Buster no release file
Long version of error message in activities software. Unable to dowmload updates: Failed to update cache: E: the repository /cdrom://Debian GNU/ Linux 10.10.0-Buster_-Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 2021069-16:12 Buster Release does not have release file. I should note i have seperate swap var partitions. etc/apt/source.list.d is empty. I have attached sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.10.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20210619-16:12]/ buster contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.10.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20210619-16:12]/ buster contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.10.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-2 20210619-16:12]/ buster contrib main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib # buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate # for your mirror of choice. # # deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib
Buster error no release file
Install completed but when open software in desktop no release file error. Where do I obtain file and how do I install it?
Python
Hi, I am considering switching over to Debian from Fedora. I was wondering if Debian Jessie has python pre installed? Or does it have to be installed via the terminal as an apt-get? I apologise if this is a silly question? Regards. Sent from my iPhone
dpkg/apt voodoo to ask what version of pkg is installed, if any?
I already have this and it's been working well for quite a while:
dpkg-query --showformat '\${status}\t\${version}\n' -W $pkg
Unfortunately I've just discovered it fails when $pkg is a virtual
package, and I have no way to tell ahead of time if this is the case or
not (nor does the caller care).
Is there a single command that can do this for both virtual and real
packages, a la rpm -q --whatprovides?
Some searching turned up references to apt-cache dumpavail, but that
isn't restricted to the currently installed packages. The --installed
option seems to be ignored for dump and dumpavail.
(Please CC me on replies.)
-kgd
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Re: Cyrus 2.2 imapd in AMD64
Carlos Bergero wrote: Apparently for what i read in list and in web pages/lists/readme it might be a compatibility problem in Berkeley DB use by Cyrus. Mmm, possible but IME BDB has an unfortunate tendency to create files that are not cross-version-compatible. Upstream supposedly provides an upgrade/conversion script/binary (not sure which one), but I've never found it, and it may be in a -utils package. So far im focused in trying to get this DB to the proper format version 9 in the standard Lenny install, and see what happens, without much success. BDB and other binary hash files are typically discardable and can be regenerated from a plaintext source, IME. See if you can find that source, and the process or script that regenerates the live BDB files. -kgd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bd60148.4000...@vianet.ca
Re: OT: SATA Backplanes drivebays and caddies
Joe Emenaker wrote: Lately, I've been trying out StarTech's trayless cages and those work nicely as well. No trays, no screws... you just open the door, slide the drive in, and close the door. If you can operate a refrigerator, you can operate these cages. FWIW, I had a particularly bad experience with a pair of 3-drive cages from Startech; the LSI Megaraid controller would mark all 6 drives as FAIL within about 2 hours, from a cold start. Once warmed up, the failures happened within ~10 minutes. Not only did the Startech bays not work anywhere near according to spec, I received a grand total of 1 response to the first of a string of messages to their tech support, about six weeks after I sent the request. I replaced them with a pair of Icy Dock (sorry, don't recall the company name) cages, and they worked fine for several years. I've only just recently had trouble with mistaken failures again, most likely triggered by far too many power failures in a short time. :/ -kgd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Syslog
Witam wszystkich! Mam malutkie pytanko troszke malo debianowe, ale na debianie to jest :-) Jak skonfigurowac sysloga, zeby smieci oznaczone usb-storage pakowaly sie do osobnego pliku a nie wszedzie tj. kernel.log, messages i debug. Przy kopiowaniu na dysk podczepiony na usb masa logow sie gromadzi od czorta i ciut ciut. Dzieki z gory za odpowiedz Pozdrowienia Krzysiek -- -- Startuj z INTERIA.PL!!! http://link.interia.pl/f1837
strange
I have been very successfully running debian from a cd for quite some time. I use kernel 2.4.18-586tsc. For some strange reason when I upgrade to kernel 2.4.20 I can no longer boot from cd. It appears the secondary loader is not being emulated back to the cd but rather looks for a floppy disk to continue the boot. I use Lilo and the cd gets to LI.. and if I place the floppy in the floppy drive that I used to create my bootable cd the system will continue to boot but I want it to boot entirely from the cd and have nothing to do with the floppy. Again this process works fine with the 2.4.18 kernel so it is not in the process as I have recompiled my kernel many times and the 2.4.18 always boots. Any help would be great. Thanks Kris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: strange
Actually no I used the kernel tar bal from source forge debian does not seem to have a 2.4.2 package that I could find. Kris - Original Message - From: Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: strange On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 11:05:47AM -0700, Kris wrote: I have been very successfully running debian from a cd for quite some time. I use kernel 2.4.18-586tsc. For some strange reason when I upgrade to kernel 2.4.20 I can no longer boot from cd. It appears the secondary loader is not being emulated back to the cd but rather looks for a floppy disk to continue the boot. I use Lilo and the cd gets to LI.. and if I place the floppy in the floppy drive that I used to create my bootable cd the system will continue to boot but I want it to boot entirely from the cd and have nothing to do with the floppy. Again this process works fine with the 2.4.18 kernel so it is not in the process as I have recompiled my kernel many times and the 2.4.18 always boots. Any help would be great. Thanks Kris Are you using Debian's kernel-package in order to compile and install the kernel? -- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw(sent by shaulk @ 013 . net . il) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: On going problem.
Dimitris, I upgraded my kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.4 and now I have a strange error QM_MODULES: Function not implemented I read in deja I need to upgrade my packages but I can not do that when pcmcia will not load because my modules will not load. How can I update my packages. Thanks Kris - Original Message - From: Dimitris Kogias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: Re: On going problem. Is your kernel configured for PNP? From my 2.6.3 kernel .config: CONFIG_PNP=y # CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ISAPNP=y CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y CONFIG_PNPBIOS_PROC_FS=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set /proc/bus/pnp is available with that in .config. D. Kris wrote: I have a ThinkPad 600E and am trying to setup pnp so I can turn off the IR port and turn on com1 with out having to load into a dos/windows partition. In the past I was given the following info and have done this but when I type lspnp I get lspnp: /proc/bus/pnp not available I am not sure what I have missed but it seems that PNP is still not installed yet I have installed pcmcia-cs with pnp enabled so I am not sure what I have missed. Thanks Kris I have the same problem on a 600E-2645-4AU. The solution was to build pcmcia-cs with the -pnp option, so that lspnp/setpnp worked. Then, I can use setpnp to change these without having to boot into Losedoze or DOS. I've also just pulled out the pnp-related files from pcmcia-cs, and built a pnpbios.o module that just does the pnp stuff only, o setpnp can work. Haven't made a Debian package ofthis thing but if you want it let me know and I can post it smewhere. -ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Investors: OSSI, the Next Ditech, LendingTree, or Countrywide? Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:35:33 -0500
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Re: Thinkpad and Serial Port
Below is from the readme but I am still very new to linux. I have successfully recompiled my kernel but below eludes me what does it mean when it says use make-kpkg to make a module. Please advise If you are using Debian, install the thinkpad-base package, then install the thinkpad-source package and use make-kpkg to make a thinkpad-modules-your.kern.ver package for your kernel and install that. You are finished. - Original Message - From: JG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Thinkpad and Serial Port Hi, Kris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have an IBM ThinkPad 600e and every once in awhile the bios will reset and the serial port won't work. Rather the IR port is on and the serial port has been disabled. I then have to load up windows and use the windows utility to change the IR port to disabled and the Serial Port to enabled. Is there a debian/Linux app that would allow me the same functionality. Kris $ apt-cache search thinkpad brings to me thinkpad-base - Configuration files for thinkpad-modules packages thinkpad-source - Source code for thinkpad-modules packages tpctl - IBM ThinkPad hardware configuration tools you have to install thinkpad-source and compile and install the kernel modules (is not that difficult), and then you might be able to use the tpctl instead of the windows utility. Note that not all the options run on all thinkpads. Note also that there is a debian-laptop list, where there might be better informed people. Regards, Jaume -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Run a premade script before init and inittab
I am trying to make a file system boot completely read-only on the hard drive but have a ramdrive load the / to do this I have a custom scipt that must execute before INIT is this possible and where can I place my custom script to make sure this gets done. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lilo troubles
I recently had this same problem. Boot with your rescue disc and run lilo then run lilo a second time this time with the -b for boot option lilo -b /dev/hda or if ou put it on a partition set it to the partition lilo -b /dev/hda1 Mine is on /dev/hda and it rebooted correctly after I did this. Kris Hi, all, A routine upgrade last night of my sid system installed the new lilo package (1:22.5-1) On boot this morning lilo gives me just L 40 40 40 40 40 etc. I have seen similar problem reports suggesting this can be fixed by adding lba32 to /etc/lilo.conf and by ensuring that lba is enabled in the BIOS. I already had both. Other comments have suggested that lilo 22.5 is particularly sensitive to conflicts with some video BIOSes. In any case I am looking for a solution and was hopeful that others have already found a solution. I notice no bugs of this type have been filed against lilo. Given the current state of my system information is not particularly pentifull. Sorry. Yours, Streph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new kernel problems with pcmcia and initrd
I just recompiled my kernel and the PCMCIA does not appear to be loading. It is important that I use initrd for the root file system and that PCMCIA be built into the kernel instead of module since it is a laptop and the nic is not onboard. Where have I missed my PCMCIA step and how do I set it up as built into the kernel and not a module? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new kernel problems with pcmcia and initrd
I just recompiled my kernel and the PCMCIA does not appear to be loading. It is important that I use initrd for the root file system and that PCMCIA be built into the kernel instead of module since it is a laptop and the nic is not onboard. Where have I missed my PCMCIA step and how do I set it up as built into the kernel and not a module? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new kernel problems with pcmcia and initrd
I have already read this document. Sorry for the confusion. I am trying to mount my partition completely read only so that I can one day burn it to a cd. I was under the impression I had to use initrd to have the root filesystem boot onto a ram drive. If there is a another way to make a system completly readonly and have root mount on a read-only please let me know. On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:05:11 -0800 Kris P.- Mother Lode Internet Tech Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just recompiled my kernel and the PCMCIA does not appear to be loading. It is important that I use initrd for the root file system and that PCMCIA be built into the kernel instead of module since it is a laptop and the nic is not onboard. Where have I missed my PCMCIA step and how do I set it up as built into the kernel and not a module? It isn't necessary to use initrd at all, even if you have PCMCIA. Neither is it necessary to compile PCMCIA support into the kernel. initrd is for the kernel to get modules before the root filesystem is mounted. PCMCIA support is normally started after the root filesystem is mounted, so it doesn't need to be in initrd, even if you use one. Have a look here for The Debian Way of compiling your kernel (see the advanced topics section for the scoop on making and using the latest pcmcia-cs modules): http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel Rebuild
I seem to be having a problem rebuilding my kernel with PCMCIA. The only source I could find for PCMCIA were PCMCIA-cs_3.1.33-6_i386.deb and kernel-PCMCIA-modules-2.4.18-586tsc_2.4.18-5_all.deb both of these are dep files. I am following these steps listed at http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ch-kernel.en.html for rebuilding a kernel now I assume these are for using the source to build up PCMCIA support but the only debian files I can find are deb what steps do I need to change to make sure that PCMCIA is also incorporated into my new kernel and what is the difference between a source and a deb file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie Help
I recently downloaded a .deb file how to I actually install it. The deb package was not a standard deb package and I am so new I don't know how to setup a standard .deb file. Please help -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Permission denied -- Say what?
chmod +x setiathome - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: Permission denied -- Say what? Sometimes I still get baffled by Linux. This is one of those times. I'd like to run the [EMAIL PROTECTED] client; I've done this before on this machine (different system) and on other machines. Today I get Permission denied to execute a file I own, in a directory I own and have write and execute permissions. What's up with that? bash:/home/ronin/files/seti$ ls -al total 452 drwxrwxr-x2 roninusers4096 Mar 25 18:13 . drwxrwxr-x 38 roninusers4096 Mar 25 00:26 .. -r--r--r--1 roninusers6723 Dec 12 2000 README -r--r--r--1 roninusers1811 Dec 12 2000 README.xsetiathome -r-xr-xr-x1 roninusers 134072 Dec 12 2000 setiathome -rw-rw-r--1 roninusers 219136 Mar 15 22:40 setiathome-3.03.i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1.tar -r-xr-xr-x1 roninusers 72308 Dec 12 2000 xsetiathome bash:/home/ronin/files/seti$ ./setiathome bash: ./setiathome: Permission denied Out in space, Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Local Root Hole
I recently read on slashdot.com the following. xepsilon writes A local Linux security hole using ptrace has been discovered that allows a potential attacker to gain root privileges. Linux 2.2.25 has been released to correct this security hole, along with a patch for 2.4.20-pre kernels. 2.4.21 ought to contain this fix, once it is released. 2.5 is not believed to be vulnerable to this security hole. See this email from Alan Cox for details, and a patch. I am using debian kernel 2.4.18-586 Does this apply to me. If so I am a newbie and don't know exactly how to find the patch or even implement it. Please advise. Kris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read only fs
I am trying to boot my / fs as read only. Currently the file system is all /dev/hda1 and this is mounted as root but when I try to boot it in read only. I get so many errors I just don't know where to start. Any advice would be appreciated. Kris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Boot Process
Ok I am trying to do some fancy stuff and need to know how the debian 2.4.18 boot process works. Ok ouch I will compare. If for example I wanted to know the step by step process of an msdos system I would say something like It loads the kernel in msdos.sys and io.sys then it loads the command.com command interpriter. then it runs the devices installed in c:\config.sys then it runs all the commands in the autoexec.bat then either returns a prompt or launches windows. Well I need this in a debian format. So first lilo directs to which kernel then what where and how is it loaded next. Does it load the modueles before init or after. Where does init load from. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Boot Process
You state it calls init. Where is init /usr/bin /usr/sbin. is init a program. Thanks - Original Message - From: nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Re: Debian Boot Process Kris said: Well I need this in a debian format. So first lilo directs to which kernel then what where and how is it loaded next. Does it load the modueles before init or after. Where does init load from. as far as I know the kernel mounts the root filesystem readonly(this is specified in the bootloader config), and calls init. init then takes it from there, running the scripts in /etc/rcS.d then the scripts in whatever runlevel is default for your system, usually /etc/rc2.d in the order that they appear in the directories. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4?
Hi all, Something tells me this is a question that has already been asked, and that I'll probably be flamed for it, so, flame away! :-) Anyways - could anyone tell me where I could find the source for kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4? I've checked in Debian's archives, as well as kernel.org and on Google. Scary thing - Google either says it doesn't exist, or (more likely) I don't know where to begin to look. I'm looking to install ALSA and a (pirated) copy of VMWare, so if you can think of a better kernel for those (that has a source and image available), I could do with any help I can get. Thanks. Kris Kerwin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DSL and Sound Configuration
Hi all: I'm having problems configuring my ADSL connection w/Debian. I have a Lynksys BEFW11S4 V.2 Etherfast Router that connects to the internet via my Efficient Network's 5360 Speedstream Modem. I use a Lynksys 10/100 Etherfast Card. Here's the rundown. On a previous install of Debian, I was unable to get X to start, though I had a fully functional internet connection that I used to d/l Debian. Decided to reinstall - this time, got X to run, but, ironically, my internet is down. Damn, are computer's fickle? LOL. I installed the 'ppp' module into my kernel like I normally do in the Debian install. No joy. Tried removing that module. No joy. Added just 'ppp_deflate'. Nope. Tried 'ppp' and 'ppp_deflate' together. Nada. I ran 'pppoeconfig' (or is it just 'pppconfig'? it's the 'ADSL/PPPOE' Configurator in the Debian Menu) - it won't run on the initial try, and prompts me to run 'modconf'. After selecting and removing/installing one of the modules (apparently, it just wants a change, and it doesn't care what), 'modconf' dumps me back into 'pppoeconfig' - which tells me that it now detects my Ethernet Card, and then tries to auto-config everything. That's when it tells me no - it can't detect the setup from the 'provider' - I'm assuming that's the router. It also says that its possible that other processes are using the interface 'eth0' - my ethernet card. That's it. Next is my soundcard - a Soundblaster 128PCI - aka: ES1371. Everytime I start up KDE, it brings up a dialogue box that I used to get with Mandrake - 'do not have permissions to device '/dev/dsp''. I tried changing the permissions on it, but it didn't work. I never did fix the problem - just installed SuSE on top of it. LOL - I'm lazy. But, I like Debian too much to just quit at it. That's why I'm asking you guys. Any ideas for either of these two problems? Thanks a lot. Regaurds, Kris Kerwin _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting X to start
Hi - Just installed Debian, and can't get X to start. I've included my XF86Config-4 file, plus the log output that results from it. What can I do to get it to work (ok...RTFM...that didn't work)? Thanks for your help guys. Kris Kerwin P.S.: Another example of M$ irrespecting Linux - the Hotmail account that I used on my Windows gamebox to receive this email says Debian is junkmail...hmm _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 XFree86.0.log Description: Binary data Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen 0 0 InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard CoreKeyboard InputDeviceGeneric Mouse CorePointer EndSection Section Files FontPath unix/:7100 RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb EndSection Section Module Load GLcore Load bitmap Load dbe Load ddc Load dri Load extmod Load freetype Load glx Load speedo Load type1 Load vbe Load xie EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Protocol /dev/psaux Option Emulate3Buttons no Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync30 - 70 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option DPMS Option BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver glide ChipSet Voodoo3 CardVoodoo3 (generic) Option UseFBDev true EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device Generic Video Card MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection
Debian on 2 partions and lilo
Ok here is my format I have 3 partitions on 1 drive hda1 full debian os hda2 mini debian to make cd image hda3 swap I don't seem to be able to get lilo to work correctly. Here is a sample of my lilo.conf on my hda1 drive lba32 boot=/dev/hda1 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal append=apm=on default=makecd image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 label=makecd root=/dev/hda1 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-486 label=tobeburned read-only root=/dev/hda2 When I boot it seems that my system is looking for /lib/modules for 2.4.18 yet this kernel is not installed on my hda1 at all. Now I have no small root partition but do I need to in order to run 2 versions of debian on the same drive in 2 different partitions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on 2 partions and lilo
- Original Message - From: Andrei Smirnov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:08 PM Subject: Re: Debian on 2 partions and lilo On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:14:07PM -0800, Kris wrote: Ok here is my format I have 3 partitions on 1 drive hda1 full debian os hda2 mini debian to make cd image hda3 swap I don't seem to be able to get lilo to work correctly. Here is a sample of my lilo.conf on my hda1 drive lba32 boot=/dev/hda1 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal append=apm=on default=makecd image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 label=makecd root=/dev/hda1 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-486 label=tobeburned read-only root=/dev/hda2 When I boot it seems that my system is looking for /lib/modules for 2.4.18 yet this kernel is not installed on my hda1 at all. Now I have no small root partition but do I need to in order to run 2 versions of debian on the same drive in 2 different partitions. as far as i can understand a Debian on a partition means that this partition is a root partition- so you got 2 roots right? then - when you boot your second label=tobeburned, /lib/modules resides on /dev/hda2 ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on 2 partions and lilo
Ok here is my format I have 3 partitions on 1 drive hda1 full debian os hda2 mini debian to make cd image hda3 swap I don't seem to be able to get lilo to work correctly. Here is a sample of my lilo.conf on my hda1 drive lba32 boot=/dev/hda1 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal append=apm=on default=makecd image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 label=makecd root=/dev/hda1 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-486 label=tobeburned read-only root=/dev/hda2 When I boot it seems that my system is looking for /lib/modules for 2.4.18 yet this kernel is not installed on my hda1 at all. Now I have no small root partition but do I need to in order to run 2 versions of debian on the same drive in 2 different partitions. as far as i can understand a Debian on a partition means that this partition is a root partition- so you got 2 roots right? then - when you boot your second label=tobeburned, /lib/modules resides on /dev/hda2 ... Yes that is correct /lib/modules exists on both hda1 and hda2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (newbie) hostname, workgroup
As far as the host is concerned try changing your host file to look like this /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 niobe localhost all on one line. I know nothing of workgroups however. - Original Message - From: Marvin Vek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian-User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: (newbie) hostname, workgroup debian installed nice, i can resolve it's ip in the network too, just not it's hostname niobe. /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 62.216.31.50 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.2 niobe and where and how can i set the workgroup it has to be in?NI Sujzª¶¶n¢S²y~¹®Nn¢r²²-±? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbee Dual Linux Install and Lilo question...
Ok I have a fully installed and functioning debian install of Linux on 1 partition. I now have a second partition of 700mb that I want to install a second fully functional debian on. I was going to do this via the cd and have it install on the second partition this time. Do I need to make any changes to lilo before I do this or do I make the changes after I install the fully functional Linux on the second partition. Thanks Kris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian on CD
I am trying to make a bootable Debian CD-Rom. I need to know what makes a cd-rom bootable. Thanks Kris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cafestation (Cafesuite) + Debian
Witam Czy ktos probowal uruchomic program Cafestation z pakietu Cafesuite ( do obslugi kawiarenek internetowych ) na linuxie ? Bo ja juz zaraz osiwieje ... Przy starszej wersji oprogramowania ( CafeSuit ) wyrzuca mi blad Unhandled exception. Przy odpaleniu z parametrem -debugmsg +loaddll trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module 'commdlg.dll' : bulitin wine: Unhandled exception, starting debugger ... Przy najnowszej wersji programu jest taki komunikat trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module 'commdlg.dll' : bulitin err:seh:EXC_DefaultHandling Exception frame is not a stack limits = unable to display exception Kombinacja z wersja wine tez nie daje nic od standardowej w pakiecie Debian Woody po najnowsza 20021031 nic nie daje kombinacja z wersjami oprogramowania ( cafesuite ) tez nic ... zaznaczam ze Cafeagent odpala sie i chodzi bez problemu ... Ja juz nie mam zadnego pomyslu ... Z gory dziekuje za jakas podpowiedz Krzysiek
RE: What's a debian kid look like?
Male, age 37, married, 5 children, electrical engineering Ph.D., data compression research, LDS church member, scoutmaster, English native tongue, reasonably fluent in Spanish, hobbies of skiing and waterskiing (although no time to do them), debian user for about 1 year, RedHat and Solaris x86 user prior to that, employed doing research and related programming, mostly C, desktop and embedded processors. Subscribed to debian-user a few months ago to get help recovering from an unsuccessful upgrade on 'testing' and switch to the 'stable' debian distribution (problem resolved successfully in a few days - it was lilo-related). Veering a little off-topic: I read an article last night that I think gives some insight into why debian-user is successful. It appears some people actually study such things! The article citation is: N. Kock, Compensatory adaptation to a lean medium: An action research investigation of electronic communication in process improvement groups, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 44, no. 4, Dec. 2001, pp. 267-285. Here's my article report (similar to the book reports I always hated in school - somehow I developed a bit of a taste for it, I guess!): A dominant theory in the area of computer-mediated communication research is known as media richness theory, and classifies the various means of communication on a scale from rich to lean. Examples are face-to-face meetings as the ideal rich medium, and e-mail lists as a rather lean medium of communication. Media richness theory hypothesizes that lean media are not appropriate for knowledge sharing ... and claims that the selection of media and the outcomes of its use will always reflect this hypothesis. The particular study found an apparently-contradictory result, however. The study dealt with fairly small groups organized for 10-45 days in order to make suggestions of how to improve processes within their organizations (which were a business and a university in New Zealand). Participants had been involved in earlier process improvement groups using face-to-face meetings and the researcher helped them (an approach known as action research) to replace the physical meetings with e-mail ones. The author did in-depth interviews after the groups concluded their work to gather evidence in the form of perceptions of group cost, group knowledge sharing, group outcome quality, and group success. He concluded that the group work had been better in all four ways, and gave two points of explanations. The first was that the group members adapted to compensate for the leanness of the medium. The second involved the motivation to compensate, which he suggested came from social norms associated with group-based process improvement tasks, which led to social influences, such as perceived group mandate and expected behavior by other ... group members, that were conducive to compensatory adaptation. Basically, in the case of e-mail which is written, vs. more media-rich vocal means of communication, I think this quote from one of the interviews sums up the situation quite well: When I write, my thinking process from formulating the ideas in my head to getting them down becomes more elaborate. I have to take much more time over that than I would if I was speaking. I think that, because one is forced to do that by writing the answer down, then the written answer you get is much more focused. So I think that is an advantage. It requires more time from the participants, because they have to focus their writing, but, as a result, you get [better individual contributions]. A primary conclusion was that electronic communication tools used to support groups do not have to be much more sophisticated than simple email list servers as long as there are social (or perhaps financial) factors in place that motivate group members to compensate for the leanness inherent in the electronic communication media used. He mentioned a few limitations of the research, such as the possibility that unexpected consequences may happen (for example, one possible negative consequence is avoidance by group members to participate in future electronic groups after their initial experience, as they become increasingly aware of the extra effort required from them.). I hope someone else finds the above interesting (I've spared you many details). Over the last few years I've been impressed with how effective e-mail and newsgroups, combined with search tools have been. In the case of debian, the process improvement goal is to get the most out of one's computer hardware by using free software. Regards, Kris Huber
RE: C++: Indenting and formatting program sources.
I agree that emacs cc-mode package works great for indenting. You can
modify it quite a lot to make it indent how you want. It does not move the
position of { past comments or do really sophisticated code reformatting
like that, but there are quite a few good settings you can set to help
yourself be consistent and make cvs diff commands not give a lot of
redundant information. The attached file indent-settings.emacs expresses my
personal biases in coding style, of course ;).
After doing what Gary suggests for awhile, I found (after some serious
puzzling and emacs lisp confusion) that I could do this to make the process
non-interactive:
emacs -q -l indent-settings.emacs -l indent-run.FNAME.emacs
or
xemacs -q -l indent-settings.emacs -l indent-run.FNAME.emacs
where you have created indent-run.FNAME.emacs from indent-run.emacs (see
file contents below) using sed or vim to replace FNAME with your program's
filename. If you don't use emacs much, or don't have time for the
keystrokes, this non-interactive method might also be useful. As I recall
there is no command-line option to put a single elisp command on the emacs
command-line. If there were, the above could be make somewhat less awkward
(hints or work-arounds anyone?). One work-around is writing a shell script,
but a small command that could be used as an alias would be nice.
One problem I've found with cc-mode is that it doesn't take compiler
variable logic into account. If you have something like the code fragment
below, you will find that after indenting, all code below that function is
indented too much because of the extra { seen by cc-mode but not by the
compiler.
#ifdef MYCOMPVAR
int function (int a) {
#else
int function (int a, int b) {
#endif
// body of code
}
This difficulty, combined with having a larger screen than when I learned C,
is what caused me to finally convert to putting { below the argument list!
-Kris
indent-settings.emacs
(auto-fill-mode 1)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(setq tab-stop-list '(4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72
76))
(setq make-backup-files nil)
(autoload 'c++-mode cc-mode C++ Editing Mode t)
(autoload 'c-mode cc-mode C Editing Mode t)
(setq default-major-mode 'c++-mode)
(setq text-mode-hook '(lambda() (auto-fill-mode 1)))
(setq auto-mode-alist '((\\.c$ . c++-mode)
(\\.h$ . c++-mode)
(\\.cc$ . c++-mode)
(\\.hpp$ . c++-mode)
(\\.cpp$ . c++-mode)
(\\.C$ . c++-mode)
))
(defun my-c-mode-common-hook ()
;; Customization for all modes provided by cc-mode
(c-set-style ellemtel)
(setq delete-key-deletes-forward t)
(setq c-basic-offset 4)
(c-set-offset 'inclass '+)
(c-set-offset 'stream-op '+)
(c-set-offset 'arglist-cont '0)
(c-set-offset 'arglist-cont-nonempty '+)
(setq c-comment-only-line-offset 0)
(setq comment-column 36)
(auto-fill-mode 1)
(setq fill-column 79)
)
(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'my-c-mode-common-hook)
(require 'font-lock)
;(eval-after-load font-lock '(require 'choose-color))
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock 'at-end)
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock 'at-end)
indent-run.FNAME.emacs
(find-file FNAME)
(mark-whole-buffer)
(indent-region 0 10 nil)
(save-buffer)
(save-buffers-kill-emacs)
-Original Message-
From: Gary Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:26 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: C++: Indenting and formatting program sources.
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:24:22 +0200, you wrote:
Can anyone recommend a program to indent and format C++ program sources
for consistency of style and perhaps better readability?
Specifying the used options or attaching a suitable configuration file
(like a .ident.pro for GNU indent) is desirable.
GNU indent does not targeted directly to C++ code. Is this a problem?
The only official deb that I found for this task is astyle. I have not
tried it yet. Are there others? Are there commonly used programs for
this task that are not debianized?
The LDP C-C++ Beautifier HOW-TO mentions bcpp. Is it commonly used?
Is there a way to have vim force a standard and consistent style? Once
again, attaching a configuration file or pointing out to a standard one
is desirable.
--
Shaul Karl
email: shaulka (replace these parenthesis with @) bezeqint,
delete the comma and the white space characters and add .net
Ignore this if I am not understanding the question. It looks to me like
all you need to do is open the file in emacs, select the entire file,
and invoke indent-region (check the syntax). There is a built library
of styles to choose from; a default, KR, GNU, and others. Opening
files with C/C++ extensions automatically puts you in C/C++ mode.
As for extending vim for this, I have not a clue. For its ease of use
in writing formatted code in any number of languages, try emacs even if
you prefer vim for ordinary tasks.
gt
Yes I
RE: G400
I played around with my ICAClient settings and got it to work fine again! There are two places to set color depth and I think the problem resulted because one was set for 8-bit color and the other for 16-bit color. I set both at 24-bit and it looks great under XFree86 3.3.6. I think I re-entered my ICAClient settings from scratch after switching from sid to potato linux distribution. My new opinion: The Matrox G400 video card works great under both XFree86 versions 3.3.6 and 4! -Kris -Original Message- From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:03 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: G400 Kris Huber said: If anyone has an idea why my Matrox G400 output isn't always looking great under v3.3.6, I'd appreciate suggestions! It's not too bad, but a little annoying. i ran it under xfree 3.3.6 up until about 50 days ago, it ran perfect. never had a single drawing issue. i don't use citrix. i think i had it in 16bit color. citrix may have problems in high color depths. the company i work for now competes with them and from what i hear its one of their weaknesses at the moment. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: G400
I have a G400 and know that there is support in X v4. In fact I believe the support in v4 is better than in v3.3.6. I recently changed from using the unstable distribution to the stable one. In the process I ended up changing from XFree86 v4 to v3.3.6. I never noticed any display problems under v4, yet under v3.3.6 I've noticed that vertical colored lines sometimes appear when areas are re-painted within the ICA Client application. Perhaps it is a problem related to ICA Client, but I used the identical distribution of it under both XFree86 4 and 3.3.6 and suspect the problem lies with the video driver (which I think is part of XFree86). Display mode under both versions was/is 24-bit color, quite high-res mode (1472x1104, a custom one I set up). If anyone has an idea why my Matrox G400 output isn't always looking great under v3.3.6, I'd appreciate suggestions! It's not too bad, but a little annoying. -Original Message- From: Tom Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:54 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: G400 I have this Matrox G400 video card that's supposed to be really spiffy (or was, in it's day). I'm just trying to confirm the support in X v4. It seems that this card has taken a serious step back in basic performance. I'm not talking about frames/second, the basic picture is kind of lame. I have a 21 monitor and the whole thing worked great under 3.3.6 and even Windows (I had it installed for 3 days until I figured out I couldn't get all the devices to work correctly). I'm just looking for 'similar experiences' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Backspace is delete
Shaya, Try adding: (global-set-key \C-h 'backward-delete-char) to your .emacs file on the Solaris side. I think that will take care of your problem. Maybe you'll run into other keys that don't get mapped the same, but you can easily configure that in the .emacs file. I'm not sure how to make your keymappings only be modified, for example, when you are logged in remotely using telnet, however (although I'm sure it is possible to figure something out). -Kris -Original Message- From: Shaya Potter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:39 AM To: Debian User List Subject: Re: Backspace is delete On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 08:52, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 07:47:38PM +0800, Michael Robinson wrote: Maybe I'm just being a clueless newbie, but I can't find where to put the ^H back into my Backspace in X text applications. You should probably read /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Search for Why doesn't my backspace, delete, or some other key work?. It's possible you've got too many uses of xmodmap and .Xresources *Translations - backspace and delete *should* work correctly out of the box now. at least for me on sid, emacs is unusable if I telnet into a solaris box, b/c everytime I hit backspace I get ctrl-h which to them is help. I haven't investigated it (as I don't telnet into solaris boxes often) but its something I've noticed. shaya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Is it possible to install a few testing packages on a stable machine?
Stan, Here's a cut-and-paste-and-slightly-edited version of what I found about almost the same question I asked on this reflector a week or two ago (see thread RE: cproto.deb for potato not available?): Scheme using newer version of apt-get than you probably have: It seems the /etc/apt/preferences file is a feature not yet in the stable release of apt-get (version 0.3.19). I found some information about the preferences file in a how-to document based on version 0.5.3 (chapter 3 of http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/), although I was still a little unclear about how to selectively upgrade a package using this feature. My guess is to use the example in the document for how to downgrade all packages to the stable release versions, then insert a specific entry for the latest version of, in my case, cproto. This is what I did to grab the cproto package from the unstable distribution (a little lower-level, but not too bad once in awhile). Hopefully the upgraded package you'll see in #3 won't be a package that will break other things it depends on if you upgrade it. 1. Added following line to sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free 2. apt-get -s update The -s (=--dry_run) above seemed to have no effect because the cproto package *was* found in the next step (without update it is not found). 3. apt-get -s install cproto This showed me that apt-get would not upgrade or install any new packages except for cproto. 4. apt-get install cproto This installed the new package. 5. Commented out the line added in #1 I did this so that the next 'apt-get upgrade' won't upgrade me to the unstable release of all the packages I have installed. -Kris -Original Message- From: Stan Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:16 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Is it possible to install a few testing packages on a stable machine? I'm trying to get abcde to work. Turns out that the version I have (from progen) is broken. The developers of this package say the version in testing is fine. Probelm is it depends on one more package from testing. Is there a way I can get this to work? If so, how? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Returning system to vanilla Woody
Reading the how-to on apt-get may provide some help. I think you need the apt package from sid to use the /etc/apt/preferences file described in Chapter 3 of http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/. I have only read about this, so take it for what it's worth. -Kris -Original Message- From: Geoff Beaumont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:38 PM To: Debian User List Subject: Returning system to vanilla Woody Is there any way to downgrade packages to those provided by the archives in /etc/apt/sources.list? The reason I'm asking is that I recently added Ximian Gnome to my sources.list and installed it on my Woody system, but it proving very unreliable. I suspect this may be because I upgraded a number of packages to those from Sid in order to install Evolution, and the Ximian packages are intended to upgrade Potato, so expecting this to work was maybe a bit much... in particular, I'm getting exactly the same crashes (every time I try to view an email) as I did with the Evolution from Sid. What I'd like to do is return my system to vanilla Woody then try adding Ximian Gnome back in...is this possible or would I have to resort to a clean install? -- Geoff Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: cproto.deb for potato not available?
Here's what I found (thanks to those who replied): It seems the /etc/apt/preferences file is a feature not yet in the stable release of apt-get (version 0.3.19). I found some information about the preferences file in a how-to document based on version 0.5.3 (chapter 3 of http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/), although I was still a little unclear about how to selectively upgrade a package using this feature. My guess is to use the example in the document for how to downgrade all packages to the stable release versions, then insert a specific entry for the latest version of, in my case, cproto. Anyway, this is what I did that worked: 1. Added following line to sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free 2. apt-get -s update The -s (=--dry_run) above seemed to have no effect because the cproto package *was* found in the next step (without update it is not found). 3. apt-get -s install cproto This showed me that apt-get would not upgrade or install any new packages except for cproto. 4. apt-get install cproto This installed the new package. 5. Commented out the line added in #1 I did this so that the next 'apt-get upgrade' won't upgrade me to the unstable release of all the packages I have installed. -Kris
RE: changing to Debian from Mandrake
Apt + dselect seem very powerful... Have the people who wrote these systems outlined their correct usage in a FAQ/manpage/etc.? I'm less familiar with Linux than you, but I can tell you based on recent Debian experience that there's a How-To document for apt at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/. In Chapter 3 it talks about managing packages and says you can use a file /etc/apt/preferences (I'm not sure if apt_preferences is newer or simply a typo) to do such things as gracefully back out of a dist-upgrade to unstable all or selected packages. The version of apt that has this feature is *ironically* not in the stable distrubution, however! -Kris -Original Message- From: Michael Kaminsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:50 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: changing to Debian from Mandrake I'm been using Mandrake for the past couple of years, and now I'm considering switching to Debian; but, I have some concerns. I consider myself a fairly experienced Linux user and use Linux for all my computing needs (devel, digital camera stuff, laptop stuff ,text processing, networking, etc.). I would like input on the following: * One reason I moved to Mandrake from Redhat (from Slackware) is that the packages are extremely up-to-date. Even the unstable version of Debian seems sorely lacking. Mandrake seems to put out RPMs within 1-2 days of the upstream developers. There are still no Debian packages for software I use regularly that's been out for 1 month (according to the debian web page package search form). Example: gnucash. Also, in some cases the package I want is up-to-date, but not all of its dependencies. Example: gnumeric. Version 0.72 requires a version of guppi for which there is no Debian package. * Apt + dselect seem very powerful, efficient if you use them together correctly. From the mailing lists, though, correctly seems to be a matter of confusion (or perhaps just preference). RPMs don't cut it for bleeding edge multiple-dependency upgrades (as you all know well). This reason is key to my wanting to change over. Have the people who wrote these systems outlined their correct usage in a FAQ/manpage/etc.? Also, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to upgrade to testing or unstable once you install. From the mailing lists, it seems like magic one-line commands such as apt-get dist-upgrade leave much manually fixing left to do. Apparently one can live mostly in testing but grab select packages from unstable by configuring pins in an apt_preferences file. Are there simple instructions for doing so? Again, people on the mailing lists seem confused and/or have varied opinions on how the mechanism is supposed to work. * Mandrake has very decent system configuration tools. I spent many years editing scripts and config files to setup up Linux machines, but it just takes longer when it comes to simple, basic tasks (adding a network interface, changing the runlevel configuration for daemons, etc.). Does Debian provide such tools (even if clearly they don't work for all situations)? I apologize for the length; any advice/comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cproto.deb for potato not available?
I'm wondering if a 'cproto' debian package is available for the Linux 2.2 kernel. I see one under 'unstable' but from what I read, application binaries need to be compiled for the kernel you are running. Cproto has been around for several years; I'm surprised it's not there (so I suspect I'm wrong). More generally, when binaries of a Debian package aren't available for my kernel, can I put another distribution (e.g., unstable) in my sources.list temporarily and do an 'apt-get sources' to compile an application for my kernel? Thanks, Kris
RE: Text copy/paste feature not working for me
Hi Kent, It turned out I wasn't running gpm, and using Section Pointer Protocol microsoft Device /dev/ttyS0 EndSection in XF86Config fixed the problem, as my Logitech serial mouse is MS mouse compatible. During installation I'd selected the only driver for a Logitech mouse and it wasn't fully compatible with my model, apparently. Copy/paste works now! Thanks, Kris -Original Message- From: westk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:26 PM To: debian-user; Kris Huber Subject: RE: Text copy/paste feature not working for me = Original Message From Kris Huber [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I did an install of the potato kernel and selected packages. I chose enlightenment and gnome under X11, which I've used before under kernel 2.4. A feature I use quite a bit, hi-lighting text with left mouse button, then middle-clicking to produce a copy of that text, is not working. I'm not sure just where to look for that feature. My suspicion is that my middle mouse button is not working. I have a serial mouse from Logitech and I selected a Logitech mouse driver during the install. For 3-button emulation I selected 'no' because it has 3 buttons and shouldn't need emulation. Under 2.4 a more generic mouse driver was used, I think. I'm quite new to installation issues. How do I try a different mouse driver? Thanks for any clue, Kris DISCLAIMER: I may be completely wrong. There are generally two types of mouse driver; one, gpm, is for the text (non-X) console; the other is the X mouse driver. These two interact, so the answer to your question will depend on if you're running gpm or not. To find out, run the command ps ax|grep gpm. If you're running gpm, you'll see something like: infotech-02[westk]:/home/westk ps ax|grep gpm 181 ?S 0:01 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -Rraw 344 pts/1S 0:00 grep gpm The 181 line above tells where gpm expects to find the mouse (/dev/psaux), what type of driver it's using (-t ps2 = ps/2 type), and what type, if any, repeating it's doing (raw). If you're not running gpm, you should only see the grep gpm line of the above output. Another and more direct method of seeing if you're running gpm is to simply Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a non-X virtual console (you can get back to X in most cases with Alt-F7), and simply move the mouse. If you're running gpm, you should see a block-shaped mouse cursor moving around. If it moves erratically, that means that gpm has the wrong settings. gpm (by default on Debian systems) keeps its config info in /etc/gpm.conf. You can edit this file manually by hand, and then restart the gpm daemon (run /etc/init.d/gpm restart), or you can run the gpm configuration utility which is probably a tad easier for newbies (gpmconfig). X keeps its mouse settings in /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. The settings are similar, but not quite the same, as those for gpm. Let us know the contents of /etc/gpm.conf and the mouse settings of /etc/X11/XF86Config[-4], and then we'll know better how to answer your question. Kent
RE: Settings for vim for C programming?
Hi Mark, If you use a2ps to print you C files, you can use --tabsize=4 to make it look right. a2ps also does pretty-printing (changes fonts for C keywords, etc.). -Kris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:16 PM To: Debian-user Subject: Settings for vim for C programming? Earlier I set my tabstop to 4 to give me some more screen room in my C program .c files. The problem is that when I print out the source code (eg. for a Uni assignment) or when someone else edits it, the tabstops are by default 8 spaces. What is the best way to deal with this? What I have currently in my /etc/vimrc is the following: C programming stuff syntax on syntax highlighting set tabstop=4 (default is 8) set softtabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set pastetoggle=F4 So you can see that I have commented out the previous tabstop setting of 4 so that the default is now active, but have added the softtabstop=4 option and left shiftwidth=4. I think that this adds 4 spaces when you press tab. And if an automatic indentation occurs (while writing c source code), it will add 4 spaces if the indentation is less than 8 spaces from the side or a combination of tabs and spaces if the indentation is more than 8 spaces from the side. Is this correct? If not how do you do it properly? How do all you guys do it? Basically, I just want my source code, to look to everyone else, as it looks to me, when they edit it, or I print it out. But I want to be able to use more of the screen by using tabspaces of 4. Thanks for the help. Regards. Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problem booting my system
Thanks Robert, I've got my system up now, and I didn't have to resort to putting the boot partition on the IDE drive. I think the main problem was in the lilo.conf file being incorrect. When I used the default file it (mostly) worked. I made an entry in the fstab file instructing it to mount read-write. Upon boot-up fsck was always giving an error about the root partition, but yet when I ran fsck it always reported 'clean' for me. I'm not sure what the most important difference was, but this lilo.conf worked: lba32 boot=/dev/sda root=/dev/sda2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=50 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional where /vmlinuz was a symbolic link to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-compact. This lilo.conf seemed to not work for me (although it had worked earlier, extended with various kernel options, etc.): boot=/dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b #prompt lba32 #vga=ask timeout=50 default=linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-compact label=linux root=/dev/sda2 read-only append = I noticed that under Linux the IDE drive is found whether or not it is enabled in BIOS. I disconnected power from it for awhile to make sure the system only saw the SCSI drive, but I don't think that was the problem after all. -Kris -Original Message- From: Robert Waldner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:18 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problem booting my system On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:10:09 MDT, Kris Huber writes: With the boot sequence having scsi first, a program (the kernel, I assume) runs and prints 001 in an endless loop, filling the screen until I cntlaltdel. I have an IDE drive in the system (ext2 file system), but I've disabled it in BIOS in addition to not selecting it as a boot drive. Have you looked at http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200109/msg03337.html ? cheers, rw -- -- OS/X: Because making Unix user-friendly -- was easier than debugging Windows.
RE: download directories in ftp?
'prompt' toggles whether it asks you or not. -Original Message- From: Alexander Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:22 AM To: Rohan Deshpande Cc: Debian-User Mailing List Subject: Re: download directories in ftp? mget *, there are some options to make it not ask you but I don't remember now... Sorry.., On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Rohan Deshpande wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there was a way to download full directories and their contents from remote places in the program 'ftp'. In the directory containing the directories and the contents that I want, i tried 'get *' but it wouldn't work .. any ideas? Cheers, Rohan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Text copy/paste feature not working for me
I did an install of the potato kernel and selected packages. I chose enlightenment and gnome under X11, which I've used before under kernel 2.4. A feature I use quite a bit, hi-lighting text with left mouse button, then middle-clicking to produce a copy of that text, is not working. I'm not sure just where to look for that feature. My suspicion is that my middle mouse button is not working. I have a serial mouse from Logitech and I selected a Logitech mouse driver during the install. For 3-button emulation I selected 'no' because it has 3 buttons and shouldn't need emulation. Under 2.4 a more generic mouse driver was used, I think. I'm quite new to installation issues. How do I try a different mouse driver? Thanks for any clue, Kris
Gnome panel not showing up
I did an install of the potato kernel and selected packages. I chose enlightenment and gnome under X11, which I've used before under kernel 2.4. My version of gnome is a bit older (at least control panel is). I'm puzzled why I don't have a panel across the bottom of the desktop. I think it is gnome-panel which does that, but although that package is installed, I don't have the panel, and there are no menu options related to the panel and it's maintenance (add new apps to lauch from it, etc.) Any clues? Thanks, Kris
Problem booting my system
Hello Debian enthusiasts, I'm having difficulty getting my system to boot off my SCSI hard disk. It boots off the rescue diskette, and I've rerun lilo after checking over the lilo.conf file. I got the following when I ran lilo: Reading boot sector from /dev/sda Warning: /dev/sda is not on the first disk Merging with /boot/boot.b Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-compact Added linux * The warning concerned me, but I figured it was because I had BIOS set to boot off the floppy first, if possible. With boot sequence floppy, scsi, cd, the system hangs after printing LI (without floppy in the drive). I can get the system up if I put a rescue floppy in and do boot: rescue root=/dev/sd2. With the boot sequence having scsi first, a program (the kernel, I assume) runs and prints 001 in an endless loop, filling the screen until I cntlaltdel. I have an IDE drive in the system (ext2 file system), but I've disabled it in BIOS in addition to not selecting it as a boot drive. The motherboard is an EPoX K7XA with 800 MHz Athlon processor. Any ideas of where to go from here? This first happened when rebooting after an 'apt-get upgrade' on my packages from the testing distribution of the 2.4 kernel. But obviously the problem was something else, because I've now installed the potato release and the problem hasn't gone away. Thanks for any clues, Kris
XFree86
de donde veo la versión de XFree que estoy usando? ..debian 2.2 potato gracias
RE: XFree86
lo intenté pero no tengo XFree86 como comando -Mensaje original- De: jose maria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miércoles 15 de agosto de 2001 8:00 Para: debian-user-spanish@lists.debian.org Asunto: Re: XFree86 El Miércoles 15 Agosto 2001 12:46, kris escribió: de donde veo la versión de XFree que estoy usando? ..debian 2.2 potato gracias XFree86 -version tecleado en un terminal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Burning ISO-Image in Windows?
At 13:57 2001/01/16 +0100, you wrote: I think with Nero, you may run into differences because of the language translation. Can you just try it with the default settings for creating an image or ISO file ?? I understand it may not be the case with you and where you live, but here in the States, blank CDs are approx $0.50 each. If I make a coaster, it's no big deal. ..though not really efficient you could also use winimage (www.winimage.com) to unpack the files and then burn it your usual way.. You could do, but when the files were written to a CD, it wouldn't work properly (symlinks, hm? Pah, who needs 'em). Nero can do it perfectly well. File - Burn Image... - Files of type All Files - Select ISO image Leave everything as the defaults (data mode 1, unchecked raw data, 2048 block size, 0, 0, unchecked, unchecked), click OK, click Write. Info correct as for Nero version 5.0.3.8. -- Kris Clarke | ab imo pectore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp keys: http://www.btinternet.com/~kris.clarke/ icq: 10537480
downloading debian GNU/Linux 2.2
To the List; My name is Kris Murray. I am interested in downloading this Linux OS. However, I have some questions and concerns. 1. To download it, do I have to ftp the entire OS from the ftp site to my hard drive? Or can I just download an installation program that will take care of downloading each individual file? If I need to ftp the files, which ones? 2. After I download it, what do I do? I read on the website that I can boot from floppies or my CD-Rom. But I don't think that is for downloading. What exactly am I supposed to do to initialize and start up the OS? 3. I also read on the website that installing Linux might wipe out some of my other files. How frequent is this? Is this something that I should be concerned about? And if so, what is the scope of the files that it will wipe out? I have a whole partitioned drive dedicated to Linux. Will other drives be affected? I would appreciate it if someone could help me out and answer my questions. --- Kris Murray _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: exim and perl filter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
which works but changes the address of internal mail as well.
Can anyone see any problems with this code. I don't know much
about perl and was wondering if the code contained any obvious
(to perl coders) errors.
It gives the following when I source ( . /usr/local/bin/mail-filter )
From what I can remember, the article in LG never tells you to do that.
This filter is used by Exim, not by Mutt. Exim catches outgoing mail to
non-local hosts, and filters them through the script. Mutt has nothing to
do with it.
-- bash: =: command not found
-- bash: /usr/local/bin/mail2: line 3: syntax error near
unexpected token `while(){'
-- bash: /usr/local/bin/mail2: line 3: `while(){'
That's bash complaining, not Mutt, nor Exim. You don't use 'source' on the
script within Mutt or from the shell. Exim runs and uses the script. (if
you're not using Mutt's source command, or the I might be confused).
Have you restarted Exim for the changes to the config file to take effect?
With regards to this error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=1412:
host mail.inet.fi [192.54.155.189]:
553 hampaita.fi does not exist
It seems as though it's the servers on the ISP side are rejecting the
message because hampaita.fi doesn't exist (maybe obvious, but I'm waffling
anyway so I may as well say it). If hampaita.fi is the domain that's in the
From: header of your outgoing messages without the Perl script, then maybe
you haven't restarted Exim.
I can't think of anything else; when I followed the instructions in LG 32
(IIRC; maybe it was 42 or 43... there's a revised version in the issue
after) I had no problems with it; worked fine.
Let me know how you get on and what the problem was.
HTH,
Kris
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Re: IP MASQ
At 17:53 22/02/00 +, Oleg Krivosheev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ^^^ Hmmm? Related question: to my surprise i did not found example rules in ipmasq package for what i think is the most common case: ethernet 192.168.0.x network connected to outside world via PPP with static IP. Could someone tell/send me this rules? I've only just set up IP masquerading myself. Take a look at http://packetfilter.dynip.com where you can fill in a script that does everything for you including a basic firewall. The only thing you need to add to the script is... echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward ... at the top (and change InternalNetwork to something like 192.168.0.1/24). Run it after the PPP link is up and you're away! Just don't do anything stupid like forget to delete the default gateway on the actual gateway. (not that I'm guilty of actually doing that, you understand...) Incidentally, why is the Debian package of mserver[1] (MasqDialer) so awkward? Where were the docs? /etc/mserver.conf was totally wrong - I ended up installing from source. It does work wonderfully well, though - I'd recommend it for those with an inet gateway - there's a lovely traffic view in the client (available for Windows, Mac, Linux, etc, etc; get http://www.buffnet.net/~millard/winmclient.html for the Windows client). If anyone wants the config file for mserver then just ask. HTH, etc, Kris [1] http://cpwright.com/mserver/
where is /dev/mouse???
Here is my problem. I have just finished installing Debian/GNU Linux 2.1 on my Pentium II machine and have begun to install and configure X. When I try to execute 'startx' I get the error output listed below. It appears that 'startx' requires the device file '/dev/mouse' I think this file was supposed to have been created during my Debian installationbut somehow it wasn't. Anyone know where I slipped up during the installation and whether or not I can correct the problem without reinstalling? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Kris - XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: July 15 1998 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.0.36 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3 (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "RageCard" (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "BigDell" (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 RagePro rev 92, Aperture @ 0xf500, Registers @ 0xf410, Block I/O @ 0x9000 (--) Mach64: PCI (92) and CONFIG_CHIP_ID (124) don't agree on ChipRev, using PCI value (--) Mach64: Card type: AGP (--) Mach64: Memory type: 4 (--) Mach64: Clock type: Internal (--) Mach64: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz (**) Mach64: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800 (**) Mach64: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 69.650 (**) Mach64: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 115.500 (**) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 157.500 (--) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 1280x1024 (--) Mach64: Video RAM: 8192k (--) Mach64: Using hardware cursor (--) Mach64: Using 16 MB aperture @ 0xf500 (--) Mach64: Using 4 KB register aperture @ 0xf410 (--) Mach64: Ramdac is Internal (--) Mach64: Ramdac speed: 230 MHz (--) Mach64: Using 8 bits per RGB value (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 2 256x256 slots, 8 128x128 slots, 32 64x64 slots (--) Mach64: Font cache: 16 fonts System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp " " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory) When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages mach64ProgramClkMach64CT: Warning: Q 10.6667 X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Re: ttysnoop
Ben Lutgens wrote: I am trying to configure ttysnoop. Whenever i try to login with telnet I get: [snip] Sorry, not an answer to your question, but a question of my own to do with ttysnoop (or any other suitable software): Would it be possible to log _all_ telnet traffic (including usernames and times) to a file, rather than simply creating a ``clone'' of the display? Using .bash_history would be somewhat awkward and unreliable. It would be excellent if I could log all insecure telnet traffic, partly as an incentive for my users to use SSH and partly because there are a lot of 16 year-old students around. Please just send a private e-mail if this is a case of not RTFMing :-) Ciao, Kris, who has a sneaky feeling he shouldn't have asked... -- Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you quote this .sig then I hope you get hiccups
Re: http - telnet
Oz Dror wrote: The problem with httptunnel is that at work I have windows 95 computer and I am not alowed to install any software on it. In fact each night any installed software is erased. Do I have two problem 1. I do not know of htc for windows 95 2. I am not sure that I can get away by installing any software on the cmupter at work, unless I can have it on a floppy disk In that case, just put telnet on port 80 (edit inetd.conf), and use the Windows telnet client (*spit*). If you can't run telnet from work (i.e. they use profiles), use Word and create a macro which says: shell c:\windows\telnet.exe That will get past the program restrictions. I can't think of anything else; sorry. -- Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: http - telnet
Oz Dror wrote: have DSL at home, at work I have an internet access through proxy but only http access is alowed. telnet, ftp and irc are blocked. is there a way to access my home computer using http session simulating telnet session. is there a free version of http server that I could install on my computer that would emulate telnet session for incoming http calls. I believe what you're after is httptunnel. In unstable, I think. (no, I've never had a need to use it, so I don't know anything else about it; sorry). -- Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian-* procmail recipe
Pollywog wrote:
I have tried to get procmail to start from my exim .forward file, but it
does not work. I instead went to sortmail, which starts from my Exim
.forward file, but it does not do fancy stuff like what you mentioned in
your post.
The reason I tried sortmail is that it is written in C and
it should run faster than Exim scripts.
I personally don't see the point in having an unnecessary step with the
process of mail delivery. I also get rid of problems with domain set up
with Exim (no, not the :localhost thing). So, fetchmail just calls
procmail directly:
poll mail.globalnet.co.uk protocol POP3 username dufas password
mypass mda procmail -d smaug options fetchall
That's all one line, and I use it with an account where mail can be
addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or any other value for XYZ,
including [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ultra-basic .procmailrc which will put mail into a single mailbox (set
with the DEFAULT: part):
-- Start ---
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/smaug/bin
MAILDIR=/home/smaug/mail
LOGFILE=/home/smaug/mail/.log/procmail.log
VERBOSE=ON
LOGABSTRACT=all
SHELL=/bin/sh
TMPDIR=/tmp
DEFAULT=/home/smaug/mail/inbox
--- End ---
I sort my mail into mailboxes like ~/mail/lists/debian-user/1999-08 so
no single mbox can get too large. Handy for getting rid of old mail,
too.
Simple delivery recipe for new users, so they don't have to figure it
out from the many examples:
--- Start ---
# Freshmeat
:0:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/home/smaug/mail/lists/freshmeat/${MONTHSTRING}
--- End ---
I have ${MONTHSTRING} set with MONTHSTRING=`date +%Y-%m` right at the
top of my procmailrc. (Note: It would be ^From:.*, but apparently the
From: header might not have the colon (it's an RFC thing)).
And lets throw in another couple just for the sake of it. Maybe I'll add
a header to certain posts or something so that my .sig is changed to
Campaign For Proper Sig Delimiters when I reply to various posts...
# Correct wrong sig-dashes
:0 fBw
* ^--$
| sed -e 's/^--$/-- /'
# Put any duplicate message into 'duplicates' mbox
:0Whc:.msgid.lock
| formail -D 8192 .msgid.cache
:0a:
/home/smaug/mail/duplicates
# Add [Kris] to the subject if the body contains my name
:0 fBw
* (\Kris\|\Kris Clarke\)
| sed -e 's/^\(Subject: .*\)\[Kris\] /\1/' \
-e 's/Re: Re: /Re: /'\
-e 's/^Subject: \(.*\)/Subject: [Kris] \1/'
# Correct OE stupidness; could add AW: too
:0 fHw
* ^Subject:.*SV:
| sed -e 's/SV:/Re:/g'
# Remove various headers from debian-{all of them} list
:0 fhw
* ^X-Mailing-List:.*debian
| formail -I Resent-Message-ID: \
-I Resent-From:\
-I X-Envelope-From:\
-I X-Accept-Language: \
-I X-Envelope-Sender: \
-I Resent-Cc: \
-I Resent-Date:\
-I Resent-Sender: \
-I Received: \
-I X-Loop: \
-I Precedence: \
-I Sender: \
-I X-Envelope-To:
# Record message-ID log. To only record non-mailing list
# messages, put this after all mailing list delivery recipes.
YEAR=`date +%Y`
MONTH=`date +%m`
DAY=`date +%d`
HOURS=`date +%H`
MINUTES=`date +%M`
SECONDS=`date +%S`
:0
* ^Message-Id: \/.*
{
MESSAGEID = $MATCH
}
GZIPHERE=`echo -e \
$MESSAGEID\t$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY\t\t$HOURS:$MINUTES:$SECONDS \
| gzip /home/smaug/mail/.log/mail-$YEAR-$MONTH.gz`
Yes, I know that one's fork()-intensive, but it's perfectly fast enough
for me.
If anyone else has got any other nifty procmail bits bats, then please
share them :-) That doesn't include the ones which are in the FAQs like
the PGP-compliant-mail-maker one :-)
Oh, and if anyone feels like taking a peek at a MIME filtering question
(not to do with procmail) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your
local news server (comp.mail.mime), then it would be very much
appreciated...
Ciao,
Kris (currently swearing at his monitor because it died an hour ago)
--
Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian-* procmail recipe
Are you fed up of having six or seven useless lines of text and carriage
returns at the end of each mail from debian-user and the other lists?
Well, fear no more! For a limited period only, you too can have those
lines stripped off -- completely free!
Add the following to your .procmailrc:
--- Begin ---
# Remove last X .sig-lines from debian-* mailing lists
:0
* ^X-Mailing-List:.*debian
{
# Debian-user has 6 useless lines
:0 fbw
* ^X-Mailing-List:.*debian-user
| sed -n -e ':a;N;2,5ba;:o;N;P;s/[^\n]*\n//;$!bo'
# These have 7 useless lines
:0 fbw
* ^X-Mailing-List:.*(debian-changes\
|debian-security-announce\
|debian-announce\
|debian-mentors)
| sed -n -e ':a;N;2,6ba;:o;N;P;s/[^\n]*\n//;$!bo'
}
}
--- End ---
# sed -n -e ':a;N;2,5ba;:o;N;P;s/[^\n]*\n//;$!bo'
# /^\
# NOTE: On above line, the digit shown is:
# (number of lines you want removed)-1
Since I only read a couple of the debian lists, I haven't looked at the
others. It's easy enough to add 'em, though.
I also strip useless headers, but that's easy enough to figure out.
I've got a strange feeling I've messed something up somewhere, so try
not to shout at me if I have, okay?
Adios,
Kris
--
Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,
Oz Dror wrote: On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character the backspace character defaults to the delete character how can I change this default. Add... xmodmap -e keycode 22 = BackSpace ... to the top of your ~/.xsession, or type it from within an (x|e|rxv)term to quickly test it. At least that work(s|ed) for me. HTH, etc. Ciao, Kris -- Kris | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GeekCode v3.1 GIT dpu C UL+++ L++ E--- N+++ h++ !r PGP++ tv++ o-- K- w O M V- PS PE- Y+ t+ 5+ X+ R- DI+ e b y-- D s:- G A--- P+ W-
Re: .fetchmailrc
Patrick Kirk wrote:
Also, after chown 0710 I get
^
What happened to chmod?
rhino:~# ls -al .fetchmailrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164 Jul 12 15:51 .fetchmailrc
chown user.group ~/.fetchmailrc
--
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Re: fetchmail woes
Patrick Kirk wrote:
Thanks. That worked but the darn thing still won't work. Even though
patrick is my login account I get the following errer
[snippage]
ipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
fetchmail: can't even send to patrick!
Oh, hurrah, this one pops up _again_.
Add:
:localhost
...to local_domains in your exim.conf restart exim.
--
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Re: install can't read from cd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(d:\install\boot) and successfully mounted the root directory, init swap.
When it came to selecting media to install from I chose cd-rom, /dev/hdf but a
message returned saying that the mount was unsuccessful.
Use:
/dev/hdc if your CD drive is Secondary Master
/dev/hdd if your CD drive is Primary Master
Or just try the others until you get it right.
--
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Re: pgp5 problems in mutt
Nate wrote:
set pgp_v5=/usr/bin/pgp5 ;; set pgp_v5_language=mutt ;; set pgp_v5_pubring=
~/.pgp/pubring.pkr ;; set pgp_v5_secring=~/.pgp/secring.skr
[snip]
cannot find pgp5s
Try...
set pgp_v5=/usr/local/bin/pgp
That's where it is for me after I installed from source.
--
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Re: lib termcap problems...
At 11:35 05/06/1999 -0300, vmlinuz wrote: I have trying to compiling Pine 4.10 on slink and I get this error: ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory Anyone can help me ? Yep. In 'pine4.10/pine/makefile.lnx' change the line... STDLIBS= -ltermcap ... to read... STDLIBS= -lncurses Do the same in /pico/makefile.lnx if you want pico (slightly different sytax, but just replace termcap with ncurses in the STDLIBS line) Compile with the './build slx' option. (or at least that's what I used) HTH, etc.
Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff
You wrote this: I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs I have, where it says If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of your set when you start I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doing so? Can I fix it? In dselect, just select option one (Access) and choose multi-cd if it's not already chosen. Then choose option number 2 (Update) to update all the package information. All the appropriate stuff on CD 2 will now be visible in the main 'Select' screen. There's nothing stopping you installing from CD 1 and then using CD 2 after you've installed it - you just need to choose Update and everything's available. Also, when dselect gets the files from the CDs, it finishes off by saying error code 1. What does that mean? Dselect also complains that it cannot open the file, /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/available You either haven't installed the multi-cd package (it's installed by default on my Cheabyte set), or you haven't chosen multi-cd in the first (Access) option in dselect. -- Kris ICQ 10537480 [EMAIL PROTECTED] checked weekly(ish) Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for quicker response (+.co.uk)
Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem - solved!
To those who were (or weren't) having the same problem as me (PPP freezes in kernel 2.2), I found the answer after talking with Clifford Kite on comp.os.linux.networking (he didn't suggest it, though, he just prompted me to get on with the diagnosing): The modem UART type wasn't set right. On boot, the kernel (2.2) reported ttyS2 to be a 16550A type, which was correct. However, the 0setserial script decided to set the UART type to whatever it was just underneath the manual configuration area (can't remember at present). So, if you've got a problem with PPP freezing under a 2.2 kernel, check your UARTS!! To see if it works for you, do a 'setserial /dev/ttySx uart 16550A', with 'x' being whatever your modem is. Everything will go back to normal on reboot. Anyway, I'm off to reinstall; I kinda messed everything up while I was messing about with everything :-) Yours, A very happy uebergeek Kris :-)
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
In reply to Johnny Thompson:
I had the same problem.. IP masquerade isn't re-reading
the firewall rules after the link goes down. Creating a
null /etc/{wherever}ipmasqueradeislocatedinthisdirectory/ppp
.file.
touch /etc/ipmasq/ppp .. That should solve your problem.. ;)
If that doesn't work, uninstall ipmasq because you probably
don't need it anyway.
I don't have IP masquerading installed/set up... I always do a base install
(using the basic 28 megs option), and add what I need after that -- which
fits neatly into less than 100Mb (~78 now I think).
I've done a dpkg -l .gz and whacked it up on my web space, just in case you
don't believe me :-)
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dufas/dpkg.gz (a massive 3.12k)
ipchains/SSH will be next on my list when I sort this thing out.
Good idea, but... nah.
BTW: STOP REINSTALLING.. :)
Sorry, can't help it :-) I like having a neat filesystem. Compared to what
my room looks like right now that's actually bit strange ;-)
Au revoir...
Kris
PS. Don't blame me if anything gets HTMLised in these e-mails -- Eudora
sucks when it doesn't ask me ONLY plain text *ever*?
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
{blush} You can tell I follow the digest now... darn. Apologies for the
waste of bandwidth, but it's for archive continuity (and so people actually
know wts(meg) I was going on about). Re-send, in reply to Sean
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the correct subject:
snip suggestion about killing inetd, as it worked for Sean
Nope. inetd has been well and truly slaughtered, and nothing changes (even
renamed it to make sure it didn't get restarted... call me strange).
Output of 'ps ax' while connected (after I've killed gpm, portmap inetd):
init
[kflushd]
[kpiod]
[kswapd]
update
/sbin/syslogd
/sbin/klogd
/usr/sbin/atd
/usr/sbin/cron
-bash
-bash
/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
tail -f /var/log/debug
/usr/sbin/pppd call provider
sh /etc/ppp/ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS2 115200 195.147.135.
run-parts /etc/ppp/ip-up.d
sh /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim
/usr/sbin/exim -qf
ps ax
Makes no difference whether I kill gpm/portmap or not. I do notice that the
last digits are missing from the IP, though... but that's probably just
running off the end of the screen or something (80 chars in total,
including all the other columns, just as it would on-screen). I think Exim
is waiting for my smarthost domain name to resolve (or I just didn't stay
on long enough for it to finish anyway).
I also let the 0setserial script do my serial ports by itself -- it got my
IRQs wrong, and set the I/0 to 0x03e8 (which is right), whereas I set it to
0x3e8 (or the other way round; can't remember). That doesn't matter, though.
My HD is getting seriously warped with all this rebooting...
Anyone got any other plausible ideas?
Thanks,
Kris
(Oh, and I changed /etc/hosts - splodge.org. Dunno why I said that.)
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
In reply to John Pearson: These [Exim things in ps ax output] should run briefly when you start your session, and then be gone. If they are still running it may be that there is a problem with exim's setup that is preventing it from quitting in a timely manner, or it may just be a further symptom of the fact that your PPP connection isn't working. What happens if you kill /usr/sbin/exim-qf? I have now re-installed Slink (Cheapbytes Official 2.1 CDs) completely, and I'm using a minimum install (basic + gpm, make, patch, lynx, etc, with no X) using my 2.2.9 kernel from floppy with no updates/upgrades. I've changed: fstab, 0setserial (ttyS2 - IRQ 5), and /etc/ppp/options (added novjccomp, nodeflate, nobsdcomp. Removed asyncmap other stuff (no difference before and after, so it's not any of that)). Also commented out all lines /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim and removed the 15-min exim cron job. Also tried it with killing inetd, portmap, and gpm. So exim doesn't run unless I tell it to. No difference. Theories: pppd bug or kernel 2.2 bug. If anyone wants me to use various kdebug options (I'm guessing that will reveal a grand total of zero bytes) and upload the output to my web space in a .gz for easy zless viewing, I shall. Just ask. I honestly think of anything else :-( Next step: comp.os.linux.networking tomorrow, and/or the linux-ppp mailing list after that. I feel as though I'm interrupting everyone... Thanks for trying, and goodnight... Kris
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
At 19:35 16/05/1999 +, you wrote: After I got everything installed, I immediately downloaded, installed and ran apt-get, and promptly upgraded to Slink, just as I had done when Slink first went stable. And now I can't use any of the 2.0.x kernels AND have ppp work. I've tried everything that has been mentioned in this thread, recompiling, moving back to the 2.2.7 kernel, which had just been working fine on my previous Slink installation, etc all to no avail. This is really driving me batty, but I thought you might like to know (Kris) that it isn't just your machine. I've just about decided to try a complete reformat/reinstall, as I've run out of just about all other options. Nice to know I'm not alone :-) I also thought about just using the 2.0.36 kernel, but as I have a dual PPro system... Git ;-) I'm on a lowly Cyrix 166 :-( Oh yes, something else I forgot to mention. I also put the proposed-updates link in my sources.list file, and upgraded to the packages present at that location. As I had not done this previously, I suspect this is where the problem is, so I'm thinking about reinstalling, upgrading, and then NOT upgrading again with the proposed-updates. I've tried it with a virgin Slink install, proposed-updates, and then did an apt-get update; apt-get install with libc6, netbase so on using proposed-updates and the potato unstable directories. Nothing changed (tried at all stages). My next guess: incorrect serial port settings (mouse ttyS1 modem ttyS2) them manually for my modem IRQ). I'll see what letting it set them automatically does. 95% chance it'll do nothing (it works in 2.0.36 as I said), but I can try. Otherwise, it's to the newsgroups/linux-ppp. But I can't try it now. 02.24am. C++ assigments suck. I'll get back to everyone tomorrow on what the serial port autodetect does. Thanks, Kris
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #879
At 03:36 17/05/1999 +, you wrote: A quick kludge that might fix your problem (it fixed it on my machine under hamm, and after I get done upgrading to slink, I'm going to try it there) is to kill inetd. I think the problem revolves around the netbase script in the /etc/init.d folder trying to use ifwadm(or something like that) instead of ifchains(or something like that). I still don't understand why this works or why the problem has never happened to me before now with the 2.2 kernels under both hamm and slink, but thought this info might be of use to you. Nope. inetd has been well and truly slaughtered, and nothing changes (even renamed it to make sure it didn't get restarted... call me strange). Output of 'ps ax' while connected (after I've killed gpm, portmap inetd): init [kflushd] [kpiod] [kswapd] update /sbin/syslogd /sbin/klogd /usr/sbin/atd /usr/sbin/cron -bash -bash /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6 tail -f /var/log/debug /usr/sbin/pppd call provider sh /etc/ppp/ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS2 115200 195.147.135. run-parts /etc/ppp/ip-up.d sh /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim /usr/sbin/exim -qf ps ax Makes no difference whether I kill gpm/portmap or not. I do notice that the last digits are missing from the IP, though... but that's probably just running off the end of the screen or something (80 chars in total, including all the other columns, just as it would on-screen). I think Exim is waiting for my smarthost domain name to resolve (or I just didn't stay on long enough for it to finish anyway). I also let the 0setserial script do my serial ports by itself -- it got my IRQs wrong, and set the I/0 to 0x03e8 (which is right), whereas I set it to 0x3e8 (or the other way round; can't remember). That doesn't matter, though. My HD is getting seriously warped with all this rebooting... Anyone got any plausible ideas? (my phone bill's awful as it is) Thanks, Kris (oh, and I changed /etc/hosts - splodge.org. Dunno why I said that.)
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
At 20:21 15/05/1999 +, you wrote: Ppp is known to have problems with 2.2.X. Indeed it does. *thwap* How about the far end of the ppp link? Nope; the only thing I can ping or otherwise communicate with is localhost the dynamic IP which I'm assigned (from /var/log/ppp.log). Option names have changes and the old ones may not be supported anymore. To turn off compression use 'nobsdcomp', 'nodeflate', and 'novj'. I no longer recall what '-am' did. Check the man page. As a long shot, try turning off all compression. I've tried nobsdcomp, nodeflate, novjc, novjccomp, and probably a few other things; nothing cures it. I reckon that even if the compression stuff wasn't set right, _some_ packets should make their way in/out. Incidentaly, I earlier tried upgrading to potato (libc6 so on) and recompiling the kernel to include anything which looks even remotely route-looking; no luck (made the man output have a Perl error though; nothing serious). I'm starting to think that I've either got a curse put on me my by an evil goat, or I'm just dmed to failure. Any other ideas, anyone? (Pretty please?)
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
At 08:32 16/05/1999 +, you wrote: I have a working ppp on kernel 2.2.9. my pppd command is exec /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS0 115200 lock modem crtscts \ asyncmap 0 defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT pppd --version (pppd version 2.3 patch level 5) egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options domain mindspring.com mru 1500 mtu 1500 name login-name I don't recall making any changes to the above when going to the 2.2.x kernel. The only differences I can see are what i show above. Nope. None of that makes any difference. I've now tried downgrading to PPP(d) 2.3.5, and upgrading to 2.3.8. I don't think it's anything to do with DNS, but here are a few things: # cat /etc/resolv.conf domain globalnet.co.uk # - Tried with, without, search globalnet.co.uk # - and combinations of. nameserver 194.126.82.5 nameserver 194.126.86.9 # /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 splodge localhost loopback Minus loopback, no change. Splodge is current hostname. # /etc/inetd.conf discard daytime timetalk ntalk shell login exec smtpident inetd.conf shouldn't matter if it works in 2.0.36. Someone might need a good LARTing over this but it's probably just me. Still seeking help on this... Thanks, Kris
Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?
Problem: PPP works fine under kernel 2.0.36; under 2.2.x it connects, but it seems like no packets go in or out. tcpdump only shows what looks like things trying to get out, but not getting anything back (really technical, huh?). I can ping myself (localhost local IP), but not _any_ remote IPs (including my nameservers). All IRQs, nameservers, so on are set correctly. PPP is compiled into the kernel (of 2.2.9), and I'm using the latest version of PPP. It's slink, but I've tried it with apt-get update upgrade using the unstable area; makes no difference. Re-installed many times. Booting from floppy due to a resistant HD/BIOS. I've spent about two weeks on this problem, scouring searchlinux.com, deja(news), the HOW-TOs, Google, and so on. And I reckon I've spent about £5 on phone bills trying things. Here are various outputs while connected (my apologies if everything gets munged by Eudora): # route -n Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 195.147.160.5 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 ppp0 127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 195.147.160.5 0.0.0.0 UG0 0 0 ppp0 ^- I only get loopback when I do 'route add -host 127.0.0.1' # ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:195.147.165.134 P-t-P:195.147.160.5 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 # tcpdump -i ppp0 (single telnet to my POP3 mailbox (there are no problems at the ISP end: it's fine within Windows)) 195.147.165.134.1024 194.126.82.5.domain: 55880+ A? mail.globalnet.co.uk. (38) 195.147.165.134.1024 194.126.86.9.domain: 55880+ A? mail.globalnet.co.uk. (38) 195.147.165.134.1024 194.126.82.5.domain: 55880+ A? mail.globalnet.co.uk. (38) 195.147.165.134.1024 194.126.86.9.domain: 55880+ A? mail.globalnet.co.uk. (38) 195.147.165.134.1024 194.126.82.5.domain: 55880+ A? mail.globalnet.co.uk. (38) # egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options asyncmap 0 authcrtscts lock hide-password modem noipdefault-am -vj debug lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx -am and -vj make no difference. # /var/log/ppp.log (start and end trimmed, only showing pppd) Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS2 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 magic 0x277274c6 pcomp accomp] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5b asyncmap 0xa magic 0x1921c20 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x5b asyncmap 0xa] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5c magic 0x1921c20 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x5c magic 0x1921c20 pcomp accomp] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0xc6 compress VJ 0f 00 addr 195.147.160.5] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 magic 0x277274c6 pcomp accomp] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5d asyncmap 0xa magic 0x19227e9 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x5d asyncmap 0xa] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 magic 0x277274c6 pcomp accomp] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5e magic 0x19227e9 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x5e magic 0x19227e9 pcomp accomp] sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x277274c6] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 addr 0.0.0.0] sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 deflate 15 deflate(old#) 15 bsd v1 15] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0xc7 compress VJ 0f 00 addr 195.147.160.5] sent [IPCP ConfRej id=0xc7 compress VJ 0f 00] rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x19227e9] rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x5f 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0xc8 addr 195.147.160.5] sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0xc8 addr 195.147.160.5] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0xc9 addr 195.147.160.5] sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0xc9 addr 195.147.160.5] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 addr 0.0.0.0] rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 addr 195.147.165.134] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 addr 195.147.165.134] rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 addr 195.147.165.134] local IP address 195.147.165.134 remote IP address 195.147.160.5 Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started; pid = 159 Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 159), status = 0x0 # That's it. If you need more info then just say. I'm really lost with this, so if any of you live near me and know how to sort this out, then you can have a couple of free pints someday. Finally, I'm _really_ sorry if this is all a waste of bandwith. (Just remember to snip plenty if you're kind enough to reply). Thanks, Kris
RE: strange log messages/behavior
Hello, As i read your message i realized you're stuck with the same problem as i do for some time on hamm, without finding a solution. That's why I launched a similar cry for help a few days ago, without any luck until now Here's a copy of my original message: Hi, While I installed Linux some time ago with a lot of 'trial and error', I got things working finally, Including xdm and kdm, on an old Deskpro386, 20 Mhz, 12 Mb memory with SVGA card, . Two curious things keep me bothering from the beginning, however: * Sometimes, even during or just after starting the machine, at one of the virtual terminals, there is a message saying INIT respawning to fast, disabled for 5 minutes. Logging in on that vt is then impossible, trying on another vt gives me the same strange message. Only one solution: power off, restarting 'dirty' and hoping for better lucks this a hardware-dependent problem or a configuration error ? * Sometimes, after playing around for a while on the machine, if some command gives me an error, subsequent commands (whatever it is) produce only one output: 'Segmentation fault'. From that moment, there is only one solution: restarting the machine, the 'dirty way'. I hope some Linux-guru can give a little advice to solve these 'destabilizing' phenomena. TIA -Original Message- From: Chris R. Martin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 15 maart 1999 1:13 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:strange log messages/behavior Has anyone ever seen these messages before? Does anyone know what they mean? Mar 14 17:27:19 server init: Id 1 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:28:50 server init: Id 2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:39 server init: Id 3 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:42 server init: Id 4 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:45 server init: Id 5 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:49 server init: Id 6 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Mar 14 17:29:49 server init: no more processes left in this runlevel My server stoped responding to telnet and ftp (it would immediately close the connection). SAMBA and NFS still seemed to work however. So I got access to the console, and tried to log in, it gave me the above messages on the screen (and I found these in /var/log/syslog). Anyway, I did not see any recourse other than to hit reset, because Ctrl-Alt-Del did not respond either. How should I have dealt with this problem? Any ideas how it occured? Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Strange phenomena: INIT respawning to fast, segmentation fault
Hi, While I installed Linux some time ago with a lot of 'trial and error', I got things working finally, Including xdm and kdm, on an old Deskpro386, 20 Mhz, 12 Mb memory with SVGA card, . Two curious things keep me bothering from the beginning, however: - Sometimes, even during or just after starting the machine, at one of the virtual terminals, there is a message saying INIT respawning to fast, disabled for 5 minutes. Logging in on that vt is then impossible, trying on another vt gives me the same strange message. Only one solution: power off, restarting 'dirty' and hoping for better lucks this a hardware-dependent problem or a configuration error ? - Sometimes, after playing around for a while on the machine, if some command gives me an error, subsequent commands (whatever it is) produce only one output: 'Segmentation fault'. From that moment, there is only one solution: restarting the machine, the 'dirty way'. I hope some Linux-guru can give a little advice to solve these 'destabilizing' phenomena. TIA
'libfdisk error reading sector' during debian installation
As i am new in LINUX, a few suggestions about solving the following problem would be most helpful. I try to install the debian version (floppy media) on an old Compaq Deskpro 386/20. I installed a non-standard harddisk (Conner, not recognized by the BIOS)so I boot from my rescue disk with the startup options : hd=683,16,38 to indicate the correct disk geometry. To create the partitions, I use CFDISK with the same parameters (-c, -h and -s) In-between the installation phases, when I get 'Installation program is determining the current state. etc' an error message comes in-between: 'libfdisk error reading sector 311296. Operation not permitted' This sector must be the last sector in the first partition. Even when I changed the size of my 2 partitions (Ext Linux and Linux swap), the number changes and still seems to indicate the last sector of the first partition. I can continue the installation, file system creation and bad-track checking seems to work but at the installation of the base system, after copying the 6 'base'-floppies, uncompression of the zipped file doesn't work and I should copy the 6 floppies again and again. Is there a solution
Netscape LibXpm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. I installed Debian yesterday and I can't get Netscape to work: It gives netscape: can't load LibXpm.4.so or something like that. But when I check ldconfig -v, the library is really there. So, what's going on ? Kris. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.11 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNeDVBK3rfZyvX+AGEQJc0ACeOe7ElSJVqlKr4bmbkWUm5bwis40AoNQB zkAiMzuiYPfc9echoM0Etaao =nnKf -END PGP SIGNATURE- =-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 682553 You go to hell ! You go to hell and you die ! - Mr. Hat.
Re: Netscape LibXpm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote: I installed Debian yesterday and I can't get Netscape to work: It gives netscape: can't load LibXpm.4.so or something like that. But when I check ldconfig -v, the library is really there. So, what's going on ? I recall I had a similiar problem that drive me nuts. The solution was to move my current netscape profile. That being the .netscape, ns_imap and nsmail directories. Current netscape profile ? I don't have netscape atm, so where would I get those files ? And if I had them, where should I move them too ? (Btw, you're right, it _is_ driving me nuts :-)) Kris. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.11 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNeE6TK3rfZyvX+AGEQLqDwCggjrVUJb0OF/fbNPtM1cmVbMDbe4AnjtD 5ZazO1I73BRoP7riVfjQJF57 =gk5l -END PGP SIGNATURE- =-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 682553 You go to hell ! You go to hell and you die ! - Mr. Hat.
Re: Netscape LibXpm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I installed Debian yesterday and I can't get Netscape to work: It gives netscape: can't load LibXpm.4.so or something like that. But when I check ldconfig -v, the library is really there. So, what's going on ? How did you install Netscape? Did you use the Debian installer or did you try to install it manually from the tarball? I downloaded the 4.06 version from ftp://ftp6.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.06/shipping/english/unix/ linux20/professional_edition/ Then I untarred with tar - zxvf [filename]. Then I switched to root, and ran ns-install. If you used the installer, did you download EXACTLY the binary version that the installer tells you to download? I didn't use the installer, but where can I find it ? It sounds interesting enough to try it... Kris. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.11 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNeE7p63rfZyvX+AGEQLiNACg5tyVo/IKpPtL/myS2JBvW8b6NrMAoPhM 53NOlsxnh6G1fLxYgErDAM6F =I312 -END PGP SIGNATURE- =-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 682553 You go to hell ! You go to hell and you die ! - Mr. Hat.
Netscape libXpm.so.4
I installed libc5 - still not working. Here some more information: The error is: /usr/local/netscape/netscape: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' ldd /usr/local/netscape/netscape gives: === libXt.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 (0x4000b000) libSM.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (0x4004d000) libICE.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (0x40056000) libXmu.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXmu.so.6 (0x4006b000) libXpm.so.4 = not found libXext.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXext.so.6 (0x4007d000) libX11.so.6 = /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x40088000) libdl.so.1 = /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40126000) libc.so.5 = /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40129000) libg++.so.27 = not found libstdc++.so.27 = not found libm.so.5 = /lib/libm.so.5 (0x401e7000) === And locate libXpm.so.4 gives me: === /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.10 === The other not found entries: $ locate libg++.so.27 /usr/lib/libg++.so.272 $ locate libstdc++.so.27 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.272 So I seem to have everything Netscape needs, but it still doesn't work. Any more ideas ? Kris.
Netscape xpm-problems solved.. next problem :-)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The xpm-problem has been solved... thanks to all those who helped. Now, next problem: I don't like the way netscape looks: all html pages I view look good (apart from the fonts, but that can wait :-); but Netscape itself looks crappy: the buttons (back, forward, ...) and the menu- system look like they have only 4 colors. Is this because I have enabled 24bit color and not 32 ? Thanks again... Kris -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.11 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNeFoE63rfZyvX+AGEQL3CQCfQSw5XVFw81opoDkXLORM7hrKRfcAnjcc xlUsBey1kVpiknwbnYwgX4/7 =N+fh -END PGP SIGNATURE- =-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 682553 You go to hell ! You go to hell and you die ! - Mr. Hat.
Re: Netscape xpm-problems solved.. next problem :-)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Kris Van Hulle wrote: : Is this because I have enabled 24bit color and not 32 ? Yes. I see. Indeed, I get the right colors in 32 bpp mode. Unfortunately, my card/monitor doesn't seem able to handle 1024*768 in 32 bpp mode. And I'm certainly not gonna work in 800*600 mode. So, any other options ? It seems rather strange to me that Netscape needs 32bpp color to work properly... Aren't there any switches or something that I could use ? (./netscape -24bpp or something.) (wishful thinking :-)) Kris. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.11 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNeF0ja3rfZyvX+AGEQJ04wCgmminMekjLv6jkbAQ0dWHGWgr5w0AoOtp ctOERpjplzE40WpXZ5/tdItM =oWDk -END PGP SIGNATURE- =-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 682553 You go to hell ! You go to hell and you die ! - Mr. Hat.
