Re: Disk Drive Order Changes - Again

2008-04-06 Thread Butch Kemper

At 11:17 AM 4/6/2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

Butch Kemper wrote:
Back in February, I asked a question about problems I was having 
with the hard disks sequence flip-flopping when I would boot: disk 
#1 would be hda and disk #2 would be hdc; or disk #1 would be hde 
and disk #2 would be hda.
I receive answers about using labels with the partitions so, I 
labeled the partitions and updated /etc/fstab.  This is how things now look:

IDE #1  Partition   Label   Mount Point
1   /   /
2   swap1   swap file
3   /usr/usr
4
5   /usr/local  /usr/local
6   /var/var
IDE #2  Partition   Label   Mount Point
1   /var/poptemp/var/poptemp
2   /var/mail   /var/mail
The /etc/fstab:
# file system mount point   type  options   dump
pass
proc/proc   procdefaults0   0
LABEL=/ /   ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0   1
LABEL=/usr  /usrext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/usr/local/usr/local  ext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var  /varext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var/poptemp  /var/poptempext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var/mail /var/mail   ext3defaults0   2
LABEL=swap1 noneswapsw  0   0
Now the partitions and mount points get assigned correctly no 
matter which order the drives are assigned.
The remaining problem is with the GRUB and the kernel.  It was 
suggested that a LABEL specification be placed in the 
/boot/grub/menu.1st entry so that:

# kopt=root=/dev/hda1   becomes
# kopt=root=LABEL=/
Using a LABEL in the Grub menu does not work because the kernel get confused:
1.  If kopt=root=/dev/hda1 and the disk order changes to make
the boot disk be /dev/hde, the boot process stops and drops
into a prompt.  I can unmount /boot, mount /boot on the
correct drive, give a CTL-D to the prompt, and the system
would continue to boot.
2.  If kopt=root=LABEL=/, the boot process will stop and drop
into a prompt WITHOUT /boot being mounted.  I can mount
/boot on the correct drive, give a CTL-D to the prompt,
and the system will continue to boot.
No where have I been able to find any documentation that shows that 
the Kernel boot command root= can have a LABEL specified.



# kopt=root=LABEL=wd80_0jd-60.05 ro noapic vga=791 apm=on ddcon=1 
network quiet


WFM

but you are still stuck with the GRUB root command, which does not 
accept a label.

So I changed grub (0.97-29) to accept this:


find/ST380011A.03
rootFILE=/ST380011A.03


and then where he finds file ST380011A.03 that is where the root will be.

Now I have a truly LABEL driven system and the drive devices can be 
wherever they are and I don't care...


Hugo


So, how do I make the kernel consistently detect and assign the 
disks in the correct order?  Someone suggested the problem lies 
with UDEV and the parallel hardware detection process.


Hugo,

I understand the find command and the results that it returns.  But 
I am unable to locate any mention of the root command having a 
FILE= option.


So, did you modify Grub to make the root command have a FILE= parameter?

Butch


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Disk Drive Order Changes - Again

2008-04-05 Thread Butch Kemper
Back in February, I asked a question about problems I was having with 
the hard disks sequence flip-flopping when I would boot: disk #1 
would be hda and disk #2 would be hdc; or disk #1 would be hde and 
disk #2 would be hda.


I receive answers about using labels with the partitions so, I 
labeled the partitions and updated /etc/fstab.  This is how things now look:


IDE #1  Partition   Label   Mount Point
1   /   /
2   swap1   swap file
3   /usr/usr
4
5   /usr/local  /usr/local
6   /var/var

IDE #2  Partition   Label   Mount Point
1   /var/poptemp/var/poptemp
2   /var/mail   /var/mail

The /etc/fstab:

# file system mount point   type  options   dump  pass
proc/proc   procdefaults0   0
LABEL=/ /   ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0   1
LABEL=/usr  /usrext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/usr/local/usr/local  ext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var  /varext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var/poptemp  /var/poptempext3defaults0   2
LABEL=/var/mail /var/mail   ext3defaults0   2
LABEL=swap1 noneswapsw  0   0

Now the partitions and mount points get assigned correctly no matter 
which order the drives are assigned.


The remaining problem is with the GRUB and the kernel.  It was 
suggested that a LABEL specification be placed in the 
/boot/grub/menu.1st entry so that:


# kopt=root=/dev/hda1   becomes
# kopt=root=LABEL=/

Using a LABEL in the Grub menu does not work because the kernel get confused:

1.  If kopt=root=/dev/hda1 and the disk order changes to make
the boot disk be /dev/hde, the boot process stops and drops
into a prompt.  I can unmount /boot, mount /boot on the
correct drive, give a CTL-D to the prompt, and the system
would continue to boot.

2.  If kopt=root=LABEL=/, the boot process will stop and drop
into a prompt WITHOUT /boot being mounted.  I can mount
/boot on the correct drive, give a CTL-D to the prompt,
and the system will continue to boot.

No where have I been able to find any documentation that shows that 
the Kernel boot command root= can have a LABEL specified.


So, how do I make the kernel consistently detect and assign the disks 
in the correct order?  Someone suggested the problem lies with UDEV 
and the parallel hardware detection process.


Thanks for any suggestions.

Butch


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Disk Drive Order Changes

2008-02-19 Thread Butch Kemper


I have built a new system using:

Etch with kernel 2.6.18-6-k7

Tyan Thunder h1000E Motherboard

2 Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors

Two hard drives:  #1 on the builtin IDE - hda
  #2 on an PCI card - hdc

The system always boots from #1 but sometimes, the kernel gets 
confused and assigns #2 as hda and #1 as hde.  When this happens, the 
boot fails because #2 has two empty partitions.


I can enter reboot and sometimes the system will come up with the 
disk set correctly and sometimes not.


This problem also happened on Etch with kernel 2.6.18-5-k7.

I would welcome suggestions for what is causing the problem and how 
to correct it.


Thanks.

Butch
  



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Re: Ethernet card does not work after Mother Board Change

2008-02-10 Thread Butch Kemper

At 09:25 PM 2/8/2008, you wrote:

Butch Kemper([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:

 I built a system using 4.0r2 net-install and have kernel 
2.6.18-5-k7 installed.


 The motherboard failed and the replacement board has a different type
 ethernet card.

 In the kern.log file, I can see the ethernet card is recognized and
 called eth0 but:

 The card is not connected to eth0 in ifconfig - there is no
 eth0.

 There is not an interrupt level in /proc/interrupts for the
 ethernet card.

 If I try an ifup eth0, I get an error about a non-existant
 device.

 I tried entering the driver name in /etc/modules but that does not help.

 I need some assistance on how to proceed to get the system to properly
 setup the ethernet card.


check the file
/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules

I suspect that there is now more then one eth0 entry.

ISTR that commenting out the old entry didn't work, so remove it and
reboot.

WT


Thank you.  The correction was as you suggested.  I deleted the file 
/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules and rebooted.  Everything 
started working.


Butch




Ethernet card does not work after Mother Board Change

2008-02-08 Thread Butch Kemper


I built a system using 4.0r2 net-install and have kernel 2.6.18-5-k7 installed.

The motherboard failed and the replacement board has a different type 
ethernet card.


In the kern.log file, I can see the ethernet card is recognized and 
called eth0 but:


The card is not connected to eth0 in ifconfig - there is no
eth0.

There is not an interrupt level in /proc/interrupts for the
ethernet card.

If I try an ifup eth0, I get an error about a non-existant
device.

I tried entering the driver name in /etc/modules but that does not help.

I need some assistance on how to proceed to get the system to 
properly setup the ethernet card.


Thanks.

Butch


Re: Horde takes forever to load

2006-04-25 Thread Butch Coolidge

Quoting Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


Did you remove or purge?  Did you also have to drop the database tables?

-Roberto



I did remove the packages, not purge. And I did no changes to the 
database. At first I downgraded horde3 and im4 to the versions in 
stable. With my current settings that worked already fine. After that I 
have upgraded again to the latest versions in testing. I think the 
downgrade was not needed after all.


Butch





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Re: Horde takes forever to load

2006-04-24 Thread Butch Coolidge

Butch Coolidge wrote:

Hello,

I am not sure if this is a bug or a misconfiguration on my side. Two
days ago I upgraded Horde3 to version 3.1.1-1. Since then all Horde
pages take (almost) forever to load after login. Eventually pages get
loaded, but only after several minutes. I have checked my logs but I
can´t find anything. I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Jochem


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kernel 2.4.27-3-686
Horde3 3.1.1-1
IMP4 4.0.4-3
Apache 1.3.34-2
uw-imapd 2002edebian1-13
php4 4.4.2-1



I too have experienced the same problem.  I have tried to start some
discussion on the pkg-horde-hackers list (CC'd on this mail), but so for
nothing has come out as to a possible cause.  In my situation, I am
running on Sarge with these packages:

kernel 2.4.27 (custom compiled)
horde3 3.1.1-1
imp4 4.0.4-3
apache2 2.0.54-5
courier-imap 3.0.8-4sarge4
php4 4:4.3.10-16
eaccelerator 0.9.3 (Debian package I made for my own use)

I guess that rules out apache, php, eaccelerator and imap as possible
sources.  That would say to me that the problem, in fact, resides either
within Horde itself or within IMP (I am using IMP to handle the
authentication).

I would be interested to know any other peculiarities about your
configuration.

-Roberto



I have managed a way to solve this. After removing horde3 and imp4 and 
reinstalling them my webmail is running smoothly again.


Butch





Horde takes forever to load

2006-04-20 Thread Butch Coolidge

Hello,

I am not sure if this is a bug or a misconfiguration on my side. Two 
days ago I upgraded Horde3 to version 3.1.1-1. Since then all Horde 
pages take (almost) forever to load after login. Eventually pages get 
loaded, but only after several minutes. I have checked my logs but I 
can´t find anything. I hope someone can point me in the right direction.


Jochem


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Horde3 3.1.1-1
IMP4 4.0.4-3
Apache 1.3.34-2
uw-imapd 2002edebian1-13
php4 4.4.2-1



SendPage - Can't reset Modem

1999-09-21 Thread Butch Kemper


I am trying to use Sendpage 0.8.6.2 with Debian 2.1.

The program is unable initialize the modem.  It sends the initialization 
string and then dies waiting for the OK that the modem never sends in 
response to the initialization string.


I have successfully used the modem with the minicom program so I know that 
the comm port and modem are working.  I think that the Sendpage program is 
not doing something right when it is writing to the modem.


Does anyone have any experiences with getting Sendpage to work that they 
can share with me?


Thanks.

Butch

TSTAR Internet, Inc | Making the Network Work
Marble Falls, TX| Serving Blanco, Burnet, and
830-693-6967| Llano Counties


Re: [offlist] Re: Defining Virtual Ethernet Interfaces

1999-08-02 Thread Butch Kemper

At 06:15 PM 7/30/99 , you wrote:

 I have a problem with adding a virtual interface to the ethernet card.

 I have put an IFCONFIG command in /etc/init.d/network for the virtual
 interface:

   ifconfig eth0:1 inet 208.21.250.3 netmask 255.255.255.0
   broadcast 208.21.250.255

 These are the messages that are logged during startup:

   Jul 18 21:53:45 dns2 kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at
   0xf600, IRQ 11, 00:00:b4:bd:cd:5c.
   Jul 18 21:53:45 dns2 kernel: net_alias_dev_create(eth0:1):
   unregistered family==2

 The virtual interface does not until I manually execute 
/etc/init.d/network

 when the interface is added.

 I either have the virtual specifications in the wrong place or there is a
 timing problem.


Hey --

Did you ever get any replies to this?  Was it a kernel compilation problem?

(This is an area of interest of mine, but I have no experience.)

If you got no replies, I'd say repost it.  Often if no one replies right
away and starts a thread, on that list things seem to just get buried by
others.


The problem waiting until after kerneld was loaded.  So, I created a new 
script /etc/init.d/network2 containing the required ifconfig command and 
then created symlinks in the rc?.d directories:


ln -s ../init.d/network2  rc2.d/S14network2
ln -s ../init.d/network2  rc3.d/S14network2
ln -s ../init.d/network2  rc4.d/S14network2
ln -s ../init.d/network2  rc5.d/S14network2

Works great now.

Butch

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Defining Virtual Ethernet Interfaces

1999-07-19 Thread Butch Kemper


I have a problem with adding a virtual interface to the ethernet card.

I have put an IFCONFIG command in /etc/init.d/network for the virtual 
interface:


ifconfig eth0:1 inet 208.21.250.3 netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 208.21.250.255

These are the messages that are logged during startup:

Jul 18 21:53:45 dns2 kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at
 0xf600, IRQ 11, 00:00:b4:bd:cd:5c.
Jul 18 21:53:45 dns2 kernel: net_alias_dev_create(eth0:1):
unregistered family==2

The virtual interface does not until I manually execute /etc/init.d/network 
when the interface is added.


I either have the virtual specifications in the wrong place or there is a 
timing problem.


Some guidance will be appreciated.

Butch


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Re: Moving Users Passwords to Debian

1999-01-20 Thread Butch Kemper

I must have been asleep when I tried it the first time.  It took two
attempts to make it work this time:

1.  Failed to observe that all characters between the : are part of
the password, even the  character.

2.  Copied all characters between the : in the password of the shadow
file and it worked.

Thanks for all who replied.

Butch

At 10:31 AM 01/20/1999 +0100, you wrote:
 
 I need to move several thousand user entries from a Solaris 2.5.1 system to
 a Debian system.  The problem that I have is to move the encrypted
passwords.
 
 I have moved passwords between Debian systems by editing the passwd file
 and using 'cut  paste.  When I tried cutting  pasting between Solaris
 and Debian, it didn't work.

I just tried from

SunOS dino 5.5.1 Generic_103640-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
(big fat SUN)

to

Linux pebbles 2.0.27 #2 Mon Sep 15 10:04:07 MET DST 1997 i586
(debian bo)

and it worked.

Are you aware of the shadow settings?  If you are using them on debian,
you would first run `shadowconfig off' to insert the passwords directly
into the passwd file.  If shadow passwords are active on the SUN (I'd
guess they are), you should copy the encrypted passwords from
/etc/shadow.  Or you keep shadow passwords on in debian (`shadowconfig
on'), and copy both the lines from the passwd and from the shadow file
from the SUN.  If you are maintaining a system with so many users, be
sure to use shadow passwords with debian.


Moving Users Passwords to Debian

1999-01-19 Thread Butch Kemper


I need to move several thousand user entries from a Solaris 2.5.1 system to
a Debian system.  The problem that I have is to move the encrypted passwords.

I have moved passwords between Debian systems by editing the passwd file
and using 'cut  paste.  When I tried cutting  pasting between Solaris
and Debian, it didn't work.

Is it possible to move the passwords by doing some form of bit shifting -
converting between little indian and big indian?  If so, can someone
tell me the procedure?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Butch


Diald and Windows NT/95

1998-07-29 Thread Butch Kemper

I am using Diald to maintain the PPP link on an ISDN link from a Linux box
acting as a gateway for a local area network

The system works well except that the link is always coming up and going
back down after 36-37 seconds.  The link comes backup again in 19-20
seconds and goes back down again after 36-37 seconds.

The local area network has Windows NT and Windows 95 machines.

I am running the standard filter that comes with Diald.

I need some advice on:

1.  What is causing the link to yo-yo and how to change the Windows
boxes to stop the yo-yo from happening.

2.  How to change the diald filter to stop the yo-yo actions.

Thanks for your help.

Butch
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Re: How to enable pop3?

1998-07-01 Thread Butch Kemper
At 07:53 -0500 on 6/30/98, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

 And a new qpopper has been in Incoming since Saturday.

 Patches were posted, but today a new series of attacks
 proved the patches worthless.


Where can I get that version and the source that goes with it?

Thanks.

Butch

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Re: changing a users group

1998-05-08 Thread Butch Kemper
At 04:57 -0500 on 5/8/98, Joost Kooij wrote:
 On Fri, 8 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:

  On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
   Matthew D. Myers wrote:
How do you change a users group assignments without manually
editing the
passwd and group  and also shadowed files.
   use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file.
 
  Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good
  reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd?

 AFAIK vipw is supposed to lock the password file or at least perform the
 edits on a scratch copy of the original file and merge in the changes with
 the real /etc/passwd (which may have changed while you were editing) when
 you're ready.

Did I miss something?  The command usermod -g groupname userid is what I
use to change the group assignment for a user.

I don't worry about the groups file because it is static so I use vi on it.

Butch

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Re: Making Script Run as Super User

1998-04-13 Thread Butch Kemper
At 14:49 -0500 on 4/12/98, Jeff Noxon wrote:


 On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 02:41:34PM -0500, Butch Kemper wrote:
 
  I want a script to execute as the Super User.  I have tried several things
  with the s attribute but have not been successful.

 Linux won't let you create suid shell scripts -- they're insecure.
 The s attribute is ignored on shell scripts.  You can probably do what
 you want with the sudo package.

 Jeff


The sudo package was just what I needed.

Thanks.

Butch

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Making Script Run as Super User

1998-04-12 Thread Butch Kemper

I want a script to execute as the Super User.  I have tried several things
with the s attribute but have not been successful.

Any suggestions will be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Butch Kemper

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Password Encryption

1998-02-12 Thread Butch Kemper
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I have two machines running Debian 1.3.  I want to add a user with their
password to the first machine and have the information propagated to the
second machine for backup purposes.

I know how to propagate the password file to the second machine but the
problem I have not solved is how to have both machines use the same seed
for encrypting the passwords.  Right now, if I add a user to machine A and
copy their encrypted password entry to Machine B, an attempt to logon fails
the password check.

Someone please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Butch



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Re: What Driver for Compaq Ethernet Card

1998-02-02 Thread Butch Kemper
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At 09:23 -0600 on 2/2/98, Nathan E Norman wrote:
 On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Butch Kemper wrote:

 :
 : I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000 that has an ethernet card that Windows NT
 : identifies as Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP Bus 0.  The card has a big
 : chip on it that is marked as ti Tlan Chip TNETE100APCM E303W-7BAF2TW but
 : that  didn't give me a clue.

 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/stuff/ ... look for tlan* files.

 Last time I checked the file was tlan-0.24.tar.gz, but there may be a
 newer version.  I have not yet gotten this driver working smoothly, but
 that's mostly due to a lack of time on my part (read:  I haven't had
 time to play with it more than twice)


Thank you.  I have downloaded the driver and will try it later today.

Butch

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What Driver for Compaq Ethernet Card

1998-01-31 Thread Butch Kemper

I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000 that has an ethernet card that Windows NT
identifies as Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP Bus 0.  The card has a big
chip on it that is marked as ti Tlan Chip TNETE100APCM E303W-7BAF2TW but
that  didn't give me a clue.

I am trying to install Bo and have been unable to get the card recoginized
by any of the drivers in the boot disks.  I went to the web page, the
Ethernet HOWTO, and some of the references but I was not successful in
determining whicht driver to use.

Does someone have a hint?

Thanks

Butch

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Re:'make config'

1998-01-14 Thread Butch Kemper
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At 07:24 -0600 on 1/14/98, Chris Keathley Keathley wrote:


 I am having problems trying to run make config for one probably simple
 reason. But since I don't know a whole lot yet, I am stumped. I looked
 for /usr/src/linux, and there is no such directory. Where is my
 kernal? I even installed one from dselect and went back and checked
 and it still was not there.


Use dselect to download the optional kernel source then you will find it.

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Re:PPP ??? #@$#

1998-01-05 Thread Butch Kemper
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I think you need to recompile the kernel with IP_FORWARDING enabled.

Butch

At 14:53 -0600 on 1/2/98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I have encountered a strange problem with dialing out on PPP, and it is
really bugging me now.

 I have got a slightly adnormal server running. This is what it looks like.

 I have got a local network running on and arcnet card whos address is
192.168.0.1, This works I and doesn't seem to stop working. I also have a
hacked DNS server for my dial-up users which gets shut off when I go
online.

 The problem is I can connect to my server and everything looks 100%
except for the fact I can't do anything on the Internet.

 When I have connected and type in ifconfig this is what I am given :

 loLink encap:Local Loopback
   inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
   UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
   RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
   TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

 arc0  Link encap:1.5Mbps ARCnet  HWaddr 50
   inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
   IPX/Ethernet 802.3 addr:0123:0050
   UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
   RX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
   TX packets:218 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
   Interrupt:5 Base address:0x260 Memory:d1000-d17ff

 ppp0  Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
   inet addr:196.25.198.23  P-t-P:196.25.198.2  Mask:255.255.255.0
   UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
   RX packets:11 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0
   TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

 This looks normal except for the ppp errors in which there is only one.

 If I do a route -n this is what I am given :

 Kernel IP routing table
 Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface
 196.25.198.20.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0  01 ppp0
 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0   U 0  02 arc0
 127.0.0.0   0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0   U 0  04 lo
 0.0.0.0 196.25.198.20.0.0.0 UG0  01 ppp0

 This also looks right.

 Now for some init files...

 My /etc/init.d/network file :

 #!/bin/sh
 ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
 route add -net 127.0.0.0
 IPADDR=192.168.0.1
 NETMASK=255.255.255.0
 NETWORK=192.168.0.0
 BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
 GATEWAY=none
 ifconfig arc0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
 route add -net ${NETWORK}
 route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1

 This as far as I can see is default unless something has changed without
me noticing.

 My /etc/hosts file :

 127.0.0.1 localhost
 0.0.0.0   ptest
 192.168.0.1   progtest.alt.za progtest

 My /etc/networks file :

 loopback  127.0.0.1
 localnet  0.0.0.0
 alt.za192.168.0.0

 If anyone can shead some light on this I would be very happy. This has
been bugging me for the past two months.

 Thanks,
 Robert.

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Re:PPP Connection Works, Can't Surf...

1997-12-31 Thread Butch Kemper
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At 09:52 -0600 on 12/31/97, G. H. wrote:


 Well thanks to Tim, I was able to get my PPP server up an running...

 One final problem, then I'm out of everyone's hair! ;)

 I can logon to the Debian box with WIN95, no problems... Debian assigns
 the WIN95 an IP address, no problems.

 BUT, the WIN95 machine isn't able to use DNS lookup or ping other
 computers here in the lab or anywhere.  The only thing it CAN do however
 is talk to the Debian box.. I can telnet, ftp, http, and everything JUST
 to the Debian Box which is the PPP server.

 And to further confuse the subject, Debian is working normally on the
 network.  It can DNS, ftp, http.. you name it, to anywhere, intra and
 Internet...

I had this problem and solved it by compiling the kernel with the
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD option turned on.

Butch

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Re:PPP Connection Works, Can't Surf...

1997-12-31 Thread Butch Kemper
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At 11:56 -0600 on 12/31/97, G. H. wrote:


 I had this problem and solved it by compiling the kernel with the
 CONFIG_IP_FORWARD option turned on.

 I'm about ready to snap on this Linux crap!  I've run into more and more
 walls with this thing...

 How does one go about compiling the Kernel??

 I don't have any of the source...  Where can I find the steps to do
 this?

 Is it possible to hexedit the kernel for the desired effect?

Hey, Linux is a real operating system with lots of options.  When you step
out on the edge, you have to start reading and hacking.  That's what adds
spice to life :-)

Use dselect and install the kernel source to match the kernel you are
running.  It is 6MB+ so it will take some time to download.

There is a document in /usr/doc/HOWTO that tells you how to compile the kernel.

Hexedit is *NOT* possible because the IP_FORWARD option adds 5K to the
kernel size.

Butch

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Re:tar: Skipping to next header file

1997-12-19 Thread Butch Kemper
At 08:19 -0600 on 12/19/97, Aaron Walker wrote:


 I am trying to unpack the newest kernel source in /usr/src.  It goes
 along fine until it stops and says:

 tar: Skipping to next header file

 gzip: linux-2.0.33.tgz: invalid compressed data---crc error
 tar: Archive - EOF not on block boundary

 I used the following commands to try to uncompress the kernel source:
 gzip -dc linux-2.0.33.tgz | tar xvB
 tar xpvf linux-2.0.33.tgz
 They both produced the same error.
 Any ideas? Please help.
 Thanks.


The message from gzip makes me think the file was not downloaded as a
binary file but as a text file.  I would suggest trying the download
again and explicitly specify the binary option.

Butch

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Disk partioning error any idea what this means?

1997-12-13 Thread butch
hi,

does anyone out there on this list know what this is telling me?

allan
Drive C: has 1 Error 
4,096   Bytes Per Clusters
2,504 (9Mb) Available Clusters 
0 (0Mb) Bad Clusters
  303 (1Mb) Clusters in 222 Directories 
5,529 (   21Mb) Clusters in 154 Hidden Files 
   56,906 (  222Mb) Clusters in 5839 User Files 

1 Partition Table Errors

Critical Error 66 on Drive 1: Invalid Partition Table Format at sector %ld

0 File Allocation Table Errors


0 Boot Sector Errors


0 Extended Boot Sector Errors


0 Compression Structure Errors


0 Directory Errors


0 File Errors




cfdisk partion errors

1997-12-12 Thread butch
hi,

i seem to have a problem that came about from using cfdisk. are there any
ways to correct or edit partition errors?

allan


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smartware from angoss

1997-11-28 Thread butch
hi,

i used to use a dos office automation package called smartware and it was so
far in advance of anything else at the time. the spread sheet was the best
of its time.
now i see that it is availabel as an impaired free download at:
www.angoss.com. so have any of you out there used the package?

allan bart


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Re: Ultra SCSI

1997-11-27 Thread butch
Hi,

i was wondering if any of you could please list the better places to buy
scsi disks and controllers in the usa?

allan
-Original Message-
From: Michael Neuffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kevin Traas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Linux-Net Mailing List linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu; Debian User List
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Thursday, November 27, 1997 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Ultra SCSI


On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:

 I should also ask about the Mylex DAC960PD.  Or, are there any other
 Ultra-SCSI RAID controllers supported in Linux?

Yes, all the controllers from DPT.
Check out http://www.dpt.com


Mike


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partioning disk when running windows 95

1997-11-26 Thread butch
Hi,

i have the floppies and i am getting ready to partion disk using fips and
cfdisk. well i ahve started and even when going to a dos mode it seems that
a win 95 is a hostile machine. i used fips and now i see that part of my
disk has an unreconiable format.

does anyone have ideas?

allan


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fdisk is it available anywhere else?

1997-11-23 Thread butch
Hi,

I am getting ready to partition my disk and i must say that the tool that
debian uses does not look as friendly as the fdisk that comes with other
distributions. i was wondering if i can find fdisk for linux elsewhere or
should you have any hints for using the debian tools.

thanks,

allan bart


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Linux as a career path

1997-11-23 Thread butch
Hi,

this may be a side issue,however, it  seems that the world is starting to
really notice linux. it seems that there is a movement afoot for recognizing
the expertise of linux pros. the day may be coming when ,linux will be used
in more commercial establishments.

i have been studying for a ms network certification, do you think linux will
reach that point or even usage as a network tool.

thanks,

allan bart


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Druid

1997-11-22 Thread butch
Hi,

I have heard that there is a new package for partitioning a disk drive
called druid. it does much of the things that fips claims to do in an even
more dynamic and flexible manner.

regards,

allan


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autodetect on debian

1997-11-21 Thread butch
hi,

i was wondering about the autodetect capabilities of debian, does it exist?

allan


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Re: autodetect on debian

1997-11-21 Thread butch
Hi,

i was talking about autodetect of hardware as will be available on redhat
5.0?

allan
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Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: autodetect on debian


butch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 i was wondering about the autodetect capabilities of debian, does it
 exist?

Autodetect what?
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Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-16 Thread butch
Hello,

well i was in JR music worlds computer store and i saw the set- ,and they
have a really good price on it. has anyone bought it and what are your
opinions of the value for money?

allan


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anyone use cdroms from l debian book

1997-11-16 Thread butch
Hi,

I saw the book fronm linux press at JR music world today. so has anyone
used the set, also what are your impressions?

allan bart


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Comparison of ultra dma disks vs scsi?

1997-11-02 Thread butch
Hello,

I have been planning to put together my ultimate linux machine and and when
i get to the disks system there seems to be a successor to scsi for the
ultimate price/performance. has anyone used an ultra drive and how does the
actual perfomance compare to uw scsi?

thanks,

allan


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Advansys Scsi Adapters

1997-10-24 Thread butch
Hello,

I was wondering about the experience of users of these adapters with linux?
it seems that adaptec has not really been that open to the linux community.

allan


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the growth of linux workstations

1997-10-04 Thread butch




hello,

I just wanted to note an article from the ieee 
spectrum for september that was speaking about the trends in the workstation 
marketplace. 

it notes that the market for pro. workstations 
is dramatically shifted from unix to nt and there was another component- LINUX. 
So keep up the good work and i think we will see the challenge of the free 
software concept come to fruition.

allan bart


The Value of TEX

1997-09-20 Thread butch
hello,

I am a newbie to linux and i keep hearing all of these postings to the
groups about tex. my question is just how long would it take to be
proficient and is the program really relevant at this period of time?

allan


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looking for opinions on scsi adapter cards

1997-09-10 Thread butch
hello,

i am looking to build my own computer system and i think scsi is the best
way to go for pure performance. so iwas wondering about what the members
here like?

allan


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Building the Ultimate Linux NT System

1997-09-07 Thread butch
Hi,

I have had a real nightmare trying to get linux up an running on my lowly
compaq presario.
It was a decent windows 3.1 machine and it has over 32mb of ram, but
mounting the scsi cdrom on the sb16 adaptec 1510/1522 combo is a real pain.

Therefor i have decided to go and start building a real killer machine, i
think i can build a unit
better and cheaper than what i can buy complete, anyway it could be
designed for compatibility.

let me have your ideas on the subject and your suggestions are greatly
appreciated.

regards,

allan


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Building the Ultimate Linux NT System

1997-09-07 Thread butch
Hi,

I have had a real nightmare trying to get linux up an running on my lowly
compaq presario.
It was a decent windows 3.1 machine and it has over 32mb of ram, but
mounting the scsi cdrom on the sb16 adaptec 1510/1522 combo is a real pain.

Therefor i have decided to go and start building a real killer machine, i
think i can build a unit
better and cheaper than what i can buy complete, anyway it could be
designed for compatibility.

let me have your ideas on the subject and your suggestions are greatly
appreciated.

regards,

allan


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Re: How do I find the source of the spammers?

1997-06-22 Thread Butch Kemper
At 12:21 -0500 on 6/21/97, Vebj¯rn Forsmo wrote:


 John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  snip

  If so, how do I stop it?

 There is a set of patches for Sendmail that allow it to do this,
 you can use BlackMail as a spam-filter, or install qmail
 (http://www.qmail.org/) which has a reasonable amount of
 configurability fo stopping spam, and also several patches that
 further improves this ability. (Checking if the envelope-from address
 is valid through DNS or simply blocking an ip-range.)

Point your browser to www.sendmail.org and there you will find pointers to
several good configuration changes to sendmail that will allow you to
control who uses your server to relay mail.

Butch

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upgrading cmos of compaq 833 cds?

1997-05-31 Thread butch
Hello,

I would like to upgrade my capabilities for running linux 
and win applications. i have purchased a fireball 1.7GB 
dirve and i would like to add it as a slave to the 
original pathetic 270mb drive. does anyone here know what 
software for setup i may need from the compaq web and ftp 
sites?

thanks,

allan
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Re:mgetty for PPP; Need help

1997-05-19 Thread Butch Kemper
At 06:47 -0500 on 5/15/97, Eugene Sevinian wrote:


 After this point I get the message
 ...S1, too fast respawning mgetty. Suspended for 5 min or something
 like that. And that is all )-;

I had this problem but it went away and the modem operations went much
smoother when I took the modem out of auto-answer mode.  Seems that
mgetty wants to answer the call instead of letting the modem do it.

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Experiences of Multiple CPU users?

1997-05-03 Thread butch
Hello,

I would like to know if there is any debian software that 
smokes with multiple cpu's?

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Using Debian As Networking Teacher

1997-04-22 Thread butch

-Hello,

I was wondering how valuable debian wqould be as a 
backaground in learning networking administration, such as a 
ladder to learning solaris systmes fundamnetals. i know they 
are different, are they close in any areas?

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Perl On Linux Where?

1997-03-29 Thread butch
Hello,

I am a newbie, but i would like to install perl on my 
debian system, can anyone tell me where it is located 
and how much space will it take.

thanks

allan

i like to use the miami ftp site
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quality of development tools

1997-03-23 Thread butch
Hello,

I have just started using debian and there is an area 
of interest to me, learning basic programming. i have 
used some of the borland products and now have an older 
version of visual basic. my question is how does the 
combination of x and the native packages available for 
debian compare to commercial ones?

allan
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Linux The prefered os of haker pros

1997-03-18 Thread butch
Hello,

I wonder if anyone read the article in todays new york 
times about the highly paid circle of pros at ibm who are 
paid very well for cracking into computer systems . there 
was a picture of a seedy man with a parrot on his 
shoulder- he uses powerfull computers powered by linux. so 
what is it about linux that makes it a favorite tool of 
security experts?

allan
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Has anyone used multi- cpu's on debian

1997-03-15 Thread butch
Hello,

with the cost of multiple cpu motherboards going down i 
was wondering if anyone has created a super debian system?

allan

ps what apps are you runnning?
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x windows

1997-03-01 Thread butch
Hello,

well i got 1.2.2 installed and i was wondering about x 
windows, could anyone tell me how much disk space i will 
need to run this. i have an old 386 with 4m ran and 20mb 
of swap space.

looking forward to hearing from you.

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Ok I finally got debian running now what?

1997-01-21 Thread butch

-Hello,

My 386 is purring and i myst say that the install is 
correct, so far and it was much simpler than reading 
the installation instructions. so which packages would 
be logical to install first?

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the key to debians future may be marketing

1997-01-20 Thread butch
Hello,

I think it is crucial to have a system such as debian 
win major acceptance by going after a niche market; 
getting publicity via some strategically placed 
relationships with applications developers and seeking 
a reputation for innovation and excellence.

i think it is possible to leapfrog redhat with the 
sheer number of people in this group going out and 
being debian boosters.

allan

ps thanks for the rescue disk for 1.2mb, know i have to 
start making disks of packages.
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Marketing Debian

1997-01-20 Thread butch

-Hello,

thinking about moving debian to its correct position 
might be enhanced by well placed articles in tech 
publications and even corporate oriented ones such as 
computerworld, ifoweek, datamation. the only problem is 
who will write them and what is our mission. 

the mission statement is crucial and then we can march 
of to lead the way.

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When will the 1.2 mb rescue disk be available?

1997-01-19 Thread butch
hello,

i was wondering when it would be possible to download 
the disk so that i can put my old northgate on linux?

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does anyone know where to get 1.1?

1997-01-19 Thread butch
Hello,

it seems that the emergency disk for 1.2 is not 
available, therefore i cannot use this old northgate, 
does anyone know where to get 1.1?

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Can anyone send me the 1.2mb rescue disk

1997-01-19 Thread butch
Hello,

i know that this is a lot to ask ,but i would like to 
set up my linux system over the weekend. could anyone 
email me the 1.2mb rescue/boot disk.

allan

i can ftp also
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can debian be installed without rescue disk

1997-01-18 Thread butch
Hi,

I have made the disks and they i read them install, 
they mention the rescue disk, there is not one for 
1.2mb

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where is the 1200bin rescue disk

1997-01-14 Thread butch
hello,

i am looking for the files for the 1.2mb rescue floppy  
rescue disk. can anyone tell me where it is?

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can hercules graphics cards work with debian?

1997-01-12 Thread butch

--Hello,

I have an old northgate unit that i wish to use as a 
non graphics unit on debian and i wish to know could i 
use it as is? it only has a herc mono card- hey this 
was a 4000 dollar unit in 89!!

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Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE

1997-01-09 Thread Butch Kemper
 When I run dselect and attempt to connect this is what I get...
  Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
  
  Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
  Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm
  line 405
  FTP ERROR

This is a dns problem that means the name ftp.debian.org can not be found.

I think the problem is caused by one of these errors:

1.  The ethernet card is not setup correctly: bad ip address, gateway
address, or connection.

2.  The resolv.conf does not point to a active dns server.  During the
installation of the base system, you are asked where the dns server
is located.  Specifing the system that you are building as the dns
server will not work because dns will not be setup until after
bind is installed.

Edit the resolv.conf and make it point to an active dns server.

3.  The ip address of the dns server in resolv.conf is not correct.

I hope this helps.

Butch

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Re:Continued Debian Boot Problems

1996-12-22 Thread Butch Kemper
At 23:37 -0600 on 12/20/96, Bruce Perens wrote:


 I don't think this is a boot floppy problem.
 Under Debian 1.2, the wd driver is in a module. You should be able
 to remove or reconfigure that wd module by booting your system with
 the rescue floppy, mounting your hard disk, and editing /etc/modules
 or /etc/conf.modules on the mounted hard disk. You can also boot directly
 from the hard disk by adding the emergency command to the boot command
 line.

 Since it says loading device 'eth0', I surmise that you are running kerneld
 and you have /etc/conf.modules aliasing eth0 to wd. If that's not the
 case I don't understand how you'd get that driver, unless you built your own
 kernel.

   Thanks

   Bruce


Bruce,

I didn't explain the situation very well and I asked the wrong question.
Let me try again.

I couldn't get the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8 to boot because the
system would hang.  Your suggestion to add the boot command linux
cm206=0x350 solved the problem.

Because I was having troubles and my request for help had not had enough
time to generate an answer, I built a 1.2 system using a set of 1.1 boot
disks.  Everything went very well until I tried to boot the new system.

First I had to specify the boot command linux cm206=0x350 or else the
system would hang just like the 96-12-8 boot disks.  Once I got past that
point, the system now hangs with these messages:

 Loading device 'eth0'
 wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 ..
 eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at 0xb800
 0-0xb9fff

It should be noted that this hardware configuration was working with a 1.1
system before I started over with 1.2.

Hopefully, this explaination should clarify the situation.  So, the
questions are:

1.  Why does the ethernet driver WD hang at boot under 1.2 when it was
working under 1.1?

2.  Is there some interaction between the boot command linux
cm206=0x350 and the hanging of the ethernet driver?

3.  How do I fix it?

TIA,

Butch

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Re:Continued Debian Boot Problems

1996-12-21 Thread Butch Kemper
At 9:51 -0600 on 12/11/96, Butch Kemper wrote:


 Using the suggestion by Bruce that I boot the system with the command
 linux cm206=0x350, the system now boots.  However, the system now hangs
 when it is loading the WD driver.

 Booting from the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8, I get the these messages
 before the system hangs:

 Loading device 'eth0'
 wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 ..
 eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at 0xb800
 0-0xb9fff

Bruce mentioned in a post that he was building a new set of floppies for
this weekend that would fix several problems.  Will the new set address
these problems?

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Continued Debian Boot Problems

1996-12-11 Thread Butch Kemper

Using the suggestion by Bruce that I boot the system with the command
linux cm206=0x350, the system now boots.  However, the system now hangs
when it is loading the WD driver.

Booting from the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8, I get the these messages
before the system hangs:

Loading device 'eth0'
wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 ..
eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at 0xb800
0-0xb9fff

Does anyone have another suggestion/

Thanks.

Butch


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Debian Boot Problem

1996-12-10 Thread Butch Kemper

I have a problem booting the Debian Kernel 2.0.25 as it hangs with this on
the screent:

GSCD: Version 0.4a Oliver Raupach   ...
GSCD: Trying to detect a Goldstar R420   ..
GSCD: GoldStar Interfac Adapter does not exist or H/W error
$id: cm206.c,v 0.99.1.1 1996/08/11 10:35:01 david Exp $

The cursor is left following the last  $.

This problem occurs with the boot disks and the the system I built.

The boot disk will comeup on another system but not this one.

I had built a system with 2.0.23 and it was okay.

Does someone have some suggestions?  Thanks.

Butch

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Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread butch
Hello,

what is happening to the debian distribution? is it folding?

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nlists.h and bind

1996-11-30 Thread Butch Kemper

I am attempting to compile bind495-REL and it is failing because the
nlist.h header file is missing.

Obviously, I have failed to install a need package but so far, I haven't
been able to determine which package.

Can someone help me?

Thanks.

Butch

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