fstab

hello, I have added a wrong line in my fstab file and when linux starts I have many errors. Under root I can open fstab with mc (or xemacs) but read only and Ican't change it. I have not a rescue floopy . How can I restore my fstab ? Looking forward for your advice and help. Many thanks. Gerard.

Re: fstab

- Original Message - From: Carel Fellinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 12:14 AM Subject: Re: fstab On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 11:34:45PM +0100, Robin Gerard wrote: hello, I have added a wrong line in my fstab file and when linux

pon

Hello, I am new on the debian-user list. I run potato since 5 months. When I run pon I would like the modem to be silent. Can someone explain to me how to do that or give me some indications where to find the documentation about this matter ? Thanks in advance for your reply. -- Gerard

Re: Debian on Windows 2k

, Debian can read Win2k formatted NTFS partitions just fine. WinNT crashes sometimes. Win2k doesn't. Don't go back to NT. Robin

Re: Newbie struggling with Windows rsync to make Debian install CD

) is expected. Cheers, Robin - Original Message - From: Barry Tuber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:21 AM Subject: Newbie struggling with Windows rsync to make Debian install CD I am trying to get a first time debian install

Debian installation article in LJ

FYI, there's an article in the current issue of Linux Journal (March) about installing Debian called Debian Multiboot Installation on page 78. Cheers, Robin

SOCKS_NS proxy error

that on somewhere. Any ideas? Thanks! Robin

Re: How to clone packages setup

? Cheers, Robin - Original Message - From: John L. Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Users debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:19 PM Subject: Re: How to clone packages setup On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:31:00PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote: Hi. How do I clone my

How to clone packages setup

is Potato and the other Woody? Is there a how-to for this somewhere? Thanks! Robin

Re: how to remove auto start to X

If you prefer a simpler method simply use dselect to uninstall xdm or whatever X login you are using. When you come up in a console mode launch X using startx. Cheers, Robin - Original Message - From: USM Bish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: seg [EMAIL PROTECTED

xwd (GIMP) screen cap error

). I can capture (with difficulty) everything but Xtheater. Please pardon if this is the wrong place to ask this. I'm guessing it is a system configuration error, not really an xwd or GIMP problem. I'm running Potato and XFree 3.3.x. If there is a better place to ask let me know. Thanks, Robin

XFree86Config bpp depth confusion

! Relevant sections of XFree86Config below. Cheers, Robin Section Monitor Identifier Primary Monitor VendorName ViewSonic ModelName E790 HorizSync 30-95 VertRefresh 50-200 # DefaultColorDepth 24: # Modeline 1024x768 115.50 1024 1104 1296 1440 768 771 781 802 -hsync -vsync

Re: Invalid partition table (rescue)

with no real mode CD-ROM drivers. Copy the boot directory off the CD onto a FAT16 partition in Windows first if you have to go that route. Cheers, Robin - Original Message - From: Fu-Dong Chiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Fu-Dong Chiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday

How to upgrade to a tested lib?

across the board? Related question, if I did want to upgrade across the board to woody, how would I do that? Thanks! Robin

Re: upgrade to a lib in testing

install oms'. That says it won't install as a one line because of other dependencies. How do I indicate it should pull those, too? Is there a way I can see all this in dselect so that I can interactively check dependencies? Thanks! Robin - Original Message - From: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL

.deb install

Hi. This seems like an easy question, but I can't find the answer. How do I install a .deb file I've downloaded to the local file system? And, how do I make it appear in dselect? Thanks. Robin

autofs example

I have a win98 partition on /dev/hdb1. I want to mount that automatically, instead of explicitly using 'mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /win98'. I looked at the docs for autofs but found it confusing. How do I do it? Thanks. Robin

No perl; can't apt-get; need neat solution

I have done something to my box ( I was using unstable for a while and ran out of disk space ), I do not have perl on my box anymore :-( I tried apt-get install perl but this uses /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure which is a perl scrit! So how can I put perl onto this box in a neat way? Robin

RE: NIC identification

If you want to find the vendor of any piece of eletrical equipment and you can find the FCC code on it then go to http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/ and type that number in. Works every time Robin -Original Message- From: Sebastiaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 January 2001 16:17

Primary or extended partition install?

If I'll be booting with lilo from the MBR may I install Potato on an extended partition or must it be on a primary partition? Thanks. Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can't install Netscape

a directory somewhere? How do I gunzip and untar in one step? Is there an easy/automated way to install a program in the WindowMaker menus or do I need to manually config files? If manual, what config file do I look for? Thanks. Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't install Netscape (solved)

a newer version of libstdc++. That's ok, right? Robin - Original Message - From: ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Users debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 10:15 PM Subject: Re: can't install Netscape On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:02:43PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote: I

cut-and-paste

Is there a cut-and-paste how-to or FAQ somewhere? 1. What are cut, copy, paste, and undo keys that would be equivalent to ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and ctrl-z keys in Windows? 2. What is gpm supposed to do and why does running it freeze my mouse in X? Cheers, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lilo boots all - Win98, Win98se, WinNT, Win2k, potato, BeOS

partition. The sequence I followed was to install all Windows operating systems first, then linux, then BeOS. I'd never used lilo before this month. Did this setup as my first multiboot install. That lilo works so well is really AWESOME! Cheers, Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Network config easy question

Dumb question, how do I set the IP address, netmask, gateway, and dns host on Debian? The docs say that I should edit a file named 'network' but I don't find any such file. Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Network config easy question (solved)

Thank you! Robin - Original Message - From: Terry Boon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Network config easy question On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:27:53PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote: Dumb question, how do I set the IP

can't play music cd

I want to play a CD using gtcd. It objects that it can't see the CD. Sure enough, not mounted. Do audio CDs mount? Can I convince autofs to do the job? What's the best way to play a music CD in debian? Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How do I print .sgml files?

no idea where to look next. Please someone put me out of my misery! Cheers, Robin Collins

Applying LFS patch kernel + glib

in deciding which route to take. Cheers, Robin Collins BTW, I must use 2.2.14 due to massive corruption problems with 2.2.17/NFS/loop/crypto which I don't get with 2.2.14.

lprng/samba/win98 problem, at a loss to know what to do

, presumably Windows has created a file which magicfilter is tossing away for some reason (?): if this isn't the case then I've no idea. Can someone please help me discover just where the print's going? Cheers, Robin Collins

ipchains packet logs get displayed on active tty

by ip_fw.c in the kernel) which should match the *.=NOTICE rule aren't going to tty12! I didn't get this when I was using SuSE's distro and have no idea what to try to fiddle with. Anyone any ideas? Cheers, Robin Collins

Re: Setting up SMTP and POP servers - QMail or what?

normal Windows POP3 clients and/or Linux clients to read it, these clients being configured to use QMAIL as their outbound SMTP server. Erm ... am I making _any_ sense ;-). Thanks for trying to unconfuse me! Cheers, Robin Collins

Setting up SMTP and POP servers - QMail or what?

area of Linux mail systems pretty much impenetrable :) Cheers, Robin Collins

Can't get ISDN MPPP working [sigh]

on ippp0. I'm tried reading and re-reading HOWTOs, READMEs etc sigh, can someone point out where I've gone wrong? It seems to me that I'm that close to getting it going. TIA, Robin Collins

Re: Debian Firewall/Gateway

and the firewall simply passes on the request out through the NAT and gives me back the reply. I can't think I did anything else. Did you check your firewall log for any indications that you're blocking the DNS traffic? Robin Collins

NT4 in VMWare VM can't see Samba over network - Yes, PlainTextPassword set :)

? Cheers, Robin Collins

Re: Opera for Linux

millenium :) HTH, Robin Collins PS, of course Opera isn't Open Source, but then again much of what's available in OS is worth what you pay for it! - Original Message - From: USM Bish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:36 PM Subject: Opera

Suddenly I need MEM= to lilo, why?

boot loader. Could that somehow make a difference? I'm baffled. Robin Collins BTW, this is with 2.2.17 + international patch.

dpkg -scanpackages - how?

have to install to get this feature? Cheers, Robin Collins

ISDN info (for UK)

consideration I haven't listed? I'd be grateful for any thoughts before I get myself hopelessly confused ;) Cheers, Robin Collins

KDE2 source build sequence

discovering which libs any package depends on (and I'm getting _very_ bored trying to build packages only to find they have dependencies I haven't built yet sigh). Cheers, Robin Collins

First post to list: Make .deb archive available to dselect?

on a second machine from scratch and wonder how I can have dselect recognise the accumulated .debs. As far as I can see I need to create a Package.gz for dselect's benefit but don't really know where to look for information on how to do this. Is it possible? Cheers, Robin Collins

Re: Debian box sick... hda lost interrupt Unknown vector 67

and over again. I had these messages on a dying hard disk. Robin

Re: Debian box sick... hda lost interrupt Unknown vector 67

Windows (Windows will corrupt your data silently and Linux will die a horible death). I have also seen cheapo NE2000 compatible ether cards give this sort of problem. Is there any error messages in the logs or on the console at the time the machine dies? Robin

Re: X launchbar?

from the command line of each machine. :/ Do a google search for tkgoodstuff. Requires TCL/TK. This neat toolbar is not in Potato :-( Robin

installing gdm

on xdm, so that will be uninstalled too, which is obviously not what's wanted. I tried to force it not to remove task-* by hitting Q instead of return in the dependencies list, but that seemed to have no effect. How can I get gdm properly installed? -- Robin Faichney

Re: Trying to run one process as root, how?

with xhost or magic cookies or anything else. Robin

Re: Mutt questions (Was: Looking for a good mail program)

it to exim. exim checks for a ~/.procmailrc file and if it exists, hands mail to procmail procmail sorts mail into mboxs in ~/Mail It was painless and quick to set up. robin

keybord

spezial keys dont work. In xemacs the german spezial keys works. What can I do. In XF86Setup I choose Model: Generic 102-Key (Intl)PC Layout: German I have also tested other Layouts. Who can help me? ciao, Robin P.S.: sorry, my english is not very good.

Installing

. Is there any way to get it to read the root disk from the LS-120? -- Best regards, Robin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

mount Partition

to mount /dev/hdc1 and /dev/hdc3, so that only the files need for boot are on /dev/hdc1 and all other files on /dev/hdc3. When the the installation tool ask for mount, I try to mount /dev/hdc3 to a ;-delimerted list of directory-names. But this do not work. Thank you for all help, Robin

recovering trashed /var

in /var from the packaging information..? As a relative newcomer to Debian I could do with some hand-holding if this is indeed possible. Is a reinstall my best option? -- Robin Stephenson Heat Oven To 350°F

Installation problems

Here is my problem, can anyone help? Having partitioned my hard disk, I've tried to install debian-linux from my dos partition and using floppies. Using the dos partition, I get to install the base system but I can't get the set-up program to find the base2_0.tgz file on my (windows 98)

Magic filter and page length

down the next sheet. I KNOW I'm being thick, but would some charitable soul tell me what I'm missing? Thanks, Rob = Robin Davis London, UK Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] CIS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ - http://www.mirabilis.com/1975851 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: modules

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: David B Wilson wrote: When I boot, there are complaints of unresolved symbols in modules such as ppp and pcmcia. This is with a recently compiled 2.0.30 kernel (and I did make modules and modules_install). Advice? Is there a way to get a

Re: Debian generic kernal w/umsdos?

with my custom kernal? How? Thanks. Robin === Robin Rowe, PM SAIC San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] 619-225-3107 RD in Internet video and speech recognition using Java and C++ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Debian generic kernal w/umsdos?

installed on another partition that is ext2, but am looking for a general procedure that won't require that. Is there a generic Debian kernal I can download with umsdos support, or is there some other procedure to allow me to install Debian directly on a dos partition? Thanks. Robin

Re: Debian generic kernal w/umsdos?

, only size. Was this a false claim? Robin I do not believe that there is a kernel with umsdos support compiled in. . . . The biggest question I have for you is Why do you want to run Linux on a umsdos partition? The performance penalty is going to be severe. Also I'm not sure that the DOS FAT

Re: MODule players

Well, porting over the digital mixer would be interesting, doable very quickly -- just don't cry when a 20 channel song brings your 486 to it's knees : (A 486dx-50 can sustain about 30 channels with all the asm code in place) I'm not expecting to play a 20 channel song though, maybe 16 at

Sound

Correct me modify as needed. :) Right, we appear to have sorted the modem, problem, thanks very much. The XFree86 problem still exists, but I'm working on that. The other problem I have currently is with sound. I have a Sound Blaster 16 which is usually on Address 220, IRQ 5, DMA's 1 5, 330

Re: XWindows .deb package for debian gnu linux

Greetings. If you get stuck, you could always try out a commercial program called Partition Magic that is supposed to fix up stuff like this - I have a copy of Partition Magic III for Win '95 that I've used to success in getting my copy of Linux on the road. When I found myself with 450

Modem

This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-) I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do but not much about why you're doing it. I'll work that all out with other FAQ's,

Re: Debian dselect question (solved)

Thanks! Problem solved. Trying the manual approach didn't work (dselect said the contrib directory didn't exist), but the soft links did work: mkdir /install ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8 /install/stable ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/contrib /install/contrib Robin There are two ways I can think

Best Debian CD?

Hi. How do I find out what Debian CD-ROM's are available? Is there an article somewhere that comparitively rates them? Thanks. Robin --- RD in Internet video and speech recognition using C++ and Java http://jumpsite.com San Diego, CA 619-457-1159 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Debian dselect question

. There is no 'stable' directory on my CD. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Robin --- RD in Internet video and speech recogition using C++ and Java http://jumpsite.com San Diego, CA 619-457-1159 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Re: Debian dselect question

loading dselect. How do I convince dselect I don't need the non-existant 'stable' directory on my CD-ROM? Robin On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:30:01 PST Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When I run dselect it asks me for the location of the Packages-Master file. I assume what it wants is /cdrom

debian newsgroup?

as a newsgroup or web archive? Thanks! Robin --- RD in Internet video and speech recogition using C++ and Java http://jumpsite.com San Diego, CA 619-457-1159 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Can't install cdu31a

and Win95. Now what? Robin --- RD in Internet video and speech recogition using C++ and Java http://jumpsite.com San Diego, CA 619-457-1159 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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