RE: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Greg C. Madden
at during a recent purchase came only with a recovery disk. These recovery disks will only install on the original equipment takes over the whole hard drive. It is either shrink or format install Debian, paying the MS tax :( -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: NE2k-PCI module missing !!!

2002-10-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
drivers aailable. Sometimes you need to specify IRQ IO for ISA cards, this can be done with 'modconf'. CONFIG_NE2000=m #ISA card CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=y #PCI card -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: ow can I reliably find a given .deb?

2002-10-08 Thread Greg C. Madden
, I'm tying to find out wher to manually get isag.deb. So far I'v spent quite some time looking at fttp/http debian sites without triping over it. Sugestions? There is a search tool on this Debian page. http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux

Re: installing sarge/sid from cd

2002-09-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
file during install, change to your preferred flavor. http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Where's the Woody Boot Floppy Image?

2002-06-30 Thread Greg C. Madden
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Re: SIIG SCSI Card

2002-06-23 Thread Greg C. Madden
mush help, that said the SIIG AP-40 (UW) uses the advansys module. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: what to use for installfest this saturday?

2002-06-19 Thread Greg C. Madden
create the Woody DVD, it is an iso9660 fs, and mount it as a loop device. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

RE: Installing debian

2002-06-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
' this pulls in all the depends for a base install of KDE. You can add the apps you want one by one, kmail, knode etc... -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: jigdo image doesn't install

2002-05-22 Thread Greg C. Madden
(woody i386)do work for me as long as I get a good checksum when the image creation is finished. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Debian mirror

2002-05-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
a dvd-r with a Woody i386 mirror wanted to get the structure correct. TIA -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Asus T9400

2002-05-08 Thread Greg C. Madden
installation procedures. Thanks in advance for your help This place sells computers with GNU/Linux on them, they even sell Asus laptops. I haven't done any business with them, I am just looking for an Asus laptop. http://www.swt.com/note1.html -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

Re: Procedure to set/install xfs filesystem for debian LINUX

2002-05-03 Thread Greg C. Madden
with success. http://people.debian.org/~blade/XFS-Install/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: xfs fs compile error

2002-04-30 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 22:19, Greg C. Madden wrote: I dl'd the 2.4.18 source kernel-patch-xfs using dselect. During the kernel compile (make-kpkg)I get a failure if I include the following option in my .config file. I don't know what DMAPI is or if it is available on my Debian Sid system ( I

xfs fs compile error

2002-04-29 Thread Greg C. Madden
directory `/usr/src/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: XFS filesytem for debian LINUX

2002-04-25 Thread Greg C. Madden
' and got the following. I have used the 'rescue/bootdisk' bootbf2.4-xfs... works fine for a net install or if you have local packages of Woody. I tried and failed to do an xfs kernel from the oss.sgi cvs :) http://xfdeb.sourceforge.net/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc

Re: bf-2.4 kernel package?

2002-04-25 Thread Greg C. Madden
space. Anyone know how to remove it? Or should I just rm all the files associated with it. Thanks. -- -Peace kid Scott Henson[EMAIL PROTECTED] You could use dselect to remove a package or if you know the package name use 'dpkg -P package name' -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux

Re: /dev/loop: how many is the limit? Which kernel parameter to alter?

2002-04-23 Thread Greg C. Madden
max_loop=64 I haven't tried this yet but I am setting up a system to do the same thing with iso's. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: mirror

2002-04-22 Thread Greg C. Madden
machine to recognize that all that stuff is now there so it can go ahead and install? apt-get update does not do it. thank you dave 'apt-move' will do what you want. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: how do I enable a plugin for mozilla?

2002-04-21 Thread Greg C. Madden
This is from the ns600 dir. ~/jre1.3.1/plugin/i386/ns600$ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Woody / X / ATI

2002-04-21 Thread Greg C. Madden
of Xfree86, in which case I don't think 'xf86config' works. For Xfree86 ver4 use 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' or use 'dselect' and install Xfree86 ver 3.3.6, which is what potato uses. KDE doesn't have much to-do with as a X-server :) -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc

Re: Can't connect to internet with new kernel

2002-04-20 Thread Greg C. Madden
) # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y # CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set # CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set CONFIG_FILTER=y -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: apt-get upgrade won't

2002-04-20 Thread Greg C. Madden
again ? That might rebuild some links. 'apt-get clean' will delete 'all' files from ~/apt/archive, just so you don't have to download useful packages again 'apt-get autoclean' just deletes packages no longer available. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description

Re: What is difference between sid n woody?

2002-04-17 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 10:52, Gaurav Kumar wrote: Hi Frenz Q1) What is the difference between sid n woody? Q2) How can I find if my system is sid or woody? TIA. Execute 'more /etc/apt/sources.list' at a command prompt. Woody=Testing, Sid=Unstable -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

Re: S3 TRIO 32 and XFree86?

2002-04-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
comes ( thankfully) with Woody. If your video card is older there may be better support in ver 3.6. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: java

2002-04-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
get installed ? -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-12 Thread Greg C. Madden
kernel version. Switching causes them to not work until recompiled or new modules generated (vmware) If you are using Woody the 2.4 series works well, smp support is better. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: xpdf missing a font?

2002-04-11 Thread Greg C. Madden
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Evolution and openoffice

2002-04-10 Thread Greg C. Madden
is lpr, my printer is lp0 so I do 'lpr -P lp0' -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

gnuPG keys

2002-04-10 Thread Greg C. Madden
Someone brought to my attention here, thanks, that searching on my key ID number does not get any results from a key server. I have verified this on: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net/pgpnet http://www.keyserver.net/en/ If I search on my name Greg C. Madden I get results. It appears that Evolution ( I am

Re: kernel recompile takes the work out of network

2002-04-09 Thread Greg C. Madden
is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

2002-04-07 Thread Greg C. Madden
What breaks VMware during an upgrade is libc6. Ver 2.2.5-3 works , 2.2.5-4 breaks it.The VMware list (news.vmware.com) has this and says the new beta 3.1 fixes it. I tried the beta and got an error meesage about perl being broken. I went back to libc6 2.2.5-3 and all is well. -- Greg C. Madden Debian

Re: Recent Woody ISO

2002-04-07 Thread Greg C. Madden
slow. Thanks for any tips. Tatah A good way to keep current iso's is with the 'jigdo' program. http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Video card support

2002-04-07 Thread Greg C. Madden
list. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: cdburning and dos compatability

2002-04-04 Thread Greg C. Madden
an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes. I guess the the quetion might be does DOS recognize these file system types, my gyess would be yes. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: remote printing problem

2002-04-04 Thread Greg C. Madden
show up in the /etc/printcap file ? -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Disk rescue tools?

2002-04-03 Thread Greg C. Madden
haven't used it. http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ A neat rescue bootable cdrom: http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: where are the woody iso files?

2002-04-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
/installmanual You can still do the PC method of getting the woody iso's. Use the jigdo method, http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/, check out the 'mirrors' file located on a jigdo file server, fsu.hu gets lots of traffic. ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU

Re: Tekram 315U PCI

2002-04-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
not a burner. YMMV -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

apt-move

2002-03-31 Thread Greg C. Madden
'apt-move mirror' and re-downloading packages again. The iso's are on a hd and can be mounted via the loop device. Ideas appreciated. TIA -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: PC-Chips M748LMRT Motherboard

2002-03-31 Thread Greg C. Madden
this quote : Also - I have pretty funky (PC-Chips M748LMRT) motherboards that are well supported under Linux and FreeBSD, but I'm still waiting for see Solaris drivers for the cheap onboard NICS (Davicom 9102 and SiS 900). -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description

Re: Debian SID Configuring X

2002-03-31 Thread Greg C. Madden
/XF86Config-4' config file. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: maintenance mode in woody

2002-03-28 Thread Greg C. Madden
of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Add the '-s' option to the kernel you want to use at the lilo prompt during boot. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: vmware and kernel 2.4.18

2002-03-27 Thread Greg C. Madden
PROTECTED] Hi! does vmware run in woody with kernel 2.4.18? TIA VMware 3.0 does. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: 3c5x9setup adapter failure on isa etherlink 3

2002-03-23 Thread Greg C. Madden
allows setting irq's for 'legacy/isa?' -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: 3c5x9setup adapter failure on isa etherlink 3

2002-03-23 Thread Greg C. Madden
). -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Which Woody ISO's are needed for net install

2002-03-17 Thread Greg C. Madden
support. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: kernel-image-2.4.18-686 package initrd

2002-03-17 Thread Greg C. Madden
the same thing and actually found a man page 'man initrd'.I still don't understand it but its a start :) I don't think you need it for many situations (initrd), thats why your compiled kernels work. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Latest Woody boot floppies reiserfs

2002-03-15 Thread Greg C. Madden
cdrom #3 of the Woody series has the bf kernel also. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Woody ISO's ?

2002-03-15 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 14:47, stan wrote: Since I can't seem to get the Woody floppies to offer me the choice of resierfs, I thoght I'd try a CD install. Where can I find an ISO? http://www.debian.org/CD -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description

ide-scsi bus change

2002-03-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4 Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter aic7890/91: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs If the order of has changed can I just reverse the order in /etc/modutils/actions? TIA -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description

Re: A couple of general Debian questions

2002-03-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
there are Woody images available. ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/MIRRORS -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: cdrtools xcdroast

2002-03-10 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Sat, 2002-03-02 at 20:51, nate wrote: quote who=Greg C. Madden The cdrecord package is compiled for the 2.4 kernel. In order to use Xcdroast one needs to do 'apt-get build-dep apt-get source -b cdrecord' This is not a big deal, the first time, but afaik the default kernel (disk 1

Re: WodPerfect Office 2000 on Debian

2002-03-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
are better, but I would just like to try it. Many thanks. snip Not much traffic there now but the archive is very helpful. news://cnews.corel.com/corel.wpoffice.office2000-linux -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

cdrtools xcdroast

2002-03-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
The cdrecord package is compiled for the 2.4 kernel. In order to use Xcdroast one needs to do 'apt-get build-dep apt-get source -b cdrecord' This is not a big deal, the first time, but afaik the default kernel (disk 1 anyway) is 2.2.xx. Minor rant :) -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
allow fine tuning but will install a x-window system , various servers, devel enviroment, and some other choices. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: AutoCAD (or similar) for Debian/Linux?

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
-- another 2d/3d package. looks nice. $100 student pricing. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: what's the version of XFree86 in Woody?

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:20, debian debian wrote: HI: what's the version of XFree86 in Woody? thanks! 'apt-cache showpkg xserver-xfree86' -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: woody reiserfs

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
/reiserfs install, this is with the 2.4bf kernel. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: How to Upgrade from Potato to Woody?

2002-02-26 Thread Greg C. Madden
much describes a couple of my upgrades. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Good Dual head /w TVout

2002-02-25 Thread Greg C. Madden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have the G400 Max card from Matrox, it came with an adapter, which has two outputs, s-video-out video-out. I have never used the adapter so I don't know how well it works with Debian. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: boot floppy for Debian

2002-02-21 Thread Greg C. Madden
: 'dd if=~/boot.image of=/path to floppy' (man dd) -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Printing from Mozilla

2002-02-21 Thread Greg C. Madden
, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] My print command in Mozilla (printer setup) is the same as I use from cli, i.e. 'lpr -P lp0'. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Re: Download the Debain

2002-02-20 Thread Greg C. Madden
the instruction to download it? If you 'want' an iso image the 'jigdo' method works well. http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: lilo problems

2002-02-16 Thread Greg C. Madden
packages. Sorry I don't have a list but Adrian Bunk (google) used to have updated Potato packages. Out of the box Potato won't do it. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: mozilla-browser 0.9.8-1 help

2002-02-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
'mozilla' instead of 'mozilla-browser'. This upgrades nine packages, Galeon, mail-news, browser, -psm,.. libs. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: cdrecord xcdroast

2002-02-09 Thread Greg C. Madden
you didn't notice. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: 2.2r5: ReiserFS at Root Partition

2002-02-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
support. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgp4NAVs2DV58.pgp Description: PGP signature

dpkg error?

2002-02-02 Thread Greg C. Madden
processing gpm (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gpm: file does not exist dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: gpm TIA for Help -- Greg C

Re: Fixed Re: Weird CDRW issue?

2002-02-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
and the docs that are provided with this package are very good at setting up atapi devices i.e. :/usr/share/doc/xcdroast/README.atapi. ps. A (belated) thank you to the maintainer(s) of the Xcdroast package + depends, works great :) -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgpCFWz08gSGE.pgp

Re: Source

2002-02-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
, must be 2.2.x. You don't have to buy the source either way, just download the deb package from a Debian mirror. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgppCH3q7L5po.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: installing woody

2002-01-23 Thread Greg C. Madden
method to use.Do you have the bandwidth for a net install ? If you use Woody boot dists or the 'net-install' iso you can start start from scratch, just re-initialize the partitions during install. This would give you an opportunity to use a different file system, i.e. ext3 ... -- Greg C. Madden

Re: netinst

2002-01-15 Thread Greg C. Madden
://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/20011227/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgp43AxkZqRDQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: Rant

2002-01-15 Thread Greg C. Madden
for the Linux/Unix platform you have to add a third party 'filtrix patch' to import MS Word docs.The old filtrix filter died from a UNIX bug. http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/ -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgp3thEFiuA3S.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: base files for woody?

2002-01-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
the install. I have been 'installing' Woody here on numerous boxes. I have used two methods, the two boot disks the net-install iso.Both with no problems.There is not a 'base-install' package, it installs the base system by downloading installing individual packages. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU

Re: base files for woody?

2002-01-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 08:12, Paul E Condon wrote: Greg C. Madden wrote: There is not a base.tgz package for woody. There has been a change from the way Potato did the install. I have been 'installing' Woody here on numerous boxes. I have used two methods, the two boot disks

Re: 3c905c arp/configuration problems

2002-01-14 Thread Greg C. Madden
and rtfming all day and I can't get my head around it. Thanks. Angus D Madden Wild guess, try the route command? maybe it doesn't know how to get there. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgpoRN4e0nyri.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: 2 distros coexisting?

2002-01-13 Thread Greg C. Madden
irritations, when it comes to sharing home, if you use i.e. Knode , in KDE ver 2.2.1 it is not compatible with ver KDE 2.2.2. (message handling) Its little things like this that make sharing a pain. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgpYJFdIf7zlN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NE2000 ISA

2002-01-11 Thread Greg C. Madden
? Clues? TIA. Best Regards, Your card has a Realtech chipset. There are modules for Realtech chipsets in the default kernel install. Maybe try a different module, I am assuming you are trying a ne 2000 module. -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux pgpMM4yhaJqv1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-10 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 19:45, Mark Wagnon wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to get a dist-upgraded woody system to run X correctly. I've read through a previous thread about running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but I still seem to be having a few problems. First, my monitor is being driven at