Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Carsten Wenske
Hallo Christian, CK Nullmodemkabel auf ttyS0 und pppd. hab ich auch schon dran gedacht, habe aber leider kein solches Kabel :-/ gibt es nicht sowas wie fortgesetzte .zip archive auch unter linux? -- greetz, Carsten mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Knoke
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 05:00:11PM +0100, Carsten Wenske wrote: Nein ich habe kein CD-Rom in dem Teil und auch keine Netzwerkkarte, das macht die Sache natürlich nicht gerade einfacher ;) Denn ich kann das Paket xbase (2MB) nich so ohne weiteres in die Kiste reinbekommen :-/ Bin für

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Carsten Wenske
Hallo Christian, CK Nullmodemkabel auf ttyS0 und pppd. hab ich auch schon dran gedacht, habe aber leider kein solches Kabel :-/ gibt es nicht sowas wie fortgesetzte .zip archive auch unter linux? -- greetz, Carsten mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Carsten Wenske
Hallo frank, fp mit 'split' kannst du urspruenglichen dateien auseinandernehmen, und fp mit 'cat' wieder zusammenfuegen. genau sowas hab ich gesucht, Danke!! -- greetz, Carsten mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re[2]: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Carsten Wenske
Hallo Hans, Am Thursday, February 26, 2004, 7:06:03 PM, schriebst Du: HGK Es fehlt dir die Linux XFree86 HOWTO HGK zu beziehen bei http://www.debian.org nicht nur Die hat gefehlt sondern Hauptsächlich das Paket x-base. Das habe ich jetzt aber dank split/cat installieren können. Das XFree86

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Jan Lühr
ja hallo erstmal,... Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2004 17:51 schrieb Carsten Wenske: Hallo Christian, CK Nullmodemkabel auf ttyS0 und pppd. hab ich auch schon dran gedacht, habe aber leider kein solches Kabel :-/ gibt es nicht sowas wie fortgesetzte .zip archive auch unter linux? tar

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Dirk Salva
Hallo Carsten, CK Nullmodemkabel auf ttyS0 und pppd. hab ich auch schon dran gedacht, habe aber leider kein solches Kabel :-/ Das ist aber nicht wirklich schwierig herzustellen. Du kaufst Dir einfach ein relativ dickes Kabel (die sind meist voll belegt), kneifst an einem Ende den

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread Hans Georg Keller
Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2004 17:00 schrieb Carsten Wenske: Hallo liebe Leute, Ich versuche seit gestern ein lauffähiges Debian 1.3 + X auf einem Compaq Contura 430cx (486/100 8MB) zu installieren. Allerdings bekomme ich keinen Windowmanager zum laufen. xserver läuft schon und fvwm2

Re: Debian 1.3 mit X auf Uralt-Laptop installieren?

2004-02-26 Thread frank paulsen
Carsten Wenske [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gibt es nicht sowas wie fortgesetzte .zip archive auch unter linux? mit 'split' kannst du urspruenglichen dateien auseinandernehmen, und mit 'cat' wieder zusammenfuegen. -- frobnicate foo -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ):

Re: pppoe in a debian 1.3

2002-03-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
to install pppoe on a debian 1.3 ? You would have to back port the ppp changes in the kernel and the pppd package. Does not look like an easy task unless you know the kernel pretty well. May be time for a new router )-: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

pppoe in a debian 1.3

2002-03-24 Thread Romuald PERINELLE
I have a local network at home and an ADSL connexion. I would like to install my linux box as a firewall for my network. Unfortunately I can't upgrade my debian version (1.3) because of compatibility reasons with my hardware and my bios. Is there a way to install pppoe on a debian 1.3 ? Romuald

IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I have been reading much information about the Thinkpad 560 and linux, but have not come across anything that relates to MY problem. This is my first attempt to install linux ever. I only have a 1.3 debian distribution on CD, from Boot magazine, from 1996. It may be that this version

re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Koyote
This is my first attempt to install linux ever. I only have a 1.3 debian distribution on CD, from Boot magazine, from 1996. It may be that this version will never run on my system, or perhaps someone out there can help me. The kernel is 2.0.29_2.0.29-7 You may want to make a set of floppy

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
of the standard install disks (I'm not sure if this was true for Debian 1.3, but it is true for 2.0 and beyond for certain.) Any and all help is greatly appreciated, I really want to run linux! I have a 2.1G drive, that I partitioned with DOS fdisk, to have 1G, 900M, and 112M. I hope to leave

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Pollywog
for Debian 1.3, but it is true for 2.0 and beyond for certain.) That is what I use on my 560, the Tecra rescue disk. With the regular rescue disk, the machine just goes into an endless loop of reboots. Also, don't use bzImage, just zImage will work. -- Andrew

Debian 1.3 and Y2K compliance

1999-05-21 Thread Richard . Heggs
if vanilla Debian 1.3 is year 2000 compliant. If not, which version should we upgrade to? Any advice will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance Richard

Re: Debian 1.3 and Y2K compliance

1999-05-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 13:28:47 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My company has just discovered that one of our branches is running Debian version 1.3. The company is quite happy for them to do so, but needs to know if vanilla Debian 1.3 is year 2000 compliant. For general information

Debian 1.3 vs. 2.x

1999-04-20 Thread jvicente
Alguien me explicaría las principales diferencias entre las dos versiones? Tengo instalada la 1.3, y estoy evaluando la posibilidad de cambiar a 2.x. Lo que no sé es si hay algún cambio significativo que justifique la actualización. Ya sé confirmo la aparición de la versión 2.1 en Linux Actual?

Re: Debian 1.3 vs. 2.x

1999-04-20 Thread Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a
Ummm... para ver las principales diferencias te recomiendo http://www.openresources.com/es/magazine/debian-21/index.html On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 09:56:07AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alguien me explicaría las principales diferencias entre las dos versiones? Tengo instalada la

Re: Debian 1.3 vs. 2.x

1999-04-20 Thread Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez
On mar, abr 20, 1999 at 09:56:07 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alguien me explicaría las principales diferencias entre las dos versiones? Tengo instalada la 1.3, y estoy evaluando la posibilidad de cambiar a 2.x. Lo que no sé es si hay algún cambio significativo que justifique la

Re: Debian 1.3 vs. 2.x

1999-04-20 Thread Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez
On mar, abr 20, 1999 at 03:34:55 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: libc5 a libc6 (o glibc)... más que de sobra para justificar el cambio :-DD Luego, mogollón más de paquetes, mejoras en la instalación... pero lo importante es lo que te he dicho antes. Pero esa librería no se puede actualizar

Re: Debian 1.3 vs. 2.x

1999-04-20 Thread jvicente
Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable libc5 a libc6 (o glibc)... m=E1s que de sobra para justificar el cam= bio :-DD Luego, mogoll=F3n m=E1s de paquetes, mejoras en la instalaci=F3n...= pero lo importante es lo que te he dicho antes.

SVGA server for Debian 1.3?

1999-03-10 Thread Olof Oberg
Hi, where can I find the SVGA server for Debian 1.3? I have only found libc6 based binaries. Would be very happy if I could get hold of the old binaries. /mill -- # # S-mail: Olof Oberg # [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3

1998-09-02 Thread shaul
install. So I am trying new things. I am using Debian 1.3. X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server errors. PPP won't work. I am using the same PPP scripts that worked with both Re dHat

X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3

1998-08-31 Thread Marcus Johnson
is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am using Debian 1.3. X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server errors. PPP won't work. I am using the same PPP scripts that worked with both

recopying the base system file for Debian 1.3

1998-08-02 Thread Keith
or Elm. I think that some of my system is missing and was wondering if there is an easy way to reinstall all the base system files without screwing up my system. I am running Debian 1.3 and would like to some day run 2.0, but I don't want to do anything serious like that until I get my system in order

Re: Debian 1.3 libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Carl Fink
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shaleh wrote: We have done all the work needed to support libc6 for you. Please do not make yourself go through more hassle than needed. apt has a upgrade feature which will update your system. We also have an autoup.sh script on the ftp site which will update for

Re: Debian 1.3 libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Shaleh
Apt is in slink, we can not put it in stable. Autoup.sh apparently still has a flake now and then. There is a howto in the hamm directory (I believe) which tells you step by step how and what to update by hand. This is how I and many others do it. Once you update the 5 or so needed packages,

Re: Debian 1.3 libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shaleh wrote: We have done all the work needed to support libc6 for you. Please do This stuff always seems odd to me. Has autoup stopped killing people's systems? Yup, I've upgraded lots of systems

Debian 1.3 libc6

1998-07-22 Thread George Brink
I have now Debian 1.3 and I want to install a libc6 manualy. Can anybody describe me how to do it? I try to install glibc-2.0.6, and don't receive any error message while compiling and installing, but no one programes can found libc.so.6 and other. Need I to delete bad library first

Re: Debian 1.3 libc6

1998-07-22 Thread Shaleh
now Debian 1.3 and I want to install a libc6 manualy. Can anybody describe me how to do it? I try to install glibc-2.0.6, and don't receive any error message while compiling and installing, but no one programes can found libc.so.6 and other. Need I to delete bad library first

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Nathan E Norman wrote: On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. : : When I'm booting the root.bin, I see this on the screen: : In swapper task - not syncing. You need a different rescue disk kernel. Compile

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-15 Thread Michael B. Taylor
the rest of the 2.0 installation set and install hamm. Mike On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:37:15PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. Hardware: VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios AHA2842B controller with bios

Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-14 Thread gzp
Hello all! I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. Hardware: VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios AHA2842B controller with bios enabled Quantum ProDrive LPS 270 MB Sony CDU 76S When I'm booting the root.bin, I see this on the screen: scsi0: AHA284x/ ... 4.0/3.2

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Hello all! : : I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. : : Hardware: : VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios : AHA2842B controller with bios enabled : Quantum ProDrive LPS 270 MB : Sony CDU 76S : : When I'm booting

Adaptec 3940/3940W for standard Debian 1.3 install?

1998-07-11 Thread Chris Evans
drives recognised and reformatted OK had been converted to FAT when I was getting enough DOS access to the CDROM to start the install off. 2) That Debian 1.3 default SCSI drivers don't work correctly (perhaps I have to tell them something as a command line parameter?) with the 3940/3940W second

Re: Adaptec 3940/3940W for standard Debian 1.3 install?

1998-07-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
software doesn't like : partition information left by NT and those drives were still NTFS : formatted whereas the two drives recognised and reformatted OK : had been converted to FAT when I was getting enough DOS : access to the CDROM to start the install off. Nope, see above :) : 2) That Debian

installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread scott hussey
I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, pppd

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread John Kloss
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread john
John Kloss writes: I have been told that /dev/cua# is deprecated and that docs using /dev/cua# are out of date... Yes. They will disappear soon. I'm pretty sure that /dev/modem is just a symbolic link.. Yes. It's always a symbolic link. so to make /dev/modem type ln -s /dev/ttyS2

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread Ed Cogburn
scott hussey wrote: I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a

HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Wojciech Marek Zabolotny
Hi All! I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick = 3.8.2 The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version, which I've found in hamm distribution uses

Re: HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Wojciech Marek Zabolotny wrote: I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick = 3.8.2 The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version,

Re: HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade
in bo (Debian 1.3.r6) Resent-Date: 17 Jun 1998 08:01:33 - Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Hi All! I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick = 3.8.2

Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-16 Thread Wojciech Marek Zabolotny
Hi All! Does anybody used successfully the -draw command with the convert program available in ImageMagick in bo distribution? The only graphic primitive it accepts is circle. When I type: convert -pen red -draw circle 5,5 10,10 image.gif im2.gif everything works fine, but when I

IP Masquerading - getting ipfwadm: setsockopt failed .... Is Debian 1.3 (bo) compiled with IP-masquerading?

1998-05-10 Thread Milan Zimmermann
I am wondering, is the default kernel from 386-binary(bo) compiled with Masquerading? I do not know if that is my problem, but whenever I try to use the ipfwadm command (with [hopefully] valid switches) I always get a message ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available Thanks, Milan --

package sendmail 8.8.8 for debian 1.3 ???

1998-04-22 Thread Nicolas Weinachter
Is there any package sendmail8.8.8 for debian 1.3 ??? -- Nicolas Weinachter -- EXTERN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing Debian 1.3 on AHA-2940

1998-02-15 Thread csiga
I tried it in two different ways, and I didn't manage to do it. The first: Booting from cdrom or rescue floppy. It died during the scsi initialization, right after the md driver. The second : I borrowed a zImage, made by Slackware, specifically for AHA 2940, and I started with loadlin--

debian 1.3 3c905 boomerang

1998-02-02 Thread Maurizio Marini
Hi, I've just installed a debian 1.3, and booting with boot disk eth0 3c905 is not recognized. So installed with dselect 2.0.30 kernel image and i copie it onto the boot floppy. Nothing changed. The strange thing, is that i've already installe debian 1.3 on e pc with 3c905. this is the dmesg

Re: debian 1.3 3c905 boomerang

1998-02-02 Thread Joost Kooij
On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Maurizio Marini wrote: Hi, I've just installed a debian 1.3, and booting with boot disk eth0 3c905 is not recognized. So installed with dselect 2.0.30 kernel image and i copie it onto the boot floppy. Nothing changed. The strange thing, is that i've already installe

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Adam Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN. The NIC is 3com Etherlink XL 100baseTX (running as 10BaseT). We normally attach to a Windows NT 4.0 server. I

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread bhmit1
[ please hit the enter key every 75 char's or so. You're email program doesn't seem to do this for you. ] On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Adam Greene wrote: Hello, I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN.

Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-12 Thread Adam Greene
Hello, I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN. The NIC is 3com Etherlink XL 100baseTX (running as 10BaseT). We normally attach to a Windows NT 4.0 server. I installed Linux, took the information

problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread David Konerding
Dear Fellow Debian Users: (let me know if I've posted this to the wrong place; I don't think it's a Debian bug per-se, but a local installation problem I can't solve). I'm running Debian-1.3 on two machines, my home computer and my work computer. My home computer runs man just fine, but on my

Re: problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread hawk
Dear Fellow Debian Users: (let me know if I've posted this to the wrong place; I don't think it's a Debian bug per-se, but a local installation problem I can't solve). I'm running Debian-1.3 on two machines, my home computer and my work computer. My home computer runs man just fine

Re: problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Are you using bash as your shell and have 'set -a' in /etc/profile or in any of your bash startup files? If so, try removing 'set -a' or running man under some other shell. Bash hanging with man when 'set -a' was in use was reported as bug #8390 during last summer. // Heikki -- Heikki

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-07 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: John, On the IBM thinkpad 760, you must use the tecra boot disk in the special directory, and not the standard bootdisk. If you build your own kernel, you must build it with 'make zimage' and not 'make bzimage'.

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread bhmit1
If the thinkpad problem persist, try the tecra bootdisk (in the special directory I think). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread Steve Hsieh
discovered, is to use loadlin to boot from DOS. Steve On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, LKloss wrote: attempts to install debian 1.3 and always the same problem. On reboot the system hangs at LILO loading linux So the two main things here 1) I cannot install linux without first booting a DOS

debian 1.3 on digital hinote ultra 2?

1998-01-02 Thread Sen Nagata
hello, has anyone had any success installing debian 1.3 on a dec ultra hinote 2 latop? trying to install w/ the vanilla installation disks left me without pcmcia access (and hence no ethernet support in my case). could it be that the tecra disks should be used for the hinote as well

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Have you tried useing the tecra boot disks ... you might try these boot disk ... try installing from there as it will add that kernel to the hard drive ... I think that the tecra boot disks are made for the Laptops that can't handle BzImages I think they can be found in the /disks directory

debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread LKloss
I recently bought the debian 1.3 cd's and an IBM thinkpad 760xl. The IBM came with windows NT preinstalled. I have a 2.1Gig HD which I repartitioned into two gig partitions using fips.exe. That worked fine. My NT partition was booting fine (first partition) until I tried to install linux. I made

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 01 Jan 1998 04:35:24 EST, LKloss wrote: I recently bought the debian 1.3 cd's and an IBM thinkpad 760xl. The IBM came with windows NT preinstalled. I have a 2.1Gig HD which I repartitioned into two gig partitions using fips.exe. That worked fine. My NT partition was booting fine

Fwd: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread LKloss
---BeginMessage--- ---BeginMessage--- Let me be a bit more specific ... I no longer have NT on the machine. I formatted the whole disk in disgust. So lets just assume that currently I have nothing on the machine. I made the debian 1.3 floppies on a machine with a CD-Rom drive and DOS command

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 01 Jan 1998 14:14:13 EST, LKloss wrote: [..proper pre-install procedure snipped..] Now, first problem. I take the boot-rescue disk, put it in the disk drive, reboot the system, get a message from debian giving me various help screens, and then the boot: prompt. So I press return and

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups.

1997-12-14 Thread Kevin Buhr
Pedro Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, when user-name logs in and types groups he gets, $ groups user-name dialout Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to my surprise groups always returns the same two groups! My first guess would be that

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups.

1997-12-12 Thread Joey Hess
Pedro Sanchez wrote: After this, /etc/group is ok, with user-name added where appropriate. However, when user-name logs in and types groups he gets, $ groups user-name dialout Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to my surprise groups always returns the

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups.

1997-12-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Dec 11, 1997 at 07:18:16PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to my surprise groups always returns the same two groups! Odd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/groups joey dialout cdrom floppy tape dos users pub network Were you

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups.

1997-12-12 Thread Pedro Sanchez
That's it. I have to logout and login again for the new groups to take effect. I wasn't using X, just the console. Thank you for your answers. P. Sanchez -- In message Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups., [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Dec 11, 1997 at 07:18:16PM -0500, Joey Hess

Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 groups.

1997-12-11 Thread Pedro Sanchez
Hello, I have a fresh Debian 1.3 minimal installation, just the base packages and two or three more. As root I do # addgroup user-name dialout -- user user-name added to group dialout # addgroup user-name dip -- user user-name added to group dip After this, /etc/group is ok, with user-name

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread Gertjan Klein
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, the thought here is that if a partition is a primary Linux partition rather than a Linux partition sitting in a DOS extended partition, perhaps a virus looking for DOS partitions will leave the LINUX partitions alone. Whereas, viruses would recognise the

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread tko
the extended partition as a DOS partition and reek havoc on the DOS, thus trashing any Linux partition residing within. Thus a rescue floppy might allow you to at least recover Linux. Any thoughts on this? -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, the thought here is that if a partition is a primary Linux partition rather than a Linux partition sitting in a DOS extended partition, perhaps a virus looking for DOS partitions will leave the LINUX partitions alone. Whereas, viruses would

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread Gertjan Klein
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Logical partitions created with DOS fdisk are completely unusable by Linux, and often will result in cfdisk reporting a broke partition table. In general, it is wise to assume human error or misunderstanding when problems with partition tables

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread tko
in a extended partition if the extended partition gets accidently _trashed_? (like from a virus) -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question for you... What happens to the Linux partitions sitting in a extended partition if the extended partition gets accidently _trashed_? (like from a virus) I assume it does the same thing as trashing a primary partition ... FUBAR

Compile kernel 2.0.30 / Debian 1.3 ?

1997-12-08 Thread Marc Fleureck
Hi, System: Debian 1.3/kernel 2.0.30/pcmcia 3com 562D/563G card My goal is to recompile the kernel2.0.30 in order to solve some bug with pcmcia.(see below for the error message at boot time) I have installed pcmcia-source_2.9.6-3, same for pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules. Also kernel

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread tko
/hda1. Then create new 'primary' partitions which will become the swap and root partitions. Use the 'type' command to switch the new swap partition from ext2 to swap. And then write it out when you are satisfied with the division of your drive. Hope this helps you -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread Sten Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gianluca Ryo Trimarchi writes: Few days ago I've installed my new hd (conner 1080mb) in my computer.= It's splitted in three partions: 1 primary (dos fat 16) e 2 logical for linux = That's the problem-^ When

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread G John Lapeyre
On 8 Dec 1997, Sten Anderson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gianluca Ryo Trimarchi writes: Few days ago I've installed my new hd (conner 1080mb) in my computer.= It's splitted in three partions: 1 primary (dos fat 16) e 2 logical for linux = That's the

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 8 Dec 1997, Sten Anderson wrote: That's the problem-^ When You install debian (or most other distributions), you must remove these pseudo-partitions as only DOS understands them. Are you saying that linux can't handle logical

Installing Debian 1.3 on Eurocom laptop

1997-12-02 Thread Laurent Andriantsiferana
Hi, I tried to install Debian 1.3 on my laptop : EUROCOM 6200. I already installed Debian on my previous laptop with no problems. I read the installation guide and several Linux HOWTO (Hardware Compatibility, Laptop, PCI ...) and I couldn't find any clue. First the technical specifications of my

Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-11-27 Thread Gianluca \Ryo\ Trimarchi
(the old one is a Ibm 1700mb as master, three partitions fat 16), while the cd (Creative infra1800) is on the secondary channel as master. During the first step of the installation with Debian 1.3 distribution I haven't problems...all the hardware was founded (except the Mistyque and the 3dfx

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

1997-11-06 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Charles Read wrote: 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

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

1997-11-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
Charles Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe both PS/2 and /dev/mouse are correct. What else could be messing up the mouse/cursor? There are certain ambiguities in the way that you specified how you connected your mouse to the computer. Here are the correct possibilities, to the best of

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',

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

1997-11-06 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Charles Read wrote: 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 Try (as root) insmod psaux and see if it happens.

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

1997-11-06 Thread Oliver Elphick
Ben Pfaff wrote: There are certain ambiguities in the way that you specified how you connected your mouse to the computer. Here are the correct possibilities, to the best of my knowledge: 1. Mouse is connected to a PS/2 (aka mini-DIN 6, which is circular) port. The port is

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Nov 05, Stephen Ryan wrote Charles Read wrote: 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

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
Adrian Bridgett wrote: I have a 2.1a mouse and it works fine on /dev/ttyS0. It isn't an intellimouse. Here are the two bits of /etc/gpm.conf and /etc/X11/XF86Config that might help. Let me know if there is any thing you would like me to try to see what the problem is. I'm running (pretty much)

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

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Stephen Ryan
Charles Read wrote: 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

Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Charles Read
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 not respond

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

1997-11-05 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Charles Read wrote: I changed (under the Pointer section) the Protocol to be PS/2, and then changed the Device to be /dev/mouse [On my box, /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/ttyS0.]. I'm pretty sure you need /dev/psaux. Why don't you a) try deleteing /dev/psaux and running

Debian 1.3 problems

1997-10-01 Thread bao . ha
I installed Debian 1.3. Now, I am having problems logging in as a normal user. When logging in root, I got a message about delay bypassed, root allowed to log in. Also, when I shutdown, I got a prompt about logging in for maintenance mode, or control-d to shutdown. Pressing control-d does

Re: Debian 1.3 / Adaptec 284x VLB - problem

1997-08-29 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Benjamin de Coninck Owe; unless Mutt is confused,on Aug 28, you wrote : I am trying to install debian 1.3 om my pc: ALI motherboard Phoenix BIOS 4.03 I486 DX4 - 100MhZ Adaptec 2840A / 42A I am having trouble. Booting the rescuedisk at boot prompt I write: boot: linux aic7xxx

Debian 1.3 / Adaptec 284x VLB - problem

1997-08-28 Thread Benjamin de Coninck Owe
I am trying to install debian 1.3 om my pc: ALI motherboard Phoenix BIOS 4.03 I486 DX4 - 100MhZ Adaptec 2840A / 42A I am having trouble. Booting the rescuedisk at boot prompt I write: boot: linux aic7xxx=no_reset loading the kernel the computer writes: ... (aic7xxx): Encoutered

Re: IP aliasing in debian 1.3

1997-08-21 Thread Richard Ayres
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Dan Dooher wrote: I'm trying to enable IP aliasing, but when a execute: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.o It returns: ip_alias.o: No such file or directory. It sounds like you need to build yourself a custom kernel. Get the 'kernel-package'

IP aliasing in debian 1.3

1997-08-20 Thread Dan Dooher
Gang, I'm trying to enable IP aliasing, but when a execute: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.o It returns: ip_alias.o: No such file or directory. Can anyone tell me where I can get this and if there are any special instructions I should no about? Regards, Dan -- TO

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