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Hello fellow debians I was wondering if there was anyone working on putting enlightenment into a deb If there already is one... I apologize Some how I must have missed it anyone interested in looking at a very cool window manager check out http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~s2154962/enlightenment/ Later Peter DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: A Basic Question
On 03-Jul-97 Will Lowe wrote: On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Alex Fan wrote: Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat? Well, yes, it's a distribution. We'd like to think that it's somewhat nicer than Slackware and Redhat, tho :) . And IMHO it is ;-) DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
I really need some help
Ok I've narrowed my dpkg problem down to the following files I asked before if some would zip up there info directory... and recieved no responces... which is understandable to say the least I was asking a hugh favour But I have gotten it down to the following files So please please please please send them to me and my system should be back to normal The following files are corupt debmake.list mgetty-docs.list mgetty-fax.list mgetty.list mount.list xmix.list These files reside in the /var/lib/dpkg/info directory could someone or a few poeple even compress those for me and send them this way ;-) If they can't be sent, could someone point me in the direction of repairing these files dpkg simply will not work if it can't read the data in files under info I realise that I'm getting under peoples skins with these requests but I'm at a loss of how else to go about getting these files. TIA Peter DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: determining serial link speed?
On 01-Jul-97 Martin Steigerwald wrote: Hi! Is there any easy way to find out, what speed my modem connected to the ISP? (using ppp chat on Debian Linux m68k Amiga). I want to be sure that it connected at 28800 baud and not at 14400. /var/log/ppp.log should tell what the connect speed was -- |_| _ |o _ _ Martin Steigerwald | |(/_||(_)_ http://home.pages.de/~helios -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The Wizard DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Update on can't Install any deb's
Hello fellow Debian users I found the problem as to why I get 'empty filename' and the database that is read. its the /var/lib/dpkg/info where thats the info on all deb's I think So what I have since done is move the offending files out of there.:-) but of course that got me only thourgh `mgetty-fax', and then another `empty fil ename' came :-( So I removed that one and another of the same error came up... I conclude that my info dir/database is curupt :-( This have occured when I was doing a minor upgrade and my computer locked up causing me to reset the computer I would like for someone to gzip there info dir and send my please I would prefer someone with a simular install options as mine I use ftp.debian.org [ stable unstable contrib non-free] curently running 1.3 kernel 2.0.30 Basically I think that I need only the *.list files from the info directroy which what I would try replacing first. I'm also very open to suggestions on other ways of fixing this problem... Please reply asap as my system is somewhere in between here and the twlight zone. TIA Peter DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: help with dselect again plz
On 25-Jun-97 joost witteveen wrote: Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: Installing files... (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/fl oat bg_1.0-6.deb (--install): files list file for package `mgetty-fax' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. DPKG ERROR I'm not even sure what file I need to edit. Neighter am I. But it may well help if you try to install floatbg by hand: type dpkg -i debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb I've done that, which made me try installing it via dselect, I perfer to install by hand (where you'll probably have to edit the true path to the binary). If that doesn't work, try to reinstall mgetty-fax, there appears to be something wrong there too (preferalby using the above manual method again). If eighter goes wrong, I'm sure we'll be able to help you better when you give us the error messages produced then. But probably all's well then Same error message when I try install any deb And I can't to find `mgetty-fax' on ftp.debian.org I tried the search engine but it keeps timing out but I think that I would get the same result as the above error msg reason being it happens when it starts reading the database.. Any and All Help is Very Welcome Peter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Still can't install any deb's
I recieve the following error no matter what I try to install I'm in desperate need of help my system is not configed properly Please help Dragon# dpkg -i mgetty-fax_1.1.2-1.deb (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing mgetty-fax_1.1.2-1.deb (--install): files list file for package `mgetty-fax' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: mgetty-fax_1.1.2-1.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. Above error. When I try to install the pkg that seems to have a `empty file name' Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: Installing files... (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/float bg_1.0-6.deb (--install): files list file for package `mgetty-fax' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. DPKG ERROR Above error. When I try to run dselect What I have tried so far is this.. dpkg --clear-avail dpkg --purge mgetty-fax above error message occurs What database is dpkg reading, and can I just edit the darn thing? I'm not even sure what cuased this to happen. But I do need it resolved reinstalling is really not an option at this point, I only have 1.1 on cdrom :-( Going to order 1.3 today or tomorrow :-) Any and All Help is `VERY' Welcome ;-) TIA Peter DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
help with dselect again plz
Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: Installing files... (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/float bg_1.0-6.deb (--install): files list file for package `mgetty-fax' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. DPKG ERROR I'm not even sure what file I need to edit. Any and All help is welcome Peter DEBIAN the best LINUX distribution GNU there simply isn't any other way to go -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: available file
you don't need the available file. The status of your system is in status. Just remove the available file, and fire up dselect. Phil. Hi Phil, thanx for the tip. But I recieved the following error(s) When I did as you suggested. I really need a solution as at the present time I can't add any *.deb's to my system Any and All help is very welcome Dragon# dselect Getting Packages files...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /debian... Getting Packages file from stable/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from unstable/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from non-free/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from contrib/binary-i386... It is a good idea to clear the available list of old packages. However if you have only downloaded a Package files from non-main distributions you might not want to do this. Do you want to clear available list [y]: Updating available packages info, using Packages.stable. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.unstable. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.non-free. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.contrib. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory error at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/update line 142, STDIN chunk 1. Dpkg merge available failed on Packages.stableDpkg merge available failed on Pac kages.unstableDpkg merge available failed on Packages.non-freeDpkg merge availab le failed on Packages.contribdpkg --forget-old-unavail failed update available list script returned error exit status 9. Press RETURN to continue. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
