Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Paul Wade
Looking at the kernel source, I would say try for the future domain first. It should be supported by a standard Debian kernel as a built-in (not modular) driver. Maybe if you're lucky it will autoprobe. On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: :

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Rick Hawkins
Looking at the kernel source, I would say try for the future domain first. It should be supported by a standard Debian kernel as a built-in (not modular) driver. Maybe if you're lucky it will autoprobe. no such luck :( bash-2.00# mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom/ -t iso9660 mount: the kernel does

Re: libshadow.a ?

1997-06-24 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Roger Endo wrote: Hi, Looking for libshadow.a. Does not seem to be in Debian 1.3 as I checked the Contents file. It was in the experimental shadow package in earlier versions. Can anybody tell me where it is? If I'm not mistaken,

# That's ease :-) how to setup dos ?

1997-06-24 Thread Samuel J. MacDowell
Ave As far as I'm concerned the main package we need is *fdos*, that should be at unstable directory. May be I'm too blind but I didn't found it at my CDRom or at ftp.debian.org neither. Any suggestion ? Thank you Samuel -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe

Re: # That's ease :-) how to setup dos ?

1997-06-24 Thread Alex Yukhimets
Ave As far as I'm concerned the main package we need is *fdos*, that should be at unstable directory. May be I'm too blind but I didn't found it at my CDRom or at ftp.debian.org neither. Any suggestion ? Thank you Samuel fdos comes with dosemu package, AFAIK. Alex Y. -- _

Re: RFC: Prospective Kernel-Compiling mini-HOWTO

1997-06-24 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: boot=/dev/hda3 This should read boot=/dev/hda no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk. This has caused problems for me, until I

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Paul Wade
The first step is to see a host adaptor. dir /proc/scsi cat /proc/scsi/aha152x (in my case) give ioport, irq, and a whole bunch of cool techie words. If nothing is there, then we need to help it along a bit. The LILO argument is: fdomain=PORT_BASE,IRQ[,ADAPTER_ID] Does the card have

mirror question

1997-06-24 Thread Timothy Phan
Hi, I've been running mirror for a few days now and I'd like to know . How can I restart mirror automatically if the mirror stop due to timeout or ppp disconnected? Thanks! -- Timothy C. Phan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Rick Hawkins
dir /proc/scsi cat /proc/scsi/aha152x (in my case) give ioport, irq, and a whole bunch of cool techie words. bash-2.00# dir /proc/scsi/ scsi bash-2.00# cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: none bash-2.00# dir /proc/scsi/ scsi bash-2.00# cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: none

Re: Installing

1997-06-24 Thread Phoenix
The computer is a desktop computer. It has a supermicro motherboard(pt55st). The keyboard is a microsoft natural keyboard. The video card is a number nine Image 128 card. On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: Coby Pritchard wrote: I am having trouble installing the new version of

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Paul Wade
Use a standard kernel, like the rescue disk. At the boot: prompt type linux fdomain=0x230,11 If I'm wrong about the 'linux' correct me. I can't reboot right now to verify that. On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: dir /proc/scsi cat /proc/scsi/aha152x (in my case) give ioport,

Re: aspfilter

1997-06-24 Thread jsa
The error message from the log: /usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet2p-letter-auto-mono: file: command not found Did you install the package that contains the file command (its name is file too)? Installing the Debian package file.x.deb fixed the problem. Works like a charm. This

Re: turning shadow on

1997-06-24 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote: My last experiences on that issue: You need to have X installed otherwise shadowconfig on will fail because it expects to modify an X configuration file. I've X but no xdm. Some problems? Do I need to restart some /etc/init.d? []s, Mario

Re: RFC: Prospective Kernel-Compiling mini-HOWTO

1997-06-24 Thread Alair Pereira do Lago
Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe debian *always* installs LILO in the boot record and uses the 'mbr' program to write a new mbr (?? This is from memory - I'm not looking at the script) I personally never put LILO in the MBR cos OS/2 and Win95 view the MBR as their

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

1997-06-24 Thread stick
I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other hardware platforms and (dreaming maybe) other OS's - one JAVA application could handle the installation regardless of Hardware and OS. Wait: you've apparently missed the thread that I've been carrying on all

JDK 1.1

1997-06-24 Thread Rob Duncan
I thought I saw someone mention a JDK 1.1 package, but I haven't managed to find it anywhere. Was I mistaken? Rob. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: turning shadow on

1997-06-24 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, m* wrote: Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: do it! just make sure you read the man page on useradd and groupadd! this means that to add a new user in my system I've to use 'useradd' instead of previous 'adduser', right? And that useradd support shadow

Re: JDK 1.1

1997-06-24 Thread Alex Yukhimets
I thought I saw someone mention a JDK 1.1 package, but I haven't managed to find it anywhere. Was I mistaken? Rob. jdk1.1.1 is in hamm/non-free You should also take a look at http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ | _ 7

Terminal Display problem

1997-06-24 Thread Matthew Tebbens
Telnetting into my system I use a program called CRT. Before rebooting today, everything displayed in full (takeing up all of CRT's window) After rebooting, It seems I keep getting pushed back to 80x25. One of the programs that does this is pine. Before the reboot Pine use to fill the entire

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Rick Hawkins
Use a standard kernel, like the rescue disk. At the boot: prompt type linux fdomain=0x230,11 If I'm wrong about the 'linux' correct me. I can't reboot right now to verify that. close. capital L. But it still didn't work :( I wonder if the eata is somehow interfering. I have a

Re: more on scsi controllers

1997-06-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
Isn't there a reserve=io_address, length option you can feed the kernel to protect against autoprobing? I've had experiences where another, unrelated driver got to a card first with an autoprobe and bolloxed everything up. Seems I used a boot line like linux reserve=blah,blah aic7xxx=blah,blah

Re: pas16

1997-06-24 Thread David R Baker
Martien de Groot wrote: I am new to Linux and am currently attempting to install the Debian 1.2.17 Linux Distribution. I have successfully written the floppy disks and installed the base system. My problem is with the detection of my Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI controller (= sound card)

Re: Mail Archives Stopped?

1997-06-24 Thread David R Baker
It is a couple of days since my last message, I just looked at mail archives on www.debian.org and they are still only through June 11. I this is a nuisance, say so and I will cheerfully stop. Thanks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

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