Problems installing
I am doing a clean install on a 486 w/20Meg and Buslogic SCSI w/3 400MB drives. Booting from floppy (resc1440.bin) looks ok until it tries to mount the RAMDISK: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 invalid compressed format (err=2) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid-0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size=512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Any ideas? I installed 1.3 after it first came out on this machine without any problems. I am now using the latest disks in disks-i386. --- George Bonser Debian/GNU Linux See http://www.debian.org Linux ... It isn't just for breakfast anymore! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to silence. However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god. Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann Still, it would be nice to run the installation menu from hard disk to do things as change mount points for partitions, changing network stuff (hostname, IP address, netmask, whatever.) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Problems installing
FWIW, If I select ramdisk0 install instead of the default, it seems to come up OK using the root diskette. On 19-Oct-97 George Bonser wrote: I am doing a clean install on a 486 w/20Meg and Buslogic SCSI w/3 400MB drives. Booting from floppy (resc1440.bin) looks ok until it tries to mount the RAMDISK: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 invalid compressed format (err=2) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid-0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size=512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Any ideas? I installed 1.3 after it first came out on this machine without any problems. I am now using the latest disks in disks-i386. --- George Bonser Debian/GNU Linux See http://www.debian.org Linux ... It isn't just for breakfast anymore! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PerfectBACKUP now free
On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, George Bonser wrote: I just noticed that a FREE Linux version of PerfectBACKUP is now available. It is not crippled and does not expire. Maybe someone could build a loader script like the one for Netscape? Have a look at www.unisrc.com Will this work with lesstif, or is motif required? Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
At 04:37 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote: There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to silence. However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu. Still, it would be nice to run the installation menu from hard disk to do things as change mount points for partitions, changing network stuff (hostname, IP address, netmask, whatever.) Exactly. Lisa also lets you load kernel modules and configure hardware as well. For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable Now I have to figure out why it doesn't work and that's not my idea of fun. :-) I suppose I should really learn more about the system, but I'd rather not have to dive in right away. So now I guess we're at the point of arguing about making things easy for the user versus the user learning how to use the system. Should there be debian for dummies? -- Stuart Krivis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Team OS/2] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
malicious people subscribing others
Hello, It has come to my attention that individuals are using the open architecture of the debian mailing lists to subscribe other individuals. The most recent incident which has come to my attention involves a victimized recipient who has several email addresses, some of which forward to other mailboxes. This person's name appears on numerous (about 27) of the debian mailing lists; this list of lists is identical to the last time the person was maliciously added to the lists. I ask that anyone involved in this activity cease immediately. Anyone who has any information about said actions is asked to contact me by any means desired. I don't think the Debian project wants to increase its membership (nor its hate list) by actively subscribing unwishing people to its mailing lists, nor do I think that the Debian project wants extra load to be placed on its donated resources. I thank you for your cooperation with this matter. Pete -- Pete Templin, Debian List Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
PPP [was Re: new debian user questions]
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote: For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable cua1 is bad, don't use it. Not good with file locking. Use ttyS1. Now I have to figure out why it doesn't work and that's not my idea of fun. :-) I suppose I should really learn more about the system, but I'd rather not have to dive in right away. Edit /etc/ppp.chatscript and /etc/resolv.conf. Chatscript is strait forward, read the man page for resolv.conf. So now I guess we're at the point of arguing about making things easy for the user versus the user learning how to use the system. Should there be debian for dummies? It's a thought, or maybe just a debian installation for dummies. Couple page web document would do. Any volunteers (this shouldn't be something an experienced user should do). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Trovalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote: For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable Hi Stuart, I have used LISA in the caldera linux distribution. IMHO, There is one tiny problem with LISA. It shields you the nitty gritty internal works of linux. And... you can only use lisa on a caldera. Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other variants of unix as well. So knowing this is a very big advantage for you. Although it would be a bit hard to learn linux system administration at first, it would really pay off in the long run. If you have any questions, search for it in the web or ask it here. regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PPP [was Re: new debian user questions]
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable cua1 is bad, don't use it. Not good with file locking. Use ttyS1. Now I have to figure out why it doesn't work and that's not my idea of fun. :-) I suppose I should really learn more about the system, but I'd rather not have to dive in right away. Edit /etc/ppp.chatscript and /etc/resolv.conf. Chatscript is strait forward, read the man page for resolv.conf. So now I guess we're at the point of arguing about making things easy for the user versus the user learning how to use the system. Should there be debian for dummies? It's a thought, or maybe just a debian installation for dummies. Couple page web document would do. Any volunteers (this shouldn't be something an experienced user should do). I just do it from CD and it's a piece of cake (I'm *not* super experienced and have broken my system more than once, so I'm familiar with the installation process. :) ). Would you want one that was more for someone doing it from windoze with a pile of floppies, a blank partition and an ISP? Or a CD installation too? I got my CD from Iconnect. Are the different CD pressings similiar? Identical? Not at all the same? I know, a lot of questions, but I could give it my best effort if I knew what was wanted and see what everyone thinks. lemme know...:) matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Problem with LaTeX package?
When I invoke lates on a .tex source file, like so $ latex usrguide.tex I get This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) I can't find the default format file! Also, when I try to run LaTeX from LyX, I get Missing log file: newfile.log Am I doing something wrong? Could this be a hold-over bug from the old (rumored to be flaed) LaTeX package? Any help greatly appreciate. __ 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 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PPP [was Re: new debian user questions]
At 10:49 PM 19/10/97 -0400, Brandon Mitchell wrote: On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote: For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable cua1 is bad, don't use it. Not good with file locking. Use ttyS1. Now I have to figure out why it doesn't work and that's not my idea of fun. :-) I suppose I should really learn more about the system, but I'd rather not have to dive in right away. Edit /etc/ppp.chatscript and /etc/resolv.conf. Chatscript is strait forward, read the man page for resolv.conf. So now I guess we're at the point of arguing about making things easy for the user versus the user learning how to use the system. Should there be debian for dummies? It's a thought, or maybe just a debian installation for dummies. Couple page web document would do. Any volunteers (this shouldn't be something an experienced user should do). There is some Debian documentation at http://www.linuxpress.com/001001.htm. There is a book which can be bought or the online version which is free. Cameron Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] (*)(*) || \/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Problems installing--SOLVED sorta
Ok. I had some bad RAM in the system. Put the old 1MEG simms back in and it installed fine. Now I have a new problem. When dselect runs the first time and I try to install using the FTP method I get: Net:FTP:Unexpected EOF on command channel at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup line 137 FTP ERROR and it kicks me back out of the FTP setup to the main menu. On 19-Oct-97 George Bonser wrote: I am doing a clean install on a 486 w/20Meg and Buslogic SCSI w/3 400MB drives. Booting from floppy (resc1440.bin) looks ok until it tries to mount the RAMDISK: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 invalid compressed format (err=2) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid-0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size=512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Any ideas? I installed 1.3 after it first came out on this machine without any problems. I am now using the latest disks in disks-i386. --- George Bonser Debian/GNU Linux See http://www.debian.org Linux ... It isn't just for breakfast anymore! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xlib6_3.3-4.deb
I just did a dselect of stable on my local mirror and it grabbed xlib6_3.3-4.deb. Is this a libc6 package, or is the version number confusing? I'm still running an entirely bo system right now. Thanks Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote: Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other variants of unix as well. So knowing this is a very big advantage for you. Although it would be a bit hard to learn linux system administration at first, it would really pay off in the long run. If you have any questions, search for it in the web or ask it here. That is just the point. There are people that WANT and NEED to be shielded from the nitty-gritty details of Unix. That is the entire point of develpoing tools and scripts ... so you don't HAVE to remember all the little tweaks that need to be done to change things. If your hobby is administration of the system, fine, but there are some folks out there that get their most enjoyment out of USING it. Solaris has administrative GUI's, so does HP-UX. It saves the admin time. I have scripts for new users at work, all I need to do is add them to the mail alias and a prototype passwd file and create a home directory. A script moves the dot-files, makes the NIS maps, does the shadow thing, etc. The more operations that you need to perform, the better your chances of making a mistake or forgetting something. I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it. --- George Bonser Debian/GNU Linux See http://www.debian.org Linux ... It isn't just for breakfast anymore! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
XFree86 setup!!!
I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp Hmm, you should be using startx, not xinit --- although startx is essentially a wrapper which calls xinit with the proper arguments. Try startx and let us know what happens. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xlib6_3.3-4.deb
I just did a dselect of stable on my local mirror and it grabbed xlib6_3.3-4.deb. Is this a libc6 package, or is the version number confusing? I'm still running an entirely bo system right now. Thanks Rob MacWilliams I hate to follow up my own posts, but I should apoligize for my brain fade. xlib6 refers to the version of X, not libc. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth. Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
Ok... I ran 'startx' and this time the bottom (lets say) 1/4 of the screen flashed white for a second... and that was it. I mean, the HD gets accessed here and there, but obviously the display is no good. Even if the driver is not the *exact* one, shouldn't something come up, even garbled? The setup program works fine... hmmm... also - is it true that the monitor can get screwed up if I let it stay like that for too long? Thanks for your help! Will Lowe wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp Hmm, you should be using startx, not xinit --- although startx is essentially a wrapper which calls xinit with the proper arguments. Try startx and let us know what happens. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] : Let me say that the awe driver package works just fine with a SB AWE32. : Don`t know about the 64 yet. Any people tried? I would suspect that it would work fine with the 64 as well. AFAIK, the AWE64 is the same as the 32, except for the extra 32 voices. Oh, and the extra 32 voices are done in software, not hardware, so unless the driver has support coded specifically for those 32 voices (which implies tying up the CPU to do this), you'll find you're stuck with the first 32 anyway. Fscking Windoze hardware.. (generic rant :) -- Running at a mere 104 billion instructions per second, the SX4 appears to be the only machine actually capable of running Office '97. -- ChipChat, Australian Personal Computer, September 1997 (paraphrased.) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: Ok... I ran 'startx' and this time the bottom (lets say) 1/4 of the screen flashed white for a second... and that was it. I mean, the HD gets accessed here and there, but obviously the display is no good. Even if the driver is not the *exact* one, shouldn't something come up, even garbled? The setup program works Well, I'd recommend starting out using the svga or vga servers until you at least get things working. I don't know much about your chipset but all cards should be vga-capable. Get one of these working at 640x480, and you'll have a place to start. fine... hmmm... also - is it true that the monitor can get screwed up if I let it stay like that for too long? Thanks for your help! Well, as far as I understand it, it's dangerous mainly if you're running it at modes it can't handle, etc ... assuming you're using standard ones, you're probably ok (but I don't guaruntee anything personally :) ). Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
Ok... I changed the server to XF_VGA16 and then I noticed that startx itself was pointing to xinitrc and xserverrc in /usr/X11/ - shouldn't it be reading it from /etc/X11? I have a feeling that the setup program won't work here because I screwed something up and will have to do it all by hand (not so bad). Thanks! -sp Will Lowe wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: Ok... I ran 'startx' and this time the bottom (lets say) 1/4 of the screen flashed white for a second... and that was it. I mean, the HD gets accessed here and there, but obviously the display is no good. Even if the driver is not the *exact* one, shouldn't something come up, even garbled? The setup program works Well, I'd recommend starting out using the svga or vga servers until you at least get things working. I don't know much about your chipset but all cards should be vga-capable. Get one of these working at 640x480, and you'll have a place to start. fine... hmmm... also - is it true that the monitor can get screwed up if I let it stay like that for too long? Thanks for your help! Well, as far as I understand it, it's dangerous mainly if you're running it at modes it can't handle, etc ... assuming you're using standard ones, you're probably ok (but I don't guaruntee anything personally :) ). Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
Michael Legart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a program in win95 called winipcfg, which shows what the computer have recived from a dhcp server. BUT in the field which should be showing 193.162.146.9 (a dns server) is just empty... How are you setting the DNS server? The Name Server option in DHCP refers to something different. -- Carey Evans * http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. kernel: validated probe(17f, 17f, 11557, 5010, -1645409555) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Visio Like Program
Hi Is there any debianized Visio like program ? Thanks -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.uevora.pt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Hi I am having problems with my Toshiba laptop 410CS. Resume mode doesn't work --- the machine just freezes. Any ideas Thanks Bill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
modules/modutils (Re: Dselect: Obsolete packages really obsolete?)
On Sat, Oct 18, 1997 at 11:19:16AM +0200, Gernot Bauer wrote: Deselect tells me that there are obsolete packages in my debian system (I use stable contrib non-free bo). One of the obsolete packages is the modules-package. When I try to remove it, Debian tells me that I use a modular kernal and the modules-package cant be removed... Why is it listed as obsolete then? The upstream author decided to rename the package to modutils, which is what the newer Debian package uses too. Replacing modules by modutils will require some tricky dpkg stuff. Wichert? Ray -- Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 2.0.31 source
On 19 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 08:43:07PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the .31 kernel and tried to do a make menuconfig and got the following: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.31/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -O2 -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC=curses.h -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o In file included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.31/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 Looks like a curses problem. Could you get `make config` to work? and `make xconfig`? Do you have installed ncurses3.4-dev ? I tried this yesterday and it indeed gives that error, probably because I have ncurses3.4-dev installed. Apparently `make menuconfig` breaks because it is confused about the new headers. It is very simple to fix; just do: cd /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog make clean all cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig and it will work fine again. Hope this helps you, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Help! Any presentation graphics program in Debian Linux?
WZ == W Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WZ preparing small presentation about application of Linux in WZ digital signal processing. I wouldn't like to have to present WZ transparencies prepared with M$ PowerPoint... have a look at root.cern.ch: root does look like to be suitable well for presentations. it's not debianised, but compiles cleanly under bo system. a note: i like to use gnuplot+latex+foiltex+color to do my transparencies, anyway... cheers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
On 20-Oct-97 Bill Moran wrote: I am having problems with my Toshiba laptop 410CS. Resume mode doesn't work --- the machine just freezes. Bill I'm not familiar with Toshibas, but many laptops have a BIOS setup option to activate Advanced Power Management. Turn this off and use at most basic power management. This may solve the problem (as it has done on a different laptop that I know of). You will have to put up with the disks spinning up every so often when the system syncs. Best wishes, Ted. E-Mail: Ted Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20-Oct-97 Time: 09:57:18 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Visio Like Program
Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: :Is there any debianized Visio like program ? Not as such, but you may want to try XFig, a structured drawing program. Bye, -- Thomas Baetzler, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF=http://www.fh-karlsruhe.de/~bath0011/Visit my Homepage!/A The cowards never came, and the weaklings died on the way - R.A.H. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with LaTeX package?
Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote When I invoke lates on a .tex source file, like so $ latex usrguide.tex I get This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) I can't find the default format file! You do not have latex.fmt installed! You must search for the latex.ltx file and then run initex on it. initex latex.ltx and in the end \dump and then copy the latex.fmt file to the ... /texmf/ini directory. I hope this help. -- 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/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Pine and fvwm under hamm
since i updated to hamm, two odd things are happening. one is that often when i send a message from Pine, it hangs for 20-30 seconds before saying 'message sent and copied to sent mail'. just in case there was a problem with smail, or my isp's mail server (mail.oz.net), i sent some mail from netscape, without incident. obviously this can be a bit of a pain if i have a lot of email to send. :) with fvwm2 (i assume this is where the issue lies) when i try to drag a window across desktops, there is some very strange activity. the window i'm dragging flickers around a lot, and the pager doesn't show that it's moving until i let go. this isn't a problem really, just something i noticed. btw, since these are likely hamm issues, should i be sending them here or to another list? thanks matty Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
At 09:19 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote: On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote: Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other variants of unix as well. So knowing this is a very big advantage for you. Although it would be a bit hard to learn linux system administration at first, it would really pay off in the long run. If you have any questions, search for it in the web or ask it here. That is just the point. There are people that WANT and NEED to be shielded from the nitty-gritty details of Unix. That is the entire point of develpoing tools and scripts ... so you don't HAVE to remember all the little tweaks that need to be done to change things. If your hobby is administration of the system, fine, but there are some folks out there that get their most enjoyment out of USING it. Solaris has administrative GUI's, so does HP-UX. It saves the admin time. I have scripts for new users at work, all I need to do is add them to the mail alias and a prototype passwd file and create a home directory. A script moves the dot-files, makes the NIS maps, does the shadow thing, etc. The more operations that you need to perform, the better your chances of making a mistake or forgetting something. I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it. I totally agree. I find using Linux a lot of fun. I've been able to do a lot of things with Caldera and learn system administration at a slower pace (or maybe not at all). Maybe it would be better for me to use soemthing without the crutches that Caldera has, but it certainly can be frustrating. As for admin tools... I prefer to have a choice. NT does not give you this choice. You are locked-in to doing it their way. Caldera gives me a choice. I can use the tools or go right to the dotfile or resource file and change things. I am gradually doing more and more at the CLI. It's certainly faster to type vi /etc/fstab and add an entry. However, I don't do it often enough that I remember the syntax for all the entries. This is where LISA is handy. LISA also lets me see what a proper entry looks like. That can be a great learning aid. Tools like LISA are not IMO against the philosophy of debian. Dselect is a much more powerful tool than other distributions have. It does a lot of the work for you. The shortcomings of rpm are why I am looking into debian. Upgrading a Redhat-based system is a mess. Dselect makes it an easy process. I suspect I'll keep using Caldera and just try to learn as much as I can so I can move to debian eventually. I can see that debian will allow me more room to grow in the future. -- Stuart Krivis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Team OS/2] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: modules/modutils (Re: Dselect: Obsolete packages really obsolete?)
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 09:54:25AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Replacing modules by modutils will require some tricky dpkg stuff. Wichert? Actually it should be automic now: when you install modutils it replaces all of modules' files.dpkg will notice that and mark modules as removed. Gernot, if this does not work, can you tell me what version of modules you have installed? Wichert. pgp4SL2eh1Zr6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Pine and fvwm under hamm
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: since i updated to hamm, two odd things are happening. one is that often when i send a message from Pine, it hangs for 20-30 seconds before saying 'message sent and copied to sent mail'. just in case there was a problem with smail, or my isp's mail server (mail.oz.net), i sent some mail from netscape, without incident. obviously this can be a bit of a pain if i have a lot of email to send. :) In .pinerc: # List of SMTP servers for sending mail. If blank: Unix Pine uses sendmail. smtp-server= point it to your localhost. with fvwm2 (i assume this is where the issue lies) when i try to drag a window across desktops, there is some very strange activity. the window i'm dragging flickers around a lot, and the pager doesn't show that it's moving until i let go. this isn't a problem really, just something i noticed. Doesn't sound like a problem, just a feature request. You could try the other window managers (fvwm2 isn't the only one). btw, since these are likely hamm issues, should i be sending them here or to another list? These are pretty close to user questions. If you start asking some harder ones, a) some of us subscribe to debian-devel and debian-user so we can try to answer your questions, and b) someone will let you know. - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Trovalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[PPP] pon and plog not working
Hi, A friend of mine has installed debian on his laptop. I tried running pon. It runs without complaining, but doesn't do anything much. The modem doesn't make any of the usual noises associated with an attempt to connect. When I do plog, it comes up blank. When I do a ps, it seems that pon has indeed started up a couple of processes. These sit there for a few minutes and then die. Other than this I have no idea what is going on. Certainly plog is no help. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark. _/\___/~~\ /~~\_/~~\__/~~\__Mark_Phillips /~~\_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] /~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_ /~~\__/~~\ __ They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
X-Windows and Bash Settings
I've got Debian Linux 1.3 using bash for a shell. When I go into X-Windows (Afterstep win. manager) I lose all of my aliases and other settings that get run in my .bash-profile when I login, and when i quit X the settings are back to how they should be. Is this just a bug or am I doing something wrong? --- Jason Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guru 23 Computing Services You break it, We fix it! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: Ok... I changed the server to XF_VGA16 and then I noticed that startx itself was pointing to xinitrc and xserverrc in /usr/X11/ - shouldn't it be reading it from /etc/X11? I have a feeling that the setup program won't work here because I screwed something up and will have to do it all by hand (not so bad). Thanks! -sp I've attached the startx script from my system. It goes in /usr/X11R6/bin. A few notes: 1) /usr/X11R6/bin/X should be a symlink (made via ln -s) to the server you want to use -- in this case XF86_VGA16. 2) You'll find that some files in /etc/X11/ and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 are just symlinks to each other, so that it doesn't matter which one you're reading. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: startx.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:29 rws Exp $ # $XFree86: xc/programs/xinit/startx.cpp,v 3.0 1994/05/22 00:02:28 dawes Exp $ # # This is just a sample implementation of a slightly less primitive # interface than xinit. It looks for user .xinitrc and .xserverrc # files, then system xinitrc and xserverrc files, else lets xinit choose # its default. The system xinitrc should probably do things like check # for .Xresources files and merge them in, startup up a window manager, # and pop a clock and serveral xterms. # # Site administrators are STRONGLY urged to write nicer versions. # userclientrc=$HOME/.xinitrc userserverrc=$HOME/.xserverrc sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc sysserverrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc clientargs= serverargs= if [ -f $userclientrc ]; then clientargs=$userclientrc else if [ -f $sysclientrc ]; then clientargs=$sysclientrc fi fi if [ -f $userserverrc ]; then serverargs=$userserverrc else if [ -f $sysserverrc ]; then serverargs=$sysserverrc fi fi display=:0 whoseargs=client while [ x$1 != x ]; do case $1 in /''*|\.*) if [ $whoseargs = client ]; then clientargs=$1 else serverargs=$1 fi ;; --) whoseargs=server ;; *) if [ $whoseargs = client ]; then clientargs=$clientargs $1 else serverargs=$serverargs $1 case $1 in :[0-9]) display=$1 ;; esac fi ;; esac shift done serverargs=$serverargs -auth $HOME/.Xauthority xauth add $display . `mcookie` xinit $clientargs -- $serverargs
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
At 05:30 PM 10/19/97 +0200, Michael Legart wrote: Hi! I have a little problem with ip_masq. It's allmost working ... clients on the network can access hosts outside the LAN if they type the hosts ip instead of the domainname. I can access hosts via. domainnames from my linux box. I use dhcpd to send info about ip-number, default gateway, netmask etc. to the clients, because it's just a temporary lan (for a weekend) and therefor I don't wan't to spend hours setting up 100 machines... There's a program in win95 called winipcfg, which shows what the computer have recived from a dhcp server. BUT in the field which should be showing 193.162.146.9 (a dns server) is just empty... What could be wrong with my config? Maybe I should post some of my dhcpd.conf? Thanks in advance. You need a line like this in your dhcpd.conf file: option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1, 205.162.184.2, 205.162.184.3; Also, you must have DNS enabled in the Win95 TCP/IP control panel. Hope this helps, Al Youngwerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Pine and fvwm under hamm
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: since i updated to hamm, two odd things are happening. one is that often when i send a message from Pine, it hangs for 20-30 seconds before saying 'message sent and copied to sent mail'. just in case there was a problem with smail, or my isp's mail server (mail.oz.net), i sent some mail from netscape, without incident. obviously this can be a bit of a pain if i have a lot of email to send. :) I found the comments in the .pinerc file suggested a simple hack which worked for me (my sendmail-path was originally blank): # This names the path to an alternative program, and any necessary arguments, # to be used in posting mail messages. Example: #/usr/lib/sendmail -oem -t -oi # or, #/usr/local/bin/sendit.sh # The latter a script found in Pine distribution's contrib/util directory. # NOTE: The program MUST read the message to be posted on standard input, # AND operate in the style of sendmail's -t option. sendmail-path=/usr/lib/sendmail -oem -t -oi Cheers. -- Colin Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies Building, Room 309, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [PPP] pon and plog not working
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: Hi, A friend of mine has installed debian on his laptop. I tried running pon. It runs without complaining, but doesn't do anything much. The modem doesn't make any of the usual noises associated with an attempt to connect. When I do plog, it comes up blank. When I do a ps, it seems that pon has indeed started up a couple of processes. These sit there for a few minutes and then die. Other than this I have no idea what is going on. Certainly plog is no help. Does your friend have a line local2.*-/var/log/ppp.log in his /etc/syslog.conf ? If not, try adding it and running /etc/init.d/sysklogd reload Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X-Windows and Bash Settings
Jason Bauer wrote: I've got Debian Linux 1.3 using bash for a shell. When I go into X-Windows (Afterstep win. manager) I lose all of my aliases and other settings that get run in my .bash-profile when I login, and when i quit X the settings are back to how they should be. Is this just a bug or am I doing something wrong? Yes (uh - it's not a bug ;-). aliases aren't inherited to subshells. They need to be redefined if you want to use them in subshells. The best way is to use aliases in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile (and to source .bashrc from .bash_profile). Ulf -- #include signature -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Problem with dhcpd/dns - here's my dhcpd.conf
Hi!
This is my dhcpd.conf. Can anyone see whats wrong?
# dhcpd.conf
#
# Configuration file for ISC dhcpd
#
# Hosts with more than one interface MUST specify a ``server-identifier'',
# which should be the IP address of the server's primary network interface,
# or if there is no interface that can be described that way, at least an
# interface whose address isn't likely to change.
server-identifier badpixel;
# option definitions common to all supported networks...
option domain-name badserver;
option domain-name-servers 193.162.146.9;
# IP subnets that are alone on their physical wire should be declared by
# themselves. ISC dhcpd may still refer to them as shared networks in
# log messages, but this is simply an artifact of the underlying data
# structures.
#
# Note that options can be specified in the subnet declaration which
# supersede the global options specified earlier.
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.249;
option name-servers 193.162.146.9;
option domain-name badserver;
option routers 192.168.0.250;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
default-lease-time 26;
max-lease-time 27;
}
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Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
Hi! At 08:17 20-10-97 -0600, you wrote: option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1, 205.162.184.2, 205.162.184.3; I think a have that line. 192.168.2.1 is your box, right? I don't need to be running a DNS server - or? Also, you must have DNS enabled in the Win95 TCP/IP control panel. I just checked my settings, and dns is disabled. If I enable it, I have type type a host name. Well, if thats working it's just great. But... I would like it so be set up automaticly. I have to set up about 80-100 computers in a couple of hours, and that sux a little... if you see what i mean? Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq uin: 2565176 - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ls colors
Thanks for the alias settings help and the quick response! I've got another question while i'm thinking of stuff. I used to run Slakware linux until I heard about how much better Debian is. In Slakware, when I did an ls it showed all of the files in colors according to their type, while Debian does not. Where do I change it to display in color? -- Jason Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guru 23 Computing Services You break it, We fix it! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X-Windows and Bash Settings
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jason Bauer wrote: I've got Debian Linux 1.3 using bash for a shell. When I go into X-Windows (Afterstep win. manager) I lose all of my aliases and other settings that Do you mean these settings don't work if you (for example) start up an xterm with bash in it? get run in my .bash-profile when I login That's the problem. .bash-profile is run *only* for login shells -- when you start an xterm, you're not logging in again, so bash doesn't read .bash-profile. You've got a pair of bash settings files: .bashrc (run for non-login shells, like xterms) and .bash_profile (run only for login shells). This is so you can do things like set terminals up and check for mail only when you login -- don't need to do this otherwise. The simplest soluction is to put all the login-specific stuff in .bash_profile, and put all your aliases and other setups in .bashrc. Then make the last line of .bash_profile be source .bashrc -- so that stuff gets loaded even in login shells. An alternative would be to start all bash shells as login shells by doing bash --login every time you want to start a shell. That works ok, but is kinda silly. and when i quit X the settings are back to how they should be. That's because X is running in the bash shell that started when you logged in -- when X exits, you're back to that same shell process. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xlib6_3.3-4.deb
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Rob MacWilliams wrote: I just did a dselect of stable on my local mirror and it grabbed xlib6_3.3-4.deb. Is this a libc6 package, or is the version number confusing? I'm still running an entirely bo system right now. No, this is a libc5 package. The '6' stands for the '6' in X11R6, if I am correct. The libc6 version of this package is called xlib6g. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: CDR drive replacement.
The newer Yamaha CD-R drives are protected by an NDA. You can't get the developer information without signing one. The old CDR-100 information is available on their website. I used to own a CDR-100. I now have a CDR-400c. The 100 was more stable and better made, but the 400c has better features. (I use it under Windoze, though...) Jeff On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 11:14:25AM +0200, Paul Huygen wrote: Danny ter Haar wrote: This week we purchased the CDR400T (6x4) from Yamaha. So far we have been unable to get xcdroast to work with it. I am sorry for Danny. However, it is consistent with the Hardware Compatibility Howto that lists the equipment that is known to work or not to work with Linux. The CDR400T is listed in the table of CDR's known NOT to work. There seems to be some flaw in the CDR400 that is not present in the other Yamaha CDR's. If I consider buying equipment like a CDR or a page scanner, I always consult theHardware Compatibility Howto to prevent unpleasant surprise like Danny has got. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ls colors
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jason Bauer wrote: Thanks for the alias settings help and the quick response! I've got another question while i'm thinking of stuff. I used to run Slakware linux until I heard about how much better Debian is. In Slakware, when I did an ls it showed all of the files in colors according to their type, while Debian does not. Where do I change it to display in color? Add into that list of aliases that you're setting in your .bashrc: alias ls='ls --color=tty' or alias ls='ls -F --color=tty' The Slackware system I used to have access to has disappeared (actually, it became a FreeBSD box), so I can't check which one of those emulates the behavior of ls on Slackware better - with the '-F' one gets a '/' appended to directory names, a '*' appended to the names of executables, etc. I seem to remember that Slackware did that, but you might not want to do it since always having a '-F' in ls can screw up things like: ls | grep 'tar.gz$' which would now only find those files ending in tar.gz that were not executable. Oh, and you probably want --color=tty and not --color. To see the difference, do the following on a directory with many colored files: alias ls='ls' ls --color ls --color | less ls --color=tty ls --color=tty | less You might also want to play around with the environment variable LS_COLORS - 'man ls' for details. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: XFree86 setup!!!
Ok... I changed the server to XF_VGA16 and then I noticed that startx itself was pointing to xinitrc and xserverrc in /usr/X11/ - shouldn't it be reading it from /etc/X11? I have a feeling that the setup program won't work here because I screwed something up and will have to do it all by hand (not so bad). Thanks! -sp I've attached the startx script from my system. It goes in /usr/X11R6/bin. A few notes: 1) /usr/X11R6/bin/X should be a symlink (made via ln -s) to the server you want to use -- in this case XF86_VGA16. With 1.3, isn't /usr/X11/bin/X a setuid wrapper that reads the server to load from the plaintext file /etc/X11/Xserver? [or something similar. The name eludes me at the moment. Xconfig? perhaps.. I dunno, it's late] I guess this was done for security reasons? Anyone know? I don't imagine anything would break if you symlinked X to your XF86server but you'd bypass /etc/X11/Xwhatever, defeating whatever purpose it had. D. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Modules / depmod
Help, I've been playing arround with the new 2.1.5x kernels. Now when I issue a depmod -a, it does not update the modules.dep file. Any content of the modules.dep is cleared. I've re-built the depmod / modprobe utilities (v 2.1.55) from source, but still no joy. Can anyone suggest what I've done wrong as I'd like to return to using modules. I get the same result whether I use the 2.0.27 / 2.0.30 or 2.1.55 kernel. I couldn't get the modules to load correctly before I updated the depmod / modprobe utils. Thanks Alex Monaghan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Michael Legart wrote: At 08:17 20-10-97 -0600, you wrote: option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1, 205.162.184.2, 205.162.184.3; I think a have that line. 192.168.2.1 is your box, right? I don't need to be running a DNS server - or? Yes. You must. I just checked my settings, and dns is disabled. If I enable it, I have type type a host name. You are right in disabling DNS. It will be reenabled by the domain-name-server option of the DHCP protocol. Don't ask, this is Micro$oft logic :-) In other words: just select TCP/IP on your PC's with all default options and make the rest with DHCP. Well, if thats working it's just great. But..I would like it so be set up automaticly. I have to set up about 80-100 computers in a couple of hours, and that sux a little... if you see what i mean? This is just the situation where DHCP comes in handy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/dns - here's my dhcpd.conf
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Michael Legart wrote: This is my dhcpd.conf. Can anyone see whats wrong? What appears in /var/log/daemon.log after saying: /etc/init.d/dhcpd start ? The configfile appears to be ok. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
George Bonser writes: I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it. So would I. Can we get a project going to create one? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Fixing Bad Blocks
Hi. I recently posted a message about Kernel Panic that was due to bad blocks in my hard drive. My plan is to just start all over. What I need now is a way to fix bad blocks or to skip over them if neccessary. I received a message that told me to use e2fsck -c /dev/hda? ( where ? is any one of my 5 partions) to find the bad the bad block and then to use badblocks to mark them. However when I did e2fsck -c /dev/hda? again it still sees the bad blocks and I am afraid that this will still cause the system to hang. I am thinking of reformatting and drive all over again. Will this fix the problem? Does any body have any suggestions. Is there any program that fixes badblocks? Patrick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: THANKS 4 - WinNT syscalls insecurity (fwd)
JD Thomlinson wrote: Nuts! I'm damn glad that you sent what you sent to the list! Considering how much space is already wasted on irrelevant flame wars on who's in charge of what and in what manner, it's refreshing to see useful, detailed information about real code and what's going on in NT. This I can take to someone and point out why they should be considering Debian. I don't have the time to check out every URL that someone includes in a post. Thank you!!! Please include me in any future mailings of yours. Ditto. -- Dimitri The views expressed above (hereafter, views) are mine and ownership remains with me. They are provided as is without expressed or implied warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of the suitability of the views for any purpose. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Debian master maintenance
hello to all! tonight at 18:00 CST the Debian master will be taken down for system maintenance. estimated down time will be 1 hour or less. feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. thanks, mark -- The Shining One -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
problems w/ Lilo
HI, I'm trying to install Debian on a PPro and I having problems with Lilo. I can use the boot floppy created at install step but if I compile a custom kernel, install it and run lilo, the boot process or hangs with LIL- or after the boot is completed there is a kernel panic with a lot of scroll in screen. The system is a PPro 200MHz with FX mother board, AHA2940 scsi adpter, Quantum Vicking 4GB Scsi hard disk, 128MB RAM, and a 3COM 905 Boomerang net card. Any help/ More info, please? []s, Mario O.de MenezesMany are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
bo-updates other updates
hi everybody, I really don't understand ftp.debian.org directory structure; is there a document explaining every bit of it? it fisrt happened with samba-1.9.17p2; I read in the newsgroups that it was available (and it was important!) but couldn't install it with dselect: dselect still showed 1.9.16p11 as the current release; so I: - uninstalled my current 1.9.16p11 with dselect; - downloaded 1.9.17p2 using ftp; - installed 1.9.17p2 with 'dpkg -i filename' is (was) there a more well-behaved way to do it? now I want to install mutt-0.58.0; I've received a message stating that mutt-0.58.0-i386.deb is available but I can't find it (let alone install it (let alone install it with dselect))!! I also would like to keep my installation up-to-date with whatever is in 'bo-updates'; is there a way to do it with dselect? btw: dselect is GREAT!!! congratulations, Debian guys! TIA! Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X-Windows and Bash Settings
Will Lowe wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jason Bauer wrote: I've got Debian Linux 1.3 using bash for a shell. When I go into X-Windows (Afterstep win. manager) I lose all of my aliases and other settings that Do you mean these settings don't work if you (for example) start up an xterm with bash in it? get run in my .bash-profile when I login That's the problem. .bash-profile is run *only* for login shells -- when you start an xterm, you're not logging in again, so bash doesn't read .bash-profile. You've got a pair of bash settings files: .bashrc (run for non-login shells, like xterms) and .bash_profile (run only for login shells). This is so you can do things like set terminals up and check for mail only when you login -- don't need to do this otherwise. The simplest soluction is to put all the login-specific stuff in .bash_profile, and put all your aliases and other setups in .bashrc. Then make the last line of .bash_profile be source .bashrc -- so that stuff gets loaded even in login shells. An alternative would be to start all bash shells as login shells by doing bash --login every time you want to start a shell. That works ok, but is kinda silly. The parameter to xterm or rxvt to make it a login shell window is '-ls'. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
Al Youngwerth wrote: At 05:30 PM 10/19/97 +0200, Michael Legart wrote: Hi! I have a little problem with ip_masq. It's allmost working ... clients on the network can access hosts outside the LAN if they type the hosts ip instead of the domainname. I can access hosts via. domainnames from my linux box. I use dhcpd to send info about ip-number, default gateway, netmask etc. to the clients, because it's just a temporary lan (for a weekend) and therefor I don't wan't to spend hours setting up 100 machines... There's a program in win95 called winipcfg, which shows what the computer have recived from a dhcp server. BUT in the field which should be showing 193.162.146.9 (a dns server) is just empty... What could be wrong with my config? Maybe I should post some of my dhcpd.conf? Thanks in advance. You need a line like this in your dhcpd.conf file: option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1, 205.162.184.2, 205.162.184.3; Also, you must have DNS enabled in the Win95 TCP/IP control panel. Actually no, you don't have to have DNS enabled. You enable it if you already know the address and are going to type it in. Seems bass-ackwards but it's true. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
At 11:02 20-10-97 -0600, Al Youngwerth wrote: No, you don't have to be running DNS but is this a demand dial link? If so you may have a problem with an Win95 TCP/IP bug that can cause Win95 machines to query DNS when they can't find a resource they used to have. The fix for this sucks: setup all your DNS stuff in the Win95 control panel, save it, then go into the registry and disable DNS (regular DNS will still work). Hmmm... now i'm a little confused. Nils Renebarth just told me that I have to be running a dns server...! My isp have 2 of them... Anyway ... there has to be a easyer way to do it! I use diald to get the connection. This is what appear in /var/log/daemon.log after bootup: Oct 20 21:25:45 badpixel kerneld: started, pid=107, qid=0 Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCPD $Name: BETA_5_14 $ Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Copyright 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium. Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: All rights reserved. Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth0/192.168.0.0 Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Sending on Socket/eth0/192.168.0.0 Oct 20 21:25:59 badpixel modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0 Then I execute diald up and this appears in /var/log/messages Oct 20 21:33:49 badpixel connect: Initializing Modem Oct 20 21:33:50 badpixel connect: Dialing system Oct 20 21:34:10 badpixel connect: Connected Oct 20 21:34:10 badpixel connect: Loggin in Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel connect: Protocol started Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel diald[205]: Running pppd (pid = 220). Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel kernel: registered device ppp0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: local IP address 194.239.144.47 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: remote IP address 194.182.253.26 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP This is the output from ifconfig: badpixel# ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:33:41:A3:85 inet addr:192.168.0.250 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:11 Base address:0x300 ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol inet addr:194.239.144.47 P-t-P:194.182.253.26 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:57 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 And this is my routeing table: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 255.255.255.255 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 asc1.gby.tele.d * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 localnet* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 loopback* 255.0.0.0 U 0 05 lo default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 01 ppp0 Any ideas whats wrong? I would be so thankfull... Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq uin: 2565176 - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
First, let me assure you that you can get it to work. It works great on my Toshiba 440CDT. Install the kernel-source package. As root, make menuconfig in the /usr/src/linux directory. Enable APM (it's under character devices). Enable the option for APM to blank the screen. This will work fine for both text screens and X windows, and will turn off the backlight. APM is not enabled in our generic kernel because some machines crash with it enabled. Remove device drivers that aren't used on your system. Build the kernel with make zLilo, and the modules with make modules;make modules_install. Do not install the apmd package. apmd is not reacting fast enough and it breaks resume on my system. The system resumes fine without it. Boot with the setup disk that came with the system, and set the APM parameters like screen blank time, etc. I am able to change the screen brightness with the function key with the water-faucet icon on it. Push Fn and that key. I think this is changing between the three APM options you see in the set-up disk, but I'm not sure. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
By the way, my Toshiba system runs the disk about 20% faster when I use hdparm to turn on 32-bit mode. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Toshiba laptop --- resume mode
Bruce Perens writes: First, let me assure you that you can get it to work. It works great on my Toshiba 440CDT. Also on my 430CDS. Do not install the apmd package. apmd is not reacting fast enough and it breaks resume on my system. The system resumes fine without it. I must admit that I've never had this problem myself. (And I think your problem is that apmd reacts too fast, and shuts the system down while it is in the middle of a sync.) In any case, it is easy to patch ampd. Boot with the setup disk that came with the system, and set the APM parameters like screen blank time, etc. For the terminal screen, you can set these parameters with `setterm' (-powersave and -blank options). For X, you may want to include `Option power_saver' in the XF86Config file, and then specify the BlankTime, StandbyTime, SuspendTime, and Offtime parameters. When power_saver is enables, you can `xset -dpms ...' to fine-tune these. For hard-disks, you set the spindown by using hdparm as well. However, if you use hdparm then that setting won't be retained over a resume. (I patched apmd to call the requisite script after every resume, that way I get a spindown in any of the power modes.) Note that in order to actually get a spindown, you'll have to increase the time interval of `update' to something like half an hour (in /etc/init.d/boot). Moreover, you may want to edit /etc/syslog.conf to discard most of the output from various daemons. I am able to change the screen brightness with the function key with the water-faucet icon on it. Push Fn and that key. I think this is changing between the three APM options you see in the set-up disk, but I'm not sure. Yes. Two of these are fixed, the third you can configure to your own liking. For that option, I picked low brightness (the greatest powersaver AFAICT) with fast CPU but the silent cooling method. This gets me responsiveness with a reasonable battery life for my purposes. -- Olaf Weber -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq
At 09:57 PM 10/20/97 +0200, Michael Legart wrote: At 11:02 20-10-97 -0600, Al Youngwerth wrote: No, you don't have to be running DNS but is this a demand dial link? If so you may have a problem with an Win95 TCP/IP bug that can cause Win95 machines to query DNS when they can't find a resource they used to have. The fix for this sucks: setup all your DNS stuff in the Win95 control panel, save it, then go into the registry and disable DNS (regular DNS will still work). Hmmm... now i'm a little confused. Nils Renebarth just told me that I have to be running a dns server...! My isp have 2 of them... No, you don't have to run a DNS server on your LAN, you can use your ISP's. Anyway ... there has to be a easyer way to do it! I use diald to get the connection. This is what appear in /var/log/daemon.log after bootup: Oct 20 21:25:45 badpixel kerneld: started, pid=107, qid=0 Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCPD $Name: BETA_5_14 $ Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Copyright 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium. Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: All rights reserved. Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth0/192.168.0.0 Oct 20 21:25:46 badpixel dhcpd: Sending on Socket/eth0/192.168.0.0 Oct 20 21:25:59 badpixel modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0 Then I execute diald up and this appears in /var/log/messages Oct 20 21:33:49 badpixel connect: Initializing Modem Oct 20 21:33:50 badpixel connect: Dialing system Oct 20 21:34:10 badpixel connect: Connected Oct 20 21:34:10 badpixel connect: Loggin in Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel connect: Protocol started Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel diald[205]: Running pppd (pid = 220). Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel kernel: registered device ppp0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 20 21:34:14 badpixel pppd[220]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: local IP address 194.239.144.47 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: remote IP address 194.182.253.26 Oct 20 21:34:17 badpixel pppd[220]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP This is the output from ifconfig: badpixel# ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:33:41:A3:85 inet addr:192.168.0.250 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:11 Base address:0x300 ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol inet addr:194.239.144.47 P-t-P:194.182.253.26 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:57 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 And this is my routeing table: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 255.255.255.255 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 asc1.gby.tele.d * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 localnet* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 loopback* 255.0.0.0 U 0 05 lo default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 01 ppp0 Any ideas whats wrong? I would be so thankfull... Everything looks good to me. Can your clients just not surf? Try running winipcfg at the Win95 clients to see if they got all of their dhcp configuration. Then do the diag basics: can you ping the Linux box? can you ping the dns server's IP address? can you ping www.apexxtech.com? etc. Al Youngwerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problem with LaTeX package?
Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
When I invoke lates on a .tex source file, like so
$ latex usrguide.tex
I get
This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1)
I can't find the default format file!
You do not have latex.fmt installed!
You must search for the latex.ltx file and then run initex on it.
Though this probably would solve his problems, this should not
be neccecary. The debian tetex-* pacakges _should_ do this all
automatically.
Installing tetex-bin runs /usr/bin/texconfig, wich should install
the latex.fmt file.
So, I'd advice Britton to re-install tetex-bin (and maybe tetex-base too).
That should solve his problems.
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Re: Fixing Bad Blocks
You need to create a file containing the block numbers of the bad blocks. The badblocks program should work. Then run e2fsck -L on the *un-mounted* filesystem. See the manpages for badblocks and e2fsck. You may still need to re-make the filesystem on the affected partition. I would repeat e2fsck -f -L badblock_filename device_name until a clean check is achieved and cross your fingers. --Bob PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: Hi. I recently posted a message about Kernel Panic that was due to bad blocks in my hard drive. My plan is to just start all over. What I need now is a way to fix bad blocks or to skip over them if neccessary. I received a message that told me to use e2fsck -c /dev/hda? ( where ? is any one of my 5 partions) to find the bad the bad block and then to use badblocks to mark them. However when I did e2fsck -c /dev/hda? again it still sees the bad blocks and I am afraid that this will still cause the system to hang. I am thinking of reformatting and drive all over again. Will this fix the problem? Does any body have any suggestions. Is there any program that fixes badblocks? Patrick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 08:10:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Bonser writes: I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it. So would I. Can we get a project going to create one? As I already posted, there was already an effort to outline an admintool. If you are going to do it right, you have to keep in mind, that there is never only one way of doing it right. Most admin/configuration tools tend to not be enough powerful or to restrict certain common ways of administration. This is bad if there are more than one person working on the same system. The admin tool will conflict with the hand made changes. A proper solution is very difficult here. However, if you only want to write a little tool for the beginnings, with some common tasks done automagically, thismay not be your concern. But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good documentation, instead of more and bad code... Just my 2 cent on this. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god. Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Modules / depmod
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 06:04:32PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help, I've been playing arround with the new 2.1.5x kernels. Now when I issue a depmod -a, it does not update the modules.dep file. Any content of the modules.dep is cleared. I've re-built the depmod / modprobe utilities (v 2.1.55) from source, but still no joy. Can anyone suggest what I've done wrong as I'd like to return to using modules. I get the same result whether I use the 2.0.27 / 2.0.30 or 2.1.55 kernel. I couldn't get the modules to load correctly before I updated the depmod / modprobe utils. Thanks Alex Monaghan I never use depmod. I recommend you to install the kernel-package. It does all the nifty things automagically. Be sure to skim over the doc's. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god. Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
modem
Hola ,soy español. Tengo un ordenador IBM Aptiva 120MHz .Tengo un problema: Tengo un Modem-Fax MWave 28800 y el Debian Linux no me lo reconoció al instalarse ,¿Como puedo hacer que lo reconozca?. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian master maintenance
hello there! Debian master maintenance completed. thanks, m* -- The Shining One -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Fixing Bad Blocks
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Bob Clark wrote: You need to create a file containing the block numbers of the bad blocks. The badblocks program should work. Then run e2fsck -L on the *un-mounted* filesystem. See the manpages for badblocks and e2fsck. You may still need to re-make the filesystem on the affected partition. I would repeat e2fsck -f -L badblock_filename device_name until a clean check is achieved and cross your fingers. However, if you repeat this, and the filesystem keeps getting more and more badblocks, the problem is getting worse (e.g. it's slowly crashing). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Trovalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
DOJ charges Microsoft violations
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Many configuration doubts (PWD, colors, executions and the modules)
Hello. I have just installed Debian 1.3.1 and have a lot of doubts about configurations By now I have been able to install the X windows. But for example : - How can I do for the files and folders' colours to appear? - How can I do the PWD to appear in the 'prompt'? -Something extrange: with 'PC Actual Magazine' came the Netscape 3.01. I made a 'tar xvfz file' and when installed, if I type 'netscape' (on the proper directory) the system returns 'archive doesn't exist' or something like that. Misteriously. if I run 'mc' and inside of it's window I press enter on the file 'netscape', it runs. Note: if I make 'dir' or 'ls', this file appears without '*' but in the window of 'mc' it does. - Why the system doesn't find the modules in the boot I'm very thankfull, and excuse that I wrote this message before in Spanish. Greetings : Juan Carlos Muro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
upgrading ldso (because executor does not work)
I'm trying to upgrade from ldso_1.8.10-2.deb to ldso_1.9.6-2.deb because I can't get executor to run. I can run it under slackware just fine, and one of the differences is the ld.so itself. I've tried preloading the various other libraries with copies from the slackware distro. No luck. Back on the subject; what I wanted to do was to boot of the rescue disk, and mount the root as /target then use dpkg -root=/target -i name.deb to upgrade the ldso. I want to do it from the boot floppy so I can back up to ldso_1.8.10-2.deb if something goes wrong. Of course if something does go wrong it means the only way I can fix is by booting of the rescue floppy, since the machine probably won't boot. (call be paranoid if you want) dpkg -i does not work when you boot of the rescue floppy, it complaings about sysinfo symbol not found (can't remember the exact error). Can anybody offer me some clues as to how I can acomplish what I want to do. To me at least it sounds like something that should work out of the box and I'd like to see dpkg on the boot floppy. If there isn't enough space on the boot floppy than it should be on the cdrom boot image when using loadline of the cdrom. Just my $.02 on the matter. I'm not that far off from switching to some other distro, like redhat to avoid some of these problems, along with the poor documentation on building your own packages and awkward pacakge selection/management. I've dealt with a lot of different distributions in my life, SGI, DEC, SUN, slackware, debian, redhat, they all have their set of problems and advantages. Whatever works I guess. Radu -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
gcc problem
Can anyone tell me why I can't run the executable (if it is that!) that gcc compiles? Is there some kind of setup required? I am compiling in my home directory and another file, without the suffix is made but can't be run! Thanks all! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 04:05:56PM +1000, Mr Stuart Lamble wrote:
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: Let me say that the awe driver package works just fine with a SB AWE32.
: Don`t know about the 64 yet. Any people tried?
I would suspect that it would work fine with the 64 as well. AFAIK, the
AWE64 is the same as the 32, except for the extra 32 voices. Oh, and the
extra 32 voices are done in software, not hardware, so unless the driver
has support coded specifically for those 32 voices (which implies tying
up the CPU to do this), you'll find you're stuck with the first 32
anyway.
Hello! You are totally right. Everything you say is true.
About the AWE64: As Nicola and me found out, the AWE64 is working
flawlessly, but there are a few caveeats (mostly with isapnp).
Everything who is interested, should check out my HOWTO at
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/soundblaster.html
It does cover the SB [AWE] {32,64} [PnP].
Fscking Windoze hardware.. (generic rant :)
No comment. (My rant would get longer than yours :)
Thank you,
Marcus
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Re: new debian user questions
On 20-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good documentation, instead of more and bad code... Just my 2 cent on this. Marcus This comment is spot-on. Linux is now so complicated (and varied) that, if you don't know it already, it can take a very long time to find out how to do even something simple correctly. This is why people call for software admin tools: you can hope that the tool has the knowledge. If it was well written in a document, and easy to find, then you wouldn't need the tool. Best wishes, Ted. E-Mail: Ted Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21-Oct-97 Time: 02:00:32 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: gcc problem
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:23:19 EDT Shaul Peleg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can anyone tell me why I can't run the executable (if it is that!) that gcc compiles? Is there some kind of setup required? I am compiling in my home directory and another file, without the suffix is made but can't be run! Thanks all! Assuming you're compiling with: gcc -o foo foo.c You need to run it as ./foo, not foo. The . directory doesn't come by default in your path for security reasons. You can add it in your .bashrc if you want. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Drivers for Hardware RAIDS
Hi all. I have a compaq box with a CPQ-5710 Hardware-RAID5 controller and would like to run the machine with LINUX. Does anyone know if there is a driver already written for LINUX for this type of RAID? TIA -- Harmon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote: But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good documentation, instead of more and bad code... do even something simple correctly. This is why people call for software admin tools: you can hope that the tool has the knowledge. If it was well written in a document, and easy to find, then you wouldn't need the tool. I think it's impossible to write a 100% admin tool for all cases -- a Zero Administration Initiative for linux would meet with inevitable failure. This is (as we always say) due to the power and configurability of things. I think Debian goes a long way towards making the task manageable by simply installing things in a compatible way and giving good basic setups. I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific, WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail, etc... A great example is the tzconfig script -- it's small, does it's work well, and doesn't involve tremendous overhead or hours of work to understand. My five-year-old brother could run tzconfig, follow the prompts, and get it right. Maybe what I'm really suggesting is that each major component of the system needs a simple config utility; that's already the case with most of them (XF86Setup, for example). Now if finding them wasn't so tough... Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Compaq RAID drivers for Linux
I've already sent a message out about finding a driver for a compaq RAID, but now I'm not sure about the model number. Does anyone know about any linux drivers for compaq RAID controllers, in particular the Proliant 2500 series, or any compatibility issues related to these controllers? TIA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
More X setup fun!
I am having trouble getting X windows to run. I am *nix illiterate. The documentation that I found did not help. My system is fairly simple - I have a simple Trident Providia 9865 based board with 2 megs. After I setup using generic VGA / VGA16 base / afterstep I run startx and the screen goes blank. I then see a list where everyline starts with ( ) where some have a ** inside. I looked at .xsession-errors in my home dir and found that afterstep couldn't find some file with a '.hook' suffix. Is this why the window manager doesn't come up? Should the screen still stay black? My .xsession is simple - xterm blah blah blah exec afterstep I am just trying to get something to come up! The setup program looks fine - can anyone help?! Thanks -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: gcc problem
Thanks alot! That's probably it... I'll have to get offline now in order to test this. BYE! Philippe Troin wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:23:19 EDT Shaul Peleg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can anyone tell me why I can't run the executable (if it is that!) that gcc compiles? Is there some kind of setup required? I am compiling in my home directory and another file, without the suffix is made but can't be run! Thanks all! Assuming you're compiling with: gcc -o foo foo.c You need to run it as ./foo, not foo. The . directory doesn't come by default in your path for security reasons. You can add it in your .bashrc if you want. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V97 #890
hello, well I've went through some considerable pains to install the latest samba on my system its there... everything seems to be working fine (seems to be) the client can see the server the server and the client like to talk back and forth... however when it comes to the issue of passwords... it no longer like me I'm running shadow passwords... I have netatalk already installed for the MacIntoshes on my system and I'm also running quotas. Does anybody have any suggestions... I have tried every step in the Diagnosing Samba documentation and I always get a failure of password... I have changed and tried my password in upper and in lowercase letters etc. etc. etc.does anybody else have this problem or am I the only one? Andrew Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northroute Networks Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 1.9.17p2] first SMBtconX failed, trying again. ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network nam e in tree connect.) SMBtconX failed. ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.) Perhaps you are using the wrong sharename, username or password? Some servers insist that these be in uppercase -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xemacs and emacs
Hi all, Installing from a Debian 1.3.1 CD: 1. I'd like to make both xemacs and emacs available on my system, but dselect prohibits both. Why? Should not there be an automatic way for coexistence? 2. Also, I'd like to make bbdb and auctex available to xemacs, but using dselect doesn't permit this? What's the right automatic way to give xemacs bbdb and auctex support? Thanks, John -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
proper way to back-up both win95 and linux
I'm using a dual boot PC using 2 disks, debian on hdb and win95 on hda. To keep things simple, I want to backup both disks through a single (linux) mechanism, on a single tape. It would be great to avoid dumping disk images, as I'd like to provide incrementals, etc. Recommendations? Options? Thanks much, John -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
