Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
Hi,
We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad, we used 2
floppies resc1440tecra.bin resc1440.bin. Here is what's going on:
1. We boot from floppy see long message with
boot:
at the end
2. type
boot: linux floppy=thinkpad
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
Thanks for the help! It's started to work. We managed to start installation
process, partitioned disks, installed base system, prepare a bootable floppy
etc...
Problem:
1. When we reboot computer it prints:
LILIO: linux..
AND REBOOTS
Dave White wrote:
The Rescue/boot floppy locks up after the following:
Loading root.bin
Loading linux .
here is where it locks up
-I've formatted three different floppies
-downloaded resc1440.bin from two different sites
-tried linux floppy=thinkpad with same
D'jinnie wrote:
I don't seem to have too much luck with fine-tuning my Debian machine. I
can't find xv (which I really like), compile all of the pine 4.05 dist
(undefined references to crypt) and other little annoyances. Dselect just
swamps me with all the packages with no way of isolating
Rick Knebel wrote:
Hi,
What is the difference between slink and unstable on the debian ftp site.
Currently, nothing; `slink' is the code name for the unstable
distribution, just as `hamm' is the code name for the stable
distribution. When slink becomes ready for beta testing, it will
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
Dip is for an old package called 'dip'. It was sort of line 'pon' I think.
Since the
package has long since gone away I find it annoying we're still stuck with
the group.
On the contrary, dip is still available in slink. I use it to dial up
my ISP since it's the
David Warnock wrote:
I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the
default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong
server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA.
On a Debian
George Bonser wrote:
WHen trying to make menuconfig on 2.0.35-1 I get the following:
scripts/Menuconfig: line 1183: 8917 Segmentation fault $DIALOG
--backtitle $backtitle --infobox Preparing configuration scripts... 3
40
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
If I issue the command
Chris R. Martin wrote:
How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by
default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so
that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to
the X server when it is started up?
The short
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
Thanks for the insight everyone!
I take it that the slink version doesn't require any library changes to work
(like
some of the stuff post BO upgrade. (I just upgraded last week so I have not
figured everything - or much of anything - out yet :).
Yes, slink
The xfstt package that comes with hamm is very minimalistic in terms of
documentation and user setup. You might be better off installing the
more up-to-date package in slink, which more-or-less takes care of
everything for you. Anyway, here's a brief description of what you need
to do:
1. Put
Steve Lamb wrote:
The problem with that is two fold. They paint a false picture of Linux
and they also strengthen the hold of those applications have on the market by
insisting they be everywhere. I've been bitten by that misconception. I've
been asked three times now to submit my
Jim,
I might be wrong, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the shell
the system uses to boot up must be physically present in /bin and not
symlinked to somewhere else like /usr/local/bin. The default setup is
to have /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/bash. This is supposed to be a
security
[A courtesy copy has also been sent to the auctex package maintainer.]
Waldemar ¯urowski wrote:
AFAIK it is not. AUCTeX is separate package for Emacs, and there is
native(?) tex-mode in Emacs. In other words, if someone wants to use
AuCTeX, she/he should put require tex-site in .emacs.
Mark
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
Thanks for the input George,
I have looked all through the bo archive (using dselect) for a package called
make-kpkg. I do not see one on my mirror by that name.
That should be `kernel-package'. It should be in the `misc' section,
IIRC.
Noel
--
transfer, n.:
Matthew Myers wrote:
When I try to send mail to this list server using netscape mail, it never
gets here. I sent this using pine. I have tried this before and after a
complete Debian re-install and always have the same results. What's the
deal with netscape mail?
You need to set up
Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi,
I've recently upgraded to hamm. The auctex package installed fine,
but it doesn't seem to start up when I use emacs!
Previously when I loaded a latex document into emacs, it would
automatically go into auctex mode. Now when I do it, it goes into a
non-auctex,
the lone gunman wrote:
In my DOS days, I had this program called rdir. It displayed a
Relative Directory size for first level directories off of the
root in the form of a pie graph.
[SNIP description]
Anyway, it was great when it came time to clean up my harddrive,
because I could see
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While trying to get xgalaga set up I ran ./configure as laid out in the
install doc, and got an error message about libXpm not being found.
[snip configuration troubles]
Why don't you just install the Debian xgalaga package? It should be in
non-free, I think. That
Keith wrote:
I have been battling xwindows for a few days now. Everyone has been very
helpful, but I am still not running.
Stick with it! This is the hardest part of installation for everyone.
I downloaded xlib6_3.3-4.deb and installed it using dpkg -i
xlib6_3.3-4.deb. I got an error when
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:
When I run startx I get the following:
xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following
command before running
Asher Haig wrote:
Why are the shells from .deb packages put in /usr/bin? Shells are generally
kept in /bin to the extent of my knowledge...
I believe you are not entirely correct: bash is kept in /bin. /bin/sh
is a symlink to /bin/bash. csh is also in /bin, although this is a
symlink to
Keith wrote:
I am going to upgrade my kernel from 2.0.29 to 2.0.33. I downloaded the
kernel, a file called linux-2.0.33.tar.gz. Does this file contain the
kernel source, it seems to small 6.3meg. If this does not contain the
kernel source where do I get it from? When I look at all the ftp
Will Lowe wrote:
I'm using the tetex distribution in hamm. I need to set my margins to
normal US default ones; I used to do this with regmar.sty in
previous/other versions of latex. How do I do this in tetex -- I can't
find regmar.sty anywhere ...
Use `fullpage.sty', eg,
Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
Noel Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so
I am trying to ACeDB
http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/acedocs/acedbfaq.html. However, both
the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) produce
Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so
I am trying to ACeDB
http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/acedocs/acedbfaq.html. However, both
the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) produce a
segmentation fault when trying to reinitialize the database. gdb just
says:
On Thu, 04 Dec 1997, Paul Rightly wrote:
I successfully reinstalled Debian on my Thinkpad 365XD.
[...]
Once I got a PCMCIA modem and got this laptop connected, I upgraded it to
the
lastest in stable (this moved X from 3.2 to 3.3). I cannot get X to work
correctly now. When I startx I see
On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sam Ockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink
there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we
figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian developer...I
Karlheinz Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I get the following error, if I try to build a custom kernel with
make-kpkg:
--snip
make[3]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot'
as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
make[3]: as86: Command not found
On Fri Jul 11 17:03:41 -0500 1997, Timothy J. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600
display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports
root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts.
I have a similar system.
On Fri Jul 11 19:29:26 -0400 1997, digger vermont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 which was mostly an X upgrade to 3.3-3.
Now, none of the upgraded and important (misc, 75dp1, and 100dpi I believe)
font paths are recognized. I tried running mkfontdir in
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