debian-user-digest ?
what has happened to debian-user-digest? My subscription has stopped. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
problem with StarOffice-4.0
I have installed the new StarOffice-4.0 onto my stable (bo) distribution of Debian/GNU Linux (1.3.1.r6). When I startup via the soffice script, I get the following messages followed by a Segmentation Fault error. Any idea what is the matter? Environment $XENVIRONMENT $DISPLAY:0.0 $SAL_VISUAL $SAL_FONTPATH /home/StarOffice-4.0/fonts/type1:/home/StarOffice-4.0/fonts/75dpi $SAL_NOSEGV $SAL_IGNOREXERRORS $SAL_PROPERTIES $SAL_WM $SAL_SYNCHRONIZE $XPPATH /home/StarOffice-4.0/xp3 Client Hostfea Display Host:0.0 Vendor (Release)The XFree86 Project, Inc (3310) shift ctrl alt Shift_L (0xFFE1) Control_L (0xFFE3) Alt_L (0xFFE9) XMaxRequestSize 262140 4194300 [bytes] Properties 0x2FEB Windowmanager 8 Screen Resolution/Size 75*75 1280*1024 21.8 BlackWhite 0 65535 RGB 0xf800 0x7e0 0x1f Visual 16-bit TrueColor ID=0x20 Images (Shared) 0x8000 (8000) Segmentation fault ___ P.S. The installation appeared to go flawlessly. Kind of a no-brainer (nothing to do). -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
question on network security
This is probably not the right forum for this question, but I am running on a Debian/GNU machine. If there is a better mailing list or news group for the question, please let me know. I am trying to setup my machine as a 'less open' in my corporate environment. I have started by having the entry 'ALL: ALL' in my hosts.deny file. Then I add individual entries in the hosts.allow file to gain access to my machine. This all works as planned. However, what I have found is a tremendous number of attempts to gain access to my machine that I was unaware of. Some of them are what I was trying to prevent (in less than a day, about 10 www attempts when I'm not even set up as an httpd server for example). But, the large majority of the attempts I don't know much about. Attempts at access via daemons ypserv, mountd, 34, and 300214 with most trying ypserv. These appear to be from SGIs and SUNs which are themselves running some type of network protocol which periodically probes the network. I would like to eliminate these problems, but don't know where to start. I can add back the problem machines to my hosts.allow file to remove the error messages from my log file. This confirms that they are the problems, but doesn't fix the problem. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
PS/2 mouse question on Debian-i386
Debian mouse experts: I have a new Logitech marble trackball with PS/2 connector. I would like to replace my serial port mouse on my Debian Linux machine. I have a PS/2-6 pin - 2 - serial-9 pin mouse adapter from a local computer store. However, simply plugging that in with the PS/2 mouse did not work. Do I need to compile in PS/2 mouse in the kernel? What, then use the serial port? I'm not sure about this. Anyone else tried this? I couldn't find this topic in the HOWTOs. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Samba: password for mapping network drives
Brian: I had similar problems for a long time and was able to fix the problem by specifying on the smbclient line user name, password, and workgroup from which the password server is serving. For example, to mount W95 drives onto the Linux machine I give smbclient machine_id\\service -U uid%passwd -W workgroup On the W95 side, to mount a Linux drive onto the W95 machine you must issue the mount command (see DOS or W95 docs if you can find any). The entry is controlled by the settings in the /etc/smb.conf file on the Linux machine. Below is a modified (for security) version of my /etc/smb.conf file (comments welcomed from other samba users as smb.conf is tricky) [global] announce as = Win95 client code page = 437 domain logons = no hide dot files = no local master = no security = USER wins server = iii.kkk.lll.mmm wins proxy = no wins support = no printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes guest account = nobody invalid users = root hosts allow = iii.kkk.lll localhost hosts equiv = /etc/hosts.equiv log file = /dev/null max log size = 10 debuglevel = 0 workgroup = workgroup preferred master = no os level = 0 server string = Samba %v running Linux on %h browseable = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home/%u public = no writable = yes create mode = 0700 [cdrom] comment = NEC Multispon 4X cd-rom path = /mnt/cdrom public = yes writable = no create mode = 0700 [printers] comment = all printers path = /tmp print command = lpr -h -r -P%p %s postscript = no printable = yes public = yes -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
major problems for me upgrading to Debian 2.0
I started with the libc5-2-libc6 howto. That went OK. Then I proceeded to install packages via dselect. Thank went OK. I might point out that there were a large number of new packages. Very impressive! However, I did not add anything new at this stage; just upgrading at this point. All the packages installed. Then, it went to the configuration stage. I didn't notice, but there could have been error messages prior to the failure. The machine hung big time! The last message in the screen was configuring psmisc Then the machine would not boot. I went to the emergency diskettes. Eventually, I figured out that it was trying to execute /etc/init.d/boot, which was no longer there from the new sysvinit package. So, there is a disconnect there. I copied /etc/init.d/boot.OLD to /etc/init.d/boot, then the machine would at least boot again (after e2fsck all the hard drives, which had lots of errors from this failure!) Where I am now: * lots of packages will not configure because /usr/sbin/install-info is needing a dir.lock file not to be there. (from dselect configure all packages needing it) * dpkg --list seems to hang so I can't even see the list of packages and what the status is * the sysklogd package fails to install correctly because the /etc/init.d/sysklogd file is not installed (the file that is there is not executable and looks like an entry in the Packages file for sysklogd!) * I'm not sure whether I need to keep /etc/init.d/boot there or not (afraid to delete it, haven't seen the console messages for a good boot without it, don't understand why it was necessary to change this scheme!). Summary: worst upgrade I have ever had with Debian. I am very disappointed seeing as how I have deliberately waited until I thought it was ready. I would call this pre-beta or maybe alpha! I am glad I experimented with my print server first and did not try this on this machine (my desktop). I hope you folks can help me through this one! Remember, what sold alot of us on Debian in the first place was the upgrade path. I think I would have been better off from scratch, in which case, why Debian? I think you should test the upgrade on a representative machine! -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to debian developers: workaround installation problem with Debian-2.0 beta
debian developers: My problem with installing the beta version of Debian 2.0 seems to be centered around the /usr/sbin/install-info script. This script is included in the dpkg package. It seems that every time this script is called from a pre or post installation or removal script of a package (which is not always depending on the package), an error occurs with respect to the the /usr/info/dir.lock file. This file being present causes errors in the install-info script and the remaining installation of the package. My workaround was to create a dummy install-info script that simply does nothing. I will not get info files installed, but I don't need them on this print-server machine. This is not ideal, but I don't know enough about the error to report it as a bug (how this problem came up in the first place?). -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Debian-2.0-beta upgrade: my experience (after the 1st time)
I now have a total of 4 Linux machines running Debian-2.0-beta (including one DEC-Alpha running the current hamm tree). Except for the DEC-Alpha, all of these machines were upgraded from 1.3.1r6. After my bad experience with the first upgrade, I wanted to state how my subsequent upgrades have been. Recall that my first upgrade was a disaster (see previous post). The libc5-2-libc6 mini howto went well and the system was stable at that point. However, the wholesale upgrade of packages via dselect did not work and crashed my system. I eventually was able to recover, but this should not have happened. I recommend to the developers (if they have not already done so) to try an upgrade like this and get it to work. I tried a different route with the subsequent upgrades that proved successful. After I performed the libc5-to-libc6 via the mini-howto (incidently I had to add several more package upgrades during the l5-2-l6 upgrade guided by the Debian package dependency messages), I performed upgrades of individual packages by hand via dpkg. Basically, I would have a window open running dselect that would show me a batch of packages that needed upgrading during the select point of dselect. I would either print this screen out or flip screens back and forth to decide which packages to upgrade. In another window I would be running dpkg. I would cd to the directory containing the packages (usually a batch of about 10 or less from the same category) and only needed to type in the first few characters of the package name followed by the tab key. I would typically install a batch of 10 or less at a time (with a single dpkg command). For example, I started with the required packages in the base subdirectory. There may be an even simpler way to do this with dpkg, but this was sufficient for me and it worked! This process took a couple of hours to about 8 hours depending on the number of packages and complexity of the machine installation. I now have a nice stable system. This method may not have been necessary on these subsequent machines, but after the disaster of the first machine, I was not willing to take chances. There were a few minor configuration glitches, but the system is largely quite clean to upgrade in this manner. I would now feel comfortable to upgrade subsequent packages via dselect if needed. However, it is usually quicker for smaller numbers of packages to install directly via dpkg. In fact, I have found that I only use dselect for finding packages to install on the Alpha (and now the i386). -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
trouble with remote X app displaying to linux
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted as well. I am trying to execute and display (to my local Debian-Linux box) an X application compiled and linked on AIX 3.2.5. I have set the DISPLAY to my local machine and confirm that other applications will work. The same application works fine when displayed to the local console. I am running Debian Linux 1.2.8, kernel 2.0.29, with X11R6 and compatible libraries for X11R5 loaded also. The following error message is received when attempting to execute the Application: % X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 78 (X_CreateColormap) Minor opcode of failed request: 0 Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 6 Current serial number in output stream: 17 How can I fix this problem? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/
trouble with remote X app displaying to linux
I am trying to execute and display (to my local Debian-Linux box) an X application compiled and linked on AIX 3.2.5. I have set the DISPLAY to my local machine and confirm that other applications will work. The same application works fine when displayed to the local console. I am running Debian Linux 1.2.8, kernel 2.0.29, with X11R6 and compatible libraries for X11R5 loaded also. The following error message is received when attempting to execute the Application: % X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 78 (X_CreateColormap) Minor opcode of failed request: 0 Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 6 Current serial number in output stream: 17 How can I fix this problem? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/
long-standing netscape problem fixed
I have found a fix to a long-standing problem I have had with printing from Netscape on versions after 2.0. I discovered the web page http://members.ping.at/theofilu/netscape.html which explains the problem and gives a fix. Thanks to Theofilu Andreas for the fix. Naturally, it wasn't a Linux problem, but the fact that Netscape had not kept up with the latest Linux libraries and the source was not provided to recompile. The odd thing about this problem is that no one that I know experienced the same symptom (not printing correctly). -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/
was Netscape Communicator: now programs that will crash your LInux box
There is another program that will crash your Linux box: wordIMperfect. Yes I'm talking about the native Linux wordIMperfect. For example try paging through a document that has alot of EPS graphics figures. If you do it too fast, it will crash your system. There are other ways to do it also, some I don't know how to repeat. Today, I just discovered StarOffice. I can already tell it is much better than wordIMperfect. Plus, you have all the other tools. Now if I could just find the documentation so I could learn how to use it... -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
debian 1.3 upgrade: my first success with one minor problem
I just installed the 1.3 upgrade. I have to say this is the cleanest major Debian upgrade ever! This particular machine is only a print server, and does not have much installed. Nevertheless, Debian is getting better all the time! Many more packages than I will ever need! I did have one minor problem however. I accidently tried to install lesstif and lesstif-bin. lesstif-bin would not install due to errors. I don't even have X11 installed, so it should have been a prerequisite. Anyway, now I can't get rid of the lesstif-bin package. Here is the error message from dpkg --remove lesstif-bin (Reading database ... 11943 files and directories currently installed.) Removing lesstif-bin ... dpkg: error processing lesstif-bin (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lesstif-bin If there is not an easy fix for this, I'll post it as a bug. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Nope this didn't work either
I think I had already tried this, but for the record, it doesn't work. dpkg --remove lesstif-bin (Reading database ... 11943 files and directories currently installed.) Removing lesstif-bin ... dpkg: error processing lesstif-bin (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lesstif-bin the fix dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq lesstif-bin (Reading database ... 11943 files and directories currently installed.) Removing lesstif-bin ... dpkg: error processing lesstif-bin (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: lesstif-bin -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
On Debian, currently.
This is coming from an end-user of Debian: I wish I had the ability and time to contribute more directly to Debian. However, I can contribute this response to some of the concerns I have seen on this mailing list. Debian by far is the most rock solid Linux distribution I have used (used several Slackware, RedHat, etc.). I have been using Linux for a long time now. This new stable version of Debian has obviously been more difficult than the last major hurdle in going from a.out to elf. In my mind several factors stand out about Debian: (1) The stable version is stable (really runs for days, months, years, etc.). The MTBF becomes tied to hardware failures (hard drives being the most vulnerable) not software. (2) The process of upgrade is painless and takes care of dependencies (not just partly as in RedHat). (3) It is trully free in the sense that the system is open and I can get help whenever needed much quicker and better quality than any commercial version of any operating system I have used. Just ask for the help in this forum. (4) You can always take the plunge and get the latest versions of a package and usually install (although not always) and use it from the unstable tree. It has been amazing to see how the number of fine packages have become available. (5) Debian is becoming available for platforms other than Intel. I intend very shortly to convert my vendor-delivered RedHat-Alpha-Linux machine to Debian. I haven't seen the how-to on this!? (6) Linux and Debian popularity is growing. As long as all these good things are still in place, I intend to keep with a great distribution, Debian. People change, and organizations change. It is just the way life is. Cheers... -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new kernel-2.0.34 missing filesystems?
Fellow Linux users: I have downloaded both the patch and then the complete source for the newly released 2.0.34 kernel. It appears that at least the following filesystems are no longer supported in the kernel: FAT, msdos, vfat, iso9660. Could this be true? If so, why? I realize that this is not a debian-specific topic, but we all are Linux users. Surely there is a mistake somewhere (my part I hope)! PS: I am also using 2.1.103 on another machine which does contain the support for these filesystems. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
can't compile 2.1.121 under Debian Hamm 2.0
Using a typical installation of Debian Hamm 2.0, I am having trouble compiling the current development kernel. Can anyone give me a clue on the following error message: _ make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/arch/i386/lib' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/arch/i386/lib' ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \ fs/filesystems.a \ net/network.a \ drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/misc/misc.a drivers/net/net.a drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/cdrom/cdrom.a drivers/sound/sound.a drivers/pci/pci.a drivers/pnp/pnp.a drivers/video/video.a \ /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.121/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ -o vmlinux fs/fs.o: In function `change_root': fs/fs.o(.text+0x5a17): undefined reference to `initmem_freed' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 ___ -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
WordPerfect8 on Debian/Sid ?
I haven't used WordPerfect8 from Corel in a while and just discovered that it no longer runs on my Debian/Sid system. I think it is because it requires the previous version of the libc package (woody). I have copied these files (found by ldd on wordperfect executable) form a working Woody system, but libc comes first in the library search. If I place all the files in /usr/local/lib, then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib, it picks up all but libc. Here is the present ldd fea::/home/fea/tmp/: ldd /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp libXt.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x4001e000) libX11.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4006f000) libXpm.so.4 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40136000) libm.so.5 = /lib/libm.so.5 (0x40145000) libc.so.5 = /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4014e000) libSM.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4020b000) libICE.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40214000) libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4022b000) libdl.so.2 = /usr/local/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40359000) ld-linux.so.2 = /usr/local/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4035c000) /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol '_rtld_global' I would like to set up a wrapper script that sets up these variables temporarily just to run wordperfect. How do I do that ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?
Can you figure out a way to get a listing of a directory (folder in Windows) and print it, without resorting to command prompt ? The only way I could find was to save a bit map to the clipboard, then paste the clipboard contents into another application, then print. Any other ideas ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?
Does this not require installing some additional software other than what normally is installed with WindowsXP, Linux w/KDE, or Linux w/Gnome ? On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:00, Wetherington Jr, G. Randall wrote: Here are some links, some of which have tools for generating directory tree prints from Windows. RW -Original Message- From: Lindsley, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:56 AM To: Freels, James D.; ORNL Linux Users; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Victor R. Cain Subject: RE: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ? The following article looks promising for windows. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;272623; There seem to be lots of other options based on this google search: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclientie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=prin t+directory+listing+from+windows+explorer Maybe a similar search for a specific linux desktop might give you good results. See ya', Chris -Original Message- From: Freels, James D. Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:08 PM To: ORNL Linux Users; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Victor R. Cain Subject: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ? Can you figure out a way to get a listing of a directory (folder in Windows) and print it, without resorting to command prompt ? The only way I could find was to save a bit map to the clipboard, then paste the clipboard contents into another application, then print. Any other ideas ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
strange behavior with keys and virtual windows
I am cross-posting this to debian-kde because it appears to be a kde problem, but I am not sure. From a konsole window, when I hit the up arrow to retrieve the previous bash command, then hit return, it takes me to another virtual window from the one I am working in. When I go back to the virtual window containing the prior konsole session, everything worked as it should following the return. If I issue new commands and do not use the up arrow, then hit return, it works as it should...staying in the same virtual window. Has anyone had similar problem ? How does one fix such a thing ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
first experience with defrag: have slight problem.
I have installed the Debian defrag v 0.61-1 package and tried it out. My partition table looks like sda1 / 100 Mb sda2 /usr400 Mb sdb1 /var 20 Mb sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 280 Mb soft linked, contains /usr/local, /usr/src sdb3 swap 20 Mb sdc1 /home 1020 Mb I have successfully e2defrag on sdc1, sdb2, and sdb1 by booting in single user mode [at lilo prompt, 'linux single'], and first umount these partitions. However, I cannot defrag sda1 nor sda2 since I cannot umount these first. I also tried booting with Debian rescue disk, going into the shell, copying e2defrag onto the ramdisk, and attempting a defrag of these partitions from there. defrag will not run since still does not have everything it needs [probably libc5 ?] I don't think I really want to defrag the root partition (sda1) anyway do I? How could I defrag sda2 (which I would like to do)? BTW, the program and graphical progress are great. Reminds me of old Norton utilities days on DOS! -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
I have the same problem: getting rid of old base
-- ... stuff deleted - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an essential package. It does not stop me from working but it would be cleaner if i could remove it. Removing its entry from the status file would it be safe ? ... more stuff deleted Laurent. base-files replaced base, but we cannot get rid of the old base. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Adaptec 2940 SCSI
Robert, I have a similar system installed. I have had absolutely no problems with my Adaptec 2940 PCI-bus adapter. In fact, just today, I remade my entire system. My only suggestion is to place the boot/root drive as scsi-id-0 for minimum problems. Below is my present configuration: Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda1 505440 20453 458883 4% / /dev/sda2 388570 11152 357337 3% /var /dev/sdb12035606 567059 1363323 29% /usr /dev/sdc12035606 756238 1174144 39% /home /dev/sdd1 39643 29332 8264 78% /mnt/b44 /dev/scd0 373914 3739140100% /mnt/cdrom Here is my dmesg output to confirm the Adaptec-2940: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 0K size loop: registered device at major 7 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 aic7xxx: BurstLen = 0 DWDs, Latency Timer = 32 PCLKS aic7xxx: AHA-2940 Rev B. aic7xxx: devconfig = 0x580. aic7xxx: Reading SEEPROM...done. aic7xxx: Extended translation enabled. aic7xxx: Memory check yields 16 SCBs, paging not enabled. AHA-2940 (PCI-bus), I/O 0x6100, Mem 0xf080: irq 10 bus release time 40 bclks data fifo threshold 100% SCSI CHANNEL A: scsi id 7 scsi selection timeout 256 ms scsi bus reset at power-on enabled scsi bus parity enabled scsi bus termination (low byte) disabled aic7xxx: Downloading sequencer code...done. aic7xxx: Resetting the SCSI bus...done. scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 4.0/3.2/4.0 scsi : 1 host. scsi0: Scanning channel A for devices. scsi0: Target 0, channel A, now synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset 15. Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST51080N Rev: 0913 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 scsi0: Target 1, channel A, now synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset 15. Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32171N Rev: 0338 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 scsi0: Target 2, channel A, now synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset 15. Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32171N Rev: 0338 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 scsi0: Target 4, channel A, refusing synchronous negotiation; using asynchronous transfers. Vendor: IOMEGAModel: BETA44Rev: 3.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS Detected scsi removable disk sdd at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 scsi0: Target 5, channel A, refusing synchronous negotiation; using asynchronous transfers. Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:501 Rev: 2.2 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 4 SCSI disks total. SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2109840 [1030 MB] [1.0 GB] SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4222640 [2061 MB] [2.1 GB] SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4222640 [2061 MB] [2.1 GB] SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 87040 [42 MB] [0.0 GB] sdd: Write Protect is off Overriding PCI latency timer (CFLT) setting of 32, new value is 255. eth0: 3Com 3c595 Vortex 100baseTX at 0x6000, 00:a0:24:c5:fe:bf, IRQ 11 Internal config register is 141001b, transceivers 0xe10a. 64K word-wide RAM 3:1 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/100baseTX interface. 3c59x.c:v0.25 5/17/96 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sdb: sdb1 sdc: sdc1 sdd: sdd1 sdd2 JAVA Binary support v1.01 for Linux 1.3.98 (C)1996 Brian A. Lantz VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Adding Swap: 128516k swap-space iBCS: socksys registered on character major 30 eth0: Initial media type 100baseTX. eth0: vortex_open() InternalConfig 0141001b. eth0: vortex_open() irq 11 media status 8082. eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, 100baseTX. eth0: Media 100baseTX is has no link beat, 8082. eth0: Media selection failed, now trying 10baseT port. eth0: Media selection timer finished, 10baseT. eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, 10baseT. eth0: Media 10baseT has link beat, 88c0. eth0: Media selection timer finished, 10baseT. Max size:186957 Log zone size:2048 First datazone:28 Root inode number 57344 ISO9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak
question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update
I was notified this morning about the recent CIAC security announcment on ld.so. I went to my Debian mirror and found that the fix was already available under bo-updates directory. I *thought* that since my system was up to date [i.e., v 1.3.1 + ] that I probably already had the fix incorporated. But alas, I did not. In fact, I found that there were about 20 .deb files in bo-update that do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it by hand? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: why kernel 2.0.29 in Debian 1.3.1?
I commend the Debian development team for choosing the 2.0.29 kernel rather than the 2.0.30 kernel in the v 1.3.1 release. My experience with the 2.0.30 kernel is that it caused the latest stable release of the Ibcs2 emulator software (970513) to fail. This was important to me in order to run the vendor's (APC) software for smart-ups based on SCO emulation. Perhaps there are other stories of Ibcs2 or other 2.0.30 failures the Debian users would like to share? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Netscape plugins don't work
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't seen it yet in this news group. It seems that starting with v 4 of Netscape, the plugins no longer work. For example, when clicking a .pdf file, the script will no load up acroread, or a .ram will not load up realaudio. I must fall back to version 3.01 in order for this to work. I am currently using the v 4.02b7. A dialog box appears with an error message sh: -c: line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token ';' sh: -c: line 1: '((acroread file.pdf);rm file.pdf)' I suspect the wrong shell is loaded, but I haven't a clue how to correct the problem. Anyone else fixed this problem? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
the bash 2.01 fix for Netscape 4.02 plugins: a mistake for me
I took the recommendations from several readers of this list to try the bash_2.01 upgrade from the unstable tree to fix the problems I was having with Netscape 4.0x not being able to use the plugins for various files (.pdf, .ram, etc.). I quickly realized I was not so brave as to simply install the binary from the unstable tree as their were way to many dependency changes that I did not want to make. So, I did try to compile the 2.01 bash source with my present system. I found that this worked! Further all the pluging features of Netscape 4.0x worked as well. I thought all was well until... I needed to reboot my system this morning, and it would not. I was able to figure out it was failing in /etc/init.d/boot, which happened to be the first utilization of /bin/sh which is linked to the new /bin/bash. It took me a while to figure this out, but I basically put back the old bash 2.00, and my system rebooted fine. So, in my case, I will wait for the next stable release of Debian, and I can do without Netscape 4.0x and use 3.01. In my personal opinion, the 4.0x version is a memory hog, is much slower in many respects, and generally not worth it at this point. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xautolock not working for me
I just discovered that xautolock is no longer working for me. I immediately get an segmentation fault when executed. I suspect this started to occur when I upgraded to 1.3.1 from 1.3.0 using the newer version of Xfree86_3.3. Can anyone else confirm this before I file a bug report? I also tried compiling from source and received the same segmentation error from the locally compiled version. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
on bo-updates and Debian incorporation whinnies
--- Start of forwarded message --- First, there is an easy way with the current stable version of dselect to determine what effect the packages in bo-updates will have on the typical system. When dselect asks for a local directory of packages, simply give it the directory where your bo-updates files are. Then dselect needs a Packages file which is not there. Again, the option is there to type in 'scan' and dselect will create a Packages list for you. Then when you select packages, you can see all the new packages that you may want to update or not. Second, I am a very satisfied Debian user. Further, I am very grateful for all the work that has gone into Debian and have every confidence that it will continue to get better each day. In my opinion, it is the superior system for Linux and we all know how superior the Linux OS is to the alternatives! As a user, I have no complaints whatsoever with the non-profit incorporation. I have also been affiliated with a non-profit and I think this fits Debian perfectly. The move to a tax-deductible non-profit is also a good move, but will require more effort on the part of the officers of the corporation (mostly in bookkeeping, etc.). Still, it is a great move because it gives a little break for some folks who deserve it. On the revision numbers, we've gone through changes bigger than this in the past. My recommendation is to ignore the complainers. I know it is hard to do so. It was very hard to resist writing this e-mail. Unless you've been there, it is hard to understand. And if people start using profanity, knock 'em off. Finally, Debian is a success. When you are successful, you grow. Just look at the number of hits on this list if you don't think so. And it will get better and bigger. If you want to stay small, maybe Debian is not for you. Debian is at 1000+ packages now and really becoming a viable system. Everything from games like quake to serious stuff like LAPACK libraries and g77. I can't wait to see what unfolds in the future as more people catch on. - -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ --- End of forwarded message --- - -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
question: /usr/doc and minimal system
I have a couple of GNU/Debian machines I use strictly as print servers. It would be best with these machines to preserve as much disk space in order to maximize spool area. They are already configured with minimal packages and work fine. I am now investigating ways to minimize disk space even more. What I realized just now is that I don't need about 10Mb of /usr/doc files (I can always examine /usr/doc on another machine). Is there a way to cleanly not install a packages' /usr/doc files? I could just 'rm -rf /usr/doc/*', but when I update or remove a package, I'm sure I would get a postinst error and may not be successful. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: MPEG doesn't work from any gr browser; Netscape probs.
On the recommendation of a colleague, I fixed the netscape-plugin problem by directly editing the netscape executable using emacs [just search for the error message]. This eliminates the need to use bash 2.01 which I could not install consistently (did fix the plugin problem but created new problems). -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
installing/using an old IBM tape drive
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I have an old IBM Model 7207-001 scsi tape drive that I have obtained from some old IBM RS/6K equipment we are no longer using. I would like to use the tape drive as a backup device even though it is rather ancient. I connected the tape drive into my scsi chain and rebooted the Debian 2.0 system still running 2.0.36 of the kernel. Both the bios and linux recognize the drive as a Tandberg MOdel tdc3600 drive. I have found some information on the drive on the Tandberg home page. I have some old 150 Mb tapes that I can use, but I think that the drive may also be able to use 250 Mb tape cartridges as well. The problem is that even though the kernel recognizes the drive, I am having trouble using it. I cannot find a HOWTO such as how to connect an external scsi tape drive or something to that effect. In Running Linux, Welsh Kaufman, 1995, on page pp of chapter 1 it does list the Tandberg 3600 as a verfied scsi tape drive for Linux. For example, if I issue the command mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl I get the following error message mt: /dev/st0: Input/output error It is possible that the drive is bad, but I think it works fine on the original installation of the RS/6K. Where can I get some help on connecting and configuring this drive? Thanks
help with password and xlock
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I use the xlock feature and kde wm to screen save and lock the monitor/keyboard. Everything was working fine until I recently *had* to change my password. I *have* to use a local password server software for security reasons. My login password has been changed but my screen save password has not. How do I update the screen save password and why is it different from my login password?
lprng from slink (Debian 2.1) so secure can't use it!!!
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I just upgraded from hamm to slink. I have found one problem with the upgrade in the lprng package. I downgraded to the hamm version until such time as it gets fixed. Basically after installing the new version, I could not print due to some time of permissions error. I have the standard lpd.conf and lpd.perms files as defined by Debian.
sling (Debian 2.1) lprng work around
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. After differencing the /etc/lpd.conf and /etc/lpd.perms between the old and new versions, I discovered that the bug in the new version can be corrected by commenting out the following line in the new version of /etc/lpd.perms #REJECT SERVICE=XRPQ NOT SERVER I don't have time to figure out what I did, but it works now. This should be a bug report, but I don't have time for that either! P.S. Thanks for the hint Richard. BTW, Vic bought a DEC-Alpha.
cannot compile v 2.2.4 of kernel with standard Debian 2.1
Today, I patched my v 2.2.3 source (which compiled fine) with the new v 2.2.4 kernel source. However, it compiled with error as shown below. I issued make mrproper make oldconfig (no changes were present) make menuconfig (just to confirm) make dep make clean make bzImage Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how can this problem be corrected? This is the first time in a very long while I have seen a kernel not compile. __ acct.c: In function `sys_acct': acct.c:197: too few arguments to function `filp_close' acct.c:203: too few arguments to function `filp_close' make[2]: *** [acct.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.4/kernel' make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.4/kernel' make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Debian/Etch/4.0 upgrade experience
Essentially flawless ! I have upgraded two i386 and one amd64 machines from sarge to etch. Except for configuration files that I changed myself, it was clean and straight forward. I am VERY impressed. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windmills can't even produce enough energy to manufacture a windmill. -Ann Coulter, 03/01/07. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
confused about NFS-server in kernel versus nfsd package
I would like to take advantage of the apparent better performance of NFS-server capability of the new kernel. I have built my kernel 2.2.12 with nfs-server capability. I cannot find any documentation on this capability (howto, etc.) The help message from the kernel configuration is attached below. The referenced NFS-HOWTO is dated 11-3-97 and was apparently written before this feature was added to the kernel? How do I do this? _ CONFIG_NFSD: If you want your Linux box to act as a NFS *server*, so that other computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you should say N here, or you can say Y and use this new experimental kernel based NFS server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is faster; it might not be completely stable yet, though. In either case, you will need support software; the respective locations are given in the file Documentation/Changes in the NFS section. Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available via FTP (user: anonymous) from ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. The NFS server is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module is called nfsd.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
fixed sound problem at the 2.2.12 kernel level: bug??
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.sources.kernel as well. Dear Linux developers: I am not normally a kernel or c-code developer, but I wanted to relay this to the community to correct a sound problem I have had. My sound quit working (SB16 PnP) upon installation of a new kernel (not sure which new kernel this happened). I now have installed the latest stable kernel 2.2.12 (this error may have occured earlier 2.2.11 or less?). I got the following error message when the sound.o module is initialized: Sep 7 16:29:59 fea insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol isa_dma_bridge_buggy Sep 7 16:29:59 fea insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol isa_dma_bridge_buggy I also get a similar error message upon the depmod -a command (sound is the only module): fea# depmod -a /lib/modules/2.2.12/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol(s) I dug into this problem and discovered that the variable isa_dma_bridge_buggy is normally initialized in asm/dma.h. Therefore, I got my sound to work by adding the following line to ./linux/drivers/sound/dmabuf.c: #include asm/dma.h Perhaps this change should be added to kernel.
unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel
I am getting unexplained system shutdowns at arbitrary times. Also the system clock is being changed when this unexplained shutdown / restart occurs. This is best demonstrated by the following entries in my /var/log/messages file (Debian 2.1) Jun 9 06:55:21 fea -- MARK -- Jun 9 06:58:01 fea exiting on signal 15 Jun 9 05:01:33 fea syslogd 1.3-3#31: restart. The clock is set correctly when xntp3 is loaded. If I manually set the clock with the BIOS, I notice it is incorrect after this unexplained restart. I have recently installed a new motherboard, memory, processor. All the other components are the same. The kernel has been rebuilt to reflect the new processor (400 Mhx PII). The motherboard is a modern Intel (I cannot recall the model number by memory). I suspect a setting on the BIOS with power management? Otherwise, I haven't a clue. All other aspects of the system are performing perfectly. Does anyone have any idea what to look for here? Any help is greatly appreciated. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Re: unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel
From: Ralf G. R. Bergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 18:10:33 +0100 Reply-To: Ralf G. R. Bergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 First, no reason to worry! On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 09:17:10 -0400 (EDT), James D. Freels wrote: I am getting unexplained system shutdowns at arbitrary times. Also No shutdowns! Or have you actually observed them yourself? I mean have you been sitting at the console watching the machine go down? I am not so sure about what you say. True, I have not actually physically observed a shutdown. But, I have seen the console screen at the start of a work day that normally would be the screensaver running. Also, why is the clock on the bios wrong? the system clock is being changed when this unexplained shutdown / restart occurs. This is best demonstrated by the following entries in my /var/log/messages file (Debian 2.1) Jun 9 06:55:21 fea -- MARK -- This is just a still-alive message from syslogd. You can safely ignore it (or stop it by specifying mark.none for /var/log/messages). Well, I knew that, but, thanks I did not know how to turn it off. Jun 9 06:58:01 fea exiting on signal 15 Jun 9 05:01:33 fea syslogd 1.3-3#31: restart. This is just produced by a daily script that trims the logs. To do this you have to stop syslogd/klogd, trim the logs, then restart both. If you trimmed the logs while the two daemons are still running they wouldn't be able to create/append to the logs anymore. Again: I don't think there is a reason to be alarmed. No. I won't be changing the daily log stuff. I hope you are right. However, another thing I have observed that I did not mention. I use an APC UPS. It also shut the system down one day for no apparent reason. Other machines with and without UPSs: no problems reported. When observing the upsstat.log file, I see the ups went from an average of 22% to nearly 50% when I got the new motherboard (old processor was a 166 Mhz PI). It also seems to fluctuate (+- 2-3%). I am not sure whether the battery may be going bad or if the UPS is not large enough. It doesn't make sense being a 600 watter. I will swap with another one to test this theory. Thanks for you help... -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Re: unexplained shutdown/restart: 2.2.9 kernel
Also, the /var/log/messages contain kernel reboot output after the syslogd restart. So yes, it is rebooting! -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
howto: booting from CD
I am running GNU/Linux Debian 2.1 with an Adaptec 2940 narrow PCI scsi card. Everything is working fine. I have three hard drives set at scsi ID 0, 1, and 2 and booting off of ID=0. I also have a Yamaha CRW 6940 rewritable cdrom drive on scsi ID=3 that is also working fine. I would like to create a bootable CD that would serve as a backup drive for the essential parts of my root partition. As a test, I have created a bootable CD that contains the Linux kernel as the bootable image as per the instructions of the README.eltorito and man file with the mkisofs package. I have also configured the Adaptec BIOS to allow a bootable CD. However, the scsi ID of the bootable image remains at ID=0 (the hard drive). I have an Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard with the boot options listed to first check the floppy, then removable hard drives which I think basically looks at the scsi chain for bootable devices after the floppy fails to boot. Currently, the system does not recognize the bootable CD when starting up. It just boots directly from the hard drive. How can I configure the system to boot from the CD? I would prefer to be able to do the following sequence: (1) boot from floppy if a bootable floppy is in the floppy drive (2) boot from cdrom if a bootable cdrom is in the cdrom drive (3) boot from harddrive as the final option if (1) or (2) is not available. Anyh help is appreciated -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
on Compaq FORTRAN: help to put pressure
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha as well. Below is a response I received from the Compaq code developers at University of New Hampshire who are working on the port of the FORTRAN/C compilers to Linux Alpha. For my particular applications, I will need to be able to utilize the floating point compiler options. Otherwise, pprobably man-years of effort would be required to code around the floating-point overflows, etc., built-in to the very-large application. Although this is the best option, I do not have the time and/or money to do that now. I would imagine there are lots of Linux Alpha folks with similar issues. Speed is nice to have, but for porting large, legacy FORTRAN code, you also need these floating point options. Note other Unix compilers, such as AIX xlf, IRIX f77, etc., also have floating-point options such as these. Also, note that g77 on the Intel platform allows for these floating-point occurances by default. Also, the -mieee option with g77 on the Alpha allows for *SOME*, but not all, of these options, but greatly reduces the efficiency of the Alpha chip in doing so. According to the response below, the problem is within Linux, and not their compilers. Could some of the Linux Alpha developers possibly get involved and help? Are these developers the best that can be obtained to solve this problem? It is certainly out of my league! ___ Hello, Thanks for the question. To answer your question, compaq is still looking into the problem of handling floating point exception. It is because linux does not have a robust floating point exception handler compared to UNIX. Compaq is as of now in no position to promise any other support than -fpe0 and -fpe3 options. The README file that is installed also says th same. Anshul Chadda University of New HampshireA -- Name = James D. Freels Email = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief Problem Description = nonsupported Architecture = all Operating System = Linux Compiler Information = fort Libraries Used = n/a Other Information = It is this restriction that really causes the problems: Please note that CFAL does not contain certain features that are available in DIGITAL Fortran 90 on Tru64 UNIX Alpha: ~ floating-point exception handling levels 1, 2, and 4 and -check underflow are not supported Problem Category = Compiler Installation Detailed Description = I have a FORTRAN application used under DEC-Unix 4.0B that I currently run. It requires the FORTRAN -fpe1 option (and similar options or by default on other computer / OSs ). Without this capability, I cannot even start to beta test the new compiler (for what I need!) When will this capability be offered? --
X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!!
In the recent potato update of the X packages from 3.3.6-7 to 3.3.6-8, it caused it to quit working. I will file a bug report if not fixed right away. The error messages on startup are: X: server socket directory has suspicious ownership, aborting. _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. This occurs on both Intel and Alpha, and on 3 different graphics cards. I suspect a file protection problem since most of the changes appeared to be security related. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!! a work-around fix
The fix as recommended by several folks is to rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix I trust this information is being passed on to the developers without a formal bug report. Thanks to all for responding!! -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
netatalk printing problem: need help!
I have installed the netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3-6 from Debian/Linux 2.2 (frozen). I am almost there getting a HP LaserJet IV PS+ to print over appletalk network on my Linux bos, but am still having some problems. The papstatus shows that the printer is found and working OK. I get the following error message(s) when trying to print over appletalk: Jul 11 12:04:42 fea papd[7151]: child 7364 for J. D. Freels HP LaserJet IV from 5224.41 Jul 11 12:04:42 fea papd[7364]: lp_init: lock: No such file or directory Jul 11 12:04:42 fea papd[7364]: lp_open failed Jul 11 12:04:42 fea papd[7151]: child 7364 done How do I fix this problem. The printer works find over local, tcp/ip, and samba as a PS printer. Do I need to specify a .ppd file at this machine? I thought that that was taken care of at the Apple machine? Help... -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
problems upgrading to 2.2r1
Most packages have upgraded fine. However, because modutils will not upgrade correctly, a few packages are not upgrading. Has anyone else had problems upgrading modutils? Please find the error messages shown below. Ny idea how to fix? I am running kernel 2.2.17 and do not use kerneld demon. # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/modutils_2.3.11-11_i386.deb (Reading database ... 107566 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace modutils 2.3.11-10 (using .../modutils_2.3.11-11_i386.deb) ... Saving KDOPT setting from /etc/init.d/kerneld .. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/modutils_2.3.11-11_i386.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/modutils_2.3.11-11_i386.deb -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha
I have posted a bug report unique to the current Alpha version of the xlib6g package in potato: _ Package: xlib6g Version: 3.3.6-6 current update of Debian 2.2 potato prerelease As far as I can tell, this bug is unique to Alpha systems. This bug does not happen on Intel systems. I cannot comment on other hardware systems. I get the following error message when I start x-windows of two separate Alpha systems with two different graphics cards: xinit: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Since the /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmuso.6 dynamic library is included in the xlib6g package, I have submitted the bug report as an xlib6g bug. The error occurs under either kernel versions 2.2.14 or 2.2.15. I keep both of these Alpha systems (as well as 3 Intel systems) current with the potato changes on a daily basis. I believe this error cropped up on the suite of package upgrades to the Alpha architecture about 5/3/00 (about 30 packages were upgraded). Output from the 'ls -l /lib/libc.so.6.1' - /lib/libc-2.1.3.so I believe that covers all that is required. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Re: potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha
David, Thanks this makes sense. However, I had already tried reinstalling ldso before I reported the bug. I see now that the latest version on the servers I normally use (http.us.debian.org, ftp.us.debian.org) show the current version is ldso_1.9.11-8.deb. Where can I get the -8.deb file? Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 11:19:05 -0400 From: David Huggins-Daines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-alpha@lists.debian.org Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have posted a bug report unique to the current Alpha version of the xlib6g package in potato: Not a bug in xlib6g. A bug in ldso (/etc/ld.so.cache was busted, so the dynamic linker couldn't find libraries outside the system search path ... /usr/X11R6/lib is outside the system search path). ldso_1.9.11-9.deb fixes it. Cheers. -- David Huggins-Daines, Senior GNU/Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc. 613.562.1239 desk, 613.223.0225 mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Re: potato bug in xlib6g 3.3.6-6 for Alpha
Wow! Now that is service! Thank you very much!!! Oh, also I've put it at http://www.debian.org/~dhd/ for the time being (until the mirorrs are resynced). Cheers -- David Huggins-Daines, Senior GNU/Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc. 613.562.1239 desk, 613.223.0225 mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
help on editors for a user: same as edit on Sun/Solaris
Hello Debian Colleagues: I have a user on one of my Debian systems who would very much like to use an editor identical (or similar) to edit on a Sun/Solaris or other unixes under the c-shell. He does not like vi and would rather use edit. Which Debian package is the nearest to this editor? P.S. No flames please. My favorite editor is emacs... -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
new legacy Yamaha PCI module in 2.2.16 kernel won't link??
I have recently upgraded my kernel to the new stable version 2.2.16. I noticed the new kernel has new support for legacy Yamaha PCI sound, so I thought I would give it a try. There is very little documentation (only the comments in the driver code). I enable the driver in the configuration, and disabled my sound blaster support. I have a flacky SB16pro card and an on-board Yamaha 740 chip in the Intel 440bx mother board. So the goal is to switch to the onboard chip without having to purchase the OSS drivers outside the open source of the kernel. When I try an build the kernel, all goes well until the end when an undefined reference is found with the error message below. The ymf_sb.c modules compiles fine and is loaded in the sound.a library. So why won't it link? drivers/sound/sound.a(sound_core.o): In function `soundcore_init': sound_core.o(.text+0x3e5): undefined reference to `init_ymf7xxsb_module' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
Re: new legacy Yamaha PCI module in 2.2.16 kernel won't link??
Alan Cox sent a message that it needed to be compiled as a module. This did correct the problem. Now I need the modules parameters to define the resources. What are they for this card? Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:07:27 -0400 From: Jonathan Paul Cowherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i undefined reference is found with the error message below. The ymf_sb.c modules compiles fine and is loaded in the sound.a library. So why won't it link? drivers/sound/sound.a(sound_core.o): In function `soundcore_init': sound_core.o(.text+0x3e5): undefined reference to `init_ymf7xxsb_module' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 Oops. Thats a bug. Build it modular I'll squash that in .17 What would cause a undefined reference to a function during linking that wouldn't show up during compile time? Is it a make issue? Is it a linker issue? -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
Compaq Netscape problem on Debian 2.1 Alpha system
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.windows.x.kde as well. I have a problem getting the new Compaq-donated netscape package to work correctly on my Debian 2.1 (slink) Alpha machine. Here are the facts: (1) stock Debian 2.1 (stable slink) for Alpha with the kde 1.1.2 .deb packages for Alpha additionally added (2) downloaded the netscape-4.7.rpm file (3) used alien to create a companion .dev file (4) installed the package (which did not actually install left me with a .tar.gz and an install script) (5) hacked the install script so that it would install (6) runs netscape under root and kde fine (7) running as a general user, netscape under kde works fine, but only the *FIRST TIME* it is executed and then exited. (8) the second and any subsequent time I run netscape as a general user under kde, the X11 system hangs and I have to cntrl-alt-backspace to get out X11 (9) the only error message I can find that occurs during the X11 hang is (and this does not occur under root) kaudioserver Catching fatal X IO Error. Cleaning Up. (10) I have tried sever things including changing permissions, ownerships, etc. of files, devices, etc. but nothing seems to fix the problem except to run as root. Any help on fixing this problem would be appreciated.
Netscape 4.7 install in Debian 2.1 Alpha fixed!
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.windows.x.kde as well. Thanks to all who sent in help. The fix to the problem was to delete the character string ,yp from the file /etc/svc.conf that was installed by the Compaq package. The program had the appearance of hanging X11, but it was just searching the net for something it would never find. The probem was totally unrelated to kde. The error messages I was getting from a kde package was just a message printed in abruptly exiting kde with cntrl-alt-backspace. Netscape is really nice on an Alpha! Thanks be to Compaq and Netscape!
better print output filter ?
We use a Debian 2.2 (potato) box as a print/file/web server. For our print services we use the LPRng package in combination with the ifhp input/output filters. We include a banner page to separate and distinguish user print jobs. This all works fine. However, it would be desirable to utilize more than the simple default banner page (boring and not sufficiently labled). The ifhp package comes with a psbanner.ps example banner page, but not instructions on how to use it are included. I am looking for other banner page designs with instructions on how to use it. -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
X-windows problem: why did I have to reboot?
At last resort, I rebooted my machine and it cleared up my X-windows. I am keeping current with potato changes and am using the XF86_3DLabs x-server. I thought at first something was wrong with my graphics card. But no, I just needed to reboot. I guess it was time, I had only upgraded many, many packages as potato updates come in. But I would like to know if there was a memory leak? -- /--\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX:(865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division|work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008|home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \--/
mozilla-firebird bookmarks import: howto ?
I have an html file containing collected bookmarks from opera. I want to import them into mozilla-firebird. I use manage bookmarks-import-opera6.html. However, they do not appear and are not saved. I can view the opera6.html file just fine within the browser. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new trouble printing from current Debian/Sid system
This may be related to recent upgrades on the Sid packages. As recently as Tuesday, 01/28/03, this machine was printing just fine. Now however, I cannot even get a wake up from the printer. The printer is a usb interface, Lexmark z23 hanging off /dev/usb/lp0. I use lprng and have a current debian/sid system. The print queue shows a single job active in the queue, but nothing is coming out. A typical queue output looks like Status: waiting for subserver to exit at 13:53:50.639 Status: subserver pid 1605 starting at 13:53:50.643 Status: accounting at start at 13:53:50.643 Status: opening device '/dev/usb/lp0' at 13:53:50.643 Status: cannot open '/dev/usb/lp0' - 'Device or resource busy', attempt 1, sleeping 10 at 13:53:50.644 Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time active root@pcp483125pcs+603A 603 /root/y.txt 2335 3:53:50 I have tried clearing the queue, start and stop lprng, rebooting, turning off the printer, etc. I suspect some type of recent security fix prevents use of the port. Or something in the new libraries has caused the port to appear busy when it is really not busy at all. I also should mention another message related to this problem. I am not sure what process is submitting this message, but it appears to be from the lexmarkz23 filter/driver called by lprng to process the job: Jan 31 13:54:00 pcp483125pcs (Server)[1604]: lexmarkz33: Update_status: no identifier for 'hfA603' Need help.. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
need help on using acpi for power management
Hello All ! I have been fortunate enough for my employer to have acquired me a new machine on which I naturally am running Debian/Sid. All goes quite well, but I do not have the acpi features of the motherboard working. The motherboard is an Intel SE7500CW2 housing dual Xeon 2.4Ghz processors. Yes, it is a fine machine indeed. I have the kernel 2.4.20 compiled with ACPI. According to the motherboard docs, acpi is always present. However, the bios has very little option with respect to power (there is a power button enable/disabled switch). I want Linux to be able to: 1) on complete shutdown, power down the machine 2) enable standby or shutdown mode of various components (monitor, drives, etc.) 3) generally experiment with ACPI Where can I go to get help on this ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need help on using acpi for power management
Never mind here. I discovered my newly compiled kernel was not getting liloed correctly. All is well now! On Thursday 13 February 2003 14:38, James D. Freels wrote: Hello All ! I have been fortunate enough for my employer to have acquired me a new machine on which I naturally am running Debian/Sid. All goes quite well, but I do not have the acpi features of the motherboard working. The motherboard is an Intel SE7500CW2 housing dual Xeon 2.4Ghz processors. Yes, it is a fine machine indeed. I have the kernel 2.4.20 compiled with ACPI. According to the motherboard docs, acpi is always present. However, the bios has very little option with respect to power (there is a power button enable/disabled switch). I want Linux to be able to: 1) on complete shutdown, power down the machine 2) enable standby or shutdown mode of various components (monitor, drives, etc.) 3) generally experiment with ACPI Where can I go to get help on this ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian/Sid system no longer able to execute WordPerfect
I have a current Debian/Sid system. Included in this system is an installation of Corel-WordPerfect-8.0f for Linux. When I attempt to run this application at present, I instally receive the error message: fea::/home/fea/: wp /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't load library 'libXt.so.6' A check with ldd reveals the following to confirm the error message: ldd /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp libXt.so.6 = not found libX11.so.6 = not found libXpm.so.4 = not found libm.so.5 = /lib/libm.so.5 (0x4001e000) libc.so.5 = /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40027000) /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'objectClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'wmShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'constraintWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol '_XtInheritTranslations' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'rectObjClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'widgetClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'XtShellStrings' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'overrideShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'overrideShellClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'transientShellClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'objectClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'constraintClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'applicationShellClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'topLevelShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'applicationShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'coreWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'widgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'wmShellClassRec' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'transientShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'compositeWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'XtStrings' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'rectObjClassRec' /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 is installed from the xlibs package which is presently at 4.3.0-0ds4. Does anyone else have this problem and have you fixed it ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ximian dropping Debian ?
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:52:44 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 Cc: Victor Cain [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: RO X-Status: Q X-KMail-EncryptionState: X-KMail-SignatureState: X-KMail-MDN-Sent: I was talking with an Ximian sales person about how to purchase Ximian Connector 1.4. I need this product at my work place in order to interface with the corporate e-mail/calendar server M$ Outlook Exchange. I also had need Evolution 1.4 in order to use the companion Connector product. Both of these products are available for download from Ximian, but not in Debian packages. This sales person stated something to the effect that starting with v1.4, Ximian would no longer support Debian. Further, their products would no longer run on Debian systems no matter how I hacked them with alien, etc. He also tried to explain this new policy as something to do with corporate America, etc. Can anyone confirm this ? This makes no sense to me. First, why would Ximian cut off Debian ? Debian is a strong supporter of gnome which Ximian depends on. Second, how could the product not work anyway provided all the supporting Linux libraries were also loaded ? Do they have some type of check to see if I am running RedHat before Connector will run ? Confused... -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] mplayer -cache 100 http://wdvx.microcerv.net/wdvx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
evolution import kmail files ?
I am experimenting with evolution. Previously, I have exclusively used kmail. Is there a way to import existing kmail folders into evolution ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian
We have a fairly stock Debian/testing system. Layered over this is the 0.9.0beta6 ALSA packages (driver,lib,utils) and Quake3 Arena. We also have a via686a sound card built on an Aopen-63k-pro motherboard. The sound for all applications (xmms, kscd, realplay, etc.) works as expected except for Quake3. I have read about the problems with Quake in this newsgroup, but I would like to ask again for current knowledge. We receive the message that it cannot find the /dev/dsp device. This is strange because all the required modules are loaded and seem to be working as they should. Does anyone know what can be done to correct this problem? I have attached the relevant configuration files. Also, is 0.9.0beta6 more current than 0.5.11 ? # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored. NVdriver # for alsa-sound soundcore snd-card-via686a snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss # /etc/modutils/sound: entry in /etc/modules.conf # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via686a options snd-card-interwave snd_index-0 snd_id=82C686A # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Re: trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian: try #2
Try this again. I have also added some additional information to the end. On Thursday 16 August 2001 01:20 pm, James D. Freels wrote: We have a fairly stock Debian/testing system. Layered over this is the 0.9.0beta6 ALSA packages (driver,lib,utils) and Quake3 Arena. We also have a via686a sound card built on an Aopen-63k-pro motherboard. The sound for all applications (xmms, kscd, realplay, etc.) works as expected except for Quake3. I have read about the problems with Quake in this newsgroup, but I would like to ask again for current knowledge. We receive the message that it cannot find the /dev/dsp device. This is strange because all the required modules are loaded and seem to be working as they should. Does anyone know what can be done to correct this problem? I have attached the relevant configuration files. Also, is 0.9.0beta6 more current than 0.5.11 ? # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored. NVdriver # for alsa-sound soundcore snd-card-via686a snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss # /etc/modutils/sound: entry in /etc/modules.conf # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via686a options snd-card-interwave snd_index-0 snd_id=82C686A # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss Output from lsmod showing modules loaded, but not playing Quake3 sound: lsmod Module Size Used by snd-seq-midi4624 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-oss26880 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3296 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq46752 1 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss47024 0 snd-mixer-oss 11216 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-card-via686a7632 0 snd-pcm58688 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-card-via686a] snd-timer 11472 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 3744 0 [snd-card-via686a] snd-rawmidi14304 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4592 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 24176 0 [snd-card-via686a] snd34464 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via686a snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec] soundcore 4080 6 [snd] NVdriver 655424 0 Output of cat /proc/asound/sndstat Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.9.0beta6 emulation code) Kernel: Linux jackal 2.4.8 #8 Tue Aug 14 23:18:54 EDT 2001 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: VIA 82C686A/B at 0xdc00, irq 5 Audio devices: 0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: 0: MPU-401 (UART) Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: mixer00 -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Re: [Alsa-user] Re: trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian: try #2
I got some help on this problem. It was fixed by downgrading to 0.5.11 of the drivers and 0.510 of the libs utils. Therefore, the 0.9beta has a bug for the via686a drivers. On Friday 17 August 2001 01:21 pm, James D. Freels wrote: -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
on upgrading to testing
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I am not currently subscribing to the list(s). I am looking for an honest opinion. I currently am a Debian 2.2.r2 (with several extensions) user. Because of several circumstances among which are: 1) I manually installed Xfree86-4.0.2 over the stable version to get access to the 3D capabilities--running fine 2) I installed KDE2.1 from Ivan via his potato archives at kde.tdyc.com--running fine 3) kde.tdyc.com is now gone so Ivan has no where to upgrade that tree for us stable users--Ivan has gone far and beyond what most people would have put up with this. I could live with, but for a desire to keep kde 2.1 bug-fixes current via apt-get. 4) I just found out over the web how to use anti-aliasing fonts under kde 2.1 and I would very much like to do that--neat stuff!! 5) I have everything I need to use the anti-aliasing features except the potato version of kde2.1 is not compiled to handle it.-- :-( I understand though! So, to get what I want, I can either 1) bite the bullet and upgrade to 'testing' and install the kde 2.1 packages that have anti-aliasing capability compiled in, or 2) try to build the kde 2.1 packages from source like some have done I really would rather go with option 1. My only concern is the stability, etc. What has been the experience of those who are now running 'testing' ?? And I will listen. Please e-mail responses directly if possible. Thanks... P.S. do I need 'testing' or 'unstable' ? If 'unstable', I will hold. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Re: on upgrading to testing
The main reason I am considering going with the unstable version is to get the AA fonts in KDE 2.1. I did a apt-get -d install kde-base after enabling the unstable tree and hitting an apt-get update. What I found was most of the development packages as I expected like libc, gcc, etc. However, there also was the perl packages which have been reported as very buggy. I can't deal with that. What is the status of these packages now. Like you , my system must be functional at work. I don't use anything else. There have been some issues. Bugs crop up. I can't remember the last bug which actually caused me grief. I think it must have been the libfreetype6 one for AA fonts in KDE. But I have been running non-AA KDE for months now. I am currently having a problem with xlibs not getting installed, but it isn't hosing my system. I think (hope?) that the days of broken bash, and no more /dev are over. I will only use Debian unstable from now on. Any other Debian becomes more and more unmaintained as time passes. I can't deal with that. This is my work laptop, and even though it _must_ work all the time, I am quite fine with testing/unstable. rob -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
problem with remote stty and remote login
When I perform a remote login using rsh or ssh to some of my Debian/Linux machines (but not all), I get the following error message to the console: stty: standard input: Invalid argument How can I fix the machine configuration so that it does not have this problem and the error message will not occur ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
beowulf ? Fwd: before bug report: perhaps I can get help here
debian-beowulf appears to have very little activity. Perhaps I can get some help here? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: before bug report: perhaps I can get help here Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:19:42 -0400 From: James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-beowulf@lists.debian.org I have a set of 4 debian machines: 2 are intel, 2 are alpha. One of the intels (which would be the master machine) runs the unstable (woody) version, the other three run stable (potato) version. All machines have the 6.3.2 version of lam2, lam2-dev, and lam-runtime installed. The stable machines are at -3, while the unstable are at -11. lamboot runs fine and verifies all 4 machines to be running the lamd deamon and ready to execute. I have tried two simple test problems, both of which have the same problem. The first is the standard hello.f modified to use mpi to return the hello message from the remote machines. This program (hello) has run successfully on a production parallel environment so I have confidence it is not the problem. The second problem is the trivial.f program included in the lam2-dev examples tree. Both hello and trivial have the same problem, so I seek help here in this mailing list. When compiled, I get the following warning messages: make /usr/lib/lam/bin/hf77 -O -o trivialf trivial.f /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/libg2c.a(open.o): In function `f_open': open.o(.text+0x647): the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp' However, it does produce an executable. So, when executed, I get the following error message: mpirun trivialf mpirun: cannot parse: Exec format error Since the only thing these programs do is write a message to the screen, I suspect an incompatibility between the lam packages and the current gcc compiler under woody. However, I hesitate to file a bug report until I get feedback from here. Thanks for help.. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home --- -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
bug #102226 regarding Samba: some good news !!
Dear Eloy Paris: First of all, thank you for maintaining Samba for all of us on Debian. Second, I filed the subject bug report and I am happy to report that the problem has been resolved, but not how we might want. Basically, with the newest version out of unstable, it compiled this time under Alpha/Potato (prior version in unstable would not compile). I have installed the resulting .debs, and everything is working fine. Indeed, I think I will compile this package from unstable for my Intel/Potato machines. For those Potato users who have never done this, it is simple as follows (as root) 1) add the following entry into /etc/apt/sources.list deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free 2) issue apt-get update to enable this new entry 3) issue apt-get -b source samba to download and compile the samba packages (go take a break or do something else for a few minutes...it will be a while) 4) issue dpkg -i *.deb making sure no other .deb are in the local area. You will have installed 2.2.0.final.a-1 (at this point in time) packages for samba, samba-common, samba-doc, smbclient, smbfs, and swat from this compile. That is it! P.S. My recommendation to resolve the bug: Don't bother to fix it, just install the newer version into Potato! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Re: X broken in current Debian/Sid/Unstable ?
Mariusz: Thanks, this corrected the problem. Now it seems that a bug-report should be filed. But which package is at fault? xfonts-base was not a package that got upgraded. So, an update from one of yesterday's changes caused the fonts directories to get wiped. an update-fonts-alias (as suggested by Nick) perhaps needs to be called from one of the other package updates... On Monday 12 November 2001 01:41 pm, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 19:35, fea wrote: I currently use Debian/Sid/Unstable primarily in order to use KDE 2.2.x (yes I know I deserve this, but it is so hard to resist). Most of the time things are stable. However, an upgrade today broke X for me. I have seen a couple of other folks with a similar problem, but no solutions posted; hence, this attempt. The error message near the tail of /var/log/XFree86.0.log: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Any help appreciated. Ty reinstall xfont-base package. It helped in my case (I noticed the same error exactly) but I have no idead why. Mariusz -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid
A recent upgrade (yesterday, 11/12/01) caused Wordperfect 8 (Linux native version, commercial license), to break on my system. The symptom is simply segmentation fault. I have tried to correct with a clean install of Wordperfect 8 from the CD and no luck. Anyone else with a similar problem? Any fixes ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Re: Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid
Dear Kevin: Thank you very much. This fixed the problem. It is because of folks like you that make Linux such a pleasure to use! It seems a bug report for xlib6 is on order. Has one been submitted. I would be happy to do so it need be. On Wednesday 14 November 2001 04:07 am, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: I just saw your email and realized that I had the same problem. After some playing with strace, here is a fix that doesn't involve downgrading! The problem is due to the new version (3.3.6-39) of xlib6. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Netscape6.2/Mozilla0.9.5 broken for Debian/Sid
I also utilize the KDE 2.2.1 windowing environment which may have contributed to this problem. After an upgrade in Sid today (11/16/01), both packages fail X-windows/KDE hard and I receive back the linux console. I have attached the X-windows output for both failures (NS and mozilla). I suspect java-related issues, but I am certainly not sure. Both packages are slow on my system anyway. Netscape 4.79 was announced today, so I installed this (and remembered how much faster it should be). -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: xx August 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Fri Nov 16 09:59:34 2001 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout Default Layout (**) |--Screen fea (0) (**) | |--Monitor NEC MultiSync 6FGp (**) | |--Device SIIG Aurora AGP32-GeForece2 MX (**) |--Input Device Digital RT6856T (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) XKB: model: pc104 (**) XKB: layout: us (**) |--Input Device Logitech Trackman Marble (**) FontPath set to unix/:7101,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/winders/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/winders/Corel/,/usr/share/fonts/wprequired/,/usr/share/fonts/userfonts/ (==) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 7 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 MX rev 161, Mem @ 0xd100/24, 0xf000/27 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a (II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a (II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.1541 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a (II) Module pex5: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a (II) Module record: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a (II) Module xie: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a (II) Module speedo: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o (II) Module nvidia: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation
Netscape 6.2/Mozille 0.9.5 now fails in Debian/Sid
I have a current Debian/Sid system with KDE 2.2.1 installed. An update today caused both Netscape 6.2 and Mozilla 0.9.5 to fail. The failure i causes X-windows to come to a complete halt and revert back to the Linux console. I noticed Netscape 4.79 was released today, so I installed this and am no longer using Mozilla until such time as the problem is corrected. I am attaching the errors printed to the console when this happened. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: xx August 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Fri Nov 16 09:59:34 2001 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout Default Layout (**) |--Screen fea (0) (**) | |--Monitor NEC MultiSync 6FGp (**) | |--Device SIIG Aurora AGP32-GeForece2 MX (**) |--Input Device Digital RT6856T (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) XKB: model: pc104 (**) XKB: layout: us (**) |--Input Device Logitech Trackman Marble (**) FontPath set to unix/:7101,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/winders/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/winders/Corel/,/usr/share/fonts/wprequired/,/usr/share/fonts/userfonts/ (==) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 7 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 MX rev 161, Mem @ 0xd100/24, 0xf000/27 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a (II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a (II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.1541 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a (II) Module pex5: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a (II) Module record: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a (II) Module xie: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a (II) Module speedo: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o (II) Module nvidia: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.1541 (II) Loading
need help! dpkg corrupted!
I have a major problem with my Debian/Testing/Alpha system. In the process of updating my system today via apt-get, apparently dpkg segfaulted. Apparently due to this segfault, my dpkg-dependent files are corrupt. For example, if I issue dpkg -l, I get an empty response. If I issue a manual dpkg command on an individual package, I get a response such as fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking zip (from zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb) ... dpkg: error processing zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb (--install): unable to create updated files list file for package zip: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
my dpkg problem fixed!
Well, I fixed the problem. I don't know why, but it is fixed. I found v1.6.15 of dpkg for the alpha. I manually extracted this file using dpkg-deb -X. I then used the executable from this package to fix the corrupted system using ./dpkg -i for the remaining packages from my update. I also updated dpkg to v1.9.17. Things seem fine now. Wow! Was that scary! I have a major problem with my Debian/Testing/Alpha system. In the process of updating my system today via apt-get, apparently dpkg segfaulted. Apparently due to this segfault, my dpkg-dependent files are corrupt. For example, if I issue dpkg -l, I get an empty response. If I issue a manual dpkg command on an individual package, I get a response such as fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking zip (from zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb) ... dpkg: error processing zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb (--install): unable to create updated files list file for package zip: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
v2.4.14 kernel compile problem
I have just tried to compile a clean source (without any patches) of v2.4.14. I did a straight make oldconfig of a working v2.4.13 .config. I get the following error message at that last part of the make bzImage when it is creating the final kernel image: ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \ --start-group \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \ drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ --end-group \ -o vmlinux drivers/block/block.o: In function `lo_send': drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x894f): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x8999): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 I suspect others will have the same problem. Any idea of a fix? Please respond by email to either [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode
The present kernel (2.4.17) prints an annoying message to the console each time my parallel port printer is used: lp0: compatibility mode I have found where it is printed in drivers/char/lp.c and I suppose I could comment it out. Isn't there a better way ?
NO ANSWER, trying again...annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode
I got no response. Anyone know about this one ? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:30:41 -0500 From: James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org The present kernel (2.4.17) prints an annoying message to the console each time my parallel port printer is used: lp0: compatibility mode I have found where it is printed in drivers/char/lp.c and I suppose I could comment it out. Isn't there a better way ? ---
strange font problem in kde-2.2.2: can't change fixed-width fonts
I am using a current Debian/Sid. With or without anti-aliasing fonts enabled, I cannot change fixed-width fonts from the control center. When I click choose in that category of the control center-look and feel-fonts, the screen garbles up, and will not allow me to do anything from the console (no crtl-alt-backspace, no crtl-alt-f1, etc.). I must ssh in from another machine and reboot with the shutdown -r command; then I get the same configuration back. I can change the variable-width fonts just fine. I can also change to anti-aliasing fonts if I have an eligible font chosen beforehand. How can I clear up my fixed-width option ?
Debian/Woody broke StarOffice 5.2
It is the only application, commercial or otherwise, that I have found that does not work for me under Debian/Woody. I suspect it needs an older library that got overridden. Does anyone have, or know where to get, a dependency listing for StarOffice 5.2. I also tried installing a recent snapshot binary of openoffice and it also failed. I supose I could build openoffice from source at last resort, but I am trying to avoid. The main thing I need StarOffice for is to read M$-Word .doc files. Abiword can do some of them, but not all, nor as well, as StarOffice. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
Debian/Sid no longer breaks my StarOffice 5.2
I have no idea what fixed the problem. Of course, there have been a number of package updates since 04/11/01 when I originally posted a problem with StarOffice 5.2 on my system. Nevertheless, the problem seems to be fixed now. I can modify my existing StartOffice documents without a problem under the present unstable release of Debian. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
samba messages: what do they mean ?
Have have the messages below sent to my /var/log/samba.log file quite frequently. I do not understand what they mean. I was hoping to find a way to eliminate this and/or correct any configuration problems I have. thanks... [2002/05/20 07:35:10, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 08:09:33, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 08:44:42, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 09:20:17, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 09:54:53, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 10:31:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 12:23:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
open URL link to Mozilla from Kmail ?
By default, the Debian-KDE packages open konqueror when a kmail message containing a URL is clicked with the mouse. How can I change this default so that Mozilla is opened instead ? Better yet, how can I just use the existing Mozilla window for that ? Currently I copy the link to clipboard, then change to the Mozilla window and manually insert the URL and open. This is not convenient ! Please respond by e-mail if possible. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpg123 http://scastsrv2.shoutcast.com:8048/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
log file size due to unwanted messages
Hello, I am seeking help due to the subject matter. Specifically, I get a message in /var/log/auth.log for each minute tick when cron runs. I also get an entry in /var/log/daemon.log for each hit off the ypbind network protocol that I do not even use (we have a busy network with lots of protocols). In addition, I get no-never-mind messages in my samba log files even though debug level = 0 is set. All these combined are causing large files in my /var/log directory. I would like to reduce these sizes and rid myself of so many unnecessary messages. I have seen tools for looking at large log files, but I just want to not have them in the first place. Please respond via e-mail. Any help appreciated... -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
strange error in mozilla-firefox under Debian/Sid
My i386 system running Debian/Sid is using the current mozilla-firefox at version 0.9.3-2. Everything works except at the bottom of the firefox window is a large rectangle covering the entire width of the window. Contained in the lower left of this box (gray background) are the characters: class=t ^ I have disabled about every option (plugins, etc.) and still this shows up. Also every web page including a blank page this shows up. It is such a nuisance, I cannot use it. Anyone else seen this before I file a bug report ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading from 0.93R6 to 1.1 beta
I have been using and staying current with the 0.93R6 version of Debian. I would like to install v 1.1 beta and test it and contribute to the beta testing effort. I have seen the installation from floppy disk instructions. I could also install on a separate test machine that would be different from my main machine. However, I have one simple question: Can I install v 1.1 over the existing v 0.93R6 installation as a usual package (or whole sets of packages) upgrade? I could not find instructions on how to do that. Will this be so difficult that it would be better to install from scratch? I would like to save all my configuration files (of course I will have this from backup, but I want to minimize hand tweaking). -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
Re: New Upgrade notes for 1.1 beta testing
Thanks for making your upgrade notes available. This is exactly the level of detail I was looking for. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.
The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching for a solution to this problem. I have just installed the root and base diskettes and performed a basic configuration of v 1.1 on a raw system. I have a 3com 3c503 ethernet card that is apparently not recognized. I seem to recall a previous posting on 3c503 card problems with beta 1.1. another question(s): what good is an extensive mailing list archive if the search system does not work? Also, why do the debian archives seem to have so much trouble? is it growing pains or otherwise? (yes, i know this is a volunteer organization, but i also really want to use debian, not just play with it!) -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.
no problems using the 3c503. All I had to do was to list the driver in /etc/modules. Also, when you try to load the driver by hand, make sure you use modprobe, not insmod, as the 3c503 is layered on top of another module. And make sure you run depmod at least once - the new /etc/init.d/modules doesn't run this every time you boot (unless you uncomment the relevent lines). I finally figured some of this out on my own. There were several other modules that I needed (isofs, nfs, lp, etc.. as in 0.93R6). In general, I think the beta 1.1 installation lacks severely in this regard. There is an item on the menu to add the modules. However, it does not run correctly and gives a ton of error messages saying it cannot find the /etc/modules file (when it is there!), and will not allow the installation to continue. This is why I never had the opportunity to tell the installation procedure what modules to load (I discovered this after I fixed the problem and was wondering if I missed something along the way. It seems the 'recommended' next step at the top of the 1.1 installation never recommends to add the modules!!!). I hope this gets fixed before official release of 1.1. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
status and another question on the debian 1.1 beta (upgrade)
I have successfully installed (from scratch) the debian 1.1 beta on two server machines (an i-386 and an i-486). Everything seems to be working as planned and I have no complaints. I am getting ready to *upgrade* my existing pentium machine (my main workstation) from 0.93R6 to 1.1 beta. I have all the relevant notes on upgrading and I think this should go smoothly. However, before I do this I have one simple question: I have a couple of commercial packages: (1) Tecplot, and (2) NAG Fortran-90/libraries. Because these packages worked fine under 0.93R6, they obviously are a.out executables. Will these executables work OK under an elf-based system such as debian 1.1? I have already experienced a problem with NAG as I now have a mixed system that includes libc5 (and not libc4) libraries. My new v 1.1 systems show both libc4 and libc5 in the installation, so NAG will probably work with such a system? Perhaps these questions would best be answered by the vendors (since I did pay for them), but this information might be useful for the community at large. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: problem with debian 1.1 upgrade installation --text follows this line-- After my upgrade, the following messages is mailed to my root account exactly once every minute: Return-Path: root Date: Sun, 2 Jun 96 22:02 EDT From: root (Cron Daemon) To: root Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] atrun -d 0.5 X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/sh X-Cron-Env: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin X-Cron-Env: HOME=/root X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=root non-option arguments - not allowed: No such file or directory Needless to say, it is filling up my mail queue and I need to fix it. I have tried all the spool files to determine what process is sending it, but I haven't had much luck. One thing I did notice is that my original /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root file was wiped out and replaced. I will need to restore it from backup. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
atrun problem fixed
My problem was in the /etc/crontab file. This file apparently configures root cron jobs in addition to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root. On another system that I configured from scratch, the atrun command was input correctly. On this system, which I configured as an update from 0.93R6, the command was input incorrectly which mailed me all the error messages every minute. I don't know if this constitutes a bug since I did not create the file myself. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
reporting in on my new upgraded debian 1.1 beta installation
I have recently upgraded my debian machine from 0.93R6 to 1.1 beta. I am happy to report that everything, except one important piece, is up and running and better than before! I had a few minor problems which have been reported earlier and were easily fixed: 1) /etc/crontab contained an incorrect entry 'atrun -d 0.5' which should have been 'atrun -d -l 0.5'. This caused an endless loop of error messages to be mailed to root. 2) the /etc/X11/Xserver file incorrectly contained 'XF86_NONE' in the first line which should have been 'XF86_Mach64'. This had the effect of not allowing X windows to start correctly. 3) emacs was upgraded to 19.30 (another major enhancement!). when I upgraded to 19.29, I had the same problem, namely, emacs looks for the file /usr/lib/emacs/19.28/lisp/jka-compr.elc. This problem is easily fixed by creating the sym-link 'ln -s 19.30 19.28' in the /usr/lib/emacs directory. However, I wish this problem would either get fixed, or someone explain to me what I am doing wrong. I also had one major problem that I felt should be corrected before a major release is made. I decided as part of this upgrade to upgrade my kernel from 1.2.13 to 1.3.100 (I know I didn't have to). I have a PCI NCR SCSI card which is used for my boot disk. The default kernel from Debian did not recognize this card and I could not figure out how to automatically load the modules (even if they existed) at boot time. I had to use my 1.2.13 boot diskette to get my system back. I fooled around with /etc/modules and 'depmod -a -v' command to try and get things running, but no luck. Finally I installed 1.3.100 source and rebuilt my kernel (there is an incredible level of improvement from 1.2.13 to 1.3.100!!) without and loadable modules necessary. Now my system boots as I want. Given this problem, I recommend a couple of things: 1) someone needs to write a layman's treatise on loadable modules and how to go through a change as described above. Some people are going to get burnt on this issue. 2) an upgrade procedure should be written to allow for such upgrades (loading the boot disk drivers as modules). I would love to do these things, but I'm not qualified. Finally, I have a commercial license of NAG FORTRAN, which uses a.out binaries and linkable libraries. I can execute the compiler because I have a.out executing enabled in my newly-complied kernel. However, I get unresolved references in the link step. I suspect because if is trying to link to the libc5 libraries and it needs the libc4. I have the old libc4 libraries loaded, but I don't know how to allow NAG FORTRAN to link to them. Can anyone help me here? Also, I have a commercial Tecplot license which executes as a.out. It executes just fine and gives me the same results as the 0.93R6 installation. In summary, I am happy now and will be very happy if I can get NAG FORTRAN to link. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
another problem with my debian 1.1 upgrade
I get the following warning message when running several applications. I suspect some type of inconsistency with Perl. My two from-scratch installations of debian 1.1 do not produce this warning message (only my upgraded from 0.93R6). I would appreciate any help to correct this problem as I think it is also probably generic. warning: setlocale(LC_CTYPE, ) failed. warning: LC_ALL = (null), LC_CTYPE = (null), LANG = de, warning: falling back to the C locale. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
