Re: is repartitioning and reformatting the only alternative?

[Christophe Broult]

Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:11:54 +0100) writes:

> Christophe Broult wrote:
>
>>Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:43:16 +0100) 
>>writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>It wouldn't jump the gun.
>>> There are tools that can correct errors but it depends on what
>>> filesystem you are using.
>>>So first gives us that information.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I have been using ext3 as the filesystem.
>>
>>
>>
> Then you could try e2fsck. It's a filechecker utility for ext2 & ext3
> filesystems.
> Unmount the partition and run the check. You might have to boot via a live
> cd because / for instance, doesn't allow umounting that easy so booting with
> a livecd works around that problem.

After disabling the udev rule that creates a link to device I tried to
use  e2fsck and specify a backup superblock but that was failing also
saying it could not read the corresponding sectors. So I decided that
since I would not be loosing anything I should just attempt
a repartitioning. However that also failed with fdisk and cfdisk.

For example, I get the errors below which I believe are not a good
sign of the drive state. Tomorrow, I am going to bring the drive to
work so I can hook it to Windows machine and call the Maxtor support
again.

Thank you for your suggestions,

Christophe

>
> Benedict
>

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Nov 28 12:44:48 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 
Nov 28 12:44:49 praha ntpd[7348]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 7e 00 
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:55 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 2
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:51 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 7f 00 
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:44:53 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1
Nov 28 12:45:25 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 7d 00 
Nov 28 12:45:27 praha kernel: SCSI error : <1 0 1 0> return code = 0x600
Nov 28 12:45:27 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 3
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 78 00 
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:29 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 8
Nov 28 12:46:02 praha vmunix: Read (10) 00 00 00 00 0b 00 00 75 00 
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 77 00 
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:30 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 9
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 76 00 
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:45:32 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 10
Nov 28 12:46:04 praha kernel: SCSI error : <1 0 1 0> return code = 0x600
Nov 28 12:46:04 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 11
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 6e 00 
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:09 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 18
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 70 00 
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:06 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 16
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: scsi1: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 6f 00 
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: Current sdb: sense key Medium Error
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 28 12:46:08 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 17


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Re: maxtor harddrive firewire usb

[Christophe Broult]

Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:45:03 -0500) 
writes:

> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:09:20 -0500, Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
>> Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:39:37 -0500) 
>> writes:
>> > I am sorry I dont have an answer for your question. I have a maxtor
>> > 200 GB usb drive. The drive stops working if I try to copy large files
>> > (say 150 mb) in linux partition. It works fine if I copy just small
>> > files. I cant even mount other partitions of the usb drive when this
>> > happens. The only option is to reboot the computer.
>> 
>> I had similar problems until I switched to using Firewire and the drive had
>> been working well until last Saturday. Though from time to time I could see
>> some problems while reading some of the files...
>
> How did you do that? Do I need any special capability
> (hardware/software)? The hard drive I was talking about comes with a
> usb connector attached to it. How can I connect it to the firewire
> port? Do I need to buy some hardware (like usb to firewire connector)?
> I have a firewire port but never used it though.

The Maxtor 5000XT has a USB and a Firewire port. Initially it was
easier for me to get the USB connection to work but after some reading
getting the Firewire version to work was fairly simple too with the
ohci1394 and sbp2 modules. If your drive does not have a Firewire
port I do not think I can help you.

Christophe

>
> I tried googling around but could not find the answer.
>
> thanks
> raju
>
>
>
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Re: is repartitioning and reformatting the only alternative?

[Christophe Broult]

Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:39:37 -0500) 
writes:

> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:33:51 -0500, Christophe Broult
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Suddenly, last Saturday, I could no longer access the main partition
>> of my year old external Maxtor 5000XT, a 250 GB drive because of some
>> read errors on some sectors (see at the end of the message). I called
>> the Maxtor support and the only suggestion beside saying that Linux is
>> not supported for this drive was to ask me to repartition and reformat
>> the drive. Their opinion is that the drive is fine but there are some
>> logical errors.
>
> I am sorry I dont have an answer for your question. I have a maxtor
> 200 GB usb drive. The drive stops working if I try to copy large files
> (say 150 mb) in linux partition. It works fine if I copy just small
> files. I cant even mount other partitions of the usb drive when this
> happens. The only option is to reboot the computer.

I had similar problems until I switched to using Firewire and the drive had
been working well until last Saturday. Though from time to time I could see
some problems while reading some of the files...

>
> It has no problems in windows xp (large or small files). I am not sure
> whether this is the usb drive problem or debian's problem. God knows
> what's happening.
>
> Anyway, just thought I will vent my frustration with maxtor drives under 
> linux.
>
> bye
> raju
>
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is repartitioning and reformatting the only alternative?

[Christophe Broult]

Hi All,

Suddenly, last Saturday, I could no longer access the main partition
of my year old external Maxtor 5000XT, a 250 GB drive because of some
read errors on some sectors (see at the end of the message). I called
the Maxtor support and the only suggestion beside saying that Linux is
not supported for this drive was to ask me to repartition and reformat
the drive. Their opinion is that the drive is fine but there are some
logical errors.

I am glad I had a second drive with a copy of the first one content.
So is what they suggest the only alternative to attempt to make some
use of that drive? Are there any tool that could help correct this
issue without resorting to such extreme before doing a bad block
search?

Thank you for time and suggestions,

Christophe

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Nov 25 09:52:26 praha vmunix: ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master 
capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
Nov 25 09:52:26 praha vmunix: ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
Nov 25 09:52:39 praha kernel: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  
GUID[0010b92000d5c6fb]
Nov 25 09:52:39 praha ieee1394.agent[10834]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 
product 0x00/0x0010b9/0xceb001
Nov 25 09:52:39 praha vmunix: sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Nov 25 09:52:39 praha vmunix: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha kernel: ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max 
payload [2048]
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha vmunix:   Vendor: MaxtorModel: 5000DVRev: 
0100
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha vmunix:   Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI 
SCSI revision: 06
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha ieee1394.agent[10849]:  sbp2: loaded successfully
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 
1, lun 0,  type 0
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha scsi.agent[10930]: disk at 
/devices/pci:00/:00:1e.0/:02:02.0/fw-host0/0010b92000d5c6fb/0010b92000d5c6fb-1/host0/0:0:1:0
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha vmunix: SCSI device sda: 490232832 512-byte hdwr sectors 
(250999 MB)
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha kernel:  p1 p2 p3
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha vmunix:  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0:<5>Attached 
scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha udev[10952]: creating device node '/dev/sda'
Nov 25 09:52:40 praha udev[10926]: creating device node '/dev/sg0'
Nov 25 09:52:50 praha kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 08 00 
Nov 25 09:52:50 praha kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:52:50 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:52:50 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 63
Nov 25 09:52:53 praha kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 07 00 
Nov 25 09:52:53 praha kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:52:53 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:52:53 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 64
Nov 25 09:52:56 praha hald[6466]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 916. 
Rebasing to 916
Nov 25 09:53:04 praha vmunix: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 43 00 00 04 00 
Nov 25 09:53:04 praha vmunix: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:53:04 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:53:04 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 67
Nov 25 09:52:57 praha kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 41 00 00 06 00 
Nov 25 09:52:57 praha kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:52:57 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:52:57 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 65
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 42 00 00 05 00 
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 66
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha CRON[11020]: (pam_unix) session opened for user mail by 
(uid=0)
Nov 25 09:53:01 praha /USR/SBIN/CRON[11021]: (mail) CMD (  if [ -x 
/usr/lib/exim/exim3 -a -f /etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/lib/exim/exim3 -q ; 
fi)
Nov 25 09:53:04 praha CRON[11020]: (pam_unix) session closed for user mail
Nov 25 09:53:06 praha vmunix: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 58 00 
Nov 25 09:53:06 praha vmunix: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:53:06 praha vmunix: Additional sense: Data phase error
Nov 25 09:53:06 praha vmunix: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 40
Nov 25 09:53:08 praha kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read 
(10) 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 03 00 
Nov 25 09:53:08 praha kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error
Nov 25 09:53:08 praha

Re: Intel AC'97 soft modem

[Christophe Broult]

Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:16:20 +0530) writes:

> On Saturday 23 October 2004 06:53 am, Christophe Broult wrote:
>> > hi all,
>> > I'm having a Compaq Presario 2203AL with a soft modem in it.
>>
>> You should install sl-modem-daemon and should be all set.  You may
>> want to install sl-modem-source and then build a package corresponding
>> to your setup. On my setup I have compiled the ALSA modem driver for
>> Intel ICH (i8x0) chipsets as a kernel module. So I have the following
>> line in my kernel source tree .config
>> CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=m
>
> You're right. I installed the sl-modem-daemon package and my modem got 
> detected. I configured both wvdial and kppp and tried them but I'm stuck, 
> now, to the infamous "No Dialtone" message.

Have you compiled your kernel with the ALSA modem driver for Intel ICH
(i8x0) chipsets?

>
> I've not yet used the sl-modem-source package yet till now. Do i need it 
> here ?

My modem was working without it.

>
> Or are there any configuration settings I need to look at ? Please help.
>

Well just let me know if you compiled the ALSA modem module you will find in
the sound section.

Christophe

>
> rrs

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Re: Intel AC'97 soft modem

[Christophe Broult]

Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:57:06 +0530) writes:

> hi all,
> I'm having a Compaq Presario 2203AL with a soft modem in it.

You should install sl-modem-daemon and should be all set.  You may
want to install sl-modem-source and then build a package corresponding
to your setup. On my setup I have compiled the ALSA modem driver for
Intel ICH (i8x0) chipsets as a kernel module. So I have the following
line in my kernel source tree .config 
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=m

>
> This is what lspci says:
>
> :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
> :00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control 
> Registers (rev 02)
> :00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration 
> Process Registers (rev 02)
> :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated 
> Graphics Device (rev 02)
> :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics 
> Device (rev 02)
> :00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 
> EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
> :00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 
> 03)
> :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage 
> Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus 
> Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 
> Modem Controller (rev 03)
> :02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> :02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus 
> Controller (rev 02)
> :02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI 
> Adapter (rev 04)
> :02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 
> Controller (PHY/Link)
> :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
> :00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control 
> Registers (rev 02)
> :00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration 
> Process Registers (rev 02)
> :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated 
> Graphics Device (rev 02)
> :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics 
> Device (rev 02)
> :00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
> USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
> :00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 
> EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
> :00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 
> 03)
> :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage 
> Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus 
> Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
> :00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 
> Modem Controller (rev 03)
> :02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> :02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus 
> Controller (rev 02)
> :02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI 
> Adapter (rev 04)
> :02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 
> Controller (PHY/Link)
>
>
> I've got a driver disk from HP which has drivers for the modem and Wlan in it 
> but they refer me to www.linuxant.com for further license.
>
> Is my modem fully supported and functional in the kernel 2.6 ?
> I've not been able to use the modem now. I'd be thankful for any 
> documentation.
>
> I'm using Debian Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on it.
>
>
> rrs

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Re: Sound Problems

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--- Zachary Rizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> --- Noah Durell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > I've been having trouble getting the sound working
> > on my box.  I have a 
> > Dell Dimension 8250 with the emu10k1x sound card. 
> > The modules appear to 
> > be loaded but there is no sound coming out.  Any
> > help would be most 
> > appreciated. 
> > -Noah
> > 
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> Unmute your mixer channels.

For example using 

$ alsamixergui


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Re: rm difficult filename

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"Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:31:39 -0400) writes:

> John Summerfield wrote:
>
>> Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic characters, a "?" 
>> to represent one of them and "*" to represent any number of them. So
>> 
>> rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp
>> rm *over-tcp
>
> Sometimes, but in this case it wouldn't work.  Using a * or ? will help
> with characters that the shell wants to mess with, but - generally has
> no special meaning to the shell. [1]
>
> So "rm *over-tcp" will be globbed by the shell and passed to rm as
> "rm -rtsp-stream-over-tcp".  This doesn't help because the first - is
> interpreted by rm itself as an indication that the argument is a flag
> instead of a file.

One solution here is to just prefix the file name with a directory
name. For example:

$ rm ./-xfff
works without a problem.

>
> Some people take advantage of this behavior by creating a file called
> "-i" in important directories, so "rm *" will turn into "rm -i ..."
> causing rm to ask for confirmation before deleting.
>
>
> [1] Yes, I'm aware of "cd -" and there are probably other special cases.
>
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Re: Using DVD

[Christophe Broult]

--- Alejandro Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> As I know, there is no need to mount the dvd...
> 
> well, this is the error I have
> $ xine dvd:/

Have you tried to run the following command?

$ xine-check




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Dear fellow Debian user,

I have just relocated from Normandy, France to Boston,
MA. I am wondering if any of you in the Boston area
would have any suggestion about an ISP whether it is
via regular modem, cable or DSL.

I hope you will enjoy a great weekend,

Christophe

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modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0000

[Christophe Broult]

Hello Debian users,

Is there anyone who could tell me why I am getting the message in the
subject? 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ uname -a
Linux madison 2.4.0-test11 #1 Thu Nov 23 10:45:11 CET 2000 i586 unknown
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ 

Thank you,

Chris


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Re: FW: 2.4.0-test8 and ssh (OpenSSH_2.1.1): error: socket: Address family not supported by protocol

[Christophe Broult]

George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Works fine here:
> 
> chester:/tmp# ssh -l root localhost
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: 
> Last login: Mon Sep 11 00:34:40 2000 from localhost on pts/4
> Linux chester 2.4.0-test8 #1 SMP Sun Sep 10 16:06:26 PDT 2000 i686 unknown
> 
> Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are
> freely redistributable; the exact distribution terms for each program
> are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright
> 
> Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
> permitted by applicable law.
> chester:~# uname -a
> Linux chester 2.4.0-test8 #1 SMP Sun Sep 10 16:06:26 PDT 2000 i686 unknown
> chester:~# 
> 
> 
> I suspect you got something wrong in your network options of the config.

Do you have X11 forwarding enabled?

I have tried to compare the network options for 2.4.0-test7 and
2.4.0-test8 and I have made a new build so they were similar but to no
avail:

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
  Last login: Mon Sep 11 13:23:50 2000 from madison on pts/4
  Linux madison 2.4.0-test8 #1 Mon Sep 11 10:25:03 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
  
  Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are
  freely redistributable; the exact distribution terms for each program
  are described in the individual files in /usr/doc/*/copyright
  
  Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
  permitted by applicable law.
  Last login: Mon Sep 11 13:23:50 2000 from madison
  Received disconnect: Command terminated on signal 11.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ 


If you have any suggestion, I am enclosing those configs.

Thank you,

Chris

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config-2.4.0-test7
Description: Binary data


config-2.4.0-test8
Description: Binary data

FW: 2.4.0-test8 and ssh (OpenSSH_2.1.1): error: socket: Address family not supported by protocol

[Christophe Broult]

Has anyone had the same problem here?

Thank you,

Chris

--- Begin Message ---

Hello,

I have just compiled the last version of the Linux kernel
(2.4.0-test8) and somehow I am no longer able to use ssh and get the
following message:

 Received disconnect: Command terminated on signal 11.

In /var/log/auth, I can find the following line:

sshd[4460]: error: socket: Address family not supported by protocol

Note that until now I have been using a 2.4.0-test7-preX with no
problem.

I do not know if the error I get is related to the following change
mentioned for test8-pre1:

- socket() error code fix (EAFNOSUPPORT instead of EINVAL)

Thank you for your help and the great work on Linux,

Chris

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ssh-add   
Need passphrase for /home/cbroult/.ssh/identity
Enter passphrase for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
Identity added: /home/cbroult/.ssh/identity ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ssh -v localhost
SSH Version OpenSSH_2.1.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f).
debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug: Applying options for localhost
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 1000 anon 1
debug: Connecting to madison [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug: Connection established.
debug: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_2.1.1
debug: Local version string SSH-1.5-OpenSSH_2.1.1
debug: Waiting for server public key.
debug: Received server public key (768 bits) and host key (1024 bits).
debug: Forcing accepting of host key for loopback/localhost.
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: Encryption type: 3des
debug: Sent encrypted session key.
debug: Installing crc compensation attack detector.
debug: Received encrypted confirmation.
debug: Trying RSA authentication via agent with '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
debug: Server refused our key.
debug: RSA authentication using agent refused.
debug: Trying RSA authentication with key '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
debug: Server refused our key.
debug: Doing password authentication.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: 
debug: Requesting pty.
debug: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
debug: Requesting authentication agent forwarding.
debug: Requesting shell.
debug: Entering interactive session.
Received disconnect: Command terminated on signal 11.
debug: Calling cleanup 0x8051020(0x0)
debug: Calling cleanup 0x805cbbc(0x0)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ 

Here is another connection attempt:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/chris $ date
Sun Sep 10 16:31:19 CEST 2000
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/chris $ ssh localhost
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: 
Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
Last login: Sun Sep 10 16:30:33 2000 from madison on pts/10
Linux madison 2.4.0-test8 #1 SMP Sun Sep 10 12:00:43 CEST 2000 i586 unknown

Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are
freely redistributable; the exact distribution terms for each program
are described in the individual files in /usr/doc/*/copyright

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
No mail.
Last login: Sun Sep 10 16:30:33 2000 from madison
Received disconnect: Command terminated on signal 11.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/chris $ date
Sun Sep 10 16:31:27 CEST 2000
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/chris $ 


Upon that connexion attempt the following lines are added to
/var/log/auth:

Sep 10 16:31:25 madison sshd[4460]: Accepted password for cbroult from 
127.0.0.1 port 1199
Sep 10 16:31:25 madison sshd[4460]: error: socket: Address family not supported 
by protocol
Sep 10 16:31:25 madison PAM_unix[4460]: (ssh) session opened for user cbroult 
by (uid=0)
Sep 10 16:31:25 madison sshd[4460]: Disconnecting: Command terminated on signal 
11.
Sep 10 16:31:25 madison PAM_unix[4460]: (ssh) session closed for user cbroult
--- End Message ---

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Re: Guru needed.

[Christophe Broult]

Felipe Alvarez Harnecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> im getting this error message:  /proc/ksyms: Not normal
> 

After a while, top gives me the same message and then eats up most of
CPU time. I already submitted a bug against procps but I got no answer
so far. You should take a look at http://bugs.debian.org/procs

> can someone explain ??

Sorry that is not an explanation.

Chris

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Re: I am now totally confused about modules

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> > What is the content of your /etc/modules.conf file? Are there any
> > reference to the missing module in it?
> 
[...]

The following lines are related to the alsa system:

> alias sound-slot-0  off # ???
> alias sound-service-0-1 off # ???

Did you add those lines to remove the errors you had in your logs and
you mentioned in an earlier message:

> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD:
> 
> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0
> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3


In my /etc/modutils/alsa file I have amongst others the following lines:

alias snd-card-0 gus
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss

alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

The alsa modules are not installed on my system. Enlightenment Esound
system depends on alsa-base that is why I have some references to the
alsa system. `alias snd-card-0 gus' is here to automatically load the
OSS modules corresponding to my sound card when required. On my
system, the sound system is loaded at boot time by a script included
in alsa-base, namely `/etc/init.d/alsa'. That is why the sound modules
are present at boot time and never unloaded on my machine. I believe
there is a script that loads your sound modules at boot time.

Chris

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Re: I am now totally confused about modules

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 
> > > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound
> > > > for your system.
> > > 
> > > I don't have alsa on my system.  I did try it once but removed the 
> > > package.
> > 
> > By any chance, do you still have a file named /etc/modutils/alsa?  If
> > you have removed the alsa package, did you purge all configuration
> > files, i.e. use '_' (purge) in dselect instead of '-' (remove)? If you
> > use remove instead of can still purge this package.
> 
> /etc/modutils/alsa was removed with the Alsa package.
> 
> Barry Samuels

What is the content of your /etc/modules.conf file? Are there any
reference to the missing module in it?

Chris

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Re: I am now totally confused about modules

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound
> > for your system.
> 
> I don't have alsa on my system.  I did try it once but removed the package.

By any chance, do you still have a file named /etc/modutils/alsa?  If
you have removed the alsa package, did you purge all configuration
files, i.e. use '_' (purge) in dselect instead of '-' (remove)? If you
use remove instead of can still purge this package.

Chris

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Re: I am now totally confused about modules

[Christophe Broult]

David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> bsamuels  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> BS> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD:
> BS> 
> BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0
> BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3
> 
> Hmm, that's odd.  (Those messages would be produced by the 'soundcore' 
> module loading.)
> 

Those messages are related to the alsa modules. I guess you have installed
some alsa packages. You should look at /etc/modutils/alsa. In that
file, I have added the following line:

alias snd-card-0 gus

because I have a GUS compatible card.
Note that in /etc/modutils/aliases I have:

options gus io=0x220 irq=15 dma=6 dma16=-1
alias synth0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388

to configure my GUS card.

In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound
for your system.

Chris

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Re: Modprobe and modules - is this a problem?

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> I am running Potato with kernel 2.2.17pre6.
> 
> If I dial out to my ISP kmod loads the appropriate modules but
> they are not unloaded, after pppd is terminated, even though
> there is a Root crontab to do this.
> 
> If I type, as Root,  'modprobe -r', which I understand will
> unload any unused modules, no modules are unloaded.  This is, of
> course, after pppd is terminated.
> 
> I can load the ppp modules manually and, if pppd is not running,
> I would assume that these modules are 'unused' and would be
> unloaded with 'modprobe -r' but they are not.
> 
> I can unload then if I specify the module name(s) on the modprobe
> command line.

`/sbin/rmmod -a' does the trick and is what you should have in root's
crontab. Here is what I have in root's crontab on my system:

0-59/5 * * * * /sbin/rmmod -a

which I understand it correctly (man crontab(5)) remove unused module
every five minutes.

Chris

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Re: unzipping tar.bz2 files

[Christophe Broult]

"John Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip
> the kernel source because it has  a tar.bz2 ending.  How does someone
> unzip this type of file?

tar xIf file.tar.bz2 will `bunzip2' and untar your files. The `I' is
for bzip2 compression. So you can say

tar cIf ... (to create a bzip2 compressed tar file)
tar tIf ... (to list its content)
tar xIf ... (to extract its content)
> 
> 
> John Kerr Anderson 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2   
> 

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Re: Re[2]: tty-ldisc-3 module - anyone know what it is?

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > > Aug 15 21:15:06 DATAMAN modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate
> > module tty-ldisc-3
> 
> > You should add the following line to your /etc/modutils/aliases
> > alias tty-ldisc-3   ppp_async
> > 
> > and then run update-modules
> 
> Looking in /etc/modutils/aliases I see that that line is actually
> already there but I'm still getting ther error message in
> daemon.log.

Have you tried to run `update-modules' when logged as root. 
Do you get this message each time you reboot your computer?

Chris

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Re: tty-ldisc-3 module - anyone know what it is?

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
> Aug 15 21:15:06 DATAMAN modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> tty-ldisc-3
> Aug 15 21:15:34 DATAMAN wwwoffled[205]: WWWOFFLE Connection from
> host localhost (127.0.0.1). 
> 
> Can someone tell me what tty-ldisc-3 is please?
[...]

You should add the following line to your /etc/modutils/aliases
alias tty-ldisc-3   ppp_async

and then run update-modules

Chris

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Re: netscape bookmarks in both win and linux

[Christophe Broult]

In the file `preferences.js', look for the following line and edit it
according to YOUR preference:

user_pref("browser.bookmark_file", "/home/broult/lib/netscape/bookmarks.html");

At the top that file you will find the following warning:

// Netscape User Preferences
// This is a generated file!  Do not edit.

So just quit Netscape before making the modification and then
re-launch it. I have done that modification for at least a couple of
years without ever having a problem with it.

Chris

Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 12:18:11PM +0200, Jonas Moberg wrote:
> > I intend to use my netscape bookmark.htm from my windows-partition for 
> > linux as well. So I made a soft-link from my windows-netscape bookmark.htm 
> > to ~/.netscape/bookmarks.html. Works fine, except for one thing.. Netscape 
> > sometimes replaces the link with a copy. Why?
> > 
> > This solution also makes it impossible to add bookmarks from linux as 
> > the mounted windows-partition of course belongs to root. What's a easy 
> > (and safe) way to solve this?
> 
> If you got more than one computer you can use Netscape-roaming.
> Install openldap, look at netscape-roaming-howto
> and you can use your netscape-profile everywhere.
> 
> 
> -- 
>Thomas Guettler
> Office: 
>   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  http://www.interface-business.de
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>   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  http://yi.org/guettli

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Re: gnus in GNU Emacs 20 in Potato does not start

[Christophe Broult]

Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Hallo Debs!
> > 
> > Because xemacs is a little bit big, I want to use GNU Emacs instead.
> > 
> > Two days ago I dist-upgraded to potato with no problems, so I now run
> > emacs 20.7.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit) and gnus v5.8.3
> > 
> > Starting guns I get to following errormessage:
> > 
> > Symbol's value as variable is void: message-included-forward-headers
> > 
> > I found the string in four files:
> > 
> > /usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.elc.
> > 
> > /usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp/gnus/message.elc.
> > 
> > /usr/share/emacs/20.7/site-lisp/tm/message-mime.elc.
> > 
> > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tm/message-mime.el
> 
> Get rid of TM.  Gnus handles mime on its own.

Or install T-Gnus if you want something similar to tm in term of MIME
handling. T-Gnus with some other packages now replaces TM for the
last versions of Emacs.

Chris

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Re: run arbitrary program as screensaver?

[Christophe Broult]

What about using the `setiathome' package?

# apt-get install setiathome

Chris

setiathome

Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Anyone know of a way to run an arbitrary program as the screensaver?
> Two applications that have come to mind are setiathome and something like 
> acidwarp. I'm really more interested in the first. In fact, I see no 
> other practical way to run setiathome on a typical home machine. 
> -chris

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is there a midi/wav plugin for Netscape?

[Christophe Broult]

A friend send me the URL of a greeting card which included some
sound. I was unable to hear the sound because Netscape complained that
there was no plugin for midi/wav sound.

How can I configure Netscape to play some sound?

Thank you for your help,

Chris

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Re: cannot compile ppp-2.4.x

[Christophe Broult]

Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 21-Jul-2000 Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
> > that info was the reason of my question! I read that also in Changes and
> > as I didn't find ppp-2.4 for debian I just held the upgrade for now!
> > 
> > any success Pollywog?
> 
> I am using PPP 2.3.11 with kernel 2.4.0 test4 and it works fine :)
> As for my problem with PPPoE, that is solved too.  Seems I put the signal
> splitter on my line backwards (don't laugh).  I cannot connect to my DSL with
> Enternet, but Roaring Penguin did it just fine, so I no longer need
> to upgrade PPP.

My PPP connection works with linux 2.2.13 but not 2.4.0.
Could you please tell me which parameters you are using for a PPP
connection using a modem with kernel-2.4.0-test4 and ppp 2.3.11?
Which kernel modules do you have to load?

Thank you,

Chris

Re: cannot compile ppp-2.4.x

[Christophe Broult]

Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 20-Jul-2000 Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Pollywog wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> On 20-Jul-2000 Pollywog wrote:
[...]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   are you going to produce .deb's? 
> >   Do I need ppp 2.4 for a dialup conection?
> >   Do you know if 2.3.11 works with kernel 2.4?
> >   Sorry for so many questions, but I would like to try the new
> > kernel and I didn't only because ppp!
> 
> The 2.3.11 Debian package is all you need (2.2.x kernel or newer) if you just
> want regular ppp.
> 
> I need the newer package only because I am trying to install the PPPoE module
> on a test kernel.  I have the module installed, but I am unable to compile the
> 2.4.x ppp even though I am using the compilers from Woody.
> 
> --
> Andrew


In the file linux/Documentation/Changes, you can find the following

  PPP
  ---
  
  The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
  enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
  upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0b1.


So I believe that he new version of PPP is needed if you want to PPP
under 2.4.0.

Chris

Re: J2EE SDK

[Christophe Broult]

Dominic Blythe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> just been checking out java.sun.com and they've got binaries of J2EE SDK for
> redhat 6.
> 
> I presume these are .rpm, although i haven't checked it out.

If there are some .rpm, you should try to use the alien package.

Chris

install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory

[Christophe Broult]

Hi all,

I had a problem with my hard disk and somehow my potato system has
gotten hosed.  Can someone tell me how to correct the following
problem?

chicago:~# dpkg -i /tmp/dpkg_1.4.1.19.deb
(Reading database ... 65879 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.19 (using /tmp/dpkg_1.4.1.19.deb) ...
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or
directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
Setting up dpkg (1.4.1.19) ...

chicago:~# dpkg -i /tmp/info_4.0-1.deb
(Reading database ... 65879 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace info 4.0-1 (using /tmp/info_4.0-1.deb) ...
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or
directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Unpacking replacement info ...
Setting up info (4.0-1) ...
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or
directory
dpkg: error processing info (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 info

Thank you,

Chris

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Re: unmount a automounted CD ROM?

[Christophe Broult]

Debian Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I use Debian with kernel 2.2.x and autofs to automount CD ROMs. What
> are the ways to allow a user to unmount and eject the CD ROM without
> having to wait until automount has timed out after five
> minutes. Probably adding option user to /etc/fstab should do the
> trick.
> Or is there a better solution?

Have you tried the `eject' command?

Chris

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Re: Kernel 2.2.9 and soundblaster module

[Christophe Broult]

Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Ingo Hohmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > is there something about soundblaster support that I should
> > have known by now? Seems that my irq, ... settings get lost
> > when I compile soundblaster support as a module. (Sound works
> > when compiled in, but I get "device is busy" error, when I
> > use modules and try to insmod sb.o)
> >
> > Is there a possibilty to set irq, ... when using modules? Or
> > is it another problem?
> 
> When you insert the sb module, you have to specify the io, irq, etc on the
> command line, something like this:
>   insmod sb io=0x220 irq=9 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x300 type=6
> 
> Same thing when you insmod the adlib_card for midi support:
>   insmod adlib_card io=0x388
> 
> On my system, i put a script in /etc/init.d to automatically insert the
> proper sound modules on boot (after isapnp runs and configures the card)

You may also put those informations inside the file
/etc/modutils/aliases and have the module automatically loaded when an
access to the sound devices is made.
Here what I have in my /etc/modutils/aliases for the sound system:

alias sound sb
options sound   dmabuf=1
post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card"
options sb io=0x220 irq=6 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options adlib_card io=0x388 # FM synthesizer

Chris

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libgmodule-1.1.so.3: cannot open shared object file:

[Christophe Broult]

What should I do to avoid the following error?

Chris

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ gtop
gtop: error in loading shared libraries
libgmodule-1.1.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dpkg --status gtop
Package: gtop
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 176
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 0.28.1-5
Depends: gdk-imlib1, libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libglib1.1 (>= 1.1.3-2), libgnome0 (>= 
0.30.1-2), libgtk1.1 (>= 1:1.1.2-2), libgtop1 (>= 0.26.2-4), libjpeg62, 
libjpegg6a, libpng2, libtiff3g, libungif3g (>= 3.0-2) | giflib3g (>= 3.0-5.2), 
xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Description: Graphical TOP variant
 The graphical version of top provides an easy interface to process
 control on a GNU/Linux system.

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Re: gcc vs egcs

[Christophe Broult]

Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [1  ]
> On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 02:49:17PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:58:29 -0700 (MST), Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> > >for our gcc because nobody has patched the 2.0 kernels to work with
> > >another gcc.
> 
> > Do the 2.2 kernels compile with egcs?
> 
> As of somewhere in the 2.1 series Linux kernels should work with egcs.

I've been using an egcc compiled 2.1 kernel for a few months now and
the 2.2.0-pre serie works with no problem when compiled with egcc.

Chris

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Re: using xfig + latex

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Hi,

Here's a description I have found one day. I think gives you
everything you wanted to do.

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This description was written by Eric Masson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


The following is a document on how to import xfig figures in latex along
with a few tips to make your life easier. I wrote this quite a while
back but it still applies. 

Salut,

Eric

HOW TO IMPORT XFIG FIGURES IN YOUR LATEX FILES:
--

Getting Started
---

When you call xfig use the following command line:

xfig -specialtext -latexfonts -startlatexFont default

If you want ALL of your figures to be started with special text and
latex fonts, you can set the following resources in your .Xresources
or whatever resource file you use:

Fig.latexfonts: true
Fig.specialtext: true

There are several formats to which xfig can generate output and 
latex can read. I will only cover three cases:

(A) Export Fig format directly into latex form
(B) Export Fig in encapsulated postscript and import the
postscript in latex.
(C) Save the figure partly in postscript and partly in latex
form and superimpose them in your document. 

All three methods have their advantages and are equally simple
to handle. In method (A) the advantage is that all your work 
is in tex form and that your .dvi files will hold all the necessary
information. In (B) you have all the power and fonts of postscript
at your disposal. In (C) you get the drawing power of postscript
and the typesetting of latex for your strings.

---

In your latex preamble (the part that preceeds your 
\begin{document} statement) place the following lines:

\input{psfig}

So your preamble could look like: 

%
 LaTeX Preamble %
%
 
\documentstyle[12pt,bezier,amstex]{article}  % include bezier curves
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{1.0}   % single space
\pagestyle{empty}% no headers and page numbers
\oddsidemargin -10 true pt  % Left margin on odd-numbered pages.
\evensidemargin 10 true pt  % Left margin on even-numbered pages.
\marginparwidth 0.75 true in% Width of marginal notes.
\oddsidemargin  0 true in   % Note that \oddsidemargin=\evensidemargin
\evensidemargin 0 true in
\topmargin -0.75 true in% Nominal distance from top of page to top of
\textheight 9.5 true in % Height of text (including footnotes and 
figures)
\textwidth 6.375 true in% Width of text line.
\parindent=0pt  % Do not indent paragraphs
\parskip=0.15 true in

\input{psfig}   % Capability to place postscript drawings
 
%
 Document Beginning %
%
 
\begin{document}
\end{document}


TYPE A - Exporting directly to latex form
-

In terms of drawing capabilities this is the weakest form you can use.
Lines in latex can only be drawn at multiples of 30 and 45 degrees. 
And lines with arrows can only be drawn at multiples of 45 degrees.
Several features such as ellipses, splines, etc. are not supported 
(xfig does not take advantage of available LaTeX macro packages 
such as bezier). When drawing lines for type A drawings make
sure you restrict yourself to the proper angle geometry in xfig.
Otherwise when you export your figures to latex format, xfig
will approximate your lines to the nearest angle available in latex.
Usually this has unpleasant results. 

In this mode, you can type any LaTeX string on your 
figure.  Once imported to LaTeX, the string  will be interpreted
properly.  For example:
 
$\int_0^9 f(x) dx$

would result in a integration from 0 to 9 of the function f(x).

To create your LaTeX file just choose the export option off the
xfig main menu. And then select LaTeX picture as the language
to export. This will create a file with a .latex extension which
you can then call directly into your latex document. For example
this code would import the file yourfile.latex directly into latex
format:
 
%
%%% Figure 1 
%
 
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}

\input{yourfile.latex} 

\caption{The caption on your figure}
\label{figure:yourreferencename}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

Re: SB Vibra PnP Sound Card

[Christophe Broult]

Vincent Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I would like to be able to use my Creative Labs ViBRA PnP Sound Card with
> hamm. How do I use isapnptools to install it? Redhat 5.0 detected it first
> time last year.
> 

You should:

1 install the isapnptools package,
2 run the pnpdump command  and save its output in the
  /etc/isapnp.conf, ie 
  $ pnpdump >/etc/isapnp.conf

3 uncomment some of the lines in that file (I've included the one I
  use) as an example

4 try the parameters you have chosen by running
  $ isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf

4 load the sound module with the very same parameter values (irq, ...)
  you've selected in /etc/isapnp.conf.  Alternatively you may also try
  to compile the sound support in the kernel with those values.

  I compiled the sound support as a module for kernel 2.1.127 and I've
  added  with the following lines in /etc/conf.modules:
   
   alias sound sb
   options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x0330
   options opl3 io=0x388

  and the sound modules are automatically loaded whenever they are
  needed. I'm no longer using the kernel 2.0 series but setting the sound
  module parameter should be something like:

  options sound io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma1=5 mpu_io=0x0330

I hope this help,

Chris


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isapnp.conf
Description: Binary data

FW: netscape3: Bus error

[Christophe Broult]

Hello,

Is there anybody out there that can help with the following problem?

I can add that I had the bad idea to make an update of that system
last Thursday. Netscape 3 was working before and is no longer working
after that. 

Thank you,

Chris

--- Begin Message ---
Package: netscape3
Version: 3.04-4

houston:~>4 netscape &
[1] 8399
houston:~>5 
[1]+  Bus error   netscape
houston:~>5

I think there is a library problem somewhere but I can't figure out
which one.  I enclose the strace 

houston:~>8 strace netscape 2>&1 | \
gzip --best | uuencode netscape.strace.gz >netscape.strace.gz.uue

output at the end of the this message.

houston:~>9 ldd /usr/lib/netscape/netscape 
libwcsmbs.so.0 => /lib/libc5-compat/libwcsmbs.so.0 (0x4000d000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 (0x4000f000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (0x40051000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (0x4005a000)
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXmu.so.6 (0x4006f000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXpm.so.4 (0x40081000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXext.so.6 (0x4008f000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x4009a000)
libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40138000)
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4013b000)
houston:~>10 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Chris

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Re: Zip drives

[Christophe Broult]

"Chang, FKK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Is there a package that can get/set the status of Zip disks like
> the Iomega tools do (write protect, unprotect until eject, etc.)?

You should install the mtools package which provides the mzip command
that can be used to change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz
drive.

Chris

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Re: using RAM above 64 Mb as a swap area

[Christophe Broult]

aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> At 07:06 PM 9/21/98 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've just added more RAM on my old Pentium 100. Now I have 128 Mb of
> >RAM and as expected I'm experiencing a slowdown when a program is run
> >above the 64 Mb limit. I think that running programs in the first 64
> >Mb and using the upper 64 Mb as a swap area would be more efficient
> >because I would not experience as many performance penalties due to
> >cache problems and swapping in RAM should be a lot faster than
> >swapping on hard drive. Am I correct?
> 
> swapping to ram is bad..!! waste of memory, with 128MB of ram you should
> only be swapping VERY rarely anyways(I have 128M, and only swap after I
> have about 70-80 processes running including X, netscape, KDE etc).  If
> your using one of the 2.0.xx kernels you will have to tell LILO that you
> have more by using the append="mem=128M" (?) line in lilo.conf. As for
> slowdowns, there shouldnt be many noticable, i run on the TX chipset that
> also can only cache 64MB and have not noticed any slowdowns with apps
> loaded in the upper 64M. 
> 

Well with only 64 Mb of RAM I have a document that needs 6 minutes to
get compiled through LaTeX and when the 128 Mb are activated and the
LaTeX job is probably running in the upper 64 Mb it takes more than 7
mn 30 s to get it compiled. I can tell there is a major slowdown and
cache problem here:-( 
Anyway, as suggested in the mailing list I'll try to find the kernel
patch for 2.1.xxx that allows me to do swapping those upper 64 Mb of
RAM. 

Chris

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using RAM above 64 Mb as a swap area

[Christophe Broult]

Hello,

I've just added more RAM on my old Pentium 100. Now I have 128 Mb of
RAM and as expected I'm experiencing a slowdown when a program is run
above the 64 Mb limit. I think that running programs in the first 64
Mb and using the upper 64 Mb as a swap area would be more efficient
because I would not experience as many performance penalties due to
cache problems and swapping in RAM should be a lot faster than
swapping on hard drive. Am I correct?

How do I make sure the RAM disk is created in the upper 64 Mb?

I think I should have something like the following in my /etc/fstab

/dev/ram0   noneswapsw,pri=20   0
/dev/sda3   noneswapsw,pri=10   0

so the swap area in memory have a higher priority than the one on my hard
disk.

What should I do to enable swap space in RAM? Should I add a command like

mkswap /dev/ram0 65536

in /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh before the `swapon -a' command.

Thank you for any informations,

Chris

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Re: Which packages for c++ development?

[Christophe Broult]

"Peter Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>  egcc   - The GNU (egcs) C compiler.
>  egcs-docs  - Documentation for the egcs compilers (egcc, gobjc, g++).
>  g++- The GNU (egcs) C++ compiler.
>  libg++2.8.2 - The GNU C++ extension library - runtime version.
>  libg++2.8.2-dev - The GNU C++ extension library - development files.
>  libstdc++2.9 - The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
>  libstdc++2.9-dev - The GNU stdc++ library (development files)
> 
>So which do I need for development with an egcs-1.1b release and the Stl?

All of the previously mentioned packages except libg++2.8.2 and
libg++2.8.2-dev which should no longer be used.

Chris

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Re: rescue disk with Linux 2.0.35

[Christophe Broult]

Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> Is there a version of the rescue disk with Linux 2.0.35?

I've found how I could version 2.0.35 after reading section ``8.3
Replacing the Kernel'' http://www.debian.org/2.0/install.html:-(

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rescue disk with Linux 2.0.35

[Christophe Broult]

Hello,

Is there a version of the rescue disk with Linux 2.0.35?

Chris

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Re: fstab

[Christophe Broult]

"C.J.LAWSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>   Is it possible to specify which mount commands in my fstab should
> not me mounted at boot time. Or am I just going to have to resort to a
> seperate script for this 

If I correctly understand your question, you want to specify a mount
point in fstab that is not automatically mounted during boot time. So,
all you have to do is to add the option `noauto' in the corresponding
line, eg

/dev/sdb4 /dev/zip-vfat nfs defaults,noauto

Chris

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Re: setting dynamic rxvt titles with Xresoures/Xdefaults

[Christophe Broult]

"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[snip]

> with your user name, current directory, etc. then what you need to do is use 
> the bash
> PROMPT_COMMAND. bash runs the contents of this variable each time the prompt 
> is
> printed (you could achieve similar effect using the PS1 variable). Here's a 
> snip from
> a .bash_profile to get you started:
> 
> if [ "$TERM" = "xterm" -o "$TERM" = "xterm-color" -o \
>  "$TERM" = "rxvt"  -o "$TERM" = "vs100" ]
> then
>HOST=`hostname`
>USER=${USER:-$(whoami)}
>export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;$HOST($USER):$PWD\007"'
> fi
> 
> What's that? You don't run bash? If you don't run bash I don't know how to 
> make your
> shell do this. With ksh you should be able to get things working using the PS1
> variable.

As you seem pretty knowledgeable with bash usage, I have a question:

In my .bashrc I have:

PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w \$ '

So I get a prompt including a tilde in the prompt when the current
directory is under my home directory, ie ~/foo instead of
/home/broult/foo

Do you know how I can get the same behavior with the command you just
written for the PROMPT_COMMAND variable?

Thank you,

Chris

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Re: Time Server

[Christophe Broult]

Daniel Mashao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Long time ago when I was new to Linux I had a nice program that updated my
> system clock with time from somewhere on the net. Now I need that program
> again and have a hard time finding it using search engines and searching
> the infinite sunsite. Anybody knows what I am talking about and where I
> can find it?

You may consider using NTP or rdate (found in the netstd package).

Chris

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dpkg --status xntp3
Package: xntp3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 384
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 5.93-2
Replaces: xntp
Depends: libc6
Conflicts: xntp
Conffiles:
 /etc/cron.weekly/xntp3 4db595b81ca7ae4fda584fb92516a40d
Description: Network Time Protocol clients and server
 The Network Time Protocol allows for the synchronization of clocks on
 networked computers.  The xntpd daemon implements NTP, allowing Unix
 systems to participate in this synchronization.
 .
 NTP was designed with attention to details which might introduce
 systematic bias into the computations, and the protocol is capable of
 synchronizing with even the most precise external time sources.
 .
 The NTP protocol supported by xntpd is defined in RFC's 1059, 1119, and
 1305 for versions 1, 2, and 3, respectively.  For more information on how
 NTP works, and how to configure a campus of xntpd daemons, load the optional
 Debian package 'xntp3-doc'.

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Re: xfig not exporting

[Christophe Broult]

Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hallo,
> 
> When I try to export something from xfig I get the message:
> 
> Error during EXPORT (check standard error output)
> 
> How do I check "standard error output" to determine what is wrong?
> 

Assuming that you started xfig from an xterm window you should see
those messages in that window. To put it another way: start xfig from
an xterm and look at the messages in that window.

Chris


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Re: picons

[Christophe Broult]

Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Are there any good programs that use the picon* packages (personal
> icons)?  I'm looking for something as nice as Netscape's mail/news
> clients..  I looked at exmh and, well, it doesn't compare.

The xfaces program uses those packages to display the icons
corresponding to the received messages in your mailbox. You may also
look at JavaFaces (http://www.cruzio.com/~jthomas/javafaces/) which is
a Java implementation that works on many platforms due to its
implementation language. Morever this version can download the icon on
the fly from the picon repositories and thus you don't even need to
install the picon database locally but if I recall well when I was
using it the Java runtime was using a lot of memory:-(

Chris

> 
> Thanks
> -Paul
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Re: eject

[Christophe Broult]

Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [1  ]
> On Fri, May 15, 1998 at 12:04:26AM +, Timothy C. Phan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   It was my mistake.   It should be SyJET drive.  (From where
> >   I sit,  I can only see "SyQUEST") :)
> > 
> >   The reason that I was looking for such thing was that NT4.0
> >   can eject the catridge from the popup menu and I thought that
> >   there maybe a command do just that.
> 
> there is such a program for jazz drives, this MIGHT work with a SyJet since
> both SyJet and Jazz are scsi drives.  Look for 'jazztool' or something like
> that in debian 2.0.

The mtools package provides the command mzip

$ mzip -h
mzip: invalid option -- h
Mtools version 3.9, dated 10 March 98
Usage: mzip [-V] [-q] [-e] [-u] [-r|-w|-p|-x] [drive:]
-q print status
-e eject disk
-f eject disk even when mounted
-r write protected (read-only)
-w not write-protected (read-write)
-p password write protected
-x password protected
-u unprotect till disk ejecting
$

> [2  ]
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Re: gzip question

[Christophe Broult]

John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello
> 
> I have a non accessible (from linux) win95 partition [0]. I have
> downloaded a lot of files onto here that I want to install to linux.
> Some of these files are too large to put onto floppy, so they need to be
> split. I have gzip for dos on win95, also pkzip.
> 
> The command for pkzip would be pkzip -e0 -& a:\bla.zip *.* 
> What is the equivalent for gzip? How would I stich the files back
> together again?
> 

You may consider trying unzip.

Chris

DESCRIPTION
   unzip  will  list,  test,  or  extract  files  from  a ZIP
   archive, commonly found on MS-DOS  systems.   The  default
   behavior  (with no options) is to extract into the current
   directory (and subdirectories below it) all files from the
   specified ZIP archive.  A companion program, zip(1L), cre-
   ates ZIP  archives;  both  programs  are  compatible  with
   archives created by PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP for MS-DOS,
   but in many cases the program options or default behaviors
   differ.

> [0] - it is doublespaced. bleargh. I cannot remove it for work reasons.
> bleargh again.
> 
> 
> John
> 
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Re: PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel

[Christophe Broult]

Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 10:51:19PM -0400, jim wrote:
> > Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card?
> > /proc/pci reports
> > 
> > PCI devices found:
> >   Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
> > Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
> >   Medium devsel.  IRQ 12.  
> >   I/O at 0x6500.
> > 
> > but "modprobe ne.o 0x6500" locks the system up...
> 
> I have one of these in a system here; conf.modules says
> 
> options ne io=0x6100 irq=11
> 
> and it works fine. /proc/pci says
> 
> PCI devices found:
>   Bus  0, device  19, function  0:
> Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
>   Medium devsel.  IRQ 11.
>   I/O at 0x6100.
> 
> Interesting that yours has a different device number to mine. I have another
> of these cards again which is device 14; but that's in a 486. I think
> it's slot-dependent.

yet another NE2000 clone.

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
  Medium devsel.  IRQ 10.  
  I/O at 0x6100.

BTW, I've read somewhere that the support might be better in Linux
2.0.33 kernel.


Chris

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Re: where is tetex-base 0.9-1 ?

[Christophe Broult]

Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> For awhile now, tetex-bin in frozen has been requiring tetex-base >=0.9-1
> to install.  But that version of tetex-base doesn't exist in frozen.
> Anyone know where it currently can be found?

That version should appear soon in frozen. Meanwhile you may consider
installing the one dist/slink which works perfectly.

Chris

> 
> 
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-bin:
>  tetex-bin depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however:
>   Version of tetex-base on system is 0.4pl8-7.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> 
> 
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Re: 80 MB ram in debian system

[Christophe Broult]

Kirk Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [Concerning passing boot parameter with a boot disk.]
> 
> Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If you are just starting out and don't want to mess around
> > with configuration files or just want to experiment, you can manually
> > enter "mem=80M" (don't type the quotes) or whatever amount of RAM you have
> > at the "boot:" line.  You would have to do this each time you boot.  That
> > would be equivalent to 'append="mem=80M"' in your lilo.conf file.  LILO
> > really is the better way to go, as Alex pointed out.
> 
> How do I get the the "boot:" prompt?  I remember seeing it a while
> back, but now the first thing that I see is "Loading...".

You have to boot using LILO. 

> 
> Kirk Hilliard
> 
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Re: dpkg handling of configuration files

[Christophe Broult]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) writes:

>  Chapter 9 of the Packaging Manual describes "Automatic handling of
> configuration files by dpkg".  Essentially, this boils down to:
> 
>If neither the user nor the package maintainer has changed the file,
>it is left alone. If one or the other has changed their version, then
>the changed version is preferred .  .  .
>If both have changed their version the user is prompted about the
>problem and must resolve the differences themselves.
> 
>  Almost every time I run dselect to upgrade, I get the message
> about "confiles created by you or a script", and asking me to select
> which to keep.  In many cases, these are files that have not been
> changed since installation, in fact, in many cases they are files I
> didn't even know existed.  As I understand the packaging manual,
> dselect should silently leave this alone, or if the package maintainer
> has changed the script, silently install the new one.  
> 
>  This is annoying, and I would like to file a bug when it occurs,
> but I don't know if this a bug in dpkg or in the package being
> updated.

Look at http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.html

> Bob
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HAMM/project/experimental: error processing linuxconf_1.9r22-2_i386.deb

[Christophe Broult]

The subject says it all.

Chris


Setting up dpkg-ftp (1.5.1) ...
Unpacking linuxconf (from linuxconf_1.9r22-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linuxconf (1.9r22-2) ...
Cannot create /home/masoto/debian/linuxconf/debian/test/etc/hosts: No such file 
or directory
dpkg: error processing linuxconf_1.9r22-2_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

HAMM: Setting up modutils (2.1.85-1) ...

[Christophe Broult]

Hi,

I've just installed some new packages and for the following one, I
think a message like ``Press  to continue'' is missing after
the important note.

Chris


Unpacking replacement modutils ...
Setting up modutils (2.1.85-1) ...
Starting kerneld, version 2.1.85 (pid 6944)

IMPORTANT NOTES
===
1) Support for request-route has been dropped from modutils. If you
used this feature please switch to diald.

2) Debian GNU/Linux modutils now supports persistant module storage.
Please read the readme /usr/doc/modutils/README.Debian.gz before using
it though!

xscreensaver 2.15-3: couldn't get password...

[Christophe Broult]

Hi,

I'm running hamm and I'm using dselect with the ftp method to update
my system regularly.  A couple of days or so, there was an update of
xscreensaver and since then I get the following errors:

xscreensaver: couldn't get password of "broult"
xscreensaver: couldn't get password of "root"
xscreensaver: locking is disabled (error getting password).

Have I done something wrong or is it a know problem? This was working
before that update.

Thank you,

Chris


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