experiences with /dev/md? (multiple device) drivers ?
Hi, Does anybody here have experience with the multiple device drivers under linux? I have a machine with two HD (2.5GB each), connected as hda and hdc, to set up. I'm contemplating whether to use th MD with striping (raid0) to join partitions and to get parallel access to both disks in a transparent way. I would guess that /tmp and /home might benefit. My main worry is reliability of the driver. And speed matters, too. Hints and recommendations welcome! Thanks, Lukas --- Dr. Lukas Nellen | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depto. de Fisica Teorica, IFUNAM | Apdo. Postal 20-364 | Tel.: +52 5 622 5014 ext. 218 01000 Mexico D.F., MEXICO| Fax: +52 5 622 5015
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Can anyone tell me how to connect a new Debian installation to the Internet? I tried messing around with pppd but can't get it to connect. I'm also getting a "Network is unreachable" message when I try to ping any IP on the LAN. Thanks. Donny
Locate
Hi, when I use locate I get an error. This is what I get if I type like locate . Like locate new.stuff. I get locate: /var/lib/locate/locatedb: No suck file or directory. Can anyone tell me why? And is there a command to see how much disk space I have left? Thanks, Pete Poff---AKA---BlackJack Personal E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kyron E-Mail Address:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kyron address: telnet.cyberconinc.com 4000
Sz Program for Minicom
Hi, I don't have the sz program for the minicom program so that I can download with my zmodem. I've looked around on the ftps sites and can't find the sz. Could anyone point me out to where I might be able to find it? Thanks, Pete Poff---AKA---BlackJack Personal E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kyron E-Mail Address:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kyron address: telnet.cyberconinc.com 4000
How to get module dependencies/configuration correct after kerne rebuild?
How do I get the module dependinces/confgiuration straihgt after having built a new kernel where some things that were prviously modules are now in the kernel as non modules? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead...Henry Spencer (c) 1997 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Which OSF/Motif ?
-- > From: Larry Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Michael Harnois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Debian Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Which OSF/Motif ? > Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 3:30 PM > > On Fri, Mar 07, 1997 at 01:33:09PM -0600, Michael Harnois wrote: > > Larry Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I highly recommend the SWIM Motif from We publish the SWiM Motif CD and thanks to Steve Dunham we now have a .deb version that we would love to have current SWiM users to check it out. If you are interested drop me some mail and I will make arrangements for you to get a copy. -Dan LSL The Linux Publishing Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lsl.com
Base install probelm
Dear Scott and debian-user@lists.debian.org: I recently started trying to install Debian and have been running into problems with the base14 1-4 disks. The disks are read correctly, but when the files are extracting, I get: Segmentation fault Segmentation fault Segmentation fault I've downloaded the base14 files again and created new floppies on two machines with no luck. I am VERY new to UNIX/Linux and don't much about this type of error, however I think it has something to do with a corrupt file or hardware problem. I obtained the Base14 files from ftp.debian.org (current) and downloaded twice. The floppies were created on Win95 systems using rawwrite2.exe and each time I try a new set of disks I get the same error. The thing that makes me think it may be a hardware problem is that the disks are all read correctly. I did get the system up, but man doesn't exist on the system and the only book I have is "Teach yourself UNIX" (very beginner). I says nothing about installing the system, connecting to the Internet or a LAN; only how to navigate the directories, manipulate files and use some of the tools I am vaguely familiar with from experience in setting up Web sites on remote Web servers using Telnet. I would assume that the Segmentation fault error indicates that the Base system has not been completely installed? Out of frustration, I did something like "gunzip -r /*" to uncompress the rest of the files installed late last night. This may not have been a good idea, but the system still functions and I have gotten quite used to running the install. ; ) Figured I had nothing to lose! I have a plethora of additional problems, but here are a couple of good ones to start with: Accessing the modem in an attempt to reach the Internet Connecting to the local network Any help in any area would be much appreciated. Thanks. Donny
Re: now what
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, MR DAVID C STEIN wrote: > So I downloaded my debian base sysetem now what do I do?? > > Where do I go??? > > Is xwindows the next thing I need?? This will depend on what you want to do and what do you want your machine to be able to do?? The most obvious options are setting up the modem, printing, and x-windows. > > Also someone showed me how to mount a floppy disk > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > How do I unmount it umount /floppy Check out the man page for mount, umount and fstab. > > Where is a file that shows me basic unix commands to type at the > propmt? > This one you will probably want to get a basic unix book that goes over these commands. There are alot of good books out there. But, the most absolutely basic commands are, unix | Dos equivalent --- ls | dir rm | del cp | copy mv | rename There are a great deal of options available for these commands, and a look through the man pages for them would be worth while. Try "man ls" for instance. > prefereably in ascii sice my modem is on my dos machine and I haven't > figured what > to do with tar.gz etc.. yet pkunzip doesn't know what to do with > that in dos The .gz files are compressed using gzip. Check out the commands gzip and gunzip. Also the tar command to extract the files from the .tar file that results from gunzip AAA.tar.gz". A command like "tar -xvf File_Name.tar" will extract the files from a tar archive. > > Thanks for the info. > > This should give you a start. Check out the man pages for these commands. At the bottom of a man page there is a list of other related commands, for instance "man mount" has at the bottom; . . . FILES /etc/fstab file system table /etc/mtab table of mounted file systems /etc/mtab~ lock file /etc/mtab.tmp temporary file SEE ALSO mount(2), umount(2), fstab(5), umount(8), swapon(8), nfs(5), mountd(8), nfsd(8), mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8), los- etup(8) This will help you figure out the files and commands that are related. Have fun. Scott Stanley Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences Dept. University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0411 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xt?
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On 7 Mar 1997, marsh wrote: > So, is it true that there is nothing newer on the space shuttle and other > spacecraft newer than a 286? did we not all just hear about debian being on the shuttle? whatever it's running on must be newer than a 286... or has that not happened yet? brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill
GCC problems
I recenty upgraded my Debian system, and now I have a problem with gcc. Here is the error message: gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory If I explicity put /usr/lib/gcc inot the PATH things work. What could be wron here? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead...Henry Spencer (c) 1997 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: pine producing gratuitous folder locks
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, David C. Winters wrote: > Today, I started getting running into a problem with Pine 3.94--it began > telling me that every folder I tried accessing was locked. This persisted > even after I rebooted the machine, so I upgraded to Pine 3.95q out of the > 3.95L-7 .deb package. This resulted in the same thing--if I try to open a > folder, it's locked. After looking through /usr/doc/pine/tech-notes, I > checked for .lock files corresponding to the various folders, as > well as a general lockfile in either /var/lock or /tmp without finding > anything promising. Has anyone else run into this with this package? Are the permissions on the /tmp directory correct? (1755, which looks like drwxrwxrwt in ls -l /) This is often my first clue that /tmp has the wrong perms. Then again, it could be some other problem... --Pete ___ Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XFree86 Question.
I am having a bit of trouble configuring XFree86 to work with my computer. I have a NEC Ready9618 with an NEC MultiSync XV15+ monitor. The chipset on the video card is an Alliance ProMotion 6422 and it has 1 meg dram. Here's my problem. I can get the display in X to look like everything is not internally hemorraging(sp??), but the second I move the mouse, everything goes. the picture starts breaking up. No matter what I do with it, this wont go away. The only mode I can run in without this hppening is like 640x480 with 16 color mode ithink, maybe it was 256. I was wondering ifanyone knew what was going on, or even better, had the same setup and got everything working so i can get a few tips. joe Joseph Palicke http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palicke
Zimmerman case
Bruce: > The government dropped its case against Zimmerman long ago. From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That is true, but he is still be "pestered" more than you and I would like > to live with. Uh, maybe. He seems to be making money on the issue. Take a look at http://www.pgp.com/pgpcorp/pgpcorp.cgi . They don't give details on their financing, but the people on the board certainly have access to good financing. > I just wish our government would get over the fascist notion that only > governements should be allowed to "protect" secrets. No argument there. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 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
now what
So I downloaded my debian base sysetem now what do I do?? Where do I go??? Is xwindows the next thing I need?? Also someone showed me how to mount a floppy disk mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy How do I unmount it Where is a file that shows me basic unix commands to type at the propmt? prefereably in ascii sice my modem is on my dos machine and I haven't figured what to do with tar.gz etc.. yet pkunzip doesn't know what to do with that in dos Thanks for the info.
Re: xt?
Carl Johnson writes: > The system did use the 286 protected mode, so it had full memory > management. You could use more than 64K of memory, but it was a pain > since you had to compile using Intel large model. And I walked 12 miles to school, uphill *both* ways :) I had (still have) an Onyx with a Z8002 cpu and a TTL MMU. It had a a full Meg of RAM, but no process could address more than 64k. I ported lots of BSD stuff to it, though. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. Received: (qmail 29717 invoked by uid 888); 7 Mar 1997 21:14:47 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 29715 invoked by uid 888); 7 Mar 1997 21:14:47 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 29713 invoked from network); 7 Mar 1997 21:14:47 - Received: from golem.pixar.com (138.72.27.59) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 7 Mar 1997 21:14:46 - Received: by golem.pixar.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0w36ow-00MKNgC; Fri, 7 Mar 97 13:04 PST Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 97 13:04 PST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: debstd strips static libraries? Reply-To: Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's clear from the conditional that avoids stripping libraries with "_g" in their names that he intended to strip debugging symbols. --strip-debug would indeed be appropriate. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 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
Re: Which OSF/Motif ?
On Fri, Mar 07, 1997 at 01:33:09PM -0600, Michael Harnois wrote: > Larry Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I highly recommend the SWIM Motif from > > http://www.cheapbytes.com. It's worked really well for nearly > > all Motif apps I've tried to compile, and the price is right. > > "Nearly" is a little frightening ... what *hasn't* it worked for? > > -- > + Michael D. Harnois Aw, don't be frightened... it's just software! By nearly I meant that reputable, well-maintained packages will compile with SWIM Motif. Just as with Athena packages, anyone can upload Motif-dependent software to the FTP sites and some is bound to be, shall we say, not very portable to machines different than the developer's. In my experience, packages such as XEmacs, Amaya, Thot, Nedit, etc. will compile. -- ~~~ Larry Ayers_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ Knox County, _/__/ Missouri_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ ~~~
Re: xt?
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, marsh wrote: > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think AT&T System V ever ran > on 286s. Xenix, Minix, and Coherent are the main derivatives I can think > of that ran on 286s. > > - Marsh i Marsh, Hi folks Yes, System V did indeed run on 286s. I ran Microport's System V-AT, a derivative of System V.2, on my 286 machine (8 MHz, 2.5 MB RAM, 40 MB disk) from 86-90. It was System V.2, with a few drivers from Microport. My machine was a PC's Limited 286 (later Dell...) Xenix and Venix were both licensed from AT&T later USL, because Unix was a strongly protected trademark. I think a company called Interactive did the ports to the 286 and 386 architectures. There were several folk who sold 'real' Unix for 286 in those days. AT&T ran a version of System V.2 on their 6300 Plus, which was a 286 machine. David - LINUX: the FREE 32 bit OS for [345]86 PC's available NOW! David B Teague | User interface copyrights & software patents make [EMAIL PROTECTED] | programing a dangerous business. Ask me or [EMAIL PROTECTED] spy counter-intelligence wild porno sex gold bullion Soviet Bosnia clipper
alias?
Hello, how can i set the following alias "for ever"? alias down="shutdown -h now". And is this a risk for the system-security? Kind regards bjoern
Re: IMPORTANT: RSA Data Security Challenge participants please read
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Today, RC5. Tomorrow, DES. Next > > week, Phil Zimmerman's a free man. (Oh well, we can dream...) > > The government dropped its case against Zimmerman long ago. > That is true, but he is still be "pestered" more than you and I would like to live with. I just wish our government would get over the fascist notion that only governements should be allowed to "protect" secrets. All of the current software restrictions fail to keep the sofware in question from the rest of the world and only act to impede free trade between US citizens and the rest of the world. I can see I'm starting to rant, sorry, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Re: Which OSF/Motif ?
Larry Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I highly recommend the SWIM Motif from > http://www.cheapbytes.com. It's worked really well for nearly > all Motif apps I've tried to compile, and the price is right. "Nearly" is a little frightening ... what *hasn't* it worked for? -- + Michael D. Harnois + If you want to follow Jesus, + + Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA + you better look good on wood.+ + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + -- Daniel Berrigan +
cannot run dpkg anymore
Hi, after upgrading (successfully) to libc5_5.4.20 and ld.so_1.8.9, the commands "dpkg -l" and "dpkg -i abc.deb" fail with the error message (i'm citing from memory as my machine is not connected to a network) : dpkg : cannot resolve symbol 'sysinfo'. The command "dpkg --version" works, though. I tried to upgrade "by hand" to ld.so_1.8.10 and dpkg_1.4.0.8 but it does not solve the problem. All other binaries run well. Does anyone have a solution ? -- Laurent.
Re: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Skreeg) writes: > Due to the ridiuclous dependancies involving Perl,io,libnet and > dpkg-ftp I now find dpkg-ftp broken. io was merged into perl and is now obsolete. Remove io and reinstall perl. > bash: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory. > > This is odd since it's finding the correct program and the path for it but > is saying it can't find it. Spook! I've looksed in /usr/sbin and > start-stop-daemon is definitly in there. This actually means that bash couldn't find the interpreter - /usr/bin/perl. Did you remove perl completely? That would be bad. Guy
Re: xt?
On 7 Mar 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Marsh writes: >> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think AT&T System V ever ran >> on 286s. >From what I understand some 6300's, not 7300's, ran SV on 286's. Coherent is nice if you can get a copy. Jason KillenQuestion Stupidity Monolith : driven by inner daemons RPS : better living through world [EMAIL PROTECTED]domination
Re: X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults
I run all my xterms from the fvwm menu or the buttons so my lines look like this ""xterm" Exec exec xterm -fg lightgrey -bg black -sb &" You are correct in saying that .Xdefaults should handle this I'm not sure why it wouldn't, I use .Xdefaults to configure knews. Tell me what you find. On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote: >Hi, > >I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are >designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are designed >within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for .Xdefaults in >Debian. Nevertheles s, I wonder if creating such a file can be avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little. > >For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very >convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, >I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, but >this was without any effe ct (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more complex). > >I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the >xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the >config files, but it gave me nothing. > >Has somebody some ideas about it ? > >Regards, > >JP L >--:-) >Jean-Paul Lacharme. >GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS >Centre de la Vieille Charite. 2, rue de la Charite. >13002 Marseille. FRANCE >Tel.: 0491140731/Fax:0491900227 > Jason KillenQuestion Stupidity Monolith : driven by inner daemons RPS : better living through world [EMAIL PROTECTED]domination
pine producing gratuitous folder locks
Today, I started getting running into a problem with Pine 3.94--it began telling me that every folder I tried accessing was locked. This persisted even after I rebooted the machine, so I upgraded to Pine 3.95q out of the 3.95L-7 .deb package. This resulted in the same thing--if I try to open a folder, it's locked. After looking through /usr/doc/pine/tech-notes, I checked for .lock files corresponding to the various folders, as well as a general lockfile in either /var/lock or /tmp without finding anything promising. Has anyone else run into this with this package? D. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the Force with Yoda is so strong, construct Office: 3503 WeH, x86720a sentence with in the proper order the words MTFBWY then why can't he? Received: (qmail 30332 invoked by uid 888); 7 Mar 1997 18:29:03 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 30330 invoked by uid 888); 7 Mar 1997 18:29:03 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 30326 invoked from network); 7 Mar 1997 18:29:02 - Received: from nhv-ct1-21.ix.netcom.com (HELO sauron.fashion-tech.com) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 7 Mar 1997 18:29:01 - Received: from klee by sauron.fashion-tech.com with local (Exim 1.60 #1) id 0w34Fi-0001AT-00 (Debian); Fri, 7 Mar 1997 13:20:02 -0500 From: Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: debstd strips static libraries? Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 13:20:02 -0500 Package: debmake Version: 3.2.2 I'm filing this as a bug against debmake, but it may in fact be just a figment of my misunderstanding. Consider it a request for information as much as anything else. Can anyone direct me to a decent reference on the ELF format as used by Linux? I have the Intel ELF specification (version 1.1 of October 1993), but it seems to be substantially different from the ELF used by Linux. Lines 401--411 of /usr/bin/debmake: # Check for static libraries provided by the package X=`find $2/lib $2/usr/lib $2/usr/X11R6/lib -type f -name "lib*.a" 2>/dev/null` if [ "$X" != "" ]; then echo "-- Processing provided static libraries" for i in $X; do echo "Static Library $i" if ! expr "$i" : ".*_g\.a" >/dev/null; then strip $i fi done fi So far as I can tell, this makes all static libraries processed by debmake unusable, as they no longer contain the symbols needed to allow linking. I'd suggest changing line 408 to 'strip --strip-unneeded $i', but that seems to remove necessary symbols for static linking as well (making it useless for Linux, as all 'symbols necessary for relocation' are in the .dynsym and .dynstr sections anyway). Probably both lines 388 and 408 of /usr/bin/debmake should be changed to use '--strip-debug', as '--strip-debug' is the only thing that seems to leave enough information around for linking against the library. I'm tempted to also file a bug against binutils for this same problem, as '--strip-unneeded' is a pretty crappy option that makes a static library unusable for linking. Opinions? Finally, as an aside, is it policy that all static libraries with debugging information be named libxxx_g.a? Or is this just a convention used by debstd? Thanks, - Klee
Re: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
I'm using Infomagics release from December 1996 and I've got the same problem. I found that installing the base perl system seems to work but if you upgrade it (even to the devel packages in Std) it breaks. I've installed the base perl (required) version for now and put a hold on it. I found that under some circumstances perl gets partially deinstalled or misconfigured. Perl lives (on my system) in /usr/bin/perl but there is a symlink in /usr/bin that tends to disappear. I was tracking a similar problem on one of my four machines, 3 of which run Debian now. When attempting to install diald it failed with some message about 'no such file or directory'. Diald installed fine on the other machine and they are basically the same setup. I found that the /bin/perl link had been deleted on the machine that had the problems so all I did was recreate it with ln -s /usr/bin/perl /bin/perl and all was well. I installed diald after that (but haven't completed configuration yet). Hope this helps, Bernt. Bernt T. Hansen Norang Consulting Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems 235 Bellamy Road North phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst Scarborough, Ontario fax: (416)431-2617 Canada M1J-2L7 On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote: > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 97 15:44:17 GMT > From: Brian Skreeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)). > > Hi folks, I asked for help on this problem last week but since having > to change addresses suddenly I didn't get any replies (you might have seen > them bouncing) so here it is again. My linux box is almost unusable because > of this so I look forward to some help on the matter. > > 1: > > Due to the ridiuclous dependancies involving Perl,io,libnet and > dpkg-ftp I now find dpkg-ftp broken. From previous experience of this I had > already the .deb file for io,libnet and dpkg-ftp. Installing these using > dpkg -i managed to install them correctly and dselect shows no errors or > files need "configured". Perl also appears to be installed OK , though I > don't believe it (more on that later). > When attempting to use the ftp option of Dselect I get this error; > > dselect (subprocess): unable to run query/setup script process > `/usr/lib/methods/ftp/setup': no such file or directory > > query/setup script returned error exit status 2. > > obviously I've knackered it up through all the > install/remove/install/remove stuff I was doing trying to get round those > daft dependancies. > > > 2: > > This problem is worse since it stops logging and halts mail delivery. > When my box boots I get the following errors showing multiple times as the > init process attempts to run the various daemons. > > eg. > > /etc/rc2.d/S10sysklogd: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or > directory. > > This is the same for all daemons attempting to run.. > > When just sitting as root and trying to execute "start-stop-daemon" frmo > ANY directory the following error occurs. > > bash: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory. > > This is odd since it's finding the correct program and the path for it but > is saying it can't find it. Spook! I've looksed in /usr/sbin and > start-stop-daemon is definitly in there. > > Help much appreciated. I've went so long now (for a newbie) without > reinstalling that I don't really want to start over again. > > Brian Skreeg - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fish Technologies Ltd.) > > Connecting via U-Net Ltd > > >
Re: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
>When I do 'dpkg --status perl' and 'dpkg --status perl-base' it prints out the >corresponding lines: >Package: perl >Status: install ok installed >[cut] >Package: perl-base >Status: purge ok not-installed >[cut] Yep that's what I get. It's "perl" I have installed and not "perl-base" . I can't "uninstall" it in any way at all. Even using force options. As the removal script can't find the perl executable and biffs out (think I've said this before). So I can't reinstall a working version. dpkg status says it's installed OK but I know better and so does it when it tries to uninstall it. This system is deadlocked in this repect. >The perl package also tells that it replaces both the 'io' and 'perl-base' >packages when it's installed. I'm not sure what has caused your problem, but >maybe installing the 'perl' package helps. Yup, I know this and this is where the dependancy trouble comes in. It seems the perl package in unstable is far from complete or working. >Hope this keeps you from having to reinstall. No really. I fear the worst. Ozzy, __ _ _ / \ \ \ / / / / / |-Brian SkreegIRC:_Ozzy-| \__/ \ \ |-Lead guitarist extraordinaire-| \__/_/ |-I don't look like two zombies-|
Re: example script want
( Re Message From: Ronald van Loon )
>
> In a message to me, Ted Harding, you wrote:
> |"( Re Message From: Lawrence Chim )
> |">
> |"> Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line
> |"> of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the
> |"> line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah.
> |"
> |"awk ' {
> |" print $0 ;
> |" if ( $0 == "section[xyz]" ) { print "new line of text" ; }
> |"} '
> |"
> |"Ted.([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> awk '{ print }
> /section\[xyz\]/ { print "new line of text"; }'
Your version will print "new line of text" every time "section[xyz]" is
matched anywhere in the input line. The form I gave ensures that only an
exact match for the whole line does this.
Best wishes,
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Re: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
I think your perl installation is messed up. Here's a small demo what happens with script files that reference a missing interpreter. First I show the shell I'm using but it's pretty much the same thing with bash. Then I show the location of the perl binary, create a small test script and give it the execute permissions. After that I try to run it. Notice the 'no such file or directory' error. rae:~: 19:37 >echo $SHELL /usr/bin/zsh rae:~: 19:37 >which perl /bin/perl /usr/bin/perl rae:~: 19:37 >cat > koe.pl #!/usr/local/bin/perl print "Success\n"; rae:~: 19:37 >chmod 755 koe.pl rae:~: 19:37 >./koe.pl zsh: no such file or directory: ./koe.pl zsh: exit 1 ./koe.pl If I replace #!/usr/local/bin/perl with #!/usr/bin/perl the script will run and print "Success". Both '/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup' and '/usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon' think that perl should be in /usr/bin. When I do 'dpkg --status perl' and 'dpkg --status perl-base' it prints out the corresponding lines: Package: perl Status: install ok installed [cut] Package: perl-base Status: purge ok not-installed [cut] The perl package also tells that it replaces both the 'io' and 'perl-base' packages when it's installed. I'm not sure what has caused your problem, but maybe installing the 'perl' package helps. Hope this keeps you from having to reinstall. Brian Skreeg wrote among other things: [cut] > dselect (subprocess): unable to run query/setup script process > `/usr/lib/methods/ftp/setup': no such file or directory [cut] > /etc/rc2.d/S10sysklogd: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or > directory. [cut] > When just sitting as root and trying to execute "start-stop-daemon" frmo > ANY directory the following error occurs. > > bash: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory. > > This is odd since it's finding the correct program and the path for it but > is saying it can't find it. Spook! I've looksed in /usr/sbin and > start-stop-daemon is definitly in there. > > Help much appreciated. I've went so long now (for a newbie) without > reinstalling that I don't really want to start over again. // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
sound module
Hi, Can anyone tell me what is the module that replaces sound.o in the 2.0.27 kernel ?? Thanks very much George --- George Kapetanios Churchill College Cambridge, CB3 0DS U.K.E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults
[ cc'ed to the list ] >On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote: > ... >> For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very conv >enient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, I c >reated a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, but thi >s was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more complex >). >> You want to put "xrdb merge .Xdefaults" into, say, Fvwm2 init function. (When you get it to work, take a look at "editres".) While we're at it, even though it says in the /etc/X11/Xresources: "This is a global Xresources file. It is used by both xdm and xinit", I had to merge it from my .xinitrc to make it work. I should file a bug report, I guess. Dimitri --- sig: "By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meet the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation." (Solicited advertisements and other such can be sent to emaziuk at curtin.edu.au) pgpumSWojkZJp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xt?
"marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Craig writes: > > > No Linux will ever work on an xt or a 286. They are missing neccessary > > > bits of hardware called a MMU which protects the memory. A 386SX is > the > > > minimum. > > > > The 8088 used in the XT is lacking an MMU, but the 80286 used in the AT > is > > not. Several versions of Unix were available for the AT. > > The differences in the memory management architechture on the 286 and the > 386 are major. Virtual memory paging and segments larger than 64K just two > important things that the 386 has that are missing on the 286. I'm not > saying that the 286 is not a superneato processor which was quite > impressive (16?, 17? ) years ago, but there is a reason that The Great One > (LT) chose the 386 for his initial experiments. More like 10 years ago; the IBM PC was introduced 16 years ago. > One could write something for the 286 based on the "Linux Philosophy" and > even call it the Linux kernel, but its executable format is not going to > look a lot like ELF. > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think AT&T System V ever ran > on 286s. Xenix, Minix, and Coherent are the main derivatives I can think > of that ran on 286s. Okay, you are wrong:) I used to own a version of ATT System V unix (from Microport) that I ran on a 80286 system. Of course most people define System V as being V.3, and that version was the original V.0 (or V.2?). The major problem with it was that most software available was BSD software, and of course all BSD programmers knew that int, pointers and longs were all 32 bits. Unfortunately the 286 version of unix used ints as 16 bits, so many programs had to be modified. The system did use the 286 protected mode, so it had full memory management. You could use more than 64K of memory, but it was a pain since you had to compile using Intel large model. -- Carl Johnson[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NIS documentation wrong?
At 09:56 AM 3/5/97 +0100, Swen Thuemmler wrote: >> It the nis documentation it says I can + and - users in the passwd file (I >> take it that it should be on the fly and it used to work with debian 0.93 >> in this case...) - however I can't seem to do this. The following two >> lines are in my /etc/passwd file: >> >> +::/bin/bash >> -karl Just a follow up note: this actually DISABLES the login (just says login incorrect all the time) but the finger information remains. -- ___ Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776 http://www.star.net.au ___
Re: ?Audio Group?
Here's the listing of the files in /dev belonging to the audio group: rae:~: 18:06 >find /dev/ -group audio -ls 329580 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 18 23:55 /dev/dsp 329590 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 0 Dec 18 23:55 /dev/mixer 329600 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 1 Dec 18 23:55 /dev/sequencer 329610 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 2 Dec 18 23:55 /dev/midi00 [cut] As you can see all audio related files are already writable for everybody in the group 'audio'. I just added all the audio users in the group 'audio'. Here's the audio line from the /etc/group file: rae:~: 19:21 >grep audio /etc/group audio:*:29:heikki,johanna You might have to logout and login for the changes to take effect. Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > As superuser I can hear the sound (xpat2, ...) but > as normal users no :( > > Should I change the premissions in /dev/audio or ??? //Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: diald disconnect script
Richard Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering if anyone could send me a copy of their > /etc/ppp/ppp-disconnect. I'm very happy with my first few days of diald, > but it doesn't seem to be closing cleanly, as I don't have this script > installed. Without a basic script to start from, my skills leave me at a > loss. You might try adding the following line to your diald options file: disconnect "/usr/sbin/chat '' +++ '' \\dATH" This tells diald to send a Hayes "AT" hangup command to your modem when diald closes the link down. Of course, for this to work your modem must support the industrial standard Hayes "AT" command set. Fortunately, most modems support this. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Mays)
Re: X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults
I'm a little confused by your message, but have you investigated the .hook files that fvwm2 uses for configuration? Rikki On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote: > Hi, > > I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are > designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are > designed within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for > .Xdefaults in Debian. Nevertheless, I wonder if creating such a file can be > avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of > which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X > commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little. > > For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very > convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, > I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, > but this was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more > complex). > > I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the > xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the > config files, but it gave me nothing. > > Has somebody some ideas about it ? > > Regards, > > JP L > --:-) > Jean-Paul Lacharme. > GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS > Centre de la Vieille Charite. 2, rue de la Charite. > 13002 Marseille. FRANCE > Tel.: 0491140731/Fax:0491900227 > > *** If you have already paid your bill, please disregard this notice. ***
Re: Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
I am getting this same problem - I got it after pointing dselect from 1.2.2 at unstable. My fix is to reinstall from base disks in unstable; but I certainly understand not wanting to do this. I was ready to reinstall my system anyhow - but would like to know the answer too. > When attempting to use the ftp option of Dselect I get this error; > > dselect (subprocess): unable to run query/setup script process > `/usr/lib/methods/ftp/setup': no such file or directory > > query/setup script returned error exit status 2. > > obviously I've knackered it up through all the > install/remove/install/remove stuff I was doing trying to get round those > daft dependancies. > > Help much appreciated. I've went so long now (for a newbie) without > reinstalling that I don't really want to start over again. > > Brian Skreeg - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fish Technologies Ltd.) > > Connecting via U-Net Ltd >
Re: SVGATextMode...
Hi, I am the maintainer of SvgaTextMode... On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > (1) Please could someone confirm that the latest version of SVGATextMode is > 1.4 > (or am I missing something out) Yes. > > (2) I seem to have a problem configuring my SVGATextMode program. For a start > I > have a cirrus Logic GP-5446 Card and this in not listed amongs the list of > supported cards (XFREE does) Also, could someone with a cirrus logic car, who > has SVGATextMode running mail me their TextConfig file ... > I do have Cirrus Logic card, but it is CLGD542x chipset, which is supported. Yours seems to be unsupported. I gather you don't like having a generic VGA chipset which is set by default, but I don't think you have any other options. Sorry. __ Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PPP and PAP
OK Folks, Here is a working /etc/ppp/options file that I have tested against the linux terminal server at buoy.com, a USR total control rack, and a portmaster PM2er. All you need to d oto start ppp is type 'pppd' as root. I will pretty this up and get it on a web page, along with a scripting login (one with propmts). Tim # /etc/ppp/options # # $Id: options,v 1.4 1996/05/01 18:57:04 alvar Exp $ # # Originally created by Jim Knoble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Modified for Debian by alvar Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Modified for PPP Server setup by Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # Use the command egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options to quickly see what # options are active in this file. ## Change the next line to point at the serial port that your modem ## is attached to. Do *not* use the cua ports /dev/ttyS1 ## Default speed. Higher speeds can be obtained by setserial 38400 ## This is the bare connect script. This should work most ## of the time. connect "chat ABORT BUSY \"\" ATDT999 CONNECT" ## Make our ppp connection our route to the world defaultroute ## We don't have a address we prefer to use. noipdefault ## THIS IS IMPORTANT!! This must be the name you use for ## authentication for PAP. The password must be contained in ## /etc/ppp/pap-secrets which should be ***mode 600*** ## THIS FILE CONTAINS YOUR CLEAR TEXT PASSWORD ## DO NOT MAKE IT WORLD READABLE name sailer ## for the above 'name' option to work, you must have a pap-secrets file ## that looks like ## ## sailer * mypassword ## ## asyncmap 0 crtscts lock modem -chap ## Lets turn off vj header compression and bsd compression ## These seem to cause more problems than they are worth ## trying to get ppp working the first time. When you ## get ppp working, try commenting them out to see if you ## can get the slight performance gain they provide. -vj -bsdcomp ## These 2 lines provide a way to check to see if your ## ppp connection is actually still responding. As ## provided below, every 30 secs it will ping the remote end, ## and kill ppps after 4 *consecutive* failures. lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 ## If you want to maintain a constant connection ## uncomment out this line. # persist # With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of our local IP # address, even if the local IP address was specified in an option. #ipcp-accept-local # With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of its (remote) IP # address, even if the remote IP address was specified in an option. #ipcp-accept-remote -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "It is a damned poor mind indeed that can't think of at least two ways of spelling any word." Andrew Jackson ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.**
Perl/io/dpkg-ftp and start-stop-daemon (again(again)).
Hi folks, I asked for help on this problem last week but since having to change addresses suddenly I didn't get any replies (you might have seen them bouncing) so here it is again. My linux box is almost unusable because of this so I look forward to some help on the matter. 1: Due to the ridiuclous dependancies involving Perl,io,libnet and dpkg-ftp I now find dpkg-ftp broken. From previous experience of this I had already the .deb file for io,libnet and dpkg-ftp. Installing these using dpkg -i managed to install them correctly and dselect shows no errors or files need "configured". Perl also appears to be installed OK , though I don't believe it (more on that later). When attempting to use the ftp option of Dselect I get this error; dselect (subprocess): unable to run query/setup script process `/usr/lib/methods/ftp/setup': no such file or directory query/setup script returned error exit status 2. obviously I've knackered it up through all the install/remove/install/remove stuff I was doing trying to get round those daft dependancies. 2: This problem is worse since it stops logging and halts mail delivery. When my box boots I get the following errors showing multiple times as the init process attempts to run the various daemons. eg. /etc/rc2.d/S10sysklogd: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory. This is the same for all daemons attempting to run.. When just sitting as root and trying to execute "start-stop-daemon" frmo ANY directory the following error occurs. bash: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory. This is odd since it's finding the correct program and the path for it but is saying it can't find it. Spook! I've looksed in /usr/sbin and start-stop-daemon is definitly in there. Help much appreciated. I've went so long now (for a newbie) without reinstalling that I don't really want to start over again. Brian Skreeg - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fish Technologies Ltd.) Connecting via U-Net Ltd
Re: X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote: > I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are > designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are > designed within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for > .Xdefaults in Debian. Nevertheless, I wonder if creating such a file can be > avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of > which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X > commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little. > > For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very > convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, > I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, > but this was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more > complex). > > I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the > xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the > config files, but it gave me nothing. > > Has somebody some ideas about it ? Did you restart X? Or, run xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults in an xterm, then execute xterm from within the first xterm to pick up the new X resource database? (restarting X sounds easier!) ...RickM...
Re: xt?
Marsh writes: > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think AT&T System V ever ran > on 286s. You may be correct, but Unix did not start with System V. > Xenix, Minix, and Coherent are the main derivatives I can think of that > ran on 286s. Xenix is real licensed Unix, as is SCO. There was at least one other vendor whose name I have forgotten. John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults
Hi, I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are designed within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for .Xdefaults in Debian. Nevertheless, I wonder if creating such a file can be avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little. For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, but this was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more complex). I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the config files, but it gave me nothing. Has somebody some ideas about it ? Regards, JP L --:-) Jean-Paul Lacharme. GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS Centre de la Vieille Charite. 2, rue de la Charite. 13002 Marseille. FRANCE Tel.: 0491140731/Fax:0491900227
Re: Matrox Millenium
> Does anyone out there know right off hand which chipset to choose when > configuring X for the first time with a Matrox Millenium card? mga2064, but the SVGA server will detect it automatically.
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Base14 seg fault (msgId for labeling)
Hello, I recently started trying to install Debian and have been running into problems with the base14 1-4 disks. The disks are read correctly, but when the files are extracting, I get: Segmentation fault Segmentation fault Segmentation fault I've downloaded the base14 files again and created new floppies on two machines with no luck. I am VERY new to UNIX/Linux and don't much about this type of error, however I think it has something to do with a corrupt file on the distribution. I obtained the Base14 files from ftp.debian.org (current) and downloaded twice. The floppies were created on Win95 systems using rawwrite2.exe. I did get the system up, but man doesn't exist on the system and the only book I have is "Teach yourself UNIX" (very beginner). I says nothing about installing the system, connecting to the Internet or a LAN; only how to navigate the directories, manipulate files and use some of the tools I am vaguely familiar with from experience in setting up Web sites on remote Web servers (Telnet). I would assume that the Segmentation fault error indicates that the Base system has not been completely installed? Out of frustration, I did something like "gunzip -r /*" to uncompress the rest of the files installed late last night. This may not have been a good idea, but the system still functions and I have gotten quite used to running the install. ; ) Figured I had nothing to lose! I have a plethora of additional problems, but here are some good ones to start with: Connecting to the local network (Win95 LAN is running Ethernet TCP/IP and IPX but I don't know the appropriate IPs for the 2 Network systems, net mask,) anything else for that matter Accessing the floppy drive Accessing the modem in an attempt to reach the debian FTP site (or the Internet for that matter) On and on and on... Any help in any area will be much appreciated. Thanks. Donny
SVGATextMode...
Hi, (1) Please could someone confirm that the latest version of SVGATextMode is 1.4 (or am I missing something out) (2) I seem to have a problem configuring my SVGATextMode program. For a start I have a cirrus Logic GP-5446 Card and this in not listed amongs the list of supported cards (XFREE does) Also, could someone with a cirrus logic car, who has SVGATextMode running mail me their TextConfig file ... Thanks Jonathan
mount CDs ...
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Jamie Taylor wrote: > > > > > How can I access my floppy and cd-rom drives? > > Also, how can I access my ms-dos partition on my hard drive? > > > I assume you have a base system installed? If you are working from the > install disks, you will need to pop up another VT. > > If I understand your question, you are looking for the mount command. > > For your floppy: > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > If you have the X-windows you can look for xvmount, a very nice X-utility for mounting CDs Floppy and Dos partitions. -- At\'e breve === Pedro Quaresma de Almeida Departamento de Matem\'atica Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
?Audio Group?
Hi == I have a PC with the audio system SoundBlaster + Speakers + Sound Module As superuser I can hear the sound (xpat2, ...) but as normal users no :( Should I change the premissions in /dev/audio or ??? Thank you -- At\'e breve === Pedro Quaresma de Almeida Departamento de Matem\'atica Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
Re: dselect error (more)
In a message to me, Andreas Tille, you wrote: |"> How well has nfs been implemented on the HP? |"If there is any chance to do it in different ways I'm quite sure that the |"administrator had choosen the bad way. This machine is in a terrible |"state and it seems me that to become a Server for several Linux boxes |"would be the a rebirth of it. Fortunately I got the chance to do |"the job of installing the Linux distribution myself. If the administrator |"of the HP machine would do that it would never work. You might want to increase the cache-settings on the NFS partition: hp:/partition /var/bla nfs rw,soft,bg,rsize=8192,wsize=4096 0 0 -- Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "I am waiting as fast as I can! I want patience, and I want it *NOW*!" - Bethany J. Parkhurst
Re: dselect error (more)
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > Two things. If I remember correctly (from your previuos posts) you have > your packages on an nfs-mounted partition; and a troublesome one on an > HP machine at that. There could be many things not related to deselect > or Linux that may be affecting your system. Second, I imagine that > dselect is doing other things besides announcing that it is "leaving" > certain packages during this time. I think 5-10 seconds might be quite > normal given your configuration. > > How fast is your connection to the HP? I would say "not bad" because I don't *feel* any speed loss while doing some things. > What is the load on the HP? Usually I'm the only one. It's a shame to say that but it isn't used (see the next question for the reason). > How well has nfs been implemented on the HP? If there is any chance to do it in different ways I'm quite sure that the administrator had choosen the bad way. This machine is in a terrible state and it seems me that to become a Server for several Linux boxes would be the a rebirth of it. Fortunately I got the chance to do the job of installing the Linux distribution myself. If the administrator of the HP machine would do that it would never work. > How many packages does dselect have to look at? About 30. But it tooks 5-10 seconds for EACH. The time needed seems to be proportional to the size of the package (emacs needs longer than at for instance). > What kind of load is on both these machines? On both I was the only user at this time logged in and I hasn't done any other thing than dselect. > How much memory do you have? 20MB at the 486/66 > Do you swap to a swap partition? I think this wouldn't be necessary in this condition. > Is it local or nfs-mounted? In case it would be done on a local disk, of course. > These are just a few things that might have an impact on your system > performance. I think most of these things shouldn't matter according to this answers. Correct me if I'm wrong. What about the feeling of you. Takes it so much time on your machine, too? Andreas.
Re: Which OSF/Motif ?
On Fri, Mar 07, 1997 at 01:11:00PM +, Brown, Paul, BROWNPA2 wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations as to which > versions of Motif are any good and what the prices are. > > Thanks, > > Paul Brown > I highly recommend the SWIM Motif from http://www.cheapbytes.com. It's worked really well for nearly all Motif apps I've tried to compile, and the price is right. One caveat: the installation script on the CDROM will try to install an enormous amount of demos, docs, etc. I would recommend installing the libs and header files manually; they will go into the /usr/X11R6 tree where most makefiles will look for them. Larry -- ~~~ Larry Ayers_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ Knox County, _/__/ Missouri_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ ~~~
icmp redirect messages
Hi, I have a peculiar situation with two machines. On one of them, icmp redirect messages go to the kernel syslog file, on the other the messages go to the console terminal. Yet they both have identical syslog.conf files. If anyone has any ideas, they would be appreciated. Thanks much Lennard
Re: xt?
On 7 Mar 1997, marsh wrote: > I'm not > saying that the 286 is not a superneato processor which was quite > impressive (16?, 17? ) years ago, but there is a reason that The Great One > (LT) chose the 386 for his initial experiments. So, is it true that there is nothing newer on the space shuttle and other spacecraft newer than a 286? I've heard this a couple of times. One explanation was that the newer chips are so dense that "cosmic forces" (radiation, etc?) adversely effect the electronics, whereas such things pass through the spaces on a 286 without creating havoc. (Please don't flame me for my lay explanation). Of course, we all know that Linux was on a Thinkpad last year, and will be on another notebook with a Debian/Linux installation in the near future. These obviously aren't 286's... ...RickM...
Which OSF/Motif ?
Hi, I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations as to which versions of Motif are any good and what the prices are. Thanks, Paul Brown
Re: dselect error (more)
Andreas Tille wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > > > It is "leaving" packages that were *not* installed. Things like pakages > > that were present before this instance of deselect. > This is what I read on my screen, but to leave a package which wasn't > installed should take 5-10 seconds?? That's the time it takes me to leave > the room but I thought my Debian box should be a little bit faster when > doing quiet easy things. What means "leaving". If "leaving" means to > copy each package to each partition on my box the time it tooks would > fit my expectation, but I think leaving is something other :-). > > I thought it may be a hint on any error, if a process which should be done > quiet fast takes a much longer time. > > Correct me if I'm wrong > >Andreas. Two things. If I remember correctly (from your previuos posts) you have your packages on an nfs-mounted partition; and a troublesome one on an HP machine at that. There could be many things not related to deselect or Linux that may be affecting your system. Second, I imagine that dselect is doing other things besides announcing that it is "leaving" certain packages during this time. I think 5-10 seconds might be quite normal given your configuration. How fast is your connection to the HP? What is the load on the HP? How well has nfs been implemented on the HP? How many packages does dselect have to look at? What kind of load is on both these machines? How much memory do you have? Do you swap to a swap partition? Is it local or nfs-mounted? These are just a few things that might have an impact on your system performance. --Bob
Re: Non-existing packages in dselect
You have checked the bug listings via www.debian.org or straight http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/debian-bugs/db/6210.html? I noticed this when the tex packages from both stable and unstable were shown at the same time in dselect. This happened after my upgrade from stable to unstable. When I fooled around a little I managed to truncate both available and available-old in /var/lib/dpkg. After that 'update' from dselect worked fine. The 'clear available' never worked in dpkg-ftp. I hand fixed the bug in dpkg-ftp by following the advise given in the url above. Andreas Tille wrote: > > Could someone give me a pointer to an explaination of this bug. May be I also > run in trouble while using dpkg-ftp caused by this bug. I hope this helps // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: xt?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Craig writes: > > No Linux will ever work on an xt or a 286. They are missing neccessary > > bits of hardware called a MMU which protects the memory. A 386SX is the > > minimum. > > The 8088 used in the XT is lacking an MMU, but the 80286 used in the AT is > not. Several versions of Unix were available for the AT. The differences in the memory management architechture on the 286 and the 386 are major. Virtual memory paging and segments larger than 64K just two important things that the 386 has that are missing on the 286. I'm not saying that the 286 is not a superneato processor which was quite impressive (16?, 17? ) years ago, but there is a reason that The Great One (LT) chose the 386 for his initial experiments. One could write something for the 286 based on the "Linux Philosophy" and even call it the Linux kernel, but its executable format is not going to look a lot like ELF. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think AT&T System V ever ran on 286s. Xenix, Minix, and Coherent are the main derivatives I can think of that ran on 286s. - Marsh
Re: capture the screen
In your email to me, Ramiro Arenas, you wrote: > > I am using XFree86 and the window manager fwmrc95, > I need to capture the screen to send to some friends, > does anyone know how can i do that? > Install the package xwpick Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "Today is the tomorrow that yesterday you spent money like there was no" Ivern Ball ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.**
Network card driver for GE2500
I would like to know if someone has this network card driver. TIA Paulo
Re: Non-existing packages in dselect
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: > Yes sir, that's it. I did associate the starnge behaviour with dselect even > though it's dpkg-ftp working under the hood. I forgot to check the bugs this > time but I'm not sure if I would have found it under dpkg-ftp. > > Thanks for clearing this to me. > > > You're probably using dpkg-ftp and have hit bug 6210. Could someone give me a pointer to an explaination of this bug. May be I also run in trouble while using dpkg-ftp caused by this bug. Andreas.
Re: NT authentication drama
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Bruce wrote: Bruce> Bruce> Isn't this what you want? Bruce> Bruce> Bruce Bruce> Bruce> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Burke) Newsgroups: Bruce> comp.os.linux.announce Subject: Linux - NT authentication Bruce> suite Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 06:03:28 GMT Organization: Bruce> Mindware Bruce> Bruce> The current version of my free suite of modifications to Bruce> allow full password authentication for Linux services using a Bruce> central NT server is available at : Bruce> Bruce> http://www.mindware.com.au/ftp/smb-NT-verify.1.1.tar.gz AFAIK this allows linux to do password authentication via nt, not vice versa (what I need). borik --- Boris D. Beletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Institute of Computer Science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hebrew University Jerusalemhome: +972 2 6411880
Re: Module Errors!!
Thought wrote: > Do you or does anyone else get these errors right after installing Debian? This happens if you compile a new kernel of the same version (2.0.27). Modules are copied to /lib/modules/[version], so existing modules are overwritten if you compiled them again but they aren't deleted. Unneeded modules remain in this directory and cause problems with depmod, because there's no reference to them in the kernel database (System.map???). Just remove or rename the old 2.0.27 subdir and run make modules_install again. Greetings, Ulf
Re: example script want
In a message to me, Ted Harding, you wrote:
|"( Re Message From: Lawrence Chim )
|">
|"> Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line
|"> of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the
|"> line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah.
|"
|"awk ' {
|" print $0 ;
|" if ( $0 == "section[xyz]" ) { print "new line of text" ; }
|"} '
|"
|"Ted.([EMAIL PROTECTED])
awk '{ print }
/section\[xyz\]/ { print "new line of text"; }'
--
Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"I am waiting as fast as I can! I want patience, and I want it *NOW*!"
- Bethany J. Parkhurst
tk script to reboot etc from xdm login screen
I've had several requests for this, so a post to the list seemed
appropriate. My scripts are based on those posted to this list by
Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Monday 7th October 1996
(subject: " Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?"). I've modified
them considerably for use at our site, where one of the requirements
for our linux machines is to be able to emulate an X terminal on an
HP-UX server machine.
It (almost) goes without saying that you need tcl and tk packages
installed - only the runtime parts are needed, and I am not aware
of a need for any particular version.
Assuming you have xdm running, you need to do the following:
Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 - this script is run when xdm is
(re)initialising the login screen. Mine is now:
===
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $
if grep -q ^run-xconsole /etc/X11/config
then
xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed \
-exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole
fi
xsetroot -solid grey50
# Start the rebooter etc...
/usr/local/bin/tkmgr &
echo $! > /var/run/tkmgr-pid
===
Modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 - this script is run after a user has
successfully logged in at the xdm login prompt. Mine is now:
===
#! /bin/sh
#
# This script is run as root after a user starts a session on :0.
# Call the global Xstartup script, if it exists
if [ -x /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup ] ; then
/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
fi
# :0 specific startup commands go here
# Kill the mgr
if [ -f /var/run/tkmgr-pid ]
then
kill `cat /var/run/tkmgr-pid`
rm /var/run/tkmgr-pid
fi
exit 0
===
The Tk script is /usr/local/bin/tkmgr. Mine is modified to give three
choices. The first is to connect to one of our server machines acting
as an xterm, the second to reboot the system and the third to halt it.
The script determines the location of the xdm login window and places
itself centrally below it. It will obviously need customising, to either
remove the xterm reference or make it applicable to a particular site.
/usr/local/bin/tkmgr contains:
===
#!/usr/bin/wish
# Init stuff
wm title . Chooser
wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW Quit
# Place this below bottom LH corner of login window
set info [split [exec xwininfo -name xlogin] "\n"]
set LoginGeom [split [lindex [split [lindex $info 21] " "] 3] +]
set LoginH [lindex [split [lindex $LoginGeom 0] x] 1]
set NewX [expr [lindex $LoginGeom 1] + 1]
set NewY [expr [lindex $LoginGeom 2] + $LoginH + 6]
wm geometry . +$NewX+$NewY
# The buttons
frame .buttons
button .buttons.xterm \
-text "Start xterm on ..." \
-width 19 \
-relief raised \
-command Xterm
button .buttons.reboot \
-text "Reboot the system" \
-width 19 \
-command Reboot
button .buttons.halt \
-text "Halt the system" \
-width 19 \
-command Halt
pack append .buttons \
.buttons.xterm {left expand fill} \
.buttons.halt {left expand fill} \
.buttons.reboot {left expand fill}
menu .buttons.xterm.menu
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "sleepy" -command {Xterm "sleepy"}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "sneezy" -command {Xterm "sneezy"}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "bashful" -command {Xterm "bashful"}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "dopey" -command {Xterm "dopey"}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "grumpy" -command {Xterm "grumpy"}
.buttons.xterm.menu add command -label "happy" -command {Xterm "happy"}
pack .buttons -side top -fill x -expand true
# The Functions
proc Quit {} {
exit 0
}
proc Reboot {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -rt 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
proc Halt {} {
exec /sbin/shutdown -ht 15 now < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 &
}
proc Xterm {} {
catch "destroy .xtlist"
toplevel .xtlist
# Place this below chooser window
set MainGeom [split [ wm geometry . ] +]
set MainH [lindex [split [lindex $MainGeom 0] x] 1]
set NewX [lindex $MainGeom 1]
set NewY [expr [lindex $MainGeom 2] + $MainH]
wm geometry .xtlist +$NewX+$NewY
frame .xtlist.list
button .xtlist.list.sleepy \
-text "sleepy" \
-padx 10 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm sleepy &}
button .xtlist.list.sneezy \
-text "sneezy" \
-padx 11 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm sneezy &}
button .xtlist.list.bashful \
-text "bashful" \
-padx 11 \
-width 7 \
-command {exec /usr/local/bin/tkxterm bashful &}
button .
Re: Procmail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Scott Stanley wrote: > \sstanley, "|/home/mustang/grad/sstanley/bin/procmail -f- VERBOSE=on" > > The first \sstanley just makes sure the mail is copied directly to my > inbox before trying to run it through procmail. Otherwise, I think it is > trying to run procmail, but I am getting a returned mail message with the > error; You can do this with procmail itself, just put the following rule at the very beginning in your .procmailrc :0 c: /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME The "c" flag means "carbon copy": everything will go to /var/spool/mail/yourlogin, but procmail will read the remaining .procmailrc as if it had not delivered to that folder. >- Transcript of session follows - > sh: procmail not available for sendmail programs > 554 "|/home/mustang/grad/sstanley/bin/procmail -f- VERBOSE=on"... Service > unavailable However this error suggest that your sysadmin has decided to run sendmail through some sort of restricted shell. If this is true, I can just suggest to contact him and ask him politely to install procmail for everybody (i.e. in /usr/local/bin or whatever), and let sendmail to execute procmail from .forward. Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Debian procmail maintainer. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBMx/iRyqK7IlOjMLFAQFiMwP/U8qfepMmEOxjSsVhbPyMoOrA13iwoAyl 24a/yEis+UCnzz9Y22pOzw5JjIJvjHhUyKo+Wp5TD7yWU+bcrDF04BVmaMYJ/5Ut 8JO9H2EAJ//E/pF5uPD4kwT9up5Sm6HsK2HrOgdtA1Mp/D4YStdkmXKulluN+zeX +JmlMzInCog= =EZ61 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: SOCKS5 Compilation troubles
> I am trying to compile Socks5 on a Debian Linux box, kernel 2.0.24, but it > fails to succeed. It complains the lack of following files: [...] Are you sure you've done your configuration completely - I compiled socks5 on my system a couple of weeks ago without any problems (and without manually setting additional switches/options). Check your configuration, and if it still doesn't work - send me email, so we can have a look together. Benedikt signoff --- Benedikt Eric Heinen - Muehlemattstrasse 53 - CH3007 Bern - SWITZERLAND email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: capture the screen
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Ramiro Arenas wrote: > I am using XFree86 and the window manager fwmrc95, > I need to capture the screen to send to some friends, > does anyone know how can i do that? Run xv (non-free Debian section, as far as I remember), press right mouse button, press `Grab' button... Vadik. -- Vadim Vygonets [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sysadmin? Me?! Naah... I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a binary tree.
Re: csh
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Pete Poff wrote: > Hi, > on what ftp site can I get the csh shell and what file name is it > called. For debian, you may get tcsh from any debian mirror in the directory shells (it's, of course, called csh). I'm using (and maintaining) tcsh, but I also have csh for scripts to run faster. Vadik. -- Vadim Vygonets [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sysadmin? Me?! Naah... I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a binary tree.
Re: example script want
( Re Message From: Lawrence Chim )
>
> Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line
> of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the
> line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah.
awk ' {
print $0 ;
if ( $0 == "section[xyz]" ) { print "new line of text" ; }
} '
Ted.([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: color xterm
|"> XTerm*customization: -color |" ^^^ |" |"Interesting. Where did you find information on that resource? (It's |"apparently not in the manual page.) It's a global Intrinsics resource. Maybe it is in the general X server page. It works for other programs too. If you have a program of class 'Foo', putting the following in your ~/.Xdefaults (or more globally) will allow you to put color-specific information in Foo-color: #ifdef COLOR *customization: -color #endif - Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "I am waiting as fast as I can! I want patience, and I want it *NOW*!" - Bethany J. Parkhurst
Re: 2.0.29 freezing
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > WARNING/DISCLAIMER: This could cause your hard disk to become > corrupt, make your monitor explode, burn your CPU, etc... etc... > To minimize risks, umount or remount ro all your partitions if > possible (well, you must keep one rw to do the ftp...) You can always pipe it into /dev/null ;) Greg
Re: Matrox Millenium
There are two things you might want to do. First check http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html for the info about XFree86 Matrox server. This info is made by the authors of the Matrox code in XF86_SVGA server. The second is that you should try XF86Setup which comes with the xserver-vga16 package. XF86Setup is a graphical tool for creating the config files and it uses the 16 color VGA server. XF86Setup is what I used. You really shouldn't need to specify any of the chipset, ramdac, size of available WRAM memory etc. since the driver automatically detects everything. Thought wrote: > Does anyone out there know right off hand which chipset to choose when > configuring X for the first time with a Matrox Millenium card? // Heikki PS. It should be possible to replace the server that comes with XFree86 3.2 with the newer 3.2A version. There is no Debian package for 3.2A since it's a binary only distribution and Debian wants to offer sources too. I have not yet tried it so I can't verify this information.
2.0.29 freezing
I'm posting the problem here to see if someone can reproduce it: I found that running simultaneously the serial and floppy driver causes 2.0.29 to freeze badly. To cause the bug: start a ftp session somewhere, and download a file (transmission speed must be high, so get a fast server) try to, say, format a floppy. It should freeze within 5 to 30 seconds. I'm dealing with the kernel guys on the topic, but so far, no one could reproduce the problem. Can you tell me if it freezes on your machine ? WARNING/DISCLAIMER: This could cause your hard disk to become corrupt, make your monitor explode, burn your CPU, etc... etc... To minimize risks, umount or remount ro all your partitions if possible (well, you must keep one rw to do the ftp...) My setup: AMD 486 Dx2-66. Linux tantale 2.0.29 #4 Thu Mar 6 00:23:56 PST 1997 i486 unknown tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Thanks ! Phil.
Matrox Millenium
Does anyone out there know right off hand which chipset to choose when configuring X for the first time with a Matrox Millenium card?
Imagine 128
I'm running an Imagine 128 video card and I'm having a terrible time finding good graphics setting. If anyone knows good resolution / refresh settings please let me know. The defaults with the 128 server just don't work right. Oh, I run an NEC Multisync monitor so that shouldn't be the problem. Thanks!
Re: Module Errors!!
Do you or does anyone else get these errors right after installing Debian? I would imagine that at least for the first day or so most everything would be error free and ready to go, but maybe not? The only thing I can think of that would cause ME to have these errors and nobody else would be that I do a make zlilo and my boot is /dev/fd0 even though my root is /dev/hda2 (in other words, I stick in my floppy to boot off /dev/hda2). Could this be causing a problem? I don't really see why it would affect /sbin/depmod...(I think the root to solving this problem would be found easier by looking at why depmod gets errors instead of why the kernel does at bootup, no?) On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, William Chow wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Thought wrote: > > > Whenever I run /sbin/depmod -a, I get the following errors: > > > > > > and on and on and on for about 100 more lines... What should I do about > > that? (Oh, and other than /sbin/depmod -a, I followed all of the steps > > you mentioned in the previous reply to the letter, including the make > > modules and make modules_install) > > > > > Again, delete these modules. You probably don't need them. I believe your > make modules made ALL the modules instead of the specific ones you > specified. There's a file in the source tree supposedly that will allow > you to specify which modules to make and not make. > > Will > > >
example script want
Firstly, I am not a script expert and I only know how to write a little script file to execute a batch of commands. Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah. section[abc] blahblahblah section[xby] blahblahblahblah
Re: dselect error (more)
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > It is "leaving" packages that were *not* installed. Things like pakages > that were present before this instance of deselect. This is what I read on my screen, but to leave a package which wasn't installed should take 5-10 seconds?? That's the time it takes me to leave the room but I thought my Debian box should be a little bit faster when doing quiet easy things. What means "leaving". If "leaving" means to copy each package to each partition on my box the time it tooks would fit my expectation, but I think leaving is something other :-). I thought it may be a hint on any error, if a process which should be done quiet fast takes a much longer time. Correct me if I'm wrong Andreas.
Re: Module Errors!!
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Thought wrote: > Whenever I run /sbin/depmod -a, I get the following errors: > > > and on and on and on for about 100 more lines... What should I do about > that? (Oh, and other than /sbin/depmod -a, I followed all of the steps > you mentioned in the previous reply to the letter, including the make > modules and make modules_install) > > Again, delete these modules. You probably don't need them. I believe your make modules made ALL the modules instead of the specific ones you specified. There's a file in the source tree supposedly that will allow you to specify which modules to make and not make. Will
Re: Module Errors!!
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Kael Rowan - CPTS666 wrote: > 3c59x ether_setup: wrong version or undefined > register_netdev: wrong version or undefined > dev_kfree_skb: wrong version or undefined > dev_alloc_skb: wrong version or undefined > eth_type_trans: wrong version or undefined > netif_rx: wrong version or undefined > unregister_netdev: wrong version or undefined > Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.27) don't match your > linux-2.0.27 > > I got those "wrong version or undefined" errors on another system as well > so I just ended up removing all the lines in all my startup scripts that > had the word module in them :) What do I do??? Unless you specifically need these modules, nothing. You either A) did not compile support for these modules in your kernel during the new compile or B) didn't do a make modules, make modules install, and a depmod on your newly installed modules. If A) then simply ignore the error messages or remove them from your modules file in /etc. I believe you can also turn version checking off during compilation. Will
Re: capture the screen
On Fri, 07 Mar 1997 00:26:35 GMT Ramiro Arenas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am using XFree86 and the window manager fwmrc95, > I need to capture the screen to send to some friends, > does anyone know how can i do that? Two methods: 1) Basic one. Use xwd and xwud. Read the manpages first. These come with X. 2) Use a graphics program (xv or imagemagick will do). Phil.
Re: XFree86 3.2 performance problem ?
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Paul Seelig wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Has anyone else noticed that, since the upgrade to 3.2, X seems to > > be slower ? > > > [stuff deleted] > > > > Has anoyone had a similar experience ? > > > I noticed that my Cirrus Logic 5426-VLB is slower in redrawing the > screen and dragging windows seems to be less fluid. Will the SVGA X > server from XFree-3.1.2 run flawlessly with all the XFree-3.2 clients? > I'm considering downgrading my X server too. I had to downgrade my server once I discovered Xfree unceremoniously cut Compaq AVGA support from my server. I've been running 3.1.2 server with 3.2 clients without trouble. The only thing that won't run is xvidtune because it depends on 3.2 extensions or something... Supposedly 3.2 isn't all that different from 3.1, it adds a couple nifty features for the keyboard and weird devices, and generally speeds up current vidcards. At the same time it appears to ignore older vidcards, which may be why performance has decreased, but don't quote me on that :) Will
Re: VIM Editor
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Mr Stuart Lamble wrote: > William Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > : Weird, I did an ldd on vim. The only two libs it needs are ncurses and > : libc. Are there two different versions of vim in the debian packaging > : system, one with and one without X support? > > There shouldn't be. Which version of vim do you have installed? When I > changed the compilation procedure to configure vim with X support, I > created two versions - one for 1.2 (which, at the time, was slated to > use 3.1.2), and one for unstable (shortly to become 1.3). > Well, I think I'm using one of the more current stable versions, the one that came with the current stable (1.2). I did not use unstable. Is vim supposed to be dynamically linked to the Xaw library? I and another user have reported that an ldd does NOT in fact show it to be dynamically linked to any X11 libraries. Is there one that has X support and one that doesn't? That's where the confusion was. Will
Re: Module Errors!!
Whenever I run /sbin/depmod -a, I get the following errors: *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/atixlmouse.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/busmouse.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/icn.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/ipx.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/isdn.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/msbusmouse.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/pcbit.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/misc/psaux.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c501.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c503.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c505.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c507.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c509.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/3c59x.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/8390.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/ac3200.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/apricot.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/arcnet.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/at1700.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/de4x5.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/de600.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/de620.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/depca.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/dgrs.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/dlci.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/e2100.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/eepro.o *** Unresolved symbols in module /lib/modules/2.0.27/net/eexpress.o and on and on and on for about 100 more lines... What should I do about that? (Oh, and other than /sbin/depmod -a, I followed all of the steps you mentioned in the previous reply to the letter, including the make modules and make modules_install)
Q: Will Digital HiNote run Linux
Hi Does anybody knows if the Digital HiNote (laptop) VP 535 can run the Debien Linux? Thanks in advance. John -- John Plate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Procmail
I know this isn't strictly a debian related issue, but since I am trying to sort the mail from this list I had hoped someone might be able to help. I am trying to get procmail set up on an HP workstation (no root access). I have managed to get a .procmailrc file worked out, and I think I am close to getting the .forward worked out. But not quite... First, the example .forward file does not work on my HP machine. Causes a nice mess of my incoming mail (basically I receive none of it) followed by a nice discussion with the sysadmin wanting to know what the devil I am doing. In any case, playing with vacation on the machine (for examples of the .forward file), I have managed to come up with, \sstanley, "|/home/mustang/grad/sstanley/bin/procmail -f- VERBOSE=on" The first \sstanley just makes sure the mail is copied directly to my inbox before trying to run it through procmail. Otherwise, I think it is trying to run procmail, but I am getting a returned mail message with the error; - Transcript of session follows - sh: procmail not available for sendmail programs 554 "|/home/mustang/grad/sstanley/bin/procmail -f- VERBOSE=on"... Service unavailable Does anyone have any suggestions?? A pointer to some documentation on the format of this type of thing in the .forward file would be great. The sendmail man page mentions .forward, but only briefly, and I can not find any reference to it anywhere else. I am pretty much working blind here Scott
Re: Module Errors!!
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Kael Rowan - CPTS666 wrote: > I just installed a fresh version of Debian 1.2 on my Pentium 166 with > hardly any modifications to the recommended setup in dselect, (except I > chose to install the kernel source), and I just recompiled the kernel > using it's default options almost exactly (except no SCSI support, etc), > and keep getting these messages: > > Running /etc/init.d/boot... > > Activating swap... > Checking root file system... > Parallelizing fsck version 1.06 (7-Oct-96) > /dev/hda2: clean, 15323/104040 files, 147108/415296 blocks > Loading modules: vfat Initialization of vfat failed > psaux kill_fasync: wrong version or undefined > Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.27) don't match your > linux-2.0.27 > serial Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled > tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > 3c59x ether_setup: wrong version or undefined > register_netdev: wrong version or undefined > dev_kfree_skb: wrong version or undefined > dev_alloc_skb: wrong version or undefined > eth_type_trans: wrong version or undefined > netif_rx: wrong version or undefined > unregister_netdev: wrong version or undefined > Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.27) don't match your > linux-2.0.27 > > I got those "wrong version or undefined" errors on another system as well > so I just ended up removing all the lines in all my startup scripts that > had the word module in them :) What do I do??? > I assume in the compilation of the kernel you did basically the following steps, make config make dep make clean make zImage or make zlilo followed by make modules make modules_install /sbin/depmod -a You must make sure and complete the process by recompiling and installing the modules. The depmod command at the end creates the dependencies file at /lib/modules/Kernel_Version/modules.dep The depmod should be run automatically by one of the startup scripts. But nice to do it by hand A better explanation of this is given in the file /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/Documentation/modules.txt Scott > >
Module Errors!!
I just installed a fresh version of Debian 1.2 on my Pentium 166 with hardly any modifications to the recommended setup in dselect, (except I chose to install the kernel source), and I just recompiled the kernel using it's default options almost exactly (except no SCSI support, etc), and keep getting these messages: Running /etc/init.d/boot... Activating swap... Checking root file system... Parallelizing fsck version 1.06 (7-Oct-96) /dev/hda2: clean, 15323/104040 files, 147108/415296 blocks Loading modules: vfat Initialization of vfat failed psaux kill_fasync: wrong version or undefined Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.27) don't match your linux-2.0.27 serial Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A 3c59x ether_setup: wrong version or undefined register_netdev: wrong version or undefined dev_kfree_skb: wrong version or undefined dev_alloc_skb: wrong version or undefined eth_type_trans: wrong version or undefined netif_rx: wrong version or undefined unregister_netdev: wrong version or undefined Loading failed! The module symbols (from linux-2.0.27) don't match your linux-2.0.27 I got those "wrong version or undefined" errors on another system as well so I just ended up removing all the lines in all my startup scripts that had the word module in them :) What do I do???
Re: Idea for the burner
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, William Chow wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, J.P.D. Kooij wrote: > > > > > Like, dselect is a great and easy tool, but there is no manpage for it... > > Dselect is pretty intuitive once you get the hang of it, but it needs to > be a bit better before I call it a great and easy tool. There were a > couple of times that dselect purged things I didn't want to, because I > didn't go through the whole list and checked everything, etc. > I think dselect needs to be layed out better, but to tell you the truth, I > have no idea how to represent that amount of information in an easy to > read format. The current system is workable, but I don't believe it > necessarily is ideal. This is probably due to the side effect of having a > LOT of packages in the Debian system. While it may be a headache to run > dselect and go through all those packages, I guess it's better than having > very few packages... > I will say that I really like dselect. I have never felt the need to sort through how to use dpkg since I use dselect for all of my package installation and removal. However, I think dselect could benefit alot from an option that will allow you to display the changes which are selected before you actually jump in and do them. I to have had dselect either install or remove packages that I didn't intend (no doubt because I made some stupid slip of the fingers). But, in any case, it might be nice to preview what is going to be done before actually doing it. There are far to many packages to be able to confidently go through the selection process and know exactly what is going to be done. It would be tragic to accidently purge the x-windows configuration files or something like that. > > > > > Also, I think it would be better to drop info (sorry, you die-hards GNUdes > > out there.) Lets have all the info stuff as lynx-enabled HTML, it provides > I believe you can have the best of both possible worlds with convertors. > That way you can have HTML/postscript/texinfo/whatever sources of > essentially the same document. Not everyone will have lynx, and not > everyone will use texinfo, etc. > I hate to step on any toes here, but we certainly need something in addition to info. I understand that emacs does a nice job with these files, but I have never felt like I had the system resources to spend on emacs, and I have never had the stamina to work through info. Two things that I think might be nice in the ``getting started'' type documentation for Debian would be more information on using dselect, and a section on other places to look for documentation. I just skimmed back through the documentation used for my Debian install last fall (I am a convert from slackware) and I find no mention of the /usr/doc directory, info (for what it is worth), the basic Linux HowTo's, or even man pages. The man pages, while obvious to those who have used u*ix for a while may are not so obvious to a newbie or even someone who has used u*ix for a while as a general user. Seems like a mention of all of the available documentation (web address included) would be nice to put out there. It might help get people started on solving their problems. Scott
Re: Problem with TERMCAP in Xfree86
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Vadim Vygonets wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Brown, Paul, BROWNPA2 wrote: > > > I've got Debian GNU/Linux 1.2 installed and working and have > > installed XFree86. It is working fine except for when it comes to > > displaying an xterm it says that is cannot find a usable TERMCAP > > entry. What does this mean and how can I fix it ? > > Install package termcap-compat from admin section. No. This is an xterm problem... It annoyingly sets TERMCAP. Just put "unsetenv TERMCAP" in your .cshrc (or "export TERMCAP=" in your .bashrc and the problem will go away. You don't need termcap-compat for that... And so you very probably don't want it. Christian, termcap-compat maintainer.
capture the screen
I am using XFree86 and the window manager fwmrc95, I need to capture the screen to send to some friends, does anyone know how can i do that?
INND
Setting up innd im at the point where i have to convert a news.active file into our loacl active file. The readme says i do this by typing teh following; perl -ne 's/ \d+ \d+ / 00 01 /' >active Assuming that 'active' is the resulting master file INND will use, and active.au is the input file, where in this command does active.au go??? Also, where does INND store the news? I cant find a pointer in the conf files telling me where. thanks. c'ya hate to be ya, michl electric RAIN http://www.electric-rain.net/ Kishu SILENT TRAVELLER The autumn sun goes down. Without a cry, A crow has flown across the orange sky.
Re: XFree86 3.2 performance problem ?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Has anyone else noticed that, since the upgrade to 3.2, X seems to > be slower ? > [stuff deleted] > > Has anoyone had a similar experience ? > I noticed that my Cirrus Logic 5426-VLB is slower in redrawing the screen and dragging windows seems to be less fluid. Will the SVGA X server from XFree-3.1.2 run flawlessly with all the XFree-3.2 clients? I'm considering downgrading my X server too. Regards, P. *8^) -- Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany Our AMA Homepage in the WWW at http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bender/
Re: VIM Editor
William Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] : Weird, I did an ldd on vim. The only two libs it needs are ncurses and : libc. Are there two different versions of vim in the debian packaging : system, one with and one without X support? There shouldn't be. Which version of vim do you have installed? When I changed the compilation procedure to configure vim with X support, I created two versions - one for 1.2 (which, at the time, was slated to use 3.1.2), and one for unstable (shortly to become 1.3). The reason for this seemingly crazy process is that my video card - a W32p revision A, VESA local bus - didn't work with 3.1.2; I'd long ago given up on it, and was using the betas. As a result, I wasn't certain vim would work properly with 3.1.2 if it were linked with the R6.1 libraries (3.1.2 was X11R6; 3.1.2D and later, R6.1; 3.2A and later are R6.3.) Stuart (onetime vim maintainer, who occasionally skims linux.debian.user :) -- With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC1925.
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IPX/Apple talk tip
I recall someone mentioning a similar problem to mine. I recomined the kernel and excluded IPX and Appletalk totally, erased their modeles form usr/lib/modules, but kerneld insisted of still trying to load them Anyhow, from a usenet post the fix is: alias net-pf-4 off alias net-pf-5 off In /etc/conf.modules. If someone has any insight on why ipx and appletalk are called net-pf-4/5 I'd be interested.. Now my ifconfig loads instantly! Jason
Can linux be my answering machine??
Does anyone know if there are any programs that let linux act like an answering machine. Just a thought. Jason KillenQuestion Stupidity Monolith : driven by inner daemons RPS : better living through world [EMAIL PROTECTED]domination
Re: xt?
On 5 Mar 1997, David Stein wrote: > Can debian Linux run on an xt? If not is there another linux that can run > on an xt? a http: link in the right direction would be appreciated. Take a peek at Minix: ftp.cs.vu.nl:/pub/minix www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html I had it running on a 1 meg 286, it's supposed to work on an XT. -!-
Re: Minicom again
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Pete Poff wrote: > Hi, > the problem I am having is this. When I try to download, it > gives the message, Press any key to download or Alt-C to quit. I do and > it lagges for about 1-2 minutes, then goes back to the site I was on. I > check to see if the file is there and it isn't. When I download from > MS-DOS it displays a message that tells me how much longer I have until > is done. I don't know of minicom has something like this, but if it > does, it's not showing one. I'm going to try to see if I got the rz or > whatever with minicom. > > Pete Poff---AKA---BlackJack > Personal E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kyron E-Mail Address:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kyron address:telnet.cyberconinc.com 4000 Hmm. Are you using zmodem? It does give you a time estimate (continually improved) when it is working correctly. You could also set up ppp and just use ordinary services like ftp to move files around, which is what you will probably want to do eventually if you are working on a MUD or something like it. Try zmodem first though. I like six eggs when starting on a journey. Fried - not poached. And mind you don't break 'em. I won't eat a broken egg. -- Thorin Oakenshield
