suppressing ip-up/down scripts with pppd?
Is there any option you can give to pppd that will suppress the running of the scripts in the ip-up.d and ip-down.d ?? I'm trying to set up a vpn using ppp but it seems like that this will cause a problem when I start the second pppd process (I use a dynamic DNS service, and I definitely don't want that script to run again). thanks chris --- I chose not to choose Life. I chose something else. -- Renton, Trainspotting ---
PLEASE help me with apache package
I've installed Apache 1.3.9-13.1 (from frozen) I can access the default page from my windoze box, but any other page (including the links on the default page) gives the client 403 Forbidden. I've checked and all the directories and files should be world accessible (read, execute world). Why is the debian package configured like this by default? How can I set it up so it works normally ? Thanks, Chris Martin --- I chose not to choose Life. I chose something else. -- Renton, Trainspotting ---
Apache default configuration?
I've installed Apache 1.3.9-13.1 (from frozen) I can access the default page from my windoze box, but any other page (including the links on the default page) gives 403 Forbidden. I've check and all the directories and files should be world accessible. Why is the debian package configured like this by default? How can I set it up so it works normally ? Thanks Chris Martin --- I chose not to choose Life. I chose something else. -- Renton, Trainspotting ---
pty-redir package?
Is there a debian package containing the pty-redir program? Thanks, Chris Martin --- I chose not to choose Life. I chose something else. -- Renton, Trainspotting ---
Re: no ssh in frozen?
Just to answer my own question, I *DID* find the ssh package in frozen.. I forgot to look at a non-US mirror. Stupid export laws. Thanks, Chris Martin
no ssh in frozen?
I noticed there is no ssh package in frozen.. is it not to be included in the next release? Can the ssh in stable be used with the other packages in frozen? Thanks Chris
Apache initial webpage
I've installed Apache 1.3.9-12 and apache-doc 1.3.9-12. The initial web page that Apache installs has a link to the documentation, but I get 403 Forbidden when I click on it. I've tried creating symlinks to the documentation from /var/www to /usr/doc/apache, but no matter what I do, I always get the 403. I tried creating a directory under /var/www/ and copying the initial index.html there, and I still get 403. Permissions look okay, though. Please cc: me when replying to the list. Thanks, Chris Martin
please help with new samba
I upgraded my samba package to frozen (2.0.6), and now it doesn't work with my old smb.conf file. I've been up and down the samba docs and I've tried all sorts of options which don't seem to have any effect (which probably means I'm missing something basic). I can't even list the shares on the server itself: server:/etc/samba# smbclient -L server added interface ip=192.168.1.1 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.) From a windoze machine, I'm asked for a password for \\SERVER\IPC$ connection, and I can't browse the shares. This used to all work fine with the old samba. Basically I want the windoze PCs on the local network to have complete password-free access to /public, and still keep home directories private. Here's my (old) smb.conf: ; Make sure and restart the server after making changes to this file, ex: ; /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop ; /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start [global] ; Uncomment this if you want a guest account guest account = ftp log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m lock directory = /var/lock/samba share modes = yes workgroup = ACMELABS security = share ; added EnablePlainTextPassword to Win98 registry ; encrypt passwords = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no create mode = 0750 [public] comment = Temporary file space path = /public read only = no public = yes please, if there's anything I'm missing, let me know... this has been the only problem I've seen with potato.. but it's a biggie for me. thanks, Chris
login.access v. login-PAM
I recently upgraded my server to frozen, however now I cannot telnet in as root from my local network. In my old login.access I had: +:root:LOCAL What is the equivalent for login-PAM? Thanks, Chris
bad modem?
I recently got a modem for my Linux server, and it seem to have some problems. When I first connect it seems to work okay, but after a varying amount of time (5-15 min) I see the following log messages: Jan 30 18:21:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:21:23 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0x1742385f] . . Jan 30 18:33:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x19 magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:33:23 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x19 magic=0x1742385f] Jan 30 18:33:51 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1a magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoReq id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: sent [LCP EchoRep id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1b magic=0x8e98729b] Jan 30 18:34:21 server pppd[255]: appear to have received our own echo-reply! During this time it seems ppp/file transfers work fine, and then suddenly stop. If I poff and then pon, it seems to work fine again for a little while. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do about this? Thanks, Chris
apt, dpkg, dselect, and deity?
Forgive me, I've been out of the Debian world for a while. I'm having trouble figuring out the relationship between apt, dpkg, dselect, and deity (which seems to be something in development). I know what dselect and dpkg are; dselect acts as a frontend (or used to) for dpkg. How does apt and deity fit into that picture? Are they replacements? It seems like dselect uses something called apt-get now for ftp and such, but why is there a dpkg-ftp package? Thanks for any light you can shed on this. Chris
upgrading multiple machines to 2.1r4
I'd like to upgrade a few networked machines to 2.1r4, and since I have only a slow dialup connection to the net, I'd like to only download each package I need once. However, I really don't have the space or time for a full mirror. What would be the best way to make sure I can (re)use the packages I've downloaded with dselect? Thanks, Chris Martin
fsck output logged?
I had a power outage and had a server power cycle unattended. I was wondering, is there any place that the output from fsck is logged when the machine is coming up? I'm using Debian 2.0 thanks, Chris
Installing GNOME on a server
I have a server which exports /usr/local/ to several other PCs (which mount it under /apps/). This has worked several well with the few applications/libraries I've installed. However, GNOME is a different story. It uses the bleeding edge versions of many basic libraries, like zlib, libjpeg, libtiff, other libraries which are needed for other Debian packages which I have installed locally on these PCs (most notably the X server, but there are others). Since disk space is scarce on some of these PCs, I'd like to keep big applications like this on the server, and just the basics on the PCs. My problem is having multiple versions of these libraries availible, one in /usr/lib (provided by a Debian package) and in /apps/lib (provided by the server in /usr/local/lib). Although I have /apps/lib in ld.so.conf, /usr/lib is always searched first it seems. So, now I need to either re-think my entire arangement or come up with a way for the libs in /apps/lib/ to over-ride the libs in /usr/lib/. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks, Chris
strange log messages/behavior
Has anyone ever seen these messages before? Does anyone know what they mean? Mar 14 17:27:19 server init: Id 1 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:28:50 server init: Id 2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:39 server init: Id 3 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:42 server init: Id 4 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:45 server init: Id 5 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:49 server init: Id 6 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:49 server init: no more processes left in this runlevel My server stoped responding to telnet and ftp (it would immediately close the connection). SAMBA and NFS still seemed to work however. So I got access to the console, and tried to log in, it gave me the above messages on the screen (and I found these in /var/log/syslog). Anyway, I did not see any recourse other than to hit reset, because Ctrl-Alt-Del did not respond either. How should I have dealt with this problem? Any ideas how it occured? Chris
How to run a script when disconnecting a dialup connection
I know that ip-up and ip-down are run by pppd when the link is brought up or down respectively. However, ip-down is run AFTER the link is brought down. What I'd like to do is run a script or two BEFORE the link actually goes down. Using Debian 2.0. Any hints? Thanks, Chris
cron without cron package??
I've noticed that on Debian systems without the cron package installed, there still appears to be some version of cron availible... however I've been unable to get it to work for anything. I can edit a crontab, but no cron daemon is running and /usr/sbin/cron doesn't seem to do anything. I did a 'dpkg -S *cron* ' but I didn't find where this file was installed or where it came from. Obviously I couldn't figure out what it does, either. Anyone know about this? Chris
Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?
Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. Thanks, Chris
'time' protocol client/server for Debian?
Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP. It would be simple enough to write, but if someone has already done the work... thanks, Chris
XFree86 support for Riva TNT?
I need a new video card (my Riva128 is acting up) and I was hoping to replace it with a Riva TNT-based card.. however I need support under Debian/Linux! Anyone know if the TNT will currently work under X? Chris
UPS systems and Debian/Linux?
I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to be able to shutdown in case of a short power outage. I need a unit with uses a serial port to communicate its status, but statistics, etc are not needed. Also, I don't have a large budget for this. I am looking in the 200-300 VA range, or if it's cheaper to buy one bigger one, in the 600-700 VA range. Thanks for any advice, Chris
why does dselect read entire CD?
I finally got a Debian 2.0 CD, and upgrading has been really easy. However, why does dselect feel the need to read every package file and say skipping deselected file ?? This really slows down the upgrade on my slower CD-ROM, since it aparently has to perform an access for every package file whether I want it or not. Is there some way to prevent dselect from doing this? Thanks Chris
DVD-RAM, CD-RW support under Debian
I am looking into getting either a DVD-RAM (most likely) or a CD-RW drive, and I curious whether there is any 'packet writing' support under Debian 2.0. Also, can I do a 'burn, erase, burn' cycle under Debian using a CD-RW or DVD-RAM disc? For that matter, is DVD even supported for writing? Thanks for any information you can give me. Chris
XDM setup, how to change default color depth
How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to the X server when it is started up? Thanks, Chris
problems with PPP Debian 2.0 beta
I recently upgraded my 'base' system to 2.0 beta, and also installed PPP 2.3.5-2. However, when I did this, ppp stopped working. It will dial, and it fails with the message peer refused to authenicate. Obviously this didn't happen before... I've checked pap-secrets and that looks the same.. in fact everything looks the same that it did before. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris please cc me by email -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
problem with libpam0 and libpam-util in stable
I'm probably missing something obvious here, but I can't seem to get libpam0 and libpam-util to install, because aparently they depend on each other. Do I need to use dpkg --force ?? Thanks, Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Need help upgrading to hamm (libc6)
I am having trouble installing libc6_2.0.7pre1-4. Here is the error message I'm getting from dpkg: libc6 conflicts with libc5 ( 5.4.33-7 ) version ( 5.4.33-3 ) installed I have been unable to find libc5_5.4.33-7 -- I can only find up to revision 6 in stable. Where can I get the version of libc5 I need to install libc6 ?? Thanks, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
as vs. as86
I noticed that I have both as (GNU assembler provided by binutils) and as86 (provided by bin86). What is the difference between these assemblers? I have a seperate machine where I've compiled the lastest GNU binutils and I would like to compile as86 as well, but I've been unable to figure out where the source comes from.. can anyone tell me? Thanks, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to organize NFS server?
I have an old 486 with a few hard drives in it that I want to use as a server. I'd like to store debian-packaged apps such as gcc, x11, xemacs etc on the server, yet keep some functionality on my local drive so I don't need the server all the time. what is the best way to do this under debian? I thought of exporting/mounting /usr on the server, but will that cause major problems? What if I have a local /usr directory? Will I still be able to access it when not using the server? Also, what does the group think about using a /apps directory instead of /usr ? I know it's not filesystem standard, but it seems this might get around a lot of problems of mounting /usr remotely. btw I have about 500MB of local space and up to 4GB on the server. Thanks for any advice you can give me! Chris please cc: me via email. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CVS for debian?
Just wondering if there is a CVS package for Debian. I looked through the Packages files but didn't see it. Thanks, Chris please cc: me in your reply Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
wierd ld problem
here's my problem: ld -o utils.o args.o doubleint.o finddisp.o flsbuf.o geometry.o getrect.o hash.o heap.o list.o lookup.o lookupany.o lookupfull.o malloc.o match.o path.o pathvisit.o port.o printstuff.o stack.o strdup.o dqueue.o runstats.o saveimage.o set.o show.o touchtypes.o -r -lm ld: cannot open -lm: File format not recognized what am I doing wrong? according to the man page, this is correct syntax for ld.. Please help me out here... I have libc5(-dev) 5.4.33-6, ldso 1.8.12-1, binutils 2.7.0.9-3 any clues? Thanks, Chris Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HELP: Using sgvalib and ARK 2000 chipset
I am having a really hard time getting SVGALib working with my Stingray 64/V. I have the svgalib package in stable installed. I believe the Stingray uses the ARK 2000PV chipset XFree86 works fine. However, whenever I try a SVGAlib program, it either causes my monitor to 'sleep' or gives me a seg fault. I have copied my clocks from the XF86Config file. It just isn't terribly clear how I need to setup up different modes. Do I need a 'define' line for every mode I want to support? An example of a program that doesn't work: snes 9x (SNES emulator).. it either puts my monitor to sleep, or gives a seg fault. I am going to try a few other SVGAlib programs and I will let you all know the results. I am fairly familiar with monitor timing stuff, so if someone could provide a working SVGAlib config for ARK 2000PV I could probably adapt it to my setup. Thanks Chris Chris R. Martin Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineering (EE)WWW: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University If you must have delusions, at least have the good ones... - Marcus, B5. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
man page for mkfs.ext2 ??
I'm in the process of copying my Debian system to a new (larger) partition and I want to tinker with the number of inodes, etc. The man page for mkfs refers me to the man page for mkfs.ext2... but I don't have it! Does anyone know which package this belongs in? I thought I got all the man pages... Thanks Chris Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
thread support?
I have heard a lot of confusing things about thread support lately. I am writing a program which will eventually have seperate threads and if anyone could clear some things up for me, I would really appreciate it! Does a stock Debian 1.3.1 install support threads? If not, what packages or libraries do I need to obtain? Are there seperate considerations for X ? I read somthing that was talking about thread support under X, but I couldn't figure out how it related to non-X thread support. Does Debian's Xlib or some other package support threads? Thanks for any light you can shed on the subject. Please, consider me a complete novice when replying. Chris Chris R. Martin Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineering (EE)WWW: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University If you must have delusions, at least have the good ones... - Marcus, B5. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Installing applixware for redhat under Debian
I obtained a copy of Applixware for Redhat and I was wondering if it was possible to install this under Debian. I know that there is a program to read rpm files (called alien or something?) but I'm sure really how to go about the install process. If anyone has installed Applixware for RedHat under Debian, please let me know how you did it! Please Cc: me via email when replying. Thanks, Chris. Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
playing around with PPP parameters, how?
I'm running Debian 1.3.1. I would like to tweak some of the ppp driver parmeters, such as MTU size and a few others... where do I even start to look for that stuff? Thanks Chris Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
problems with makedepend and ctype.h
whenever I try to makedepend on a file that #includes ctype.h I get the follow (very strange) error message: makedepend: warning: basechar.cxx: 13: # error architecture not supported by the Linux C library Huh? Has anyone else seen this? How can I solve this problem? I'm running Debian 1.3.1, with libc5(-dev) 5.4.33-3 please cc to me any responses from the list, as I've had to remove myself from it temporarily.. thanks for any help Chris Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineeringweb: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University... I'm a 21st century digital boy, I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys. -- Bad Relgion -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Iostream.h
At 10:38 AM 8/1/97 CDT, Kevin J Poorman wrote: I have just bought a book titled On to C++ a book that was recomened to me by a freind Now partway into the book when I'm trying some of the examples it calls for the statement #include iostream.h and the compile fails, does anyone know where I can get this H file? what packages is it in ... is this a C++ Header file of a C Header File? It is a standard C++ header file. It's in the libg++-dev package. Look in the directory /usr/include/g++ Also, make sure you use g++ or c++ to compile, rather than gcc (they are included with libg++). Chris. Chris R. Martin Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Engineering (EE)WWW: http://http.tamu.edu/~crm7479/ Texas AM University If you must have delusions, at least have the good ones... - Marcus, B5. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Digest list availible and web archive
Is the digest debian-user still availible? How do I subscribe to that? Also, is the web archive for debian-user broken? It seems to be mostly empty. Thanks, Chris. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to upgrade from 1.1 ??
I have a pretty stable 1.1 installation, and I would like to upgrade to 1.2. What would be the BEST way to do this? I don't have a 1.2 CD (yet) and I have only a slow (28.8) net connection. Therefore, I'll probably be upgrading package by package... So which packages should I upgrade first? I need to keep this system running as much as possible! Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gold v. Green Debian CDs
Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably. thanks for any responses!! Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gold v. Green Debian CDs
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Thomas Baetzler wrote: versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably. Well, gold CDs are CD-Rs, too. You either meant silver, or that your CDROM-drive doesn´t like the green ones. I've never seen a gold CD-r but I know that my CD-ROM does not like green ones. Perhaps a gold one would work better... *shrug* Thanks for the clarification. Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gold v. Green Debian CDs
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably. Well, the blanks I have in stock at the moment are gold, but I have used the green before, with no apparent difficulties or differences. I have two green CD-Rs which are completely unreadable by my cd-rom. Does your drive do better with the gold than the green, or is it just difficult with all CD-Rs? I've never used a gold CD-R so I don't know. I have, what I consider to be a fairly expensive Philips CD-R and have had no problems that traced back to the drive as the culprit. I have had my fair share of corrupted files and the odd CD damaged in shipping, but nothing drive specific. What kind of CD-ROM drive do you have, and how is it interfaced? It's a Toshiba 8X IDE CD-ROM. It works perfectly with all my CDs except the two green CD-Rs I have. Those two CD-Rs worked perfectly with my old 4X IDE. Any suggestions comments? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gold v. Green Debian CDs
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Nick Busigin wrote: On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Chris R. Martin wrote: Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably. Hi Chris, I've never heard of the term green CD-R. Would you please explain what this is to me? Thanks in advance, Nick Some CDRs (on the recorded side) are green in color. Aparently (as I have learned today!!) some are also gold. My CD-ROM drive does not read the two green CD-Rs I have (my old drive read them without trouble). I don't know if it will read gold ones or not. Thanks, Chris. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
color-ls??
I can't seem to find the color-ls package. Has it been replaced by something else? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.2 release?
Will 1.2 be officially released soon? Also, when can I expect to find it on CD-ROM distributions (I'm NOT downloading all that stuff again...too slow!) Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xterm-color : green cursor??
I recently installed xterm-color, but now ALL my xterm windows have a nasty green cursor in them... is there ANY way to tell xterm to use a specific cursor color, either for each window or globally? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VIM questions
1) Will there ever be a debian version of Vim which supports -g under X, or will I have to compile my own? 2) How can I get my keys mapped properly? I want del to delete the character under the cursor, bs to delete the previous character, home to move to the beginning of the line, end to move to the end of the line, pg up to go up a page, pg dn to go down a page, etc... where do I start? I would like behavior both in console mode and in an xterm. Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key upon request www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
restarting X w/o reboot
Over the past couple of days I've been playing with my XF86Config file, and having to reboot each time to see the results really sucks. I'm positive there is a better way but a check to the xdm man page reveals nothing. Can I just kill xdm and restart it w/o reboot? Is there a keystroke to restart xdm (and re-read the XF86Config file) ? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.xinitrc / .xsession / .fvwmrc ???
This one should be easy, and I think I had figured this out once, but if anyone could help I would be grateful... Where do I tell X what apps to start when starting an X session ? I'd like several xterms in various colors/places etc.. I'm using the debian xdm. .xsession is just the name of the window manager, right? .fvwmrc has a bunch of configuration stuff... .xinitrc appears to be ignored. Any hints? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PPP with dialup scripts.
I am having problems getting ppp to work with a script. It works *fine* manually, using minicom to dial, and executing 'pppd /dev/ttyS2 38400' I've tried this as root. Thanks for any suggestions you might have! Chris. # tail /var/log/daemon.log Oct 28 22:25:56 wraith pppd[316]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Oct 28 22:25:57 wraith pppd[316]: Serial connection established. Oct 28 22:25:58 wraith pppd[316]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 28 22:25:58 wraith pppd[316]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS2 Oct 28 22:25:59 wraith pppd[316]: Serial line is looped back. Oct 28 22:25:59 wraith pppd[316]: Connection terminated. Oct 28 22:25:59 wraith pppd[316]: Exit. /etc/ppp/options: # prevent forking -detach # dynamic IPs 0.0.0.0: # use modem modem # use uucp locking lock # hardware flow crtscts # default routing defaultroute # NO escaped control sequences asyncmap 0 # maximum transmission size mtu 552 # maximum recieve size mru 552 # PAP computer name name artmartin # end options /etc/ppp/ppp-on: #!/bin/sh # # Script to initiate a ppp connection. This is the first part of the # pair of scripts. This is not a secure pair of scripts as the codes # are visible with the 'ps' command. However, it is simple. # # These are the parameters. Change as needed. TELEPHONE=70#,2147446147 # The telephone number for the connection # # Export them so that they will be available at 'ppp-on-dialer' time. export TELEPHONE # # This is the location of the script which dials the phone and logs # in. Please use the absolute file name as the $PATH variable is not # used on the connect option. (To do so on a 'root' account would be # a security hole so don't ask.) # DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-pap # # Initiate the connection # # exec /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS2 38400 connect $DIALER_SCRIPT # end ppp-on /etc/ppp/ppp-on-pap #!/bin/sh # exec chat -v TIMEOUT 3 \ ABORT'\nBUSY\n' \ ABORT'\nNO ANSWER\n'\ '' \rAT \ 'OK-+++\c-OK'ATH0 \ TIMEOUT 30 \ OK ATDT$TELEPHONE \ CONNECT '' \ # end ppp-on-pap -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Callback Internet Link
On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Stephen Pitts wrote: Luis, Here's an idea: Create a script that waits 5 or 10 seconds, then runs /etc/init.d/ppp start, or whatever you use. Then add a new user and specify that script for its shell. Make sure the script is setuid root. You might want to [snip] I was under the impression that setuid *scripts* are NOT supported under any version of the Linux kernel. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ALT doesn't work under X
This one should be simple... In X, my ALT key doesn't work. For example, when I run minicom -m in an xterm, and try to do an ALT command such as ALT-D or ALT-X I just get a lower case u or . or a depending on the command. I checked my XF86Config and the alt bindings are commented out, which should mean both ALT keys become meta. What else should I check? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
resetting a virtual console
How do I reset a textmode virtual console? I got one messed up the other day... I had to login to different console. Is there a reset keystroke or command? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The X story so far...
Thanks, Jon!! This fixed it!! MY question now goes to the Debian maintainers.. WHY is this not WELL documented?? This should certainly be in a info file somewhere!! Thanks to all who replied. Chris. On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, John Labovitz wrote: Chris R. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can start X by using xinit -- xdm STILL does NOTHING. the problem is probably that xdm is running, but waiting for a connection from an X server (or is it client? argh!). this seems to be the default for xdm; you have to specially configure it to use a local server. i spent a couple of hours last weekend trying to make xdm work, and finally succeeded. after poring over incomprehensible X manpages, i finally found the magic incantation: simply add the following line to `/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers' (without the leading spaces): :0 my-x-server local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 `my-x-server' in the above line can be anything you want; i suppose in a single-user environment it doesn't matter. according to the comments in that file, installing xbase should set up this file correctly, but it didn't for me; perhaps i didn't specify at the time that i wanted xdm to run instead of using the xinit (aka startx) method. disclaimer: i may have forgotten another incantation that's required to run xdm. i know i messed with a bunch of files, but i do remember that this was an important key. john === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The X story so far...
First of all, thanks to all who had comments, suggestions about my X setup! I have gotten X to run. It turns out that in /etc/X11/XF86Config the mouse was setup as /dev/mouse when in fact I have no such device. I changed this line to /dev/cua0. I can start X by using xinit -- xdm STILL does NOTHING. At bootup, xdm runs, but there are NO consoles running X (C-A-F1 through C-A-F6 give me other text consoles, and C-A-F7 through C-A-F12 do NOTHING). ps shows getty running on consoles 1-6. I've never used xdm before so I don't really know much about it. I can kill the original xdm and type xdm again but this does nothing. What sort of things should I be looking for? What configuration files should I be looking at? Thanks for all your help. Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with X
On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Stephen Early wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up I see the message starting xdm.. however typing xdm at a root prompt doesn't do anything. I tried xinit and got the following output: If you use xdm to start an X server, then the server should start automatically when you boot. If it doesn't then there's something wrong. You shouldn't have to type 'xdm' at any prompt. TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. This is the clue. For some reason, the X server is unable to create the Unix-domain socket to listen for local connections. This could be because you don't have Unix-domain sockets in your kernel (I don't know whether this is a configuration option anymore) or because there is something up with the /tmp/.X11-unix directory. Try deleting /tmp/.X11-unix (and everything under it) and starting the server. My /tmp directory was empty. I should point out that the output above is what I get when I type xinit at a root prompt. typing X gives me a seg. fault, and xdm does nothing. Additional: I added the 75dpi, 100dpi, and PEX fonts in addition to fntbase -- I still get the above errors (the font messages have largely disappeared though). Please, someone help me start X!! Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
color for minicom?
I installed the minicom package, but I cannot get any colors to work on it. The screens always come up in plain grey on black. I have all the ncurses stuff installed. Is there an env variable I need to set or something? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems with X
I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up I see the message starting xdm.. however typing xdm at a root prompt doesn't do anything. I tried xinit and got the following output: XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001) Operating System: Linux Configured drivers: SVGA: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0): et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, vgawonder, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067, oti077, oti087, mx, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ct65520, ct65530, ct65540, ct65545, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, realtek, generic (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) Mouse: type: MouseMan, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: Stingray (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: MAG17 (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. I tried typing X, and got a Segmentation fault. How can I start X ?? The XF86Config looks okay.. my card should be set up right. Why doesn't X start? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems with maelstrom
I have installed svgalib1, svgalib1-bin, and maelstrom packages. However when I try to run maelstrom I get the following message: VGA_FrameBuffer: requested mode not supported (or something like that) anyway I have an ARK Logic 2000PV so it SHOULD be supported (Maelstrom only uses 320x200 ). What's going on? I checked /etc/vga and the config file, and I couldn't find anything wrong... I can post it if anyone thinks it will help. Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ppp package
Where are the ppp-on, ppp-dialer, and ppp-off scripts that are supposed to come with pppd ?? I can make a ppp connection manually, but I have no idea how to automate the process! thanks, chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't seem to get internalmodem running
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Rob Hanson wrote: Hey there everyone, I am a bit new to the linux thing, and I seem to be having some trouble locating my modem. It is an internal 33.6 cardinal voice modem, and it uses com3 on my win95 setup. Being an internal com port, I don't think it was configured when I added the serial ports to the kernel on installation, and the /dev system on unic/linux is taking some getting used to. If any of you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated, as copying .deb files to floppy in win95 then installing them in linux really sucks, but until I can find my modem, I can't grab anything while in linux. Also, I have the minicom program ( I think that is what it is called, so until I get the net tools and the ppp going, this should do. So basically I just need to find which of the dev choices is my modem, and if it is even on that list. is there any reason why you cannot copy the files directly from your Win95 partition? for example, make directory in your Linux root dir ( /drivec or something like that) then, use mount. mount /dev/hda1 /drivec -t vfat /dev/hda1 represents the partition where win95 resides. You'll probably have to change it to represent where YOUR win95 partition is. -t vfat tells it to use the vfat filesystem, so you get your long filenames. in Unix: /dev/hda First IDE hard drive on primary channel (master) /dev/hdb Second(slave) /dev/hdc First IDE drive on secondary channel(master) /dev/hdd Second (slave) then, you need to know what the partition number is. you can find this out in linux fdisk. just type fdisk /dev/hd? where ? is the drive in question. then type p to print the partition table. don't worry, fdisk won't do anything unless you tell it to. Just be sure to get help if you need it. I've copied stuff from a DOS drive many times, and with the vfat support, you even preserve the long filenames. Good luck! Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479
Re: Using reserved addresses
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: Hi, I have a client who would like to use the reserved addresses internally throughout his LAN... My question is, will the workstations which use reserved IPs be able to go out into the net? If those reserved IPs are not routed outside, then how would a workstation be able to properly communicate? What are the limitations/issues with using the reserved IPs? It is my understanding that it IS possible to use these reserved numbers and still be connected to the Internet. However, you have use IP Masquerading. There is a mini-HOWTO on sunsite. See http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade Hope this helps. Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479
bootup messages
I recently recompiled, packaged, and installed a 2.0.20 kernel. I edited /etc/modules so that no modules are loaded at bootup (just using auto). However I now get the following messages at bootup: some date and time modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4 some date and time modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5 modprobe: can't locate module netmask modprobe: can't locate module broadcast SIOCDSIFADDR: no such device These messages are repeated 2-3 times during startup. Everything seems to work okay, including my ethernet card. Could someone please tell me the nature of these messages, and how to get rid of them?? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479
no liloconfig?
Okay, first thanks to all who replied to my questions re man and ae.. It was late when I started doing this stuff and I panicked a little.. :-) However, I noticed that liloconfig is not included in the lilo package. At least, I couldn't find it. I managed to copy it off a Slackware CD I had lying around, but I was wondering why it wasn't included -- it's not that big, and is very useful! Thanks again, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479
where is kernel-package ?
I would like to compile my own kernel, but I can't find kernel-package anywhere on ftp.debian.org... I found kernel-headers, and kernel-source, but I already have a tar.gz of the source. Do I even need the kernel-package? What benifits will it give me? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~crm7479
where's man ??
I just installed Debian 1.1 and I logged on as root. First thing I notice, there are no editors installed. Not one. You would think this would be a required thing... another thing... 'man' doesn't seem to exist! Logged in as root, typing 'man man' gives command not found -- and it's not in /usr/bin. what gives?? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
setserial program
Is the setserial program contained in any of the Debian packages, or will I have to install it seperately? Thanks, Chris. === Chris R. Martin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
