Exploring the recent QT open source issue.
Before I go on, first allow me to make this note. If you have any biased, like to flame, argue or debate without merit or fact to hold your position, please do NOT read any further. I would like to ask a serious question about KDE vs. Gnome without futile debates and idiotic tangents based on one's biased opinion of one or the other. My question relates to Debian's position on KDE at this point. Now that QT has a license that can be considered open source, how are the Debian maintainers going to follow up on this? On /. today there was mention of some people deciding to leave Gnome to return to the development circle of KDE, being that they don't wish to re-invent the wheel. I doubt that this will cause great instability in the development effort of Gnome in the long run, but it brings up some interesting issues. Will Debian now package KDE applications in DEB files now that QT is open? Is Debian, like RedHat, going to still consider Gnome to be the official kit for their distribution? Are considerations being made to allow for both? I am not going to pass judgement on anyone's opinion, but rather welcome the opportunity to see where the Debian community really wants to go in. Our company purposely stepped back from doing any more X based development and holds to using Java and its JFC(Swing) toolkits until the stability of the source tree's become accepted. Since all our development machines are running on Debian, and we like the easy maintainance of the packaging, we wonder if we will have the choice through packaging when it comes, or if Gnome will still be the only packaged kit distributed by the Debian group. -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet
Re: Dselect using CD.
You must set up which device its on. You can find this out by looking in dmesg. They are looking for something like /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc etc, based on where your cdrom is located on the machine. Bret Craw wrote: How do you use the CD rom for installing the packages through Dselect. In the screen to select the device to be used, it asks for the block id. What is that? Bret Craw Maintenance Renewal -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet
TCP Wrappers
Can anyone tell me how to get around the following problem: I have tcp wrappers set up in inetd.conf. When I try to telnet to the server, it takes quite a long time before I get the prompt. In hosts.allow I have set up ... ALL: 192. ... which should be allowing all internal hosts onto the machine without having to do reverse resolution. However, it still is. If I add my ip to the /etc/hosts file, then I get the login prompt IMMEDIATELY on connect. What can I do to have the wrappers NOT do a reverse lookup. I am thinking perhaps the tcpd maintainer may have compiled PARANOID into the package, but I can not confirm that this may be the case. I definitely do not wish to add each workstation in the /etc/hosts file, since having several hundred entries is pretty ugly. Any help would be really appreciated. -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet
Re: where'd my cd go?
Isn't the mount parameters usually: mount -t filetype device mntpoint? In any case, if you have a whole bunch of windows cds, perhaps they are joliet cds? Have you tried just mounting it WITHOUT a file type, or using vfat? mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /cdrom Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: Unless my memory has faded even more, a possibility I won't rule out, I used to be able to mount cd's with mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t iso9660 I now get, mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems eyry:/home/hawk# mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t iso9660 mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems Have I forgotten something? I've tried this with my imsl documentation disk, and a couple of windows disks. I just bought a gaggle of windows programs for the kids as the local dollar store had them for .99 and 1.99, and I need to get them off the cd's and onto the laptop. Preferably to run under dosemu and windows . . . (hey, my 7 year old can use linux. And preferred linux games like xjewel to the fancy windows stuff. I'm trying to keep her sheltered as long as possible, and not have to explain the ugly facts of the real world--like microsoft :) -- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet
PAP With Diald
Can anyone give me any help with setting up PAP with diald? My ISDN line currently locks with the DTE flashing, and the logs show I am not authenticating properly. I added --name eppdm to my /etc/init.d/diald, as some people suggest that in some help docs and avenues. However, it doesn't seem to work for me. Any info, a HOWTO or URL would be greatly appreciated. -- Dana M. Epp Director NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: IRC for Linux
Try Kirc. http://x.unicom.net/kirc Best MDI client I've seen out there for X. Still in development phase, but the developer is working hard on it. Bruno Simoes wrote: Hi all; Does somebody know some user friendly program to use IRC , like mIrc , for Linux? Thank you Bruno -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Dana M. Epp Director NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Epson Stylus 400
Can anyone tell me if the Epson 400 Color Stylus can work under Linux. I can force it to do normal text, but I can not get it to do anything when in X, such as printing in Netscape or StarOffice. I installed the apsfilter, but I fear It does not work right for me. Any suggestions, help or direction would be appreciated. -- Dana M. Epp Director NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: bootable Debian 1.3.1 CD
Well, I am sure you can build your own.. but why bother. Go spend 9 bucks, and buy the CD SuperPack at Linux System Labs. I am not affilated with them in any way, other than being a satisfied customer. If you purchase the cd pack, you get 7 cds. 1) SlackWare 3.4 2) Red Hat (vr 5 I believe) 3) Debian BINARY 1.3.1 cd 4) Debian SRC 1.3.1 cd 5-7) 3 pack of the Sunsite archieves. Their web site also said somehting about packaging Caldra OpenLinux Lite for a while.. so if yer quick.. you would probably get that as well. Or you can buy just the Debian distro... which is a two cd set, one bin one src. Every time I gotta install on a new machine, I just put in the Debian BIN cd... select boot CDROM, C .. and boom... automatically install when I save the cmos settings. You can get the CD Super Pack for $9 bucks at: http://www.lsl.com/catalog/packages.html You can get the Debian 2 CD set for $4 bucks at: http://www.lsl.com/catalog/software/debian-1.3/. Saves LOADS of time and hastle when having to rawrite the disks, switch all the disks in and out, and go running for packages with dselect. (On the base ssytem. ... you will wanna upgrade the kernel and other packages PDQ for things like teardrop etc.) Christian Hagemeier wrote: Hi! My motherboard supports the feature to boot from a CD-ROM. I read that I can install Debian this way. But how do i create such a CD? Or is the Official CD such a bootable CD? Chris -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Dana M. Epp Director NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: installing xlib6g (libc6)
I've had that problem quite a bit, where things require lib6g, or standard lib6.. and I've had the other installed. (Depends which system I'm on). Anyways... I have found you can force the install... and in every case to date.. its worked fine. Try this... dpkg --force-depends -i package.deb So far.. I have been able to install all packages that require the reciprical of what I have .. and I have yet to come across a problem. Some die-hards will say this insn't all to clean, but as I have stated.. it works fine on about 4 different machines I've done it on. Paolo M. Pumilia wrote: Hi all, I have made several attempts to install xlib6-dev_3.3-4.deb, yet i did not succed. dpkg complains: . . . dpkg: regarding xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb containing xlib6g: xlib6g conflicts with xlib6 ( 3.3-5) xlib6 (version 3.3-4) is installed. dpkg: error processing xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing xlib6g Errors were encountered while processing: xlib6g_3.3.1-2.deb In fact xlib6 and xlib6-dev are installed, but version 3.3-4 seems to be the latest available one; it should not be considerd 'much less' than 3.3-5. In any case, where xlib6_3.3-5 and xlib6-dev_3.3-5 can be found? thank you Paolo Pumilia -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Dana M. Epp Director NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmaster.ca Connecting networks to the Internet... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Any librarians around?? :)
Can anyone recommend a good ORA type book(s) on IP masquarading and Firewalls in conjunction with Debian with, if possible, full title, ISBN and data of publication. Would really appreciate it. -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Cleaning dselect
Does anyone know a way to clean dselect to only show info on the installed packages? I botched some of it, and now its nuts trying to figure what is to be installed.. what is considered on purge.. and what is removed. I have entries for packages that haven't installed correctly (ie xv.. due to a conflict ) that isn't on the system to work with anyways... I'd like it removed. -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: simple questions
Hi Clay. 1) Yes, Debian can co-exist with Win95. Using something called LILO( Linux Loader ), it can become your boot manager, which will allow you boot multiple OS's. 2) You can get plenty of packages for Debian for compiling other languages. Java, C, C++, Perl and shell scripting are just a few of the many exciting languages you can code under. And god forbid.. shucky darns.. no VB. ;-) Best thing you could do is buy a book on Linux and dive in. Running Linux by O'rieley and Associates seems to be a good start for many people, as it starts with the customization and installation of Linux right down to its use. Personally. I would suggest breaking down and going to www.lsl.com and buying the CD SuperPak, which contains 7 cds FULL of linux stuff. My fav.. is the Debain 1.31 Source CD, and Binary CD.. which made my first installs nice. It also includes RedHat, Slackware and a sunsite archive 3 cd set. And hey.. its like 10 bucks. Good luck. Clayton Berry wrote: Howdy. I'm new to linux/gnu and have a couple questions I haven't been able to find answers to. 1) Can Debian co-exist with my windows95 environment? 2) Does Debian come with compilers for languages other than Xwindows. (i.e. c, c++, java, and such?) I realize these are probably simple questions, but I got tired of surfing pages to find the answers. Thanks a lot! Clayton Berry -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Issues with libc6-deV install over libc5 stuff.
I am currently trying to install a few packages under Debian, and I keep faiing on my dpkg. I am trying to install libc6-deV, but it conflicts with libc5-dev. However, if I try to remove libc5 stuff I have problems trying to do so. Is there a way to override the conflict, and install libc6 stuff over libc5? -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Still with the libc6-dev issue.
I would like to thank everyone for pointing me to the mini-howto. I still seem to have this resource conflict, and I was wondering if someone could tell me what step I missed? In order, here is what I did: 1)installed ldso_1.9.5-2 2)installed libc6_2.0.5c.0.1 3)installed ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-2 and ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-5 4)installed libreadline2_2.1-7 and libreadlineg2_2.1-7 5)installed bash_2.0.1-5 6)installed libg++272_2.7.2.8-0.1 7)installed dpkg_1.4.0.19, dpkg-d_1.4.0.19 and dpkg-ftp 8)attempted to install libc6-dev_2.0.5c-0.1 and failed. I then went on and did the following: 9)DOWNGRADED to libc5_5.4.33-3 10)DOWNGRADED to libc5-dev_5.4.33-3 11)reinstalled libc6_2.0.5c.0.1 12)attempted to install libc6-dev* At this point it still is in conflict. I don't really HAVE any *-dev packaged to purge that are an issue here(That I know of). What critical step did I miss... or what tangent did I take which wasn't condusent to the requirements of the install? Many thanks for the responses -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
