testing apt-get not upgrading
I'm running testing and apt-get wont upgrade quite a few packages. I'm want to upgrade to mozilla-firefox and mozilla-thunderbird but these are being held back, along with quite a few other files. I'm doing the standard apt-get update/upgrade. If I do apt-get install mozilla-firefox it will install it but it is telling me it is going to remove a whole lot of packages like gnome and gnome-core. I do not want that, at least I think I don't. If I try to apt-get install gnome, it tells me it can't becuase of other packages like gnome-office. If I apt-get install gnome-office, it will upgrade but will remove gnome. How can installing gnome-office remove gnome ??? Is gnome, gnome-themes, gnome-core, etc no longer required ??? Is there anything I can do or do I just have to wait until these dependencies are fixed. This doesn't happen on another machine I have at work but I think that is because gnome isn't installed. Thanks, Brendan Simon. Melbourne/Australia. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mozilla profile problem
I have a problem with Mozilla. For some reason Mozilla is asking me to choose a profile (I think something must have got upgraded). I cannot choose my default profile. I've had a similar problem in the past where I created a new profile and then copied the folder to the new profile name. I create a new profile and I can see that a directory is created in the .mozilla folder but there are still no profiles to choose from (in the GUI). Another strange thing is choosing folders. It seems to be ignored altogether. What is happening with my Mozilla (testing dist) ??? I can't get to all my email folders, address books, etc. Many thanks for any help. Regards, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gnome-session, sawfish problems on Apple Powerbook
Hi, I'm using xfree86 4.3.0 on a PowerBook 17 laptop running Debian testing distro. I can't seem to get gnome-session to run. It just hangs and I have to kill X manually. It doesn't work from gdm or kdm either. I also have tried running it manually from an xterm. gnome 2.2 is installed. Has anybody else seen these problems? Is there some broken dependencies which means I haven't got something installed which gnome needs? Also the sawfish pager sucks!!! It seems to be a normal window and if you expand it and click in some space it creates a new page. I don't like this at all. Yuk!!! Anyway, I really would like to get gnome up and running. Any help appreciated. Please CC me as well as the list. Thanks, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thinkpad A22 problems with xfree86 ver 4
I upgraded a friends Thinkpad A22 to xfree86 version 4. Was running version 3. Now X doesn't work properly. The X server is shutting down (being sent a signal 4) whenever there is inactivity for 20 minutes. Also a virtual console is behaving similarly as it automatically logs out whenever inactivity exceeds 20 minutes. NOTE: by inactivity I mean no key presses of mouse movements. Is this an X problem? The virtual console symptoms imply that it is not. It sounds more like some sort of security setting that logs off a user after inactivity timeout. Is it something to do with APM or possibly BIOS settings Has anyone else experience similar problems ?? Any ideas, clues or suggestions on how to fix this Many many thanks for any help or advice. Please CC me directly as well as replying to the list. Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spam filter recommendation
Hi, Can anyone recommend a good spam filter for Debian??? I use Mozilla as my mail client on an Apple PowerBook and also an Intel desktop. Are there differences in power and ease of use between all the various spam filters? Which are the most actively used and maintained? Which are the most accurate at detecting spam? Could you please CC me as well as the list. Many thanks, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bugzilla: can't create new bug but can query existing bugs
I'm running the latest stable distro and am having problems with bugzilla. It used to work on an older version of bugzilla and/or debian. The machine hasn't been used for a while and I've done an apt-get update and upgrade. All went well, however my bugzilla does not seem to be quite right. I can perform queries ok but I can't create new bugs. I get the following messages. Possible bug database corruption has been detected. Please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with details of what you were doing when this message appeared. Thank you. src = All ProductFoo ProductBar ProductX default = Other Any idea how I can solve this problem ??? Many thanks, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim/courier-imap login problems
I'm currently running exim MTA for a small group. Most are using POP cleints but I prefer to use IMAP. I would also like to use IMAP with SSL/TLS support. I have been running the package called imap and it has been working fine except that it takes up 70MB of memory. I'm not sure whiy but maybe it's got something to do with Exim storing files in MBOX format ??? My inbox (/var/mail/bjsimon) is 14MB. From reading some of the posts on this list, I think I can configure Exim to use maildir format. Does anyone know if this will reduce the memory used for imapd ? Will my exisiting mail still be available ? If so, do I have to do anything special ? From the debian package information and courier docs, it seems that courier is quite big and well thoguht out. Can anyone shed some light on how it compares with Exim as an MTA ? Is it better, faster, more scaleable than Exim. What are the pros and cons (briefly). I tried the courier-imap and courier-imap-ssl packages but could not get any of them to work. My mail client couldn't login. I believe I am using the PAM authentication module so I shouldn't need the /etc/userdb file, right ?? It should just work using the standard user logins right ??? Thanks for any help (ps, I'm using Debian 3.0 on PowerPC and Intel systems) Kind regards, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freeswan on testing/2.4.18 kernel
Noah Meyerhans wrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 06:40:22PM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote: The two mahcines have an IP address of 192.168.51 and 192.168.0.52. My /etc/ipsec.conf looks like this (see end of message). I've tried with and without the leftsubnet and rightsubnet settings but I can't seem to get a netmask of 255.255.255.255 in the route tables. Try telling Freeswan to use transport mode instead of the default tunnel mode for ESP encapsulation. Add 'type=transport' to the conn section for this link. Don't add any subnet or nexthop lines. Let me know if this doesn't help you. I've had no problems setting up IPsec on local subnets, and can probably find something else helpful for you if you still need it. I tried 'type=transport' in the connection section and it had no effect :( I tried both with the *subnet options commented out and not commented out. No difference. It's freeswan 1.96 BTW. Has anyone got 1.96 working from the Debian distro ? Is it broker ?? I might try the 1.95 stable version from the freeswan site. Thanks for any advice, suggestions or pointers. Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
freeswan on testing/2.4.18 kernel
I'm trying to get FreeS/WAN working on two old Pentium machines which are on the same subnet. This is just for testing before I open the firewall to an FreeS/WAN IPSec server so that I can have a VPN from home to work :) The two mahcines have an IP address of 192.168.51 and 192.168.0.52. My /etc/ipsec.conf looks like this (see end of message). I've tried with and without the leftsubnet and rightsubnet settings but I can't seem to get a netmask of 255.255.255.255 in the route tables. I'm using debian 2.4.18-585tsc kernels and have applied the freeswan patches from the unstable distrobution (export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES and make-kpkg ...). After starting ipsec with /etc/init.d/ipsec restart, I get the following which seems incorrect. Notice the netmasks are NOT 255.255.255.255!!! $ ipsec look ned Fri Apr 12 13:31:32 EST 2002 ipsec0-eth0 mtu=16260(1500)-1500 Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U40 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U40 0 0 ipsec0 $ route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 ipsec0 default firewall.ctam.l 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 $ cat /etc/ipsec.conf # /etc/ipsec.conf - FreeS/WAN IPsec configuration file # More elaborate and more varied sample configurations can be found # in FreeS/WAN's doc/examples file, and in the HTML documentation. # basic configuration config setup # THIS SETTING MUST BE CORRECT or almost nothing will work; # %defaultroute is okay for most simple cases. interfaces=%defaultroute # Debug-logging controls: none for (almost) none, all for lots. klipsdebug=all plutodebug=all # Use auto= parameters in conn descriptions to control startup actions. plutoload=%search plutostart=%search # Close down old connection when new one using same ID shows up. uniqueids=yes # defaults for subsequent connection descriptions # (mostly to fix internal defaults which, in retrospect, were badly chosen) conn %default keyingtries=0 disablearrivalcheck=no authby=rsasig #authby=secret leftrsasigkey=%dns rightrsasigkey=%dns # VPN connection # ned.ctam.com.au - homer.ctam.com.au conn ned-homer # Left security gateway, subnet behind it, next hop toward right. left=192.168.0.52 leftsubnet=192.168.0.52/32 # Right security gateway, subnet behind it, next hop toward left. right=192.168.0.51 rightsubnet=192.168.0.51/32 # To authorize this connection, but not actually start it, at startup, # uncomment this. auto=add -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Re: ADSL with woody or what is this newbie doing completly wrong?
Hi Stefan, The only way I can get my ADSL link to work is to do and ifdown ethX first then followed by a pon dsl-provider. It will not start automatically at boot so I manually run the following script. poff dsl-provider route del default ifconfig eth0 down pon dsl-provider I'm not sure if it will solve your problem but it works for me. I wish it would work from a reboot. Maybe someone on the list can give me some clues. Regards, Brendan Simon.
HELP. I can't login as root !!!
Please help. I can't logon to my system as root. I'm running testing on a AMD Athlon 1600XP machine with 256MB RAM and 40GB hard disk. I used to be able to login but I upgraded some packanges and now I can not login as root on the console nor via gdm. I can login as a normal user but when I try to su I get a segfault. The password is definately correct as I get different responses for wrong passwords. When the password is correct I see the welcome to Debian 3.0 message but then it throws me straight out. Please help as I can not do any more apt-get upgrades or other sys admin maintenance. Please reply to me with reply all as well as the list. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: bugzilla questions
I've just installed bugzilla on a machine running testing and a few bits from unstable. I have few questions. 1) This is being used in a closed group and closely administered, so I do not want any user to add their own account. ie. I want all account to setup by the administrator. I could n't find an option in bugzilla to restrict this. Can this be done ??? 2) There is file /etc/bugzilla/localconfig which I have edited so that I only display the platforms and operating systems that are pertinent to our projects. I can not for the life of me get these modifications to show up on the my browsers. I've tried restarting mysql and apache using /etc/init.d/mysql restart and /etc/init.d/apache restart but it didn't make any differece. Is this file actually used ? How can I get bugzilla to read the new settings ??? Thanks for any help or pointers, Brendan Simon.
debian-user: Online banking. How can I write a script
Does anyone know how to write a script to obtain online banking information ?? I'm a C/C++ programmer and know a little python too. I'm thinking about Java for this app though it may also be wxpython. I basically want to be able to download (daily) my balances and transactions from my online banking. I want to put this information in a database so that I have a permanet database record of all my account transactions. Does anyone know how I would go about doing this ? Do the python or pearl libraries have enough security functionallity to obtain this information ? Would I need any specialised information from the Bank (from a programmers view point. Obviously I need to have my username and password). Thanks for any help, suggestions or pointers, Brendan Simon.
debian: bugzilla for next release
Does anyone know if bugzilla going to be in the next release of Debian ?? I see it's in unstable but hasn't even made it to testing yet. It's been in unstable for a little while now. I'd really like to see it in stable for the next relese. Thanks for any info, Brendan Simon.
debian-user: exim to ISP setup
I have a few users on a LAN connected to an ISP via a permanent dial up connection. Some messages with large attachments never get through to a user is the USA (I'm in Australia). I'm thinking that there may be some outs coming into play due to the slow dial up connection. I assume the exim mail agent is talking directly to the SMTP server in the USA. What I would prefer to do is send the email to my ISPs SMTP server and have it forward it on to the USA user. This should help dramatically if it is a time out problem and seems a smarter thing to do in general. I've read the exim docs and configuration file but can't see how to configure this. Can this be done and how do I do it ??? Thanks for any help or pointers, Brendan Simon.
debian: usb logitech mouse help with devfs required
I'm trying to get my USB Logitech optical mouse to work with my Pentium machine. It is currently running a mixture of testing and stable distros. I am currently using the latest kernel-image-2.4.x-k6 with devfs and xfree86 from stable (ie. not version 4.x.x). I have been searching the net and found links to devfs and usb. I have since found out that my motherboard is an SiS board and requires the OHCI USB driver. I have managed to load usb-core, usb-ohci, and usbmouse drivers via modprobe. I can get the drivers to recognise my mouse and it prints appropriate messages to the console when I plug the mouse in and out of the USB port. I am expecting that devfs will show /dev/input/mouse* and/or /dev/input/mice and/or /dev/usb/* entries but I don't get anything. I can't point XF86Config to any valid mouse driver. Can someone please point me in the right direction. How do I get devfs to give me appropriate entries for my USB Logitech optical mouse. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: Recommendation for scanner/printer/fax/copier
Hi, I'm running an Apple Titanium G4 and an Intel Pentium-II machine (both with Debian ofcourse). I would like to purchase a scanner but would also like to be able to do photocopies. I could use a computer to scan then print but that can be a bit inefficient. I was thinking of an all in one unit that HP, Cannon or maybe Brother produce. Are there any recommendations from other Linux users. I would prefer a Laser printing engine but they seem harder to come by. I would also prefer a printer with inbuilt postscript (I always have seem to have problems with ghostscript). I think USB is the way to go though an ethernet connection would be even better. If there is nothing suitable then recommendations on individual products would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: gnome is slower with testing distro
I've been using testing for a while now on my Apple G4 laptop. I also use some unstable packages but the apt defaults are set to testing. I am using GNOME and Sawmill and I do an apt update/upgrade everyday. In the last month or so I have noticed that GNOME is *really* slow when invoking apps. eg. clicking on the gnome-terminal icon in the gnome-panel. Also, when saving the current session via the gnome menus, the message box that confirms the settings have been saved takes a long time to appear. I'm talking multiple seconds which is eons in computer terms. Has anyone else noticed this problem ? Any solutions or suggestions ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: mozilla-0.9.1 not as good as mozilla-0.8.1
Faheem Mitha wrote: Thanks Paul. I hadn't installed the PSM. I have now installed it but unfortunately it still doesn't work. I just get a sreen saying please wait while downloading your account information. I have similar problems (with Wachovia). What is your bank? Faheem. My bank is ANZ in Australia. www.anz.com
debian: mozilla-0.9.1 not as good as mozilla-0.8.1
Hi, I have manually installed versions of mozilla on my PowerPC laptop. Version 0.8.1 worked fine with my internet banking and other java web sites. I was so pleased to see Mozilla-0.9.1 in the testing distribution and promptly did an upgrade. I now can not access any of my banking. I'm not sure if Mozilla-0.9.2 will fix this. I hope so. Any idea when Mozilla-0.9.2 or fixes to Mozilla-0.9.1 will be available in testing or unstable ??? Any ideas on how to get java stuff working properly with the existing Mozilla-0.9.1 ??? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: mozilla-0.9.1 not as good as mozilla-0.8.1
Thanks Paul. I hadn't installed the PSM. I have now installed it but unfortunately it still doesn't work. I just get a sreen saying please wait while downloading your account information. Brendan Simon. Paul D. Smith wrote: %% Brendan J Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bjs I have manually installed versions of mozilla on my PowerPC bjs laptop. Version 0.8.1 worked fine with my internet banking and bjs other java web sites. I was so pleased to see Mozilla-0.9.1 in bjs the testing distribution and promptly did an upgrade. I now can bjs not access any of my banking. I'm not sure if Mozilla-0.9.2 will bjs fix this. I hope so. It sounds to me like you haven't installed the Mozilla PSM (Pesonal Security Manager) module. Try apt-get install mozilla-psm
debian: cvs server giving permission denied
I've got a CVS server on a PowerMac running Debian GNU Linux (stable). I can checkout from the repository but I can not do simple operations like status or update. This only happens when performing these operations on directories with subdirectories (excluding CVS). Is this a known problem and how do I solve it. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: cvs server giving permission denied
They all looked OK, then I noticed that CVSROOT had ownership/group of root/root. I changed the group to cvsusers and now everything works ok. Thanks for giving me the prod to the obvious. Regards, Brendan Simon. Doug McNaught wrote: Brendan J Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've got a CVS server on a PowerMac running Debian GNU Linux (stable). I can checkout from the repository but I can not do simple operations like status or update. This only happens when performing these operations on directories with subdirectories (excluding CVS). Is this a known problem and how do I solve it. Sanity check: does the user the server runs as have write access to all the directories in the repository? -Doug
debian: size of stable, testing and unstable files
I'm considering mirroring Debian for our company. I'd like to know how much diskspace I would require. Can someone tell me the size of the following Debian Distros. Is there a webpage with this information ?? Is it automagically updated ??? Diskspace required for each of these Debian distros: Intel x86/stable Intel x86/testing Intel x86/unstable PowerPC/stable PowerPC/testing PowerPC/unstable Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: wxWindows and wxPyton.
I would really love some updated wxPython and wxWindows (wxGtk, wxMotif) packages for Debian. Some of these may not even exist now (eg. wxPython). Is there anybody working on a wxPython for Debian ??? If so are there any plans to update to the latest python, wxWindows and wxPython sources before the freeze starts for unstable ??? Regards, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.
Matthew Dalton wrote: Brendan J Simon wrote: When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setup. I'm guessing that there's a system-wide vimrc in /etc somewhere which is disabling the cursor keys. A .vimrc in your $HOME (even an empty one) would override the /etc one if it exists, which is probably why what is happening is happening. Of course, with no Debian box nearby to check I can't be sure. Poke around /etc and see what you find. Also try 'man vim'. I've done a `find /etc -iname *vim*` and nothing came up. Brendan.
debian-user: strange problem with VIM and cursor keys.
When I use VIM in an X terminal (eg. gnometerm), I can't use the cursor keys to navigate whilst in insert mode. *However*, if I have a ~/.vimrc file with nothing in it, I *can* navigate with the cursor keys in insert mode. Very strange. Is this a bug or have I got something wrong with my setup. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.
Pollywog wrote: libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include/i386/ieeefp.h OK I found this by doing the search, but I have a powerpc based machine. It doesn't seem to be available for powerpc !!! Anyone know if I can install this from a non-debian source ??? libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include/m68k/ieeefp.h Can't PowerPC use that? It's not in the package lists. apt-cache pkgnames | grep libc5 yields : libc5-dev libc5 * netscape communicator packages deleted * Why is ieeefp.h 486 specific ??? Brendan Simon.
debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.
I'm trying to compile SystemC (opensource C++ HDL) from www.systemc.org. It configures but will not build because it can't find ieeefp.h. Does this file exist in any debian pacakges ? If so, which one ??? Is there anyway to search the package contents for files (eg. using apt-cache search or something similar) ??? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.
Pollywog wrote: I'm trying to compile SystemC (opensource C++ HDL) from www.systemc.org. It configures but will not build because it can't find ieeefp.h. Does this file exist in any debian pacakges ? If so, which one ??? libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include/i386/ieeefp.h OK I found this by doing the search, but I have a powerpc based machine. It doesn't seem to be available for powerpc !!! Anyone know if I can install this from a non-debian source ??? Brendan Simon.
Re: Why choose Debian?
* I started off with Slackware in the early days. It was very good. * I got tired of compiling packages from *.tar.gz files. I'd heard all the hype about Red Hat and it's package management system and thought this is the way all systems should work. I installed it and was very impressed (initially). Backspace didn't work properly in xterms which pissed me off. I then tried installing some rpms off the Net. I needed other rpms due to dependencies. RedHat was becoming more and more commercially orientated. Argghhh * I heard about Debian's amazing package management system. It worked out dependencies automatically and installed them automatically. This is surely better than RH. I installed it and was very confused by dselect. Once someone pointed me to apt-get then I was blown away. There is nothing that comes close to doing an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade. RH apparently do have something similar but you have to pay for it. Bloody fools !!! * Debian is the only OS that supports the platforms I use (Intel x86, PowerPC, m68k). You could run different distributions on different platforms but that does not make sense. Every distribution has a different way of doing things. I wan't simple clean administration. Debian allows me to learn system admin once for all platforms. * Debian is the only OS I know that supports the GNU HURD. Although I don't have any real intention to use GNU HURD kernel (though I am curious), it was evidence enough for me that Debian was architectured properly so that even the kernel can be swapped in/out. There are a lot of clever and determined people involved with Debian. * Debian is very honest and has no commercial biases. Brendan Simon.
debian: SNMPv3 with privacy support
I'm trying to do an snmpget with privacy support. I get an error message saying snmpget: USM encryption error Someone told me that this is because the debian binary has been compiled without the SSL support. Is this due to export restrictions ??? Is there an snmp deb compiled with privacy support ?? If so where can I find it ?? If I had to modify and compile from the sources, what is the easiest way to do this. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian-user: exim, unknown user.
I have setup a mail server using exim. I have it working pretty well, but I can't figure out how to send mail for non existant users to a real user. eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't exist so I would like all mail sent to this address to be forwarded to another account (eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: dos2unix and unix2dos utilities.
Are there any dos2unix and unix2dos command line utilities in any of the debian pacages ??? I've done an apt-cache search ... but can't find anything suitable. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: mail spool directory ???
What is the official mail spool directory ? /var/spool/mail ? /var/mail ? I'm running a PowerMac G4 with exim. Things were working fine till I tried to install zmailer. I had a few errors so I switched back to exim for the time being. I could no longer read my mail through an IMAP client running on another machine nor through elm running on the same machine as the server. elm was looking for mail in /var/spool/mail but the mail was actually in /var/mail. I think there must have been a symbolic link from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. I recreated the link and everything seems fine. Is this the correct setup ? If so, why was the link removed in the exim to zmailer to exim changeover ? I assume there is an official Debian location for mail, where all mail clients should look. Thanks for any help, Brendan Simon.
debian: lpr wont suppress headers
I'm using Debian-2.2 on Intel and PowerPC platforms. I am using magicfilter and lprng (couldn't get lpr working on my PowerMacs). It prints fine but I always get a header page printed. lpr -h does suppress the header page correctly but I don't want to have to type this everytime. I have put the :sh: option in my printcap which should supress the header page but it doesn't. What do I have to do to suppress the header page ??? Here is my /etc/printcap. rlp|Remote printer entry\ :lp=:\ :rm=192.168.0.10:\ :rp=ps:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4m-filter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj8000n:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :mc#10:\
debian: C library man pages
I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac and Intel system. I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other appropriate package by using apt-cache pkgnames or apt-cache search. What package do I need to install to get the C library manpages. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: debian: C library man pages
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:31:22PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac and Intel system. I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other appropriate package by using apt-cache pkgnames or apt-cache search. What package do I need to install to get the C library manpages. manpages-dev. However, you should get into the habit of using 'info' for the C library documentation - the info documentation is in glibc-doc, and kept in sync with the library, while the man pages are often years out of date. I *hate* the user interface for info. man is so much easier. Is there a better way to use info other than the command line info command. The gnome-help-browser is OK but I can't do searches with it. Brendan Simon.
Re: a2ps with 4 up printing.
Michel Dänzer wrote: Brendan J Simon wrote: Is psnup part of some debian package ? Yep, psutils. Thanks, I couldn't find it with apt-cache search psnup. Brendan.
a2ps with 4 up printing.
I'm trying to print a postscript document with 4 pages to a single page. a2ps -4 file.ps complains that it can't find psnup. I've done an apt-cache search psnup and an apt-cache pkgnames | grep ps but I can't find anything. Is psnup part of some debian package ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
debian: dhcpcd with Microsoft Windows2000 server
Our company has a Win2000 Domain server which has DNS and DHCP services. I have installed dhcpcd on our Debian Linux machines (PowerMac G4, PowerBook Pismo and a P133 machine) and they obtain the IP address and gateway from the Win2000 server without any problems. The problem I have is that the DNS *is* being automatically updated for the Win2000 clients but *not* for the Linux machines. I can't work out why. Does the dhcp client on the Win2000 clients work differently to the Linux dhcpcd ? Is it a Win2000 server problem ? Does it use WINS + DNS when using Win2000 clients and pure DNS when using the Linux dhcpcd client ? I know very little about Win2000 and next to nothing about WINS. Can anyone suggest a solution to get dhcpcd working on the Linux machines so that the Win2000 server updates its DNS automagically. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?
I need to install some IMAP and POP3 servers so users can read mail via Netscape/Outlook on other machines. I have exim as my mail server. I'm running Debian Potato on a PowerMac G4. The choice (according to apt-get -s install imap-server) of available imap servers is: imap 4.7c-1 courier-imap 0.31-1 The choice (according to apt-get -s install pop3-server) of available pop3 servers is: cucipop 1.31-13 qpopper 2.53-5 ipopd 4.7c-1 Does anyone have any preferences, suggestions or comments regarding these packages. I thought I would install imap and ipopd. Are these ok or are there better packages ? qpopper sounds interesting. Thanks for any advice, Brendan Simon.
How to get proposed-updates.
I'm running some PowerPC and Intel machines with Debian 2.2. How do I edit my /etc/apt/sources.list to access the proposed-updates or potato-proposed-updates directory on the Debian mirrors. I searched the archives but didn't come up with anything helpful. Is there a README, HOWTO, or website that has this information ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: How to get proposed-updates.
Don't worry I figured it out. I didn't have a trailing / after propose-updates. ie. I had deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian dists/proposed-updates instead of deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian dists/proposed-updates/ Brendan Simon. Brendan J Simon wrote: I'm running some PowerPC and Intel machines with Debian 2.2. How do I edit my /etc/apt/sources.list to access the proposed-updates or potato-proposed-updates directory on the Debian mirrors. I searched the archives but didn't come up with anything helpful. Is there a README, HOWTO, or website that has this information ? Thanks, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: communicator-smotif-47 out of frozen.
Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: As some of you may have noticed, communicator is broken on powerpc now. That is, apt-get install communicator won't work, since communicator-smotif-47 is in woody. I asked Richard Braakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] about this and he told me that there are RC bugs on the package. I checked this on the BTS and on debian-devel-announce, and yes there were RC bugs on communicator-smotif-47 but were since fixed and there is no reason IMHO why powerpc should be left without a browser (I know there is mozilla, but since netscape works ok why leave it out?). Same happened with my package dx (there was a RC bug on it, which I fixed eons ago). Of course I don't want to be left out of frozen. Apart from dx which is a personal matter, I believe communicator isn't that's why I posted here. I couldn't think of a better thing to do than post here. Yep. Lets have communicator. I use it on other platforms and it is a pretty good piece of software. Mozilla is good too but I find that it significantly slower than communicator. BTW, there are some redraw bugs in communicator. When the toolbars are closed/minimized and then maximized, they don't redraw properly and other frames seem to cover them up. Brendan Simon.
Where is ps command.
I am using Debian Potato. I installed a base 2.1 system from CD and then did an apt-get dist-upgrade. The ps command is not available. I thought it would be part of the base system but it appears not. What package do I need to install to get ps ? How can I find out this kind of information ? I tried apt-cache search ps | grep util and apt-cache search util | grep ps but I could see anything. Is there a better way ? Please CC any replies to me as well as the list. Thanks, Brendan Simon.
Re: TEX: tex.fmt, latex.fmt, jadetex.fmt missing.
I got it working. I just addedd the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list and did an apt-get upgrade deb http://www.au.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Brendan Simon. I'm not sure, but perhaps run fmtutil? Just a shot in the dark. Marshal Brendan == Brendan J Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm having the familiar *.fmt files missing when trying to use tex. The mail archives suggest that the solution is to install tex from the proposed-updates directories but that solution doesn't work (at least not any more). The URL ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/.4/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates does not exist anymore. ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux is now at ftp.freesoftware.com but the directory path does not exist. I have setup my /etc/apt/sources.list file to I have browsed ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/ and ftp://ftp.debian.org/dists/slink-proposed-updates/ and there is no mention of any tex packages. I point apt at these sites any it says that my tex distribution is the newest available when I try to install. What is the current solution to the tex.fmt, latex.fmt, jadetex.fmt problem ? I'm getting a little frustrated now. I don't want to go back to RedHat. I hope someone can help. Thanks, Brendan Simon. -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- Go to an ftp archive and go into the proposed-updates for slink. There was some sort of y2k problem with tex where the make format or something to that effect failed. Anyway, the updated package will work. In fact here is the url for the cdrom debian archive. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/.4/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates brian On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 12:56:30PM -0800, G. Crimp wrote: Hi, I've been using TeX at work for a few weeks now. Last week I got a new computer and installed 2.1 on it (same as was on the old box). As far as I can tell, I have all the appropriate tetex packages in place. TeX no longer works, though. When I try to run tex on a .tex file, I get the following error: This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'! The tetex docs say to run the command `texconfig init' in such a case. When I run it I get tons of output, including the following excerpts: [...] Beginning to dump on file tex.fmt (format=tex 1999.12.30) [...] No pages of output. Transcript written on tex.log [...] The command continues to run producing similar output concerning latex and metafont. However, the file tex.fmt is nowhere to be found on my file system. Maybe the line No pages of output. explains that. I thought I could get some answers from the transcript in tex.log, but that file appears not to have been written anywhere either. Anybody know what I have done wrong on this new computer, or more positively, how I can back to writing documentation with TeX ?
TEX: tex.fmt, latex.fmt, jadetex.fmt missing.
I'm having the familiar *.fmt files missing when trying to use tex. The mail archives suggest that the solution is to install tex from the proposed-updates directories but that solution doesn't work (at least not any more). The URL ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/.4/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates does not exist anymore. ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux is now at ftp.freesoftware.com but the directory path does not exist. I have setup my /etc/apt/sources.list file to I have browsed ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/ and ftp://ftp.debian.org/dists/slink-proposed-updates/ and there is no mention of any tex packages. I point apt at these sites any it says that my tex distribution is the newest available when I try to install. What is the current solution to the tex.fmt, latex.fmt, jadetex.fmt problem ? I'm getting a little frustrated now. I don't want to go back to RedHat. I hope someone can help. Thanks, Brendan Simon. -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- Go to an ftp archive and go into the proposed-updates for slink. There was some sort of y2k problem with tex where the make format or something to that effect failed. Anyway, the updated package will work. In fact here is the url for the cdrom debian archive. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates/.4/linux/debian/dists/slink-proposed-updates brian On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 12:56:30PM -0800, G. Crimp wrote: Hi, I've been using TeX at work for a few weeks now. Last week I got a new computer and installed 2.1 on it (same as was on the old box). As far as I can tell, I have all the appropriate tetex packages in place. TeX no longer works, though. When I try to run tex on a .tex file, I get the following error: This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'! The tetex docs say to run the command `texconfig init' in such a case. When I run it I get tons of output, including the following excerpts: [...] Beginning to dump on file tex.fmt (format=tex 1999.12.30) [...] No pages of output. Transcript written on tex.log [...] The command continues to run producing similar output concerning latex and metafont. However, the file tex.fmt is nowhere to be found on my file system. Maybe the line No pages of output. explains that. I thought I could get some answers from the transcript in tex.log, but that file appears not to have been written anywhere either. Anybody know what I have done wrong on this new computer, or more positively, how I can back to writing documentation with TeX ?
