Re: what serve the file in the /dev directory
i did some work removing unneeded files/devices in the /dev directory but i still get an error ( cp: /mnt/bin/bash: No space left on device ),what command i need to do to know the space left on my disk and does there is some utility to compress the library so they still remain executable (i allready taken care off the potential performance hit because the root disk is copied to a ramdrive and root is mounted there). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lilo.output (fwd)
Hi, I'm mailing this to you, Steve, and copying the list for any comments you may have. You, or anyone on the list. Here, by floppy transfer, is what /sbin/lilo -v -v -v -q shows on my Debian 6x86 platform. I'd backed up the MBR of /dev/hda and have it saved away in two files on two boxes. Also made the mods to my /etc/lilo configuration as you suggested. Debian is the default boot; other=bsd. Do you see anything more to be done before I install the loader? Much obliged! gary kline - Forwarded message from Gary Kline - From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 29 16:37:06 1998 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:28:32 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lilo.output # # output of /sbin/lilo -v -v -v -q # LILO version 19, Copyright 1992-1996 Werner Almesberger Caching device /dev/hda (0x0300) Caching device /dev/hda1 (0x0301) Caching device /dev/hda2 (0x0302) Caching device /dev/hda3 (0x0303) Caching device /dev/hda4 (0x0304) Caching device /dev/hda5 (0x0305) Caching device /dev/hda6 (0x0306) Caching device /dev/hda7 (0x0307) Caching device /dev/hda8 (0x0308) Caching device /dev/hdb (0x0340) Caching device /dev/hdb1 (0x0341) Caching device /dev/hdb2 (0x0342) Caching device /dev/hdb3 (0x0343) Caching device /dev/hdb4 (0x0344) Caching device /dev/hdb5 (0x0345) Caching device /dev/hdb6 (0x0346) Caching device /dev/hdb7 (0x0347) Caching device /dev/hdb8 (0x0348) Caching device /dev/sda (0x0800) Caching device /dev/sda1 (0x0801) Caching device /dev/sda2 (0x0802) Caching device /dev/sda3 (0x0803) Caching device /dev/sda4 (0x0804) Caching device /dev/sda5 (0x0805) Caching device /dev/sda6 (0x0806) Caching device /dev/sda7 (0x0807) Caching device /dev/sda8 (0x0808) Caching device /dev/sdb (0x0810) Caching device /dev/sdb1 (0x0811) Caching device /dev/sdb2 (0x0812) Caching device /dev/sdb3 (0x0813) Caching device /dev/sdb4 (0x0814) Caching device /dev/sdb5 (0x0815) Caching device /dev/sdb6 (0x0816) Caching device /dev/sdb7 (0x0817) Caching device /dev/sdb8 (0x0818) Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 131 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. Reading boot sector from /dev/sda1 Global settings: Delay before booting: 2.0 seconds No command-line timeout Enter boot prompt only on demand Serial line access is disabled No message for boot prompt No default boot command line Images: Linux * dev=0x80,hd=78,cyl=9,sct=45 No password Boot command-line won't be locked VGA mode: NORMAL Kernel is loaded high, at 0x0010 No initial RAM disk Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 131 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 131 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. No fallback Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 131 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. Options: ro root=801 - End of forwarded message from Gary Kline - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what serve the file in the /dev directory
My /dev directory only takes up 1.4MB of space. To my understanding, it normally isn't a good idea to erase device files. The same goes for any system file. Anyway, you can use the df and du commands to find out what your disk usage is. Look at the man pages for the appropriate command line arguments. You mentioned that you copied your /dev directory in an earlier message. Copying the /dev directory is generally not a good idea, at least for the device files. Use the MAKEDEV shell script in /dev or the mknod command to recreate your /dev directory. The first (and last) time I tried copying my /dev directory on UN*X system, specifically Solaris, the copy ended up going in to an infinite loop when the /dev/zero device was copied. -Ossama -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Deity looks AWESOME
ixx (your favorite desease) wrote: it says i do not have some file in err /var/lib/deity/cache/... made my apt-get or something..??? so i can not get it to run It means run dpkg-get I believe. Misleading isn't it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which Linux should I install?
I want to install Linux in my company as the main server, file server and database server. Which one should I install? what the diference between then? Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HD-SelfTest
Hi again, my root HD (it's an IBM SCSI) is capable of executing a SelfTest after 72 hours uptime. During this time the HD is 'locked' for approx. 30 secs and can't be accessed in this period. It can't be switched off (at least this is stated in the description). But i think this 'feature' was included for workstations and systems running continously - so Un*x and Linux should be able to handle this in a defined way. Is there a supported or Linux-spezific way to let the system know about this? If not, any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Mac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape 4 not working
Yet I get Bus Error, when i start netscape. do you have the latest awe-netscape installed? i had to remove it to get netscape to work again. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sumasketch Plus?
Hi, I see that the Sumagraphics tablets are suported under X through the Xinput extention but I can't find any more information than that ... How do I use my Sumasketch plus tablet I want to be able to use it for graphics and so forth any one have any pointers as to how to get it working? -K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Heavy X11 and SVGATextMode and SVGAlib error
Florian Attenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, Mar 29, 1998 at 08:01:58PM +0200: X11 Version 3.2.2:Segmentation fault SVGAlib:Segmentation fault SVGATextMode:Dont know (Display crashes totally :- ) XF86Setup: Same as SVGATextMode My kernel was compiled with gcc 2.8.1 from the debian kernel-package 2.0.33. This is the problem. I don't know if specific flags to gcc, or removal of flags, will make the problem go away, but what it does it to miscompile the kernel such that anything using the ioport will crash. What I did was to replace ioport.c in the kernel tree with the same file from the latest development kernel. This worked. I also used 2.7.2.3 to compile ioport.c only, then used 2.8.0 to re-link the whole kernel (and compile everything else). This also worked. Currently though, I have removed all traces of 2.8.x from my disk because it had caused me even more errors, and I came to the point of throwing my computer out of the window. Don't ask, it was a mess. I certainly don't trust the GCCs until they have proven themselves, after getting burned. -- Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Imlib compilation error
Christopher J. McNicholas wrote: First I would like to extend a thanks to all of you who helped me with my imake madness problem. Since then, I have installed the GNU autoconf in the hopes that *it* might work. At this time, I am having problems at the gdk_imlib make install. I get the following two error messages: gdk_imlib_types.h:7: gdk/gdk.h : No such file or directory gdk_imlib_types.h:8: gdk/gdkprivate.h: No such file or directory make : *** [cache.o] Error 1 Does anyone have any idea what I need to do? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you use hamm, there is both a imlib and a gdk_imlib package(which I maintain). If not then you need to have gtk-dev installed to compile gdk_imlib. Those are the files it says are missing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Trademark Question
Take a look at Children, do know the way to Debian LINUX? http://www.ipa.net/~alemas and tell me what you know. May I use the Debian name this way? If so, should I put the little [TM] symbol next to Debian? I will _not_ name any business Debian. ...just thought I would promote it a little for you. ...and advice or suggestions welcome. The page has not been listed in any search engines. Art -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape 4 not working
Alex Romosan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, Mar 29, 1998 at 08:37:18PM -0600: Yet I get Bus Error, when i start netscape. do you have the latest awe-netscape installed? i had to remove it to get netscape to work again. Don't mind me, but what is awe-netscape ? I also have this bus error. I read that switching to libc5.4.33 will solve the problem as there was a change in malloc() implementation that causes this, and I have also tried the 5.4.38 in hamm's oldlibs. I am still getting a bus error. For this matter, setting XNLSPATH for the locale dir does NOT work, despite what it tells you. You *must* have the locale dir in a hardcoded location (i486-linuxlibc1's lib/X11 or something, doesn't really matter) or a link there; setting XNLSPATH makes no difference (although, strangely, MOZILLA_HOME and XKEYSYMDB still work...) -- Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X query..
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Damir J. Naden wrote: Hi Michael Beattie; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: Whenever I start X, I get an xterm automatically opening. Is there a way to stop this? I have never minded until now, but now I usually close it straight away. The reason I ask is that it does not appear to be a result of one of the windowmanagers opening. there is a routine in the Xsession file: case $# in 1) case $1 in failsafe) if grep -q ^allow-failsafe /etc/X11/config then exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 fi ;; esac esac but even after commenting it out, (and removing allow-failsafe in /etc/X11/config as well) it does not stop.. If you have the stock Xsession file (not manually edited) it should contain one other line few paragraphs down from the place you are quoting: then exec $startup else rxvt -ls -geometry 80x12+2+2 -T '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' if [ -e /etc/X11/window-managers ] then for i in `sed 's/#.*//' /etc/X11/window-managers` do Notice the line starting (in my case) with rxvt? This is the one that will work under normal conditions and start up your xterm (I have manually edited my file to use rxvt instead of the xterm)... Sorry, I didn't look enough!, thanks :) Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- If it can't be fixed with Vise-Grips duct tape, it can't be fixed. --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel-package instructions questions
hello- i've started to use kernel-package and have a few questions. 1) after doing a make config (or menuconfig, etc.), there is some mention on the screen about doing: make dep; make clean however, in the kernel-package docs, the next step after doing a make config is: make-kpkg clean (i think). so, should i do a 'make dep; make clean', or not? also, should i do a 'make mrproper' before doing a 'make config'? if i missed something in the kernel-package docs, please let me know :-) 2) i've successfully made custom kernels for machines w/o pcmcia slots, but i haven't had success when i try to get pcmcia support working. i realize there is a separate package for pcmcia support (actually was it two more packages?) does someone have some hints somewhere i can have a look at or a description of how pcmcia support is supposed to work? (wouldn't it be nice for it to be integrated into the kernel? is this the case for 2.1.x?) -sen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel-package instructions questions
No, follow the kernel-package instructions (though I think that your doing a make dep won't actually hurt anything, you'll just be doing something manually that make-kpkg clean will do anyway). -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qt install problem
I am trying to install KDE, but the Qt compile/installation failed. I followed the instructions, including the ..profile additions to the best of my (very limited) knowledge. /qt make goes along for a while, then: gcc -I/usr/local/qt/include -c -02 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -W -I/usr/X11R6/include -fPIC qapp_x11.cpp qapp_x11.cpp:46: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory and so on for four more files, followed by 3 errors. Trying to make the examples gives me: From .../qt/examples/Makefile: ### This section was automatically generated from ###/usr/local/qt/Makefile for building on ###linux-gcc-shared on Sat Mar 28 19:24:22 EST 1998 INCDIR = /usr/local/qt/include CFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -W -I/usr/X11R6/include LIBCFLAGS = -fPIC YACCCFLAGS = -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses LFLAGS = -L/usr/local/qt/lib -lqt CC = gcc MOC = /usr/local/qt/bin/moc SHELL = /bin/sh ### End of automatically generated section When run, reports: (stuff deleted) gcc aclock.o main.o mclock.o -o aclock -L/usr/local/qt/lib -lqt ld: cannot open -lqt: No such file or directory This is repeated for each example file. The KDE instructions say I need libgr, and that it should be included in most distributions. I could find no trace of it on my system, so I downloaded and installed libgr-2.0.13. Qt make still does the same thing. dpkg won't install KDE, it says qt1 is not installed, also libgif2. Do I need to download libgif2 from somewhere? A search at linux.org came up empty. This is the first time I've tried to compile anything, so I have no idea what I'm doing. TIA /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\-\ Carl Brown, Whitefield, NH, USA Proud Member of TEAM OS/2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Boycott Micro$oft! \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/-/ Monday, March 30, 1998 - 02:59 AM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel-package instructions questions
Hi, make-kpkg clean does all that clean does, and more. There is no need to run make dep; make-kpkg handles all that. You can use make-kpkg to vreate pcmcia packages in sync with your kernel. Look into /usr/doc/pcmcia*/ and /usr/doc/kernel-pacakge/README for details. manoj -- If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all. Ronald Reagan Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/ Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Hamm Dselect
Hi, Is it ok to set dselect to use the package files in /debian/hamm/ yet? I was using /debian/dists/unstable before now, and I noticed the other day that my package list went to nothing. hamm is now dists/frozen, the new 'unstable'-version is slink. Bye, / // Andreas Mueck // // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sdram and linux
Hi. Just looking for a little more info. Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually). Booting from the rescue disk and running fsck reports lots of problems, fixes them all, but the problems reappear at the next reboot from the hard disk drive. Also ran into a problem with programs exiting unexpectedly and core dumping for no apparent reason. Tried my Debian kernels 2.0.30 and 2.0.33 with the same result and put the original memory back, which seems to have fixed the problem with either kernel version. Has there been any similar reports or other problems using 168 pin sdram type memory or are there any hardware or kernel settings that I may have overlooked to make this work? The memory works ok on 'other' o.s.'s and machines. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: More on XDM?
Carroll Kong wrote:
Where do I go to
increase color depth allocation per user? I want to have maximized resource
s
allocated Thanks in advance guys!
Debian 1.3R6 running XDM-Shadow
To set a default depth of 16, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and insert a
DefaultColorDepth line in the appropriate Screen section.
...
Section Screen
Driver SVGA
Device Primary Card
Monitor Primary Monitor
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection Display
...
make sure you amend the right Screen section; there may well be more than one.
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Re: sdram and linux
Hi, This may also be indicative of incipient problems with your hard drive. Back up all your data (just in case) ... manoj -- Our business is run on trust. We trust you will pay in advance. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/ Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
I'd like to know if Linux can do what NT can do in a client X server configuration. Let me explain. I don't want every workstation user an network/system administrator. With NT I can configure from server wich volumes will be maped for each user, wich workstation each user will be granted access, wich printer each user will be granted use. As well I can use the login script to set the general preferences and others Can I do that with Linux (UNIX)? Can I, from the server, attach or intall resources to workstations? Can the user login only into the server (not the localhost login)? George Bonser escreveu: Your main choices would be Debian, Slackware, Red Hat and S.u.S.E though there are a few others out there. Of the four, I find Debian to be best suited for servers. The packages have well configured default installations, are usually changed easilly by editing configuration files in intuitive locations, and integrate well with other packages that they might interact with. Red Hat is probably best suited to a single user desktops installations. They have an extensive GUI control panel that works very well if resources are being managed from the local console but leave much to be desired in the server is being administered remotely. They also have invented some interesting locations for configuration options that take considerable sleuthing to locate if the GUI control options are not available. Slackware is basicly a bare-bones linux platform with a minimal number of pre-packaged applications. Slackware takes considerable administation as new software must be configured and built on the system. The local admin is responsible for integration with other software. If you are familliar with Sun Solaris, you will find Debian very familliar in layout. If you are experianced in Berkeley Unix, Slackware and Red Hat will not seem too alien to you. S.u.S.E. uses the Red Hat packaging system with their own system sonfiguration and management software. In addition, they are major contributors to the XFree86 X windows project. Oh! I almost forgot about Caldera. They are a completely commercial Linux distribution and offer support to include references to local providers of on-site technical support. Netscape commercial servers are also available for Caldera Linux. I use Debian for servers. It is easiest to keep up to date using remote administration and has been extremely stable. One thing to look for is a local consultant that has experiance in performance tuning. The default distribution kernels can require some minor patching to raise the number of allowable open files and processes that might be required for a very busy server. This is just one example but the point is that a local consultant can smooth the transition and save you considerable time and money in the long run. On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: I want to install Linux in my company as the main server, file server and database server. Which one should I install? what the diference between then? Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] George Bonser Just be thankful that Microsoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals. http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: missing /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout libs
Maybe you just need to remove the symlinks. I notice that my /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout directory is empty (hamm). chuckle Can't do that Bill, they've got to point to somewhere! Strange how my tunnel vision works -- there are symlinks there, where are the libraries? There must be libraries somewhere! :-) Seriously, yes, that solved the problem nicely. -- Regards, | Debian GNU/__ o http://www.debian.org .| / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy| / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ | ...because lockups are for convicts... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AMD K5, Netscape, netstat zombies
I got some problem running Netscape 3.04 after I recompiled the kernel. Simply Netscape hangs waiting for a netstat process which becomes zombie. Searching on the net I found this message that was the answer: From Lev Babiev [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have K5-100, and when I compiled kernel for Pentium or Ppro I go some really nasty problems. Netscape would spawn zombie tasks (netstat) and I couldn't even recompile kernel - GCC dumped core. Once I recompiled the kernel for 386 everything works fine. Tried this with 2.0.30 and 2.0.32 So I recompiled for 386 and the problem is solved. Neither 486 is working. Does someone have traced more extensively this problem? Are other programs affected besides Netscape? Is it only a K5-100 CPU problem? Are newer kernels affected too? For the statistics my system is - AMD K5-100 - Debian 1.3.1.r6 with custom kernel 2.0.30 - Netscape 3.04 (the only program which seems to be affected, but I do not tested extensively). To solve the problem I changed only the CPU option in kernel config. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2
I'm running my Linux box (hamm) to two Win95 machines which are running OEMSR2 with the Dial-Up Networking 1.2 upgrade. After upgrading to the latest Samba I am having trouble getting access to my printer (which is on the Linux box) and my home directories. I have read and reread the Samba docs and have tried just about every combination of parameters but I still have Win95 complaining that my password to Samba is incorrect (both Win95 machines are set up with identical networking logins/passwords). To eliminate the problem of Win95's encrypted passwords, I have set up one Win95 machine to use plain text passwords and left the other as default. Still no luck. What I am curious about are several things. First, anyone have any ideas on how to tackle this problem? Secondly, does anyone know for sure what type of password Win95 OEMSR2 (aka Win95B) with DUN 1.2 upgrade uses? Thirdly, does anyone have a working /etc/smb.conf that they could send me (I'm fairly sure that mine is okay -- it checks out with testparm -- but just wanted to see what works). -- Regards, | Debian GNU/__ o http://www.debian.org .| / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy| / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ | ...because lockups are for convicts... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
Thank you for all your help with the mouse driver - I now have it installed, and XF86Setup recognises it. All I've got to worry about now is setting up the X Server correctly! John -- John Wingfield Committee Member Website Manager British Double Reed Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bdrs.demon.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sdram and linux
I've got 128MB of ECC SDRAM in my hamm box and haven't had any problems. Some people say that you should only use SDRAM that is certified to work with your motherboard. Did you set up your BIOS to use SDRAM instead of DRAM? -Ossama __ Ossama Othman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- PGP Keys --- Public: http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/othman/OO_PUBLIC.asc REVOKED: http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/othman/OO_REVOKED.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PHP/FI
hello I have som problems with PHP/FI modules, I need to recompile this, but... where I can found sorce code? www.vex.net/php is not working (Error 404) thanx Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sdram and linux
tony mollica wrote: Hi. Just looking for a little more info. Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually). Booting from the rescue disk and running fsck reports lots of problems, fixes them all, but the problems reappear at the next reboot from the hard disk drive. Also ran into a problem with programs exiting unexpectedly and core dumping for no apparent reason. Tried my Debian kernels 2.0.30 and 2.0.33 with the same result and put the original memory back, which seems to have fixed the problem with either kernel version. Has there been any similar reports or other problems using 168 pin sdram type memory or are there any hardware or kernel settings that I may have overlooked to make this work? The memory works ok on 'other' o.s.'s and machines. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] It may be possible that you SDRAM is damaged. You usually won't notice this on other OS's, because there is a big difference in the RAM-usage. Linux really 'uses' the memory more than on those other 'OS's'. In fact the usage is heavy compared to other OS's. But as Manoj stated - backup your HD - just in case... ;-) Mac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PHP/FI
Peter Bodnar wrote: hello I have som problems with PHP/FI modules, I need to recompile this, but... where I can found sorce code? www.vex.net/php is not working (Error 404) thanx Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can find all about PHP/FI at http://php.iquest.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: More on XDM?
I use Accelerated X which defaults to 24 bit color. Did you misread my
message? Or does xdm not use accelerated X? I never installed xf86config,
at least not on Linux.. I do it for freebsd and am happy with 16 bit color
there. :)
My question was that logging in remotely gives me less color than
logging in locally. via xdm.
Carroll Kong
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
Carroll Kong wrote:
Where do I go to
increase color depth allocation per user? I want to have maximized
resource
s
allocated Thanks in advance guys!
Debian 1.3R6 running XDM-Shadow
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Re: Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2
I am not sure if osr2 forces encrypted passwords, but it sounds like a possibility. Can you smbclient to yourself in Linux to see if it will browse? If that is successful, the problem is definatley password related... you set it up as security=user and since windows 95 does not let you connect as (at least in the older versions I worked with), make sure your microsoft client login matches a unix client. I resorted to the encrypted passwords methods which is very annoying when adding new users... :) But I have a lot of NT clients, I did not test it fully with windows 95 clients, but maybe windows 95 now forces encrypted passwords by default as well. And how do you setup plain text passwords through NetBios in windows 95? Can you browse the network at all? Carroll Kong On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Randy Edwards wrote: I'm running my Linux box (hamm) to two Win95 machines which are running OEMSR2 with the Dial-Up Networking 1.2 upgrade. After upgrading to the latest Samba I am having trouble getting access to my printer (which is on the Linux box) and my home directories. I have read and reread the Samba docs and have tried just about every combination of parameters but I still have Win95 complaining that my password to Samba is incorrect (both Win95 machines are set up with identical networking logins/passwords). To eliminate the problem of Win95's encrypted passwords, I have set up one Win95 machine to use plain text passwords and left the other as default. Still no luck. What I am curious about are several things. First, anyone have any ideas on how to tackle this problem? Secondly, does anyone know for sure what type of password Win95 OEMSR2 (aka Win95B) with DUN 1.2 upgrade uses? Thirdly, does anyone have a working /etc/smb.conf that they could send me (I'm fairly sure that mine is okay -- it checks out with testparm -- but just wanted to see what works). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: More on XDM?
I use Accelerated X which defaults to 24 bit color. Did you misread my message? Or does xdm not use accelerated X? I never installed xf86config, at least not on Linux.. I do it for freebsd and am happy with 16 bit color there. :) Xdm will use whatever is Xserver is configured. I had my xdm using the Acclerated-X demo server, for example. My question was that logging in remotely gives me less color than logging in locally. via xdm. If the graphics card on your remote machine can't support as many colors as the graphics card on your local machine then you will get less colors on the remote machine. Xdm uses whatever X server is available on the machine you are going to display your X session on. -Ossama -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Banco de Dados
Can you tell me about a great DB for Linux, preferred with Transactions? I'm thinking about use Linux as File Server and DB Server in my company. I don't know yet if it's crazyness. But I need to reduce costs and get more stable than with Windows NT and specially not so eating a lot of hardware. The main need now is that I could use Oracle or MS SQL for NT. Is there another one for Linux that can make presence against theese? TIA Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URGENT: Problems with bash_2.01.1-1_i386.deb pkg.
** Confidential ** Greetings -- First off, I know I shouldn't have done it... Now-- I tried to upgrade bash from hamm (I used to have bash_2.01-5.deb from hamm way back in January of 1998) to the newest bash_2.01.1-1_i386.deb from ftp1.us.debian.org last night. The upgrade didn't go well, and now I'm stuck with no capability to do much of the things: I can't log in as a user or as a root (I'm still logged in as a root on one VC and that one sort of works). I tried downgrading to my original hamm bash package, but I can' mount a floppy anymore- it says that fs type msdos is not supported- and insmod by hand gives me a three lines of unresolved symbols. S, is there anything I can do in the console I'm still logged in or should I just reinstall the whole damn thing? My system info (system was working fine for three full months...): kernel 2.0.33 custom compiled dpkg_1.4.0.21 libc6_2.06 (I think, I'm not home now...) old bash 2.01-5 and corresponding libreadline ncurses3.4_1.9.9 from hamm dpkg -install output: . dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script killed by signal (Seg fault), core dumped dpkg - trying script from the new package instead... dpkg: error processing bash_2.01.1-1_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removalscript killed by signal (Seg fault), core dumped dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post instalation script killed by signal (Seg fault), core dumped Errors were encountered while processing: bash_2.01.1-1_i386.deb dpkg --status partiall output: installed OK half-configured configure-version: 2.01-5 PLEASE, respond to this E-mail, since I'm not subscribed to the list at work : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: broken ncurses?
I had a similar problem a while back when I upgraded ncurses. Had to manually delete the existing soft links for ncurses, before running ldconfig. Then all worked OK. On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Britton wrote: I suspect a broken ncurses setup is the root of my problems. The ncurses-base and ncurses-bin packages install fine, but when trying to reinstall ncurses itself I got the following: # dpkg --install ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.deb (Reading database ... 28942 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-8 (using ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ncurses3.4 ... Setting up ncurses3.4 (1.9.9g-8) ... ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libncurses.so.3.4 (No such file or directory), skipping I suspect that in trying to fix this I managed to annihilate my ncurses.3.4.so file, as bedore something like this showed up (I think in /lib), but now find gives: $ find / -name ncurses* -print /usr/doc/copyright/ncurses-term /usr/doc/ncurses3.4 /usr/doc/ncurses-base /usr/doc/ncurses-bin /usr/doc/ncurses3.0 find: /usr/share/emacs/20.2/site-lisp: Permission denied find: /etc/ppp: Permission denied find: /var/spool/cron/atjobs: Permission denied find: /var/spool/cron/atspool: Permission denied /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.preinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.0.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.0.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-bin.preinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-bin.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-term.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.4.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.4.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.4.shlibs /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses-base.conffiles /var/lib/dpkg/info/ncurses3.0.shlibs Anyone know what I should do to rectify this situation? Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: The Source will be with you... always. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] /*** Running Debian Linux *** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish...John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills* Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.* * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.networksplus.net/wpmills/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sdram and linux
can you give a little more information? I recently had a simmilar problem that munged my system ...but... it wasn't ram related (tho my RAM did go bad too..for unrelated reasons) Are you runnin gbo or hamm? There is a package that was in hamm when it was unsatble...which is on my hamm CD that I burned last month (while it was still unstable..about 3 weeks before the freeze started ) I accidently installed a package (whose name I forget)...it changed the sysvinit to use a differnt method...with a config file unfortunatly it was not unmounting filesystems when going down for reboot, it would juts kill all processes and reboot without ever umounting / and remounting read only! I noticed the problem after a reboot (I was in the middelk of troubleshooting some soundcard probrlems that required reboots) and started to debug the shutdown scripts (it took 3-4 rebpoots before i reaLized that the standard symlinks were not even being used!) before I had the problem fixed...all of these reboots and unmounting inproperly munged my system my advice: do this less /etc/init.d/rc and look at the large description at the begining...if it says something about running from a config file an dnot using sym links ...then I woul dsubmit that that is you rproblem also... get hwtools package and try memtest86...someone on debian-devel suggested that to me and it picked out my bad ram quickly thoise are my recomendations...if you are runnin gbo however... I doubt that offending package is in bo (coul dbe tho...im too lazy to look) and I dunno about hwtools but...hwtolls shouldn't really care whether it is bo or hamm... anyway memtest86 boots on its own anyway... quick Q: does memtest86 work on SDRAM ? I know it doesn't work on ECC or Parity ram? I will dfind out tonight...I am trowing 64 MB od SDRAM in my machine (nice upgrade from 32 MB of old SIMMs) -Steve tony mollica wrote: Hi. Just looking for a little more info. Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually). Booting from the rescue disk and running fsck reports lots of problems, fixes them all, but the problems reappear at the next reboot from the hard disk drive. Also ran into a problem with programs exiting unexpectedly and core dumping for no apparent reason. Tried my Debian kernels 2.0.30 and 2.0.33 with the same result and put the original memory back, which seems to have fixed the problem with either kernel version. Has there been any similar reports or other problems using 168 pin sdram type memory or are there any hardware or kernel settings that I may have overlooked to make this work? The memory works ok on 'other' o.s.'s and machines. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
You can do all that and more...but...it is not exactly the same for instance...the concept of mapping drives is well...not a Unix type concept :) but every l-user ( I am in service..I fix PCs...I say luser because I deal with the worst of the lot) has (in the normal configuration) their own home directory which only they have acess too (usually anyone can look at their home directory but cannot actually acess files... that can all be changed easily tho) Linux doesn't assign everything with these ACLs like NT does...Unix in general uses a system which I personally consider allot more sane :) you can also setup security easily denoting who is allowed to login to certain hosts in fact a common one is to NOT allow the root (administrator) to login (a person would have to login and then become root to have admin privillages) someone once said that Unix is infinitly configurable Linux can do everything NT canfaster and on cheaper hardware. not to mention: I work at a very large Windows NT domain... we have had numerous NT problems... Domain controllers going down and taking 10 000 users offline ( I am NOT exxaggerating either) but... there are a few unix systemsin all the months I have worked here..I ahve NEVER heard of one going down! Unix does take longer to learn... Unix/Linux looks ugly...until you come to find its inner beauty it looks soo complex..until you see its Simplicity anywayif I were you I would give it a try... hey...its free to try (no $500 licence) -Steve Leonardo Ruoso wrote: I'd like to know if Linux can do what NT can do in a client X server configuration. Let me explain. I don't want every workstation user an network/system administrator. With NT I can configure from server wich volumes will be maped for each user, wich workstation each user will be granted access, wich printer each user will be granted use. As well I can use the login script to set the general preferences and others Can I do that with Linux (UNIX)? Can I, from the server, attach or intall resources to workstations? Can the user login only into the server (not the localhost login)? George Bonser escreveu: Your main choices would be Debian, Slackware, Red Hat and S.u.S.E though there are a few others out there. Of the four, I find Debian to be best suited for servers. The packages have well configured default installations, are usually changed easilly by editing configuration files in intuitive locations, and integrate well with other packages that they might interact with. Red Hat is probably best suited to a single user desktops installations. They have an extensive GUI control panel that works very well if resources are being managed from the local console but leave much to be desired in the server is being administered remotely. They also have invented some interesting locations for configuration options that take considerable sleuthing to locate if the GUI control options are not available. Slackware is basicly a bare-bones linux platform with a minimal number of pre-packaged applications. Slackware takes considerable administation as new software must be configured and built on the system. The local admin is responsible for integration with other software. If you are familliar with Sun Solaris, you will find Debian very familliar in layout. If you are experianced in Berkeley Unix, Slackware and Red Hat will not seem too alien to you. S.u.S.E. uses the Red Hat packaging system with their own system sonfiguration and management software. In addition, they are major contributors to the XFree86 X windows project. Oh! I almost forgot about Caldera. They are a completely commercial Linux distribution and offer support to include references to local providers of on-site technical support. Netscape commercial servers are also available for Caldera Linux. I use Debian for servers. It is easiest to keep up to date using remote administration and has been extremely stable. One thing to look for is a local consultant that has experiance in performance tuning. The default distribution kernels can require some minor patching to raise the number of allowable open files and processes that might be required for a very busy server. This is just one example but the point is that a local consultant can smooth the transition and save you considerable time and money in the long run. On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: I want to install Linux in my company as the main server, file server and database server. Which one should I install? what the diference between then? Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] George Bonser Just be thankful that Microsoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals. http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
My mouse is a standard Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse connected to an almost new Dell Dimension D266. It connects to a small round 6pin socket which I assume to be a serial mouse port. Nope, this is not a serial port. As root, I tried 'insmod psaux' which executed, but produced no response. I then typed '/dev/psaux device' which produced 'Permission Denied'. '/dev/psaux' produced the same. No. While inastalling X or gpm you should tell coniguration program that your mouse using /dev/psaux device, and the protocol is ps2. The simplest way would be to exit from X, dpkg --purge gpm, then install gpm package. It will ask you questions about the device on the protocol of the mouse. Why not just run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig ? --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List split suggestion
I'd like to suggest the list to be split in debian-users and debian-beta or debian-testers. All questions related to unstable, untested or merely not-yet-reliable SW would be sent to the second list. That's because I can't keep up with this mail volume anymore... Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assistente de Informática http://www.lge.com.br./ LG Electronics da Amazônia Ltda fone +55 11 820 25 99 r 151 R do Rocio, 430 - 1º andar - Vila Olímpia fax +55 11 829 54 57 04552-906 - São Paulo, SP Soli Deo Gloria! BRASIL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Packages
Hi all I was looking at Debian's WWW site today at the package listings, and I noticed that for the packages the source is avvaliable in three different formats, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the differences are in these three formats. they are .dsc .orig.tar.gz .diff.gz I guess the .orig.tar.gz ones are standard tar.gz files but what are the .dsc and diff.gz formats? Regards Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
YEAH! I'm not a UNIX Wizard. I know a litle about TCP/IP networks. I am just receiveing my books on Linux next week from amazon. I agree that UNIX can do what NT can do. So. UNIX is NOT for WORKSTATIONS. Is this true? If I agree to change every NT and NW host by a UNIX host I will change too the NetBeui and IPX/SPX protocols by only TCP/IP. Are there TCP printing services (client and server for Windows) that can work with Laserjet and DesketJet Printers? Are there NFS (client and server) that can me easy to configure on Windows? to share a Windows over TCP/IP (a server is not a big problem because I want people archive important files in the UNIX servers)? If I want today to every user access a new area in the server to read and write files, and I'm working with Novell or NT I will just set the login script for each user, or each group of users. What need to be amde in Linux? Is there Login scripts or similars? rds Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: More on XDM?
But I was able to run another xdm session on another server, same terminal and get the same application working with enough colors. The only difference is a wharf bar... if that is draining all the extra colors that the app needs, i guess I am stuck. So I have to reduce the color load on my Accelerated X and hope that it will go? Carroll Kong On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: I use Accelerated X which defaults to 24 bit color. Did you misread my message? Or does xdm not use accelerated X? I never installed xf86config, at least not on Linux.. I do it for freebsd and am happy with 16 bit color there. :) Xdm will use whatever is Xserver is configured. I had my xdm using the Acclerated-X demo server, for example. My question was that logging in remotely gives me less color than logging in locally. via xdm. If the graphics card on your remote machine can't support as many colors as the graphics card on your local machine then you will get less colors on the remote machine. Xdm uses whatever X server is available on the machine you are going to display your X session on. -Ossama -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Mouse Driver
No. While inastalling X or gpm you should tell coniguration program that your mouse using /dev/psaux device, and the protocol is ps2. The simplest way would be to exit from X, dpkg --purge gpm, then install gpm package. It will ask you questions about the device on the protocol of the mouse. Why not just run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig ? I didn't say that to avoid additional if statement in my sugestion: *if* you have gpm installed (check it with dpkg -s gpm) do gpmconfig, if not, install gpm and *if* it doesn't ask you to configure (existing old conffiles) do gpmconfig. dpkg --purge gpm dpkg -i gpm* looks much simpler :) Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Install process
1.) is there a log file of the choices make during the installation process that begins with resc1440.bin execution? 2.) can one do a partial reinstall that will modify some of the choices previously make by stepping through the install menu? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install process
1.) is there a log file of the choices make during the installation process that begins with resc1440.bin execution? 2.) can one do a partial reinstall that will modify some of the choices previously make by stepping through the install menu? The answer would be No to both, but... Once you have a running system, you can change practically anything you want without even partial reinstall. Please be more specific about the problem you have. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the install that never was
Well, I just tried booting with a RedHat boot floppy. Why not try Debian? http://www.debian.org/. If you are not likely to try Debian, you could always build another floppy from the CD. For more details, try http://www.redhat.com./. If you are wondering, debian.org is a volunteer organization, while redhat.com is a commercial company, so you're more likely to get a good (peer) support from Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List split suggestion
I'd like to suggest the list to be split in debian-users and debian-beta or debian-testers. All questions related to unstable, untested or merely not-yet-reliable SW would be sent to the second list. That's because I can't keep up with this mail volume anymore... Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assistente de Informática http://www.lge.com.br./ LG Electronics da Amazônia Ltda fone +55 11 820 25 99 r 151 R do Rocio, 430 - 1º andar - Vila Olímpia fax +55 11 829 54 57 04552-906 - São Paulo, SP Soli Deo Gloria! BRASIL Well spoken! Further possibility is to set up a separate debian-hardware for those who wish to focus on uncooperative hardware. % Geza Gyorgyi % Institute for Theoretical Physics, Eotvos University % Budapest, Puskin u. 5-7, 1088, Hungary % e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] % phone/fax: (int'l access code + 36 1) 266-7924/266-0612 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: Design of Debian web site
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Re: sdram and linux
tony mollica writes: Hi. Just looking for a little more info. Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually). Booting from the rescue disk and running fsck reports lots of problems, fixes them all, but the problems reappear at the next reboot from the hard disk drive. Also ran into a problem with programs exiting unexpectedly and core dumping for no apparent reason. Tried my Debian kernels 2.0.30 and 2.0.33 with the same result and put the original memory back, which seems to have fixed the problem with either kernel version. Has there been any similar reports or other problems using 168 pin sdram type memory or are there any hardware or kernel settings that I may have overlooked to make this work? The memory works ok on 'other' o.s.'s and machines. Did you check the BIOS settings and make sure the BIOS is setup for SDRAM? The typical access time of SDRAM is 10 ns, whereas EDO access time is typically 60 ns. You may have a timing problem. Remember, Linux is very demanding when it comes to hardware. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.1.xx Kernels
Whats with these 2.1.xx kernels, When I was in University over a year ago, they had 2.1.xx kernels, will this kernel ever come out of development, and is Plug-and-Play in the kernel yet???
why does the kernel suck up memory?
I've noticed that when I added more memory, the extra memory went into buffers. Why? I don't have a heavily loaded system which would require massive buffers. How can I change the kernel to stop with this unnecessary behavior? I'm trying to keep from using swap space. Once a swap partition is accessed, it is never dropped and I need to _not_ access swap space for performance reasons (IO bandwidth). -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: URGENT: Problems with bash_2.01.1-1_i386.deb pkg.
Here's what I'd do - install the ash from hamm, then do: ln -sf ash /bin/sh Then, edit your /etc/passwd file (with vi, probably) and change the top line so that it contains '/bin/ash' instead of '/bin/bash' - root should now be able to log in, at least. Damir Naden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ** Confidential ** snipped -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Packages
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: : Hi all : : I was looking at Debian's WWW site today at the package listings, and : I noticed that for the packages the source is avvaliable in three : different formats, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what : the differences are in these three formats. : : they are : .dsc : .orig.tar.gz : .diff.gz No, these aren't different source formats. You need all three files. : I guess the .orig.tar.gz ones are standard tar.gz files but what are the .dsc : and diff.gz formats? *.orig.tar.gz denotes pristine source. *.dsc is the description file ... also contains md5sums and PGP signature. *.diff.gz is the diff file. Use dpkg-source, like so 'dpkg-source -x file.dsc' ... this will unpack the source and apply the diff(s), set up the control file, etc. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?
On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 10:04:12AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed that when I added more memory, the extra memory went into buffers. Why? I don't have a heavily loaded system which would require massive buffers. How can I change the kernel to stop with this unnecessary behavior? Think of those buffers as a dynamically growing cache that uses all available free memory on your machine. If some other process needs the memory the cache is shrunk. That's good behaviour there, nothing harmful. I'm trying to keep from using swap space. Once a swap partition is accessed, it is never dropped and I need to _not_ access swap space for performance reasons (IO bandwidth). Some parts of memory are not normally needed. Once those are swapped out, they'll propably never be swapped out. It's better that way, it frees memory to be used as cache. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it's a valid address w/o spam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
Leonardo Ruoso wrote: YEAH! I'm not a UNIX Wizard. I know a litle about TCP/IP networks. I am just receiveing my books on Linux next week from amazon. I agree that UNIX can do what NT can do. thats a good start :) So. UNIX is NOT for WORKSTATIONS. Is this true? absolutley not! it makes a great workstation!the possibilities are endless...hell you could even have a virtulaly diskless workstation that would have only enough disk to get booted and then get all of its filesystem through the network NFS system...the possibilities are endless... you could even set up a workstation as just nothing more than a glorified X terminal (for a fraction of the cost of a real one) If I agree to change every NT and NW host by a UNIX host I will change too the NetBeui and IPX/SPX protocols by only TCP/IP. Well..Linux can do IPX/SPX but I dunno about NetBeuiin any case... TCP/IP is better nayway...so yes..it would be ALOT better to just change to TCP/IP Are there TCP printing services (client and server for Windows) that can work with Laserjet and DesketJet Printers? hmm... yes...if yopu want Windows to directly run lpr then you may have trouble but... you can setup the equivalent of an NT Print Queue (thats what we call em at work) on th elinux machine and it would work transparently for the windows machines...once you set it up Are there NFS (client and server) that can me easy to configure on Windows? to share a Windows over TCP/IP (a server is not a big problem because I want people archive important files in the UNIX servers)? NFS clients are available for windows... for a comercial one check outNCD software (they also have a great X server for windows) but I doubt thatshwat you REALLY want. samba is a program for linux that shares files using lanmanager protocols (thats what WinNT, win95 and some others use) it can even lie and claim to be an WinNT system! it works REALLY WELL (in my experiance anyway) If I want today to every user access a new area in the server to read and write files, and I'm working with Novell or NT I will just set the login script for each user, or each group of users. What need to be amde in Linux? Is there Login scripts or similars? well...that depends...if you mean to have them logon to a windows machine and have drives mapp then it would be similar...ive never tried that tho. if you mean directly under linux... just make the file area... it will be in the filesystem where evryone can see it and everyone you give acess too can acess it no need to edit any logon scripts...it should already be mounted I hope this answeres your questions without being too confusing... -Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sdram and linux
It sounds a lot like memory that is not fast enough (or not enough wait states). It might also be some sort of addressing error that does not show up in Win. Also, did you tell lilo that you have more than 64M of memory? -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
Oh thanks... not so confuse... so usefull. But I know it's dificult lo learn all in a couple of minutes far away from the information. thanks anyway p.s. I will install a linux machine at work and start to experiment. I'm not sure about RH or Debian. It's because here in Brazil Debian is not used a lot. No local support or consultant. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PHP/FI
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Peter Bodnar wrote: I have som problems with PHP/FI modules, I need to recompile this, but... where I can found sorce code? www.vex.net/php is not working (Error 404) If you're refering to the php3 packages found in hamm now (version 3.0b6) ... the final (non beta) version will come out in a few days with full documentation. I'll upload this version ASAP with latest pgsql, etc support. Greg -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. Egy pingvinre gyakorlatilag lehetetlen haragosan nezni. HuLUG: http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/local/linux/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
So. UNIX is NOT for WORKSTATIONS. Is this true? No. But things are harder for starters than in NT. Only that if using NT, after 12 months you will have been left with a system crying to be reinstalled perhaps. And will still not have had to reboot even once if you are using Linux... If I agree to change every NT and NW host by a UNIX host I will change too the NetBeui and IPX/SPX protocols by only TCP/IP. Are there TCP printing services (client and server for Windows) that can work with Laserjet and DesketJet Printers? Yes. lp is concerned with redirection only, you can continue to use the same drivers... Are there NFS (client and server) that can me easy to configure on Windows? to share a Windows over TCP/IP (a server is not a big problem because I want people archive important files in the UNIX servers)? Yes. But they aren't free. Your choice is wider if you use only 95 and NT Intel, not NT on RISC. For Intel only, Sun has a fine solution for NFS and NIS. For Alpha compatibility, Sysgraph has NFS. What need to be amde in Linux? Is there Login scripts or similars? You can look at the Samba pages... http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/. That's what you'd use if you do not want to make changes to your users' environment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
Leonardo Ruoso wrote: Oh thanks... not so confuse... so usefull. But I know it's dificult lo learn all in a couple of minutes far away from the information. yes it is true...it takes a while to switch the thinking from windows mode to linux modealot of things work under a differnt set of concepts...but hell... I am glad I didn't confuse you...I confused myself on that one :) thanks anyway no problem at all :) p.s. I will install a linux machine at work and start to experiment. always better to satrt on expendable machines rather than ruin your home PC :)hopefully you will be addicted soon :) I'm not sure about RH or Debian. It's because here in Brazil Debian is not used a lot. No local support or consultant. If youa re new RedHat i sniceI am using debian now tho...in general I think debian is better..and for tech suport... this mailing list is here ...ive gotten much better suport off of this list than anywhere else when I have needed it thats one of the things (IMHO) that makes linux stronger than NT or most orther platforms...its the community...people together willing to help out and share -Steve -- True story signature: I once challenged a NT-loving co-worker to a test: We each take a PC and a person with no computer knowledge. The test is to see which new user can be taught and setup a PC from scratch with no previous knowledge a Webserver and DNS server. My student would use Linux and his NT 4.0. He accepted but then called the challenge tottally unfair when I suggested we use identical 486sx 25 MHz computers with 8 MB of RAM. Can somebody tell me why that is unfair? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Linux should I install?
Is there Login scripts or similars? Oh, just remembered! You need only create a netlogon share with Samba... Oh thanks... not so confuse... so usefull. But I know it's dificult lo learn all in a couple of minutes far away from the information. thanks anyway p.s. I will install a linux machine at work and start to experiment. I'm not sure about RH or Debian. It's because here in Brazil Debian is not used a lot. No local support or consultant. Perhaps we could set a local mailing list? Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assistente de Informática http://www.lge.com.br./ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Who is using Linux DB Servers
A cretine question: Which fo you is using a Linux DB Server with the Administrational Systens in your company? Controlling Clients, Payment, etc.. etc.. etc..? What's the size of this companies? What's the size os thees Databases? TIA Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Banco de Dados
What about using Samba for the file and print sharing portion and PostgreSQL as the database server? E.- Leonardo Ruoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Can you tell me about a great DB for Linux, preferred with : Transactions? : I'm thinking about use Linux as File Server and DB Server in my : company. I don't know yet if it's crazyness. But I need to reduce costs : and get more stable than with Windows NT and specially not so eating a : lot of hardware. : The main need now is that I could use Oracle or MS SQL for NT. Is there : another one for Linux that can make presence against theese? : TIA : Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what serve the file in the /dev directory
The files in the /dev are not the actual device drivers , but the files corresponding to a spesific device driver , so on my system the /dev/hda is the first harddisk etc. You don't actually need everyone. If you dont have a scsi disk you cant omit all the /dev/sd files. The best way to make these files are with the MAKEDEV script (or if you want you can make them manually with the mknod command ). The BootDisk-HOWTO has a list at the end telling which files you must have . On a really plain bootdisk i got away with : # ls -l /mnt/dev/ crw--w--w- 2 root tty4, 0 Mar 29 07:06 console brw-rw 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 29 07:06 fd0 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 250 Mar 29 07:06 initrd crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 2 Mar 29 07:07 inportbm crw-rw 1 root kmem 1, 2 Mar 29 07:06 kmem crw-rw 1 root kmem 1, 1 Mar 29 07:06 mem crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys1, 3 Mar 29 07:07 null brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 0 Mar 29 07:06 ram0 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 1 Mar 29 07:06 ram1 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 2 Mar 29 07:06 ram2 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 3 Mar 29 07:06 ram3 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 4 Mar 29 07:06 ram4 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 5 Mar 29 07:06 ram5 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 6 Mar 29 07:06 ram6 brw-rw 1 root disk 1, 7 Mar 29 07:06 ram7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root4 Mar 29 07:06 ramdisk - ram0 crw--w--w- 2 root tty4, 0 Mar 29 07:06 systty crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys5, 0 Mar 29 09:23 tty lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 Mar 29 09:23 tty0 - console crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 1 Mar 29 07:05 tty1 crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 2 Mar 29 07:05 tty2 crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 3 Mar 29 07:06 tty3 crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 4 Mar 29 07:06 tty4 crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 5 Mar 29 07:06 tty5 crw--w--w- 1 root tty4, 6 Mar 29 07:06 tty6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys1, 5 Mar 29 07:07 zero But this doesn't add support for any type of fixed disk. The link from systty to console is after my understanding rather important, since my system won't boot witout it ! Happy hacking ! George Bonser wrote: Those are your device drivers! BE CAREFUL IN THERE! For example, if you have an ide hard disk it is /dev/hda On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote: Hello i need to know what serve the files in the /dev directory,it's because i did some experiment trying to build a boot/root disk set (sort of rescue disk and a good way to learn about linux),i copied all the files in the /dev directory to a floppy disk (the root disk in question) using this method: cd /dev find . -print | cpio -pmd /mnt/dev i also copied the needed library for bash ( libreadline.so.2, libncurses.so.3.0, libdl.so.1 and libc.so.5 ) but now,i lack the space needed for copying bash,does anyone here know where i can get the information i need to safely prune the /dev directory without erasing something important ?? thanks a lot for your help !! Alain --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dragon.telnett.no/~fredrik Don't trust an operating system were you don't have the source. -- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dragon.telnett.no/~fredrik Don't trust an operating system were you don't have the source. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sdram and linux
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: anyway memtest86 boots on its own anyway... quick Q: does memtest86 work on SDRAM ? I know it doesn't work on ECC or Parity ram? I will dfind out tonight...I am trowing 64 MB od SDRAM in my machine (nice upgrade from 32 MB of old SIMMs) Well, I've had a few problems when I installed some new sdram on my computer, too. memtest86 didnt saw them, but i had a few wierd problems, programs segfaulting and all. Apparently part of the reason was that some memory access patterns can't be reproduced with just the CPU : you may also have some other chips accessing memory, and the problems may happen only when the different accesses happen in some particular order. Thus, your memory will only fail if you have, say, a disk access and a network access at the same time as a compile. The way I tested my bad sdram was to use this script : tar czf linux.tar.gz linux mv linux linux.orig for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 do for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 do for k in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 do echo $i$j$k tar xzf linux.tar.gz diff -U 2 -rN linux.orig linux rm -fr linux done done done mv linux.orig linux I had one of them running on each of my disks (1 IDE with triton busmatering, 1 SCSI). Then I compiled kernels in the background. I had both some sig11 problems, and some differences output by the diff in the script (btw, there was a strange pattern in these differences). problem went away when I exchanged my sdram at the store. They said it wasnt the reason, and that their sdram was okay, but I know this wasnt true. I guess they must have sold my faulty sdram to some win95 user who wont see the difference anyway - he'll just get a few more crashes than average... Michel Walken LESPINASSE - Student at Ecole Centrale Paris (France) www email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o o)www : http://www.via.ecp.fr/~walken/ --oOO--(_)--OOo-- C0 9B E8 D8 44 43 D3 63 5A B4 BA 55 57 5B 19 6D Just say know finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for complete PGP key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gated?????????
I have 2 computer connected by ethernet. One is connected to the inernet by isdn. What do i have to do, to get an internet connection on the other one. (I think the one with connection should forward the packets, that come from the other one) I thought about gated, but I dont know, how to configure it. Thanks a lot, bye florian attenberger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: jdk1.1-runtime
Jens Ritter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff Shilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just downloaded biss-awt_0.87-1 and the web page says there are no depends, etc but during installation I found out it needs jdk1.1-runtime. Where is this package? Does jdk1.1-dev provide this or should I just ignore depends? See www.jimpick.org ups. It is www.jimpick.com Sorry. Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sdram and linux #2
Thanks for all the replies. I can appreciate the possibility of the hdd going bad, but it has been operating flawlessly before and after trying to use the sdram, but that doesn't exclude the possibility. Tried the old mem and both the .30 and .33 kernels this morning with absolutely no problems. I don't find any specific settings for the sdram in the system bios and what there is of a handbook for this generic motherboard (430vx)isn't much. The #1 suspect, I think, is an incompatibility with the m-board and, #2 would be a bad chip. I'll try a different type of sdram or use it in a win95 box. What's a few extra crashes, I don't use it very often, anyway. thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pine mailboxs and Mutt.
I switched from pine to mutt-i about 2 weeks ago, and haven't had any problem with the existing mailboxes. I did have to do ln -s mail Mail in my home directory I switched from pine to mutt-i about 2 weeks ago, and haven't encountered any problems using the existing mailboxes. I did have to do ln -s mail Mail in my home directory. On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 01:49:57PM -0600, Ender Wigin wrote: Hi, Can mutt-i read pine mailboxes? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpkg options
The man page for dpkg says it's inaccurate and also out of date. Is there an updated man page somewhere? I was just wondering if there might be some options for the program that are not listed in the man or --help pages. For example, is there an option to get the long description of an installed package (as opposed to the output of -l)? Is there a way to list the packages that depend on a certain installed package, and a way to list the packages that a certain installed package depends on? I suspect that these options may just be undocumented. If they don't exist, they probably should; all this info is available in /var/lib/dpkg/status (and besides, I think you can do these things with rpm, and I wouldn't want that tool to out-do dpkg in any way ;-). Phil Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SCSI tape problems
Well, I spent the evening getting the Adaptec AVA-1505 card working. I finally got it so that the system now boots and sees the card. This card is supposed to be supported by the AHA152x support. Here are the kern.log messages now (heads of each line clipped for breavity) from when I just rebooted. I have one 1/4 inch Teac tape drive on ID 1 (with a tape in it): kernel: aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) kernel: aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x340, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled kernel: aha152x: trying software interrupt, lost. kernel: aha152x: IRQ 11 possibly wrong. Please verify. kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $ kernel: scsi : 1 host. kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 1, scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 ... and so on through id 7 The problems I have now (for which I'd appreciate some ideas) are: 1. What can I do about the IRQ being possibly wrong? 2. It doesn't seem to find the tape drive... I really want to use it for backups, so what can I do? The last time I had the drive turned on it was on a Mac and worked aok; the last time I used the cable, it too worked ok. Thanks for any help... suggestions... pointers... And, yes, I have read the SCSI how-to's... -- Glenn Tenney KOTJ The email address has been changed since spam is not allowed here, but you can figure it out... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install process
in no case did I enter runtime parameter for the device modules that I selected which included : under fs binfmt_java and vfat under ipi4 ip_alias , ipip( IP Tunneling) , and rarp Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. under misc lp (took the default one the parameters) , and psaux I wonder if I should have selected in addition Serial Softdog and/orwdt Note. The documentation seems to indicate that I should create a drv1440.bin floppy; but the install process did not call for this floppy. This may be that I installed from cd. Yes, that's the reason. All you mentioned above are just different kernel modules. You have them all installed anyway (in /lib/modules/2.0.*/) Names of those that you have selected are just appeared in /etc/modules file. Check it out. You may add new lines or remove existing ones any time without any reinstall. See what you got under /lib/modules. The name in /etc/modules file just means that the module is loaded at boot time. If you want to remove module, you use rmmod ... command, to insert one just do, for example insmod vfat. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Banco de Dados
I'm afraid about PostGreeSQL because it's not 100% ANSI SQL. We'll run third part apps that will expect to find a 100% compatible DB w/ transactions. They recomend (obvius) Oracle 8. But it's no so cheap. And I've heard that the version for SCO runs SLOW. SCO version can run as well on Linux packages. Can I substitue the MS SQL Server by PostGreeSQl without re-writing code? TIA Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Copyright of 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 08:38:32PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote: I am packaging the client server software produced by the DICT Project, which is under the GPL. I am not sure if the dictionary databases that are used with these programs should be packaged or not. (They are available for downloading from the net, and may be accessed with the client software.) I will post more specifics later, and ask the developer community to recommend if they should or should not be packaged. First, however, I would like to consider their copyright. Most of the databases seem to satisfy the DFSG. However, the most important of these, the 1913 Webster's Unabridged dictionary, is questionable. Following is its copyright notice: This electronic version may be used freely for personal use or for research, and may be freely distributed provided that the entire set of files are copied, and the headers and copyright notices are not modified or deleted. The inclusion of more than one per cent of the text of this dictionary in a product for sale requires the express written permission of MICRA Inc. Sale of entire copies, including all headers and copyright notices, will not be considered a violation of this provision. It is most unlikely that anyone would want to include more than 1% and less than 100% of this in a derived work, for sale or otherwise. However, I believe that this provision violates the DFSG, so that, if packaged, it would go into non-free. They don't mention modification, and therfore modification is forbidden. As only personal use and research is allowed, commercial use is forbidden. It can go in the non-free section, but not elsewhere. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site
Hi! Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: Would you people shift this thread to debian-www? I am sorry for starting this thread on the wrong list. I did not notice that there is a www related list. So please send replies to debian-www. Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy to use with any browser. But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean frames, tons of graphics or java animations. Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at: http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I could even imagine a more simple page without tables. Thomas - For all on debian-www I inlude the original message: Hi! The last times I visited the Debian web site I had to realize that it is not very impressing concerning design and structure. Especially in design the sites of FreeBSD, The GNOME Project, KDE, Red Hat, etc. have a lot more to offer. Of course web page design is not the most important thing about Debian but as the web site is in most cases the first contact with Debian I consider it important to have a professional, serious looking appearance. Moreover I think the strucure could be improved. I think 16 items in the main menu are too many and most of them would fit in a top level category. To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text Debian GNU/Linux. All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo. What do you think about this? I would be happy to hear your opinions. If there is enough positive feedback I can create a rough prototype of what I think of. Bye, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pine and from: field
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Re: You've won $5000 Dollars
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Where to download fast debian?
I want to know the better places to download Linux Debian. I want to buy the CD, nut for now. It will take longer to come here in Brazil.. for 3 weeks in General. Do you know the fastter ftp service? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install process
G. Kaplan wrote 1.) is there a log file of the choices make during the installation process that begins with resc1440.bin execution? No. 2.) can one do a partial reinstall that will modify some of the choices previously make by stepping through the install menu? This should be possible at least in the proper configuration steps rather than the extract base/kernel steps. In fact even in those, I can't, off the top of my head remember any problem either but I am not so sure. Please try and see if you fail. If so, report it. Luis. -- Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = F8 B1 13 DE 22 22 94 A1 14 BE 95 8E 49 39 78 76 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install process
Alex Yukhimets wrote in no case did I enter runtime parameter for the device modules that I selected which included : under fs binfmt_java and vfat under ipi4 ip_alias , ipip( IP Tunneling) , and rarp Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. under misc lp (took the default one the parameters) , and psaux I wonder if I should have selected in addition Serial Softdog and/orwdt Note. The documentation seems to indicate that I should create a drv1440.bin floppy; but the install process did not call for this floppy. This may be that I installed from cd. Yes, that's the reason. All you mentioned above are just different kernel modules. You have them all installed anyway (in /lib/modules/2.0.*/) Names of those that you have selected are just appeared in /etc/modules file. Check it out. You may add new lines or remove existing ones any time without any reinstall. See what you got under /lib/modules. The name in /etc/modules file just means that the module is loaded at boot time. If you want to remove module, you use rmmod ... command, to insert one just do, for example insmod vfat. Pardon my intrusion. Just wanted to say that can't remove the modules from within the installation procedure but you can as Alex explains, just edit the modules file. You want to edit /target/etc/modules though, which is the one that will be used by the system itself after rebooting. Alex Y. Luis. -- Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = F8 B1 13 DE 22 22 94 A1 14 BE 95 8E 49 39 78 76 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gated?????????
Hi! Florian Attenberger schrieb: I have 2 computer connected by ethernet. One is connected to the inernet by isdn. What do i have to do, to get an internet connection on the other one. (I think the one with connection should forward the packets, that come from the other one) I thought about gated, but I dont know, how to configure it. Thanks a lot, bye florian attenberger I assume you have just one IP. Then you can use IP-Masquerade. There is a mini-howto describing how it works and how to set it up. IIRC to get the basics work you only have to load some modules modprobe ip_masq_ftp modprobe ip_masq_raudio modprobe ip_masq_irc modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme modprobe ip_masq_vdoline and adjust it like this: ipfwadm -F -p deny ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 ^^ 192.168.1.0 is the adress of the localnet. So you might have to replace it with yours. 24 means class c network. See the howto for the values of the other network classes if needed. Hope it helps, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Packages
Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 03:43:58PM +: I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the differences are in these three formats. They are not different formats. They comprise the same package. .dsc Obviously, a description! .orig.tar.gz Upstream source. .diff.gz Patch to upstream, making it debian (many times bugfixes, and of course the debian subdir. -- Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: You've won $5,000!
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MIT Kerberos Version 5, Release 1.0.4 - Debian build problems
Hi. I was wondering if any one had successfully built MIT Kerberos Version 5 under Debian? We've not yet succeeded so I would appreciate any hints/tips from anyone who has been successful. The machine in question is a PC (Pentium II) running Debian 1.3 and kernel version 2.0.33. We've successfully compiled this release of Kerberos under Slackware and RedHat Linux (Pentiums and 486's) as well under AIX and SunOS (with gcc). The 'make' process bombs before completion after a successful 'configure.' The error message doesn't seem particularly edifying to me but I am happy to forward it to any interested parties. Regards, Alec -- == Alec Sandy APS/ANL Sector Number 8 Building 400 VOICE: 630-252-0280 9700 South Cass Avenue FAX: 630-252-0282 Argonne, IL 60439-1749 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fw: Design of Debian web site
For those of you who don't know, I am the current webmaster for Debian. I just heard of this thread yesterday and was going to read the debian-user archive, but won't bother as the discussion has been moved. Future replies will not go to debian-user so subscribe to debian-www if you are interested in this. Thomas Apel wrote: Concerning the topic I think the most important thing about the Debian www site is its content. Besides this it should be fast-loading and easy to use with any browser. But I also think that a good design is a nice thing AND possible without loosing the above attributes. Good design does not necessarily mean frames, tons of graphics or java animations. If you had been involved in previous discussions, you would know that the developers felt very strongly that there should be NO forms or java on the pages and that the amount of graphics should be minimized. Tables are well enough supported now that there is no problem in using them. Who is interested in what I think of might have a look at: http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~thomas.apel/debian/index.html Although this is a pretty simple page compared to many other sites I could even imagine a more simple page without tables. The page you designed is very much along the lines I had been thinking about. Many people have been complaining (and just as many complimenting) the site. I have encouraged every person who has written complaining about the site to offer suggestions and not a single one has actually come back with anything constructive. Thank you for your effort. I have been working on getting all the mirrors set up so we can easily handle multiple languages (will be done using content negotiation). It was originally hoped that the pages would be translated by the release of 2.0. As that doesn't appear likely, it would be best to make these modifications before a major translation effort to minimize the work of the translators. Here are some points that should be addressed/discussed: Should we only redesign the top page, or modify all the pages to use frames (in particular the left margin or top frame to ease moving around the site)? My feeling is to leave the other pages as is. There should be a place for the Debian logo (do not start a discussion on the quality of the logo. This will be discussed somewhere else). Should we use style sheets? Is there any point in keeping the site index? I inherited it and have (sort of) maintained it, but don't see the point. There needs to be space at the bottom for the logo of the site sponsor. After the pages are translated, there will be links at the bottom to access the page in specific languages. This is for those who don't set up the preferred_language variable in their browser. FYI, it has been my intention to have the actual web pages generated using m4. This would allow us to have a generic header and footer (for each language) and have time stamps be generated automatically. Modifying the header or footer in the past has been a royal pain as every page had to be changed by hand. Is it necessary to have both the left frame and titlebar links? A few specific changes: We go International - Debian goes International (We doesn't work well here) Bug Tracking - Bug Tracking System Jay Treacy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpkg options
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 30 15:56:12 1998
The man page for dpkg says it's inaccurate and also out of date. Is
there an updated man page somewhere? I was just wondering if there might
be some options for the program that are not listed in the man or --help
pages. For example, is there an option to get the long description of an
installed package (as opposed to the output of -l)? Is there a way to list
the packages that depend on a certain installed package, and a way to list
the packages that a certain installed package depends on? I suspect that
these options may just be undocumented. If they don't exist, they probably
should; all this info is available in /var/lib/dpkg/status (and besides, I
think you can do these things with rpm, and I wouldn't want that tool to
out-do dpkg in any way ;-).
Phil Garcia
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I don't remember to see dpkg having anything other than this incomplete man
page.
BTW, dpkg --r[force-]help and dpkg-deb --help give you all the options
available
in dpkg, may be just without enough explanations but there I go:
dpkg --status (aka -s) package
gives you the description as find in the status file, which means all of it if
it's
installed, mostly nothing elsewhere.
dpkg --print-avail package
gives you the information set in the available files, which you can find useful
for
not installed package. This information is set when you run the Update step in
dselect
or by running dpkg --{merge, update}-avail Packages.gz.
Also, they're the pkg-order utilities, in frozen. They're are a little poorly
documented
but take a look at pkg-deptree and pkg-revdep script. Deity (the next
generation of dselect)
will be more attractive and should have some utility. But remember that Debian
dependencies
are really more robust and more complex than the rpm style, don't expect to
have the same
fast responsiveness as with RH.
Good Exploration!
Fab.
PS: May be you should take a look at dftp... It's really has nice features, may
be that's what you
need?
Fabien Ninoles
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WebPage: http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~94246757
You can get my public key from your nearest public keys server!
RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70
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laptop soundconf
this is the soundconf file for a Gateway Solo 2300 LS with a Yamaha YM715 sound chipset. i am running kernel 2.0.33. btw, the card is not configured as a soundblaster. i had the same experience as you did, namely if i booted into windows and then linux the sound card will work. unfortunately the card is not 100% soundblaster compatible, so you have to configure it differently. anyway, the sound works fine for me now, so give it a try. let me know if it works for you. sorry it took this long to send you this message, but the laptop is somewhere in europe right now. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | --- Start of included message --- /* Generated by configure. Don't edit */ /* Making changes to this file is not as simple as it may look. */ /* If you change the CONFIG_ settings in local.h you */ /* _have_ to edit .defines too.*/ #undef CONFIG_PAS #undef CONFIG_SB #define CONFIG_ADLIB #undef CONFIG_GUS #undef CONFIG_MPU401 #undef CONFIG_UART6850 #undef CONFIG_PSS #undef CONFIG_GUS16 #undef CONFIG_GUSMAX #undef CONFIG_MSS #undef CONFIG_SSCAPE #undef CONFIG_TRIX #undef CONFIG_MAD16 #define CONFIG_CS4232 #undef CONFIG_MAUI #undef CONFIG_SPNP #undef CONFIG_UNUSED1 #undef CONFIG_UNUSED2 #undef CONFIG_AEDSP16 #define CONFIG_AUDIO #define CONFIG_MIDI #define CONFIG_YM3812 #define CONFIG_MPU_EMU #define CONFIG_AD1848 #undef CONFIG_SBDSP #undef CONFIG_UART401 #define CONFIG_SEQUENCER #define CS4232_BASE 0x534 #define CS4232_IRQ 5 #define CS4232_DMA 0 #define CS4232_DMA2 3 #define CS4232_MPU_BASE 0x330 #define CS4232_MPU_IRQ 9 #define DSP_BUFFSIZE 65536 #define SELECTED_SOUND_OPTIONS 0x00a82004 --- End of included message --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:You've won $5,000! -off topic
To whoever cares. I read this list all the time as I am a new inexperienced user. Between the Hi I'm Sandra series of messages and this one telling us we all won $5,000.00 it is pretty obvious AOL users have no business on this forum and nothing to offer us except continued annoyance. My $0.02 Keith Reply Separator Subject:You've won $5,000! Author: JeffRow12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/30/98 12:21 PM Content-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: JeffRow12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: You've won $5,000! Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:18:28 EST Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit a href=http://www.best.com/~darin1/index.html;Click Here To Get Your Money!/a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?
I've noticed that when I added more memory, the extra memory went into buffers. Why? I don't have a heavily loaded system which would require massive buffers. How can I change the kernel to stop with this unnecessary behavior? I'm trying to keep from using swap space. Once a swap partition is accessed, it is never dropped and I need to _not_ access swap space for performance reasons (IO bandwidth). Why would you add memory and not expect your operating system to use it. That would be a waste. The Linux kernel takes your memory and allows various parts of your system (such as disk IO) to speed up. DOS doesn't do that kind of memory monitoring, and in the case of Microsoft (not NT), free memory is useable memory. Because you memory is in cache and buffers does not mean that it will not get used if it is needed. --Jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gated?????????
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:50:50 +0200 From: Florian Attenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: gated? I have 2 computer connected by ethernet. One is connected to the inernet by isdn. What do i have to do, to get an internet connection on the other one. (I think the one with connection should forward the packets, that come from the other one) I thought about gated, but I dont know, how to configure it. If your entire network has all valid IP addresses then you use gated. If not then you need to use IP masq. --Jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copyright of 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 03:35:01PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 08:38:32PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote: I am packaging the client server software produced by the DICT Project, which is under the GPL. I am not sure if the dictionary databases that are used with these programs should be packaged or not. (They are available for downloading from the net, and may be accessed with the client software.) They don't mention modification, and therfore modification is forbidden. As only personal use and research is allowed, commercial use is forbidden. It can go in the non-free section, but not elsewhere. Are we allowed to modify the RFCs in doc-rfc? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
idle users...
Lately, I've noticed that when I exit xterm, it doesn't log me off.. paul ttyp3Mar 28 15:33 old (:0.0) paul ttyp4Mar 28 14:24 old (:0.0) Today is March 30th and I have idled set to kick idle users off after 120 minutes.. idled only kicked one of three 'ghost users' off, the other two have been logged on for two days now.. How can I kick them off? They're not running any programs -- not even a shell. Thanks -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:You've won $5,000! -off topic
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Keith Matthews wrote: : To whoever cares. : : I read this list all the time as I am a new inexperienced user. : Between the Hi I'm Sandra series of messages and this one telling us : we all won $5,000.00 it is pretty obvious AOL users have no business : on this forum and nothing to offer us except continued annoyance. Most AOL users aren't exactly guru material, but does that mean we should exclude them? Where does it end? If you don't want to read email from folks at AOL, that's your business. See http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs/launchers/mail/filtering-faq/ if that's the case. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) PS If you forward spam from AOL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] they'll know it happened and be able to do something about it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Latex problem in 1.3.1
Hi
Sorry if this is FAQ: I'm new to LaTex and have a problem with the
sample2e.tex example document:
\documentclass{article}
and
\section{Ordinary Text}
I only get the O T printed.
The installation is from a 1.3.1 Debian CD.
Does anybody know what has happened here?
Thanks
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Re: MIT Kerberos Version 5, Release 1.0.4 - Debian build problems
Alec Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AS I was wondering if any one had successfully built MIT Kerberos AS Version 5 under Debian? We've not yet succeeded so I would AS appreciate any hints/tips from anyone who has been successful. It took some source tweaking to get 1.0.4 to build; krb5 1.0.5 is much happier in a libc6 environment (i.e. the upcoming Debian 2.0 release). I'd imagine it would work better on a bo system as well. The new release is also supposed to close some security holes in the server daemons. -- _ / \ The cat's been in the box for over | David Maze | 20 years. Nobody's feeding it. The | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |cat is dead. | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Grant, on Schroedinger's Cat \_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpkg options
The man page for dpkg says it's inaccurate and also out of date. Is there an updated man page somewhere? I was just wondering if there might be some options for the program that are not listed in the man or --help pages. For example, is there an option to get the long description of an installed package (as opposed to the output of -l)? Is there a way to list the packages that depend on a certain installed package, and a way to list the packages that a certain installed package depends on? I suspect that these options may just be undocumented. If they don't exist, they probably should; all this info is available in /var/lib/dpkg/status (and besides, I think you can do these things with rpm, and I wouldn't want that tool to out-do dpkg in any way ;-). Try checking out dpkg-deb --help. Dpkg passes some options on to dpkg-deb and handles some itself, but dpkg-deb also has some options that can't (I don't think) be accessed through dpkg. For example: dpkg-deb --info will give you quite a bit of information about a package, includeing depends and a long description, although dpkg -s gives you the same. Check it out, maybe some of the things you want are there. Phil Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why does the kernel suck up memory?
Jay Barbee writes: I've noticed that when I added more memory, the extra memory went into buffers. Why? I don't have a heavily loaded system which would require massive buffers. How can I change the kernel to stop with this unnecessary behavior? I'm trying to keep from using swap space. Once a swap partition is accessed, it is never dropped and I need to _not_ access swap space for performance reasons (IO bandwidth). Why would you add memory and not expect your operating system to use it. That would be a waste. The Linux kernel takes your memory and allows various parts of your system (such as disk IO) to speed up. DOS doesn't do that kind of memory monitoring, and in the case of Microsoft (not NT), free memory is useable memory. Because you memory is in cache and buffers does not mean that it will not get used if it is needed. --Jay I have trouble with the idea that a swap partition is never dropped once it is accessed, especially in light of the following: osiris# cat /proc/meminfo total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 48283648 42934272 5349376 28479488 1650688 16846848 Swap: 949575680 94957568 MemTotal: 47152 kB MemFree: 5224 kB MemShared:27812 kB Buffers: 1612 kB Cached: 16452 kB SwapTotal:92732 kB SwapFree: 92732 kB osiris# swapoff /dev/hda2 osiris# cat /proc/meminfo total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 48283648 42909696 5373952 28483584 1650688 16846848 Swap:000 MemTotal: 47152 kB MemFree: 5248 kB MemShared:27816 kB Buffers: 1612 kB Cached: 16452 kB SwapTotal:0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB If one really wants to avoid swap, why wouldn't one simply not have any swap partitions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
uname doesn't show the up to date kernel compilation number.
I installed a custom kernel using make-kpkg + dpkg. bash-2.00$ uname -a Linux rakefet 2.0.29 #1 Sun Mar 29 23:18:35 IDT 1998 i586 unknown ^ | Should be #2. 1) How to correct this ? 2) From where uname get this number (is it written in the kernel itself) ? I asked the same question couple of weeks ago, and then Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] answered: Build another kernl before doing a make distclean (or make-kpkg clean) and it shall. But either it didn't worked for me or that I didn't understand _exactly_ what am I suposed to do (Build another kernel using make-kpkg or manualy ? Build it before I run make-kpkg + dpkg --install or after that ?). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
