Upgrading to sarge when it goes stable?

2005-05-30 Thread Charles Read
, and likewise everybody with sarge then having sid? Any help? THX! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dual boot? what do i need to do?

2005-01-07 Thread Charles Read
millions!! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

boot disk for sarge?

2004-12-23 Thread Charles Read
Hey everybody, Just installed sarge, GRUB is all messed up so I'm trying to make a boot floppy to be able to boot for now. But I can't find any choices for Make a Boot Floppy in the menu system on the netinstall disc like there is on the woody disc. Can you please tell me how to do this with

saslauthd? I can't seem to get it installed for postfix..

2004-12-21 Thread Charles Read
I do this with apt-get? Is it automatically done when I apt-get the postfix package or how does that work? Anything is appreciated!!! Thanks!!! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: saslauthd? I can't seem to get it installed for postfix..

2004-12-21 Thread Charles Read
it be pwcheck_method:saslauthd ?) but when I try to login via an MUA it rejects my system user passwords can you please help me with what this means? Thanks! On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:52:13 -0500, Charles Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everybody! I am trying to run a postfix with sasl

cyrus-sasl source install for postfix... did it work?

2004-12-19 Thread Charles Read
in advance! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Newbie ?'s, Start and stop SSHd?

2004-12-15 Thread Charles Read
Hey everybody! I just installed Debian and I can't figure out how to start and stop sshd. I have tried all the 'usual' stuff to no avail. Any help? Thanks! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

test

2004-12-14 Thread Charles Read
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sendmail HOWTO?

1998-02-05 Thread Charles Read
I cannot find a sendmail-HOWTO on the web? What's the next best resource for sendmail? Regards, Charles __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

PCL printer doesn't respond to lpr command

1997-12-22 Thread Charles Read
My /etc/printcap looks like this: lp|oki6e:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

why doesn't magicfilter setup work?

1997-12-22 Thread Charles Read
I've installed magicfilter and have this /etc/printcap setup: lp|oki6e:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :if=/usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig:\__ :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\

Is `Okidata 6e' page printer a `Windows-based' printer?

1997-12-21 Thread Charles Read
Following the Print-HOWTO, I did this from root: # cat /etc/printcap /dev/lp1 My printer's LED blinked, with no further response after. /proc/devices shows that lp exists; `dmesg | grep lp' shows that my printer is recognized at port 0x378 (the IRQ should be 7, but I could not verify this

mount trouble with MSDOS fs

1997-12-05 Thread Charles Read
A while back, I reported that # mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt was not working. Someone said that running Norton Disk Doctor on /dev/hda1 (C:) from within Win95 resolved a similar problem. So I ran Norton Disk Doctor on /dev/hda1. It corrected a minor problem, but the mount command *still*

Re: mount trouble with MSDOS fs

1997-12-05 Thread Charles Read
MSDOS filesystem on dev mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted filesystems Original Message Follows Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:30:29 +1100 From: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Charles Read
You mentioned that it doesn't appear in /proc/interrupts; what about /proc/ioports? Yes, the serial device appears in /proc/ioports as: ... 0x3f8: serial (set) ... BTW, how do you talk to a modem from DOS? I want to try what Nathan suggested and see if the modem is a 'WinModem'. How else

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Charles Read
Another test-- can you use the modem with one of Windows' Standard 28800 modem type drivers, or do you have to use on specifically for your modem? A tech-support person with the company that built my system just told me that all 56K modems they deal with are 'Windows-based'. We walked through

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Charles Read
Another test-- can you use the modem with one of Windows' Standard 28800 modem type drivers, or do you have to use on specifically for your modem? A tech-support person at Cybermax Computer, which built my system, just told me that all of their 56K modems are Windows-based. We walked through

PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-02 Thread Charles Read
Here's what I've done: 0. I installed isapnptools and set up the /etc/isapnp.conf file, which is provided below. I based the configuration on the readout for my modem within Win95. 1. I went through various setserial commands as in the /usr/doc/isapnptools/README.modules file.

Re: cu connects to PnP modem ok, but no response for AT

1997-12-01 Thread Charles Read
In the BIOS, I turn the 'PnP OS' option off. In the 'PCI peripherals' section of the BIOS, I disable the two 'Onboard serial devices' (as these two 9-pin ports are currently unused). When I look into Win95, I look at the settings for my modem and find that IRQ 4 is used for address 0x3f8, with

cu connects to PnP modem ok, but no response for AT

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
Earlier, I reported that: # cu --speed 115200 ---line /dev/ttyS1 cu: open (/dev/ttyS1): Permission denied cu: /dev/ttyS1: Line in use To fix this, I did: # vigr [added my user name to the 'dialout' group] # newgrp dialout Then: # cu --speed 115200 --line /dev/ttyS1 Connected [here I type

PCL printer cannot be accessed

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
Two questions: 1. If I used dvihp to generate a PCL file, can I then go to a DOS shell in Win95 and say: c: copy PCL.file LPT1 I tried this, but first page was very messed up. 2. I tried: # dvihp -Plp1 text.dvi But got some connection refused message. Ditto for the 'lpq'

lpd daemon (LPRng variant) does not stay in background when exec'd

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
My LSL Debian 1.3 installation came with the LPRng variant of the lpd setup. Does lpd need to run in the background for lpr to work? I thought it did, but when I do this: # lpd # ps -ef | grep lpd it is clear that lpd exits immediately. What's up? Regards, Charlie

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
Yes. I set up a K6 from Cybermax a while back. X11, emacs, et al seem to run fine. My biggest problem is figuring out how to get 'everything else' to work, like the PnP modem, PnP sound card, and PCL printer [BTW, I've concluded that unless you find a PCL printer with PostScript capability,

PnP does not respond to cu

1997-11-24 Thread Charles Read
Here's what's happening: # cu --speed 115200 --line /dev/ttyS1 cu: open (/dev/ttyS1): Permission denied cu: /dev/ttyS1: Line in use # dmesg | grep tty tty01 at 0x02f8 (irg = 3) is a 16450 # ls -l /dev/tty01 ls: /dev/tty01: No such file or directory Questions: 1. Why does /dev/tty01 appear in

troubleshooting PnP modem on Linux 2.0.29 platform

1997-11-22 Thread Charles Read
I run Win95 and Linux 2.0.29 off separate hard drives running off an AMD K6 platform. Win95 uses a Plug-and-Play modem from Computer Peripherals, Inc. (a ViVa 56LC-SM). Linux, however, cannot dial out on this device; in fact, cu/kermit cannot even connect to the device. I have verified with

Re: troubleshooting PnP modem on Linux 2.0.29 platform

1997-11-22 Thread Charles Read
The modem hangs off 0x2F8, with IRQ 3 the active interrupt request. 'setserial -a /dev/ttyS1' verifies this data. But if I say (from root): # cu -s 115200 -l /dev/ttyS1 I get a Permission denied error, even though 'ls -l' shows /dev/ttyS1 to be read/writable by usergroup. If I go to kermit

Update: mounting MS-DOS fs onto Linux

1997-11-12 Thread Charles Read
I have not yet tried to install LILO. But I have rebuilt Linux with a different device-set about 2-3 times. I'm not sure how that could impact the /dev/hda1 partition since that drive is excluded from my boot setup files. BTW, /dev/hda1 has about 2GB of Win95 software, so my preference is to

Re: Update: mounting MS-DOS fs onto Linux

1997-11-11 Thread Charles Read
Were you able to mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt your Win95 partition without any special work? [Eg, I am assuming you *do not* run mkfs over the Win95 partition.] -c One possible unconfirmed cause (Okay, a guess) Is the Win95 partition OSR2? (Fat32?) To my knoweldge, the vfat filesystem

Moving files between DOS hard drive and Linux hard drive

1997-11-10 Thread Charles Read
I have read through some of the man-pages for mtools, but I cannot determine how to move a file between a DOS hard drive and a Linux hard drive. [By DOS hard drive, I mean the drive containing Win95, etc.; by Linux hard drive, I mean a 2nd drive containing Debian 1.3.] If I initiate the file

Update: mounting MS-DOS fs onto Linux

1997-11-10 Thread Charles Read
Here's what I tried: 0. Looked at /proc/filesystems to verify that VFAT was supported. 1. Ran dmesg | more to verify that /dev/hda1 was the correct partition. 2. Ran mount and got this result: # mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Charles Read
I tried installing /dev/psaux with 'modconf'. I get this result: Installation failed /lib/modules/2.0.29/misc/psaux.o: unresolved symbol kill_fasync_R689dfeeb How can I fix this? Thanks, -c There are two steps to fixing this. 1) As root, run 'modconf',

immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Charles Read
I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify in the Pointer section a protocol of IntelliMouse and a device of /dev/ttyS0. However, the mouse cursor does

Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Charles Read
The bottom of my mouse says the mouse is an IntelliMouse 1.1A and PS/2 compatible. The port the mouse plugs into is a PS/2 port (ie, round). So within /etc/X11/XF86Config, I changed (under the Pointer section) the Protocol to be PS/2, and then changed the Device to be /dev/mouse [On my box,