / 444.650) Amateur Radio (packet): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running down the hall: Hey you! You can ping your node, you can ping you neighbor, but you can't ping your neighbors node. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Carpenter Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:37 PM To: debian-user list Subject: ACK! SCSI Not WOrking -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I got my SCSI tape drive and I installed a SCSI card I had lying around unfortunatly it didn't work :( I THINK the problem may be the controller... I get the messages: aha152x: processing commandline: ok aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=9, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled aha152x: trying software interrupt, lost. aha152x: IRQ 9 possibly wrong. Please verify. - --- I have tried IRQ 11 with the same effect...then it is... scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $ scsi : 1 host. scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 - --- repeated for id 0 - 6 The SCSI card is from a ZIP SCSI drive (I got it for free from omeone who already had a SCSI card and installed a ZIP) It calls itself (written on the board) an Adaptec AVA-1502 the Tape drive apears to be (jumpers) SCSI ID 4, Parity on, Termination power on Any ideas? should I just forget it asnd buy a new adapter? I recompiled my kernel...turned on SCSI supoert and all of the Adaptec Drivers ...I am running Kernel 2.0.29 (on a hamm system but I doubt that matters) I read the SCSI-HOWTO...but it was of no help :( - -Steve -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNUfVwnxvn0zebBV9AQGVBAQAhe8UovDSlOKNS6ZPVWw+Ux4EHcRqfJm8 qeGY7+dzJmQM8eHdW+In0kGwpKxVbzmefIJT0tSXsXT1tQHJzKlwl9SzEWcGwFzV ZMI6xA4Zj3AfcUskCNkPNWXfOxyw8ouFxBKOaVyePaGjwc7sk+Fboks+e5ivLhSX ObyL+LUidvo= =ri2i -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Instaling Hamm.
I've found it comforting to have a backup of the system just in case. As Will states, its not that difficult. I use the following sequence: create new partition make the ext2 filesystem on the new partition mount the partition on /mnt/whatever cp -a /source/* /mnt/whatever su -c rm -R /source/* # be sure you want to delete everything enter the root password # you were sure weren't you? umount /mnt/whatever mount new partition on /source put entry in /etc/fstab so the system will mount it on reboot -Original Message- From: Will Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 3:59 PM To: Liran Zvibel Cc: Debian Mailing List Subject: Re: Instaling Hamm. On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: Please tell me, it doesn't seem logical. I want to change the size of /usr and some other important partitions. You need a free partition -- essentially mount the free one, cp -a all the /usr files onto it, and delete the /usr partition, using the new on as a /usr partition (mount it on /usr). Then reformat /usr, etc., and put all the files back on the new /usr partition. Do this for all the partitions you want to move, resize, etc. ... Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, Blame It On Me | -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: possible network attack question
It is possible that you have a problem with a network card on the same segment that your machine is on (It could be the card in your machine too.) You really need to do an ethernet sniff to find out if the giant frames are all from the same ethernet address or if they are from different addresses. If they are all the same address replace the card with that address. If they are from different hardware addresses try replacing the card in your machine. If that doesn't sole the problem you need to look deeper into the network - cables, hubs, routers. Since you indicated the errors are increasing in frequency I suspect a bad network card will be found somewhere on your network (if it hasn't failed totally by now). While it may be considered normal by some people to receive giant ethernet packets, it is usually a sign of a problem somewhere. The only reason I can see someone saying it is normal is that it does not occur with enough frequency to justify spending time to track the problem down. Good luck, Pat Ouellette Assistant Computer Engineer Engineering College Computing The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: G. Kapetanios Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 5:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:possible network attack question Hi, In the last few weeks I have been receiving the following message in syslog with increasing frequency Mar 10 22:19:46 garfield kernel: eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers, status 7fffceff! I have been told that this is normal and should not worry me. However, as the frequency has increased dramatically, I was wondering aboutwhat it actually is and secondly whether it could be some sort of attack from the net. I have the iplogger package and it reports nothing suspicious. Could it be something that iplogger is not designed to notice ? Any help would be appreacited as this is really buffling me Thanks George --- George Kapetanios Churchill College Cambridge, CB3 0DSE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] U.K. WWW: http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html --- -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: possible network attack question
George, [humor mode on] To do a network sniff one must procure a very long piece of network cable. Using you left hand raise the cable to your face just below you nose (about mustache height). Now inhale with extreme vigor. [humor mode off] The only product I've ever user for sniffing is from a company called Network General. The product is named Sniffer. If has a bunch of features to view packets (and capture them) off the network without anyone knowing. A really neat product for computer / network engineers - almost a must have. You can accomplish your goal by finding a package that detects the error and can display the devices physical network address (MAC address in networking terms). I haven't looked in Linux for such tools - maybe in the network utilities area (someone help me out here). Hopefully someone will come to the rescue with a package. I will look for a package and let you know when I find one. If you have a spare network card you can always try the low tech approach - replace the card in a machine and wait for about 2 or 3 times the normal error period. If the errors go away you can take the card out and shoot it. The problem with this approach is the time to replace the card, wait for the error and repeat the process until the problem is found. Pat -- From: G. Kapetanios Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 11:32 AM To: Patrick Ouellette Subject:RE: possible network attack question Thanks very much for your help. One quick question (two). Is there a way to find out if my card has the problem apart from an ethrnet sniff?. SEcondly how do I go about doing the sniff ? sorry for the inconvenience , Thanks George -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
How can I create new dpkg status file?
My status file got clobbered (ok, it was removed from /var while I was looking for more space to work in). Is there any way to get dpkg to look at my system and update the installed packages list based on what is actually on the system? Pat -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: usr mounted on md device
Great suggestion - but lsof complains my booted kernel doesn't match the System.map file. I recompiled the kernel and it updated the System.map file and lsof still complains. Thanks, Pat -- From: Jens Ritter Sent: Monday, February 16, 1998 6:03 PM To: Patrick Ouellette Cc: 'Debian User' Subject:Re: usr mounted on md device Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a fit of madness, I created a md device and moved the /usr file system to it. Everything runs fine, except I get an error during shutdown that /usr can't be unmounted. Why do I get the message (or what files are in use at shutdown on /usr), and is there any way to fix it (short of moving /usr off the md device)? You can try and insert a lsof /usr in the shutdown process, just before the /usr is umounted. This might give you the answer. HTH, Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key from: http://www.weh.rwth-aachen.de/~jens/public.asc Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
usr mounted on md device
In a fit of madness, I created a md device and moved the /usr file system to it. Everything runs fine, except I get an error during shutdown that /usr can't be unmounted. Why do I get the message (or what files are in use at shutdown on /usr), and is there any way to fix it (short of moving /usr off the md device)? Pat -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Sound Card Opti 931
I don't know if it will help or not, but there is a program called setcrystal that is included with the soundmodem utilities by Thomas Salier. You can get to his home page at http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~sailer/. The program initializes the PnP card for WSS (many OPTi cards) or SB PnP. His software was written to allow the use of amateur packet radio over a soundcard instead of the TNC usually required. It looks to me as if there are two issues - does the kernel support the card and how do I set up the card. Isuspect if you compile the kernel for MAD 16 support, you will need to set the card up with a utility like setcrystal before loading the kernel sound driver. Good Luck Pat Ouellette -- From: NeuTroN Sent: Monday, February 02, 1998 6:42 AM To: Antonio Doldo Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: Sound Card Opti 931 On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Antonio Doldo wrote: NeuTroN wrote: I recently bought a system (Intel Pentium, 166 MMX) and it has a Sound Card that seems to be an OPTi 82C931. (At least that is how the software in DOS sees it and how Win95 detects it.) I guess Trust Computer Products resells OPTi sound cards, because There is an (extra) Trust label on the installation disks for Win(3.11/95). When I configure the kernel for normal sound blaster, 16 bits audio doesn't work. Well then, why not compile it for MAD16? After doing that, it didn't work at all. /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.30/drivers/sound/mad16.c seems to support cards up to 82C930. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanx! Maarten Bezemer [snip] I have a OPTi 82C924 and found a little solution: compile the kernel for SB and launch the 'linux.bat' from a dos partition (or a floppy dos) in the 'linux.bat' set the environment: SET MUSIC16=C:\MUSIC16 C:\MUSIC16\SNDINIT /B C:\LINUX\LOADLIN.EXE zImage root=/dev/hdb1 ro [snip] I have done something like this (my directory for sndinit is c:\opti931), and there is something that works in Linux. I recompiled kernel 2.0.30 for SB and MPU. Now 8-bit audio does work, Wavetable-Midi also, but 16-bit audio files (demo.wav with bplay for example) gives garbage out of the speakers. Does anyone know where I can find a mad16.c that does support OPTi 82C931 sound cards? As far as I know 2.0.32 still supports up to 82C930. Can ayone help me? Maarten Bezemer Holland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
