Re: Upgrading 0.93 to R6 - problems
On Sun, 26 May 1996, Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade 0.93 to 1.1 according to Dale Scheetz' instrucions but encounter a basic problem. (Posted on May 16th) My setup - an IDE disk used for booting and as root, a SCSI disk used to hold the debian packages (/mnt) I downloaded over the modem so far (i.e. I don't have a full mirror of Debian with me). Under the kernel which came with R6 I compile 1.3.100 with Elf support built-in, but this new kernel can't recognize the scsi disk, even though it is built in (i.e. not a module). It seems to run fine other than that, but it's unusable to me without access to my SCSI disk. I suspect this is maybe because my gcc-2.6.3-5 doesn't let the kernel image itself to be in Elf format (I think it doesn't support Elf). I have this suspicion since I was told this causes problem in other systems, but I'm in a Catch-22 here - I can't install libc5 and the other Elf stuff because the current kernel has Elf as a module, and I can't recompile the kernel to have built-in Elf support because I can't find its source. Can someone help me, please? I don't think your problem has anything to do with ELF support. It has to do with SCSI support. You not only need to enable scsi support, and the specific disk/tape/generic drivers, you will also need to enable the correct driver for your interface card. Add all the modules to the list in /etc/modules, upgrade the modules package to a recent version and you should be ready to go. Check out the man pages for lsmod, insmod, and depmod to get started. Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Loading Modules
I have debian 0.9R6 installed. I am loading many modules. I noticed that Debian load modules listed from the /etc/modules. However, how could I pass parameters to them? Does things changes on 1.1? Since I would like to upgrade after it is out. By the way, does the 1.1 make use of less instead of more? Thank You, Kent Sin.
how updated is 0.93R6?
This is probably a very obvious question, but it isn't answered in the FAQ and other things I've read on www.debian.org, and I want to be sure. Has the 0.93R6 stable available on ftp.debian.org been continually updated since it's release? Most things wouldn't change without issuing a new version number, but debian's has remained the same. Obviously, there have been a lot of updates and security issues resolved since its release last October. I'd rather install a stable version than the beta 1.1 due to the important nature of the machine that I'll be installing on, but I might give the beta 1.1 a try just to get newer versions of things if everything in 0.93R6 is over 6 months old now. Please reply directly as I'm not a regular follower (yet) of this list. thanks, kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal priority mail address) a href=http://www.paranoia.com/; got nothing better to do? /a The Internet interprets the US Congress as damage and routes around it
Re: Quotas problems
On Sun, 26 May 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: Kevin M Bealer writes: Just for reference, I had to change the fstab to have usrquota,grpquota,quota in it for the fs. After that, edquota gave a nice All three? It should suffice to use 'usrquota' if you want user quotas and 'grpquota' for group quotas. Just 'quota' shouldn't be needed. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ | ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian Linux! | //_/ /_/ //\___/_/ // I started with just quota and it didn't work. Using all three it worked, I haven't tried any other combinations. [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Re: kernel headers
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The headers were included in libc5-dev after a rash of very buggy alpha kernel releases (1.3.7* or something like that) that proceeded to break compilations, etc. Kernel versions are changed far more rapidly than libc is, and there are higer chances that people install a custom kernel than they install custom libc. I strongly ask the ppl to think about this. This is a MAJOR difference from debian to the rest of the linux community. It even violates the recommedations from Linus himself (in the Kernels readme). Broken Headers due to instable Kernelinstalls are realy not a concern we should have. The System will just run fine, and those who install a new kernel and then compile a program are experienced enough to know how to get new version of the kernel if it wont work. I mean every single compiler run in the linux community is done with the actual kernelsources, why should we change this and act like we dont belong to linux? Programs which needs the linux/ and asm/ include-files have a reason to use them. A lot of programs compile dependingly of the kernelsource (for example the net-tools). Greetings Bernd This has already been debated enough. Debian will continue to include known-working kernel headers with libc unless and until that arrangement proves to be unworkable. As I have time, I will continue to encourage H.J. Lu and other Linux distributors to do the same. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Linux --- Windows NT RAS callback?
Hi, I can establish PPP connection between my home Linux box and Windows NT RAS server at work. Could it be possible to use Windows NT callback option (like in WIN95)? If it is, how should I configure Linux PPP and Windows NT? Best regards. Zlatko __ Dr. Zlatko Rek | Phone:+386 61 177 3746 Jozef Stefan Institute | +386 61 177 3900 National Supercomputing Centre | Fax: +386 61 219 385 Jamova 39, P.O.BOX 300 | E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SI-1001 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA | http://www2.ijs.si/~rek/ __
Re: elf Mtools screw pooch
Ed Donovan writes: Since I upgraded to 1.1, all of the ELF versions of mtools have failed on my system, with the error: init: set default params Can't initialize 'A:' This seems to be a problem with your configuration. Note, that the new config file is /etc/mtools.conf and not /etc/mtools as before. Mtools 2.0.7-15b was the last that worked; since then I've tried 2.5.4-2 and 3.0-1. That old one, reinstalled, however, still works for me. I recommend either trying to adopt /etc/mtools.conf like you had /etc/mtools. If this doesn't work we need more info. Could you please mail us both conffiles? Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ | ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian Linux!| //_/ /_/ //\___/_/ //
Help with auto-pgp (emacs)
Hello, With a default installation (1.1 from scratch), I can't use auto-pgp as documented. When I do C-x y s to sign, I get the following error: /usr/bin/pgp-auto: connect to pass-socket for passphrase: No such file or directory Any idea? Thanks in advance, Yves.
Re: elf Mtools screw pooch
Maarten Boekhold writes: I'm getting the same messages. xconsole says things about floppy time-outs. But I have always had trouble with my 3 1/2 diskdrive under Linux (this particular system). Upon booting my FDC is reported as a 8272A if that's of any use. Did you ever try adjusting your floppy driver? Please have a look at the fdutils package. It comes with some docs and a binary named floppycontrol. Maybe you have to adjust some parameters. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ | ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian Linux!| //_/ /_/ //\___/_/ //
Re: Loading Modules
Sin Hang Kin writes: I have debian 0.9R6 installed. I am loading many modules. I noticed that Debian load modules listed from the /etc/modules. However, how could I pass parameters to them? With 0.93 there' no way I know of. With 1.1 simply be adding them after the name of the module. They have to be in the same line, though. Does things changes on 1.1? Since I would like to upgrade after it is out. 1.1 also has kerneld so that you can demand-load modules. Arguments can be inserted in /etc/conf-modules, too. By the way, does the 1.1 make use of less instead of more? Both are available. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ | ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian Linux!| //_/ /_/ //\___/_/ //
Re: Loading Modules
On Mon, 27 May 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: Sin Hang Kin writes: I have debian 0.9R6 installed. I am loading many modules. I noticed that Debian load modules listed from the /etc/modules. However, how could I pass parameters to them? With 0.93 there' no way I know of. With 1.1 simply be adding them after the name of the module. They have to be in the same line, though. I thought I remembered someone doing this in conf.modules, but I don't remember the syntax. Look in /usr/doc/modules/Example.conf.modules for how to write an options line. Luck, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Re: Help with auto-pgp (emacs)
Yves Arrouye [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With a default installation (1.1 from scratch), I can't use auto-pgp as documented. When I do C-x y s to sign, I get the following error: /usr/bin/pgp-auto: connect to pass-socket for passphrase: No such file or directory Did you set the environment variable PGPPATH? Do you have a .pgp directory? See the auto-pgp info pages for details (C-h i or info auto-pgp from the command line). It's also important you understand all the warnings associated with auto-pgp detailed there (and of course in the pgp manual). Good luck -- Rob
Instructions for upgrade to v1.1 (devel)
In line with Dale Scheetz's wonderful upgrade instructions, I have a list here to feed into his script to upgrade a *minimal* devel section. I upgraded the packages in this order, and suffered no ill effects (so far) and no errors from dpkg. I then went on to upgrade various other bits and pieces in the devel section and the x11 section using dselect without any problems. Near as I can tell, the list below will get one to a minimal state to compile a kernel and simple programs. To compile X and other stuff will require upgrading their respective packages (xdevel, tk40, tclX, tcl74, etc, etc) as they become needed. One note: be careful upgrading the 'net' packages -- I found the way the control files are setup for netbase and netstd make them very difficult to install by hand. I don't know if it would have been any easier using dselect. -i /devel/ libc4 -i /devel/ libc4-dev -i /devel/ libc5-dev -i /devel/ aout-binutils -i /devel/ aout-gcc -i /devel/ aout-librl -i /devel/ autoconf -i /devel/ bin86 -i /devel/ binutils -i /devel/ bison -i /devel/ byacc -i /devel/ dlltools -i /devel/ flex -i /devel/ gcc -i /devel/ m4 -i /devel/ make --purge ncurses-developer -i /devel/ ncurses3.0-dev -i /devel/ pmake -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/ (under construction) [ I try to reply to all e-mail within 5 days. If you don't ] [ get a response by then, I probably didn't get your e-mail ] [ (we have a sometimes sporadic connection to the internet) ] I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. - Abraham Lincoln
Re: Upgrading 0.93 to R6 - problems
Dale Scheetz wrote: I don't think your problem has anything to do with ELF support. It has to do with SCSI support. You not only need to enable scsi support, and the specific disk/tape/generic drivers, you will also need to enable the correct driver for your interface card. Add all the modules to the list in /etc/modules, upgrade the modules package to a recent version and you should be ready to go. Check out the man pages for lsmod, insmod, and depmod to get started. Thanks for the tip. I allready enabled all the options mentioned above, including the AHA1542 SCSI controller, as static rather than dynamic modules. I havn't touched /etc/modules, but what shold I put there if everything I need is static? --Amos -- --Amos Shapira (Jumper Extraordinaire) | Of course Australia was marked for | glory, for its people had been chosen [EMAIL PROTECTED]| by the finest judges in England. | -- Anonymous
Re: Loading Modules
The latest upload of the modconf package (may still be in Incoming) edits /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf for you, using a dialog GUI. It will correctly add module arguments to /etc/modules.conf . Bruce -- *** Re-elect Clinton *** Bruce Perens AB6YM [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hams.com/
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This is really a perl issue, but...
Andy Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Changing = to cmp changes the ordering I think. My newest
= is a numerical compare, cmp a string compare. Even if the
variables are stripped to digits only, they still can yield different
results if any of the arguments contain leading zeroes, e.g. 1 vs.
02.
So it's important exactly what you want to compare.
olaf
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