locale Aenderung bei XF 4.2
Hallo! Nach einem dist-upgrade von woody nach sid habe ich das Problem, dass nun beim Starten von X die Umgebungsvariable LANG von en_IE auf en_IE.UTF-8 geandert wird. Damit habe ich keine Umlaute, etc. mehr. Ich habe es mit diversen anderen locales probiert. Bei allen wird auf UTF-8 umgestellt. Ich kann zwar im XTerm die Variable wieder aendern, aber auf die Dauer ist das auch keine Loesung ... Was soll ich machen? Gruss, Steffen -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Debian listen ?
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 16:57, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 13:16 23/07/02 +0200 hat Robert Rakowicz geschrieben: Kann es Sein, das dein Provider eine Mail-Quote hat, die Du gesprengt hast ??? Hatte auch mal so nen Provider und erlaubte nicht mehr als 50 MByte Traffic pro Monat... Nein, ist beides nicht der Fall bei Strato (angeblich) ... Bei 11 so weit ich weiss auch nicht. Allerdings sind die Mailboxen auf jeweils 50MB begrenzt. Gruss, Steffen -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: AW: Debian listen ?
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 15:27, Sebastian Inacker wrote: On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Christoph Purrucker wrote: seit 2 Tagen bekomme ich von keiner der Debian Listen Nachrichten. [...] bist Du bei Strato? Die fangen schon seit längerem an, alle Mailinglisten mit höherem Traffic systematisch zu blocken... siehe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hast Du da was offizielles[1] zur Hand? Ich bin darueber als Strato-Kunde nicht informiert worden und kann dazu auch nichts im Kundenservice finden. Laut Strato gibt es KEIN Mailfiltering. Ich habe mehrmals mit Ihnen gesprochen und die Servicmitarbeiter sagen alle das selbe. Auch die (kostenpflichtige) technische Hotline sagt nichts anderes. Allerdings hat es etwa fuenf Minuten gedauert (5x 1,86Euro!) bis er verstqnden hat was Debian und eine Debian Liste ist. Abber egal whoer das kommt, Strato sollte das klaeren, aber hat wohl keine Lust dazu. Leider reagiert auch keiner der Debian Listadmins auf das Problem, alle meine Mails gehen ins Leere. Auch die Leute von Debian News hatten keine Lust, das Thema mal zu promoten, damit sich wenigestens eine Gruppe findet, die das selbe Problem hat. Aufgrund dieser netten Erfahrungen habe ich endgueltig beschlossen Strato fuer alle Zeiten den Ruecken zu kehren und habe mich jetzt bei 11 angemeldet. Da gibt es gerade ein Angebot: bei Umstieg 6 Monate kostenlos ... /Wenn/ Strato das macht, dann machen die mehr, naemlich Mails von murphy.debian.org blocken[2], so dass auch keine Mails vom Listmaster durchkommen, wenn die von murphy geschickt werden. Aus meiner Sicht macht das niemand BEI Strato, sondern jemand aus der Technikdienstleistung, die sie nur bezahlen. Das passt auch zum ersten auftretn: 30. Mai. Ich nehme an, das war der Tag wo sie KPMG den ruecken gekehrt haben. Trotzdem ist das aus meiner Sicht ein Fehler von Strato. Zumindest sollten sie ueber diese Vorgaenge informiert sein und nicht solche Pflaumen an einer kostenpfichtigen Hotline sitzen haben. Ich werde trotzdem weiter Daten zu diesem Thema sammeln. Ich wuerde gerne aufdecken, was die bei Strato da mal wieder treiben und das veroeffentlichen. Gruss, Steffen -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: GeForce 4 MX 440 und X.. (woody)
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 22:54, Andreas Pakulat wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 23. Juli 2002 22:34 schrieb Joaachim: Hallo, erstmal 100x Enschuldigung für diese Windos Mail, aber Linux geht gerade nicht... Ich habe ein Problem mit X und meiner Graka (GeForce 4 MX 440 von Elsa (Gladiac 517)). Ich weiß nicht was ich für einen Treiber für die Karte nehmen muss, kann mir jemand helfen??? (nv habe ich schon probiert, geht aber nicht...) Gruß Joachim Ganz einfach: guck mal auf www.nvidia.com. Die haben im Downloadbereich einen Treiber für X11 (linux), der heißt nvdida. Damit gibts ganz ordentliche Beschleunigung (natürlich 3D) und er ist von den Herstellern des Chips. Andere gibts meines Wissens nicht. Bei woody oder hoeher gibt es zwei Source Packages: nvidia-glx-src und nvidia-kernel-src oder sowas damit kann man sich die Treiber dann als .deb bauen und installieren. In den docs gibt es entsprechende Infos, wie es geht. Gruss, Steffen -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Bekomme keine Debian Mails mehr!
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:07, Ansgar Hellwig wrote: Hallo! Genau dieses Problem habe ich auch, ich habe auch schon vergeblich versucht, den listmaster zu erreichen. Sind denn wirklich nur Strato-Domains betroffen? Wenn nicht, würde ich sagen, das Problem liegt beim Debian-Mailserver, denn ansonsten funktioniert mein EMail-Verkehr (auch Mailinglisten) problemlos. Sieht bei mir genauso aus und bisher sind es nur Strato Domains. Gruss, Steffen -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Keine Debian Mails mehr ueber Strato Domains?
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 00:35, Sebastian Inacker wrote: On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Steffen Evers wrote: Am 30. Mai habe ich meine letzte Mail aus den Debian Mailinglisten bekommen. Seitdem kommt nichts mehr. [...] Wann genau ist das Problem bei Dir aufgetaucht? Auch am 30. Mai. Ich bin inzw. mit meiner Uni-Adresse eingetragen, die leitet dann weiter... Aber wie gesagt: Ganz ab und zu kommt noch 'ne Mail aus einer Liste an, die normal an meine eMail-Adr. geht, mit der ich urspruenglich eingetragen war/bin. Vielleicht ist es bei allen Strato Domains so? Es ist ganz bestimmt kein Zufall, dass wir beide am selben Tag keine Mails mehr bekommen. Gibt es IRGENDJEMAND, der noch Mails von dieser Liste ueber Strato empfaengt? Kannst Du pruefen, welches die letzten Mails waren, die angekommen sind? Bei mir sind es bei debian-user-german: May 30 Eckhard Hoeffne (1.7K) Neuer Rechner - einige Hardwareprobleme May 30 Joachim (2.3K) Mutt sendet E-Mails nicht an meinen SMTP. May 30 Johannes Holzer (0.7K) Re: tar cvfz foo.tar.gz . Gruss, Steffen -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Bekomme keine Debian Mails mehr!
Hi! Am 30. Mai habe ich meine letzte Mail aus den Debian Mailinglisten bekommen. Seitdem kommt nichts mehr. Versuche mich neu einzuschreiben waren vergeblich, selbst die Betaetigungsmail vom Listserver hat mich nicht erreicht (wurde sie gesendet?). Allerdings alles nur bei Adressen von meiner eigenen Domain (mein Absender). Von anderen Mail Accounts geht es. Die betroffenen Mailadressen funktioniert prima fuer andere Listen und Mails, aber Debianlisten sind einfach tot! Hat jemand bei Strato das selbe Problem? Hat jemand bei Strato dieses Problem NICHT? Hat jemand bei einem anderen Hosting Service dieses Problem? Kann mir jemand eine Mail von der Debian Domain aus schicken? Hat jemand einen Tipp, woran das liegen koennte und wie ich es loesen kann? Gruss, Steffen PS: Bitte, CC an mich. -- Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Lexmark Z32 on Woody?
Hi! I am trying to get a Lexmark Z32 printer working. Has anyone succeed on this printer and how? I have spent a day on this and it still does not work ... Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lexmark Z32 on Woody [solved]
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 18:52, Steffen Evers wrote: I am trying to get a Lexmark Z32 printer working. Has anyone succeed on this printer and how? I have spent a day on this and it still does not work ... Found this stuff: http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/lexmark-foomatic-kit.tar.gz but too late for me. However, I suggest YOU try it first. I was able to get this stupid binary only driver from lexmark working: It contains a Readme and an rpm. The packager must have been smoking pot while working, as the package is stupidly broken. 1. Missing executable permissons for several files 2. File /usr/local/lexmark/z32/z32.sh is in really bad shape: a) in DOS format so the shell cannot handle it - convert to unix format b) gs commands should not be interactive - batch mode: '-dBATCH' missing c) enscript used but no dependency set in rpm package d) 'lxaegsparm' command does not exist; maybe the comment above it is right and the command is spelled 'lxgps' instead! 3. The /etc/printcap file was not modified in the correct way. I tried to install the rpm with alien, but a command could not be executed because of missing executable permissions. So easiest way to do the entire stuff is: 1. Get the tar ball from here: ftp://ftp.lexmark-europe.com/drivers/printer/international_english/lexmarkz32-1.0-4.eng_uk.tgz 2. Untar it with: 'tar xfz lexmarkz32-1.0-4.eng_uk.tgz' 3. Extract the contents with: mkdir lextmp cd lextmp rpm2cpio ../lexmarkz32-1.0-4.i386.rpm | cpio -iumd cd .. 3a. Become root if you are not already. su - 4. Put the files in the correct place: cp -a lextmp/usr/local/lexmark /usr/local/lexmark cp -a lextmp/usr/local/lib/ /usr/local/lib/lexmark cp -a lextmp/usr/local/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ cp -a lextmp/var/spool/lexmark /var/spool/lexmark 4a. Make sure '/usr/local/lib' is in your '/etc/ld.so.conf'. If not, put it in and run 'ldconfig' 5. Add the following to your printcap Lexmark Z32 entries START lp|lexmarkz32:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :if=/usr/local/lexmark/z32/z32.sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: z32-outfiles:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/z32-outfiles:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lp0: Lexmark Z32 entries END $ 6. If you do NOT want that printer as the default printer remove the lp| from the first line, so it is only: lexmarkz32:\ 6a. Create the spooler directories: mkdir /var/spool/lpd/z32-outfiles mkdir /var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32 chown lp.lp /var/spool/lpd/z32-outfiles /var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32 chmod ug+rwx /var/spool/lpd/z32-outfiles /var/spool/lpd/lexmarkz32 7. Replace /usr/local/lexmark/z32/z32.sh script with my corrected version (attached). 8. Set executable permissions for all files in /usr/local/lexmark/z32: chmod a+x /usr/local/lexmark/z32/* This might introduce security risks! So, maybe someone is in the mood to figure out which permissions are really needed for the different users. I am not. 9. run 'lexmarkz32 -i' if you like and set different parameters by using 'lxsetconf'. However, this step should not be necessary. 10. Now at least my printer works! I hope I have not forgotten anything. If someone finds a better way to get this printer working under Linux: PLEASE, let me know. Bye, Steffen -- z32.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: latex-xpdf
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:16, Tom Cook wrote: Thanks to all who responded. pdflatex is a tool which someone told me about, but which I couldn't find (I was looking for latexpdf or latex2pdf or something of the like, since that is the way all the other converters are named). Changing /etc/texmf/dvips/updmap to type1_default=true also fixed the problem, but using latex-dvips-ps2pdf is a far more roundabout method than pdflatex. Maybe this frontend makes life with pdflatex easier for you: http://tex2pdf.berlios.de Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 22:30, Gruetzner wrote: I then manually editted /etc/printcap, changing the semi-colon ( ; ) after hl1250 to a colon ( : ). That fixed one error message. The error message now reads: No, this was not good. I have this line in my printcap file: lp|cdj970;r=600x600;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\ Without knowing so much about the way apsfilter works, I guess cdj970;r=600x600;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=auto are parameters for apsfilter. So, you should not play around with these. Try printing a testpage with your old printcap (; instead of :). Yes, you were right. This problem is not fixed in the current KDE packages and you should file a bug. The parsing of the printer name from the printcap file does not work properly. It should stop at the first pipe '|' as pipes separate alternative names for the same printer. However, it does not. A quick workaround is to login as root and to set in the KDE Control Center under System/printer the correct printer name. Then printing should work for you even with KDE. :-) Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 09:51, Gruetzner wrote: That is likely part of the problem. I need to research *how* to file a bug report--and with whom? Apsfilter? Debian-kde? Someone else? Install package bug or better reportbug. Then you just type 'reportbug PACKAGENAME'. Make sure that your EMAIL variable is set correctly before that (with bash: 'export EMAIL=Your Name [EMAIL PROTECTED]' put this in your .bashrc) Finding the correct package name could be tricky sometimes. In your case, is there something like kprint? I do not know ... A quick workaround is to login as root and to set in the KDE Control Center under System/printer the correct printer name. Then printing should work for you even with KDE. :-) Some of the things I have told you were wrong. I have checked all of it again and here is my solution: Reinstall apsfilter by calling apt-get --purge remove apsfilter apt-get install apsfilter apsfilterconfig lpc reread DO NOT edit the printcap file manually!!! Check if regular printing works with lpr PSFILE or a2ps ASCII-FILE. Ok, this should work now. Then in KDE (logged in as the regular user) go to ControlCenter-System-Printing and set the print system (at bottom) to UNIX-LPD-print-system. Now, printing for that user should work even from KDE. Test it by printing a text file from Konqueror. This worked for me and now my printing system is set up properly the first time. :-) Hope you can say the same afterwards. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer Setup (hp 1100)
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:14, Bill Moseley wrote: Before spending too much time reading dated docs, is their a current Debian-specific howto/doc on setting up printing? I installed magicfilter, and now looking at CUPS, but not sure if they can be used together - or if they conflict. I suggest apsfilter. I have much better experience with it: apt-get --purge remove magicfilter apt-get install apsfilter apsfilterconfig lpc reread Check if regular printing works with lpr PSFILE or a2ps ASCII-FILE. Then in KDE (logged in as the regular user) go to ControlCenter-System-Printing and set the print system (at bottom) to UNIX-LPD-print-system. Now, printing for that user should work even from KDE. Test it by printing a text file from Konqueror. This worked for me and now my printing system is set up properly the first time. :-) Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrw
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 17:09, jeff wrote: i'm trying to get my cdrw working... here's the deal...at boot, the cdrw is recognized as 'hdd'. now then, i DO actually have a scsi (ISA) card installed...for a slightly older scanner. ideas/suggestions to set up the cdrw as a 'scsi' device? Usn idescsi kernel module, cdrecord package and have a look at dmesg afterwards. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 21:54, Gruetzner wrote: I did a search to see if others have had this problem, but didn't find any. My apologies if I didn't use the right keywords. I've tried to use the printing HOWTO, but seem to be going in circles when reading it. I recently upgraded from potato to woody. I did not upgrade the kernel (2.2.19). My desktop is KDE. After upgrading, I could no longer get my printer to work. (It worked under potato: I've a Brother HL-1240, and used the laserjet driver.) I have since installed lprng and deleted lpr, and can now print an ascii file from the command line (e.g., lpr testfile.txt). I However, when I try to print from a KDE app or from WordPerfect or from acrobat, I get the following type of message window popping up: /usr/bin/lpr -P 'lp|bhl1240|Brother HL-1240' '-#1' /home/family/.kde/tmp-family/kdeprint_s5dkMry: execution failed with message: Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to lpbhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer lp|bhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] job 'family @localhost+433' transfer to lp|bhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed error NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL' sending str '^Blp|bhl1240|Brother-1240' to lp|[EMAIL PROTECTED] error msg: 'bad command line' --- I'm at a loss. I'm pretty ignorant of printing arcana, but something must need configuring that isn't. Oh, I've tried it with the environmental variable $PRINTER set to lp and to just nothing: same results. I've also tried... # lpc enable all ...with no change. When I run lpq, it tells me that the last job that [EMAIL PROTECTED] printed was the lpr testfile.txt, and that Filter_status: lp is ready and printing. (It's lying.) (What's this @localhost bit?) Running lsmod shows that lp is apparently loaded. I didn't see anything that made sense to me in the /var/logs--but I may not know what to look for! I have been on woody for a while, but ran my regular package upgrade lately which stopped my printing as well. My printer has still received data, but could not print what it got. After spending several hours on debugging I have found out that my current apsfilter settings (maybe you use the similar package magicfilter) were not compatible with the current gs package (ghostscript). After reconfigurating apsfilter with apsfilterconfig everything has been fine again. However, it was a little bit tricky to find a suitable printer driver that was supported in apsfilter AND the current gs package as apsfilter has not been adjusted to the recent changes in gs. Maybe that helps ... Good luck. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recent package changes break existing printer settings
After doing my weekly package upgrade on woody my printing service stopped working. I have been using a combination of the following packages: lpr, gs, apsfilter After debugging for a while I managed to get my printer working again by reconfiguring apsfilter. I have reinstalled the lpr package as well without any manual modifications, but I guess it has been an apsfilter problem. Bye, Steffen -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie, configure exim/fetchmail w/ dialup; daemon trouble.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 09:23, Barry Mathieu wrote: My problem is unintended DoD. I checked the backup of my old Potato configuration and there was no /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail. So, I renamed it to something else in my new Woody setup (fetchmail_daemon). I also issued a /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop. Now there is no way /etc/init.d/fetchmail should be able to run as a daemon when I start DoD by issuing pon. I have ppp configured for DoD; I don't use diald. Sure enough, when the following appeared in my log, the modem began a connection: Mar 29 08:38:02 debian /USR/SBIN/CRON[7292]: (mail) CMD ( if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim -a -f /etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/exim -q ; fi) Exim does this every 15 minutes. I definitely don't wan't my computer to obtain a connection every 15 minutes and stay connected for 5 minutes. As a newbie I really don't understand the full ramification of a DNS lookup. After reading the bug report, it appears that exim doesn't think it knows the name of the machine it is currently running on, and to search for, and assign, the name, it resorts to something that begins a modem connection. I simply can't have exim doing this every 15 minutes. I typically only collect mail twice per day, is there a way I could set exim to run using a timed cron job? That is, not run exim as a daemon. I'll start reading. My goal is to have DoD running so using a browser, or sending mail, can be a single step process. I can't believe such a terrible bug is not being more discussed in the mail group. DoD is simply unusable in Debian woody because of this exim bug. I think your are right: it is amazing how little attention this problem has taken so far. However, not so many people like DoD. Most want to have full control over their dail up connection when there are some reasons to be not online all the time. My suggestion for your to solve this problem for the short run is to give up DoD and work with full control instead. This means you use some of the tools like pon/poff to establish and disconnect your connection manually. An alternative would be to use sendmail instead of exim for a while. However, I do not know if this worth the effort to learn how to configure it properly. For me the bug was no real problem as I have a flatrate and ADSL. Anyway, I will post a more aggressive mail in order to underline this problem. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dial-up problems as user
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 16:34, Gabrile-Lucia Loch wrote: I have Debian 2.2r2 instaled on my machine as workstation. My connection to internet is dial-up to IP and I set it up with wvdial. It work fine as root. As user I always get the message: - Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied user belong already to dialout group as well to tty, mail, news, dip. So it should work say the book. What am I missing? Can anybody help me, please. Thank you. What group/user does the speciial device /dev/ttyS0 belong to? Is it readable and writable for them? Alternatively, has the executable /usr/sbin/pppd the sticky bit like this: -rwsr-xr--1 root dip230604 10. Dez 12:35 /usr/sbin/pppd Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pppoe, rp-pppoe and tkpppoe confusion
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 01:53, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h Osamu Aoki wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 12:08:19PM: If so, why is the GUI interface tkpppoe missing? Is there a separate package available for it? I could not find it in woody ... No I do not see it in woody nor in unstable. Binary package file name was changed when updated with new upstream. Source package has tkpppoe. So file a bug. There are already bug reports. On Debian, you can use pppoeconf (package pppoeconf). Try it, if it does not work, file bugs then. The tkpppoe and pppoeconf have a differnt functionality. tkpppoe is an easy to use GUI frontend for controlling pppoe connections as well. I need this for a friends machine who knows nothing about all the technical stuff (I am doning the adminstration). Ok. So, I will file a bug report if there is none already. Thanks for clearing up the situation. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgraded to woody and printing from KDE stopped
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:04, Gruetzner wrote: Based upon the kind advice of Steffen E., I installed apsfilter (and associated packages). The Test Page prints from apsfilterconfig just great. Alas, I still can't print from within KDE, getting the error message: --- /usr/bin/lpr -P 'hl1240|laserjet';r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;m=auto '-#1' /home/family/.kde/tmp-family/kdeprint_4h2doue: execution failed with message: Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost',attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] job 'family @localhost+579' transfer to hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] failed error NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL' sending str '^Bhl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] error msg: 'bad printer name' - I must admit that the printer name looks screwy, but that's what the venerable apsfilter came up with. :-) I also wonder if there's something in KDE/woody. When installing, dselect reported a conflict between kghostview and koffice-libs: koffice-libs recommends kghostview (= 2.2-0), but kghostview 2.1.1-6 is what's in woody. Again, thanks to Steffan for his initial help. Alas, more is needed. The Linux print system is changing at the moment. There are three different systems as fare as I understand. 1. lpr: old BSD system 2. lprng: ng stands for next generation and is compatible to lpr, but should be more powerful 3. cups: I know little about it and I have never used it. KDE uses cups as fare as I do understand. The dependency problem with kghostview should be solved with current packages from a Debian ftp site. You should get a kghostview = 2.2.2. When you do not find it in woody, get it from sid/unstable. Additionly, there seems to be somthiung wrong with the printername: hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] It should be 'hl1240' only! Are you sure, you are using current woody packages? I remember having this problem earlier. If you are sure, your problems are not fixed in current woody packages report about the problem on debian-kde list. They will know more about KDE cups as well. Anyway, your printer system should be set up correctly now. Try to print something using lpr directly on a postscript file or a2ps. Make sure you have set the papersize correctly in /etc/papersize and /etc/a2ps.cfg (or something similar). Godd luck. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't download pppoeconf - was ( Woody installation problem)
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 20:09, Matt Wehland wrote: If I can just figure out that it is a bug and not user error I will be happy to file a bug report (Well I'll be happy to try and figure out how) If I can supply any more info just ask. I'm going to keep beating on it for now. As fare as I know pppoe is just about to enter the install procedure. I have read something like this on the list a few days ago. So, I guess it is a bug ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie, configure exim/fetchmail w/ dialup; daemon trouble.
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 23:33, Barry Mathieu wrote: I removed the /etc/fetchmailrc file, and issued /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop and then I logged in as root and issued dpkg-reconfigure fetchmail-common and I made sure a non system wide fetchmail setup was completed. Then I issued a, pon and after a few minutes my system connects (initiates ppp to my ISP) without me issuing any command; like a daemon. So my problem is still not fixed. I'm beginning to wonder about exim. Before the system attempts to connect, the following occurs in /var/log/syslog: Mar 27 22:38:01 debian /USR/SBIN/CRON[4209]: (mail) CMD ( if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim -a -f /etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/exim -q ; fi) I thought exim simply interacts with /var/spool/mail and did not attempt to create a connection. Maybe I'm wrong? Is your problem about an unintended dial on demand (DoD) or about unintended retrievel of your emails? If it is about DoD than it is for sure this exim bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=96633repeatmerged=yes The current Debian woody is simply unusable for DoD with exim. I have spend days to find out more about this bug. Thr problem is that EVERY time exim is started, it initiates a DNS lookup of your local machine name. No matter how you configure it. This is at least true when zou do not have a full qualified domain name for your machine. If someone likes to look after it, I can provide all information I have gatherd about this problem so far. The exim upstream developer gave me some hints as well where the problem could be ... By, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
printing stopped working after package upgrade
Hi! Printing with apsfilter does not work for me any longer after doing my regular package upgrade in woody. I have noticed that lpr, libcups2 and some other printing related packages have changed. The printer does receive data, but is not able to handle it. It seems like that the data that is sent to the printer is corrupted on its way... I do not know exactly which package is responsible for the problem. It seems not to be hardware specific as I have experienced the same problem on two machines. Any hints? By, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pppoe, rp-pppoe and tkpppoe confusion
Hi! pppoe seems to be the same as rp-pppoe. Is this correct? If so, why is the GUI interface tkpppoe missing? Is there a separate package available for it? I could not find it in woody ... Thanks in advance. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie, configure exim/fetchmail w/ dialup; daemon trouble.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 23:05, Barry Mathieu wrote: Fetchmail appears to running as a daemon and executes a query for mail every 300 seconds. To attempt to change this, I have a /etc/fetchmailrc with the line for the daemon commented out. I have altered the line for the daemon in /etc/default/fetchmail as follows: If you do not want fetchmail run as a daemon simply remove your /etc/fetchmailrc and the reular bootup scripts will notr start the daemon. Now, you can simply execute it from the command line. Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tiny mouse howto - console gpm, X and mouse wheel
Hi there, I have just seen that some people have problems with the combination of gpm, XFree86 and the mouse wheel support for X11. It has taken a while until I found out what to do. I have a cordless Logitech wheel mouse and now all works. gpm settings in /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=imps2 append= Mouse section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Buttons 3 Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option SampleRate 60 Option BaudRate 1200 EndSection The wheel did not work properly without the SampleRate and BaudRate settings. I hope that helps someone. Bye, Steffen --
Re: tiny mouse howto - console gpm, X and mouse wheel
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 15:18, timothy bauscher wrote: gpm settings in /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=imps2 append= I just installed gpm after reading your setup. My PS/2 mouse instantly left the screen, and X would make a beep sound whenever i moved the mouse. My settings were: device: /dev/psaux type: autops2 repeat type: m83 I had to set the repeat type to raw in order to get the wheel working. Those were the defaults provided by gpm, so i just took them. I think that the repeat type and type may be wrong though. If anyone here is using gpm with a PS/2, please send me your settings. Mouse section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Buttons 3 Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option SampleRate 60 Option BaudRate 1200 EndSection I backed up my XF86Config-4 file first, then i added the SampleRate, BaudRate, and device you mention above. I did end up getting my old mouse back, but i would like a second try at getting this wheel to work. Perhaps i should RTFM or something... I have installed the package imwheel as well. Maybe than it works. Bye, Steffen
Re: tiny mouse howto - console gpm, X and mouse wheel
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 21:03, timothy bauscher wrote: Well, i reinstalled gpm and install imwheel, because someone mentioned gpm might require imwheel??? My mouse still works, but not the wheel. gpm does NOT require imwheel, but XFree86 might need it. A snip of my XF86Config-4 file: Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/gpmdata Some options are missing. Have a second look at the last posts. I have not managed to get the wheel working on the console (is it possible at all???), but in X. So the most important settings are in your XF86Config-4. However, it is a little bit tricky to keep gpm working then. Bye, Steffen
Re: Losing time !
On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 16:05, Greg Murphy wrote: My computer for some reason seems to be losing time at a rate of about 20 minutes per 10-15 hours. I was under the impression that linux keeps track of the time from clock cycles. I have not rebooted my machine in a week, so if that previous assumption is correct, then that would rule out the cmos battery. What could cause this loss of time. The only thing that has been slightly different that I can think that might could cause it is that lately I have been constantly running some intensive tasks reniced to +19. Could something like that cause this problem, or is my problem elsewhere? Any ideas? Thanks. Maybe you have a bad time adjustment. I had a similar problem once that was caused by that. Have a look at 'man hwclock' and check /etc/adjtime. Hope that helps. Bye, Steffen
KDE startup hangs and commits suicide
Hi! After updating a woody machine my KDE does not work any longer. It hangs on the second phase (system services) during init and dies finally with the following error message in the .xsession_errors file: kdeinit: Shutting down running client. - It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure that it is not already running, remove /root/.DCOPserver_ocean_:0 and start dcopserver again. - @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (KLauncher): ERROR: KLauncher: KDEInit communication error! Commiting suicide! Any hints? Bye, Steffen
Re: 3c905c-TX-M hangs with much traffic (UPDATE)
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 15:40, Sebastiaan wrote: several days ago I posted this message to the list, and it was said that it is most probably a kernel bug. Well, I installed windoze on that computer (win98) and used the 3com's driver, but I have the same problem: when transferring huge amounts of data (several hunderds of MB's from a local network, so the card has to work full speed), the card bugs out. Well, with one difference: windoze hangs too, in some cases. So I think my card is buggy. Is there anything known about this problem (perhaps)? I have read a few days ago that there are fake 3Com cards of that type around. 3Com adviced their customers to contact their local dealer or 3com directly if they encounter any problems. Maybe that is the problem ... Bye, Steffen
language and charset settings
Hello, does anyone know how to have the charset settings differently than the language? I want to have my applications speaking English, but would like to be able to display German Umlaute like ue or oe. This does not work with the current locale stuff. However, it used to work. When I set LANG=C in /etc/environment my konsole does not display the Umlaute any longer. When I set it to de that works, but all applications speak German. Any suggestions? Bye, Steffen --
Re: nVidia: *better* TV out quality?
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 21:20, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: Should have added that i use PAL (germany), i dunno the exact chip, should be a Chrontel 7001 or 7002. I have a ELSA Gladiac 311 (NVidia GeForce2 MX DDR rev 178). I have no idea how I can use the TV out port. Can you hint to a document or anything how I can use the TV out. What do I need to get the DRI working? Bye, Steffen
Re: how do I play divx encoded films on testing?
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 10:44, Alan Chandler wrote: Linux RTC init: open: Permission denied Using usleep() timing Real Time Clock does not work. Requires root priviliges. Check /dev/rtc. Maybe this is the problem. Playing /dev/dvd read CDROM toc header: : Input/output error read CDROM toc header: : Input/output error Error selecting VCD track! (get) It cannot even read your toc. How does 'cat /dev/dvd /dev/null' work? What is written in your syslog about this? Bye, Steffen
Re: how do I play divx encoded films on testing?
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 02:05, nate wrote: quote who=Dragos xine barks about library divxc32.dll !? plaympeg doesn't do anything, and if I try to apt-get smpeg-xmms, it's saying that it has unmet dependencies depends: libsdl1.2 but it's not instalable; should I upgrade to unstable? i wouldnt reccomend it..but i would never run unstable so.. i play(and encode) divx in testing a lot(i don't upgrade testing a lot, maybe once every 2 months). go to avifile.sourceforge.net and get avifile. it supports opendivx too(what i encode in). You can get the avifile packages from unstable and install them manually or simply get them with apt-get (what I do): - add unstable methods to /etc/apt/sources.list - set your /etc/apt/preferences like this: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release o=unstable Pin-Priority: -10 - apt-get update - apt-get install avifile-player libavifile0.6 - comment out added methods for unstable in sources.list - apt-get update (last two, so you do not update all your packages by dselect) However, then you still need the codecs files ... This works great for me! Bye, Steffen
Re: Help getting KDE!
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 21:48, Neal Lippman wrote: My problem now is: How do I get kde? apt-get install kde doesn't work, telling me I need to specify a package name. Looking at the listing of packages in /var/apt/cache, there are a whole bunch of kde-related packages, but it isn't clear what to select to just get the whole kde installed (I am assuming that when I apt-get kde, X will come along automatically due to dependencies). Do I need to install each kde package individually? That doesn't seem right, since I thought the whole point of debian (well, one of the whole points, anyway) was the power and simplicity of apt-get. Better discuss this on the debian-kde list, but right it's a user issue as well :-) Are there kde packages installed, which version? Run dpkg -l *kde* to find that out. Maybe you have installed kde and it simply does not start? For sure, not all X packages are installed that you need. Do you jave any xclients/xdm/kdm things? The other thing is: The kde packages in woody have been a lot in transition lately: 2.2.0 - 2.2.1 - 2.2.2 As you should not mix kde packages from different versions, most kde woody users have problems. I have solved that by getting the kde packages from sid/unstable. Bye, Steffen
Re: pppd, imap and downloading single packages
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 16:02, Simon R Tod wrote: I've just been using pppd via pon / poff from root ever since I set things up with pppconfig, but now that I want to add other users to the system I need a way of giving users access. I tried just adding users through the appropriate bit of pppconfig, and I far as I can tell, it's successfully added them to the 'dip' group. BUT, when I run pon as a non-root user I get the message /usr/bib/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied /usr/bib/pon: exec: /usr/sbin/pppd: cannot execute: Permission denied Maybe setting /usr/sbin/pppd to setuid root helps. However, this might be not the best solution for security reason. Anyway use chmod u+x /usr/sbin/pppd (as root). My second question... is where do find info on setting up my email - presumably there's a number of things to be configured?! If I want to use imap so that I can effective mirror my email from work, how do I go about doing that? And am I likely to need to sort anything out at work? I have the same problem. I use a combination of fetchmail, procmail, mutt. The most simple solution is to make a carbon copy of your mails at work with the '.forward' file: One mail in your regular spool file and one in another file in your local Mail dir. Does your work support IMAP, than this might be the solution. When you want to have copies of your sent messages in both places send them to your work address and treat them as regular mails, but sort them out with procmail. Sorry, you could write a book about mail setup. It took me one month of work to set all my stuff up effeciently with all the filters, etc. Finally, a nice quick question. How do I download, install and compile a single program and it's dependencies? I had a look at using dselect, but it seemed to want to try and install everything that was already on my system and up to date. Also tried using apt-get install, but nothing seems to happen. There must be a dead easy way of doing... if I jsut download the .deb file from an ftp site where do I stick it, how do I unpack, install and compile it? Is there something even easier? apt-get is the right thing. Maybe you have not set it up correctly. You should have a file /etc/apt/sources.list with somthing like this in there: # woody/testing deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free Bye, Steffen
Re: pppd, imap and downloading single packages
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 16:02, Simon R Tod wrote: seems to happen. There must be a dead easy way of doing... if I jsut download the .deb file from an ftp site where do I stick it, how do I unpack, install and compile it? Is there something even easier? unpack and install for downloaded packages is best down with dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb Bye, Steffen
Re: networkcard duplex problem
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 22:25, Marc Segelken wrote: On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 16:17:58 -0500 dman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 09:07:50PM +0100, Marc Segelken wrote: | A friend of mine has a Realtek 8139 ATX network card working fine up | to now. Recent changes in their LAN now require to set the network | card to half-duplex, which unfortunately is not detected | automatically by the network card. | | How can I force it to half-duplex under linux? How can I force it to | 10Mbit? ... So, is it possible to force half-duplex? I would look at the documentation of the 8139too driver of the kernel documentation and/or kernel source. When you do not find it there, it is not possible, I guess. Bye, Steffen
cdrom read errors with aic7xxx/ide-scsi but not ide
Hi there! I have experienced read errors using SCSI drivers (aic7xxx, aic7xxx_old, ide-scsi) for two cdroms (Toshiba XM-6201TA SCSI on Adaptec AHA 2940, TEAC CD-W512EB IDE). For testing I have used 'cat /dev/scd0 /dev/null'. This fails on all burned CD-Rs and CD-RWs I have found. but works for regular CDs. Error messages always look like this: Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 2, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 03 3c 22 00 00 3c 00 Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x33c5d, Current sd0b:00: sense key Medium Error Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Random positioning error Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 848244 Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Dec 10 02:09:38 localhost kernel: 0b:00: rw=0, want=424124, limit=424122 The medias are all high quality and from different vendors burned with several different writers containing mainly images produced by mkisofs. I have used two different computer systems and only moved my SCSI controller with the Toshiba drive. Motherboards: ASUS P2B-F and ASUS A7V133 Additionally, I have tried the TEAC CD-W512EB IDE writer to test the ide-scsi driver on the ASUS A7V133. The same errors, but running 'cat /dev/scd1 /dev/null' a second time on the same burned CD and than it works! Simply not using the ide-scsi driver and accessing the drive via regular ide driver and 'cat /dev/hdc /dev/null' works without any problem (same disc, same drive). I have tried custom compiled kernels and/or Debian kernel-images of: 2.2.18, 2.2.19, 2.2.20, 2.4.12, 2.4.16 The environment was most of the time a current Debian Woody, but I have tested some 2.2.x on Debian Potato r3 as well. Always the same thing. However, I can mount all these CDs and read all data then, but this does not help with on-the-fly copying ... Any suggestion, hints, solution? Thanks in advance. I was thinking of simply buying a new IDE CDROM and thereby avoiding SCSI for reading, but that is not really a satisfying solution ... I can provide more info, just tell me what you need ... Bye, Steffen
Re: Help for the UDMAmentally challenged ...
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:35, Courtney Thomas wrote: Steffen Evers wrote: On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 13:42, Hank Marquardt wrote: I used hdparm -d1 to turn it on for the drives and that boosts to 41Mbs on the drives, but the pdc still shows the following: There are several things that need to be set to use UDMA in order to make it work: 1. PCI Bus 2. Controller 3. Drives Make sure you have these two settings in your kernel set: CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y There are extra dma settings for this controller as well, I think ... Compiling the kernel was the best solution for me. In what file should the CONFIG_IDEDMA* settings be put, please ? You need to set them in your .config file before compiling it. Another procedure to turn UDMA on is to add #custom part # set drive hda to use UDMA [ -x /sbin/hdparm ] /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda # set drive hdc to use UDMA [ -x /sbin/hdparm ] /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc #end custom part in your '/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh' file - requires package hdparm. I have set up one machine with the modified bootmisc.sh using a regular Debian kernel image and one with a custom kernel with the above settings in .config. Both works great! Bye, Steffen
best video card regarding license issues
Hello, I have followed the recent discussion about vidoe cards on the list. I have also been looking for a new video card and was thinking about a Nvidea card. However, I have read about the license problems with tainting (non-GPL) kernel modules for Nvidea acceleration. It seems like that kernel hackers try to block out non-GPL code like this driver (sounds reasonable to me ...). In particular, Alan Cox has picked out the Nvidea kernel modules as a good example how a module taints the kernel and explained that such tainted kernels will be not debugged in the future. So, what do you know about graphic cards regarding driver's licenses? Bye, Steffen
Re: Help for the UDMAmentally challenged ...
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 13:42, Hank Marquardt wrote: I used hdparm -d1 to turn it on for the drives and that boosts to 41Mbs on the drives, but the pdc still shows the following: There are several things that need to be set to use UDMA in order to make it work: 1. PCI Bus 2. Controller 3. Drives Make sure you have these two settings in your kernel set: CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y There are extra dma settings for this controller as well, I think ... Compiling the kernel was the best solution for me. Bye, Steffen
Re: kdelibs3 broken in woody?
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:29, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: I get errors while dist-upgrading today Sorry. I should think before I post. This is on testing. And I had a look into the buglist. It was reported and is closed, mh, perhaps not fully closed. ;-) I solved it with --force-overwrite It is about the new KDE 2.2.x entering woody now. The problem is that the current woody KDE snapshot does not really work as it is a mixture between 2.1 and 2.2. Wait or get the full range of KDE 2.2 from unstable/sid. So anyone should put his KDE packages on hold or simply not run an update on woody if you do not want to have a broken KDE. I guess, this will be fixed soon as the new legal/policy issues are resolved and the kde packages keep coming in. Read debian-kde for details. Bye, Steffen PS: It has bitten me and I am using the console right now :-)
Re: cannot set DISPLAY from remote machine
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:31, Lars Jensen wrote: Recently I installed woody on three machines and I am having the same problem on all of them: When I try to export DISPLAY from a remote machine to any of the three woody machines I get the error: _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 (I did not forget to do the xhost + to allow access). What is the problem here? -I didn't have this problem with potato. Did I overlook something in the installation of XFree 4 ? As fare as I can remember XF 4 has tcp/ip listing off by default. I guess you have set this during the configuration. You have to turn this on again, otherwise it does not work. I cannot remember which package it was that you have to dpkg-reconfigure ... Someone else? Bye, Steffen
Re: Cant login
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 14:30, John Lord wrote: 1. Make sure that this problem is caused by xfree package 4.1.0-7 by updating to the most current ones. I have 4.1.0-7 installed atm, and yes this does seem to be the problem. Hope to be sorting it out soon. Sorry, I have forgotten the NOT - 4.1.0-7 is buggy. Please upgrade. If you cannot upgrade for some reasone you have to modifiy file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start remove the quotations if there are any. As fare as I remember this was the problem. Bye, Steffen
Re: woody - problems with dns
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 22:16, Michael Heldebrant wrote: Host should not look at your /etc/hosts file. It's one line description puts it quite succinctly: I got several private mails about that and knwo I think there is a problem with looking up loca host, but it has nothing to do with the 'host' command which seems not to be expected to query the file '/etc/hosts'. I have already found out that the problem is triggered by exim on my system (woody). A dial on demand is invocated every time exim is called querying for MyMachine. This seems not to be an intended behavior and I have posted to debian-testing and exim-users@exim.org to track this and got several replies. To much cross posting is bad, I think. Therefore I have not sent anything to debian-users. Nevertheless, two other debian users have replied having similar problems. So it might be a general problem for anyone. So, I will post the result here at least. Anyway, thanks for your help! Bye, Steffen
Re: Second sending...
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 17:43, Ian Millsom wrote: I have a debian machine which keeps dropping its ethernet connection around every 2.3 minutes. ... Any thoughts would be appreciated.. Have you tried if this problem is Debinan/Linux specific? This way you can make sure that it is not a ghardware problem. I had some problems with a rtl8139 (not like your problems), e.g. DHCP has worked only rarely and it really was the hardware at the end. Bye, Steffen
Mouse wheel in woody
Is it the same procedure with woody (XFree86 4.1.0)?
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 16:36, Horacio de Oro wrote:
Hello there! Could someone tell me what needs to be in /etc/X11/XF86Config
to enable the mouse wheel in the X that comes with potato?
in XF86Config: (change '/dev/mouse' to your mouse device)
-
Section Pointer
Protocol IMPS/2
Device /dev/mouse
Buttons 3
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
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in Xsession:
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# Starts the imwheel process from the global
# Xsession file.
. /etc/X11/imwheel/startup.conf
if [ $IMWHEEL_START = 1 ]; then
/usr/bin/imwheel ${IMWHEEL_PARAMS}
fi
-
you'll need the 'imwheel' package
Re: OT: scripting question
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 17:24, Stephen Gran wrote:
Hello all,
What I'd like to end up with is a short script that will scan my music
directories and output to a file. I'd like this to strip off the full
path and any ending extension, and ideally leave a blany\k line in
between directories. The best I can do so far is :
ls -R /home/mp3 | (read filename; while [ ! -z $filename ]; do echo
${filename//mp3/ } mp3.list; read filename; done)
This strips the extensions (almost all mp3's - built up from before I
found out about Ogg Vorbis), but I'm left with the full path and no
blank line between directories. I seem to think the blank line could be
inserted by a if filename is a directory, then echo $filename
mp3.list followed by \n, but I can't quite work out how to do it. man
bash is giving me a headache, and I thought I'd turn to you guys and
gals.
Any thoughts?
The find command with a tricky ytuned print command in it would be
better I guess. Just have a look at the man pages.
Bye, Steffen
Re: Mouse wheel in woody
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 23:33, Aniartia wrote:
Is it the same procedure with woody (XFree86 4.1.0)?
Yes but you shouldn't need to do this:
in Xsession:
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# Starts the imwheel process from the global
# Xsession file.
. /etc/X11/imwheel/startup.conf
if [ $IMWHEEL_START = 1 ]; then
/usr/bin/imwheel ${IMWHEEL_PARAMS}
fi
-
I am using gpm with a raw repeater to /dev/gpmdata. Is there something to
consider?
Steffen
setting ultra DMA for hdd at boot time?
Hi there, I used to compile my kernel by myself, but now I would like to use the provided debian kernel images. A problem I have encountered is that my harddiscs are not in UDMA mode after boot up. Ok I can set them with hdparms every time and could also put that in a boot script, but there should be better way as most drives are now UDMA and things like sound or video output is really bad without it and of cause copying takes lifetime without it. I have played around with module parameters, but without success. So, can someone describe exactly what I have to do? I wonder why the corresponding kernel parameters are not set by default in the debian kernels: CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y Bye, Steffen
Re: setting ultra DMA for hdd at boot time?
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 17:01, nate wrote: not all systems work good with DMA on. especially some VIA chipsets. i had major problems with DMA on them so i stopped using the onboard ide and started using promise ata100 cards in their place. older motherboards are even worse sometimes ..i think debian strives to be as conservative as it can with the kernel config. just enough to get a system running. I understand, but without it people will have problems with multimedia and a slow system. So, maybe there should be an easy way to get this on for anyone. first thing i do when i install any system is compile my own kernel for it. Wanted to save some time so many kernel releases in recent month. Maybe I should simply compile my own ... Bye, Steffen
Re: Cant login
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 01:14, John Lord wrote: I have installed KDM and cant login. I now have the problem that I think I saw mentioned somewhere recently. That is when I select a user in the login GUI and select the session, it takes a server restart before the keyboard is recognised. Then when I have entered my password I just end up back at the GUI again after an attempt at opening desktop. Just cant get the desktop to load, can you let me know what log(s) I should check and what might be the problem? 1. Make sure that this problem is caused by xfree package 4.1.0-7 by updating to the most current ones. 2. Check the debain-kde mail archive. There have been some mails about this topic recently. Bye, Steffen
woody - problems with dns
Hello, I have some problems with the DNS service on my woody system and I think I have experienced the same problems on my sid installation: Maybe I have misunderstood something, but I think this behavior is not correct: When I look for the hostname of my local machine with host mymachine mymachine does not exist, try again host localhost localhost A 127.0.0.1 I have tried several alternatives in /etc/hosts, but it did not work: 127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine or 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 mymachine It feels like that the /etc/hosts file is not used at all. However, the file /etc/nsswitch.conf does contain the line: hosts: files dns Therefore I think everything is set up correctly, but still it doesn't work. I have never tried 'host mymachine' before. So, I do not really know if this behavior is new. However, my router is set to 'dial on demand' and I used to be offline for long periods, but now the router dials in because of the DNS query looking for mymachine after a few minutes. Therefore I guess this behavior has been introduced to my system by one of my regular package updates recently (1 week?). Hints, solutions, location for documentation, comments? Should I send a bug report? To which package? Bye, Steffen
Re: Netgear FA311, usable under Linux ?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 17:02, Courtney Thomas wrote: Greetings ! If said card is usable, what module can be used ? I think it was natsemi # driver for ethernet card with National Semiconductor chipset Bye, Steffen
Re: Network card problem
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 14:32, Raphael Bustin wrote:
As it turns out, the file rtl8139.o exists on my
debian/potato box, in at least one or two places.
Which Chip is it? Realtek 8139 or 8129?
If you have the 8139 you could/should use the
8139too # driver for ethernet card with Realtek chipset RTL8139 only
module instead of the old rtl8139.
It depends as well on the kernel version, but with 2.4.x the new module
is no longer experimental.
This module is normally locaed in /lib/modules/KERNELVERSION somewhere.
In 2.4.x kernels in: /lib/modules/2.4.10-ac11/kernel/drivers/net/
As I understand it the next thing to do is install
the module using 'insmod'. This is where I'm having
problems.
You should not use insmod, but modprobe.
'insmod' complains with Device or resource busy
and suggests the problem may be an IO or IRQ conflict.
Probing the PCI bus ('lspci -v' command) shows that
an unknown ethernet board was found, at IRQ=11,
IO=e000, mem=xxx and so on.
Have a look if your module is already running with lsmod
Beyond this, I'm lost... Hopefully someone can point
us down the right path.
If you need the .c or .o file, send me private email
and I'll send them as attachments. But I think you'll
find at least the .c file on the floppy that came with
the D-Link network card, and you'll probably find the
corresponding .o file on your system somewhere already.
You should not use the provided drivers, normally they are heavily
outdated.
Bye, Steffen
Re: Netgear FA311, usable under Linux ?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 23:22, Steffen Evers wrote: natsemi # driver for ethernet card with National Semiconductor chipset I have looked it up. FA311 is my card and I have checked the chipset. Module natsemi is exactly for this card, though other drivers work as will. So, I suggest to use 'natsemi'. Bye Steffen
Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
John Hasler wrote: These hexdumps always start with a line Jul 27 01:30:19 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [proto=0xfd] ... Does anyone no what that means ? 0xfd is compressed datagram. Your link is using compression. Everything here looks normal. What isn't working? The rest of the line looks like this: Jul 27 01:30:19 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [proto=0xfd] 00 e7 e1 ac 09 a3 15 40 59 00 3f 59 01 b1 86 c8 ae e9 1e 11 b3 46 cf 1b 44 6d 31 b5 46 d7 1b 64 6d b1 b7 46 df 1b 84 6e 31 b9 46 e7 1b a4 6e b1 bb 46 ef 1b c4 6f 31 bd 46 f7 1b e4 6f b1 bf 46 ff 1c 04 70 31 c1 47 07 1c 24 70 b1 c3 47 0f And the next 20 lines in the log file look similar but without the 'rcvd [proto=0xfd]'. It seems to get out of sync or something, as my connection always hangs during these messages are written to the log file and there is line reset or something after while, but it seems not help as 'rcvd [proto=0xfd]' comes up again it begins all from the start. After a while it might work or my connection is terminated. All this may last 10 minutes. For details have a look in the log file I've attached in my last mail. Are these hexdumps normal or a bug in ppp ? Bye, Steffen
PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
I've updated my kernel to 2.2.10 and everything is fine except PPP. There are some strange hexdumps in the ppp.log file and the connection hangs sometimes what is very annoying. I'm using Debian 2.1 and ppp 2.3.5-2 netbase 3.12-2 Does anyone know anything about it ? Bye, Steffen PS: Please CC to me personally.
Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.x ?
I've attached a typical log of a ppp-connection. I've cut of many lines. So [...] stand for an unknown number of lines. These hexdumps always start with a line Jul 27 01:30:19 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [proto=0xfd] ... Does anyone no what that means ? Everything worked fine with 2.0.36. Maybe, I've just configured my kernel not good enough. I'll test some other ocnfigurations. Bye, SteffenJul 27 01:27:41 darkstar pppd[295]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: abort on (BUSY) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: abort on (VOICE) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: send (ATZ^M) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: expect (OK) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: ATZ^M^M Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: OK Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: -- got it Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: send (??) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: expect (CONNECT) Jul 27 01:27:42 darkstar chat[296]: ^M Jul 27 01:28:04 darkstar chat[296]: ATDTxxx Jul 27 01:28:04 darkstar chat[296]: CONNECT Jul 27 01:28:04 darkstar chat[296]: -- got it Jul 27 01:28:04 darkstar chat[296]: send (\d) Jul 27 01:28:05 darkstar pppd[295]: Serial connection established. Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0x64e372bf pcomp accomp] Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x7e0ff85 pcomp accomp 11 04 05 dc 12 02 13 09 01 74 75 62 69 72 62] Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 11 04 05 dc 12 02 13 09 01 74 75 62 69 72 62] Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x7e0ff85 pcomp accomp] Jul 27 01:28:06 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap magic 0x7e0ff85 pcomp accomp] Jul 27 01:28:09 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0x64e372bf pcomp accomp] Jul 27 01:28:09 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0x64e372bf pcomp accomp] Jul 27 01:28:09 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x64e372bf] Jul 27 01:28:09 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user= password=xx] Jul 27 01:28:09 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x7e0ff85] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: Remote message: Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 addr 0.0.0.0] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 deflate 15 deflate(old#) 15 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 compress VJ 0f 01 addr 130.149.145.2] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [IPCP ConfRej id=0x3 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 addr 130.149.145.40] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 addr 130.149.145.40] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x4 12 06 00 00 00 01 11 05 00 01 03 bsd v1 12 predictor 1] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x4 12 06 00 00 00 01 11 05 00 01 03] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 deflate 15 deflate(old#) 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x2 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x5 addr 130.149.145.2] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x5 addr 130.149.145.2] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 addr 130.149.145.40] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: local IP address 130.149.145.40 Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: remote IP address 130.149.145.2 Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x6 bsd v1 12 predictor 1] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfAck id=0x6 bsd v1 12 predictor 1] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfAck id=0x2 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: BSD-Compress (15/12) compression enabled Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x7 bsd v1 12] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x3 deflate 15 deflate(old#) 15 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfAck id=0x7 bsd v1 12] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x3 deflate 15 deflate(old#) 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x4 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [CCP ConfAck id=0x4 bsd v1 15] Jul 27 01:28:10 darkstar pppd[295]: BSD-Compress (15/12) compression enabled Jul 27 01:29:09 darkstar pppd[295]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0x64e372bf] Jul 27 01:29:09 darkstar pppd[295]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1
script for compiling the kernel
As I've compiled the kernel so many times and wanted to keep all the output of the make commands and make it more comfortable for newcomers I've written a script that does all the things AFTER make xconfig as secure as I could get it. I would be happy if people improve it, send me feedback or simply use it. You can download it from ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/linux/incoming/mkkrl It is doing the following: scan parameters introduce what will be done make sure BOOTFILE has an absolute path get kernel version from Makefile in the source directory prepare directory names get current kernel image print all parameters that will be used confirm the given parameters analyse current boot system prepare the directories that will be used move to kernel directory make dep make clean make image make modules abort if install not set backup old modules install new modules move BOOTFILE.old to backup dir move BOOTFILE to BOOTFILE.old install new kernel image to BOOTFILE if a regular file backup current kernel image of this version install new kernel image relinking BOOTFILE relinking BOOTFILE.old if necessary print advice and takes the following parameters: mkkrl Version 1.03 Usage: mkkrl [-s SOURCE][-i IMAGE][-l LOG][-u][-k BACKUP][-o BOOT][-b][-m][-n][-c] mkkrl -h -s : set kernel source directory to SOURCE default: /usr/src/linux -i : set image directory to IMAGE default: /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot -l : set directory for log files to LOG default: /var/tmp/mkkrl -u : set directory for backups to LOG (default) -k : set directory for backups to BACKUP -o : set link/file of the boot kernel to BOOT -c : clean up log and backup directory -b : set image type to bzImage (default:zImage) -m : remove old modules after backup from /lib/modules -n : don't install kernel image and modules, only compile -h : print this message Bye, Steffen
Re: Kernel-2.2.1 and Routing
If you get the error message 'SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument' at boot time: That comes from the command 'route add -net 127.0.0.0' or something similar normally placed in /etc/init.d/network. You can just remove this line as routing to interfaces are done automatically by the 2.2.x kernels. For more details see the networking section in CHANGES ( http://www.linuxhq.com/change21.html )). It took me a while to find this out. :-) Bye, Steffen
Re: HELP: /dev/mixer and SB PCI64V
Steffen Evers wrote: Hello ! I've tried to get my SB PCI64V (es1371) running under Debian 2.1 and Kernel 2.2.10 and it won't work ! It looks like that the kernel finds the card and everything seems to be ok, but it doesn't make any sound. At boot time I get the following: I was wondering if I need to use a mixer, but I don't have a /dev/mixer or something similiar and /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't know how to make such a device. And sox 12.15 doesn't work either: 'sox bla.wav -t ossdsp -w -s /dev/dsp' gives me the error message: sox: Invalid audio buffer size 0 Solved it by myself. I had to use /dev/MAKEDEV audio not mixer. The next time I keep in mind: RTFMP. Everything is running ! Even the joystick !!! Bye, Steffen
HELP: /dev/mixer and SB PCI64V
Hello ! I've tried to get my SB PCI64V (es1371) running under Debian 2.1 and Kernel 2.2.10 and it won't work ! It looks like that the kernel finds the card and everything seems to be ok, but it doesn't make any sound. At boot time I get the following: es1371: version v0.11 time 23:03:47 Jun 30 1999 es1371: found adapter at io 0xb800 irq 12 es1371: features: joystick 0x200 es1371: codec vendor TRA revision 3 es1371: codec features none es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement I was wondering if I need to use a mixer, but I don't have a /dev/mixer or something similiar and /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't know how to make such a device. And sox 12.15 doesn't work either: 'sox bla.wav -t ossdsp -w -s /dev/dsp' gives me the error message: sox: Invalid audio buffer size 0 Is there anyone who could help me ? CU Steffen
maintainer of CD images
I would like to download a CD image of the current SLink release. That is 2.1r2, right ? I've found only the 2.1r0. As I have heard that the images should be up to date I would like to know who is responsible for the images, so I can remind him to update the image. Steffen
