XF86Setup apt-get
I set my sources.list to: http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main I did an apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. Everything went fine until I tried to run XF86Setup, this wasn't installed. I then did an apt-get update XF86Setup and then an apt-get install XF86Setup. Once again everything appeared fine. I then ran XF86Setup, when I got to the configuring the card the bottom of the screen stated: *** The selected server is not installed! Please abort, install SVGA server as /usr/X11R6/XF86_SVGA and run this program again *** What should I apt-get now...XF86_SVGA? I browsed ~vincent and did not see an entry for XF86_SVGA. I understand the overall concept of apt-get (used to upgrade your system based on your sources.list), but I don't fully understand the details of the how it works. For example, my previous apt-get for XF86Setup does not appear to be in ~vincent listing either, but it obviously is. If someone could assist me in understanding how apt-get works/finds what it is looking for once it gets to ~vincent I'd appreciate it. Also is there a way to apt-get the all the X files instead of having to retrieve bits and pieces at a time? Thanks, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: pppconfig files
The phone number only resides in /etc/chatscripts/provider. Though now I know about /etc/ppp/peers/provider and its purpose and using pppconfig to change a current setup. Thanks for the replies. --- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshal Wong writes: You probably have to edit /etc/ppp/peers/provider, and /etc/chatscripts/provider. He needn't change anything in /etc/ppp/peers/provider to change the phone number. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
X update problem
I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro card and I'm using slink. I edited my source.lists to point to www.debian.org/~vincent xfree-update main. I did an apt-get update and then an apt-get upgrade. Everything seemed to work, I received one warning /usr/x11R6/lib/x11/doc symbolic link points to the wrong place. I tried to run xf86setup but it could not find the command. I went into dselect and xf86setup was not installed. When I went to install it, I was connected again to ~vincent. The packages to be installed were: xserver-common, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-base, xlib6g, xserver-vga16 I then answered the prompts according to my O'reilly book and my PC's equipment. Everything went fine until the testing phase. I received the following: x: exec of /usr/bin/x11/sf86.svga failed /var/lib/info/xserver-vga16.postint:kill:(416) - No such pid x server work properly? I answered n Checking /etc/x11/xf86config for problems. No problems found with the XFree86 configuration file. Preserve /etc/x11/xf86config just created (quit keeps file)? I answered q If the program didn't find any problems, but x still doesn't work, what do I do now? Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
pppconfig files
I used pppconfig to create my connection to my ISP. My ISP is changing their dial-up numbers and I need to modify the file where the number resides. I looked through /etc/ppp but I cannot find the file. Is the file that pppconfig creates an editable text file? I know I can create a new connection with pppconfig, but I thought changing the number in the file would be easier! Thanks, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: My Server Time gains too fast.
If you can rule out software causing the time change, you could have a bad crystal oscillator, which keeps track of time. This is a chip on your motherboard and comes in various shapes and sizes. More than likely a motherboard replacement would be called for unless you can get the manufacturer to change the chip, but that's doubtful. Otherwise Nate's suggestion should keep you pretty close to being on time. --- aphro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if its a server, its probably best to keep it synched with NTP. my servers are never off by more then 0.05 seconds or so .. see the xntp3 package. galactica:/users/admin/aphro# /etc/init.d/xntp3 stop ; ntpdate ns.scruz.net ; /etc/init.d/xntp3 start 26 Feb 01:55:48 ntpdate[19453]: adjust time server 165.227.1.1 offset 0.003506 sec Starting /usr/sbin/xntpd... off my 0.003 seconds.. nate On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, [iso-8859-1] ^°cZü wrote: ashida Hi,All ashida ashida My server time seems to gain about 9 hours per a week. ashida Time Locale (JST) is correct,I confirmed. ashida Date command execution is below. ashida # date ashida Sun Feb 27 00:25:36 JST 2000 ashida ashida Are there persons who had a same experience? ashida ashida -- Katsumi ashida __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
modem in bash
I am trying to get my Practical Periphials 28.8 external modem working under Debian 2.1. I have followed the examples in O'Relly's Running Linux and created the following files in /etc/ppp: my-chat-script #!/bin/sh # my-chat-script: a program for dialing up your ISP exec chat -v \ '' ATZ \ OK ATDT542-5605 \ CONNECT '' \ ogin: myusername \ assword: mypassword \ ppp-on #!/bin/sh # the ppp-on script exec /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/modem 28800 lock crtscts noipdefault \ defaultroute 0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0 connect my-chat-script I used vi to create these and made sure nothing follows the \ character. After creating them, I issued a chmod 755 /etc/ppp/filename command for each file. When I type ppp-on to begin the execution, nothing happens. No lights on the modem change and I am returned to my debian prompt. Thanks, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: Schedule-like app for Linux
You can try Ontime, www.ontime.com. I've used it in Windows environments and it works fairly well. I could not find on their site what O/Ses are supported, but they state they support mulitiple networking environments. It might be worth an email to find out. Mike --- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here on campus where I work we've managed to stay away from MS-Exchange by running the older MS-Schedule+. Now that W2K is upon us, with it's integrated Outlook that breaks MS-Schedule, the campus will have to find an alternative or install an MS-Exchange server and allow the Evil Empire to gain an even stronger grip on the campus. What this boils down to is: Is there a program for Linux that will do essentially the same thing as Schedule+? For those of you unfamiliar with Schedule+: I need a calendar program that is networked. For example, I can open my Schedule+ file, and then specify that John Doe has Read access to it over the network and Jane Doe has Change access to it over the network and Everyone else has no access to it. What I'd really like is a cross-platform calendar, like if Star Office's StarSchedule-thingy would work like this. Then I can gradually influence campus away from MS-Office/Windows. Hopefully someone knows of exactly the right thing. = If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan explaining the bureaucrat's and lawmaker's mind-set. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
dselect and mc
The Debian web-site tutorial mentioned using Midnight Commander (mc), so I thought I would try it out. I do not have it on my system (version 2.1), so I ran dselect to install it. I found it in the list and it had a couple of dependancies (gpm and libgpmg1). I accepted those to be installed also. The first time I tried to install, I had forgotten to mount my CD. I mounted my CD and re-ran dselect and removed the 3 packages. I then selected mc and the dependancies for install again. None of the 3 packages installed. I get the following errors. (This is my first attempt at dselect, so please give me as much detail as you can). I did my original Basic install from this CD, so I know it is working. If it makes a difference, this is the CD that came with the O'Reilly book. Err File:/cdrom/ stable/main gpm1_14-3 File not found Err File:/cdrom/ stable/main libgpmg1_14-3 File not found Err File:/cdrom/ stable/main mc 4.5.1-1.1 File not found Failed to fetch file:/cdrom/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/misc/gpm1_14-3.deb File not found Failed to fetch file:/cdrom/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/libs/libgpmg1_1.14-3.deb File not found Failed to fetch file:/cdrom/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/utils/mc_4.5.1-1.1.deb File not found Thanks, Mike = If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan explaining the bureaucrat's and lawmaker's mind-set. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
winmodem revisited
I recently found a couple sites of interest on winmodems. If missed their references in the recent discussion, I apologize. http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html http://linmodems.org/ Mike = If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan explaining the bureaucrat's and lawmaker's mind-set. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: Debian SAMBA
Drankin - FYI - You've got Happy99, you might want to run a virus scan. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to set up a debian linux box and I want to run the samba server. Obviously I have not done it yet, thus the question. I have searched in vain, via Samba.org, for Debian specific builds of Samba. I think this simply tells me that I have to build my own distribution from source code once I have Debian Linux up and running. If anyone knows where I can find documentation that will get me through this process, OR IF I AM COMPLETELY OUT IN LEFT FIELD in what I am planning to do, any pearls of wisdom you may have will be greatly appreciated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
X Windows Video
Warningnew user...terminology may not be completely correct. ;-) I've installed distribution 2.1 that comes with the O'Reily book and have been using it via the bash shell and learning various commands. Now I would like to install X Windows, but I can't quite figure out my video chipset. I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro 16MB. I went to the ATI site to determine if it uses one of the Mach chipset, but it appears that the Rage Pro is its own chipset. If I'm correct on this, will any of the other xfree installs work for me? I have subscribed to the user list but did not receive any additional message in response to my confirmation reply. On other lists, I'm used to having a welcome message come back giving me additional instructions and commands. Please CC: me in case I'm not subscribed correctly. Thanks, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
