Re: tar.gz to debian packages
On Tue 24 Sep 2002 13:38:14 +0200 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Hi. > i use yaprimaxgui & pxscan to get my Primax Direct 9600 scanner working. (sane >doesn't provide a backend for this type just yet). > Anyway, no problem, as i found the mentioned packages. Both packages are in tar.gz: >i built them and they run. However the system doesn't know about them sinc they >aren't .deb files. I thought building a deb from the sources would be a better way of >handling this or is it overkill? If you want just that the system know about them, use equivs (apt-get install equivs and read the documentation). If you want that the system manage them, debianize them. The better way will depend of your disponibility. If possible, debianize them. Other peoples will can be benefited. About equivs, read apt-howto (apt-get install apt-howto) > If so, i found the Debian New Maintainers' Guide, is this what one uses to >accomplish this? Yes. > Thanks. Regards, -- Marcio Roberto Teixeira endereço eletrônico: [EMAIL PROTECTED] página pessoal: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br chave pública: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br/marciotex.gpg Usuário "tchê" Debian/GNULinux Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil "A vida é como uma boa prova escolar: é curta, com múltiplas escolhas." O "world" não é o Word. Uso LaTeX: viva o código aberto! msg03353/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Filesystem error
Hi Stefan. On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:21:59 -0500 Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 01:16:20PM -0500, Stefan Sten wrote: > > I followed the instructions at the promt tried with 'mount -n -o > > remount,rw /' and then 'e2fsck dev/hda1'. > > If at all possible you should boot from an emergency disk/CD. In any > case, it is dangerous to run fsck on a filesystem that is mounted > read-write. If you can boot from floppy/CD don't mount the filesystem at > all, and run fsck -c /dev/hda1 for check badblocks > and if you have to boot from HD don't remount it rw. > > That gave me: "FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED", I rebooted and the system keeps > > complaning as before. Does somebody recognise this? > > Don't stop after you run fsck once. Keep running it until it doesn't > tell you about any more errors. If you have too many errors you may want > to just save what data you can to another partition, wipe that one, and > restore from a backup. You should also make yourself a note about this, > filesystem corruption can sometimes be caused by a hardware problem. > > -- > Michael Heironimus > Regards, -- Marcio Roberto Teixeira endereço eletrônico: [EMAIL PROTECTED] página pessoal: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br chave pública: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br/marciotex.gpg Usuário "tchê" Debian/GNULinux Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil "A vida é como uma boa prova escolar: é curta, com múltiplas escolhas." O "world" não é o Word. Uso LaTeX: viva o código aberto! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
error compiling kernel: undefined reference to `local symbols
Hi. I was compiling the kernel (Debian way) and: (root)$ make-kpkg kernel_image make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib' ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \--start-group \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \ drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ --end-group \ -o vmlinux drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit' make[1]: ** [vmlinux] Erro 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16' make: ** [stamp-build] Erro 2 funes:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16# What's happening? What means "undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit' "? How can I workaround it? My setup: unstable, i386. Regards, -- Marcio Roberto Teixeira endereço eletrônico: [EMAIL PROTECTED] página pessoal: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br chave pública: http://www.marciotex.hpg.ig.com.br/marciotex.gpg Usuário "tchê" Debian/GNULinux Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil "A vida é como uma boa prova escolar: é curta, com múltiplas escolhas." O "world" não é o Word. Uso LaTeX: viva o código aberto! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem starting X
Hi, If gpm is installed, try: (root)$ /etc/init.d/gpm stop (user)$ startx On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:02:16 +0200 Hans Steinraht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install a Debian unstable version on my new computer with a > Geforce4 TI4200 card in it. > > I installed the NVIDIA drivers for my card from the NVIDIA-website. > When I do "startx", X is starting up and the NVIDIA-logo is appearing on my > screen, but then shuts down after a few seconds. > It looks like it's shutting down immidiately after that the mouse pointer > appears at the screen. > > The settings in my XF86Config-4 are: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > In the logfile XFree86.0.log I don't see anything strange, here are the last > lines: > > (II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (II) KeyBoard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver > (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" > (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device": "/dev/psaux" > (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > > Maybe someone can help be a bit further. > Thanks in advance, > Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
