Re: Solved! Re: isdn4linux - dialling uses (my) local area code

2000-12-13 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Are you sure your isdn.conf is read when using isdnctrl dial ippp0? Positive. Remove whatever content you are assigning to AREACODE (i.e. so that the isdn.conf line just reads AREACODE= and you should see an error message in the log (proving that the file is being read - don't forget to

Re: isdn4linux - dialling uses (my) local area code

2000-12-12 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Gary Jones wrote: Here are the relevant parts of the config files: #isdn.conf [GLOBAL] COUNTRYPREFIX=+ AREAPREFIX=0 COUNTRYCODE=49 AREACODE=89 #device.ippp0 LOCALMSN=089***# my number REMOTEMSN=109000191799 # Viag Interkom LEADINGZERO='' # Have to use this here, otherwise the

path error using wine

2000-12-12 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
starting the windows calculator by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wine -winver win95 -desktop 640x480 /dos/windows/calc.exe results in : Could not stat /c, ignoring drive C: Invalid path 'c:\windows' for windows directory Perhaps you have not properly edited or created your Wine configuration file. This

looking for SCSI Domex DMX 1391D driver

2000-12-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
The Mustek SCSI scanner I use comes with a SCSI device called Domex DMX 1391D which has a chip denoted as DOMEX 536, sublined 9827. I had a look at the scsi low level drivers in the kernel 2.2.17 xconfig app, some denoted with 53 at the beginning but non which would really shout out - take me! I

Realplayer.deb for Netscape?

2000-12-04 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Realplayer is not included on Debian2.2 and every time a new and different package is installed, dpkg asks for a url to download the Real media files to fulfill broken dependancies. Which URL should I choose for a Realplayer.deb package - a package which I may install on other computers on my

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-30 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 04:38:09PM +0100, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: snipped stuff about linking /root/.Xauthority to ~user/.Xauthority No! Don't do this! By doing so you are lowering the security level of your machine down to your user account. It's bad

Re: configuring the kernel

2000-11-30 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Nate Amsden wrote: ip forwarding is not in the kernel config. do echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to turn it on, replace the 1 with a 0 to turn it off. it can be done on the fly. in kernel 2.0 it was a kernel config option ... Yes, I just recently compiled a 2.0.38 kernel and was

Re: configuring the kernel

2000-11-30 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Salman Ahmed wrote: rwl It would be rather helpful to edit /etc/sysctl.conf with rwl net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 as another user recommended. rwl More than one way to skin a cat. You can also edit /etc/network/options, and make sure that ip_forward=yes Now thats what I call a

nfs problems - read/write, restarting nfs_damon

2000-11-30 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
two linux boxes are connected via nfs to each other: MINI (kernel_2.2.17) -- GOOFY (kernel_2.0.38) the /etc/exports on GOOFY: /home/rland MINI(rw) After rebooting I do a MINI:/home/rland# mount -t nfs GOOFY:/home/rland ./testdir after this ./testdir changes from: drwxr-sr-x2

Re: nfs problems - read/write, restarting nfs_damon

2000-11-30 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Robert Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 30 November 2000 12:07, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: two linux boxes are connected via nfs to each other: MINI (kernel_2.2.17) -- GOOFY (kernel_2.0.38) the /etc/exports on GOOFY: /home/rland MINI(rw) After rebooting I

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Noah L. Meyerhans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 07:20:37PM +0100, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: As root in root's home directory, make .Xauthority a symbolic link to your normal user's .Xauthority file (or set the XAUTHORITY environment variable to the location

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Carel Fellinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 07:20:37PM +0100, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: ... Nevertheless I tried to use ssh on the local mashine called MINI while logged in as user rland and using one of the xterm's: ssh -l root MINI - the system then prompts me

Re: Debian Centralized Management

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Pere Camps wrote: Hi! I looking for a package/program/whatever that it will allow me to manage many Debian boxes remotely and centrally. Somewhere I could say: install this package on all the systems with only one command. Or a centralized view of dselect, etc... Also, any good

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Karsten wrote: Linking files under /root to normal user files is, in general, a Bad Thing[tm]. Instead, do this the right way, running as root: xauth -merge ~/my user id/.Xauthority You'll have to re-run this when updating your user xauth key, but this generally happens rarely. my

/etc/init.d/isdnutils restart - fails

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I'm having quite the same problems as Gary on this list when doing a /etc/init.d/isdnutils restart. My brandnew Potato installation remarks: Starting isdn services : interfacesippp0: Invalid argument ipppd iprofdSorry - isdnPPP driver version 0.0.0 is out of date. Maybe ippp0 has no 'syncppp'

Re: Access under Linux

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Adrian Nims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you know if there is wrote an Access (Wind 98) under Linux ? Exist a program who can read .mdb (access) files ? You might have a look at wine. As far as I'm concerned the most win16 and many win32(s) apps are supported by now. Have a look at the

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Robert L. Harris wrote: Yes you need to restart it. The command would be to run the sshd start from your init. This SHOULD be either: /etc/init.d/sshd restart or /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart depending on your system. You will then need to re-login. this worked :

Re: ssh authentication

2000-11-28 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin Watson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: logged as a normal user I would like to open up X-apps requiring root permissions. As root in root's home directory, make .Xauthority a symbolic link to your normal user's .Xauthority file (or set the XAUTHORITY environment variable to the

configuring the kernel

2000-11-28 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I'm searching for the IP_forwarding option in make xconfig to build up a new 2.2.17 kernel. The menu contains some IP forwarding experimental options, but I guess that is not what I would like to have. This mashine is supposed to enable other clients (on different C-class subnets) to access the

isdn4k-utils - make config problems

2000-11-23 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I'm experiencing a quite ridiculous problem in running make config for preparing to install the isdn4k-utils: When you run make config you get a ascii menu. The second sub menu is displayed as General Configurations which is again splitted up to several other sub menus. The first one out of

Re: GnomeCAD ?

2000-11-21 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Esteves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been doing some websearching for Linux CAD programs, with the intent of participating in their development/usage. I've come across this interesting aplication for Gnome: GnomeCAD The web page: http://gaztelan.bi.ehu.es/~inigo/gcad/ Does anyone know if

Re: Debian + isdn = ? (a waste of time, so far!)

2000-11-21 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which I presume to be what is required. Do I also need to build in the PPP and/or SLIP stuff? I've tried it both building it in and not building it in. Whatever I do, I get the following message at the end of the startup sequence: Sorry - isdnPPP driver version

Re: Debian + isdn = ? (a waste of time, so far!)

2000-11-21 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me it occurs on startup of the system, its about the last message before the login prompt. Can you let me know if your upgrade works, please? If so I'll just put it down to 'one of those things' and d/l a new version. Gary, I was told to use the latest

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-21 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Stefan Janecek wrote: uh,uh. things start getting complicated, especially because i missed the beginning of the thread. from what i can figure out, your configuration is the following: GOOFY (192.168.1.1)eth0 eth1(192.168.2.1)

recommended TV/radio cards for potato

2000-11-21 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly share his experiences in using a combo TV/radio card on Deb 2.2.17? Having a look on the internet I found the two cards at reasonable prices: 1.) Hauppauge WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio-Karte PCI Mono/Stereo 2.) Terratec Terra TV Radio+ TV/Radio-Karte PCI Stereo Which one

Re: DMODVERSIONS causing a lot of problems

2000-11-20 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin Watson wrote: Ah, no - you want the 'gawk' package itself. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -p gawk Package: gawk Priority: optional Section: interpreters Installed-Size: 708 Maintainer: James Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: i386 Version: 1:3.0.4-4 [...] I'm not sure why

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-17 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Robert wrote: If your problem is that name service isn't working (despite the hosts file), it could be that Goofy is trying to find mini and mickey on the internet, where they are not visible. I suggest not using a valid internet domain. I'd suggest orion.home or something more creative.

Re: DMODVERSIONS causing a lot of problems

2000-11-17 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin, the make procedure fails on the command gawk: Change this to: install: compile mv -f $(CONF) $(CONF).old gawk -f mod_conf $(CONF).old $(CONF) #!!! echo alias sound $(NAME) $(CONF) echo alias midi $(NAME) $(CONF)

Re: emacs without backup option

2000-11-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Jay Ford wrote: Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other file? Put the following in ~/.emacs: (setq make-backup-files nil) ; Never create backup files It works for me. Just tested it -

Re: DMODVERSIONS causing a lot of problems

2000-11-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin wrote: After not getting the aureal sound driver to install, I'm so unsure about enabling or disabling this feature the next time I have to build a new kernel. Most astonishing is the first output of make: make install AUCHIP=AU8820 make[1]: Entering directory

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Robert Guthrie wrote: If you could give an example (including ascii diagrams) of what you're trying to accomplish, and and explanation of what advantage you hope to get from that setup, maybe we can get closer to understanding what you really want to do. I don't think I'm really qualified to

Re: DMODVERSIONS causing a lot of problems

2000-11-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin, thanks for the very very quick answer! CONF = $(wildcard /etc/modules.conf) [...] install: compile mv -f $(CONF) $(CONF).old gawk -f mod_conf $(CONF).old $(CONF) echo alias sound $(NAME) $(CONF) echo alias midi $(NAME) $(CONF) Beware; this probably won't

emacs without backup option

2000-11-15 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Does someone know which option is regarded to avoid emacs from imediately creating a backup file by opening a new or any other file? I did read the man page, but unfortunatly was not able to find the appropiate parameter. Robert

DMODVERSIONS causing a lot of problems

2000-11-15 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly clarify the aspects of the DMODVERSIONS flag in the kernel makefile? After not getting the aureal sound driver to install, I'm so unsure about enabling or disabling this feature the next time I have to build a new kernel. Most astonishing is the first output of make: make

ssh authentication

2000-11-15 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
logged as a normal user I would like to open up X-apps requiring root permissions. I was told on this list to use ssh by ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] and creating ~/.ssh/config with the contents: Host localhost User root Compression no I did so and ssh asked for a password. The usual root password was

compiling aureal sounddriver

2000-11-14 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
After finaly finding a sounddriver for the Sonic Imapct card on sourcefourge I tried a make install20 in the aureal directory which should be appropiate after having a look at the soundchip. The compiling and module installation failed after a long list of warnings. Unfortunatly the make

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-10 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Stefan Janecek wrote: Mostly, I just share home out so that I have the same www bookmarks, same mail folders, and same custom scripts (under ~/bin) available to me. There are lots of issues when you do this kind of thing, though (you have to make sure your /etc/group and /etc/passwd

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-10 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Robert Guthrie wrote: Okay, this I know about: On an ethernet network every packet of information that is transmitted by a computer is visible to all NICs on the network. For a NIC to actually accept a packet for it's machine, the packet must be addressed to that NIC's MAC address (the

Re: setting line breaks higher

2000-11-10 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Eric wrote: On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:29:00PM +0100, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: Which file is responseble for breaking lines in the bash(xterm)? I have looked for a sample.bashrc or anything simular (some distributions provide a sample file for a variaty of programs where you only have

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-10 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Andrew wrote: Something must have gone wrong because the system now complains about unresoloved symboles after the phrase calculating module dependancies. This often happens - did you rm all the old modules first? I know this is a little risky, so you probably should take the system

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-10 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I had written: Even more badly, I mv'd all modules in /lib to my ~/ directory expecting the OS still to work assuming all relevant OS routines are located in RAM. Bad idea - no 'cp', no 'mv' , no nothing, the system is completely useless. I guess if I'm not able to get a small linux system

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-09 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
John wrote: Ok ill have a go, I think its something like this :) ? for each IP number bound to each NIC a route is set up in the routing table to tell the OS what to do with specific IP numbers ie if NIC1=192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 and NIC2=192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 then routes

Re: subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-09 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
. robert_wilhelm_land wrote: Would someone kindly help me in understanding why I cannot configure two ethernet cards using the same subnet but different IP's on one mashine? In this case I would like to setup a linux server for a smb-win32 and a nfs-nfs connection (in all 3

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-08 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Andrei Pelinescu - Onciul wrote: make clean make oldconfig dep bzImage and bzImage is in arch/i386/boot/bzImage. How exactly did you try to build your kernel? Did you get any error message? The kernel build process has nothing to do with Debian or any other distribution. It just needs

subnets 2 NICS in a mashine

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly help me in understanding why I cannot configure two ethernet cards using the same subnet but different IP's on one mashine? In this case I would like to setup a linux server for a smb-win32 and a nfs-nfs connection (in all 3 mashines) Any short comment is appreciated Robert

setting line breaks higher

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Which file is responseble for breaking lines in the bash(xterm)? I have looked for a sample.bashrc or anything simular (some distributions provide a sample file for a variaty of programs where you only have to remove the comments), but I cannot find anything simular on my deb2.2. Afterall - which

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
However, if you use make-kpkg to create your kernel package, you should find the *.deb file in the parent directory to the linux source. Good Luck! Oh my dear - what has happened! I thought the inquiry was very clear, this has nothing to do with package installing! Of course I

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: Of course I installed all neccessary src's, how would I've launched make xconfig without doing this first? Nobody said otherwise. The kernel compiled without any errors - but which file is the correct one

Re: T-Online Software for Linux?

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Thorsten wrote: Is there a software to access the german T-Online (formerly BTX) under Linux? I know how to use PPP (Internet) via T-Online and Linux, but the official decoder supplied by the Telekom is Windows. It's however needed for doing the telebanking stuff more securely, since it is a

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Carel Fellinger wrote: Hai Robert Wilhelm, I think we have a communication problem here, so let's at both sides try to be more explicit and maybe a little more informative:) Thanks for your patience, Carel. No, it is a three step process. 0) get the kernel source and apply all the

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
brian moore wrote: Thats a nice and short explaination - thank you very much! I guess 2a includes make modules_install and mv's the system.map to the appropiate place? Yes, it does. Just got a message from another deb user - it didn't. and I would really like to understand why the

Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Andrei Pelinescu - Onciul wrote: robert_wilhelm_land wrote: [...] As far as I'm concerned most distributions and README's recommend to create a linux/ dir as a sub of src/ and I did so. In the end this makes up: /usr/src/linux/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot - after x-tar'ing

compiling Realtek into kernel

2000-11-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Make xconfig greyed the Realtek driver 8139 selection out although 10/100 ethernet support has been selected. I played a bit with selecting other options but never managed to get the Realtek driver option active! This is even more mysterious since this mashine has this ethernet card installed and

soundcore module

2000-11-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
What is the soundlow the soundcore used for? I'm just trying to get my Sonic Impact to work (which should be a OSS card) and cannot find any of the below modules in 'make xconfig'. The present deb 2.2 has both modules loaded but I have no idea what they are used for. The installation routine (by

Re: compiling Realtek into kernel

2000-11-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Christoph Simon wrote: RealTek cards come under lots of brands. The best advice I have for you is to leave them alone! I had two of them in my box which started crashing every few hours. I see them in the networks round there, and they give you permanent troubles. Try to change them as soon

cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling

2000-11-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Just rebuilt my first 2.2.17 kernel, unfortunatly I'm not able to find the kernelimage(!) The readme reports to look at /usr/src/././arch/i386/boot/ but _this_ zImage is a binary only of 25xx bytes! There's one vmlinux at /usr/src/././arch/i386/boot/compressed/ in 0.6MB size - quite contrary to

ls -R | grep char_string

2000-10-29 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I would like to search all files in the current und subdirs for a char_string. Why does this commandstring not work?: ls -R | grep char_string No error , no nothing - although this certain char_string is in a simple ASCII text file! Robert

Re: dpkg and dependecies

2000-10-26 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Joseph Holland King wrote: is there anyway to get dpkg or even apt-get to reslove dependencies while installing? for some reason (i think i missed something during the install) my system is missing a large amount of needed programs and libraries, such that anytime i try to install a program i

Re: Sound on Diamond Sonic Impact, searching for a appropiate module

2000-10-26 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Andrew Sullivan wrote: Sound refuses to work although adding user rland to group audio You shoudl start, first, to see if you can get things working as root. Then, at least, you know it's not a permissions problem. I normally do not advocate doing things as root, but attempting to get

command tree and depmode returnes in unknowm + verifing packages

2000-10-26 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
The Debian2.2 system I recently installed does not accept the command tree and depmode. I tried searching by: MINI:~# dpkg -l modutils Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/

Re: Sound on Diamond Sonic Impact, searching for a appropiatemodule

2000-10-26 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Andrew Sullivan wrote: No, no, the OSS drivers do not have OSS in them. I'm sorry that I can't be more help (as I said, I use ALSA instead), but you need to find out what the module for your card is. It likely has some sort-of short version of the chipset name on it. (You really need

Re: Voodoo 3 2000

2000-10-25 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Juergen Fiedler wrote: I think I know that one: XFree 4.0.x didn't make it onto the CD's. I'm using it on my laptop (ATI Mach 64 LE) and it works quite nicely. I get it via apt-get with the following sources: deb http://samosa.debian.org/%7Ebranden/ woody/$(ARCH)/ deb-src

Re: Voodoo 3 2000

2000-10-25 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Colin Watson wrote: Juergen Fiedler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first time I tried to install Debian on that machine, I installed the base system from floppies. Then, when I tried to install X by issuing an 'apt-get install task-x-window-system', I got an internal error after downloading the

Re: a whole bunch of questions

2000-10-25 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
No one able to help me in my posting a whole bunch of questions ? Hopefuly waitung for some help Robert

Sound on Diamond Sonic Impact

2000-10-25 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
The SuSe DB states that the Sonic Impact should work with the OSS module - in spite of the supported hardware HOWTO. Sound refuses to work although adding user rland to group audio, in fact the sound card output channel should make the boxes at least do some noise as just tested on the other PC -

Re: a whole bunch of questions

2000-10-24 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Thanks to all trying to help me. Sound refuses to work although adding user rland to group audio, in fact the sound card output channel should make the boxes at least do some noise as just tested on the other PC -t doesn't. Does lsmod help tp clarify: MINI:/home/rland# lsmod Module

Re: Voodoo 3 2000

2000-10-24 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
The first time I tried to install Debian on that machine, I installed the base system from floppies. Then, when I tried to install X by issuing an 'apt-get install task-x-window-system', I got an internal error after downloading the necessary files (if I was still at a download speed

Re: Which are the packages for Navigator ?

2000-10-24 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Ezequiel Reyes wrote: chance to download the other two CDs, so I tried searching for the netscape navigator packages in the Debian site (I just want the web browser, not the entire comunicator suite), but I get a large list of packages in the resulting search page including the word navigator

Re: network config

2000-10-23 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Ethan Benson wrote: yup dhcp sucks, for potato configure your interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces Does this relate to the current deb2.2 distribution? Robert

a whole bunch of questions

2000-10-23 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
When trying to start emacs out of a xterm with su permissions the system complaines: MINI:/home/rland# emacs Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0. Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.

ISDN and routing problems

2000-10-19 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I'm having trouble with adapting the ISDN device to a 2.0.38 system. A helpful person told me that the routing table lacks of some information but he couldn't help me further. The kernel correctly detects the AVM ISDN PCI device . Hoping that Debian users have more knowledge in system internals

2.2 - install - cdrom_module

2000-10-19 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
I'm just in the procedure of installing potato on a virgin system. Everything seems to be ok, I'm just unsure when it comes to choose the appropiate modules. This box has a ATAPI CDROM which is currently used by the debian boot/install procedure. What are all those cdrom devices in the modules

Re: ISDN and routing problems

2000-10-19 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Phil wrote: GOOFY:[rland] #route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0255.255.255.0 U 0 03 eth0 127.0.0.00.0.0.0255.0.0.0 U 0 02 lo Would someone

Re: 2.2 - install - cdrom_module

2000-10-19 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Thanks to Gustavo for informing me to skip the cdrom_modules section. But I have done something foolish. After 2.2 prompted me to reboot the system )I have done something kompletely wrong: I had forgotten the bootsequence A,cdrom,hda and not noticing the same questions as before - answered them

Re: update 2.0.35 - 2.0.38

2000-10-17 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Dwight Johnson wrote: Would someone kindly help in understanding all those new files after launching make zImage? They are artifacts of the kernel compile and link. In /usr/src/linux/ a vmlinux exe file, ~1,2 MB large. In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ a zImage with -rw-.. and 0.5MB

update 2.0.35 - 2.0.38

2000-10-16 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly help in understanding all those new files after launching make zImage? This is a old system going from 2.035 to 2.0.38 and it is the first time I ever altered a system so deeply. This is what I got after compiling: In /usr/src/linux/ a vmlinux exe file, ~1,2 MB large. In

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Ethan Benson wrote: how can I search for filenames which only differ in upper lowercase letters? Something in the kind of: find path -name syncppp ...but should be able to find Syncpp (even if it doesn't exist in reality) find path -iname syncppp read the find man page, man

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
will trillich wrote: i keep forgetting about xargs. very clever gizmo! to sort the output by date, it's rather simple: locate path-match-string | xargs ls -dlt the -d is so directoriy contents wouldn't be listed, only the directory item itself; -l says 'gimme a long listing' and -t

Re: general linux questions

2000-10-06 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Phil Brutsche wrote: Use a regular expression: find path -name [Ss]yncpp The one Ethan Benson suggested is actually what I looked for, unfortunaty the man page on my system ('98) does not contain this option. can I generaly launch startx out of 3 terminals and keep them all up at the

general linux questions

2000-10-05 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Would someone kindly help in the following questions? how can I search for filenames which only differ in upper lowercase letters? Something in the kind of: find path -name syncppp ...but should be able to find Syncpp (even if it doesn't exist in reality) When searching for filenames using

No hardwarelist for Debian?

2000-09-12 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
Hi! - is there a Debian hardware compatibility list on web to check on which the Debian distribution has been tested? Having no experience with Debian (not yet owning one either) and after failing to find such a list at debian.org I get the impression that Debian installers have to look at

testmail

2000-09-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
test for mailserver failure

Re: testmail

2000-09-07 Thread robert_wilhelm_land
ok -it works