Re: man dpkg
On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! In manpages 1.11-4 there is an entry for dpkg which may be of help. The installation manual for Debian included some info on dselect and if you have access to the web, Debian's homepage (http://www.debian.org) has a manual in the Documentation section. Hope this helps. Richard
sysklogd problems
I just discovered that my system logging utilities stopped functioning two days ago after I did some upgrades. I attempted to reinstall sysklogd 1.3-6 but received the following error message: warning: /etc/init.d/sysklogd doesn't exist during rc.d setup. Error processing sysklogd I don't recall all the packages I upgraded but sysvinit comes to mind. I also purged the old syslogd from the system when I installed dpkg 1.2.6. Any ideas on this one? TIA, ---Richard
Re: sysklogd problems
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Richard Lovison wrote: I just discovered that my system logging utilities stopped functioning two days ago after I did some upgrades. I attempted to reinstall sysklogd 1.3-6 but received the following error message: warning: /etc/init.d/sysklogd doesn't exist during rc.d setup. Error processing sysklogd I managed to solve my own problem. :) I extracted the files from the sysklogd package into a work directory and then copied the sysklogd file to /etc/init.d. I was then able to reinstall the sysklogd package and have the logging utilities working once again. I am still not sure how the original /etc/init.d/sysklogd disappeared---maybe when I purged the old version of syslogd. ---Richard
Re: printing .lj files
On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Carlos Carvalho wrote: Richard Lovison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 7 June 1996 18:35: Does anyone know how to prevent a blank page from being printed at the end of the print job when printing a .lj file created using dvilj? Couldn't find anything in the lpr or dvilj manpage. Any help would be appreciated. We had this problem also, but it disappeared when I upgraded to 1.1, at least up to now. Hmmm, I'm running 1.1 using an Okidata OL 400 LED printer. Richard - Richard Lovison [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Are we free agents who seek to learn about the universe, or are we a means by which the universe seeks to learn about itself? Timothy Ferris -
printing .lj files
Does anyone know how to prevent a blank page from being printed at the end of the print job when printing a .lj file created using dvilj? Couldn't find anything in the lpr or dvilj manpage. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.---Richard
sysklogd upgrade
I recently upgraded from syslogd 1.3-2 to sysklogd 1.3-6 manually using dpkg. When I started dselect I was informed that syslogd and sysklogd were in conflict, the configuration files for syslogd were still on the system. I proceeded to purge syslogd but was informed I couldn't because it was a required package. I'm not sure what is happening here. Can anyone help? Richard
Re: Debian 1.1 man more
On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, Amos Shapira wrote: I never went all the way about this, but I allways had the suspicion that Slackware's more is actually less renamed. Could you check this? (maybe try more -V?) I dug up my old Slackware 2.0.1 distribution on cdrom and discovered that the /usr/lib/man.config file defined the Pager as less with the `s' option. I was in error, sorry about that, I thought more was used. My provider running System V Release 4 does use more as the man pager and writes out a temp file /tmp/mpa... for more.---Richard
Re: modprobe messages about module net-pf: what are they?
On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Yves Arrouye wrote: Since 1.99, I get messages like: Jun 4 00:03:50 marin modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jun 4 00:03:52 marin modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 in my daemon.log. Do you know what they mean? Net-pf-3 refers to the AX.25 network protocol, net-pf-4 to IPX and net-pf-5 to Appletalk. I had the same problem and since I wasn't using any of the protocols was instructed to put the following in /etc/conf.modules to stop the messages: alias net-pf-3 off #AX.25 alias net-pf-4 off #IPX alias net-pf-5 off #Appletalk There is a discussion of this in the May 1996 archive of the user group if you want more info. Richard
Appreciation! :)
While reading replies to my recent questions posed to debian-users, I was once again reminded of why I chose and continue to choose to be a part of the Debian community. In a period of less than 24 hours I received help and advice from others, many located in other parts of the world. I wish I could find this level of dedication and helpfulness in the business world. I would like to offer my gratitude to all those involved in the development of Debian for creating a fine distribution of the Linux kernel and GNU software---it is truly a pleasure to use especially when upgrading. I've learned a great deal about Linux and computers in general in the process of installing and using the Slackware distribution and now the Debian distribution. I've always enjoyed discovering how `things' work and running Linux and GNU software has opened the door to how operating systems and software work. At the present time, I use the system mainly to access the Internet and do some occasional text and image processing. Heck, I probably spend the same amount of time maintaining the system as I do using it and usually enjoy every minute of it---well, almost every minute. :) There's something about Debian, Linux and the `free' software concept that's almost spiritual in its nature---something about uplifting the human spirit. Oh well, I might be venturing into the twilight zone here but all I know is that the Debian Project is something to be cherished. Hopefully in the near future I'll be able to contribute and give something back. - Richard Lovison [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Are we free agents who seek to learn about the universe, or are we a means by which the universe seeks to learn about itself? Timothy Ferris -
Re: Debian 1.1 man more
On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, Austin Donnelly wrote: Those systems maybe format the manpage to a temporary file, then use more to view that file. Debian's man put the formatted output through a pipe directly to the pager, for speed. Note that you can also do: $ export MANOPT='-Pless' so that you only get less when viewing manpages, not as your default pager (if for some reason you don't like less :) Thanks for the education---`less' works great as the default pager. Uh oh, I feel a suggestion to a developer coming on.:) Is it possible to have `less' or `most' designed into man as the default pager so the environment variable doesn't have to be set? Is there an advantage to using `more' that I'm not aware of? Richard
Debian 1.1 man more
While using man to read a manpage I am not able to scroll backwards a page by using b or ^B. Has anyone else experienced this? My current version of man is 2.3.10-11. If I just use more to read a text file, everything works fine. Richard
Re: Debian 1.1 man more
On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Guy Maor wrote: On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Richard Lovison wrote: While using man to read a manpage I am not able to scroll backwards a page by using b or ^B. more can't go backwards on unseekable files, like pipes for example. (man pipes the data out to the viewer so it'll start up faster.) Hmmm. If my memory serves me right I was able to do this on my old Slackware setup and I am currently able to do this on my provider's system which is running System V Release 4.0. BTW, this is not a complaint, just a statement indicating my confusion and ignorance. :) less doesn't have this deficiency. Use it with man by setting the PAGER environment variable to `less'. I'll do this. Thanks for the help. Richard
daemon.log
Hello all, I am new to this list as well as to the Debian distribution. I installed Debian 1.1 a couple of weeks ago and so far I'm very pleased with the system. :) I am receiving the following message in my /var/log/daemon.log whenever I use DIP to connect to my provider via SLIRP: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 net-pf-3 net-pf-5 I can't seem to locate a module by that name. Everything seems to work OK. I can connect to my provider and use Telnet, FTP, Netscape, etc.. Is this anything I should be concerned about? BTW, during the network setup, I configured for loopback---never entered any info for domainname, IP address, netmask,etc.. I then had to create my own /etc/resolv.conf and enter: domain simons-rock.edu (provider's domainname) search simons-rock.edu nameserver ... Thanks in advance,---Richard
