[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 548 > > Today's Topics: > unsubscribe > Re: Where is Netscape? > Matrox Millenium G200 > Re: Inoperative ls in wu-ftpd-academ > Re: anyone have libc6_2.0.7pre1-4.deb (for intel) ? > Debian ascentia910N > RE: Debian ascentia910N > apt and passive ftp > compiling argus-1.7.beta.1b > hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Re: mailx problem > Re: Man + Latex > Re: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Re: adding pcmcia module for updated kernel > Re: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Re: postgres intallation failed > Re: Newton connectivity? > Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > How to enable pop3? > wu-ftpd hangs in local network > Re: Where is Netscape? > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: unsubscribe > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:59:51 -0700 > From: Michael Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Subject: > > > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue > > 546 > > > > Today's Topics: > > Re: postgres intallation failed > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Subject: Re: postgres intallation failed > > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 06:29:17 +0200 > > From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> > > To: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > Jeff Noxon wrote: > > >On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 11:14:19AM +0200, Networking Wizard wrote: > > >> After Shared PostgreSQL library intsallation (libpgsql 6.3.2-8) > > >> i've been trying to inttall postgresql (6.3.2-8) severl times, > > >> but i did not succeed; dpkg terminates because of unspecified errors. > > >> Here is the log: > > >> > > >> > Unpacking replacement postgresql ... > > >> > Setting up postgresql (6.3.2-8) ... > > >> > Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/postgres/data > > >> > su - postgres -c > > PATH=/usr/uxs:/root/uxs:/root/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ > > > > >local/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/lib/postgres > > >ql/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r > > /va > > >r/postgres/data -u postgres > > >> > dpkg: error processing postgresql (--install): > > > > > >[snip] > > > > > >I think the bug is in base-passwd. > > > > > >You need to edit /etc/passwd so that the shell is /bin/sh or similar. I > > >filed a bug report on base-passwd about this. > > > > The bug is not in base-passwd but in postgresql. I used adduser to create > > the account if it did't exist, but I had not noticed that `adduser --system' > > assigns /bin/false as the shell. I have changed postgresql-6.3.2-11 > > to use useradd instead. This is bug#24036. > > > > -- > > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > > ======================================== > > "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it > > is the power of God unto salvation to every one that > > believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." > > Romans 1:16 > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > unsubscribe > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Where is Netscape? > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 01:09:28 +0300 > From: Shaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > > If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer. > > Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are > only keeping the one for Hamm ? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Matrox Millenium G200 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:09:12 +0100 (BST) > From: Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debain User Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>(Reply requested) > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if the Martox Millenium G200 is compatiable with XFree? Its > a > new AGP card, and I amd asking if it compatiable before I go out and buy it. > If not does anyone know where I could go and find out if it is? > > Regards > > Graham > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Inoperative ls in wu-ftpd-academ > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 98 10:26:56 +0200 > From: Harald Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Am Sun, 28 Jun 1998 schrieb Bob Nielsen: > In wu-ftpd-academ 2.4.2.16-9 > (hamm), I'm not getting any response to an ls > command with an anonymous > connection. I know there was a bug report on > an earlier version had > included libc5 files in /home/ftp/lib with binaries > linked with libc6. With > that version, I copied the correct lib files into > /home/ftp/lib and > everything started working again. > > The current installation has the > correct lib files reported by ldd, but ls > still doesn't work. > Try setting the x-bit on the library files in ~ftp/lib. This fixed it for me. > (see also bug #22323) --- Harald Schueler Universitaet Essen Tel > +49-201-183-2456/2568 Fachbereich 7 Fax +49-201-183-2120 45117 Essen E-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: anyone have libc6_2.0.7pre1-4.deb (for intel) ? > Date: 29 Jun 1998 08:54:47 GMT > From: Peter Allgeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Richard Kilgore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : I'm trying to figure out what broke my rsh and rlogin to user > : root. If I do "rsh -l root localhost cmd" I get > > : rcmd: localhost: Success > > : as output, the cmd never happens, and there's nothing useful in > : the log files. I just recently upgraded to libc6_2.0.7r-2, so > : I'm suspecting the code in rcmd() code to start. > > It's a bug in rcmd.c in function iruserok. A patch goes out > to the maintainer this week hopefully. > > Ciao ... > ... PIT ... > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Allgeyer | http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~allgeyer > Birkenstr. 10 | _-_ Phone: 0 86 23 / 91 98 25 > 84558 Kirchweidach | 0(o_o)0 linux inside ... > -----------------------oOO--(_)--OOo---------------------------------- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Debian ascentia910N > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:20:21 +0100 (BST) > From: Robert E Steward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear All, > Has anyone out there tried to install debian on the AST ASCENTIA > 910N laptop.I have partitioned the disk, and formated the second partition > as DOS. The rescue disk read up until "boot:".Then <ENTER> causes "Loading > root.bin...." to be displayed & then it hangs. > > Any suggestions welcome, not matter how dumb I`ve been. > > Robert > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Steward > > Department of Biochemistry > Tennis Court Road > Cambridge > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Debian ascentia910N > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 05:51:11 -0600 (MDT) > From: Mark Ciciretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Try the tecra boot disks in > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/special/tecra/ > > On 29-Jun-98 in Debian ascentia910N Robert E Steward wrote: > > Dear All, > > Has anyone out there tried to install debian on the AST ASCENTIA > > 910N laptop.I have partitioned the disk, and formated the second > > partition > > as DOS. The rescue disk read up until "boot:".Then <ENTER> causes > > "Loading > > root.bin...." to be displayed & then it hangs. > > > > Any suggestions welcome, not matter how dumb I`ve been. > > > > Robert > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Robert Steward > > > > Department of Biochemistry > > Tennis Court Road > > Cambridge > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Mark Ciciretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 29-Jun-98 > Time: 05:46:43 > ---------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: apt and passive ftp > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:07:02 -0400 > From: Patrick Scott Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: deb-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > I have not looked into the underbelly of apt but I assume it is using the ftp > protocal. Going on that assumption, can or is it utilizing passive ftp? I > have no difficulties at home w/ apt but at work it dies like an ugly beast. > My first thought was the passive ftp issue. > > -- > Patrick Scott Pierce > MindSpring Enterprises > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: compiling argus-1.7.beta.1b > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 05:20:17 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Has anyone had any luck compiling argus-1.7.beta.1b > under hamm? > > Dan.............. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:48:05 -0400 > From: Phil Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > I upgraded to hamm yesterday and have run into a problem. > I used autoup.sh with an ftp connection to get the required packages. > Now I cannot compile c++ code, as it cannot find the libs. (iostream.h, > fstream.h, string, list, etc). > > Doing a locate says they are nowhere on the system. Is there a package > that I missed? > I'm using kernel 2.0.33. > > Thanks, > -- > Phil Dyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________ > "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the > wisdom that is in it-- and stay there, lest we be like the cat > that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on > a hot stove-lid again-- and that is well; but also she will > never sit down on a cold one anymore." > Mark Twain, "Following the Equator" > ______________________________________________________________ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: mailx problem > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 06:40:19 -0600 > From: Gregory Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Loic Prylli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Loic, > > One thing I did recently was upgrade to Hamm using apt-get. Mailx is the only > problem I have noticed since then. > But now I think in the future I may get other problems since it looks like it > is only half-done. > > When I do a dpkg -l on mialx I get : > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-===============-==============-============================================ > > ii mailx 8.1.1-3 A simple mail user agent. > > for libc: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-===============-==============-============================================ > > un libc <none> (no description available) > > for lib6c: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-===============-==============-============================================ > > ii libc6 2.0.7r-2 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time > files) > > for libc5: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-===============-==============-============================================ > > ii libc5 5.4.38-1.1 The Linux C library version 5 (run-time lib > > Loic Prylli wrote: > > > > I reconfigured my smail, now when I run mailx from the command line I > > > have a problem. Example: > > > mailx -s "test" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > blah blah blah > > > Cc: > > > Null message body; hope that's ok > > > > This symptom has appeared at some point in some hamm releases. Could you > > tell precisely which version of mailx you are using? (and your libc > > version eventually) > > > > > > > > When ever I press return to start a new line, I get the Null message > > > body; hope that's ok message. > > > Then when I recieve the mail, I have no message body. Is this something > > > that can be switched in the /etc/smail/config file? > > > I have restarted smail several times, but to no avail. > > > > This would definitely be a bug in mailx, not in smail. > > > > Regards, > > > > Loic > > What can be done about this? > > Thanks, > Gregory Green > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Man + Latex > Date: 29 Jun 1998 15:24:23 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Waldemar =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=AFurowski?=) > To: Dennis Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Dennis Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Jens Ritter suggestion, I downloaded the 'sgml-tools' package which has > > the file 'linuxdoc-sgml.sty'. This not working, I renamed the > > 'linuxdoc-sgml.sty' file to 'linuxdoc.sty', which also didn't work. > > Hello, > Perhaps you should just make an symbolic link from linuxdoc.sty do > linuxdoc-sgml.sty. Do as root: > > # cd where_linuxdoc-sgml.sty_file_resides_in_TeX_tree > # ln -s linuxdoc-sgml.sty linuxdoc.sty > > Anyway - after you _manually_ changed filename in TeX/LaTeX directory > tree, you _have_ to run program texhash, as root: > > # texhash > > This will update files, where TeX/LaTeX looks for locations of files. > > Bilbo > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:24:21 -0400 (EDT) > From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Phil Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Phil Dyer wrote: > > > I upgraded to hamm yesterday and have run into a problem. > > I used autoup.sh with an ftp connection to get the required packages. > > Now I cannot compile c++ code, as it cannot find the libs. (iostream.h, > > fstream.h, string, list, etc). > > Have you run the rest of the upgrade on your system (i.e. give dselect a > run) and have you installed g++ (it split from gcc)? > > HTH, > Brandon > > --+-- > Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status > PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ > Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: adding pcmcia module for updated kernel > Date: 29 Jun 1998 07:48:37 -0600 > From: "Gary L. Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > In a message Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | I recently installed the 2.0.33 kernel. Now I want to add the pcmcia > | module, which is in a separate package. This module is already > | installed for the previous version of the kernel, 2.0.30. I strongly > | suspect that I cannot just create a pointer to > | /lib/modules/2.0.30/pcmcia in /lib/modules/2.0.33. 'dselect' will not > | let me re-install the pcmcia module because it is already installed. I > | don't want to remove it and re-install it, because then 2.0.30 wont > | have a pcmcia module anymore, and I'm not yet ready to trust the new > | kernel completely. I can think of some work-arounds but I'd like to > | know if there is an approved way around this problem. > > How did you install the new kernel? Did you install the kernel image > kernel-image-2.0.33_<version>.deb file or did you install the kernel > source *.deb file and build a custom kernel? For the first case all > the relevent modules are contained within the pcmcia-modules-<kernel > version>*.deb file. In the later case you need to install > pcmcia-source file and use the make-kpkg Debian utility. > > So, in summary, if you're using Debian 2.0 Beta (similiar for 1.3.x) > and you installed kernel-image-2.0.33_2.0.33-9.deb, then install > pcmcia-modules-2.0.33_3.0.0-8k9.deb and you should be all set. The > pcmcia-modules*.deb file you need to install for the 2.0.33 kernel > should have a different version than the one you installed for 2.0.30 > and so there shouldn't be a problem with dselect. You can always get > the *.deb file manually and use "dpkg -i" on it. This will, I believe, > uninstall the previous version and then install the new one, whether > they're the same version or not. > > If you installed the source file kernel-source-2.0.33_2.0.33-9.deb > then install pcmcia-source_3.0.0-8.deb and take the following steps: > > cd /usr/src/linux > make xconfig OR make menuconfig OR make config > make-kpkg --revision <custom kern revision number> kernel_image > (and maybe, can't recall for sure) > make-kpkg --revision <custom kern revision number> modules_image > > If you're doing this then take a look at /usr/doc/pcmcia. It has a > step by step procedure for installing the PCMCIA stuff from source > that I'm sure is more accurate than my memory. > > Good Luck! > Gary > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:08:09 -0400 > From: dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Phil Dyer wrote: > > > > > I upgraded to hamm yesterday and have run into a problem. > > > I used autoup.sh with an ftp connection to get the required packages. > > > Now I cannot compile c++ code, as it cannot find the libs. (iostream.h, > > > fstream.h, string, list, etc). > > > > Have you run the rest of the upgrade on your system (i.e. give dselect a > > run) and have you installed g++ (it split from gcc)? > > I have installed g++2.90.29, but have not run dselect for the rest of the > packages yet. Just seems strange that the gcc and g++ are the only things > complete, and the only things (I think) that are broken. > > I'll try dselct and complete before I whine any more... > > Phil Dyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > HTH, > > Brandon > > > > --+-- > > Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status > > PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ > > Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: postgres intallation failed > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:03:51 -0500 > From: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 06:29:17AM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > The bug is not in base-passwd but in postgresql. I used adduser to create > > the account if it did't exist, but I had not noticed that `adduser --system' > > assigns /bin/false as the shell. I have changed postgresql-6.3.2-11 > > to use useradd instead. This is bug#24036. > > If you don't use --system, will the uid still be <1000? And shouldn't this > uid be consistent across multiple Debian installations? > > Has someone already closed the base-passwd bug, or should I? > > Jeff > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Newton connectivity? > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:24:37 -0500 > From: Ted Cabeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl Fink writes: > >Does anyone have any suggestions (or FAQ pointers) for someone using a > >Newton MessagePad 2100 with Debian Linux? I have been offered a > >really good deal on one (next thing to free). > > > >I currently have a Bo system because I'm waiting for official CDs to > >upgrade to Hamm. I've found a bunch of good Newton web pages, but > >nothing specific to Linux-Newton relationships. > > Theres a program called newtonlink, which I don't have the URL for on me, > that does unix<->newton stuff. You'll need a program called sloup > installed on your newt, but it should work fine. Congratulations on getting > a newt, I love mine. > > -- > Ted Cabeen http://fnord.rh.uchicago.edu [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Check Website or finger for PGP Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:47:04 -0500 > From: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > scott hussey wrote: > > > > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, > > pppd recognizes my modem as ttys2, but minicom gives me the message 'I/O > > Error' when it tries to open ttys2. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > In addition to what the others have said, keep in mind that the > kernel has > to have serial support either builtin to the kernel or built as loadable > modules. So if your modem is a standard serial device, make sure your > kernel supports it. IIRC, the default debian kernel images provide serial > support as a module. Try 'modprobe serial', if it says it can't find the > module, you'll need to build a kernel with that support (if you know serial > support is builtin this won't be necessary). Like I said though, this > really should only be necessary if you have built a custom kernel. The > easiest thing to do is make sure that a line with 'auto' is found in > /etc/modules; this will make sure that the serial module is loaded > automagically when you need it. > > -- > Ed > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:01:43 -0500 > From: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Katharine Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Katharine Osborne wrote: > > > > I'm trying to install the xlib6g package and am > > getting the following error: > > > > dpkg: error processing xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > > (--install): > > trying to overwrite > > '/usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.3', which is also in > > package xlib6 > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal > > (Broken pipe) > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > > > > I've been through all the man/--help pages and I > > have no idea how to fix/avoid this. If you have > > any suggestions, please email me. > > > > thanks in advance. > > Do what David said. xlibc6 (based on libc5) is the older version of > the > support libraries in xlib6g (based on libc6, otherwise known as glibc2; thus > the 'g'). It is unfortunate that both use '6' in their name, but thats the > way it is. If you are running a hamm (debian v2.0) system or are trying to > upgrade to v2, then the xlib6g is the important one. If you have older X > software that needs the libc5 version, get xlib6 from the 'oldlibs' section > of the hamm (v2) distribution (it won't conflict with xlib6g). If you > update all your existing software to their equivalent libc6 version though, > you shouldn't need xlib6 (I have only xlib6g). > Again, it you are really running a hamm system, you can delete the > existing > xlib6, install xlib6g, and if you need compatibility with older software, > you can install the hamm version of xlib6 from the 'oldlibs' section. > FYI: if you are not running a hamm system (or trying to upgrade to > one) > then you shouldn't be trying to use xlib6g. > > -- > Ed > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: How to enable pop3? > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 04:59:03 +0200 > From: Stef Hoesli Wiederwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > How can I enable pop3 support in Debian 1.3.1? > I added a line saying: > pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /us
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