I installed a new set of Debian CDs recently, only to have anXious not
recognize my video card, a SiS 5597/5598. After a little research, I found
that XFree86 3.3.6 should support the SiS 5597/5598 card, so I downloaded
the files from them. Then, on trying to install, I received a message
saying
Thanks to all for the helpful hints and the
patience in helping me. The one line in Section "Device" Option
"sw_cursor" did the trick at least so far. I like a trackball
somuch I got a new Logitech Marble Mouse and plugged it in with a little
fear and trepidation that I would start the help
What do you get when you run :
$ update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
--
~~~
Here is what I get:
There are 8 programs which provide `x-window-manager'.
SelectionCommand
I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem with minicom? I
tried to upgrade the CBOS on my cisco 675 DSL router using minicom's
xmodem transfer. The transfer did not work. I checked file
permissions, flow control; everything. It should have worked, and I
assumed that it had. When I
Hi,
since my dist-upgrade last weekend I have the following problem: I can't
start plain WindowMaker. If I choose debian in the login panel I get
gnome with wm as minimum. With Gnome the same situation. With kde no
chance for wm. Before this update was debian = wmaker only!. How do I
get rid of
All,
In addition to (but perhaps tied to?) my window manager problems, there
appears to be something ... odd about the debconf package (or I just don't
know what I'm trying to do with it).
1) when I run command debconf as root (or non), I get command not found
2) when I run man debconf, the
Hi, I've been trying to get my system to work with dual monitors, and I'm
having a little trouble.
Card 1 is a Voodoo3 3000 PCI with a generic monitor attached
Card 2 is an ATI Rage Pro GB (Mach 64) with an NEC MultiSync XV14 attached
The X Server reports that it is unable to find device when it
Hi,
Is there any program that'll allow me to open QuarkXpress
files (layout doesn't need to be exact, I just need to be able
to select and copy the text) in Linux or convert them to a
format that Linux can read?
- Bart
Hi.
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with
cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was
deleted.
I replaced inetd for xinetd. took off services I didnt't use (It
was left all default, as I installed in a rush), and now I'd like a good
john gennard wrote:
I've studied recent postings, the relative HOWTO and the Kenel help
text documentation and now feel that I understand what I need to do.
Unfortunately, I am faced with a problem to which I can find no
specific reference.
I shall recompile the Kernel (have the tarballs
Hi, it looks like I foregot to copy to ML.
I use [EMAIL PROTECTED] service in Cupertino, (Northan CA).
One note: if you are using /etc/network/interfaces made with
woody, they are not compatible with potato. Be carefull
when downgrading.
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 08:28:18AM -0500, James Di Toro
Glenn Becker wrote:
Hi,
Excuse my continuing X density. :-) When I run plain X from root, I get a
grey screen and X cursor -- which moves fine -- but nothing else. Either
a) I just don't know how to pop up a console window from this bare
display, or b) I should be getting more than this,
You mean something like /dev/usb/lp0 was used??
/dev/lp0 is for parallel port.
Osamu
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 06:30:17PM -0800, Christopher R. Barry wrote:
--- Osamu Aoki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My system indicates all the relevent usb *.o module files are loaded.
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 16:30, Bart Szyszka wrote:
Is there any program that'll allow me to open QuarkXpress
files (layout doesn't need to be exact, I just need to be able
to select and copy the text) in Linux or convert them to a
format that Linux can read?
I believe SSC, Inc., the
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 07:02:08PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi.
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with
cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was
deleted.
I replaced inetd for xinetd. took off services I didnt't use (It
was
hi
i recently noticed that Cyrus IMAP/POP3 does not seem to
support NIS..is there something special required by
the program to support it? i had thought the program just
asked the system somehow is this password valid and the
system told it yes or no..but it looks as if cyrus does the
Hey,
After installing potato, I added:
append="mem=256M"
to my lilo.conf, but when I tried to boot, my
kernel panicked, which had never happened before (even though that's the same
line I've used in the past). I tried decreasing the amount of ram in the
append line, but to no avail. When I
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:28:38PM -0800, Cameron Matheson wrote:
Hey,
After installing potato, I added:
append=mem=256M
to my lilo.conf, but when I tried to boot, my kernel panicked, which had
never happened before (even though that's the same line I've used in the
past). I tried
mgriffa writes:
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with cablemodem. I
couldn't find anything in the logs,...
Thereby demonstrating that the author of the script your script-kiddie used
is not incompetent.
...but the pump package was deleted.
Why do you consider this proof
Walter Tautz wrote:
I have what was advertised as a Soundblaster 16 PCI
The main chip says CT5880-DCQ,
Model CT4810
I include some output. My suspcision is that es1370 or es1371 or the sb
modules is what I want.
Just modprobe es1371. I also put es1371 in /etc/modules to load
at
aphro == aphro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
aphro i recently noticed that Cyrus IMAP/POP3 does not seem to
aphro support NIS..is there something special required by the
aphro program to support it? i had thought the program just asked
aphro the system somehow is this password valid
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 01:14:35PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
:Hi,
:
:I decided to try actually using the devfs I compiled into my kernel
:(2.4.1), rather than just mounting it out of the way and poking
:around, but:
:
:First it complained about no /dev/.devfsd file, couldn't find what to
That is strange. How much ram does it reconize when you run top after
you boot? I am not using any append options in lilo.conf, and linux
recognizes all 256 mb of my RAM.
* Cameron Matheson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hey,
After installing potato, I added:
append=mem=256M
to my lilo.conf,
debs,
i floppy boot potato.
if i need to access mount or superformat another floppy, i cannot access
/dev/fd0.
suggustions?
ti,a.
bentley taylor.
att.
//
running: debian gnu/linux ( http://www.debian.org )
kernel: 2.2.17
Script started on Sat Feb 3 16:25:01 2001
cls210:/home/bt#
On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, ktb wrote:
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 07:02:08PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi.
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with
cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was
deleted.
I replaced inetd for xinetd. took
Quoth Jonathan D. Proulx,
I decided to try actually using the devfs I compiled into my kernel
(2.4.1), rather than just mounting it out of the way and poking
around, but:
It's pretty cool... Not sure how useful, but cool :)
First it complained about no /dev/.devfsd file, couldn't find what
KDE doesn't initialize it's sound module when I start it up. I have sound
configured in the kernel (2.4.0) using the Ensonic 1371 sound card settings.
When I check the 'info' KDE isn't recognizing any sound card.
I am able to get sound by executing gmixer. Anyone have any suggestions?
thanks
On 3 Feb 2001, John Hasler wrote:
mgriffa writes:
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with cablemodem. I
couldn't find anything in the logs,...
Thereby demonstrating that the author of the script your script-kiddie used
is not incompetent.
...but the pump package was
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED],
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with
cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was
deleted.
I replaced inetd for xinetd. took off services I didnt't use (It
was left all default, as I installed in a rush),
Olaf Foellinger wrote:
Hi,
since my dist-upgrade last weekend I have the following problem: I can't
start plain WindowMaker. If I choose debian in the login panel I get
gnome with wm as minimum. With Gnome the same situation. With kde no
chance for wm. Before this update was debian = wmaker
Hi,
I installed a modem and configured(?) with pppconf.
Now the problem is that at boot time is trying to start the
pppd, configuration is probably wrong, so it get frozen - Cntr C
or anything else doesn't work.
Any ideas haw can the system be rebooted, so I can configure again
ppp
mgriffa writes;
is there any way to full re-install the system from inside? like apt-get
If the machine has been cracked you cannot trust any executable on it
(including the kernel). You can salvage your data and your config files
(if you audit them). Fist thing to do is get the machine off
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:53:47PM -0500, Tino Ionescu wrote:
Hi,
I installed a modem and configured(?) with pppconf.
Now the problem is that at boot time is trying to start the
pppd, configuration is probably wrong, so it get frozen - Cntr C
or anything else doesn't work.
Any ideas
I recently installed Potato (first time using Linux). I have a SiS
5597/5598 video card, which anXious did not recognize.
The installation manual (Section 2.1.2.3) says that the Debian CDs ship with
XFree86 3.3.6
http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/ch-hardware-req.en.html#s2.2 )
XFree86's
The subject says it allI've been static for years, and now @home has
gone and changed things...I'm back up after 4 days of hell trying to figure
out what happened, but now am wondering where to tell dhcpcd what my
hostname is Can anyone shed some light?
Rich
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 05:05:29PM +0100, Matthias Wieser wrote:
/dev/hda2 / reiserfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Because the filesystem will be in good shape, the error-statement does
not make sense. It is just a ext2 issue. (when fsck tells, the file
system is corrupt
I don't know for sure, but often - even under Linux - Ctrl+Alt+Del will
do a reboot. That depends on your /etc/inittab settings though. And I can
easily imagine a situation where that wouldn't work, if the keyboard is
in raw mode (maybe ?), but it's at least worth a try.
I hope this helps to
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:30:02AM +1100, Damon Muller wrote:
:Did you select the option in the kernel config that's something like
:mount devfs on boot? It sounds like you didn't, and without this,
:devfs wont mount (saving you from having an unbootable system when you
:just try it out with no
To quote Anton Emmerfors [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# While it is true that ttmkfdir identifies more fonts and encodings
# than mkttfdir, I have not been able to make xfs (4.0.2 from testing)
# work with its fonts.dir files. The only difference I can find is that
# ttmkfdir does not capitalize foudries
I downloaded the latest woody image this evening. I
am
used to seeing linux distributions in an iso image,
but
this came as a .raw file. I've used EasyCD Creator
to make cds from .iso and .cif files, but I've never
seen a .raw image. What utility on a Windows machine
(I don't have a cdr on my
Hello. I have Debian unstable - reasonably current - and therefore Mozilla
M18-3. I've downloaded Sun's Java 2 SDK 1.3.0_01, which includes the Java
Plugin for Netscape 6/Mozilla. How do I install this plugin to work best with
the Debian Mozilla setup, which of course is shoehorned into the Debian
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 08:47:26PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
can I complete re-install with apt? or I have to do the boot from cd
again?
boot from the CD, and erase all partitions, backup any data or config
files you wnat to keep but manually audit each and every file before
restoring,
Just call it 'dhcpcd -h foo' if hostname is foo.
Andrei
--
First there was Explorer...
Then came Expedition.
This summer
Coming to a street near you..
Ford Exterminator.
I know I'm replying to the wrong post, but please forgive me as I wasn't on
the list yet when the post I should reply to was posted.
The reason the ^L's were printed out is most likely that you just typed
^ (the caret key) followed by L. That does not generate the Control+L character
as is
OK,
Here is what I get when I try to start WindowMaker into a vanilla X
display:
install: cannot stat `/etc/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker': No such file or
directory
And indeed, there is no such file there. Which says to me that something
is wrong with the wmaker installation; however, I have
I'm planning to buy one of this equipments for my two computers at home.
I know there is some driver that let's you use them as tty. However, I
was wondering if anybody has any experience with this equipment, and if
it would be possible to use some kind of program that would let me
translate this
Glenn Becker wrote:
1) when I run command debconf as root (or non), I get command not found
2) when I run man debconf, the system grinds for a bit, spits out some of
those 'dangling symlink' man page warnings, and finally says there is no
man page for debconf. HOWEVER
3) when I apt-get
* John L. Fjellstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I posted this message to the user maillist, but didn't get any answers
--- Forwarded message from John L . Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
I just did an update yesterday, and xlibs won't upgrade.
Basically it fails when it tries to update
* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010203 17:48]:
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:28:38PM -0800, Cameron Matheson wrote:
Hey,
After installing potato, I added:
append=mem=256M
to my lilo.conf, but when I tried to boot, my kernel panicked,
which had never happened before (even though that's the
To quote Glenn Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# 1) when I run command debconf as root (or non), I get command not
found
There is no 'debconf' command. The debconf package provides various
facilities to packages, but no 'debconf' command.
# 2) when I run man debconf, the system grinds for a bit, spits
Glenn Becker wrote:
OK,
Here is what I get when I try to start WindowMaker into a vanilla X
display:
install: cannot stat `/etc/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker': No such file or
directory
And indeed, there is no such file there. Which says to me that something
is wrong with the wmaker
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 04:29:36PM +, cls/cs wrote:
:debs,
:
:i floppy boot potato.
:
:if i need to access mount or superformat another floppy, i cannot access
/dev/fd0.
Why can't you access /dev/fd0?
Unless the root file system is also on the floppy, this shouldn't be a
problem. If / is
said Holger Mense, on Feb 2,
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Geordie Birch wrote:
apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sid has left my system with a bunch of
packages that are broken and unremoveable; no combination of apt-get -f
[...]
# apt-get -fuy dist-upgrade
[...]
Preparing to replace
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 08:47:26PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:
:It was already a dedicated firewall. The box runs telnetd (only for
:192.168.1.x), squid and ipchains.
telnetd on a firewall!
OK, I know you said it only listens on the private net, but it still
sound like poor form to me.
If
Can anyone help me understand what happened when I tried to burn a CD,
and what I can do (if anything) to fix up the CD?
The burn seemed to go alright until the end, when it hung up and
eventually failed (see log below). I can now read the CD when I put
it in the writer, but not when I put it
If you want TrueType fonts in Netscape and use XFree86 v. 4, you must use the
v.4 xfs font server. Netscape uses the fonts.alias file which then uses the
xfs font server, it does not use the v. 4 built-in fonts. Is your xfs daemon
running? (xfsd?) Are your TrueType font paths listed first in
If you want TrueType fonts for Netscape, you do need to use V.4 xfs font
server. Other applications don't need the font server.
--- David B.Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To quote Anton Emmerfors [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# While it is true that ttmkfdir identifies more fonts and encodings
# than
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:51:55PM -0600, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
Just call it 'dhcpcd -h foo' if hostname is foo.
Andrei
Or if it's a client id that's necessary, dhcpcd's -I argument is used for
that.
Mike
--
Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the word HACK is used as a verb to
I tried the following url for gnome evolution in my /etc/apt/sources.list file
but get not found. Anyone have the correct url for evolution?
deb http://spidermonkey.ximian.com/evolution/distributions/Debian unstable main
_
Want a new
If you want to boot your other you need
to hit the shift and then type in windows.
hth Dean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please add prompt.
kirneh74 boot=/dev/hda
kirneh74 install=/boot/boot.b
kirneh74 map=/boot/map
kirneh74 delay=60
kirneh74 vga=normal
kirneh74 default=linux
kirneh74
Hey people. At work we're looking at dropping 2 Gig of RAM into a few
Linux boxes, and I wanted to check to see what Linux's maximum addressable RAM
size is.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
--
Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive
I've been playing with this, and conferring with Andrei off list.
I was used to static entries in /etc/init.d/network...when @Home switched my
subnet to completely dynamic I had no choice but to install the DHCPCD
package.
From the command line as root...dhcpcd -h crxx-x gets me
Rick Loga wrote:
I tried the following url for gnome evolution in my /etc/apt/sources.list
file but get not found. Anyone have the correct url for evolution?
deb http://spidermonkey.ximian.com/evolution/distributions/Debian unstable
main
try:
deb
This is going to sound like an asinine problem, but here goes ...
My machine seems to have forgotten my password.
Yes, I said my machine. Not me. I've had it burned into my consciousness,
through booting up about a hundred times (successfully) today.
I finally got a problem with getting my
What about Mozilla and Netscape 6? And what exactly is the problem with
Netscape 4 without xfs? I don't understand.
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:48:29PM -0800, Rick Loga wrote:
If you want TrueType fonts for Netscape, you do need to use V.4 xfs font
server.
Hey people. How would you read this one?
lupus:~# apt-get install libgnome-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:56:01PM -0800, Bill Barnes wrote:
:
:Take a look at www.coyotelinux.com.
:My $50 16M 486 has been up since July 24/7.
:
:Bill
Perhaps you meant to send this to the list?
Pretty cool concept for a firewall box, config it, make a spare
floppy, if it gets cracked shrug
Try rebooting and at the LILO prompt (Hold down Shift if necessary to get
the prompt), type in
linux init=/bin/sh
that should drop you straight to a root prompt, no ifs ands or buts (as
long as /bin/sh exists.) reboot again when you've fixed your password.
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:02:23PM -0500, Keith Cecile Schooley wrote:
This is going to sound like an asinine problem, but here goes ...
My machine seems to have forgotten my password.
Yes, I said my machine. Not me. I've had it burned into my consciousness,
through booting up about a
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:56:03PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
:Hey people. At work we're looking at dropping 2 Gig of RAM into a few
:Linux boxes, and I wanted to check to see what Linux's maximum addressable RAM
:size is.
Depends on kernel version, 2.2.18 will get you 2G, but you'll
~
Hello world,
Of late I'm getting spurious ppp entries shown by ifconfig. It happens
when a modem goes down. It might have been ppp3 but it comes up again as
pppx, where x is the next unused number and ppp3 becomes a zombie. Right
now I have two zombies, shown here with a valid entry in the
Sebastiaan wrote:
Hello,
I want to configure fvwm95 window manager to my own needs. Does anyone
know a tool with which I can configure Fvwm95-Buttons and put a background
image? I have read some docs about it, but they were not very clear. I
know how to adjust the Buttons by editing the
Jon:
--- Jonathan D. Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:56:01PM -0800, Bill
Barnes wrote:
:
:Take a look at www.coyotelinux.com.
:My $50 16M 486 has been up since July 24/7.
:
:Bill
Perhaps you meant to send this to the list?
Yes, thanks for resending it.
Any recomendation on afs client?
I remember there was one for Linux, but can not remember the name, nor
any links to it.
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:39:21PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:56:03PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: :Hey
people. At work we're looking at dropping 2 Gig of RAM into a few :Linux
boxes, and I wanted to check to see what Linux's maximum addressable RAM
On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi.
I just realized that someone entered my debian box with
cablemodem. I couldn't find anything in the logs, but the pump package was
deleted.
If you've truly been cracked, of course you can't find anything in the
logs. That's one of the first
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:34:22PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgnome-dev: Depends: gdk-imlib-dev (= 1.9.0-1) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libgtk1.2-dev but it is not going to be installed
Hello list,
I recently downloaded the CD image of potato,
officially called '2.2r'
I triedan install on an AMD 1.1 TB Socket A
w/ 768 mb ram, Asus AV7 motherboard
I got a kernel panic halt, then it completely
freezes up, ctl-alt-del don't even work.
Last week I tried to install the same
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