Re[2]: SB cfg problem - need docs
Sorry to bother everyone with this issue. The simple answer is that http://www.creativelabs.com/wwwnew/tech/spec/specs.html did actually have a rather nice configuration sheet for this card. Pictures and everything. I guess I just didn't think that they would have gone through this effort. Nicely done... My next adventure will be to visit the adaptec site, and hope that they have a similar configuration page available. Thanx for everyone's input. __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Re: SB cfg problem - need docs Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luis Francisco Gonzalez) at INTERNET-PUB Date:4/8/97 10:18 PM Hello all... I recently acquired a Sound Blaster 16 card for my debian box. I have seen the card working in a windows machine w/ an ide disk. After plugging it in and powering up, the card obviously conflicts with the adaptec 1542c controller. The machine will not boot. Unfortunately, the donor of the card has no configuration documentation for the SB16 and I need a little help. Does anybody out there know of a site that contains information for the jumpers and configs for this SB16 card? thanks in advance... Try Creative Labs' web site: http://www.creativelabs.com/ Hope this helps, Luis. -- Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = F8 B1 13 DE 22 22 94 A1 14 BE 95 8E 49 39 78 76
SB cfg problem - need docs
Hello all... I recently acquired a Sound Blaster 16 card for my debian box. I have seen the card working in a windows machine w/ an ide disk. After plugging it in and powering up, the card obviously conflicts with the adaptec 1542c controller. The machine will not boot. Unfortunately, the donor of the card has no configuration documentation for the SB16 and I need a little help. Does anybody out there know of a site that contains information for the jumpers and configs for this SB16 card? thanks in advance...
help - need to read a floppy from SCO
Hello all... I have a disk with some information on it that came from an SCO box (some version that was current about 3 years ago - 3.0 ODT ?). I recall that the disk was formated with the format command native to SCO. If im not mistaken the disk was mounted over /floppy and a tar file was copied straight to the mount point. As best as I can remember... Ive tried to mount this disk with a mount /dev/fd0 /floppy -t sysv, with no luck. Can anybody out there offer any suggestions. ... a very large thanks in advance ... regards dave
Make your kernel with make bZimage. ???
Make your kernel with make bZimage. This statement can be found on the boot disk rsc1440.bin in the file readme.txt I am rather new to the compiling of kernels and found that this statement did not work for me... I was able to run make bzImage however... Was that what I was supposed to execute? It did work for me... Sorry for the nitpicking, but I literally followed the instructions to the letter... Others may be as confused as I was (or am) ...
dsik with new kernel hung at rc.don (sort-of)
Hi all... Created a new kernel for my litlle compaq tecra laptop. (386sx, 6mb ram, 120mb +- HDD, mono vga) After doing a make bzImage, I copied the image to the floppy as linux and boot the contura with the new disk to perform a new install on this box. oh yeah - I ran the *sh file that the text file on the boot disk recommends - I cant remember the name at this time. The bootup goes well - no problems until the rc.done message appears. The machine just stops at this point. HOWEVER - After fooling around I found out that ALT+F2 worked. And I was able to install the system by running the dinstall executable. Any ideas on what I did wrong. Thanks in advance...Dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
want lilo on sda not sdb
after installing debian on sdb (the second drive in scsi based machine - scsi id2), lilo went and performed its installation to /dev/sdb, not /dev/sda ... woe is me - now I'll need to use a floppy to boot... I only can boot this machine from the floppy now. Can I tell lilo to install itself to the first SCSI disk (/dev/sda) on this machine? Does anybody out there suggest an alternate boot loader? Can I boot debian from the NT boot loader ??? This is a work based machine - that would be the best - considering the other users will use M$-NT on occasion ... if the nt boot loader is do-able can somebody send me a copy of what the boot.ini would look like ? regards, and thanx in advance - dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux file systems - frag-up
Hi - Can anybody out there familiar with linux filesystem formats tell me if I need to be concerned with file system fragmentation. I have a copy of the new AIX (4.1.4) on my rs6k and have noticed that it comes with a file sys. defrag utility. And so I am wondering if linux's filesystems frag-up, and if there are utilities for defragging them. regards thanks in advance - dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Doom .deb file for debian 1.2
Hello all... Can anyone tell me if there is a .deb file for doom, and/or any other game(s) similar to doom for debian. oh yeah ... A very merry Christmas and all that garb to all of you... -AND- a very prosperous new year to all the debian developers and the devoted debian users out there... who ever you are... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EGA driver for Xfree ?
Hello all... Can anybody out there tell me if there exists an X11/XFree86 driver for my ol' EGA monitor/card combo (IBM). Hate to ask - but I (sob weep ...) feel sorry for the poor thing - its brand new. (literally never been used) ... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: rawrite under nt - bad things happen...
RE: RAWRITE.exe under MS N/T - Bad things happen... The fix? was to load DOSKEY. I think it has something to do with memory pages. Maybe rawrite has to be on a single page and I added enough junk into that page to force it to find a whole new clean one. YES!!! I never thought of that - but I will give it a shot next time. I had a similar experience _MANY_ moons ago with another DOS application that I tried to use. (don't recall what it was...) I had (under ms-dos) about 613kb of 640kb free on a 16 MB machine. While running this app I received a 64kb boundary message. The cure was to use up a bit of memory and then - the app worked! Just goes to show - it really doesnt matter how much memory you have in that box... That MS-DOS sure is a tricky OS - isn't it? They sure did a great job of emulating the dos environment - didn't they ??? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rawrite under nt - bad things happen...
hello all ... Has anybody else out there tried to run rawrite/rawrite2 under NT ? I get this message when running rawrite: ... Number of sectors per track for this disk is 18 Writing image to drive A: Press ^C to abort. Attempt to DMA across 64K boundary and it stops right at this point - which is actually the beginning of the rawrite process. -ALSO- RAWRITE2.EXE actually locks my NT box up solid! Goes straight to a blue screen with the white letters telling me some message... got to push the red button... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
hello all ... I would like my xdm startup to start in 1024x768 resolution. How can this done - can it be done? I don't see any parameters in the xdm-config file ??? Also - on machines without xdm can I configure the startx process to start up res. of a users preference ??? Thanx again ... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What package do I need ? (libXpm.so.4)
Hello all... Installed the new 1.2 - loved it... 1) did any body else out there notice some funky things going on inside the drivers/modules selection menu? It worked but there was some strange goings on when I moved the selection bar up and down. 2) also - I installed the xfree packages. The new GUI setup app is great. 3) but after installing the fvwm2 afterstep Window managers. I get: fvwm2: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'. afterstep: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' What package do I need to install to get this lib? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
hello all... I should have been more specific when I spoke of the strangeness I saw in the drivers selection menu. I saw this in the net selection for ethernet device drivers. This was not serious because I could recognize my ethernet card by the description - BUT the 3c509 was not mapped correctly to the description of the card. _in_fact_ I didn't see it at all until I moved my section bar down to the next entry (which is not the 3c509 anymore). Well - that's what i see anyway ... anybody else see this behavior ??? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UMSDOS partition and debian
Hello all... I have gathered that it is possible to run the debian installation in a dos fat partition. I am hoping that this configuration would resemble the slakware installation running over the dos fat partition. I've not seen any documentation about how this has to be setup. ??? Does there exist a set of installation disks that will allow me to build the op. sys. over my existing dos file system(s) ??? I have several students / colleagues here that would like to try the os but cant / won't commit themselves to repartitioning disks so close to the end of the semester. (I'm not going to ask them to bring their boxes in so that I can fibs their disks for them - and run the risk ...) I would specifically like to have a drv_letter:\linux\... on a MS-DOg filesystem and would like to use the dos executable loadlin.exe to light the debian install at my convenience. I like the slakware install because they have made this install completely painless. However I prefer to run with the debian installation because: 1) slakware did not support my scsi controller that is integrated into my Hewlett Packard Vectra XV 5/133C. I _think_ its an AMD scsi controller. I'd have to reboot to be sure... -and- 2) IMHO - while the dselect package needs a facelift - it is functional. I prefer the debian OS - I just think the Debian linux variant is a better system than the others. Please help, keep up the great work, and Thanks in advance... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
Hello all ... Some idiot here has given me a vax! Specifically a 4100. Anyway I have no desire to run VMS - but I would consider running any form of a free Linux / unix on it. Q: is there a version of linux available for this platform ??? if there is no linux distrib available - does anybody have any other suggestions. IM NOT GOING TO RUN VMS OR ULTRIX - i don't have the funds to pay for the licenses ... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firewall on my web server
Hi all ... I need to install the tis firewall (fwtk) onto my debian machine which is also a web server. I have no other hardware to install it on so I need to run with what I have - our simple web server. I imagine it will take some time to properly configure this box. Personally speaking - I can't just install this package and lock out the users from doing their web page development. BUT - I have a rather pressing needs to start using this package - NOW. My questions: After installation of fwtk: Q1: Will my remote users/clients still be able to telnet into this machine - after the initial installation of this package. Q2: will the web services still be accessible to our network - after the initial installation of this package. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot disk SCSI kernel panic
Hello ... I have the same identical problem as you. And unfortunately I have not figured out a cure either. I had to resort back to using an older AHA 1542c controller.(which gives me no problems). I also have experimented with the slakware distribution and found that the darn thing worked nicely. (but that was several moons ago and I'm just not sure If I tried that experiment on my current hardware ... I say nicely, but I should say that it was actually impressive. At the time I had mount a 10mb/sec. drive and I liked the way this machine performed. Good luck ... __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Boot disk SCSI kernel panic Author: Lindsay Haisley [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET-PUB Date:10/13/96 2:06 AM Package: boot1440.bin / aic7xxx Version: Debian 1.1 I get a kernel panic on SCSI probing on attempting to boot from the standard Debian boot disk and can go no further. My system is a 486 DX2/80 with an Adaptec AHA2842 VL Bus SCSI card. boot1440.bin was obtained from \buzz\disks-i3\current on the 3 Oct 96 Debian CD from iConnect. On looking up the SCSI driver in the F4 help, I see that aic7xxx may receive the options extended,noreset. On checking the README for the driver on another Linux system, I see no reference to extended, and the correct syntax for noreset is no_reset. The latter portion of the boot sequence output is as follows (close, I hope, since I copied it by hand): aic7xxx: (aic7xxx_isr) Encountered Spurious Interrupt qlogicisp : PCI bios not present PPA: unable to initialize controller at 0x378, error 2 scsi0: Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 3.2/3.1/3.0 scsi : 1 host aic7xxx: Scanning channel A for devices aix7xxx: (aic7xxx_isr) BRKADRINT error(0x1): Illegal Host Access Kernel panic: aic7xxx (aic7xxx_isr) BRKADRINT, error(0x1) seqaddr(0x0) I had exactly the same difficulty with the Slackware 96 boot disk, write Patrick Volkering and Walnut Creek about it and never heard a word from them. It is worth noting that this same system is successfully running Slackware Linux, manually upgraded from kernel 1.2.18 which boots from a zImage bootdisk (kernel 2.0.12, or some such) made with make zdisk and the SCSI boot operation is executed with no problem. I don't know if this is a bug, a configuration problem, or a startup parameters problem, but I assume the former since I can find no documentation which might direct me to appropriate config or startup param solutions. Has anyone any knowledge of this problem and if it can be solved at my end? I'll be happy to supply additional information if necessary. Lindsay Haisley (__) FMP Computer Services (oo)The bull [EMAIL PROTECTED]/--\/stops here! Austin, Texas, USA / ||| 512-259-1190* ||---|| * * * * * * ~~ ~~ http://www.fmp.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tcpip communications not available
Hello all ... I have a strange problem that consistently comes up upon a reboot of two Debian nodes of mine. After these nodes reboot (cold or warm) no one can telnet to, or ping ... to them. HOWEVER - if I login as any user including root (onto the problematic machines consoles) and ping out to any functional node on my net. The ping session will pause for about 10-15 seconds and then start to communicate with that node getting very reliable timing of 1ms, AND NEVER one problem for the rest of the uptime of that machine. At this point any user from any other node will be able to telnet to, ping ... these machine with 0 problems, UNTIL that machine is rebooted (warm or cold) again. The cycle repeats itself... I am using a 3com 3c503 card, 486-100mhz, 16mb ram, aha1542c. ( a very simplistic setup ) Any ideas ??? As always - thanks in advance. Keep up the great work !!! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Filename case - the simple solution ...
Resolving the case problem can also be solved VeRy simply by typing the one magical word... case - NEXT TIME - when you do your FTP'ing don't forget to use the case statement. For example ... ftp bin 200 Type set to I ftp prompt Interactive mode off -AND- last but surly not least ... ftp case Case mapping on ftp mget * There, wasn't that easy and completely painless. But: no pain - no pain...
Unidentified subject!
hello all ... I'm working on a machine that has a 1.2 gb hdd in it (scsi) 1 gig is ms-dog 200 mb is debian. because I have transferred my debian system to a dedicated machine, I would like to reclaim that 200 meg and append it to the 1 gb dos partition without reformatting the 1 gb partition and the data that's on it. Any ideas - I figure if anyone would know it would be someone from this group. Otherwise - I backup, fdisk, and restore. whoa-is-me... As always any help is appreciated... Thanx in advance.
sound blaster or GUS
Hello all... The FHF has struck again... Someone has dropped off a sound blaster card on my desk, and I'm about to install it in my debian box. It is an original Creative labs Sound blaster. oh yeah - speakers and a microphone also. -- The problem is: (my ignorance) I have never used any type of sound card in any type of machine and/or operating system. (winblowz, slackware, debian...) So... I could use some guidance as to how to configure and test it. In addition I would like to know what my software options are when it comes to using it with the debian OS. Pardon my ignorance I just have no clue what this thing-a-ma-bob is good for. Maybe an X11 gui cdrom player ??? i dunno... Oh yeah - actually the Free Hardware Fairy gave me two sound cards. The other one is a Gravis Ultra Sound - it's neat, the circuit board is red! Based on the color (or technology) of the card, should I consider using the Gravis U.S. instead of the Sound bastard??? Thanx in advance ... Any help is greatly appreciated.
imagemagick depends on libtiff3
Hello all ... I'm trying to install imagemagick ... -AND- I get the following messages: imagemagick depends on libtiff3 libtiff3 does not appear to be available. Q1: Can somebody tell me where I can find libtiff3 ? Q2: Is it a .deb installation file ? Thanx in advance ... Your help is greatly appreciated.
fvwm2 as default wm from xdm
Hello all ... a debian node of mine is using xdm ... Q1? Can someone please tell me how to set fvwm2 as the default window manager. Q2? Is there a deb install package for olwm/olvwm and those related apps that go along with it? (such as the slackware install has) Thanx in advance. As always - your help is appreciated...
static vs. dynamic - gimp
Hello all. I would like to install gimp. Pardon my ignorance ... I see that there are two versions. gimp-dmotif (dynamic) vs. gimp-smotif (static) I am using a standard debian install with X, tcp/ip ... I would like to know : q1 - how do I know if I can use the static version? q2 - given a choice between both, what version would be better or faster Are there any pros and/or cons to choosing one or the other when both are valid options for a given machine (i.e.. speed vs. size ... )? Thanx in advance ... Keep up the good work - it is greatly appreciated.
Console Setup
Hello all ... I'm getting the following information upon bootup of my debian box. The console seems to work fine... Can anyone tell me if I should be concerned with the information below - and how to fix it ??? Console setup: Linking /dev/console to cannot open file N Cannot open font file N run-parts: /etc/rc.boot/0kbd exited with return code 1 Thanx in advance ...
help - cant find fonts ...
Hello all ... Can someone please help me resolve some (or all) of these missing fonts? I get the following messages after running xinit, and then starting fvwm and fvwm2 reports: can't get font -adobe-times-bold-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* can't get font -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* can't get font -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* gwm - reports: Cannot find font *-helvetica-bold-o-normal--18-* Cannot find font *-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-* Cannot find font *-times-bold-r-normal--18-* Cannot find font *-symbol-medium-r-normal--14-* Later - if I decide to start netscape, I get : Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Thanx in advance.
netscape de-caffeinated
The browser works fine, but I can't get any java applets to work. I
have the setting set right and used the package setup that Brian
put together, but something still isn't working. I don't receive any
errors when I aim at a page that I know has an applet on it, it
just doesn't work. The
applet space is blank.
Strangely enough this situation came up on my cluster of ten spark
stations. (one disk server {nis} and 9 nis clients)
The root user is able to view java apps no_problem (nice and speedy)
however the casual users are getting a blank area for the java app.
Java_30 has been moved to all suggested locations for test purposes.
AND lately when a user tries to view the app the netscape client
application crashes, dumping core.
Unidentified subject!
hey ... I would like to mount a filesystem from my crummy IBM RS6000 R20 onto my massive 486-66 w 8 mb of ram. THE QUESTION - How big can a Debian ( and/or slakware) filesystem be?? - AND is that size limitation consistent with nfs mount points? ALSO: - are there any nfs howtos that would be helpful to pick through? - Where can I find docs about security tips for/with NFS? As a point of reference... AIX 3.2.5 can mount a file system of _ONLY_ 2 gig !!! AIX 4.1.4 can mount filesystems of 64 gig. AIX 4.2 - rumor has it 4.2 will work with 128 gig filesystems. mucho Thanxo in advance ...
eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet
While using the dpkg-ftp option within dselect - I am able to get the few packages that I requested - HOWEVER - I also get these messages at random locations in my download session eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: CU wedged, status 0240 , resetting ... couldn't get a free page eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet Any body care to shine some light on what this is all about? Thanx in advance...
rename a machine
Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my machine ??? If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the original name returns. Where is this info written ? Thanx in advance...
Re[2]: DEBIAN Linux on floppy disks
use a cable to transfer the files to the laptop from the machine with the cdrom. Dont forget to use a proper cable setup... It'll save your ass a ton-o-time. and you wont have to be splitting files across floppies. I use xtgold's xtlink which works great... BUT - if you dont have xtlink... MS-DOG provides the software called interlnk, which does the same thing - more or less. __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Re: DEBIAN Linux on floppy disks Author: debian-user@lists.debian.org at INTERNET-PUB Date:6/12/96 10:34 AM Fritz Ilg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am a Linux novice and I have a Slackware Linux distribution installed on my Toshiba 105CS Satellite, which works fine. I am planning to install DEBIAN Linux on to my Laptop. Unfortunately I have no CD-ROM drive avail- able with this Laptop which make this attempt impossible. I have one CD-ROM with the DEBIAN Linux distribution on it. As I am able to run this CD on a Windows-based PC-System WIN95 on a seperat computer I thought it might be possible to make floppys, like I did with the Slackware distribution. I soon realized that a lot of files are too large to fit onto the disk. Is there anybody out there ...who can give me some advises how I can solve this problem.
Re: 1.1 installation notes.
I just installed the beta debian 1.1, over a very old Slackware system (I'm going to update a debian 0.96 system soon, using floppies no less). I used .deb files that I had ftp'ed on April 26, but the boot,root,base disks I freshly ftp'ed. It went very smoothly. One trouble is that I find the dselect Select screen confusing. Admittedly, It is not immediately obvious to me which line is the selection. Also I was surprised, the first time I used dselect, to see each section (admin, doc, text, etc.) show up multiple times. I would prefer not starting in a split-screen mode here. ... The deselect/select application does wonderful things. However with sophistication comes complexity and confusion, and this package can be confusing - to a new user or someone coming from the slackware environment. It would be nice if the package could appear more visually inutative. Obviously with losing any of its functionality. I have found the dependancy list to be a bit confusing also... However - I think the overall package is GrEaT !!! Everyone take a bow for your exceptional efforts...
