Question, extending snmpd

2003-03-02 Thread Bill Bell
List,

I have a private MIB for a custom hardware platform that I need to 
include in an snmp agent on my Woody Debian/Linux OS.  I have been 
reading up on using mib2c to create a .h and .c file.  Then compiling 
this output into the snmpd agent.  My goal is to have a local 
snmpd_xxx.custom.i386.deb package that I can include in a production 
system without needing to carry around the snmpd development 
environment.

What I really would like to know is-
1- Is there already a FAQ on the Debian way to extend snmpd?

If not,

2- At what level should I capture my changes?
 A- Capture my PRIVATE-MIB.txt into a custom-source.deb group.
 B- Capture my .h  .c files into a custom-source.deb group.
 C- Capture my snmpd into a custom-bin.deb file.

3- What is the Debian way to move through the steps listed above?
 A- Where should I locate the MIB?
 B- What snmp-dev packages do I need?
 C- How do I repackage this into a binary .deb?

4- Am I missing anything? (Like an easier way to do this thing?)

Any answers of RTFM will be gladly accepted as long as they come with a 
reference to the location of the FM :-)

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Re: horde

2002-06-30 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Mike Egglestone [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Hi,
 yes, have it working with sid only.
 It was kinda of a pain to get going, but once up, it works good.
 You can either download the debs from www.debian.org
 or just apt-get install them.
 
 Cheers,
 Mike
 
 Quoting Expert User [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 
  Has anybody tried 2.1 horde with 3.1 imp on debian?
  It was released very recently.
  Does anybody know if .debs for these new releases are available?
 where?
  
  thanks,

horde = horde 1.2.6
imp = imp 2.2.6

horde2 = horde 2.0.99
imp3 = imp 3.0.99

I did have problems getting the mysql configured and running, but it IS 
worth the effort.

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Re: Problem with nut and Cyberpower 1250AVR

2002-05-05 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Brenda J. Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Not sure if you already solved this but:
  
  On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 01:52:20PM -0500, Bill Bell wrote:
   I have a Cyberpower 1250AVR connected to /dev/ttyS1 on my
   up-to-date Sid maching running nut.  When I run
   /etc/init.d/nut start the shell just hangs with-
  
  I have a Cyberpower 650SL and I'm using powstatd.
 
 Plus powstatd was written for Cyberpower UPSes, so they work well with
 it.
 
 Peter
 

Powstatd works as advertised for the Cyberpower UPS.  (I just tried it out this 
weekend, thanks).  I was trying to get nut to work because I have a second 
computer running the other OS which nut has a client for.  Both machines are 
running off of this same UPS.  Well, the important box is running woody so it 
looks like powstatd it is.


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Problem with nut and Cyberpower 1250AVR

2002-04-28 Thread Bill Bell
Hello all,

I have a Cyberpower 1250AVR connected to /dev/ttyS1 on my up-to-date Sid 
maching running nut.  When I run /etc/init.d/nut start the shell just hangs 
with-

Starting Network UPS Tools:

I need to break out with Ctrl-C to get back to the shell.  Then I get the 
remaing-

Starting Network UPS Tools: /lib/nut/cyberpower-ttyS1 upsd upsmon.

Grepping a ps command shows that both /sbin/upsd and /sbin/upsmon are running.

nut sends the following to syslog
upsd[...]: Warinig: Data for UPS [myups] is stale - check driver
upsd[...]: Startup successful
upsd[...]: Connection from 127.0.0.1
upsmon[...]: Startup successful
upsmon[...]: Poll UPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed - Data stale
upsmon[...]: UPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] is unavailable
upsmon[...]: Poll UPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed - Data stale
...

Here are the things I know (have tried).

1- The UPS and supplied cable are good, (works with supplied software from 
Windows).

2- /dev/ttyS1 is the correct port.  I moved the mouse from ttyS0 to S1 and 
configured gpm to make sure. (of course I moved it back when done with test:)

3- /dev/ttyS1 is 660 root.nut

4- /lib/nut/cyberpower is 750 nut.nut

5- nut version is 0.45.5 and Cyberpower driver is experimental.  Reading list 
archives at http://lists.exploits.org/upsdev/ shows lots of activity on this 
UPS.

upsd.conf
UPS myups /lib/nut/cyberpower-ttyS1 cyberpower /dev/ttyS1

upsmon.conf
MONITOR [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 nut_pass master

I thought I would start with Debian User before I bother the nut list.  It 
looks like the the Cyberpower driver should be working (to some extent) from 
all the messages on the list.

Thanks for any help.

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Re: Dummy Packages

2002-04-15 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 also sprach Charles Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.04.15.2247
 +0200]:
  Can someone point me to a dock that will help me
  create a dummy package? I want to install velocity as
  a deb, but it requires libxalan2-java which is
  available. However, libxalan2-java depends on
  java2-runtime which is not, but I do have a Java2
  environment installed. BTW, this is on a machine
  running sid. So what I'm after is a dummy
  java2-runtime package which points to my local java2 install.
 
 apt-get install equivs
 cd /usr/share/doc/equivs/
 read
 
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I just installed java-virtual-machine-dummy from Woody today.  With one quick 
edit to /etc/java-vm.conf (I think) I was up and running JDK2-1.3.

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Re: apache/php...feeling like an idiot

2002-04-07 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Matthew Daubenspeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:36:06PM -0400, Jeff Maxson wrote:
  
  so, in attempts to learn some things, I want to get the seemingly
 standard
  apache/php/mysql trio on my box all playing nicely.  I now have mysql
 on
  pretty peachy, and apache seems to spew out the html documents I want.
  I
  have apt-got php4 and php4-mysql and a couple other things as well.
  However, if I try to get my apache server to serve up a php file, all
 the
  browsers I've tried pop-up a file save as screen wanting me to
 download
  this file.  I believe there is something goofy in my
  /etc/apache/httpd.conf file in that I am not loading some modules
 the
  right way.
  
  To get this working,
  1) which modules need to be loaded for apache to work like it should
 with
  php?
  2) once the proper changes are made to the httpd.conf file, how do I
  activate my changes?
 
 apachectl restart
 
  3) is the problem not in the httpd.conf file?
  4) is there something I need to apt-get that would have configured
 this
  correctly out-of-the-box (during the apt-getting installation?)
 
 Shouldn't. Both the potato and woody versions I have used worked
 directly out of the box after I restarted apache.
 
 

I have had this after a manual edit on my httpd.conf file.  Make sure that the 
DirectoryIndex line includes index.php3 and index.php entries.

example:

IfModule mod_dir.c
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm manual.html index.shtml index.cgi 
index.php3 index.php
/IfModule


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Re: passwd segfaulting

2002-02-03 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Eric-Olivier Lamey [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 06:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello,
 
   Hi,
 
  I am running up to date woody on a small firewall box.  I have had
 this problem 
  for some time where passwd ALWAYS segfaults when it is called.  I have
 searched 
  archives, looked at the /etc/passwd to see if it may be corrupt.  I
 have 
  password shadowing turned on and cannot find any problems in the
 shadow files.
  
  Please help me.  I need some ideas on were to look next for this
 problem.
 
   I recently had the same problem after editing /etc/passwd manually.
 It
   turns out I had forgotten a : after an empty gecos field. Check
   carefully if all the lines are correct.
   What does 'getent passwd' says ? What does 'strace passwd' says ?
 
 -- 
 Eric-Olivier Lamey
 
 
 -- 

I have included output from getent and strace.  I looked through 
the /etc/passwd file trying to find any errors as you describe, (no luck yet).  
I am not sure how the /etc/passwd-, /etc/shadow and /etc/shadow- files play 
into this.  Is it possible that one of these files could contain the error that 
would cause this segfault?

Thanks for the help.

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--tigger:/etc# getent passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:100:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:100:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:100:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
majordom:x:30:31:Majordomo:/usr/lib/majordomo:/bin/sh
postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
msql:x:36:36:Mini SQL Database Manager:/var/lib/msql:/bin/sh
operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:SmartList:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats/gnats-db:/bin/sh
identd:x:100:65534::/var/run/identd:/bin/false
cyrus:x:101:8:Cyrus User,,,:/var/spool/cyrus:/bin/false
snort:x:102:101:Snort IDS:/var/log/snort:/bin/false
mysql:x:103:102:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false
reboot:x:1000:1000:dog,,,:/home/reboot:/bin/bash
grlind:x:1001:1001:Gregg,,,:/home/grlind:/bin/bash
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/home:/bin/sh
tigger:/etc#
tigger:~# strace passwd
execve(/usr/bin/passwd, [passwd], [/* 14 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys=Linux, node=tigger, ...}) = 0
brk(0)  = 0x804f120
open(/etc/ld.so.preload, O_RDONLY)= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open(/etc/ld.so.cache, O_RDONLY)  = 3
fstat64(3, 0xbfffef24)  = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented)
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16024, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 16024, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40016000
close(3)= 0
open(/lib/libcrypt.so.1, O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, \177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\20..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20900, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 183740, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001a000
mprotect(0x4001f000, 163260, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x4001f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
0x4000) = 0x4001f000
old_mmap(0x4002, 159164, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4002
close(3)= 0
open(/lib/libpam.so.0, O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, \177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340\24..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29420, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 32428, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40047000
mprotect(0x4004e000, 3756, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x4004e000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
0x6000) = 0x4004e000
close(3)= 0
open(/lib/libpam_misc.so.0, O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, \177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\f\0..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7500, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 10508, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4004f000
mprotect(0x40051000, 2316, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40051000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
0x1000) = 0x40051000
close(3)= 0
open(/lib/libdl.so.2, O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, \177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\244\34..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9436, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 12364, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40052000
mprotect(0x40054000, 4172, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40054000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
0x1000) = 0x40054000
close(3)= 0
open(/lib/libc.so.6, O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, \177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0(\327\1..., 1024) = 
1024

Re: passwd segfaulting

2002-02-03 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Larry Holish [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 06:53:17AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello,
  
  I am running up to date woody on a small firewall box.  I have had
 this problem 
  for some time where passwd ALWAYS segfaults when it is called.  I have
 searched 
  archives, looked at the /etc/passwd to see if it may be corrupt.  I
 have 
  password shadowing turned on and cannot find any problems in the
 shadow files.
  
  Please help me.  I need some ideas on were to look next for this
 problem.
 
 Have you tried the /usr/sbin/pwck command?  This command verifies the
 integrity of the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.  See the manpage
 for
 more info.
 
 -- 
 Larry Holish
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
 -- 
Here is the output from pwck.  It looks like I just have a few missing home 
directories for these accounts.


tigger:/etc# pwck
user news: directory /var/spool/news does not exist
user uucp: directory /var/spool/uucp does not exist
user majordom: directory /usr/lib/majordomo does not exist
user postgres: directory /var/lib/postgres does not exist
user msql: directory /var/lib/msql does not exist
user list: directory /var/list does not exist
user gnats: directory /var/lib/gnats/gnats-db does not exist
user cyrus: directory /var/spool/cyrus does not exist
pwck: no changes


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Re: passwd segfaulting Sovled

2002-02-03 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Eric-Olivier Lamey [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 02:42, Bill Bell wrote:
  I have included output from getent and strace.  I looked through 
  the /etc/passwd file trying to find any errors as you describe, (no
 luck yet).  
  I am not sure how the /etc/passwd-, /etc/shadow and /etc/shadow- files
 play 
  into this.  Is it possible that one of these files could contain the
 error that 
  would cause this segfault?
 
   I don't think /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- are even opened by
   'passwd'.
   The output from 'getent' seems to be correct. The 'strace' output is
   weird:
 
  open(/etc/passwd, O_RDONLY)   = 3
  fcntl(3, F_GETFD)   = 0
  fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)   = 0
  fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1251, ...}) = 0
  old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
 -1, 0) = 0x40016000
  _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)= 0
  read(3, root:Xy13e.n9hX7WU:0:0:root:/roo..., 4096) = 1251
 
   Hmmm, it seems that your /etc/passwd contains your encrypted root
   password. If I 'strace passwd' on my computer (running sid), I never
   get a line like that, always 'root:x:0:0:
   It doesn't even seem to open '/etc/shadow', I don't understand. What
   is the content of your /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/pam.d/other and
   /etc/pam.d/passwd files ?
 
 -- 
 Eric-Olivier Lamey
 

I started compairing these files you listed above between my Sid machine 
(working) and the broken Woody box. I found that /etc/pam.d/passed was an exact 
copy of /etc/passwd on the Woody box.  The Sid box had a totally 
different /etc/pam.d/passwd file (attached).  On the Woody box I found the 
correct backup file in /etc/pam.d/passwd.orig.  I moved this 
into /etc/pam.d/passwd and all is well!  Perhaps one of the Woody updates broke 
this file at some time in the past.

Thanks for the help.

tigger:/etc/pam.d# cat passwd
#
# The PAM configuration file for the Shadow `passwd' service
#

# The standard Unix authentication modules, used with NIS (man nsswitch) as
# well as normal /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow entries. For the login service,
# this is only used when the password expires and must be changed, so make
# sure this one and the one in /etc/pam.d/login are the same. The nullok
# option allows users to change an empty password, else empty passwords are
# treated as locked accounts.
#
# (Add `md5' after the module name to enable MD5 passwords the same way that
# `MD5_CRYPT_ENAB' would do under login.defs).
#
# The obscure option replaces the old `OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB' option in
# login.defs. Also the min and max options enforce the length of the
# new password.

password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8

# Alternate strength checking for password. Note that this
# requires the libpam-cracklib package to be installed.
# You will need to comment out the password line above and
# uncomment the next two in order to use this.
# (Replaces the `OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB', `CRACKLIB_DICTPATH')
#
# password required   pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=3
# password required   pam_unix.so use_authtok nullok md5


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Re: Strange reboot

2001-05-22 Thread Bill Bell

I have had this same problem when a RAM Simm went bad on me.  I turned on 
extended memory checking in the BIOS and saw RAM errors at boot time.  Replaced 
the SIM and all was well.

Quoting David B. van Balen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
 Did you build the computer yourself or have someone do it for you? My
 parents bought a cheap computer from some people that were building
 them
 themselves and had lots of trouble with spontaneous reboots... just a
 thought.
 
 
 
 
 On 22 May 2001 09:53:26 +0100, Cliff Rowley wrote:
  Very strange.  I am currently at work, ssh'd into my network at home. 
 I
  telnetted over to my workstation, and expected to pick up a screen
  session.  Unfortunately, the machine must have reset at around 5am
  (according to uptime).  Same Debian/kernel versions.
  
  Cliff Rowley
  
  The reader this message encounters not failing to understand is
 cursed.
  
  - while (!asleep) { code(); }
  
  On Mon, 21 May 2001, Cheng H. Lee wrote:
  
   Hi all,
   
   I was wondering whether any one could explain why my machine would
   spontaneously reboot itself. It's a Debian unstable box running
 kernel
   2.4.4.
   
   Personally I suspect some sort of issue with the kernel itself. I
 doubt
   that the machine has been broken into since absolutely nothing has
 shown
   up in my logs, no port scans, no TCP/IP connections, nothing in my
   Apache and proftpd logs.
   
   Any thoughts?
   
   Thanks for the help,
   
   Cheng
   
   

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Re: 3c509 with 2.4.0 kernel and sid (solved)

2001-01-28 Thread Bill Bell
Hello,

I found that by recompiling the kernel with the 3c509 as a module and loading
the 3c509.o, all networking is back up.

Thanks everyone for the ideas.

-- Bill
C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel

Quoting Bill Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Hello Sebastiaan,
 
 I have the 3c509 driver compiled into the kernel.  One of the early
 problems I had with this system is that if I tried to use a loadable
 module for these cards, I could not get them both to be reconized.
 I seem to remember that a 2.2.x kernel read-me (or even 2.0.x) told
 me to fix this by loading the driver from the kernel and using
 lilo.conf
 to pass in the correct parameters.  It is very possible that by moving
 to the 2.4.0 kernel, my original problem has gone away without my
 trying to find out.
 
 I will reconfigure my system tonight and try loading them as modules.
 
 Thanks for the ideas,
 
 -- Bill
 C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel
 
 Quoting Sebastiaan
 
  Hi,
  
  is it vital that both cards are loaded at boottime? What happens
 when
  you
  insmod the second card? How does the kernel behave when compiling
 the
  cards in? Perhaps you can try to leave the ',eth0' and ',eth1' at
 the
  bootline and let the kernel figure it out itself?
  
  Greetz,
  Sebastiaan
  
  
  On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Bill Bell wrote:
  
   Hello all,
   
   I have a dual NIC system using two 3c509 cards.  This
 configuration
  has
   been working well under sid with a 2.2.18 kernel (my current
  system).
   I have been trying to move up to a 2.4.0 kernel and I am having
   problems.
   
   My problem is when booting with the 2.4.0 kernel, both NIC cards
  have
   the wrong media port enabled.  The boot message is saying
 something
   like Coax port instead of 10baseT port.
   
   This is the lilo.conf append line I use to get both cards working
  for
   the 2.2.18 kernel.
   
   append=ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x310,eth1
   
   When I remark out this append line, run lilo, and boot the 2.4.0
  kernel,
   eth0 gets configed correctly with the 10baseT port enabled, but
 eth1
   is not found.
   
   Some of the things I have tried-
   RTFM docs under /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking
   searching the debian user list archives
   searching www.kernel.org documentation
   other various FAQs on the web
   
   Possible problems as a guess-
   1) I am missing a new append ether='parameter'
   2) There is a better way to use the ether= line
   3) 2.4.0 kernel has a bug in the 3c509 driver (?)
   
   More info-
   I have PnP turned off in both the BIOS and on both NICs.
   
   Thanks for any and all suggestions.
   
   -- Bill
   C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel



Re: Boot prompt fails to show other

2001-01-28 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 When I boot up and press the left Shift key, followed by TAB, the only
 
 option listed is Linux. This is despite the fact that I have Win95 on
 
 another partition, and that I've configured /etc/lilo.conf to see it, 
 and have run lilo, which reports Adding Linux* / Adding Windows.
 
 Here's my lilo.conf:
 boot=/dev/hda3
 root=/dev/hda3
 compact
 install=/boot/boot-menu.b
 delay=20
 map=/boot/map
 append=
 read-only
 image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
 other=/dev/hda1
label=Windows
table=/dev/hda
 
 
 Any clues?
 
 Thanks!
 
 KEnt
 
 
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Try running the following and post the results if there is no change.

# lilo -v

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3c509 with 2.4.0 kernel and sid

2001-01-26 Thread Bill Bell
Hello all,

I have a dual NIC system using two 3c509 cards.  This configuration has
been working well under sid with a 2.2.18 kernel (my current system).
I have been trying to move up to a 2.4.0 kernel and I am having
problems.

My problem is when booting with the 2.4.0 kernel, both NIC cards have
the wrong media port enabled.  The boot message is saying something
like Coax port instead of 10baseT port.

This is the lilo.conf append line I use to get both cards working for
the 2.2.18 kernel.

append=ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x310,eth1

When I remark out this append line, run lilo, and boot the 2.4.0 kernel,
eth0 gets configed correctly with the 10baseT port enabled, but eth1
is not found.

Some of the things I have tried-
RTFM docs under /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking
searching the debian user list archives
searching www.kernel.org documentation
other various FAQs on the web

Possible problems as a guess-
1) I am missing a new append ether='parameter'
2) There is a better way to use the ether= line
3) 2.4.0 kernel has a bug in the 3c509 driver (?)

More info-
I have PnP turned off in both the BIOS and on both NICs.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.

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Re: 3c509 with 2.4.0 kernel and sid

2001-01-26 Thread Bill Bell
Hello Sebastiaan,

I have the 3c509 driver compiled into the kernel.  One of the early
problems I had with this system is that if I tried to use a loadable
module for these cards, I could not get them both to be reconized.
I seem to remember that a 2.2.x kernel read-me (or even 2.0.x) told
me to fix this by loading the driver from the kernel and using lilo.conf
to pass in the correct parameters.  It is very possible that by moving
to the 2.4.0 kernel, my original problem has gone away without my
trying to find out.

I will reconfigure my system tonight and try loading them as modules.

Thanks for the ideas,

-- Bill
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Quoting Sebastiaan

 Hi,
 
 is it vital that both cards are loaded at boottime? What happens when
 you
 insmod the second card? How does the kernel behave when compiling the
 cards in? Perhaps you can try to leave the ',eth0' and ',eth1' at the
 bootline and let the kernel figure it out itself?
 
 Greetz,
 Sebastiaan
 
 
 On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Bill Bell wrote:
 
  Hello all,
  
  I have a dual NIC system using two 3c509 cards.  This configuration
 has
  been working well under sid with a 2.2.18 kernel (my current
 system).
  I have been trying to move up to a 2.4.0 kernel and I am having
  problems.
  
  My problem is when booting with the 2.4.0 kernel, both NIC cards
 have
  the wrong media port enabled.  The boot message is saying something
  like Coax port instead of 10baseT port.
  
  This is the lilo.conf append line I use to get both cards working
 for
  the 2.2.18 kernel.
  
  append=ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x310,eth1
  
  When I remark out this append line, run lilo, and boot the 2.4.0
 kernel,
  eth0 gets configed correctly with the 10baseT port enabled, but eth1
  is not found.
  
  Some of the things I have tried-
  RTFM docs under /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking
  searching the debian user list archives
  searching www.kernel.org documentation
  other various FAQs on the web
  
  Possible problems as a guess-
  1) I am missing a new append ether='parameter'
  2) There is a better way to use the ether= line
  3) 2.4.0 kernel has a bug in the 3c509 driver (?)
  
  More info-
  I have PnP turned off in both the BIOS and on both NICs.
  
  Thanks for any and all suggestions.
  
  -- Bill
  C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel



RE: 3c509 with 2.4.0 kernel and sid

2001-01-26 Thread Bill Bell
Hello Joris,

I am sure all the NIC network config paramerters are good under
/etc/network/interfaces.  You are correct though, I am trying to
find the correct option to send in from the lilo.conf append= line
to force the the 10baseT media port on, (if there is one :-).  This
has been the target of my searchs and RTFMs so far.

Thanks,

-- Bill
C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel

Quoting Joris:

 Hi,
 
 Isn't this just a netconfiguration issue ?
 
 At install of a debian system you can pass parameters to the module such
 as
 the media port (bnc,utp) i think you should read something on that
 instead.
 
 Don't really know where you should configure that. Dive into those
 How-To's
 :)
 
 Greets,
 
 Joris
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Bill Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:28 AM
 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
 Subject: 3c509 with 2.4.0 kernel and sid
 
 Hello all,
 
 I have a dual NIC system using two 3c509 cards.  This configuration
 has
 been working well under sid with a 2.2.18 kernel (my current system).
 I have been trying to move up to a 2.4.0 kernel and I am having
 problems.
 
 My problem is when booting with the 2.4.0 kernel, both NIC cards have
 the wrong media port enabled.  The boot message is saying something
 like Coax port instead of 10baseT port.
 
 This is the lilo.conf append line I use to get both cards working for
 the 2.2.18 kernel.
 
 append=ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x310,eth1
 
 When I remark out this append line, run lilo, and boot the 2.4.0
 kernel,
 eth0 gets configed correctly with the 10baseT port enabled, but eth1
 is not found.
 
 Some of the things I have tried-
 RTFM docs under /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking
 searching the debian user list archives
 searching www.kernel.org documentation
 other various FAQs on the web
 
 Possible problems as a guess-
 1) I am missing a new append ether='parameter'
 2) There is a better way to use the ether= line
 3) 2.4.0 kernel has a bug in the 3c509 driver (?)
 
 More info-
 I have PnP turned off in both the BIOS and on both NICs.
 
 Thanks for any and all suggestions.
 
 -- Bill
 C.R.E.A.M.  Dark Angel




Re: hp laserjet4plus

2001-01-11 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting paul taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 I have a hp laserjet4plus. Setup seemed to recognize it but printcap
 only
 lists a generic printer. I need the printcap script for this printer
 or
 some way of getting back into setup or install to make this as my
 printer
 in debian.
 currently no lr or cr and if I use it to print from netscape the
 printer
 shoots out blank pages until it runs out of paper  or the kill command
 is
 given.
 I see it listed as a problem but I have never seen a an answer posted.
 thanks
 
 

Paul,

Here is the printcap I use for my Ethernet connected LaserJet 4Plus.

hp4|hplj4  :\
:cm=HP LJ 4+  :\
:ifhp=model=hp4plus  :\
:lp=%P%9100  :\
:if=/usr/lib/filters/ifhp  :\
:of=/usr/lib/filters/ofhp  :\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P  :\
:lf=log:\
:af=acct  :\
:mx=0:\
:sf

My printing subsystem is using LPRng 3.6.12-1 and ifhp 3.3.10-3.  The :of line 
may be the line for the crlf that could be missing from you setup.  (It has 
been a long time since I have done much printer setups :)



-- Bill
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pump, dhcp question

2001-01-04 Thread Bill Bell
Hello all,

I have a box which is using mostly woody and I have a quesiton about using pump 
as a DHCP client.  Documentation for pump is scarce, perhaps because 
functionality is limited.

How do I run a script each time pump refreshes it's information?

I would like to continue using pump,(it is working well for me), but if one of 
the other DHCP client packages is the answer, I could use dhcp-client or dhcpcd.

-- Bill
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Re: pump, dhcp question

2001-01-04 Thread Bill Bell
Quoting Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 05:04:41PM -0600, Bill Bell wrote:
  Hello all,
  
  I have a box which is using mostly woody and I have a quesiton
  about using pump as a DHCP client.  Documentation for pump is
  scarce, perhaps because functionality is limited.
  
  How do I run a script each time pump refreshes it's information?
 
 Did you read the man page?  It says:
 
 ] CONFIG FILE
 ]Pump  supports  a simple configuration file which lets you
 ]tune   its   behavior. 
 ] ...
 ]script executable-filename
 ] 
 ] 
 ]   When  events  occur in negotiation with the server,
 ]   calls the given executable or script.  Scripts  are
 ]   called  when  a lease is granted, when a renewal is
 ]   negotiated, and when the interface is brought  down
 ]   and  the  address released.  The scripts are called
 ]   with two or three arguments, depending on the  con-
 ]   dition, as documented in the table above.
 
 Now, I notice the table isn't there.  It is in the man-page source
 though ... here's what it says:
 
 ] Condition   arg1arg2arg3
 ] -   --- --- ---
 ] lease   up  eth01.2.3.4
 ] renewal renewal eth02.3.4.5
 ] release downeth0
 
 So in the case of a renewal teh script should expect 'renewal', dev,
 ip as the three args.
 
 Have fun,
 
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 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   |   -- Patton
 

I did read this, but now I have a better understanding of it.  Thanks
for the pointer.

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www.debian.org

1999-04-18 Thread Bill Bell
Wow!  The Debian home page, (http://www.debian.org), just suggested to my 
broswer, M$IE 5, that I install the Chinese font set.  Looks like M$ found
another way to break the standards?  I don't seem to be able to set the
default browser language so the Debian home page comes up in EN.

Any ideas?

BTW,  The site really looks cool in Chinese.

- Bill
So many good sigs out there, which one to use?


Re: www.debian.org

1999-04-18 Thread Bill Bell
It looks like this is the default I am seeing when I go to debian.org. 
I can't tell for sure though.

http://www.debian.org/index.zh.html

Quoting Shao Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
 Hi,
   What do you mean you can see debian home page in Chinese??
 Is there acutally a Chinese version of the debian homepage??
 
 On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 12:35:20PM -0500, Bill Bell wrote:
  Wow!  The Debian home page, (http://www.debian.org), just suggested to my
 
  broswer, M$IE 5, that I install the Chinese font set.  Looks like M$
 found
  another way to break the standards?  I don't seem to be able to set the
  default browser language so the Debian home page comes up in EN.
  
  Any ideas?
  
  BTW,  The site really looks cool in Chinese.
  
  - Bill
  So many good sigs out there, which one to use?
  
  
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Fwd: Re: Perl Instruction

1999-03-20 Thread Bill Bell

A site that I like as a starting page for many languages.

http://www.program.com/

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Does anyone know if there are any good sites on the web for learning
 perl?  I really want to learn it soon, but don't have any extra money
 to buy any books right now.
 
 Thanks,
 
 chris
 
 
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Multi IP's on interface

1999-02-20 Thread Bill Bell
Hello,

Is it possible, and if so how, to support two IP's on a single
interface card?  I thought I have seen this somewhere.

I am trying to put a 192.168.2.x on my eth1 which is the same
interface that connects to my bridge and my Internet connection.
I want to get to the management utility on the bridge without
broadcasting the bridges management IP on the Internet. 

Another option may be to set up a route from my internal subnet on
eth0, (192.168.1.x) to
eth1, (206.xxx.xxx.xxx)
where eth1 also has visability to a 192.168.x.x address.

Any ideas on either method?  Other options?

I am looking for something simple, and somewhat secure from
the outside world.

Thanks,
Bill Bell


Re: ISP connect

1999-02-18 Thread Bill Bell

From: eferen1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bill Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ISP connect
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:50:25 -

Yes it did help!  Thank you.  I can now connect, but have to find the
address for www.Netscape.com.  Thanks for your help. :-)
-Original Message-
From: Bill Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 15:35
Subject: RE: ISP connect


I have USED MSN untill recently.  I found that I needed to give my user
name in the following format:

MSN/user_name  (including the quotes for chatscript)

This may help.

Bill Bell

 I use the KDE window to configure dial-up settings.  I have
reconfigured the
 connect script to this:

 noauth.

Should be fine


 That is the only line in the script.  I connect through MSN which
requires a
 PAP login.  I did not put a DNS number in hoping maybe it would
configure
 this dynamically.  The IP is set to dynamic negotiation.


No, you need to enter the DNS, unless they use dhcp to give out DNS.

 When it does connect initially, I get a terminal window asking for a
login.
 I send my login name and then it asks for a password.  I send that
and it
 comes back with bad password.

 Does anyone else connect their machine through MSN?  If so, how'd 
you
do it?


Cant help much beyond that.


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Web email packages question

1999-02-18 Thread Bill Bell
Hello,
What packages are available that would allow me to get
to my email from the web server on my system?

This is for a single user or two and a dedicated
Internet connection.

I am running-
Debian 2.1 (2.2.1 kernel:)
fetchmail
exim
Apache 

Thanks,
Bill Bell


RE: ISP connect

1999-02-16 Thread Bill Bell
I have USED MSN untill recently.  I found that I needed to give my user 
name in the following format:

MSN/user_name  (including the quotes for chatscript)

This may help.

Bill Bell

 I use the KDE window to configure dial-up settings.  I have 
reconfigured the
 connect script to this:
 
 noauth.

Should be fine

 
 That is the only line in the script.  I connect through MSN which 
requires a
 PAP login.  I did not put a DNS number in hoping maybe it would 
configure
 this dynamically.  The IP is set to dynamic negotiation.
 

No, you need to enter the DNS, unless they use dhcp to give out DNS.

 When it does connect initially, I get a terminal window asking for a 
login.
 I send my login name and then it asks for a password.  I send that 
and it
 comes back with bad password.
 
 Does anyone else connect their machine through MSN?  If so, how'd you 
do it?
 

Cant help much beyond that.


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TAR command question

1999-01-30 Thread Bill Bell
Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0
system to a compressed file?  I will ftp this backup file to another system
after it has been written.

I have RTFM for tar, but after several tries, I have not created a file that I
trust.

Thanks in advanced,
Bill Bell


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Re: [Re: TAR command question ]

1999-01-30 Thread Bill Bell
Thanks,

I am reading more into the command than I needed.

olly@lfix.co.uk wrote:
Bill Bell wrote:
  Could someone give me a tar command that I can use to backup my Debian 2.0
  system to a compressed file?  I will ftp this backup file to another system
  after it has been written.
  
  I have RTFM for tar, but after several tries, I have not created a file
that
   I
  trust.
 
To archive a directory and everything under it into a compressed tar file
called archive.tar.gz:

  tar czf /path/to/archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory

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Re: Dumb Terminals

1998-07-31 Thread Bill Bell
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dumb Terminals
Date: 30 Jul 1998 21:58:33 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals.  
I
 was wondering if someone could point me to a good howto or faq on how 
to
 set this up or perhaps give me some tips and or help.  

Among a zillion other things this is covered in the Serial-HOWTO, which
you probably have on your system as /usr/doc/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.gz.

You need a terminal program on the computer you want to use as a
terminal. Connection by a null-modem cable.

Actual configuration on the Linux host side is trivial. You need to 
tell
init(8) to spawn a getty on that particular serial port. Enter an
appropriate entry in /etc/inittab. There's an example there. E.g.,
I use:

T6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -hL ttyS6 38400 vt320

-L tells getty that this is a local line, i.e. not connected to a 
modem,
-h tells it to use RTS/CTS flow control (not required but recommended).
Then there's the serial port, which is probably ttyS0 or ttyS1 unless
you have a multi-port card, the speed and terminal type. For the latter
two, use what your dumb terminal (or emulation thereof) supports.

After editing /etc/inittab you need to tell init(8) to re-read its
configuration file. The telinit q command will do this.

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Please correct me if I am not understanding the question, but I belive 
you originally asked if the connection to the dumb device could be 
done without a cpu/OS (PC) between the dumb station and the server.  I 
would not even begin to guess how to make a monitor/keyboard/mouse 
talk serial, (or any other way), to a server without some form of cpu.

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Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Bill Bell
Hello everyone,

I would like to add my comments to this discussion.  I am new to Linux.  
I have been using the Debian, (Hamm), distribution for about two months 
now, and Slink for the last couple of days.  I am a Windoz drop-out with 
UNIX sys-adin experience.  Being so new to Linux and Debian, I feel my 
input to a REAL bug is minimum.  By the time I find I have a problem, 
this community has identified the problem, fixed it and are putting it 
out to the mirrors!  I have personally found that if I have a problem, I 
just wait a few hours, update my system and I am back on the road.  
Someday I WILL be a REAL contributor to this wonderful effort, but today 
I am just having fun with the basic stuff.

Please continue the interesting conversation, but don't forget, a Linux 
newbie may really be NEW!

Bill Bell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED],
  Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-devel@lists.debian.org,
  debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh 
segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2
From: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Jul 1998 14:48:56 -0500

Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when 
submitting a
 bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful
 information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several 
practical
 uses for the bug submitter, as well as the maintainer.

I disagree.  When I am doing an upgrade, I may notice a number of
bugs.  Perhaps I can log on to a terminal next to the computer I'm
upgrading and submit bug reports.

However, I do not have time to check the bug logs and webpages (which
may be out-of-date, remember).  Sometimes (often, actually, for me)
the Internet connection is slow.  I use Debian at work and I'm not
paid to research the Debian bug logs when, for instance, X suddenly
breaks because KDE has removed the /etc/X11/Xsession file.  (Still
haven't received a reply to this one yet, and it's in hamm!)

 Merging bugs is not that hard, but it also doesn't provide any 
bookkeeping
 advantages to the maintainer. The bugs still get reported in the
 problems report separately. Nags still come separately. This 
requires
 that the maintainer keep records of which bugs have been merged.

Well then we ought to fix those reporting mechanisms.

 I am only suggesting that we make clear that the socially correct way 
to
 report a bug involves adequate research on the part of the bug 
reporter.

We can SUGGEST this as before.  However, I will be Very Upset if
people start complaining at me because I filed bug reports without
checking the webpages first after a particularly frustrating upgrade
experience that took three times longer than it should have because
people delete me config files or fail to put a read at the end of
their postinst and important information goes whizzing by the screen.

 This requirement provides additional service to the user at the 
same
 time that it provides the maintainer with more chance to fix the 
problem.

I feel that I'm already helping out the project by reporting a bug.
I often don't have time to figure out the problem and end up deleting
packages if they're non-essential -- or doing some quick hack to fix
it.

BTW, while we're on this topic, I am ASTOUNDED at the number of
packages that display messages in postinst but don't prompt for Enter
keypress -- the messages then scroll by.  Even though policy requires
a prompt.

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xfstt startup issue

1998-07-09 Thread Bill Bell
Hello,

Sorry I do not have the original message to respond to.  I have just 
moved from debian-user-digest to debian-user.  I may have missed the 
last day of this thread.

I also am using xfstt to serve my TrueType fonts.  It is not all that 
bad a package.  Problem is there is no startup with the Xfstt 0.9.7.  
Documentation is almost none.  I am running an up-to-date Hamm system.

So here is my very first hack.

I used the /etc/init.d/xfs for a base and created the file 
/etc/init.d/xfstt, (bottom of message).

I modifid /etc/X11/config to mirror the xfs entry.  I used XFSTT in 
upper-case here due to test conflicts between the init.d xfs and xfstt 
scripts. (bad hacking)

Then using the SysV Init Editor in KDE I added the xfstt just below 
the xfs lines.  xfstt needs be running before xdm, (in my case anyway).

  Begin /etc/init.d/xfstt
+++
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/xfstt: start or stop the True Type X font server

set -e

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/X11/xfstt

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

test -f /etc/X11/config || exit 0

if grep -q ^xbase-not-configured /etc/X11/config
then
  exit 0
fi

run_xfstt=0
if grep -q ^start-XFSTT /etc/X11/config
then
  run_xfstt=1
fi

case $1 in
  start)
if [ $run_xfstt = 1 ]
then
  echo -n Starting X TT font server: xfstt
  start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON 
  echo .
fi
  ;;

  restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
  ;;

  stop)
if [ $run_xfstt = 1 ]
then
  echo -n Stopping X TT font server: xfstt
  start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name xfstt --exec $DAEMON
  echo .
fi
  ;;

  *)
echo Usage: /etc/init.d/xfstt {start|stop|restart}
exit 1
  ;;
esac

exit 0

+
  end /etc/init.d/xfstt

  This is my /etc/X11/config
+
# This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System.
# For a description of the meanings of the flags, see
# /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian

run-xconsole
allow-user-resources
allow-user-modmap
allow-user-xsession
allow-failsafe
use-sessreg
#start-xfs
start-XFSTT
start-xdm 
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  end /etc/X11/config
  
  Links setup in /etc/rc2.d
15 Jul  8  1998 S11xfs - /etc/init.d/xfs
17 Jul  8  1998 S12xfstt - /etc/init.d/xfstt
15 Jul  8  1998 S20xdm - /etc/init.d/xdm

This was just a quick fix.  If someone would like to tune this up I 
would be greatfull.  This worked for me.  Please use it carefully.  I 
did lock my system hard if xfstt was not running when xdm starts up!

Good luck,
Bill Bell (reboot)
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Re: xfstt

1998-07-09 Thread Bill Bell


Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:33:39 -0400
From: Stephen J. Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xfstt

On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 07:16:45PM +0300, Jaakko Niemi wrote:
  I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was 
just 
  wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I 
edit.
 
  Check that you have '/etc/init.d/xfstt' and appropriate links 
pointing in
  /etc/rc*.d . For example 'etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt' where xfstt is started 
at 
  runlevel 2. The number is a priority, for getting things started in 
right
  order, for example netbase with 18 means it will be started before 
  exim with 20. 

Just a note:
as of xfstt 0.9.8-1 the package contains an init.d script and starts
automatically on boot. The current version is in unstable and is
0.9.9 ..it fixes some bugs...a word to the wise tho
I had to change some of its defaults to match policy and make things
work.
(ie. it now looks for fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of
the ugly /var/ttfonts) You will need to move it yerself (if it finds
a /var/ttfonts you will be warned however)
also...
in that version /etc/init.d/xfstt is not a conffile (oops) that will be
fixed RSN (just one other bug I wanna fix with it) also...watch out
in the next version commingout...
to fix a conflict with xfs I am changing the default port from
7100 to 7101...but thats just what to watch for in the future ;)

BTW 0.9.9 is also easier on memory allocation and fixes a bug there
-Steve

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Will there be a more current version of xfstt in Debian 2.0?  I have 
been staying out of slink until I have a better handle on everything.  
xfstt 0.9.7-1 is the version I am seeing in Hamm today.

Thanks,
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Re: xfstt

1998-07-09 Thread Bill Bell


Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:36:01 -0400
From: Stephen J. Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xfstt

On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 07:54:55AM -0700, Bill Bell wrote:
 
 Will there be a more current version of xfstt in Debian 2.0?  I have 
 been staying out of slink until I have a better handle on everything.  
 xfstt 0.9.7-1 is the version I am seeing in Hamm today.

I am sorry but no.
I became the maintianer just after hamm went into code freeze, so I 
couldn't
upload a new version of the package unless it fixed major bugs...and
their weren't any releace critical bugs against it.

Also...these are new upstream versions...also a no no for code freeze.
Now with 2.0 in Betathe only place I can put changes at all would 
be in slink...soo

the up side is that slink packages are pretty much interchangable 
with
hamm packages. Unlike the bo-hamm upgrade...slink as of yet makes
no major changes...
in fact form a currrent hamm system...I only needed to 
download 13 MB of files to make a current slink system (as of 2 days 
ago)
of course the pitfalls mentioned before still apply to xfstt anyway 
-Steve

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Thanks for the GOOD information.  Looks like I will be getting just a 
little slink ;-)

Bill Bell


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