Visor Pilot-xfer - Not synching up regularly
I'm attempting to get my Handspring Visor to work with Debian stable and I'm running into some errors that for the life of me I can't figure out. (somewhat lengthy post but I want to make sure I give as much data as possible) Some info: Kernel: 2.4.25 Debian 3.0 (stable) All kernel configurations according to the HOWTO at Linuxpda.com have been completed. The USB devices work (I can verify if via 'usbview'). My issue is strange in that the visor works once in a while, but when it does and how and why seem to be completly random. For example, this morning I pushed the hotsynch button and typed in pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -l and I got a listing of the files. A few minutes later, I repeated it and got the same result. I then managed to do a KPilot backup, no problem. However, about ten minutes after that, I attempted to synch up again and it failed. I had made no changes whatsoever to the system. I double checked to make sure I'd killed the Kpilot daemon in case it was confusing things. No go. I rebooted the computer to get to the 'clean' state that I had the first time I tried to synch up. No go. The system recognizes the visor as seen in 'usbview' (shows my scanner, printer, and visor). It doesnt see it until I press the hotsynch button and it 'creates' the device, but I understand that's normal. When I do a pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -l I get the following responses: $ pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -l Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB1 Please press the HotSync button now... Error accepting data on /dev/ttyUSB1 /var/log/messages Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.0-2.1, assigned address 6 Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x converter detected Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x: Number of ports: 2 Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x: port 1, is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0 Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x: port 2, is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1 Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) Apr 3 23:39:45 dragon kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs) Apr 3 23:40:16 dragon kernel: visor.c: Bytes In = 276 Bytes Out = 0 ^[`Apr 3 23:40:38 dragon kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.0-2.1 address 6 Apr 3 23:40:38 dragon kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 Apr 3 23:40:38 dragon kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Clié 4.x converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1 Modules are installed (lsmod) Module Size Used byTainted: P nvidia 1964192 6 (autoclean) visor 10560 0 usbserial 16160 0 [visor] usb-ohci 16192 0 (unused) usbcore54944 1 [visor usbserial usb-ohci] emu10k151360 0 ac97_codec 12032 0 [emu10k1] 8139too11744 1 mii 2384 0 [8139too] crc32 2832 0 [8139too] Here's a confusing thing to throw in: I have attempted this on two computers with the same kernel. I get the same issues on both machines. That partially leads me to think that something is up with the Visor itself, but it HAS synched on a handful of occasions, and it always synchs on my Windows OS, so I'm hesitant to say that somethings up with the Visor itself. For the record I have used /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/pilot, /dev/visor, etc. I'm sort of lost as to where to go from here, thus any advice people can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks H __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem pinging gateway
I have a new system that I'm setting up Debian 2.2 on. It's a dual boot and i have windows on the other side which at the moment recognizes the NIC, and can surf the net without a problem. The linux side appears to recognize the NIC, assigns the IP and so forth. Netstat looks right. THe problem is I can't even ping the gateway. I'm unsure what I'm missing (may be something simple) so I'm fishing for ideas. (note: I'm behind a router, the other two machines I have run debian and both are able to get out). ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWAddr :mac address here inet addr: 192.168.0.3 Bcast: 192.168.0.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1 RX Packets and TX packets change when i try to ping or what not) Collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 100 Interupt 10 Base address: 0xa800 lo Link encap: Local loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1 mask 255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK Running MTU: 3924 metrix:1 netstat -rn DestGW Genmask Flags MSS Win irtt Iface 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 YG 0 0 0 eth0 (sorry about the formating there) This netstat -rn looks similar to the netstat -rn on another machine. The computer does seem to recognize the network card on bootup, and I can ping myself. I am unable to ping outside anything else. Any help would be much appreciated, this is pretty much the last step before I can get this computer into production and it's annoying as heck:) Thanks Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
Re: Problem pinging gateway
whoops, yes, that is. it's just 192.168.0.1 my bad:) fustrating day --- Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: netstat -rn Dest GW Genmask Flags MSS Win irtt Iface 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 YG 0 0 0 eth0 Is that 192.168.0.0.1 a typo? mike = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
in.telnetd
In order to allow a friend to use a program on my machine, I wish to let her telnet in (I dislike telnet, but she's not allowed to install SSH :( ). Anyhow, I tried to setup the telnet damian and when I attempt to start it by hand I get: $/usr/sbin/in.telnetd in.telnetd: getpeername: Socket operation on non-socket The lines in /etc/inetd.conf for this are: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.telnetd -a valid And lastly, if osmeone attempts to telnet in (to let inetd.conf start it up) the error log shows: May 25 13:35:05 c606733-b inetd[4608]: getpwnam: telnetd: No such user May 25 13:35:05 c606733-b tcplogd: telnet connection attempt from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions? Thanks muchly :) = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
QT2.x and woody?
From what I've seen on teh web page, Qt2.2 is only avaiable in the unstable/Sid version of Debian at the moment? Or is there a way to get QT2.2 library stuff working in woody? Thanks:) Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: ssh from nt?
I'm gonna toss in my two cents since I use this from work:) I use a progrm called 'PenguiNet', you can grab it from Downloads.com. It's not exactly free, thefree version has little ads at the top, but you ignore them after a while, but the registration is something like only 20 bucks. Anyhow, features I like: it can simulate linux consoles (I can get linuxconf to appear very nicely and other things with graphics in teh consoles), supports the new SSH, and it'll let you open up multiple windows inside the program (Ie, you wont have three seperate applications for each window), very nice at my work place. --- William Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, At work we run NT but I like to access my home pc. We use a package called KEA as our main telnet/term package. Does anyone have any experience getting KEA to use any sort of ssh? Alternatively, does anyone know of a windows terminal package that is completely freeware that can use ssh? I would really like to shut down my open telnet port and use ssh if I can. Bill -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Disk Defragmentation
What sort of Disk Defragmenters are there out there for debian? I have located one called 'defrag', but it requires me to unmount the hard drives, which is something I would (if possible) like to avoid, if it's just cause I'm lazy:b Can anyone recommend anything else, or is this the only possible solution? Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
DHCPCD Errors
I ahve downloaded and installed the DEB package for the DHCP client, as per according to the howto. The howto isn't very helpful as it states It should fill all the information in automaticly. However when I reboot I get empty IP Addreses (as if it looked and didnt' find anything), and when i run the dhcpcd client manually I get the following error: date: /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd=eth0.info: no such file or directory /etc/init.d/dhcpcd: let: New_time=962567066-: syntax error: operand expected (error token is - The file has been updated about sec(s) ago /etc/init.d/dhcpcd: [: : integer expression expected Sorry the dhcpcd-eth0.info file has not been updated! I can't locate this dhcpcd-eth0.info file anywhere, nor do I find mention of it on newsgroups/howtos. Anyone gotadvice on this?:) thanks Jon wishing @home stuck with a static ip sometimes... = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
Kernel Compile problems
Posting from my brother, I also gave him directions that I used, so I'm not sure why this isn't working:) I am attempting to upgrade P100 system from 2.0.36 to 2.2.14. These are all the steps that I have followed: 1 - gzip -cd linux-2.2.14.tar.gz | tar xfv - 2 - cd linux 3 - make mrproper (I have attempted the same process without the make mrproper) 4 - make menuconfig 5 - Complete configuration of Linux Kernel (483KB in size) 6 - make dep 7 - make clean 8 - make zlilo 9 - make modules 10 - make modules_install Reboot. The system will reboot and get part way through the boot up seuqence before all of a sudden displaying this error message repeatedly over and over at a fast speed : kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c, errno = 8 request_module[binfmt-464c]: fork failed, errono 11 At the suggestion of a friend, I've updated my modprobe (using modutils_2_1_121-18.deb) with no success. I've attempted doing this via 'make zimage' and 'make zdisk' with no success. Am I missing something somewhere? The steps I've followed have been straight out of Running Linux and my notes when I did it on another PC successfully. = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
Hosts.allow confusion
I am attempting to let machiens from a certain domain (mydomain.com we'll call it) telnet into my machine. The IP Address will change each time so I know I can't do the simple ALL: xx.xxx.xx.x method. I've looked in hosts_access but the characters it indicates aren't showing up correctly (in Console it says type xxx.xxx(some character here) but that character is different in a terminal in X). Can anyone give me some advice on this? Thank you jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
kernel building errors
I am attempting to build kernal 2.2.12 onto a machine that currentlyhas 2.0.36. I downloaded the proper kernel from kernel.org and then began the proper steps. When I get to running make menuconfig (I don't have KDE on this machine since my 'net connection for downloading it is worse than a 2400 baud modem), I recieve this error: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC=curses.h -c lxdialog.c -o lxdialog.o In file included from lxdialog.c:22: dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 It sorta drops out after that. I can run make config but that's a pain in the rear and I'd like to know why this isn't working. = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com
Unidentified subject!
I am attempting to setup my second computer with a new network card. It's an ISA D-Link DE-220PCT card. I can not seem to locate a kernel option to get this to work. I'm curious if anyone has gotten this ccard to work or can point me in a direction of useful information? thanks jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
apt-get install error termcap
Thsi error occurs very often when I attempt to do an apt-get install of anything. I'm not versed enough to even have a clue where to start, so I'm hoping one of you geniuses out there can help:) Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org potato/main package name [106kB] Fetched 106kB in 3s (28.0kB/s) Cannot find termcap: Can't find a valid termcap file at /usr/lib/perl5/5.004/Term/ReadLine.pm line 305 Any clues?:) = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Strange Modules Error
I'm encountering a strange module error when i boot up. It states that it cant' find my Network card module (tulip.o) and therefore doesn't start my network stuff. But right after the computer boots p, I log on as root in a consoel and type the following: insmod tulip /etc/init.d/network start And it loads the module and starts the network (I actually do it in a little script). My question is, why will it find the module with a insmod, but not on bootup? The tulip.o module is located in four places /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/tulip.o /usr/src/linux/modules/tulip.o /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/tulip.o /lib/modules/2.2.12/net/tulip.o Anyhelp?:) Thanks Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
SB PCI 128
I'm assisting my brother with getting his sound working in Slin. he has a SB PCI 128 sound card. The kernel (2.2.12) does appear to detect it using one of hte ES drivers (the exact number escapes me, sorry), and the devices are all there. When i type play soundclip.wav, the computer appears to attempt to play it, but no sound comes back and it just hangs, giving me no prompt unless I CTRL-C out of it. has anyone managed to get a SB PCI 128 to work? any help would be appreciated, thanks Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
apt-get removing unnecessary packages?
This morning I'm attempting to install the licq package. done this before so it's no problem. This time it said i had to get the licq-plugin package, so mno problem there, but when i attempt to grab that, it gives me the following message: Note, installing licq-plugin-qt2 instead of licq-plugin The following extra packages will be installed: libqt2 licq-plugin-qt2 The following packages will be REMOVED: kdeadmin kdebase kdebase-i18n kdegames kdegraphics kdelibs-doc kdelibs2g kdelibs2g-dev kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdenetwork-dev kdesupport0g kdesupport0g-dev kdetoys kdeutils kdm korganizer qt1g qt1g-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: libqt2 licq-plugin-qt2 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 19 to remove and 129 not upgraded. Need to get 1525kB of archives. After unpacking 55.1MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Is there a reason for it to uninstall all of my KDE packages at all? I've had licq working through kde before and this just seems like it's a very stupid thing for it to do Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
X and the ATI Xpert 128
I apologize for the large number of posts I'm making, also attempting to help my brother get his computer to work with Debian as well. We have the 3.3.5 version of X, but he has a ATI Xpert 128 video card. The documentation states that it is not yet supported, but has anyone managed to get the card to work yet? Thanks, appreciate it :) Jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
errors
I've been gettign errors with the following a lot, when i installed netscape, wine, and now Mesa stuff. ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 is not a symlink is this serious, or something i shouldn't bother with? = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
sox: Invalid audio buffer size 0
I KNOW I've seen this error before, but damned if I can't find my notes on how I fixed it in the past. Can anyone point me in the right directin? Thanks Jon Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam of course) = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
@Home Cable Modem
I just recently got hookoed up with the ATT @Home cable modem service. It's great, finally able to play fast games and stuff :) Unfortunatnly it's only setup with Windows 95 right now. Has anyone had any experience with getting this to work with linux or can anyone give me some advice on what I can do? Thanks jon = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Lock up on Boot at XFS?
I just attempted to install X3.3.5 from the TGZ files I DLed from xfree86.org. This has worked once before but this time when the computer reboots it stops on bootup. The last thing itw as attempting to start was the X Fonts Server: XFS. I get no error messages or anything that might be more helpful and I haven't had a chance to dig out my linux boot disk from a recent move. Any suggestions on what might be wrong? THanks Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] = God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
Disk error! ACK!
I ran into this problem tonight and I'm trying to be very cautious so if anyone can give me (a semi newbie) some advice I'd appreciate it. Here's what happened. I used CFDISK to re-designate a extra partition on my hard drive from BeOS type (it wasn't being used at all) to Windows95 Fat 32 so that I could expand some room for my win95 (games ya know). Rebooted and went directly to windows, formatted, ect. When I rebooted to Linux I received a number of errors regarding the /dev/hda5 drive (my /usr directory) that is 2 gigs in size. The errors went something like this: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5): ext2_check_blocks_bitmap: Block #227 of the inode table group 57 is group. (I think this is the correct error) It recommends I run fsck manually. After altering the fstab so that /usr wasn't mounted right away i tried to run fsck /dev/hda5 and received a message that stated /dev/hda5 has illegal blocks (a number here), clear? y I'm cautious about clearing some illegal block for fearing I'll lose data or what not. Can anyone fill me in on what's happening or will I lose data or what not? I have too much there to not be concerned :) Thanks Jon
SB 128 PCI support?
What do people know about support for the Sound Blaster 128 PCI sound card in Linux? I'm helping my brother convert to Debian and he wants to know what sort of sound card he should get. Thanks :-) God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
SB128 responses
Wow, thanks to everyone who responded so quickly :-) God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
X Debs?
I'm trying to upgrade my X server from a default Slink installation so it'll work with my voodoo banshee card here at work. Is there a place where I can find the 3.3.5 debs? All the Debian page seems to have is the 3.3.2 ones and to my knowledge that doesn't support Banshee very well. Thanks Jon God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
Keyboard Question (IBM Type)
My girlfriend is going to be purchasing a new keyboard to work with her Linux box when we set it up. However, we've had problems with the Keyboard/track pointer thing in the past. Does anyone know if the 104 Key Trackpoint Keyboard from IBM has had any problems with Debian? Thanks http://www.direct.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/SalesNav?partnum=01K1260cntry=8 40lang=en_US God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
RE: dselect unstable problem
I got this error last night myself and I fixed it by commenting out the offending site in the /etc/apt/sources.list, but I'm not sure if that's the best/permanent fix. But it did work for the time being -Original Message- From: Adam Olejniczak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:03 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:dselect unstable problem Hello all I'm a fresh user of debian i was using redhat so far. so i was using dselect with unstable option and everything was working just fine till yesterday when i got following errors Hitt ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages Hit ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Malformed Priority line E: Error occured while processing aleph-dev (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.pl.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary -i3 86_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. when i'm doing Update when I'm using stable version everything is working just fine any ideas ? thanks for help Regards Adam Olejniczak -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
X for Win95
I've been working on my Linux box here at work from my windows computer (easier to telnet into rather then move around and stuff). This is fine and dandy, but I've been told there is a way you can actually get the X server/KDE stuff to work remotly, through a Xwindow on Win95 or something like that. Ring a bell to anyone? Thanks Jon God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
KDE 1.1.2
I've seen that kde.tdyc.com has the potato stuff for the latest KDE, does anyone know if it has the stuff for slink? (Can't upgrade to potato...yet) God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
RE: KDE 1.1.2 (Answered my own question)
I answered myself, silly me :-) deb http://ruins.tdyc.com potato kde deb http://ruins.tdyc.com slink kde -Original Message- From: Jon Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:26 AM To: 'Debian Users' Subject:KDE 1.1.2 I've seen that kde.tdyc.com has the potato stuff for the latest KDE, does anyone know if it has the stuff for slink? (Can't upgrade to potato...yet) God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
@home connection
Has anyone managed to get Debian connected with the @home cable modem service? My brother is going to soon be another Debian user and he's wondering how he will be able to connect. Technically, @home doesn't support windows, but they are sending him the information they said should be able to get him connected. Any advice? Thanks Jon God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
RE: @home connection
Hmm...my mistake, I meant @home doesn't support Linux. They of course support windows :b -Original Message- From: William T Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 4:43 PM To: Jon Hughes Cc: 'Debian Users' Subject:Re: @home connection On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Jon Hughes wrote: wondering how he will be able to connect. Technically, @home doesn't support windows, but they are sending him the information they said Sure they do. They support windows by having highly trained support staff who can say have you tried rebooting? Oh, then you need to reinstall your network card driver. FWIW, Linux works fine with @home in some parts of the country. In others they do mean firewalling things which, although you can still connect, prevent you from doing useful linuxy things like httpd and telnetd and so on.
RE: SB16 pnp
While the others probably have more sound advice (no pun intended) one thing I just dealt with was the devices. It said that it would create the necessary ones (/dev/sndstat, /dev/audio, etc) but my installation did not for some reason. Had to use the script at the end of the readme.Linux in (I believe) /usr/src/2.0.36/drivers/sound in order to create them. After having the support in the kernel, worked just fine On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 08:41:38AM +0200, Gustavo Gonzalez wrote: Hi to all, I turned to Debian recently. I installed Debian 2.1 (slink) with the stable kernel 2.0.36 (and I didn't upgrade it to 2.2.x) and it works fine to my purposes (math computations and multivariate analysis). I installed my printer and configured my internet connection by modem via kppp (KDE) wiithout problems. However I cannot get sound from my sound card. I have a typical Creative SB16 PnP. I tried isapnptools to suitable configure it without success. I though about disabling the BIOS PnP option , but I prefer to send this query to the group befor acting. Would someone help me please? Ay ideas? Thank you in advance -- A. Gustavo Gonzalez linux user #101379 Universidad de Sevilla http://www.eumetrics.us.es Linux: Altius, citius, fortius -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Apt Firewall variable
I'm reading a Debian Installation Guide to use book and it states that I can put in a variable to let apt know that you have a firewall/proxy between you and the outside world. The variable (# export http_proxy=http://gateway:1234/) is to be typed into the command line...but is there a file where I can put that into so I don't have to type it whenever I want to apt-get something? Jon God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
RE: Apt Firewall variable
Three responses in thirty minutesand my friends say Linux has no support. Thanks all! :b -Original Message- From: ^chewie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:09 AM To: Debian User's List Subject:RE: Apt Firewall variable From: Jon Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm reading a Debian Installation Guide to use book and it states that I can put in a variable to let apt know that you have a firewall/proxy between you and the outside world. The variable (# export http_proxy=http://gateway:1234/) is to be typed into the command line...but is there a file where I can put that into so I don't have to type it whenever I want to apt-get something? Well, there are a couple places. If you'd like the http_proxy environment variable to apply to your execution of Apt alone, then you can rename apt-get to apt-get.real and write a wrapper script called apt-get. The script would look something like this: #!/bin/sh ## ## Apt-get wrapper script: to set environment variables before ## executing apt-get. ## Last update: /xx/xx # Set proxy env. var. HTTP_PROXY=http://my.proxy:port ; export HTTP_PROXY # Call apt-get.real and pass any parameters /usr/bin/apt-get.real $@ ## End script If you want the environment variable to apply to your login shell, and therefore all programs, put the HTTP_PROXY line in your .bash_profile. Case is important, so if the variable is supposed to be http_proxy, use that. Later! ^chewie ++ | Chad Walstrom mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ICQ: 9985127 http://wookimus.net/~chewie | ++ Need a new truck? Check out my '97 Explorer 2-door Sport at http://wookimus.net/~chewie/truck.html -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Thanks and more questions:)
First off, thanks to all of you who helped me with sound card and modules and stuff. Appreciate it :-) Secondly, does Debian have a utility that will let me repartition my drive without data lost? I set up my paritions in a bit of a haze and have something like Root: 4 gigs /usr: 5 gigs Windows (for games, honest...) 3 gigs, Swap...400 megs I think And other 2.5 gigs (I think that's right, I can't do math...) Anyhow, after reading a few posts about making root a bit smaller for less corruption and the like, I thought it might be nice to do that, but I don't want to go through the work of repartitioning, formatting, installing etc. Any advice? Thanks again Jon The Linux newbie who's saving money and not buying a clue God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
ZIp drive problems
When I was moving to my new computer, I backed up all my linux data onto a ZIP disk, since I had that working with my old computer. I figured it wouldn't be too hard to set this up for my new computer (formatted the ZIP disk to linux format). Anyhow, I've compiled the Kernel 2.2.5 verision (identical to before) and selected the options necessary for ZIP disk support (SCSI support, scsi disk support, Iomega zip support, and printer support. Kernel compile goes fine, lalalla. I reboot, and then try to connect the ZIP drive. Here's the error messages I get: if I type mount -t ext2 /dev/sda4 /Zip I get: The kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device (I think that's correct...) if i type insmod ppa (other modules load just fine or are built into the kernel) I get: ppa: Version 2.04 (for linux 2.2.x) ppa: parport reports no devices scsi: 0 hosts /lib/modules/2.2.5/scsi/ppa.0 init_module: Device or resource busy I get these error messages no matter what order I toss them in, weither the ZIP drive is conencted on boot, or what not. Being the linux newbie that I am, I'm sort of at a lost. Can anyone help me, so I can get back to a working os?:) Jon
modules loading (possibly zip driver quesiton too...)
I just posted a question last night about some problems with a ZIP drive. One thing I read that could be a possible solution is the module lp is loading before ppa (at least, that's what the book says...). I haven't yet figured out in Debian where to set up which modules load when in what filecan anyone point me in the right direction? Jon God, Root. What is the difference? Pitr, User Friendly
RE: Riva TNT
I managed to get my Velocity 4400 working with the 3.3.3.1 as SVGA, so you may want to grab that. On the other hand, as a public service announcement, after STB was bought out by 3DFX their customer service for that product went down the tubes. Four email attempts and a phone call later (on which I was on hold for an hour) I dropped that card and bought another one. But it worked fine for basic Linux stuff. -Original Message- From: Samantha Summers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 10:28 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Riva TNT I have a Velocity 4400 which uses the Riva TNT. I thought this was built in the SVGA X server, but if it is, XF86Setup doesn't see it. I think I have the most current XF86Setup and SVGA server offered in stable. They are both 3.3.2.3a-11. Help! =( __ FREE Email for ALL! Sign up at http://www.mail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
DFI motherboards
Has anyone had experience with DFI motherboards (P2XBL) with Linux? I'm considering purchasing one and am looking for opinions. Thanks Jon
RE: a request for a copy of your linux
I managed to get a four cd set (two source, two binary) of Debian 2.1 from Cheapbytes.com for something in the range of...12 bucks I think it was. CDs were 6 or so and shipping took up the rest. -Original Message- From: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:13 AM To: laktouti zakaria Subject:Re: a request for a copy of your linux laktouti zakaria wrote: im a student who wich getting your interessting software i tryed to get from ftp but it so hard while my connexion is so long and i write this letter asking if you can send me a copy of your softwars im sorry i cant pay because i m still a student thanx a lot There's a site where he can get free Linux CDs that people have given away. Perhaps someone knows it. I doubt you can get one without paying for shipping. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
A question about a system
I have been working to upgrade my computer system when a friend sent me this link http://www.becomputing.com/geekmachines/ http://www.becomputing.com/geekmachines/ I noticed these computers can come with Debian installed, thus I must ask. Has anyone had experience with these? Good, bad, thoughts, etc? I really want a new machine that will be suited for Debian (weither it comes installed or not I'm just fine...just a bonus :b) Thanks Jon
Switching to KDM...
Hi, Debian newbie asking his normal stupid question :-) I have KDE on my computer, works just fine, etc etc. When the computer boots up it goes straight into XDM. I can log in and kill xdm from a text window and start up kdm, no problems there. I would, however, like to change it so KDM starts instead of XDM. I haven't tried this in a while so I can't recall what steps I've taken, but any advice would be much appreciated :-) Jon
