2.4.2 Hates me :-(
I suffered a little reiserfs corruption the other day (okay well a lot :-), after booting my new 2.4.2 kernel on my Sid setup. So I just wiped it all and reinstalled using ext2 only. Being brave I build 2.4.2 again, hoping it was strictly a reiserfs problem. On first boot...file corruption. /etc/X11 is nuked, along with several other things. Anyone have any idea why 2.4.2 hates me? I've always been using -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 on the IDE drive in question, without any problems. I adjusted all the -oformat to --oformat as needed to build said kernel in arch/i386/boot/makefile (it's late so I hope that is right). Never had any problems with corruption, with ext2 or reiserfs, with any kernel, on any distro before. I've been running the 2.4X line since the first betas. In case it matters I did a 'make-kpkg -bzimage kernel_image' to build it. The drive in question is an ATA IDE Seagate Barracuda. Just strange how I didn't do anything differently... TIA, annoyed (at this f$%#$#^ kernel, I still love the goodness of Debian 8^) and tired , jt PS Hmm... wonder if I missed an important config change between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2.
Uh-Oh...
Well I grabbed 2.4.2, did a make-kpkg as usual and installed it. But I reboot to find my filesystem pretty well trashed. I'm running Sid and everything is on Reiserfs except for /boot. The only way I can do anything (with any kernel) is to boot to single user. I have tried reiserfsck'ing it, but the end result is the same. I still get errors like this ... US_13050: reiserfs_update_sd: i/o failure occured trying to update [0 0 0x0 SD] Stat datais_tree_node: node level 2 does not match to the expected one 1 etc etc. I was enjoying kde2.1 final and everything was gravy until I booted the new kernel :-(. Anyone have a fix? TIA, jt
Re: Uh-Oh...
On 28 Feb 2001 13:17:07 +0100, you wrote: I always enjoy asking people if they have their power cord plugged in... Yes, this part I am sure of g. Which version of reiserfstools is installed? It was the most current version in unstable. I did a dpkg -X to manually install the older version from testing and have managed to fix things most of the way. It did require a reiserfsck --rebuild-tree which totally nuked /var but all well. New question re this new problem to follow :-). jt Alternative Computing Solutions... Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org
Reconstructing Var?
Is there an easy way to reconstruct the basic heirarchy and files for /var? I had a reiserfs meltdown after installing 2.4.2. I'm not really sure if it was that or the new reiserutils or a combination of both. reiserfsck managed to fix everything except for /var which was pretty well hosed. So I had to dpkg -X the older version of reiserutils and install it manually. Then a reiserfsck --rebuild-tree on var fixed the problem, but as expected nuked _everything_ on the partition. So is there anything easier than manually creating/touching files as needed for syslogd, dpkg, gdm, etc. etc.? TIA, jt
Re: Reconstructing Var?
On Thu, 01 Mar 2001 14:55:26 +1100, you wrote: When you say 'meltdown', what exactly do you mean? Can you go into more detail about what appeared to happen? What kernel version did you upgrade from? What versions of the reiserfs-utils did you move between? Not really sured why/what happened. First of all I'm running Sid, with everything being Reiserfs except for boot (and some ext2 for progeny). I was happily running kernel 2.4.1, with the latest reiserfsprogs from unstable (this was just updated recently IIRC). I did a make-kpkg as usual, but on first boot it all went to shi*. I asked about it under the thread Uh-Oh... I was just about to upgrade to 2.4.2, and I have a 17Gb reiserfs partition, so I'd be very interested to know what we're dealing with here. At the moment I have 2.4.1 with reiserfs-utils version [Crap! www.namesys.com is busted so I can't find the version number]... well the one that was on the Namesys site when 2.4.1 came out (probably the latest). Has anyone else experienced problems with their reiserfs partitions after upgrading to 2.4.2? Reiser has worked flawlessly for me with several distros for quite some time. I seem to have run into the one drawback. It's tools for repairing damage are not as proven as those of ext2. jt
Re: Reconstructing Var?
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:34:55 -0900, you wrote: if /var/lib/dpkg/* is gone and you have no backups your screwed. reinstall your system from scratch. This is what I was afraid of. And yes, it's ALL gone :-(. I had gotten so used to the reliabiltiy of 'unstable' that I had neglected to make proper backups for quite some time. My fault, won't happen again 8^). you might consider going back to ext2 for awhile, until reiserfs is really mature [1]. just because its a journaling filesystem doesn't mean you can't get fs corruption. I might. I think I might also look into some others like xfs etc. As long as I don't forget to pay my electric bill I don't really have to worry much anyway ;-). [1] reiserfs does not work at all on big endian archetectures, that is not a mature filesystem in my book. I seem to have run into the one big problem, the 'not quite there' tools to repair said damage. The _only_ way to 'fix' the problems were to do a reiserfsck --rebuild-tree on /var. It warned me that this was extremely dangerous and only to be used as a last desperate messure. But I was already screwed and it was the only option I could see at the time :-( thanks again, jt
Re: Site to watch
On Thursday 08 February 2001 20:48, David B. Harris wrote: To quote DSC Lithuania [EMAIL PROTECTED], # He's the guy who wrote TIP that keeps my ZIP drive working, so he seems to # know his # stuff. Personally, I used to use that site a lot for portscans and the like(for well over a year). Now, while I think he provides a very good service, I also think he's pulling some of this stuff out of his arse. A lot of the stuff he's invented is just a page of marketspeak. Now, I think his portscanning service is useful(even if some other ones, that are better, are available). But read everything he writes with a big 'ol grain of salt. Agreed. And as you said there are other sites that offer more in-depth scans. Something like http://scan.sygatetech.com/ comes to mind. But unfortunately the only truly secure networked computer is one that isn't networked at all 8^). jt
Re: The Next Yahoo
On Tuesday 06 February 2001 08:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Hi, debian-user What if Yahoo Paid You ? Now a reality !!! World's first completely commissionable Portal just released. Spam. The other other white meat ;-). jt
Re: Old news : Opera Free 4 Linux
On Monday 05 February 2001 12:41, Preben Randhol wrote: Joris Lambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/02/2001 (12:17) : Thursday, Feb. 1st Free Browser Coming for Linux and Mac Posted by amrdog @ 2:02 Post Comment (0) The Netscape-Microsoft Browser Wars are no longer at their peak, but that doesn't mean that the browser market is at a stand-still. There are many other browser alternatives out there for users of all platforms. The most popular of these alternatives is Opera, a small, quick web browser published in Norway. On Thursday, according to ZDNet, Opera will become free for Linux and Mac platforms. You can get more information here, and also check out Opera's homepage for details about the browser. Here it is free in the sense that you will have a banner with ads in the browser I believe. He he. But I suppose some might find it better than clicking that stupid prompt every time you start it (unless of course you register it ;-). jt
Re: Old news : Opera Free 4 Linux
On Monday 05 February 2001 13:12, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote: Hi, On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Colin Watson wrote: (Where was the link?) IIRC, Opera is now free-as-in-beer, but it's still not free in the DFSG sense, which is a great shame; it would be great if it could go into Debian. Perhaps it could be distributed by Debian in non-free, though. I might have a look at its licence. Will the sources be available? Regards, Kerstin I don't see that happening unless Opera runs out of cash and goes under. I believe they meant the same sense of free as the windows version when it hit 5.01. It was no longer an evaluation period deal. But the free version displayed adds (although not terribly obtrusive). But I would *love* it if it did go open source. 5.02 for windows is probably the fastest browser I have ever used (IE for the mac is actually pretty nice too). The idea of blocking the adds is interesting. Although they could (and maybe have) thrown in a check to make sure they are being displayed properly in order to function. jt
Re: partitioning 45 gig HD
On Sunday 04 February 2001 07:20, ktb wrote: To get around the 1024 thing put the line - lba32 in your /etc/lilo.conf file or use the -L option. # lilo -L As far as partitioning primary vs. logical I think you can have 2 or so primary and as many logical as you need. I may be wrong on that. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am. I don't think it matters that much. cfdisk or fdisk won't let you create more primary partitions than you are allowed anyway. I generally start with a / primary partition. hth, kent Just wanted to note that you can have four primary partitions. This includes one primary extended, which can house as many logicals as you need (I read something somewhere about 64 being the upper limit but I'm not sure if that is even true...althoug if you need more than 64 logicals on one drive you are in trouble ;-). All of my GNU/Linux stuff is logical. There was some little complaint when installing Debian about my /boot not being a primary, but it is obviously possible. jt
Stupid Question...keymappings?
I recently helped a friend resurrect an old machine with Debian :-). There is one little thing that annoyed me, and will annoy him, the more he learns. The keymappings that I am used to don't always seem to work. For instance with a 'man man,' I couldn't use the vi(m) like keybindings for movement. Return was the only way to scroll down, and backspace wouldn't even scroll up. And if I did a search, it wouldn't highlight the results. If I searched for anything it couldn't find it just dropped me back to the shell. Certain things, like the backspace not scrolling up, happen in other apps like slrn. I vaguely remember this when I first set up my box running Sid. But very early on in my apting/configuring it automagically went away. I have run into this again with my Progeny setup. Other than these problems, the keymappings are working fine. I'm just not sure which package, or config I need to play with 8^). Any help or where I can RTFM greatly appreciated. TIA, jt PS Does anyone else have any problems with Kmail/Knode not threading properly? I would like to say it is only with my ISP (road runner), but I don't get enough traffic any other place to be sure. But knode seems to thread perfectly on other news servers.
Re: Stupid Question...keymappings?
On Friday 02 February 2001 12:11, David Purton wrote: just a thought, but do you have 'less' installed? I think man uses 'more' if 'less' isn't available and hence you can't scroll up, etc. LOL. THWACKKK! (sound of hand hitting forhead). I just assumed that it got pulled in somewhere along the line (nor had I even thought of it :-). I was also confused by the actions of some console apps, like the backspace thing in slrn. But this seems to be a konsole issue for me. thanks again, jt PS Why isn't this at least a suggest for man-db?
Kapps not threading properly?
I have this strange problem with Knode and Kmail. Neither one threads properly. The threads are broken and scattered. But this only happens with my ISP (Road Runner). If I use a different news/mail server everything works correctly. Unfortunately I *need* the services from my provider, and this problem makes these apps pretty much unusable. Usenet and mailing lists aren't much fun when things don't thread correctly ;-). Any advice greatly appreciated. TIA, jt PS I do know I could use other apps. I usually just use slrn for news, but I would like to get this sorted out nontheless :-). And other apps like tin/slrn/pan/sylpheed/mutt etc. do thread correctly...wierd stuff.
Re: CVSup(it) for Debian?
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:52:58 +0400, you wrote: :cvsup of FreeBSD is much like Debian's apt-get. you can either get the source :or the .deb package to install. : :your friend doesn't need to get the whole shebang just to install debian. one :only needs 5 diskettes and the base install file and just apt-get the rest. :that way one can install only the files one needs. : :hth. Thanks for the replies but that isn't really what I meant. And they already have potato installed. It was more a question of building a limited local mirror. jt Alternative Computing Solutions... Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org
Re: CVSup(it) for Debian?
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:40:57 -0800, you wrote: Then look at apt-move. Use normal 'apt-get update apt-get upgrade' on the 'main' machine, when done, use 'apt-move update'. Depending on where you tell apt-move to put its things, you can have a local mirror (usually of just the packages you install ... which makes it a LOT easier to maintain without burning bandwidth) via http, ftp, nfs, whatever. I periodically burn my deb collection to CD (maybe every 6 months?) as a sort of backup. LOL. Thanks I had totally forgotten of its existence since I never use it :-). That combined with rsync will probably do the trick. thanks again, jt Alternative Computing Solutions... Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org
CVSup(it) for Debian?
Hello Debianites :-). I've been too busy to track this list for a while, but I thought I get back into swing by asking a question for a friend of mine first. They don't subscribe to the list, but I figured some of the gurus here could answer the question... _ Is there an app like (FreeBSD's) cvsupit for Debian? Or is manual CVS even possible? It would make things a whole lot easier for this 56Ker if he could just get the base delta and a couple of source trees rather than dl a whole ISO. 8*) Any input or links to relevant information gratefully accepted. -- My experience with Free is limited (can't wait for 5 to go release though :), and I don't really have experience with cvsupit as I've been spoiled by my cable connection. But if anyone here has any info/links/advice it would be appreciated. TIA, jt Alternative Computing Solutions... Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org
OT - Virus?
I know this is a little OT but this is about the only forum where I provide the email address that the message in question was received from. And besides, you gurus should be able to straighten this out :-). I just got an email (not at this address) warning of a GNU/Linux virus named LinX that is _supposedly_ going to destroy my shadow password file next month. It contained an executable that was supposed to scour your computer and determine if you were infected. But upon looking at it in an editor certain things just look bad. It looks like it starts a file with the contents of ls, then cats your passowrd files on, then tries to initiate a net connection and sendmail the file to an address at yahoo.com? Now I've been up for a *long* time, so maybe I'm just being paranoid. I know the files would be encypted anyway, just curious. So has anyone else heard of this would be virus? TIA, jt time to sleep... _ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org FreeBSDhttp://www.freebsd.org
Re: OT - Virus?
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:26:20 -0900, you wrote: :On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:08:24AM -0800, Michael Smith wrote: : I second this. I mean, come on, if you can read the script, you can tell at : least a little of what it does, and it doesn't sound too good. I guess this is : one of the voluntary email viruses--you have to run it. : :NOTICE: you have just been infected with Cooperative UNIX Email Virus, :to cooperate please run rm -rf / as root. Thank you for your :cooperation. : :;-) : : Tell the guy who sent it to you that he has to do a better job of social : engineering next time, and then don't talk to him any more. : :or just laugh at him while dropping his address into the bottom of :your killfile. I should have been a little more clear about a few things. Obviously I never had any intentions of running it. And second it was an elf binary, not a script. That was just what I could gather from the hex editor. Too bad his message headers don't seem too useful :-(. jt _ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org FreeBSDhttp://www.freebsd.org
Re: TWAIN compliant digital camera
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 19:20:45 -0700 Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, My friend got a USB digital camera for Christmas. It's TWAIN, so I was wondering if I could use it with Linux (with SANE or something). If their is, could you point me towards some documentation? Thanks, Cameron Matheson I would suggest you have a look at gphoto. apt-get install gphoto HTH, jt -- Debian Gnu/Linux [Sid] 2.4.0-test12-ReiserFs|XFree4.0.2|Nvidia .95 drivers You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: Dump root window to a JPG?
On Saturday 23 December 2000 14:03, Laurent Boulard Debian User wrote: Le Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 07:25:49PM +0100, John Travis écrivait : Thanks, that's a lot faster than my previous methods. Except the video (from xine) still shows up as a bright ass blue box :-). Any other suggestions? you can't grab the display of xine because it use Xv extension. The display of the movie on the screen is render by the video card. xine computes the display in memory and the video card grabs it in order to replace the blue color of the root display. This is why you see a blue color on your screenshot. The (almost) only way of doing a movie shot is by xine which know where is memory of the movie. So, until xine offers a grab fonction, you can't take a shot. If you really want to grab a picture of the movie, disable the Xv rendeering but be ready to lose many many frames. Laurent. PS: sorry for my bad english Thanks, I hadn't thought of that one yet :-). Screenshots taken! Too bad I couldn't get any fullscreens without xv but all well. There is a somewhat random (at least to me) _huge_ memory leak if you force it not to use the xv extension. Thanks again. P.S. Your english is much better than my put any language here 8*). jt
Big Problem-2.4-test12+Nvidia
I was just wondering if anyone has successfully compiled the Nvidia .95 drivers with the latest kernel. The reiserfs patches for it just came out so I thought I would upgrade from test9 to test12. But when trying to rebuild the nvidia drivers (which worked very well before) I get ___ cs1609-155:/usr/local/nvidia/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5# make snip ld -r -o Module-linux nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel size NVdriver textdata bss dec hex filename 388173 26944 40 415157 655b5 NVdriver depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol mem_map_inc_count /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol mem_map_dec_count /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol put_module_symbol /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol get_module_symbol /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video /NVdriver failed /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/video/NVdriver: insmod NVdriver failed make: *** [package-install] Error 255 -- I suppose I could try building it for the old kernel and allowing for the unmatched module in the new kernel but I was wondering if there was a better workaround. Or I could just go back to test9 if I really need the drivers or xv. TIA, jt
Re: Big Problem-2.4-test12+Nvidia
On Saturday 23 December 2000 20:06, John Travis wrote: Never mind :-). Somone in one of the ngs pointed me to the nvidia IRC channel where I could get a patch for Test12. Happy Holidays to all of the Debianites around the world!!!
Dump root window to a JPG?
I'm sure there is a cl method for dumping your X session to a file. I know this sounds stupid but taking a screenshot with something like the Gimp or Ksnapshot doesn't quite work (I'm trying to get a screenshot while playing mpeg2 streams). The video just appears as a bright blue box :-). Any ideas or other proggie suggestions are welcome! TIA, jt
Re: Dump root window to a JPG?
import, which is part of the ImageMagick package will do it. A command like this: import -window root screenshot.jpg You can even add a delay in case you want to move a window or bring one to the front, etc, etc. For more help, the usual man import will tell you all you need. Regards Hall Thanks, that's a lot faster than my previous methods. Except the video (from xine) still shows up as a bright ass blue box :-). Any other suggestions? TIA, jt
Re: Install/Config q's
On Wednesday 20 December 2000 23:50, D-Man wrote: Last night I installed Potato using the 'network' method. It was very nice! (especially with my 100Mb/s connection). Debian has more packages in the distro than RH! Very cool! I found some debian packages that I hadn't been able to find rpms for previously. The only problem is that many of the packages are old (ie gnome-*, sawmill, python, etc). When was Potato released? (that may be the problem and woody might have the newer packages) How unstable is woody? First of all I will ask what you have in your /etc/apt/sources.list? To keep really current on the gnome stuff you might want to add deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main I've been using ever since potato was released. The only big problem was a _little_ libc6 meltdown a long time ago (the fix was actually pretty easy for my machine). Other people have had some problems with perl5.6. But for the most part I would say it is very stable. When I looked at the inittab file, it had a comment saying that runlevels 2-5 are mutlti-user. Ok, but not enough information. I have been using RH for 2 years, and it has runlevel 5 for X and 3 for full multi-user. Does Debian use the same runlevels? I know some distros use different nubers than RH. (The inittab should explicitly list each runlevel) Yeah that one confused me for a second too since I came from RPM based distros. As David noted, just look through /etc/init.d and /etc/rc?.d/. If you wanted to make runlevel three a console mode, just change the S??xdm (or gdm or whatever login manager you use) to a K??xdm or just remove the link. I'll probably be back later with more configuration questions, but that's all that's on my mind for now. -D HTH, jt
Re: debian 2.2 + kernel 2.2.18 + USB
Davi and others: I'm interested in the 250 MB ZIP USB that I acquired and use under Windows, but want to access it under Linux. I know about adding USB support to the kernel, but else must I do? Would someone point me to the right place to find how make this device work with Potato. RTFM is ok, if the right manual and where to find the manual are given. Nothing really :). Just load the apropriate modules. Then mount it with something like mount /dev/sda4 -t vfat /zip This is just an example and I don't have any other scsi disks. You have to select the forth partition (due to mac compatibility in the disks). If you formatted them ext2 it would obviously be different. Then just add whatever you want to /etc/fstab to simplify matters. I guess the grand total for the modules I would need would be... uhci, usbcore, usb-storage, fat, vfat. But then it all depends on how you compiled everything. HTH, jt
SBLive+CreativeSource==BadMixer?
I was just curious as to whether or not anyone has experienced this. First of all I'm runny woody and 2.4-test9. I like to use the source from creative becuase it provides a few extra channels in the mixer than the kernel source. But anything after about 10-01-2000 presents a strange problem in the mixer. My card gets mis-identified as a PCI Tel and the channels aren't correct. Anyone come across a solution for the current snapshots from creative?
Re: SBLive+CreativeSource==BadMixer?
Actually I just tried the latest snapshot and it should be a SigmaTel not a PCI Tel. A SigmaTel STAC9721/23 to be exact ;). jt
Re: X error message
On Monday 11 December 2000 07:46, Lance Simmons wrote: I recently started getting the following error message when I try to run xinit as a user: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. I've been running XFree86 4 for awhile (about 2 months before it entered woody), and have never received this error message. I can't remember, but it seems the error showed up about 3 days ago, right after I upgraded several of the X packages. I can still run X as root, and can use xdm or gdm for users, but I prefer starting it from the command line, so that I can quickly open up an X session on another virtual terminal whenever I want. Any suggestions about what the problem might be? I would prefer to be using potato, but vmware demands a later libc6 that's not in that distribution. Have a look at /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config. Change the allowed_users from root to console (or anybody to use xdm/gdm etc.). HTH, jt
Re: OT: Mozilla won't load page that Konqueror will load
On Monday 11 December 2000 20:58, Kent West wrote: I'm web-development illiterate, so was wondering if some of you more HTML-savvy folks might help. My higher-ups want me to test-run a web-based personality assessment that we're thinking about using for new hires. The site is http://www.profilesontheweb.com When I use Mozilla M18 and click on the Logon button, I get a message that my connection is refused. When I use Konqueror, I get in okay. Is this a Mozilla issue (perhaps a toggle somewhere in the preferences - I've turned on Java and Javascript and Cookies, no help), or is it non-compliant HTML or something similar? I've got another site with the same problem, so I'm wondering if something's broken in Mozilla (it is pre-release, after all...). But if it's non-compliant code, I'd like to know how it's non-compliant so that I can email the webmaster(s) and let them know they have broken code. Thanks! Kent Go to 'Debug' - 'Install PSM.' HTH, jt
Re: Enlightenment, X, and Gnome
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 03:50, Chris wrote: Hello, I have just installed Debian 2.2 with X, enlightenment, and gnome. When I boot the system and log in, it goes into enlightenment. From here I can no longer seem to get to a command prompt (i.e. log out) In addition, how do I get x to start gnome when I type startx? Thanks Chris Hax Check the docs for your login manager. I think xdm uses .xsession IIRC. So there is probably something in your ~/.xession like 'exec enlightenment.' Change it to gnome-session. And I believe a left click will give you the option to log out of E. HTH, jt
Re: downloading Debian
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 03:35, Xucaen wrote: this sounds like fun. :-) I've been contemplating my options and I think installing from the base disk sets would be good. it would at least give me a better understanding of and more control over what is actually being installed. (as opposed to installing _everything_) Is the apt-get difficult to set up? also, does it have a way of picking up where it left off in the event of a lost carrier? (33.6 and still modulating!) If you are using a 33.6 then this is definetely the way to go :). You can have a fully funtional environment and still save 300 megs of downloading. apt-get is very functional and easy to use. The task packages will make large sections of the setup easy. There is a little front end for this called tasksel. Basically something like 'apt-get install task-x-window-sysem' will install everything you need for X and resolve any dependencies. And if a connection gets dropped or a download times out it can be resumed. HTH, jt
Re: gnome upgrade
On Monday 11 December 2000 01:46, Nick wrote: anyone know of a good source-lists for gnome updates?? thanks in advance I use the stuff from Helixcode... deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main HTH, jt
Three Stupid X Questions...
Running Woody, X 4.0.1, and the Nvidia .95 drivers. The first problem is that /etc/X11/Xsession doesn't seem to get sourced during manual startx logins. I would like to throw a few things in there (xscreensaver, etc.). It does get sourced when using a login manager. Any personal xsession or xresources files also never seem to be read. I do have allow-user-resources and allow-user-xsession in my Xsession.options file. My next question is coincidentally about login managers. If I use kdm or wdm I am not allowed to su to root and launch anything. I get a connection refuesed by server error. I am sure this is probably a one word edit in a config but I am just not sure _which_ config. Any hints? GDM doesn't have this problem but when I try to luanch anything besides a gnome session it flashes a couple of times and returns me to the login. My third problem involves gtk themes, basically I can't use any. I get a warning about libpixmap.so. I thought that maybe I could just add it to my modules to load in my XF86Config-4 file but that didn't seem to work. All of this automagically worked before, but a new hd was required, so I'm starting all over again :-). TIA, jt
Re: Three Stupid X Questions...
On Saturday 09 December 2000 23:51, Philipp Schulte wrote: On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 04:31:00PM +0100, John Travis wrote: I am not allowed to su to root and launch anything. I get a connection refuesed by server error. I am sure this is probably a one word edit in a config but I am just not sure _which_ config. Any hints? GDM doesn't have this problem but when I try to luanch anything besides a gnome session it flashes a couple of times and returns me to the login. man xhost Phil Thanks. I knew it was something simple. The problem is knowing where to RTFM :-). jt
Re: Three Stupid X Questions...
On Sunday 10 December 2000 01:03, Defresne Sylvain wrote: Hello * John Travis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: My third problem involves gtk themes, basically I can't use any. I get a warning about libpixmap.so. I thought that maybe I could just add it to my modules to load in my XF86Config-4 file but that didn't seem to work. You need to install the `gtk-engines-pixmap' package. All of this automagically worked before, but a new hd was required, so I'm starting all over again :-). Bye Thanks for the info, all fixed now. An 'apt-cache show gtk-themes' should have been in order :). jt
Re: I can burn CDs, but can't mount any CDs.
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:54:09 -0500, you wrote: As per the instructions of the CD-Writing HOWTO, I disabled IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM support from my kernel, and instead selected SCSI emulation support in the kernel, and a few other related options which I can't remember offhand. Well this is why your regular atapi drive isn't working anymore :-). I have no problems burning CDs, its just that now I can't mount any CDs - data or audio. No nead to worry about the audio cds, you never mount them. Whenever I try with data CDs that I could previously mount without any problems, I now get the following message (as root): @viper:[/home/ssahmed] mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems Exit 32 /dev/cdrom is the correct symlink to my CD-ROM device (not CD-RW), and this was all working before I changed the kernel to be able to burn CDs. What is the best way of configuring the kernel so I can use both my CD-ROM (Creative 52X IDE/ATAPI) and CD-RW (Yamaha CRW2100E IDE/ATAPI) ? I have seen similar docs saying that you can't have regular ide-atapi and scsi emulation support at the same time, but it isn't true. So go back an include ide-atapi support for your creative, and scsi-emulation for your yamaha (I would just do it modularly). Then set up lilo or grub or whatever you use so it knows you want to use emulation on that specific drive... append=hd?=ide-scsi //replace ? with proper channel for lilo or hd?=ide-scsi //replace ? with proper channel for grub HTH, jt Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.debian.org FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSD.org
Re: Two Completley unrelated questioins
I installed from the .deb I still have 4.73 (for somereason its flaged not to upgrade, thats my next project.) I dont remember having to do anything like choosing options. I just did apt-get install netscape. Then it selected some aditional packages as i recall. Any ideas? Should i give reinstaling a shot (I have done that before but i am willing to try it agian). // oh, i used the tarball--no flames, plz--from http://home.netscape.com. well, a re-install probably isn't the answer. maybe spell checking isn't part of the ..deb package? (anyone else feel like chimming in?) sorry i don't know more. (if you feel like doing the tarball install and need help, let me know, ok?) good luck. bentley taylor (potato on 2.2.17) // The spell check package is seperate. For me, it's communicator-spellchk-475 (4.75-2), adjust accordingly :-). jt -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Arghh.... glibconfig.h
Okay, I am not able to compile a few things I want back after a new install. They all crap out at glibconfig.h (which is provided by libglib1.2-dev, which I do have installed). The file is located in /usr/lib/glib/include/glibconfig.h. But I get errors like... gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -Wall -g -O2 -Wall -g -O2 -Wp,-MD,.deps/alarm.pp -c -fPIC -DPIC alarm.c -o alarm.lo In file included from /usr/include/xmms/plugin.h:27, from alarm.c:41: /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [alarm.lo] Error 1 What am I missing? Okay, so glib.h includes glibconfig.h at line 66. So why can't it find it? If I try to cheat and symlink glibconfig.h into /usr/include I get an error about how only absolute run-paths are allowed (I know this isn't a real solution I was just curious as to how far it would get). Any pointers/hints would be greatly appreciated :-). jt _ Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: Arghh.... glibconfig.h
On Thursday 19 October 2000 09:04, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: Stil have the same problem? Unfortunately yes :-(. Please excuse my lack of expertise on the subject and bear with me :-). I knew it wasn't in the include path. I just don't know EXACTLY what I have to do to get it to compile cleanly. When I have a look at the make file I see ... GLIB_CFLAGS = -I/usr/lib/glib/include GLIB_CONFIG = /usr/bin/glib-config GLIB_LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lglib GTK_CFLAGS = -I/usr/lib/glib/include -I/usr/X11R6/include GTK_CONFIG = /usr/bin/gtk-config GTK_LIBS = -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -rdynamic -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXi -lXext -lX11 -lm What exactly do I need to fix? I guess I have always been lucky, never even had to edit a makefile (can you tell I'm new :-) The same things compiled cleanly before (under Storm with the same packages I have now), so I am a bit confused. Thanks for your help so far, and even more for your help in the future. Now if I can get Xtheater to compile to get my divx back you will be my Debian hero for the day 8^). TIA, jt -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: PCI modems
On Thursday 19 October 2000 11:45, Ken Januski wrote: Hi Can anyone point me in the right direction to help in configuring a USRobotics internal modem? Unless I missed something the Hardware Compatibility list didn't mention PCI though the MODEM HOWTO docs indicate that they might not be supported. Dmesg reports: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A. But I'm really not clear as to whether to believe that. If it's reported in Dmesg does that indicate the the hardware was actually found? If so does the fact that I can't get any response from it mean that the hardware was found but that it just doesn't work? I have tried echo ATH1 /dev/ttyS00 with no results. I guess basically what I'm asking is whether I should start fooling around with IRQ settings, etc. or whether I'm wasting my time because this PCI modem just isn't supported. Thanks in advance for your thoughts, Ken Januski Follow the link to the huge table here and check before you spend any more time on it... http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html jt -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Need help compiling gtk apps :-(
I just nuked my Storm install (intentionally, but it is a great distro :-), and did a full reiser-debian install and re-upgraded to Woody. In trying to get everything back the way it was I have run into a few problems. I can't seem to compile any gtk apps. A simple example In file included from /usr/include/xmms/plugin.h:27, from alarm.c:41: /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [alarm.lo] Error 1 But 'locate glibconfig.h' shows '/usr/lib/glib/include/glibconfig.h.' I do have xmms-dev installed by the way (this was just the easiest example ;-). As a matter of fact... ii gdk-imlib-dev 1.9.8.1-helix6 Header files needed for Gdk-Imlib developmen ii libgtk1.2-dev 1.2.8-helix2 Development files for the GIMP Toolkit ii libglib1.2-dev 1.2.8-helix1 Development files for GLib library The later two both contain this file. Trying to compile Xtheater (I want my divx back!) ends with the same result... In file included from /usr/include/gmodule.h:36, from ui.h:2, from gtk-ui.c:29: /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory make[3]: *** [gtk-ui.lo] Error 1 Could someone PLEASE point out what I am missing here? I'm sure I'll slap myself when I see what package I am missing, but for right now I'm just not sure. TIA, jt
Re: Need help compiling gtk apps :-(
Thanks for the quick reply but... both of these examples were using autoconf/automake. That's what I don't understand. checking for glib-config... (cached) /usr/bin/glib-config checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.2... yes checking for gtk-config... (cached) /usr/bin/gtk-config checking for GTK - version = 1.2.2... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for working const... (cached) yes checking for inline... (cached) inline It finds gtk/glib in the configure, then craps out during the make. Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated. jt
Re: DIVX?
Krzys Majewski wrote: Anyone got divx working? I guess I mean divx;) and not divx, gah. chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Like a charm :-)... http://Xtheater.sourceforge.net/ jt
Re: netscape in bw
Rino Mardo wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:03:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Veit Waltemath wrote: Change to 16 or 32bpp. This is an know behaviour from Netscape. -- cu Veit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [de] only 16 or 32? what about 24? i'm running at 24bpp and it still is in black and white. Yes :-(. Strange how you can go down or up to fix the problem eh? jt
Re: Creative Live Value !!
I'm running the same card in potato but with a kernel 2.4.0-test7 and the kernels own SBLive driver (seems to be the one Creative put OpenSource some time ago), and... for what I tested by now, it *rocks*, sound quality is much better than on the Window$9x. H, but just for curiosity I wanted to try the alsa drivers, which I didn't do because I'm not really familiar with the way ALSA handles the sound modules... Can anybody help me with *what* exactly put to modules.conf to get SBLive running with ALSA on potato? TIA Kris -- Kristian Rink [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Sorry I can't help with that but there is something else you might want to have a look at. If you grab the source from http://www.opensource.creative.com you will gain 2 (at least, I can't remember) extra channels in the mixer :-). jt -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: Corel Linux + Wine
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I successfully installed the documentation for Debian Wine, but I cannot install the actual program. Corel Linux (version 2) keeps giving me file dependency errors. Unfortuanately, I am new at this, and need some advice. Sincerely, CTK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null What are the exact error messages? You might want to try adding deb http://www.hungrycats.org/%7Edrunkard/debian drunkard main to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. That should keep you up-to-date without much effort (apt-get install wine :-). jt -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: apt-get: The following packages have been kept back - What does it mean?
Mario Vukelic wrote: Hi, I'm running potato. Recently I've upgraded helix-gnome and since then every time i run apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) it tells me: host:/home/mario# apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back task-helix-gnome 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. What does kept back mean /exactly/? Can I dpkg --purge task-helix-gnome safely? My understanding is that it isn't needed after it has done it's duty of selecting all gnome packages that depend on it. Am I right? Not necessarily. 'apt-get upgrade' won't remove or add any extra packages where 'apt-get dist-upgrade' will. That one would be safe, but for others trying an apt-get install task-helix-gnome (or whatever the package) would probably show you that there were some extra packages to be installed as well... upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. Straight from man apt-get :-). jt P.S. I just did a reiser-debian install (my first real debian install). I hand apt'ed everything I thought I needed. But there are several packages I was obviously oblivious to, that I would like back :-). A good example would be that in man apt-get when I do a search with / the results aren't highlighted anymore. Am I missing a package or just a config? Any help appreciated. -- Debian GNU/Linux [Woody] 2.4.0-test9-ReiserFS You mean there's a stable tree?
Help setting up X!
I was running Storm, upgraded to Woody without any problems (minus the libc6 saga :-). However some power failures encouraged me to do a full reiser-debian install (yes I know the disks aren't supported). I've got a quasi functional potato box right now. My networking is set up so I can apt-get all day long, but I need help setting up Xfree. This is one of those things that I got spoiled on during installs. I made a backup of my XF86Config and am using it so I know that part should be fine. But gdm fails after several flickers. I think I have MOST of the X related packages installd. It seems to be a problem with the fonts/font-path (I should have all of the font packages installed). Here is the output from a failed startx attmept... XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: January 8 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.17pre10 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1): NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: xfree86(us) (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: imps/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5 (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: Dell P990 Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,unix/:7100 (--) SVGA: PCI: NVidia Riva TNT2 rev 17, Memory @ 0xf400, 0xfc00 (--) SVGA: chipset: RIVA TNT2 (--) SVGA: videoram: 32640k (**) SVGA: Option dac_8_bit (**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 350.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode 1024x768: mode clock = 94.500 (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768 (--) SVGA: RIVA TNT2: Using hardware cursor (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x64 areas for pixmap caching (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: -emp -eml Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm' _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path
Re: Help setting up X! (NEVER MIND :-)
Thanks for the response, unfortunately I had all of those packages installed. I was actually about to post another cry for help on some newsgroups but... after a few more apt-gets, fixing a link or two, and swapping xdm for gdm I have a functionall X setup. So I now have a full reiser debian potato (about to be woody again) setup. Now I have a ton of work to do to put everything back the way it was before I got bored 8^). jt P.S. If anyone is interested I thought I would provide the link to the reiser potato install disks/info page (they ARE NOT officically supported)... http://home.psouth.net/~jjk/projects/reiser-debian/ Thanks Jeremy Koch for your good work!
Whoops I really do need help...
Okay short story, I did a reiser-debian install and I REALLY need help setting up X. I am using my old XF86Config so that should be fine. I posted this already, but then the strangest thing happened. I was working on getting it fixed, I swapped xdm for gdm and presto, xdm fired up and I was playing in X again. Then I logged out and rebooted to find the thread I had started and to say that I fixed it. Did that, booted back to linux and I get the same errors as before :-(. Here is the output from a failed startx... XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: January 8 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.17pre10 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1): NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: xfree86(us) (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: imps/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5 (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: Dell P990 Warning: The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,unix/:7100 (--) SVGA: PCI: NVidia Riva TNT2 rev 17, Memory @ 0xf400, 0xfc00 (--) SVGA: chipset: RIVA TNT2 (--) SVGA: videoram: 32640k (**) SVGA: Option dac_8_bit (**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 350.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode 1024x768: mode clock = 94.500 (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768 (--) SVGA: RIVA TNT2: Using hardware cursor (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x64 areas for pixmap caching (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: -emp -eml Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm' _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,unix/:7100' Fatal server error: could not open
Re: Downgrading using apt-get?
On Sunday 15 October 2000 16:21, Steve Simons wrote: I've made a bit of a booboo recently. I apt-get installed a recent, unstable version of mysql and it pulled in a few other packages (I can't for the life of me remember what they were). The problem is, licq seems to be broken. I'm running potato, and whatever version of licq is stable at present. When I try to run licq now, I get a load of messages complaining about the IniFile and too many open files: [WRN] IniFile: Warning, failed to find key. File= /home/steve/.licq/owner.uin Section = [user] Key = RCG ...etc There's a similar bug been reported (59540) but I can't find any mention of it on SourceForge's site. Anyway, what I want to know is, can I force potato to downgrade to the previous version of whatever it was that caused the problem by using apt-get upgrade somehow? I only have potato and helixcode in my sources.list again, but upgrade and dist-upgrade report nothing to do :( Someone point me in the right direction please, I couldn't face a reinstall now. TIA, Steve. I am not sure you can downgrade anything using apt (but they are probably working on it :-). Other than downloading manually and using dpkg I don't know what to tell you. Just curious as to which version of licq you are running? 1.0-1 was just recently packaged, so you might want to have a crack at that one first. jt -- Once you've had APT you'll never go back!
Re: Win 95 like GUI
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Jatin Golani wrote:
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:41:01 -0500
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
From: Jatin Golani [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Win 95 like GUI
Hi all,
i'm using Debian 2.2.havent been able to get a GUI
that I like...also not sure about the fonts,etcso
i need to test it with a GUI that I'm familiar
withthe Win 95 GUI.I have once seen a linux
box which had a GUI exactly like Win 95...i mean
like exactly like it..was that GNOME or KDE?? and
which Window Manager, themeplease let me
knowalso where can i get the .deb modules for
it.I've tried GNOME with Enlightenment, Sawmill
(which is pretty nice but still not as good as WIn),
IceWM (this is supposed to be like Win but not
exactly), fvwm, qvwm, twmnot liked any in
particular yet.which GUI are u using??? Please let
me know dude so I can move onto better things in
Linux.
You were probably looking at KDE. I personally don't care for it at all
(looks t much like windows and isn't very lean on the RAM). The KDE2
betas are nicer looking, but nothing drastic enough to make me want to use
it. They are also in a pretty dynamic state of flux (some things are
broken currently). Helix (gnome) is the nicest desktop environment in my
opinion. As stable as KDE was, and much nicer looking, even compared to
the kde2 betas. But then again I really prefer just to run WindowMaker or
Blackbox or isn't choice nice :-).
jt
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You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: Help Again moving /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom for apt-get
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Jonathan Gift wrote: Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 06:44:35 -0500 To: Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help Again moving /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom for apt-get Hi, I want to move the cdrom from /cdrom to /mnt/cdrom and even though so noted in fstab, apt-get refuses to see anything but /cdrom to grab apps. Any idea how to change its config? Much thanks. Jonathan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null 'man apt-cdrom' Can you just delete the sources.list entry and... put in the cd... 'apt-cdrom add' and set the correct location? I haven't done it in a while so I can't remember for sure but I think the correct path is the first thing apt-cdrom asks for. HTH, jt
Re: Package manager
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:41:28 -0300 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Package manager Hi all. I'm new to the lists and to Debian too. I had installed Debian 2.2. The install process work fine but I don't know how to install, remove o query the packages of the distribution. I had used Redhat with rpm. Where can I find information about package manager on debian? Thanks and sorry for my english! Well you will be pleasantly suprised once you get used to it (dpkg/apt are head and shoulders above rpm :-). man dpkg man apt-get man apt-cache http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html dpkg -i ... installs package dpkg -r .. removes package dpkg --purge. obvious apt-get update ...update your sources.list apt-get install foo.i386.deb ..retrieves/installs foo Then there's dselect, but that's an entirely different thread 8^). HTH, jt
Re: Menu editor crashes in Helix GNOME
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Martin Weinberg wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:51:53 -0400 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Martin Weinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Menu editor crashes in Helix GNOME I find that the menu editor dies when one attempts to edit any user menu with the latest Helix version. The system is Helix + up-to-date Potato. Has anyone else seen this and/or know a fix? TIA, --Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null I had this problem for a few days a while back. Another 'apt-get upgrade' fixed the problem. Unfortunately I am not sure exactly what package caused/fixed the problem (it's hard to keep track at the rate they are cranking them out ;-). jt
Re: staroffice
On Tuesday 10 October 2000 06:48, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: Agner-Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I downloaded the Staroffice binaries (10 files with an extension of .bin) from the Sun site and realized I have no idea how to install them (to a Throw all files in /tmp, then `chmod 755' the first file, then execute this file with the option `/net' and follow the instructions in the install screen (it mimics a MS installer). All that you have to do as root in X. Each of your users has to execute `/your/install/path/office52/program/soffice', which installs some ^^ setup :-) startup scripts in their home dir, then they can execute `~/office52/soffice'. Greetings, joachim jt -- Once you've had APT you'll never go back!
Re: mozilla netscape
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, John Travis wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
So, can these two coexist? I've done it with debian packages, but I
I am running Netscape 4.75, Mozilla M17-3 and the nightly mozilla builds
without incident. I didn't do anything to install the nightly builds. I
just made a menu entry for ~/mozilla/mozilla so they all get along fine
:-).
I have both installed the same way, and they work, but how do you get
mozilla to use the plugins installed under netscape (such as rplayer)?
RickM...
That's a very good question, but one I haven't looked into yet. Guess I have
something to tinker with later :-)
jt
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Re: ODP: Debian chicken (was: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation)
Well, the old logo did look like a chick, after all.
On the other hand we could make it a cock, er, I mean rooster.
I suppose that would go with woody.
LOL ... who says Debian users aren't funny ;-).
jt
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You mean there's a stable tree?
Re: Sound Blaster
On Sun, 09 Nov 2036, Tino Ionescu wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to install the driver emu10k1 for Sound Blaster Live
Driver's Makefile is complainig that it can't find modversion.h
Can anybody tell me what should be done?
Thank you in advance,
Florenin.
Do you have the kernel source/headers installed?
jt
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Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
Has anyone seen Joe Barr's article in LinuxWorld at
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-09/lw-09-vcontrol_2.html?
I was struck by the article in a number of ways. I think it's sad that
an experienced user like him couldn't install Debian (sad being the knock
goes against him -- it ain't rocket science), but on the other hand, his
reactions are *typical* of what I've seen when I try to have new users
install Debian (so I can't knock him I guess).
I've fallen into the mode that I now give new users the free Storm
Linux CD, have them install that and get comfortable with GNU/Linux, and
then tell them to apt up to a full Debian system. I'd love to give them a
pure Debian install, but after seeing people fail on it again and again
(I'll ignore topics of intelligence in the general user population:-),
unless I'm there to walk them through it I know they're bound to fall on
their face.
Just wanted to note that Storm is a full Debian distro (Hail being potato based)
+ Helix, Kde, etc. :-)
jt
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Re: mozilla netscape
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
So, can these two coexist? I've done it with debian packages, but I
decided to check out one of the nightly builds of mozilla, and it did a
whole bunch of stuff on its first invocation, and from that point on,
netscape started mozilla. I'd run it as a normal user, so it couldn't have
altered anything beyond my personal files, but even after I deleted
.mozilla, and the nightly build, and uninstalled the mozilla deb package I
was running, typing netscape still started mozilla! I don't know how, but I
finally uninstalled netscape entirely and reinstalled it, which fixed the
problem. How could that have happened if it could only alter my personal
files??
Mike
I am running Netscape 4.75, Mozilla M17-3 and the nightly mozilla builds
without incident. I didn't do anything to install the nightly builds. I
just made a menu entry for ~/mozilla/mozilla so they all get along fine :-).
jt
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Re: Compiling PHP 4.0.2
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Matt \\ObeseWhale\\ Grinshpun wrote:
I get the following running ./configure... Anyone know a fix?
checking for flex... no
checking for lex... no
./configure: flex: command not found
cchecking for flex... lex
checking for yywrap in -ll... no
checking lex output file root... ./configure: lex: command not found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up
Maybe apt-get install flex :-)
jt
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