InfoMagic CD ROM
Just picked up the latest InfoMagic CDROM (green). It claims to have Debian 1.2 on it, but once again, there are a few problems (not like the 1.0 fiasco, though). Here's a list -- consider this the early warning system for anyone using Debian 1.2 off the infomagic cd: First, the following packages (at least) have more than one version on the cd: base-files kbd makedev util-linux man dpkg-ftp ppp tcsh xbase xlib6 Depending on the order in which dpkg finds them, you may or may not end up with the latest version. This is probably a bug in dpkg -- dpkg should not only refuse to downgrade when the -G option is specified, it should also prevent a downgrade if a newer package is installed during the current run (this would keep dpkg from installing 'xlib6_3.2-1a', then downgrading to 'xlib6_3.2-1' when they are encountered in that order, etc). Second, the following packages (at least) are on the CD, but are not the same verision as in Debian 1.2 on the debian ftp sites (hopefully the versions on the cd don't have any bugs or security holes, so that users aren't forced to immediately upgrade via ftp): dpkg makedev modconf dpkg-dev libg++27-dev libg++27 doc-linux nvi netstd xbase Of course, all the other notes about problems installing/upgrading Debian 1.2 apply as well. I also ran across another problem which I think was mentioned already -- xbase restarts xdm automatically when you're upgrading. This is *very* annoying when you've killed xdm and are upgrading from a text console. -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/ (under construction) [ I try to reply to all e-mail within 3 days. If you don't ] [ get a response by then, I probably didn't get your e-mail. ] [ Unsolicited commercial and junk e-mail will be proof-read for US$100 ] "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." - Chinese proverb -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian over existing Slackware--pointers?
At 05:22 PM 12/21/96 -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > >Let me first say that I have the requisite rescue and base floppies at >home on my hardrive running Slackware---I placed them in a subdirector >under / > >--- I don't want to repartition my hardrive for obvious reason---I have files >I want preserve Do you have a backup system. Can you bacjk up that one directory. Perhaps on anther hard drive partition that you already have?? > >--- My possible approach: use the boot/root floppies from slackware and remove >as many unnecessary files as possible, then >use the rescue floppy from Debian to being installation of the >base distribution. Can I do this from the hardrive, or should I put the >base images on floppies as per the instructions in install.txt under >disks-i386 or is it just enough to use the rescue floppy, boot it, and >then indicate the location of the files to be installed on the hardrive. >I have a feeling it would be easier to use the floppy approach. I think you have to do it from the floppies. > > --- how do I get rid of the existing /dev directory under slackware > prior to reinstalling the new version under Debian, afterall when > using a boot/root floppy one generally mounts the /dev/hda under > /mnt and so erasing /dev would be prevent umounting it? When you boot/root with slackware you /dev will not be the /dev you need to delete. The /dev you need to delete will be /mnt/dev But you don't even need the slackware boot/root. you can get to a shell and do these thing from the debian disks. Good luck. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X & Serial Ports
Uhh.., I am a relative newcomer myself, but I already learned something from this list: don't use /dev/cua*, it's sort of obsolete. I had some minor problems as well but they disappeared when I converted all cua* occurrances in configuration files to ttyS*'s. > >Upon booting up X with startx, the computer can no longer communicate with > >the /dev/cua3, which my modem is connected to. > Hmm, it's look like X is trying use /dev/cua[13] or a symbol link to one of > them. For instance, it might be that X is using /dev/mouse and the latter is > a symbol link to /dev/cua[13]. Check out your '/etc/X11/XF86Config' file to > see which devices are used So do go check XF86Config en your modem/network config files as well. Hope this helps you out. Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Drivers for Iomega Zip Drive?
Has anyone seen anyting on drivers so that someone can use their zip drive on their Debian system? I think I saw somewhere that there were drivers for RedHat's version, but nothing else. I have a Zip and want to use it for making my backups on the linux systems I run. Anyone hear anything on this? Chad Chad D. Zimmerman Sys Admin: dabcc-www.nmsu.edu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DNS Request
I am trying to set up DNS on a local network at home and things are not going too smoothly. I wonder if some one is willing to correspond with me via e-mail so that I can get this thing running. I have been reading the HOWTO pages and although it seems to be well written, I believe it assumes the reader has some konwledge of DNS. I want a simple DNS to run on a two node network at home, A win95 machine, and the linux machine. I have installed DNS, and I can get nslookup to run, but since it is not on the internet, I don't get the output that is in the HOWTO documentation. I can restart DNS, and can ping all the entries in my /etc/hosts file, if this is relavent. Angel Leyva ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://cybernex.net/~airborne -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing Debian over existing Slackware--pointers?
Let me first say that I have the requisite rescue and base floppies at home on my hardrive running Slackware---I placed them in a subdirector under / --- I don't want to repartition my hardrive for obvious reason---I have files I want preserve --- My possible approach: use the boot/root floppies from slackware and remove as many unnecessary files as possible, then use the rescue floppy from Debian to being installation of the base distribution. Can I do this from the hardrive, or should I put the base images on floppies as per the instructions in install.txt under disks-i386 or is it just enough to use the rescue floppy, boot it, and then indicate the location of the files to be installed on the hardrive. I have a feeling it would be easier to use the floppy approach. --- how do I get rid of the existing /dev directory under slackware prior to reinstalling the new version under Debian, afterall when using a boot/root floppy one generally mounts the /dev/hda under /mnt and so erasing /dev would be prevent umounting it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -Walter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How come there is no `Reply to' field
I am curious as to why there is no `Reply to' field from this list? Is this a deliberate technique to decrease traffic. Just wondering... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: just starting
Easy mistake. The directory where you found the resq1440.bin file also contains rawrite2.exe . Use that to write the raw floppy disk image files onto your floppy. They don't go in the filesystem - instead they over-write the filesystem. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X & Serial Ports
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: >Hi, any help on this problem would be appreciated. > >Upon booting up X with startx, the computer can no longer communicate with >the /dev/cua3, which my modem is connected to. > >At this time, only a reboot seems to fix the problem. > >There is no lock file for the port, sl0 is still up but reports constant >timeouts. If I re run dip, nothing it sends gets to the modem. > >I do have cua1 on the same IRQ as the modem, but there is nothing >connected to cua1. This problem hasn't occured on any other debian >distributions except this one (1.2) Hmm, it's look like X is trying use /dev/cua[13] or a symbol link to one of them. For instance, it might be that X is using /dev/mouse and the latter is a symbol link to /dev/cua[13]. Check out your '/etc/X11/XF86Config' file to see which devices are used > >Thanks in advance, >Paul > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: just starting
Gary, check out the URL below for more information. It should answer all of your questions. (As a hint: You don't want to download the file directly to your diskette. You want to retrieve it to your system and then use a program called RAWRITE2.EXE to write the file to the diskette.) But, like I said, all the info you need is at the location below: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/install.html If you have any further questions, ask again! Kevin Traas System Administrator ValleyNet -Original Message- From: Gary Gifford [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 21, 1996 11:21 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:just starting I am a rank beginner and I know this question will display ignorance (perhaps terminal) but --- I downloaded the installation instuctions from debian.org and started to download resq1440.bin to my 1.44 floppy. The download went quickly but I then got a message saying the file doesn't fit on the floppy. It is a 1.44 mb drive and the disk is a standard pre-formatted MF2HD for IBM compatibles. The debian.org directory indicates a 1,474,560 kb file size and my WIN95 file explorer says the floppy has 1.38 kb available. Doesn't sound like it ever had a chance of working. Am I missing something? Can I use the 1.2 kb series download files? Seems like that could cause floppy driver problems during installation. Should I forget the whole program and stay fat, dumb and happy in WIN95? Thanks, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
just starting
I am a rank beginner and I know this question will display ignorance (perhaps terminal) but --- I downloaded the installation instuctions from debian.org and started to download resq1440.bin to my 1.44 floppy. The download went quickly but I then got a message saying the file doesn't fit on the floppy. It is a 1.44 mb drive and the disk is a standard pre-formatted MF2HD for IBM compatibles. The debian.org directory indicates a 1,474,560 kb file size and my WIN95 file explorer says the floppy has 1.38 kb available. Doesn't sound like it ever had a chance of working. Am I missing something? Can I use the 1.2 kb series download files? Seems like that could cause floppy driver problems during installation. Should I forget the whole program and stay fat, dumb and happy in WIN95? Thanks, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Sendmail and X..
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, H. Manas wrote: > A work-around would be to: > > - install gpm. I have done that > - Make sure that In your '/etc/gpm.conf' > device=/dev/xxx (xxx is the device name of your mouse I believe psmouse) > responsiveness= > type=ps2 > append='-R' Hey, I don't have that file, I can't find any mention either in the documentation. I have Debian-1.1.4 and gpm-Linux 1.06. I do have gpm-root and /etc/gpm-root.conf. Is that what you meant? Because the man for gpm-root does mention the gpm-root.conf file. > - check out that gpm is running and you can see the mouse cursor on your Linux > console (if not you have to work on your gpm config). you may start gpm by > typing as root '/etc/init.d/gpm start' I found that doing /etc/init.d/gpm stop in a xterm just hangs until I ctrl-c or kill the gpm -k from another xterm (but then again, the gpm docs do hint at strange interference with X.) > PS: this trick is drawn from the documentations of gpm package. Many thanks > goes to it's author Alessandro Rubini What documentations did you see that I didn't? Hmm.. I don't have any source for gpm installed. Is that what I am missing? How do I get it in Debian? Thanks, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IP Routing Problems....
I'm having some problems getting my network connected to the Internet and I'm hoping you can help I'm pretty good at TCP/IP, but something with the routing has got me "stumped". PLEASE HELP! I've got two Linux boxes connected via a serial cable (about 50'). The first box (Box_A) is connected to my ISP via an ethernet connection. The second box (Box_B) doubles as a router to my network. So, I've got: ISP <---1---> Box_A <---2---> Box_B <---3---> rest of my network where: 1. Is Ethernet 2. Is Serial 3. Is Ethernet Without boring you with too many details (but let me know if you need them), here's my situation: 1. From the Internet, I can ping the ethernet interface on Box_A, but not the serial interface. 2. From Box_A, Box_B, or anywhere else on my network, I can ping everything else up to, but not including, the ethernet interface at the ISP. 3. From Box_A, I can ping the ISP and anywhere else on the Internet. I've got "routed" running on both Linux boxes and routes are being propogated down the line. Running "route" to view the routing table on all of my systems running "routed" shows a very full routing table. So, things are coming down the "pipe". My guess-timate of what my problem is, is that routing information to the #2 and #3 network segments is not being sent up the "pipe" to the ISP. The router at the ISP is not "learning" the routes to my network segments - it only knows the route to the physically attached segment. The router at the ISP is pretty non-configurable. It only supports dynamic routing, so the only thing that can be configured on it is the IP address of the port I'm connecting to. All routing information is supposed to be "learned" via RIP. But, it's not learning If this is my problem, do you have any ideas why? TIA for your help, Kevin Traas System Administrator ValleyNet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X11 is too secure, root cannot run xterm
> > On my new 1.2 system > root is not allowed to run xterm in a user's session under xdm. > > Is there a way to anable root and other user access to my display session typing "xhost +" will allow root (and anyone else on the net) to connect to your display. xhost +localhost will ensure that only users on your mashine can connect. -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Use Debian/GNU Linux! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X & Serial Ports
Hi, any help on this problem would be appreciated. Upon booting up X with startx, the computer can no longer communicate with the /dev/cua3, which my modem is connected to. At this time, only a reboot seems to fix the problem. There is no lock file for the port, sl0 is still up but reports constant timeouts. If I re run dip, nothing it sends gets to the modem. I do have cua1 on the same IRQ as the modem, but there is nothing connected to cua1. This problem hasn't occured on any other debian distributions except this one (1.2) Thanks in advance, Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: untic?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Where can I find an untic program? untic is supposed to "decompile" >terminfo files. It's called "infocmp" now. Don't ask me why. Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg| "Sticky tape is like the Force - it has a | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dark side, it has a light side, and it | | 8<--8< | holds the universe together" - Carl Zwanig | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cron
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vociferous Mole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Dec 20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vociferous Mole) wrote: >> update-rc cron defaults > >That should be > >update-rc.d cron defaults Ehm, I think you really want to start it _late_ in the bootprocess (as all the previous versions did!) So that would become: update-rc.d cron defaults 89 Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg| "Sticky tape is like the Force - it has a | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dark side, it has a light side, and it | | 8<--8< | holds the universe together" - Carl Zwanig | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ale] Debian releases (fwd)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Can someone send this gentleman information on his request? Thanks! > >Randy Dunlap writes: >> I can't find these emails in the ALE archive. Can someone >> re-post one of these messages? And why can't I find them >> in the ALE email archive? I've searched for "Debian" and looked >> at all recent emails (by date). They're just not there as >> far as I can tell. On the debian homepage (www.debian.org) is a list of organisations that sell the "Real Stuff"(TM). 2 of them are in the USA and we are in europe. For our details: www.cistron.nl/debian Danny -- Danny ter Haar | Cistron Internet Services | Unix & Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP-key |specialists ---+31-172-419445SP6-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TCP/IP protocol
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! I would like to know in which FTP stie can I find the TCP/IP > protocol for Microsoft Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. Hi you may get it from ftp.microsoft.com, or from fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de Yours, -- martin // Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany // // Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Linux - because reboots are for hardware upgrades -- Edwin Huffstutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os ! Worked for me all the times. -- Linus Torvalds -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TCP/IP protocol
Hi! I would like to know in which FTP stie can I find the TCP/IP protocol for Microsoft Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. Rogerio -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Sendmail and X..
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: > > >Thanks for you help.. got my sendmail work.. but still trying to figure >out what the problem with X and my PS2 mouse... any ideas anyone? > A work-around would be to: - install gpm. - Make sure that In your '/etc/gpm.conf' device=/dev/xxx (xxx is the device name of your mouse I believe psmouse) responsiveness= type=ps2 append='-R' - check out that gpm is running and you can see the mouse cursor on your Linux console (if not you have to work on your gpm config). you may start gpm by typing as root '/etc/init.d/gpm start' - make sure that '/dev/mouse' is a symbol link to '/dev/gpmdata' - change the Protocol and the Device type of your Pointer. the Section "Pointer" in '/etc/X11/XF86Config' should contains Protocol "MouseSystems" Device "/dev/mouse" and that's it, I believe your mouse should function properly on X by now :) Hope this will help. PS: this trick is drawn from the documentations of gpm package. Many thanks goes to it's author Alessandro Rubini >Matthew > >- >Matthew Stone, 23 Roosevelt Drive, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C6V1 > Pager (416)339-9052 > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ale] Debian releases (fwd)
Can someone send this gentleman information on his request? Thanks!
Randy Dunlap writes:
> From dragon!cc.gatech.edu!owner-ale Fri Dec 20 07:08:47 1996
[snip]
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just spent (wasted?) about 1/2 hour looking thru the
> ALE email archives for an email I saw within the last week
> about Debian releases. One email said that there were 2
> sources for Debian releases, then another one from Europe
> said that there was a 3rd source.
>
> I can't find these emails in the ALE archive. Can someone
> re-post one of these messages? And why can't I find them
> in the ALE email archive? I've searched for "Debian" and looked
> at all recent emails (by date). They're just not there as
> far as I can tell.
>
> Tbanks for your help,
> Randy
>
> --
>
> {Randy Dunlap; phone 770-985-1248;
> 2741 Spring Ridge Circle; Lithonia, GA 30058}
>
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Re: Serial cable pinout??
> On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, David Puryear wrote: > > I'm trying to connect two computer with serial cable but I couldn't find > > the cable long enough. So I went to electronic store and bought cable > > without plugs and plugs. I ask them which wire went where, but they had > > no idea.:( I think I saw a posting of this somewhere, but have no idea > One solution is to simply make your cable with the one-to-one mapping of > pins and simply buy a null modem adapter to swap the pins. If you want to > hard wire the change into your cable, I've got a null modem that I've > opened up here. It looks like pins 2 and 3 have been interconnected. > Pins 4 and 5 on a given connector are tied together, and go to pin 8 on > the opposite connector. Pin 6 is tied to pin 20. I would try to verify > this with someone else though just to be sure. Hmmm. This would probably work, but I wouldn't recommend it for terminal use; I think it's the sort used for a laplink serial cable. Pins 2 & 3 are TX and RX respectively, so they must be swapped. 4 & 5 are RTS and CTS flow control, 8 is DCD off the top of my head. So turning on RTS turns on CTS and DCD. Pin 6 is DSR, 20 is DTR. The problem with this is that if you're using RTS/CTS flow control, when RTS gets dropped, so does DCD, and your getty will log you out. I think DTR/DSR flow control would work, but this is a bit more unusual. I recommend the following; 2 -> 3, 3 -> 2: TX to RX, RX to TX 4 -> 5, 5 -> 4: RTS to CTS, CTS to RTS 6, 8 -> 20, 20 -> 6, 8: DTR to both DSR (data set ready) and DCD. 7 -> 7; ground. I've used this for a terminal connection with Linux and it works fine. I believe it works with Laplink-type programs too. hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Sendmail and X..
Thanks for you help.. got my sendmail work.. but still trying to figure out what the problem with X and my PS2 mouse... any ideas anyone? Matthew - Matthew Stone, 23 Roosevelt Drive, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C6V1 Pager (416)339-9052 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
install troubles
Hey there folks. New (potential) Linux user here; having trouble getting Debian to install on my dinosaur system, and haven't been able to locate anything in the troubleshooting guides or user docs to help out. Upon booting from the Rescue floppy, everything works fine for a while (lots of failed to locate cdrom messages and such) until it gets to: Partition check: hda: hda1 RAMDisk: Compressed image found at block 0 Couldn't get a free page... out of memoryVFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem) init: cache '/etc/ld.so.cache' is corrupt At which point it goes no further. The machine is a 486-33 (intel) with 120meg IDE drive (currently formated for dos 5.0), SVGA, a few other random periphrials. The boot disk is a 3 1/2 floppy and I've tried making several just in case it was a data error of some sort. My first guess is that it's trying to make a RAM disk and then running out of memory in my paltry 4 megs of ram; however I was unable to locate any boot options for disabling this, and I have no idea if that's really it being that I know next to nothing about Linux. It is version 2.0.27 of Debian. Any thoughts or perhaps pointers to documentation which adresses this appreciated. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X11 is too secure, root cannot run xterm
On my new 1.2 system root is not allowed to run xterm in a user's session under xdm. Is there a way to anable root and other user access to my display session the mannual on xauth to to criptic for me to understand. -Thanks Oz -- < NAME Oz Dror, Santa Monica, California EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> PHONE Fax (310) 396-5798 -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.2 mQBtAzA/tLQAAAEDAKUy/TEjQ/jiZ+9/WJb/+NHxqkvOxGZ3W/F2JCNm5v5ZTZz+ BVZC9GM/I+plQ8xz+7B+KhDSVax8gxNTAkJ+I7P/zAP2ZDMwVf4lq5ZFxMJC+7c7 ET+hNtmQUt8vCVR8hQAFEbQZT3ogRHJvciA8ZHJvckBuZXRjb20uY29tPg== =EU23 -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network route disappearing: http calls = culprit?
Well, the bizarre ordeal of the disappearing network route appears to be over. It appears the problem has been found...in hardware. Call it a particularly ugly case of the "cheap NE2000 clone problem." Three identical brand new cards failed at semi-random times, but a fourth one, of a different manufacturer, has not produced this behavior after about 36 hours of testing. And to celebrate my newfound success with debian networking, I've thrown my hat into the debian logo ring. Please check out: http://ece.wpi.edu/~rulnick/GlinuX/debian-logo.html Thanks for the help, all (especially Lindsay and Ami)! John -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid PGP question
That raises the question of how the US version got on the non-US server :) but thanks! George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21 Dec 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a US PGP .deb package anywhere? I will be darned if I can > > locate it. I am probably staring right at the thing. I seemed to be > > able to find pointers to the non-us PGP but where is the US version? > > The US version is on the same site, outside the US, so no one has to > feed the lawyers over stupid US export laws. > > See the relevant ftp README file at the top level of any debian mirror > site. > > -- > Rob > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid PGP question
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a US PGP .deb package anywhere? I will be darned if I can > locate it. I am probably staring right at the thing. I seemed to be > able to find pointers to the non-us PGP but where is the US version? The US version is on the same site, outside the US, so no one has to feed the lawyers over stupid US export laws. See the relevant ftp README file at the top level of any debian mirror site. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stupid PGP question
Is there a US PGP .deb package anywhere? I will be darned if I can locate it. I am probably staring right at the thing. I seemed to be able to find pointers to the non-us PGP but where is the US version? Thanks. -- George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Continued Debian Boot Problems
I don't think this is a boot floppy problem. Under Debian 1.2, the "wd" driver is in a module. You should be able to remove or reconfigure that "wd" module by booting your system with the rescue floppy, mounting your hard disk, and editing /etc/modules or /etc/conf.modules on the mounted hard disk. You can also boot directly from the hard disk by adding the "emergency" command to the boot command line. Since it says "loading device 'eth0', I surmise that you are running kerneld and you have /etc/conf.modules aliasing "eth0" to "wd". If that's not the case I don't understand how you'd get that driver, unless you built your own kernel. Thanks Bruce From: Butch Kemper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Using the suggestion by Bruce that I boot the system with the command > > "linux cm206=0x350", the system now boots. However, the system now hangs > > when it is loading the WD driver. > > > > Booting from the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8, I get the these messages > > before the system hangs: > > > > Loading device 'eth0' > > wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 .. > > eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at > > 0xb800 > > 0-0xb9fff > > Bruce mentioned in a post that he was building a new set of floppies for > this weekend that would fix several problems. Will the new set address > these problems? > > Butch > > Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available > Brazos Internet Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" > 409-696-6057 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Sendmail and X..
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Matthew Stone wrote: > ok.. i am trying to set up sendmail.. now it partialy works.. the local > sendmail works when i am not online but when i ma online the outgoing > sendmail works but the incoming doesn't... now what is wierd is it bounces > but i still kind of get the mail on the recieving end.. and i do kill the > sendmail process and reload it when i get online.. i bounces and get 12 > messages (this is on the sending side) and the error message i get is > > 553 site.name.address. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?) This is a sendmail/DNS configuration problem, an example of how to set things up: In the zone file for your domain: domain.com. IN MX 10 mx1.domain.com. host1.domain.comIN A 192.1.1.1 IN MX 10 mx1.domain.com. mx1.domain.com IN A 192.1.1.1 IN MX 10 mx1.domain.com. host2.domain.comIN A 192.1.1.2 IN MX 10 mx1.domain.com. in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file on host1: domain.com host1.domain.com mx1.domain..com host2.domain.com basicly you have to have an entry in the sendmail.cw file on host1 for all hosts listing host1 (or mx1 as my example above) as their primary MX host. Much much more on this sort of thing in the O'Reilly "Sendmail" and "DNS and BIND" books. Christopher E. Stefan[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ironhorse.com/~flatline finger for PGP key System Administrator Phone: (206) 783-6636 Ironhorse Software, Inc. FAX: (206) 783-4591 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Continued Debian Boot Problems
At 9:51 -0600 on 12/11/96, Butch Kemper wrote: > Using the suggestion by Bruce that I boot the system with the command > "linux cm206=0x350", the system now boots. However, the system now hangs > when it is loading the WD driver. > > Booting from the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8, I get the these messages > before the system hangs: > > Loading device 'eth0' > wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 .. > eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at 0xb800 > 0-0xb9fff Bruce mentioned in a post that he was building a new set of floppies for this weekend that would fix several problems. Will the new set address these problems? Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Brazos Internet Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" 409-696-6057 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache install problem in Debian 1.2
I noticed the following problem with my apache/cgi-scripts install when upgrading to 1.2. from the package files: apache_1.1.1-5.deb drwxr-x--- root/root 0 Sep 29 16:32 1996 usr/lib/ drwxr-x--- root/root 0 Sep 29 16:32 1996 usr/lib/httpd/ drwxr-x--- root/root 0 Sep 29 16:32 1996 usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/ drwxr-x--- root/root 0 Sep 29 16:33 1996 usr/lib/httpd/icons/ -rw-r- root/root 4816 Sep 29 16:33 1996 usr/lib/httpd/icons/README -rw-r- root/root 246 Sep 29 16:33 1996 usr/lib/httpd/icons/a.gif ... -rw-r- root/root 261 Sep 29 16:33 1996 usr/lib/httpd/icons/world2.gif cgi-scripts_1.0.1-2.deb drwxrws--- root/www-data 0 Oct 2 16:28 1996 usr/lib/ drwxrws--- root/www-data 0 Oct 2 16:28 1996 usr/lib/httpd/ drwxrws--- root/www-data 0 Oct 2 16:28 1996 usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/ -rwxr-x--- root/www-data 6220 Oct 2 16:28 1996 usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/animate ... -rwxr-x--- root/www-data 2675 Oct 2 16:28 1996 usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/wais.pl As you can see above the permissions set by the apache package on /usr/lib/httpd /usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin /usr/lib/httpd/icons and the files in the icons directory do not allow the server to access these files (by default the server runs as www-data, group www-data). These files and directories either need to be owned by root/www-data or be owned by root/root with world read/execute permission (my personal preference). Christopher E. Stefan[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ironhorse.com/~flatline finger for PGP key System Administrator Phone: (206) 783-6636 Ironhorse Software, Inc. FAX: (206) 783-4591 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to make
> Maybe i'm missing out on something but where (witch package) contains > "make" > or is this a stupid question? > i installed cpp gcc binutils aout-binutils i can't figure out whats wrong > maybe there's another way of compiling non debian packages? There is a seperate package for make in the rex/binary-i386/devel/ subdirectory. > tia antony -- Stellar Orbits Technology Systems ``Custom and Internet programming to fit your needs.'' Visit: http://www.orbits.com/ Or Call: (301) 230-2659 David H. Silber / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't load xlib library problems
> I'm a new user installing Debian 1.2 for the first time. > I'm running into instances where I get "can't load library" errors > when installing X. > > When I run /usr/sbin/xbase-configure (as part of the xbase install) > I get the error: can't load library: libXmu.so.6 > The file libXmu.so.6 is in: /usr/X11R6/lib > > When I run /etc/init.d/xdm start as part of the xserver install, I > get: can't load library: libXt.so.6 > That file is also in: /usr/X11R6/lib > > xlib6 seemed to install ok. Any ideas or pointers to where to look? As root, add the line /usr/X11R6/lib in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and run the command ldconfig -v. This will solve the problem. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: AlexG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can not boot kernel-2.0.27 with apt2840.
<...cuting...> > Also through I like the package approach. I wonder why the linux > standard includes all the package files in system file locations?? > > Looking at the dpkg-deb command I don't thing it would be too difficult > to drop them into package subdirectories. And from the lists of install > packages create an expaned PATH by/for /etc/profile. I believe this > could all be done with out changing the packages in anyway. The > advantage is more modular packages which are easier to clean up if the > install scripts fail. Also packages could be exported more easily > without requiring exporting all of /usr which in my oppinion is NOT a > good idea. But this would be a retrogression in the Linux directories tree, as specified in the documentation at http://www.pathname.com/fhs. Check it and you will see. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: AlexG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to make
Maybe i'm missing out on something but where (witch package) contains "make" or is this a stupid question? i installed cpp gcc binutils aout-binutils i can't figure out whats wrong maybe there's another way of compiling non debian packages? tia antony -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bug in X-Windows?
> "Francesco" == Francesco Tapparo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Francesco> Hi all, I think, I have found a bug in X-Windows, but Francesco> I'm writing it to debian-user, because I'm not secure [] Francesco> have problems. I do'nt have succeed to repeat the bug. Sounds to me like Netscape is blocking trying to send a packet out to the net. Start it after ppp is up and running, and it should work fine. With dynamicly assigned IP addresses, the reply-to-IP part of the header in the first few packets is invalid, since it changes when the pppd negotiates your local IP from the ISP, so a response never returns. Applications will hang until they time out when this happens. __ _Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Portland, OR, USA / /__| | | | | |_| |> < Proudly running Linux 2.0.27 transname \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ and Debian GNU public software! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't load xlib library problems
Hi, I'm a new user installing Debian 1.2 for the first time. I'm running into instances where I get "can't load library" errors when installing X. When I run /usr/sbin/xbase-configure (as part of the xbase install) I get the error: can't load library: libXmu.so.6 The file libXmu.so.6 is in: /usr/X11R6/lib When I run /etc/init.d/xdm start as part of the xserver install, I get: can't load library: libXt.so.6 That file is also in: /usr/X11R6/lib xlib6 seemed to install ok. Any ideas or pointers to where to look? Thanks, Ira -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Large Harddrive Problems
Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I just bought a new Maxtor 3.5G drive on which I am going to put Debian 1.2 at >home (I already have Debian at work). My motherboard at home is from early-mid >1995 and supports a Pentium 120. The Award BIOS (which definitely supports >LBA) detects the new Maxtor and gives the correct settings, but states that the >size of the drive is something like 1.395G. When I run fdisk from the Debian >1.2 floppies, it sees all 3.5G of the drive, but when I start to initialize >file systems I get large numbers of errors (don't remember the exact error). >The way I have it set up now, I have a 1G partition at the beginning of the >drive for W95. If I try to give the rest of the drive to W95 in another >partition, it too has errors upon formatting (but its fdisk also sees it as a >3.5G drive). Don't trust your BIOS in dealing with the Maxtor drives. I have a 2.7 gig from them, which *seemed* to partition fine under Win 95 and Debian with just my (decidedly ancient) BIOS's settings, but actually ended up _very_ corrupted. What worked for me is to actually install Maxtor's software, and partition via their instructions (don't have the docs with me at current, but it's pretty straightforward). I checked it with PartitionMagic and fdisk, and everything seemed happy after formatting and installing Debian via the bootdisks. Another word to the wise.. don't let LILO overwrite your MBR after doing this, as that's where the Maxtor software likes to live. Still, they seem to coexist quite happily (at least for the last few months on my machine). Liane Praza [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
