Re: X server fails to start
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:56:55AM +0100, Ben Kal wrote: On 7 Jun 2003 Fred Bowker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed debian linux woody 3.0 r1 When it starts up it tries to load the x server then fails I used XFree86 -Configure and this gave me a new config file to test however this gave me the same problems Your error log at one point says: (EE) Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device) (EE) means error, as is explained at the start of the log. I don't know what /dev/agpgart is for and if the fatal server error you get is due to the non-existence of that device, but I presume this must be fixed anyhow. To my knowledge, one cannot expect the X server to start after (EE) messages. What chip are you using? I recall one box at work that had either an i810 or i815 chip and required the creation of /dev/agpgart. You might do a google search on /dev/agpgart, I bet you would find plenty. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux , Kernel 2.5.10 FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE OpenBSD 3.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Re: CALL FOR HELP
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 03:59:04PM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote: =?iso-8859-1?q?=20?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FROM: MRS MARYAM XXX XX COTE D' IVOIRE TEL:XXX- XX-XX-XX-XX [snip for confidentiality] I responded to a similar letter a while back concerning the civil unrest in Nigeria and the plot of smuggling funds into the United States, but the recipient failed to respond. What are you all's opinion of this letter? Did anyone else respond to the others? Is anyone going to help this person by visiting that part of the world? Is there anyone on this list living in Abidjan? I do wonder if this letter is a form of propaganda against the old rulers of these nations - the military elite that may have possessed, or may have allegedly possessed, large funds of money. It seems that if someone really has millions of dollars they wouldn't need to be spamming a debian user group looking for help. This is just another variation on a type of scam that has been going on for years and has been amply reported just about everywhere. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4, Kernel 2.4.18 FreeBSD 4.5 STABLE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to Upgrade from Potato to Woody?
On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 03:49:50PM -0900, Greg C. Madden wrote: On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 07:58, Ed Lawson wrote: This was posted by Dwarf on the devel list. Slighty edited for brevity. http://www.polaris.net/~dwarf/ snip 2. Before doing the upgrade, but after an 'apt-get update', first do: apt-get install apt dpkg apt-utils Lots of stuff gets removed at this stage, probably because of dependencies on libraries that have to be upgraded for apt and dpkg. Best I can tell, these all get repaired later in the upgrade. I've added apt-utils to this pre-upgrade list because debconf complains that it isn't installed otherwise, and fails to do its thing. 3. Now an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' is possible, but when the smoke clears it is still necessary to do 'apt-get -f install' to clean up some minor messes. I have done several upgrades lately, following these basic instructions, and all have performed perfectly. Admittedly, most of these have been rather vanilla installations, but each has some significant differences (all amd or intel, however), and the upgrade has been a breeze. In the past, not following this particular course, I have had some difficult upgrades, so I was very impressed. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4, Kernel 2.5.5 FreeBSD 4.5 STABLE
Re: Where can I get JetAdmin for Linux?
Thanks to all for the suggestions about getting the LaserJet 8000 running with the new debian box. Due to other matters I've only had a little time to put some of these suggestions into play, but I'll let you know how things turn out. Thanks again. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.5.1-pre8 FreeBSD 4.4
Re: Where can I get JetAdmin for Linux?
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:29:43PM -0500, dman wrote: Can you ping it? Can you telnet to it? (try port 80 for the webserver, 631 to try and do IPP and 9100 for JetDirect; if you type stuff while telnetted to 9100 it will spit out of the printer as plain text) On a jetdirect box at work I get the following : $ nmap 192.168.0.5 Severl things here that I will try today. I had no luck either pinging or trying to telnet, but as I recall I tried only port 631. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.5.1-pre8 FreeBSD 4.4
Re: Where can I get JetAdmin for Linux?
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 04:48:30PM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote: No, JetAdmin and CUPS/lp* do very different things. Among other things, JetAdmin and friends can communicate via SNMP to a networked printer, allowing you to do fun things like reboot it or query paper status and things like that. CUPS/lp* only handle local queue stuff. They don't do much talking to printers beyond sending jobs to them. I hate to leap in here, but I have been just looking at a similar problem. The basic setup: old standalone NT box, using LaserJet 8000 DN printer. JetDirect software, and the card, were installed but never used. New debian box (have to share with W2000) connected to LAN. Is there any way to use the debian box to (a) feed print jobs to the 8000, and (b) monitor print status, queue, etc., thru JetAdmin and JetDirect? The 8000 has to remain with the old NT box as the basic setup, but it seems a shame to waste it's rather significant potential. I have looked around for some linux JetAdmin stuff, found nothing. I have a second card in the new box that I tried connecting to the JetDirect card, to see what I could do, but so far no luck. Perhaps even tho there is no JetAdmin stuff available for linux, are there other possible ways of controlling this big dog of a printer thru the debian box? I suspect that the original poster is in somewhat the same situation, wondering what to do next? Thanks for any decent suggestions. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.5.1-pre8 FreeBSD 4.4
Re: Where can I get JetAdmin for Linux?
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 05:22:29PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: Well, you could print to it via Samba, or you could plug your networked printer into the hub, give it ip address etc., and set up CUPS with socket://my.hp.printer:9100/ on the Debian side. I haven't tried Samba yet, altho did a bit of looking at it. I did plug it into the hub, set up a new ip address, but had no luck communicating with it. When you say tried connecting, did you use crossover cable? Yes Did you add route to 192.0.0.192 (or whatever your printer's Yes; that's the default on the printer. I also changed the ip using the configuration capabilities of the printer. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.5.1-pre8 FreeBSD 4.4
Re: OT: Rant
On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 04:55:05PM -0600, Kent West wrote: I know it's not appropriate to rant, especially off-topic, but I just gotta! I really miss WordPerfect! And I wish there were some open-source software that did what it does. Ditto to the entire rant. I still have W98, in order to use WordPerfect. I tried using Wine, but could not save documents (There may be a way to do it, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out.) Maybe some day . . . -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.5.1-pre8 FreeBSD 4.4
Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 01:55:41PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: Brian Nelson wrote: Why not just download the kernel-source package? Similar to the vanilla ones, but usually with a few patches applied. That's exactly why not. I'd rather have a vanilla Linus kernel source tree to which I can apply patches without worrying about whether they'll conflict with whatever patches the Debian maintainers decided to apply. The package installs the bzip2'ed source in /usr/src. Just tar -jxf it, configure with 'make menuconfig' or whatever, and then build a custom kernel-image package with 'make-kpkg kernel_image'. I have not found any reason to prefer make-kpkg over make bzImage and manually installing the kernel image. I find it's much easier to manage and install kernel-images using the packaging system. I have not found this to be the case. Installing kernels isn't that complex a process anyway. I hate to wade in on this, but I used to use make-package, but have returned to just using the plain kernel package process, which I find to be so simple, and so amenable to changes I want to make, that it results in a very pleasant process. In fact, I try out new kernels just to see how some new features work, what it's feasible to change, and it is, for me, just fun to use the basic kernel. I expect that either will work,and I have used, and appreciated, debian for years, but not for kernel purposes. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.4.9 FreeBSD 4.3
Re: Reiserfs in kernel2.4.7
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 06:01:16PM +0800, Liu Tao wrote: Yes, I see. Thank you all. And I like this maillist more and more :-) On Wednesday 01 August 2001 22:22, Hall Stevenson wrote: Can someone tell me how to add reiserfs support to kernel 2.4.7? I can't find reiserfs support in make config. Answer Yes to, I believe, the first question it asks you about... Something about experimental or development configurating. In the file systems section of the config file there is also a flag that appears in my config file as CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.4.7 FreeBSD 4.3
Re: My favorite German post
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:12:53PM +0200, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote: Hi, On Sat, 19 May 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: actually I think it's a combined english german message, it starts with english then drifts into german, here's the same message divided into english and german parts (using !): Re: Outlook, die! Schweinepest des Internets der (male), die (female), das (neutral) = the The German word die (pronounced dee) has nothing to do with death. I don't think the original poster was seriously trying to translate. We like to call it a joke. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.4.4 FreeBSD 4.2
Re: Can you help me: one error in make bZimage
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 04:57:21PM +0100, Juan Ram?n Fern?ndez Vera wrote: When I run make bZimage, the make said: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/include -E -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o bbootsect.s as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 The files: bbotsect.s and bbotsects.S are both in /usr/src/kernel_source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot Where are the mistake? I think you need the package bin86 from debian. It will supply you with as86. That's probably all you need. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.4.3 FreeBSD 4.2
Re: gdm login
Keith Johnson wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 11:07:42PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote: I just did a fresh install of woody and ximian gnome on my laptop. Everything seems to be working fine, but when I try to login using gdm it goes black like it's going into X and then goes right back to gdm. No errors of any kind appear. I've checked all the logs including the .xsession-errors in my home directory. I can switch to a virtual console and log in just fine. Any ideas on what the problem might be? Thanks! Non authoritative answer Try killing gdm, then starting the x-server with startx from the console. That might point you in the right direction in what is screwing up. Also, make sure you are not starting anything in .Xresources that is exiting, the server will shutdown when when it (meaning the anything) does. (don't know why) I've had a similar problem with gdm, on my home machine, and I did the same thing, just killed gdm and have been logging in using startx. I haven't had the time to investigate further, and since it came up after a small update (some vim stuff that resulted in the update of other files, all in unstable), I'm guessing it had something to do with the update. At first I thought it was a password problem, but that seems not to be the case, and with others reporting it, wonder if we somehow all hit an update window that caused the problem. There is nothing obvious in the log files, at least not obvious to me!
potato and kernel 2.4.1
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 08:48:33PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Ankit Jain wrote: I have a fresh installation of Debian 2.2r2(Potato) with kernel 2.2.18pre21. I compiled and installed kernel 2.4.1 (following the instructions given in kernel-package) It installed fine.. but when i boot it , it can't find any modules! the mods are installed in /lib/modules/2.4.1 How can i get 2.4.1 to work with potato? You have to upgrade at least modutils. See [1] for more information on the required packages to get 2.4.1 running on potato. I run unstable here at home just for fun, but at work I wanted to upgrade the kernel to 2.4.2. with a potato setup. I've used debian for many years but, as I don't work in the computer field, my skills are pretty rudimentary. So I was looking for some excellent advice. I used your web site Adrian and it worked like a breeze, with nary a hiccup. Thanks for you help, and I highly recommend your help to others. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Kernel 2.4.2 FreeBSD 4.2
Re: WinModem
12/12/00 2:48:28 PM, urbanyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've heard the same thing, and from several reliable sources. with my system, i bought a new modem. On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Stephan Kulka wrote: Is there any possibility to configure Debian to work with WinModem (any drivers?) Koz³o AFAIK WinModems are cripled, i.e. they only understand a part of the hayes standard command. I admit that I never had this problem and only read about that, but it is a known problem and can only be solved by buying a new modem, I think. If someone on the list knows more, then go ahead. Actually, go to www.linmodems.org, and read the linmodem-HOWTO. You can get some winmodems to work fine; I had one I used for about a year w/ no trouble. Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, kernel 2.4.0-test12 FreeBsd 4.2
Re: X
Andre Berger wrote: Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:37:46PM -0500, chudpi wrote: Also, could anyone tell me how to activate the locatedb so I can use locate? Thanx. XsX don't turn your computer off at night. (the locatedb is rebuilt in a daily cron job run at 06:25) Or use anacron... Or just run updatedb. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.17 FreeBSD 4.0
Sound, card cs461x, basic questions
Debianistas I have finally decided to venture into sound on debian. The card is one of the cs461x flavor, and I have a number of questions that I would like to direct to someone who has sound working with that specific type of card, because it appears to have some idiosyncracies not shared by other sound cards. My kernel is 2.2.17-ide, and the cs461x module appears in modconf. I would appreciate it if someone who has this card configured has a little time to help a linux-sound-dummy, please e-mail me and I can describe further where I am. Thanks. Gary Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 FreeBSD 4.0
Re: dev/mouse
staf wagemakers wrote: /dev/mouse is (normally) a link to the real mouse device, you can create it with the ln command. ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/ttySxx ( or /dev/psaux if you've a ps2 mouse ) Isn't it the other way, i.e., ln -s /dev/ttySxx /dev/mouse? -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.17 FreeBSD 4.0
Re: Please help with some harddisk error
Quoting Juli-Manel Merino Vidal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 12:21:35PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
Hi,
I am getting some harddisk errors on one of our production
servers. We also have the same hardware for two other
servers(web/proxy) running 2.0.36/hamm with no problems.
* * * *
Errors:
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=34431,
sector=34368
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 34368
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=34431,
sector=34368
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 34368
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=34431,
sector=34368
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 34368
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=279631,
sector=279568
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 279568
We are gettting thounsands of these messages. However, the
server still runs ok, but some files are damaged randomly.
I'm afraid this is a phisical disk error. I got this kind of errors on
a disk I had and it was really bad... It worked but sometimes
corrupted files because of wrong sectors.
__
I had similar errors on a drive that got corrupted from a
power interruption. I had to reinstall, but it worked fine after that.
Gary
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
FreeBSD 4.0
Linksys LNE100TX problem solved
Gentlemen Thanks to everyone who made suggestions about how to get my ethernet card working on ADSL. This was my first experience with ethernet cards. The card uses the tulip driver, and altho the driver would install, the system would not recognize it, i.e., it would not be assigned an interrupt, even with the PnP OS option disabled in the BIOS. I switch quite frequently between W98 and Linux, and discovered that if I just did a warm boot from W98 to linux, the interrupt was not assigned. I assume there must be a better solution than shutting down first. I thought at one time there was some sort of kernel patch to permit assignment of an interrupt without depending on the BIOS. If this makes sense with the problem I have, perhaps someone could let me know. Anyway, thanks again to everyone. Gary Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.17 FreeBSD 4.0
Linksys LNE100TX ethernet lan card
Gentlemen: I installed the LNE100TX card for adsl service, it's a pnp device which says it works with linux, and I'll bet it does but not for me. Anyway, I have run potato for some time, pretty up to date, with a 2.2.17pre6 standard kernel. The precompiled tulip.o driver for the ethernet card installs, but does not seem to be recognized by dhcp or pump. I got a copy of tulip.o compiled for 2.2.16, and force installed it and got the same result. The LNE100TX has wake-on-lan feature that I do not have connected, nor do I need. The installation disketter contains tulip.c, version 0.91g (I think, I'm at work at the moment, might be 0.91k), which they recommend using for the wake-on-lan feature. I seem to have no better luck with that module. So the long and the short of it is, I'm looking for anyone who might have installed this card and gotten it running on a debian box, preferably one a whole like mine. The card works fine on W98, altho the install there was not without its flaws, but I like to spend the majority of my time on linux. Altho I have used debian for several years, my knowledge level is learn on the go so I might be overlooking some- thing very obvious. Thanks for any help. Gary
Re: Mouse Doesn't Work with X
Quoting Gary Hennigan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: gabe lamarche [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had this same thing happening to me. The problem seems to be some kind of conflict with gpm (the terminal mouse package). I found that if I turned stopped gpm my mouse worked fine in X. First, the best way to stop gpm would be: /etc/init.d/gpm stop Or, if you use the mouse, as I do, install gpm from slink (I think it might be 1.14, or something like that), and use /dev/psaux and ps2 in our configuration. Works like a charm. Gary
Alsa-modules
The alsa-modules binaries have not been available at debian or any of the mirrors for several days now. Anyone know why?
Re: ATA 66 support in Debian
Quoting Daniel Whelan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i use Debian 2.1 slink but it looks that ATA66 doesnt work - HD Maxtor Diamond Max. Is ATA66 supported in Debian, if so what to do ? It depends on the kernel you're using, Peter. ATA66 support was added sometime in the 2.3.x kernel series; the 2.4.0-test3 is the most recent. As far as I know, there is no ATA66 support in the 2.2.x series (perhaps there is a kernel patch though). Anyway, with a kernel that supports it I've had no trouble using it under debian. If you look in the potato directory, in the udma66 file, I believe you'll find kernel-image-2.2.17pre6 (?), which has a patch for ATA66. Gary
Problems leaving computer on overnight
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:41:00AM -0700, Dan Hutchinson wrote: I have been doing the same test at work with a Micron PC. I would second the sluggishness and I am finding it wierd that the clock works for some time then stops updating until I move my mouse. I thought perhaps I was a bit daft, but I also have had the same experience with the clock one day. I unfortunately did not note the setup I had at the time. I use a variety of X window managers (sawmill, icewm, uwm, enlightenment) and gnome with several of these, and this problem occurred with whatever I had that day.
Re: Web Browser
On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 08:45:27AM -0800, Dan Hutchinson wrote: Does anyone know of a web browser that displays jpg and gif images? I like the speed of lynx and don't like netscape. I am looking for something as fast as lynx that allows frames, gif images, etc.. I agree about lynx, but for graphical browsers, I have to admit that I like the new netscape browser, Netscape 6. Have you tried it? It is fairly small and quick on my little box, a 450 Mhz. celeron with 64 M. Ram. -- Gary Dolan Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.14
kernel 2.2.14 and PS/2 mice
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 08:22:38AM -1000, Jason Christensen wrote: I have no problems with a PS/2 mouse 2.2.14. On 10 Mar 2000, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: The boot messages tell me that a PS/2 mouse port is found, but the cursor doesn't follow the mouse at all. Under what circumstances are you talking about, X or console? If you're talking about the console, make sure you're running gpm. Is there a trick, some other kernel options as in older kernels ...? No trick for me. You may want to review your kernel configuration. It's possible that your old config file has some slight differences to configs for 2.2.14 regarding PS/2 mice. I have the same problem, in the x console. I thought perhaps it might be XF86 3.3.6 that is the problem. I re-compiled kernel 2.2.14, and the problem persists. Basically, the ps2 mouse is frozen in the x window; i.e., it reacts much like the old bus mouse problem. So now I kill gpm when invoking x, then use startx gpm -R -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 and the mouse works fine in x.
Re: slashdot.org linux distribution poll - vote for debian
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:18:11AM +, Manos Papantoniou wrote: but how do you vote? and where are the current results? I went to the URL you give and it's a REAL MESS Joey Hess wrote: At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which is currently trailing redhat by about 50 votes. I just went and voted, and it worked fine, shows debian at 118 and red hat at 154. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Suggestions for cheap pentium motherboard
I have debian 1.3.1 on an old 486 dx4100, 16 M, and was pondering installing a new motherboard, but I have very little in the way of funds. Any suggestions on tried-and-true but in- expensive motherboards? I am also planning 16 M of additional ram at the same time. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Dave Cinege and Paul Wade
On Sat, Aug 23, 1997 at 07:48:08PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: Bruce, no one should ever be removed from a discussion mailing list because he has different oppinions in discussions. It is incredibly inaccurate to suggest that expulsion, what- ever its merits, was raised in this instance simply as a response to differing opinions in discussions. No one reading this long thread could reasonably reach that conclusion. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: shielding from liability
At 10:15 AM 8/22/97 -0500, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't really think there is much risk, though. Where's the duty? Has there ever actually been a negligence suit over free software? This is a good question. I would imagine the answer is no, but . I haven't had the time to do the research on software, but there have been all kinds of lawsuits overthe actions of volunteers in other areas. Some of these lawsuits have been successful. This is the origin of the Good Samaritan laws. I defended a lawsuit against one of several volunteer soccer coaches, when one of the young players was severely injured at a practice. The case went to the jury on the issue of negligence. We were successful, but the costs were not insignificant. Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: incorporation
At 01:28 PM 8/22/97 CDT, you wrote: jan vroonhof wrote, Just wondering: If that was a concern wouldn't have been better to have incorperated in a country where the legal climate is less aggressive? I don't think it would have helped. They would still have the underlying individual liability, whether there was a foreign corporation or not. And they're still most likely to be sued in their own country, wherever it may be. I know very little about civil code/roman/napoleanic law (and nothing about the types other than this and Common Law), but I doubt that it would provide absolution for one's own action due to the existence of a corporation. There is another fundamental problem. Suppose you live and work in Chicago, and you incorporate in Pago, Pago. If you continue to conduct your business in Chicago, you are subject to jurisdiction there, since whether you are a corporation, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, etc., your principal place of business is a place where the court can exercise jurisdiction over you. Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: incorporation
This thread seems to have taken a critical tone that is a bit inappropriate, certainly from a legal standpoint. As a lawyer, I would strongly recommend that those active in the debian organization incorporate as a non-profit corporation. It is is not true to say that by incorporating you have improperly expanded anyone's potential liability. And as I believe Bruce pointed out, it is an advantage, once incorporated, to request 501(c)(3) status, because then anyone donating money or time to the entity can claim a charitable deduction without question. As for persons who have volunteered their efforts to the debian goal, certainly incorporation has not worsened their situation. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories
On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 05:21:23PM -0400, Scott K. Ellis wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under /usr/local using 'rm -d', I got an Operation not permitted response. The info reference on 'rm' gives the '-d' option. You ABSOLUTLY NEVER want to use the -d option to rm. That will seriously corrupt your filesystem (it deletes the directory inode without deleting the files in the directory). The proper way to remove a directory and its comments is 'rm -rf dirname' Thanks for the information. If this is really a *bad* idea, it ought not to be in the info program as a viable option to rm without some explanation. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
mv directories to new partition; rm directories
I want to move the directories in /usr/local to a new partition (just recovered from an old windows install). I thought I could do the following: 1. copy the directory structure under /usr/local to the new partition 2. remove the old directory structure under /usr/local 3. mount the new partition under /usr/local by changing fstab In doing a bit of experimenting before the big step, I have copied the directory, including permissions, to the new partition (which is presently mounted at /hdb4). I used (cd /source; tar cf - .) | (cd /dest; tar xvfp -) When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under /usr/local using 'rm -d', I got an Operation not permitted response. The info reference on 'rm' gives the '-d' option. So I have two general questions: (1) Should I do this another way (2) Why do I get the Operation not permitted I have debian 1.3.1, with a few hamm programs thrown in, and have jdk1.1.1, Star Office, netscape, chimera, and mutt in /usr/local. Thanks for any help. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Window Managers
On Thu, Jul 03, 1997 at 10:12:01AM -0400, Colin R. Telmer wrote: On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, David Kohel wrote: I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitrc files. If you use xdm, .xsession is the individual user configuration. If you just run X through startx or xinit, then .xinitrc is the file to use. Look into /etc/X11/xdm for the global Xsession and in /etc/X11/xinit for the global xinitrc. I hate to think that my version of 1.2 (now 1.3) is idiosyncratic, but the global xsession and the global xinitrc files are identical. I have attempted in my own halting way to parse my way thru the file(s), and the result appears to me to be that some resource files do not get read. I would be pleased if someone would correct my impression if I am wrong. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Anyone available that I can call???
On Thu, Jul 03, 1997 at 10:45:15AM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or When I look for these files they point to: libc.so - /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 This file don't exist but there is a 5.4.23 libm.so - /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 This file also does not exist but is a 5.0.8 It seems sometimes that some packages fail to update soft links quite right when they install -- this happened to me the other day with libXext.so. Try this: a) mv libc.so libc.so.old mv libm.so libm.so.old (we want to remember these in case we need to fix them later) b) ln -s /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 libc.so ln -s /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 libm.so (make new soft links pointing to the files) c) try again to do whatever caused the above messages. If this works ok, you can rm the .old links. Pardon my blunder if I get this wrong, but I had the identical problem, exact same libraries, two weeks ago, and someone on the list pointed out that it could be a result of having different versions of libc5 and libc5-dev installed. I had tried the symlink route with not success. I did indeed have different versions of the two libraries, which I corrected, and the problem disappared. Ignorance prevents me from providing an explanation. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
How to change default font
I just dl'ed 1.3, and the default font on bootup needs to be changed. I barely recall that when I installed 1.2, there was a config question about the fonts, but I have no idea how or where to make the change in 1.3. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Default fonts, part II
Obviously I had my small cap on when I wrote earlier; I now have corrected my return address. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Kernel and upgrade question
I run 2.0.27 here, and am thinking about going to .29 or .30. As an avid reader of this group, I see occasional problems about the .30 kernel. Also, I am bound and determined to move to debian 1.3 in the near future (I will be starting a new job next week and my time will shrink dramatically.) Anyway, my questions.: 1) Is there any advantage to going to either .29 or .30 first? 2) What is the best order of installing 1.3? I have seen a couple of suggestions in this group, and I have the installation suggestions from the debian site, and they are not the same. Bear in mind that I am an enthusiastic, but computer challenged, amateur, who writes for a living. Thanks for any assistance. Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[ujr@physik.phy.tu-dresden.de: problems with dosemu, fvwm95, xbase]
In an earlier message, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote: I'm running Debian 1.3 with some packages from unstable (aka hamm), eg. libc6, xfree 3.3 and several packages depending on it. I noticed the following (minor) problems: 1) DOSEmu I installed DOSEmu 0.66.6 and when I run it as an ordinary user I always get dos: error in loading shared libraries /lib/libm.so.5: undefined symbol: __getfpucw This does not occur if I start DOSEmu as root. But then there's another error. DOSEmu complains about missing hdimage.first. I had a similar problem w/ mutt 0.76-3, which requires libc6. After installing libc6, the install of mutt 0.78-3, which is in hamm, went fine, but I got that error; it was the same in root or in a user. Is this a problem with libc6, or libc5 andlibc5-dev? -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
[stephen.zander@interlock.mckesson.com: Re: Netscape SEGV with 3.3 VGA16]
Gary L. Dolan wrote: The bus error is unrelated to the colormap problem. Go to members.ping.at/theofilu for the bus error fix. OK, tried that... still behaves strangely though. with export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/netscape in /usr/bin/X11/netscape, I still get a bus error. However, if I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my shell manually run /usr/lib/netscape/netscape it works. More importantly, why when I have libc.5.4.23 do I need libc.5.4.33 for netscape?? I have had the bus problem, and made the change suggested at members.ping.at/theofilu, no bus error since then. I didn't need libc.5.4.33 for this fix, and in fact I have libc.5.4.23. My problem is that NS needs at least 8 bit color, and my monitor will display on 4 bit color, so I load netscape with -visual StaticGray. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Starwiter
On Jun 8, Bob Nielsen wrote will have a script, .sd.sh, installed in your home directory. Running that will modify some environments, including $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This will place the required lib files in your library path so you will no longer get that message and swriter will work. Check 'echo $LD-LIBRARY-PATH' to see if /usr/local/StarOffice-3.1/-linux-x86/lib really is in that path. There is now a mini-HOWTO for StarOffice, based on beta4, but it is applicable to the released 3.1 version. It is contained in doc-linux_97.05-1.deb in /unstable and can also be found at sunsite.unc.edu and other major Linux sites. Bob I had a similar problem and, as directed by someone, put ~/.sd.sh in my .bashrc and it worked fine. I did not know about the debian doc on StarOffice; thanks for that info. StarOffice looks like quite a piece of work, althou a bit slow since I am using the static linked libraries. Also, I understand that the documentation in English is not done, and have only rarely used Word, to which it has a great resemblance. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: gpm and X or not?
On May 24, George Bonser wrote Everything I have read has always said to be sure to DISABLE gpm before using X. On Sat, 24 May 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: Can GPM and X co-exist or not? This has been a bit of a mini-topic in the last few weeks. GPM and X can live together with no problems, generally. There is one mouse configuration that could cause a problem, and at the moment, I forget which one. However, if the mouse is moving when you switch to the X terminal, or if you move it just as you switch, you can get the observed error. This result, the error arising from the movement during the switch, was discussed ad infinitum within the month. Other than that, have no fear of gpm and X. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: FTP down?!?
This happened a week or two ago, and I thought maybe I had a problem with my machine. I got up in the middle of the night (don't sleep well anyway) and had no problem. I think maybe the 100 limit may be low, but that's not a bad sign. -- Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Lilo
I would like to simply use lilo on a boot floppy, but when I ran the config it seemed limited to installation on the hard drive. Am I wrong about this, and how would I go about preparing a boot floppy with lilo. I use debian 1.2.4, and need to access old WfW 3.11 software, on the first hard drive, W95 and linux on the second. (I evaluate and propose various W95 software for others.) Gary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
