Re: HELP!!!: Debian on ThinkPad 380XD
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: Hi, We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad, we used 2 floppies resc1440tecra.bin resc1440.bin. Here is what's going on: 1. We boot from floppy see long message with boot: at the end 2. type boot: linux floppy=thinkpad ^^^ This is unnecessary on the newer ThinkPads. Try again using the Tecra floppies. Noel
Re: AGAIN HELP!!!: Debian on ThinkPad 380XD
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: Thanks for the help! It's started to work. We managed to start installation process, partitioned disks, installed base system, prepare a bootable floppy etc... Problem: 1. When we reboot computer it prints: LILIO: linux.. AND REBOOTS AGAIN! 2. We put in bootable diskette, same story: boot: linux. AND REBOTTS AGAIN. It looks like we screwed up again :( Any help? Make sure you are using the Tecra disk images: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/drv1440tecra.bin ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/resc1440tecra.bin Noel
Re: Resc1440 Floppy locks up during install of Debian 2.0
Dave White wrote: The Rescue/boot floppy locks up after the following: Loading root.bin Loading linux . here is where it locks up -I've formatted three different floppies -downloaded resc1440.bin from two different sites -tried linux floppy=thinkpad with same result You neglected to say what your system actually was. If it's a ThinkPad, try using the Tecra disk images. You shouldn't need to use the `floppy=thinkpad' option on the more recent ThinkPads. Noel
Re: some questions
D'jinnie wrote: I don't seem to have too much luck with fine-tuning my Debian machine. I can't find xv (which I really like), compile all of the pine 4.05 dist (undefined references to crypt) and other little annoyances. Dselect just swamps me with all the packages with no way of isolating just the ones I want...BTW, is there a way to make dpkg show all the files it's installing? I get nervous when I don't know what it's doing or where it's going If you want to search for a particular package in dselect, use the `/'. I hate to say this, but reading dselect's online help is very informative. If you want to know what files are installed by a package and where they went, use `dpkg --listfiles package-name'. Again, `dpkg --help' and `man dpkg' are very useful. Noel
Re: slink
Rick Knebel wrote: Hi, What is the difference between slink and unstable on the debian ftp site. Currently, nothing; `slink' is the code name for the unstable distribution, just as `hamm' is the code name for the stable distribution. When slink becomes ready for beta testing, it will become `frozen', then when it's released it becomes stable and we'll need another code name for unstable. Noel
Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: Dip is for an old package called 'dip'. It was sort of line 'pon' I think. Since the package has long since gone away I find it annoying we're still stuck with the group. On the contrary, dip is still available in slink. I use it to dial up my ISP since it's the only package that does SLIP. Noel ~ $ dpkg --status dip Package: dip Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: net Installed-Size: 202 Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 3.3.7p-2 Replaces: netstd (= 2.14) Depends: libc6, liblockdev0g Conffiles: /etc/diphosts 7cbf2c9d02415cd75fafac56a6c62dc8 /etc/slip.dip 0907d6a1717749ea2827498f5bfa4ec5 /etc/ppp.dip 4fbc6b28e998e7fa098d08e0ab1efae4 Description: Tool for handling SLIP/PPP dialup IP connections This program handles the connections needed for dialup IP links, like SLIP or PPP. It can handle both incoming and outgoing connections, using password security for incoming connections.
Re: X windows...
David Warnock wrote: I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA. On a Debian system, /usr/bin/X11/X is not a symlink at all but actually a wrapper program that checks the file /etc/X11/Xserver for the proper X server to call. You'll want the first line in that file to read /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA. See /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for more information. Noel
Re: 2.0.35-1 menuconfig error
George Bonser wrote: WHen trying to make menuconfig on 2.0.35-1 I get the following: scripts/Menuconfig: line 1183: 8917 Segmentation fault $DIALOG --backtitle $backtitle --infobox Preparing configuration scripts... 3 40 make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1 If I issue the command manually, I also segfault. RUnning a make clean all and another make menuconfig does not fix it. It looks like the lxdialog executeable that gets built in scripts/lxdialog is broken. Has anyone else had this problem? I need to build autofs support into the kernel and the system is behind a firewall from me and I can not use xconfig. I will use a plain-old make config if I have to but I really like the menuconfig. I got something similar to this. IIRC, you need to upgrade ncurses and ncurses-dev. Noel
Re: XDM setup, how to change default color depth
Chris R. Martin wrote: How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to the X server when it is started up? The short answer: Look in /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver The long answer: $ man xdm NAME xdm - X Display Manager with support for XDMCP, host chooser [...] OVERVIEW xdm is highly configurable, and most of its behavior can be controlled by resource files and shell scripts. The names of these files themselves are resources read from the file xdm-config or the file named by the -config option. [...] RESOURCES At many stages the actions of xdm can be controlled through the use of its configuration file, which is in the X resource format. Some resources modify the behavior of [...] DisplayManager.servers This resource either specifies a file name full of server entries, one per line (if the value starts with a slash), or a single server entry. See the section Local Server Specification for the details. [...] CONFIGURATION FILE First, the xdm configuration file should be set up. Make a directory (usually XRoot/lib/X11/xdm, where XRoot refers to the root of the X11 install tree) to contain all of the relevant files. In the examples that follow, we use /usr/X11R6 as the value of XRoot. [...] Note that this file mostly contains references to other files. Note also that some of the resources are specified [...] Debian puts the X11 configuration files in /etc/X11/ so if you look in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config $ cat /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config ! /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config ! ! resources specific to xdm itself DisplayManager.authDir: /var/lib/xdm DisplayManager.errorLogFile:/var/log/xdm-errors DisplayManager.pidFile: /var/run/xdm-pid DisplayManager.keyFile: /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-keys DisplayManager.servers: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers DisplayManager.accessFile: /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess [...] The DisplayManager.servers line xdm to look in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to start the X server. $ cat /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers # /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers # [Comments deleted] :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X So all you have to do is append the option `-bpp 16'. Voila! Noel
Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: Thanks for the insight everyone! I take it that the slink version doesn't require any library changes to work (like some of the stuff post BO upgrade. (I just upgraded last week so I have not figured everything - or much of anything - out yet :). Yes, slink uses libc6 (aka glibc2), so if you've upgraded to hamm there shouldn't be any problem I have always used the version of programs that are included in the current release. Can I use dselect to load/install the slink version? I think I saw something about dselect being replaced in slink... Let me know if there is anything special I need to do to install it. Without any alternate directions, I would use dselect to remove xfstt (hamm version) and them use dselect to find load the slink version. If you're only upgrading xfstt, it would be easier to just download the relevant .deb from slink then install it directly using dpkg -i xfstt_version.deb. If you want to use dselect, then you'll have to point it to dists/unstable/* instead of dists/stable/*. If you do so then other packages aside from xfstt may also be upgraded, too. Choose carefully. [...] So bottom line is I should:1. Load the slink package. 2. Copy my .ttf files to the font directory/var/ttfonts As Stephen Carpenter said, this has changed. I've just upgraded, let's see...you'll need to put them into /usr/share/fonts/truetype 3. Move the xfstt script below to my /etc/inet.d directory. The package should take care of this for you, but check anyway 4. Edit my XF86Config file to include Fontpath unix/:7101 ... Do I need to remove the other Font Stuff already in the file? Put the new line in but don't change or remove anything else. I will give this a try tonight when I get home. Please let me know if I need to do anything special I missed above. Thanks for all of the help! [SNIP SCRIPT] Good luck! Noel -- And if California slides into the ocean, Like the mystics and statistics say it will. I predict this motel will be standing, Until I've paid my bill. -- Warren Zevon, Desperados Under the Eaves
Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM
The xfstt package that comes with hamm is very minimalistic in terms of documentation and user setup. You might be better off installing the more up-to-date package in slink, which more-or-less takes care of everything for you. Anyway, here's a brief description of what you need to do: 1. Put all your .ttf fonts into /var/ttfonts. 2. Create an xfstt startup script in /etc/init.d and corresponding symlinks in /etc/rc?.d. 3. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config so that it has 'FontPath unix/:7100' in Section Files. The hardest part is step 2, but the latest package in slink should take care of that for you. Good luck! Noel -- It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -- Kehlog Albran, The Profit
Re: More Linux in the press
Steve Lamb wrote: The problem with that is two fold. They paint a false picture of Linux and they also strengthen the hold of those applications have on the market by insisting they be everywhere. I've been bitten by that misconception. I've been asked three times now to submit my resume in Word format because the people on the other end couldn't figure out how to print my *ASCII* resume formated to 78 characters wide! They actually chastised me for not using a standard format. Please, someone tell me of a format more universal than plain ASCII! You probably don't want to be working for people Word is a standard format! Noel -- We gave you an atomic bomb, what do you want, mermaids? -- I. I. Rabi to the Atomic Energy Commission -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: stupidity and disaster
Jim, I might be wrong, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the shell the system uses to boot up must be physically present in /bin and not symlinked to somewhere else like /usr/local/bin. The default setup is to have /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/bash. This is supposed to be a security precaution to prevent some random luser from replacing the default shell. As others have suggested, you'll need to boot using your rescue disk to get your system going again. Noel -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: auctex not happening
[A courtesy copy has also been sent to the auctex package maintainer.] Waldemar ¯urowski wrote: AFAIK it is not. AUCTeX is separate package for Emacs, and there is native(?) tex-mode in Emacs. In other words, if someone wants to use AuCTeX, she/he should put require tex-site in .emacs. Mark Phillips wrote: The fact that someone is installing AUCTeX would suggest to me that they probably want require tex-site in their .emacs. So either this should be done automatically, or probably even better, the configure script should prompt the user, asking them if they want this done. I agree. Further spelunking in the bowels of my system leads me to believe that the Debian way would be to put (require 'tex-site.el) in /etc/emacs/site-start.el or to have the package itself put a symlink to tex-site.el in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/. This is the default behavior of tm and vm (i.e., they install /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50mime-setup.el /etc/emacs19/site-start.d/50vm-init.el respectively. (Don't ask me to explain why one package installs in /etc/emacs/ and the other in /etc/emacs19/.)) The thing that annoyed me is that AUCTeX was working on my bo system, but after upgrading it stopped working. So either upgrading AUCTeX or upgrading emacs changed require tex-site so that it was commented out in my .emacs script. I used to have AUCTeX working on my hamm system without my having to do anything special in my ~/.emacs until I upgraded recently. Then I had to put in the (require 'tex-site). I think this happened when I replaced the emacs package with the emacs19 + emacsen-common combination. Noel -- Nasrudin walked into a teahouse and declaimed, The moon is more useful than the sun. Why?, he was asked. Because at night we need the light more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building Kernel for Sound
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: Thanks for the input George, I have looked all through the bo archive (using dselect) for a package called make-kpkg. I do not see one on my mirror by that name. That should be `kernel-package'. It should be in the `misc' section, IIRC. Noel -- transfer, n.: A promotion you receive on the condition that you leave town. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape Mail problem
Matthew Myers wrote: When I try to send mail to this list server using netscape mail, it never gets here. I sent this using pine. I have tried this before and after a complete Debian re-install and always have the same results. What's the deal with netscape mail? You need to set up Netscape to use the proper mail servers. Assuming you're using Netscape 4.0x, select Edit|Preferences, click on the little triangle next to Mail and Groups so that it points down, then click on Mail Server. Then enter the values for your username, outgoing and incoming mail server. I use Netscape mail with no problems. In fact, this message was sent using it. Noel -- It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either. -- Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: auctex not happening
Mark Phillips wrote: Hi, I've recently upgraded to hamm. The auctex package installed fine, but it doesn't seem to start up when I use emacs! Previously when I loaded a latex document into emacs, it would automatically go into auctex mode. Now when I do it, it goes into a non-auctex, tex mode. I can do a M-x latex-mode, but this is a non-auctex latex mode. Why can't emacs see auctex - what do I have to do to activate it? I got the same thing. I upgraded to hamm some time ago, and auctex has worked all right until now. Hadn't noticed it before, possibly because classes are over. Anyway, a fix is to put (require 'tex-site) in your .emacs file. I believe this qualifies as a Debian bug (for the auctex package?). Noel -- Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. -- Groucho Marx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rdir directory graph util for Linux?
the lone gunman wrote: In my DOS days, I had this program called rdir. It displayed a Relative Directory size for first level directories off of the root in the form of a pie graph. [SNIP description] Anyway, it was great when it came time to clean up my harddrive, because I could see which diretories were the space hogs. Is there something similar for linux? `df' and `du' come to mind. excerpts from the man pages: NAME df - summarize free disk space [...] DESCRIPTION [...] This manual page documents the GNU version of df. df dis plays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on all currently mounted filesystems is shown.[...] NAME du - summarize disk usage [...] DESCRIPTION [...] This manual page documents the GNU version of du. du dis plays the amount of disk space used by each argument and for each subdirectory of directory arguments.[...] Hope this helps! Noel -- Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libXpm and xgalaga
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While trying to get xgalaga set up I ran ./configure as laid out in the install doc, and got an error message about libXpm not being found. [snip configuration troubles] Why don't you just install the Debian xgalaga package? It should be in non-free, I think. That should take care of all the dependencies for you. Noel -- If the very old will remember, the very young will listen. -- Chief Dan George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: errors running startx
Keith wrote: I have been battling xwindows for a few days now. Everyone has been very helpful, but I am still not running. Stick with it! This is the hardest part of installation for everyone. I downloaded xlib6_3.3-4.deb and installed it using dpkg -i xlib6_3.3-4.deb. I got an error when I did this, it is as follows. ldconfig: warning can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (no such file or directory) ldconfig: warning can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (no such file or directory) Ignore this. You're just missing some X extensions. Your system should run fine without them. X: exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_NONE failed You don't have an X server yet. What video card do you have? You need to download xserver-vga16 and probably another xserver-* package, depending on your video card. Then run XF86Setup to configure the X server. Noel -- Ever get the feeling that the world's on tape and one of the reels is missing? -- Rich Little -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xWindows can't load
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote: When I run startx I get the following: xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following command before running startx: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH (if using bash or sh as your shell) setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH (if using csh or tcsh) libXmu.so is a shared object. It contains pre-compiled source code that applications (startx, in this case) can link with. It's similar to the concept of a .dll in dos/windows. In a standard debian installation, libXmu.so lives in /usr/X11R6/lib, so by setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to that location, you're telling your apps to look in that location for shared objects. That's assuming that libXmu.so.6 has actually been installed. If not, you'll need to install the xlib6g package. BTW, you shouldn't have to do the LD_LIBRARY_PATH trick if your ld.so (the dynamic loader) is properly configured. Check the file /etc/ld.so.conf to see if it includes a line with /usr/X11R6/lib. If not, then add it and run ldconfig, which will point ld.so to the right place. Noel -- You're a good example of why some animals eat their young. -- Jim Samuels to a heckler Ah, yes. I remember my first beer. -- Steve Martin to a heckler When your IQ rises to 28, sell. -- Professor Irwin Corey to a heckler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shells in /usr/bin?
Asher Haig wrote: Why are the shells from .deb packages put in /usr/bin? Shells are generally kept in /bin to the extent of my knowledge... I believe you are not entirely correct: bash is kept in /bin. /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. csh is also in /bin, although this is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/csh which is a symlink to /usr/bin/tcsh. Noel -- Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. -- E. B. White -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where do I download the Kernel Source
Keith wrote: I am going to upgrade my kernel from 2.0.29 to 2.0.33. I downloaded the kernel, a file called linux-2.0.33.tar.gz. Does this file contain the kernel source, it seems to small 6.3meg. If this does not contain the kernel source where do I get it from? When I look at all the ftp servers that have kernels on them they do not have kernel source files. Keith You can download the kernel-source-2.0.33.deb package from the usual Debian ftp sites. It's in section devel. Noel -- Amnesia used to be my favorite word, but then I forgot it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hamm LaTeX: regmar.sty?
Will Lowe wrote:
I'm using the tetex distribution in hamm. I need to set my margins to
normal US default ones; I used to do this with regmar.sty in
previous/other versions of latex. How do I do this in tetex -- I can't
find regmar.sty anywhere ...
Use `fullpage.sty', eg,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\begin{document}
\end{document}
Noel
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Re: strftime() produces segmentation fault
Torsten Hilbrich wrote: Noel Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so I am trying to ACeDB http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/acedocs/acedbfaq.html. However, both the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) produce a segmentation fault when trying to reinitialize the database. gdb just says: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x40085dde in strftime () That usually happens, if the program gives a null pointer argument when calling the strftime. You should recompile everything with -g option, run gdb progname, and type up after receiving the segfault. You will go up one stack frame and see at which source line this function is called. Maybe you will be able to fix that line. Thanks. I am also having problems compiling, which is why I'm using the pre-compiled binaries, but that's a whole other story. I'll let the upstream developers know about this. Noel -- You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all alike. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
strftime() produces segmentation fault
Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so I am trying to ACeDB http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/acedocs/acedbfaq.html. However, both the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) produce a segmentation fault when trying to reinitialize the database. gdb just says: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x40085dde in strftime () I am running all the latest from unstable. I suspect that there might be a libc5/libc6 conflict somewhere, but have no idea how to resolve it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Another X problem
On Thu, 04 Dec 1997, Paul Rightly wrote: I successfully reinstalled Debian on my Thinkpad 365XD. [...] Once I got a PCMCIA modem and got this laptop connected, I upgraded it to the lastest in stable (this moved X from 3.2 to 3.3). I cannot get X to work correctly now. When I startx I see this screen but it is very garbled with a lot of horizontal lines and noise. I tried to correct it with a new XF86Config, but that did not help. The only thing that I tried that worked was downgrading X back to 3.2. Is there a way that I can successfully use X 3.3 on my laptop? I have the same system. Support for the ThinkPad 365XD by Xfree86 3.2 was never very good. The upgrade to 3.3 broke this and many other configurations as well I believe, since they quickly released the 3.3.1 fix. This is the version that I'm using right now. Only the unstable distribution has 3.3.1, however, so if you want to take advantage of it, you also need to make the dreaded libc5-libc6 transition. It's not all that painful, really; just follow Scott Ellis' *excellent* HOWTO, which is posted here regularly. If you're not quite ready to make the leap to libc6, you can grab the 3.3.1 SVGA server from ftp.xfree86.org and use that together with the rest of the 3.3 packages in bo. If you're reluctant to use a non-Debian package, you could keep the 3.2 server but upgrade everything else to 3.3. You'll have to gunzip the Xfonts if you do this, since the 3.2 Xserver only handles compress'd but not gzip'd fonts. Good luck! Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1
On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sam Ockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian developer...I can never tell...) Anyways, another file that was in /var/backup was rc.symlinkIt's nowhere else on the disk. Where does it belong?? Thanks Sam Message from Sam Ockman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 7-23-97: I just installed Debian 1.3.1, and spent several harrowing hours getting exactly the packages I want (working out dependancies, etc.) I was just about to celebrate, when bam, I realized there were no /etc/rc[0-6] directories I'm assuming they haven't been renamed (they are on my Debian 1.3 system) Did some package delete them like my inetd.conf file was deleted by a random package in 1.3 days (might have been pre-release days, so it was acceptable...) What's going on? [...] Did you by any chance install a package called file-rc? ~$ dpkg --status file-rc Package: file-rc Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 27 Maintainer: Tom Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 0.4.1 Depends: sysvinit Description: RC script to use a file /etc/runlevel.conf instead of symlinks This changes the standard /etc/init.d/rc and update-rc.d scripts to operate on a config-file /etc/runlevel.conf instead, which is easier to administrate than symlinks, and is also more flexible. . The package will automatically convert your existing symlinks into the file method on installation, and convert the file back into symlinks on removal. Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student[EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: make-kpkg build error
Karlheinz Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the following error, if I try to build a custom kernel with make-kpkg: --snip make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[3]: as86: Command not found make[3]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot' make[2]: *** [bzImage] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27' make[1]: *** [build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27' make: *** [stamp-image] Error 2 --snap Is there a solution? I have Debian 1.2.2. -CU You need the bin86 package in devel: ~$ dpkg --search as86 bin86: /usr/bin/as86 ~$ dpkg --status bin86 Package: bin86 Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: devel Installed-Size: 73 Maintainer: joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 0.4-3 Description: Assembler and loader for kernel compilation. This is the as86 and ld86 distribution written by Bruce Evans. It's a complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit code for the 386+ processors (under linux it's used only to create the 16-bit bootsector and setup binaries). Noel -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.
On Fri Jul 11 17:03:41 -0500 1997, Timothy J. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I have a similar system. Bootup from the install disks for me was always *extremely* flaky. I've found that if you wait until the system hangs, turn off the machine, then turn it back on again (and mutter the right incantation :-), it will boot up normally. Lilo will also hang the machine, but LOADLIN works well. So you'll have to keep some portion of your W*n95 partition and boot up from an appropriate batch file. I've created 3 rescue disks on three different diskettes from two different downloads, and all have exhibited the same problem. Booting linux floppy=thinkpad has no observable effect. All were built from this machine, a ThinkPad 760LD running Debian 1.3 (that I'm *trying* to replace). NOTE: you don't need to use this switch for the 365XD (at least on mine). I think this problem has been fixed on later ThinkPads. YMMV. The ThinkPad 760LD is running an upgrade from Debian 1.2. I didn't have any boot problems with the initial Debian 1.1 installation on the 760LD, *or* with the complete reinstall I did with Debian 1.2. The linux-2.0.30 without modifications; in the past it has also booted the 2.0.27, 28, and 29. I've not ever had any significant base install problems on various ThinkPads until this one (365XD). Anyone have any ideas? -- Cerebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C X is also a pain to install if you have a DSTN display. There's something funky with the Xfree86 3.3 SVGA server and the 365XD DSTN display, so you might want to install Xfree86 3.2 instead. I hear that things are easier with a TFT. Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student[EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: 1.3.1 font problem in X
On Fri Jul 11 19:29:26 -0400 1997, digger vermont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 which was mostly an X upgrade to 3.3-3. Now, none of the upgraded and important (misc, 75dp1, and 100dpi I believe) font paths are recognized. I tried running mkfontdir in the individual direcories but it didn't help. I tried both the stock X servers and AcceleratedX. Fortunately Xaccel has a few fonts so I can get X up and running. Help please! -- digger I lost a whole day trying to figure this out myself. Xfree86 3.3 comes with gzip'd fonts, which are not recognized by the old 3.2 X servers. Either upgrade your server or gunzip your fonts. I did the latter myself, since the 3.3 SVGA server doesn't like my ThinkPad display. :-( Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student[EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
