hello,
could some generous soul familiar with the login source, explain how to patch,
merge
or whatever the loginutils source for su ?
i have the logintutils_1.0-5.tar.gz and loginutils_1.0-5.diff.gz from
ftp.debian.org
but am confused as to what needs to be run in which order. is this the
I have a question concerning my cd-rom. When the kernel boots up, all of the
cd drivers can't find my drive. It is a Creative Labs 8X model 840. It is
connected to my promise EIDE controller as the 2nd drive. What driver should
I use, is there a generic ATAPI driver that will work for my drive
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Mark Blunier wrote:
I would use hda and hdb. I don't have an eide controller so I don't have
an hdc or hdd. Some might prefer to use hda and hdc, since both
drives could be masters, but if you have an ide cdrom, I would use
hda, and hdb, as I believe the cdrom can slow
Okay, here is what I have learned...
The Debian 1.2 Disk release version is broken.
There is no ftp or dpkg-ftp program installed to your machine if you get all
the Disks and do a fresh install. Basically you are screwed :(
Dselect will not work because there is no ftp.
Nobody understands what
When trying to run g77 on 1.2 I get
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `f771': No such file or directory
g77 -v gives
gcc -v -fnull-version -o /tmp/gfa02858 -xf77-cpp-input /dev/null -xnone
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.1
Well, turns out that 1.2.1 is the same as 1.2-fixed, which I have already
installed and it too is broken.
So now the big question is, where can I get 1.1?
Regards,
Kendrick
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THanks to everyone who helped me with my compile problem. The good news
is that i compiled a 2.0.27 kernel sucessfully, the bad news is that it
would not boot:(
I get the error
Unable to mount root fd on 08:01
VFS: Cannnot open root
kernel panic
And then it stalls. The only difference
Hello all,
I'm having some difficulties in getting ppp to work for me and while
reading this group have noticed references to a perl script which
functions as ftp for initial releases so that dpkg/dselect can do an ftp
installation from debian.org or its mirrors. If anyone could send me
that
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] is building a new boot disk set while
I am out cleaning up after a flood in my home and have no working
computers. I know there are a number of people who have had trouble
booting for various reasons, and Dale does not have any of the feedback
you gave me. Please
Hello,
My real complain is when I read System halted, my assumption has
always been that the cpu has executed the x86 HALT instruction . Why
not, it consumes a lot less enery in this state.
It does. But on the other hand interrupt handler may still be active. On
linux for example the
Kaj Wiik wrote:
When trying to run g77 on 1.2 I get
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `f771': No such file or directory
Hehehe, I fought with this for awhile - there are a lot of
dependencies I don't fully understand, but here is what worked
for me (these weren't blind changes, sorta
Has anyone sucessfully compiled Radius 2.0 with shadow on a Debian box?
Peace
michael
Faith is not something to lean on,
its something to stand on.
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Hi Joe --
You said:
I have been reading this list for a few weeks now, and I wonder
if someone could regularly post and maintain the . I'll
call it debian FAQ, for lack of a better term. It would be
very worthwhile to keep a list of unique debian questions and
answers.
I'm one of the
From: Steve Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
Control keys under X windows?
I just read the config files and man XF86Config. Add the following
to the Keyboard section of XF86Config:
XkbRules xfree86
XkbModel microsoft
Kendrick Myatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dselect will not work because there is no ftp.
No, dselect's ftp method, dpkg-ftp, uses perl's Net::FTP to do ftp
(the protocol). It does not require ftp (the client). Use dselect to
get netstd and you'll have ftp (the client).
Guy
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From: Orn E. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the information, thought not for the possible attitude. (Ho=
w
would someone know to look in xmodmap?)
=
There was no attitude... apologies if I sounded that way.
Oh, okay. Sorry I mis-perceived your message.
Daniel
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hello,
could some generous soul familiar with the login source, explain how to
patch, merge or whatever the loginutils source for su ?
You should use the 'su' source in 'shellutils'... which is the latest
GNU source...
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Before I tell you what I do to make a perfect and bootable copy of your
current Linux setup, let me tell you how I have my hard drives configured.
the problem with this is that if you backup errors or a program upgrade
that you later decided that you didn't want you can't get to the
Where's the documentation on that? It seems to be hiding pretty well here
on my system. E.g., the XF86Config man page doesn't seem to say what options
can go in the options after XbdOptions.
Also, why do you suggest microsoft? (How do I see what all that would get
me?)
Why dont u use
Paul == Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Paul --cut-here---
Paul You just have to append the following lines to
Paul /var/lib/dpkg/status:
I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed''
(discussed in debian-devel)
Bruce Perens wrote:
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] is building a new boot disk set while
Sven made a 'root' disk for 1.2 meg floppies.
However, I'm now getting a 'bad sector' or 'bad track' at about track
78/79 (goes by fast). I've used ScanDisk from Micro$oft and it report
all that floppies
Gregory Vence wrote:
Bruce Perens wrote:
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] is building a new boot disk set while
Sven made a 'root' disk for 1.2 meg floppies.
However, I'm now getting a 'bad sector' or 'bad track' at about track
78/79 (goes by fast). I've used ScanDisk from Micro$oft
Out of interest can a server be its own domain name server without
routings its own IP address?
Im out like bell bottom trousers,
michael
The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning...[it] opens many
doors that lead to empty rooms.
- Cliff Stoll, skeptical author of
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
/var/spool/news//var/spool/news/jogu/test/1 does not exist--relevant part
The variable -p ${SPOOLDIR} expands to /var/spool/news/ and gets
prefixed to the articles numbers to be posted as stated in
/var/spool/news/.outgoing/name.of.news.site ($OUTGOING)
I just purchased the most recent version of the LDR a few days ago.
Having read so much about Debian being the superior versions of Linux,
and having been less than thrilled with previous versions of RedHat
and Slackware, I thought I'd give it a try.
All of the diskettes load correctly, but when
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Kirk Hilliard wrote:
With some help from Martin Stromberg I have built a temporary
replacement rescue disk for Toshiba Tecra 700 series laptops. (They
cannot boot a normal bzImage loaded by lilo.) It has the same generic
2.0.27 kernel as in the 1996-12-8 resq1440.bin
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
A work around is to telnet to any Internet sites and start a loop
(in my case in csh):
% while 1
sleep 120
date
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
A work around is to telnet to any Internet sites and start a loop
(in my case in csh):
you could
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote:
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Walter Tautz wrote:
I am curious to find out how people back stuff? Specifically
I am interested in finding out whether it is necessary
to use a tape system or is it also possible to use another
hardrive. Afterall, it would
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
This works but I would prefer something more *automatic*, i.e. which
will work without my explicit
I have a question concerning my cd-rom. When the kernel boots up, all of the
cd drivers can't find my drive. It is a Creative Labs 8X model 840. It is
connected to my promise EIDE controller as the 2nd drive. What driver should
I use, is there a generic ATAPI driver that will work for my
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Chow Chi-Ming wrote:
I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed''
(discussed in debian-devel) virtual package names. Does dpkg work if
the virtual package names are not official?
Obviously it does here without problems. Sorry, i don't know of this
I just installed the new Debian Logo Page (v4) today. You can have a look
at it via
http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/
I filled out an old version of this page a while back,
took quite a while, only to be told that cgi.debian.org was down.
However, this time
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
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what is it? not found in man page
lawrence,
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I wish that dselect had an option to state where it was installing
things and I wish the entire transcript could be written to a file and
I wish (as previously stated but evidently ignored) that all the
Skipping package ... could be skipped for speed's sake.
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At 11:46 PM 5/01/97 -0500, you wrote:
I just purchased the most recent version of the LDR a few days ago.
.
Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
December InfoMagic LDR?
I am also very interested in hearing from others who have
purchased InfoMagic LDR CD's. Is it
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Don Morton wrote:
gcc seems to use the files in
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1, but the f771 was installed in
../2.7.2. So, the solution seems to be a simple link (actually
two)
cd /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1
ln -s
I installed the metamail package and followed the directions in
/usr/doc/metamail/mailers.txt.gz to make my emacs (rmail) mime aware.
It seems to work, though I haven't looked at many types of files.
The only correction I wanted to make is that we don't have to have
transparent.el around and the
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
I just installed the new Debian Logo Page (v4) today. You can have a look
at it via
http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/
I filled out an old version of this page a while back,
took quite a while, only to be told
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Brian Sheaff wrote:
I am also very interested in hearing from others who have purchased
InfoMagic LDR CD's. Is it good value or am I better off with iConnect's
CD's.
I bought the september '96 release and wouldn't bother about any InfoMagic
set anymore at all. Maybe it
Is there any program that can covert SUN pkg packaging format to
debian deb format?
lawrence,
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Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
Chuma == Chuma Agbodike [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Chuma Today I booted linux and it won't let me in. I log in as
Chuma root and give it CR at password prompt. Keeps rejecting
Chuma me.
Chuma How do I get around this? I hate to think that I have
On 6 Jan 1997, James LewisMoss wrote:
I'm not in any way involved with NTeX development, but I have installed
it on SGIs, Ultrix, and DecUnix machines (as well as Linux) and while
the earlier NTeX distribs were fairly difficult, the latest comes with
precompiled binaries for many different
Help! After fixing my /etc/ld.so.conf to get the loader to look in
usr/X11R6/lib (which fixed Metafont), I am still having problems with X
programs being unable to find their libraries. For example, I got the
binaries for xv from Sunsite, but when I run it I get:
xv: can't load library
Hi folks / Salut les filles !
Just installed Debian Linux 1.1 (kernel 2.0) from Infomagic's CDs
this weekend, and ran into a problem during xbase configuration.
I've got a dual system with Linux/Windaube95 (french for Windog95).
Windog says the graphics card is an ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Zenon Fortuna wrote:
I would like to keep my PPP connection busy even during the time, when
I don't use it. Otherwise my ISP will log-me-off after a couple of idle
minutes.
I had a script back when I ran Slackware which tidied up the ppp launching
process. It would
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if anyone on the list may have experience with Packard
Bell machines, running Debian ? The reason for the question is, a local
store is selling excess stock that didn't sell during the holiday season
at a price that is very, very,
I tend to disagree with the following argument. My Packard Bell is a
Pentium 100 MHz. I bought it with 8Megs memory and a 1 Gig HD. I now
have 32 Megs memory (PNY) and two hard drives (2 Gig and a 1 Gig), also an
IDE CD-ROM. I have had no problem upgrading. You do really have to pull
the
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:24:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Joseph L. Hartmann, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been reading this list for a few weeks now, and I wonder
if someone could regularly post and maintain the . I'll
call it debian FAQ, for lack of a better term. It would be...
I prefer to go the tape route myself. Currently, I use an 8mm SCSI
tape to back two Debian boxes, a NeXTstation, and a couple of
windows95 machines using ADSM (Adstar Distributed Storage Manager --
served from the NeXT). While the ADSM Mini-Howto goes into much
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Kaj Wiik wrote:
When trying to run g77 on 1.2 I get
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `f771': No such file or directory
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `f771': No such file or directory
Still f771 exists:
locate f771
Anyway, the main trouble seems to be that the Debian-1.2 /etc/mailcap has
grown to a rather ridiculous size as compared to the version provided with
Debian-1.1.xx:
cut-here
[root]/root v /etc/mailcap*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root
Hi,
Please pardon my novice experience! Does this mean that I
should use the readline library for termcap and/or ncurses
library calls from now?
joost witteveen wrote:
:
:Try
: gcc -o prog1 prog1.c -lreadline
:This at least links.
:
:
: prog2.c
: char tgoto(); int main() {
On 5 Jan 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why don't you just check the X-Mailing-List: header instead of To:? It's
better than trying to dictate how everyone replies to the list.
Probably because, like me, he doesn't want to see the personal copy if
someone
How in the world do I get colors to display in xterm? The release notes for
3.2 say that colour support is now included by default, but when I do
ls --color all I get is mono with bold. If I do the same thing in an rxvt
window, I get colors.
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On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Kendrick Myatt wrote:
Okay, here is what I have learned...
The Debian 1.2 Disk release version is broken.
There is no ftp or dpkg-ftp program installed to your machine if you get all
the Disks and do a fresh install. Basically you are screwed :(
Dselect will not work
Hi,
While we are on the subject of mime-support, I'd like to know
if there is some command that I can run at the command line to
decode a mime'd file?
Thanks!
Brian C. White wrote:
:
: Well, trying to deinstall the mime-support for apparent reasons i just get
: *lots* of dependancy
Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold
versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and
I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably.
thanks for any responses!!
Chris.
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PGP
Hiya, i thought I saw someone mention that upgrades to existing
packages were available via diffs to the source. Thus allowing the download of
just the diff rather than the entire .orig source ( assuming of course you have
the source to the original package online). Now I checked out the FAQ
Hi
One of my friends just received a complete clean Compaq Dual Pentium Pro and I
convinced him to give Linux a try. I downloaded the required disks and told him
on the phone that I've tried the installation process before so in a matter of
an hour or so he would be flying...
We ran into
Hello, all!
Just got the Infomagic December pack and started playing with Debian...
I've been using Slackware on a completely stand-alone machine for a
couple of years but decided to give Debian a try - looking good so far...
But I've got a problem with some dependancies, mainly packages
Will this be a problem if I downloaded all the packages and the install
directly to my hard drive? I install from a DOS partition. I should then
get the new FTP and telnet packages, correct? I can use dselect to choose
these off of my hard drive DOS partition. I just recently put debian on
my
I am not sure if this is a bug, but I was trying to compile MULE
(multi-lingual emacs) 2.3 on my Debian 1.2 system and it needed crt0.o
but couldn't find it. There was a crt1.o though.
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Installation notes - debian 1.2 stable, as shipped on the
January InfoMagic Developer's Resource
Here are some observations and problems I found with attempting to
install Debian 1.2 from the latest Infomagic CD. I realise that some of
the problems listed here have been addressed already, but I
In [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
but the original poster had a valid problem report which RTFM
really isn't going to solve for him!
It's not so much that as that tcsh should be added correctly to
/etc/shells as part of the post-install process. That, at least IMHO, is
a
Hi to all...:-)))
Well, I'm just a newbie but I'd like
a new installation routine for debian. I have the following proposition
for future installation routines.
First dselect is not very user friendly...and
for a newbie it's say difficult to use...:-)) It gives the possibility
to install
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote:
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
|
what is it? not found in man page
The $5 represents the ip address on the isp side.
From the /etc/ppp/ip-up
Just a question -
Will cron ever relent without being forced?
IMHO, cron really doesn't require, recommend or suggest,
it demands!
I run cron for cleanup and other local jobs. Currently,
I don't have *any* mail related programs installed.
I'm getting tired of having to override dselect
Please, everybody: could you address your e-mails to the list, instead of
sending them personally to somebody and cc them to the list? Many people (like
me) set up filters to separate mailing lists from personal e-mail, and check
the
To: field in the message header.
I would like to
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Thomas Veldhouse wrote:
Will this be a problem if I downloaded all the packages and the install
directly to my hard drive? I install from a DOS partition. I should then
get the new FTP and telnet packages, correct? I can use dselect to choose
these off of my hard drive
Hi,
While installing debian I am having problems with the mouse. I tried 2 mi
ce: a PS2 mouse and a Logitech 3-buttons mouse.
for example, using the PS2 mouse:
When building the configuration file for the kernel:
cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.6
make menuconfig
I select
Brian == Brian Sheaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Brian My interest is using Linux as a mail gateway for a
Brian Win95/Win3.11 LAN. The setup would be like this.
Brian 1. The Linux PC would dial into local ISP. Get each users
Brian mail from the local ISP. e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Hi,
You must set the color resource in either the .Xdefaults or
XTerm:
*color0:what-ever-color#1
*color1:what-ever-color#1
...
*color15: what-ever-color#16
*colorMode: on
Check out the 'man xterm' for the last resource name.
Michael Harnois wrote:
:From
Thank you for the info. This is indeed what I was looking for. I do have
another small question. I downloaded the i386 version to a windows 95
VFAT partition. Do I need to worry about name mangling from within
dselect? Do I have to download the msdos-i386 version? I certainly hope
not.
Tom
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Chris R. Martin wrote:
Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold
versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and
I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably.
Well, the blanks I have in stock at the moment
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Thomas Veldhouse wrote:
reiterate, my question is, will I have telnet and ftp capability when I
install all of the packages from my hard drive.
Debian does offer a lot of choices how to install your system.
After installing the netstd-package from your harddrive you will
Hello and happy new year
I ve a problem with my mad16 opti930 Shuttle sound card. When I configure
the kernel for my sound card and when I test it, I ve a crazy noise
feed-back. I think, it s the low level, but I really don t know how to
solve this problem.
If somebody could help me
Thank you
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Thomas Baetzler wrote:
versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and
I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably.
Well, gold CDs are CD-Rs, too. You either meant silver, or
that your CDROM-drive doesn´t like the green ones.
I've
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold
versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and
I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably.
Well, the blanks I have in stock at the moment
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Nick Busigin wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Chris R. Martin wrote:
Does anyone know which CDs containing Debian distributions are gold
versus green (CD-Rs). My CD-ROM drive does not like CD-Rs very well, and
I want to make sure I get something I can read reliably.
Hi
This is my weekly publication of the list of known problems with the 1.2
release of Debian. Please note that 1.2.1 is being released and should
clear up some of these problems. I would appreciate reports of old
problems fixed, as well as any new problems that are discovered with the
installation
Lawrence Chim wrote:
I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script:
ping -i 120 $5 /dev/null 21
^
|
what is it? not found in man page
Sorry, you probably looked at the wrong man page. From man pppd:
/etc/ppp/ip-up
A program
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Brian C. White wrote:
None of these are technically supposed to depend on mime-support. They
should only test for its availability before calling the install-mime
program. This is documented in the install-mime man page.
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A text based installation of the BASE system (whatever it is) plus X.
Later we continue the installation under X by just using something like
xdselect or xdpkg (without cryptic spells, just checkboxes). Of course
there should be an option for all
The iConnect CD-ROM for Debian 1.2 mastered on 14 Dec 96 (one
disk) is gold.
Best Regards,
Joe Hartmann Tel: (603) 863 6073
K2AJV -issued email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1951 home-page: http://www.sugar-river.net/~joeh
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Timothy Phan wrote:
Hi,
While we are on the subject of mime-support, I'd like to know
if there is some command that I can run at the command line to
decode a mime'd file?
The program is called munpack and will be found in the mpack package in
the mail section. I
On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Richard Jones wrote:
Hiya, i thought I saw someone mention that upgrades to existing
packages were available via diffs to the source. Thus allowing the download
of just the diff rather than the entire .orig source ( assuming of
course you have the source to the original
:
:
:On 06-Jan-97 Michael Tempsch wrote:
:But I've got a problem with some dependancies, mainly packages claiming
:that they depend on X11R6 and/or xbaseR6...
[snip]
:I also have the same problem as an other poster with X stuff looking for
:libs in /usr/lib, creating links to the relevant libs in
None of these are technically supposed to depend on mime-support. They
should only test for its availability before calling the install-mime
program. This is documented in the install-mime man page.
Well, I can only speak to the needs of the pine package. /etc/mailcap is
provided by
Hi All,
I just tried compiling a program that needed /usr/X11R6.1/*. From all
the things I have read, XFree86 version 3.2 is based on X11R6.1. So I
was wondering if it was okay to symlink X11R6.1 to X11R6.1? Is there
reason as to why this is not a default?
If you are wondering I'm running
Hello all
I try to put the Debian distribution on a 486DX33 computer with 4 MB of
RAM.
I have downloaded the latest release and put the software on 6 disks.
I have also read the instructions in the install.html and checked the BIOS.
When I put a DOS diskette in drive A and I do FDISK, the
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