Re: laptop needs Accel-X, how to best circumvent dependencies
on 4/5/00 5:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100. I have installed Accelerated-X v5.03 to achieve an X-windows environment. I am having some difficulty keeping the XFree86 packages at bay within dselect. I have loaded equivs but I can't accomplish what I want. I would like to be able to install the gtk1.2-dev and other various X/GTK related programs. The problem is that all of these have dependencies of xlib6g, xfree86-common, etc. and won't install. I have tried using Q, D and = commands in dselect to no avail. Is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone else have an alternative X-server installed? How did you circumvent the dependencies? I don't want to start a flame war between Xfree86 and Accel-X or free software versus pay software. I would just like to have my laptop working efficiently. You don't really need to worry about keeping the XFree86 packages at bay. Just install them and let dependencies get handled by dselect. All you need to run Acc-X is to: - make sure /etc/Xaccel.ini exists (run Xsetup) - make sure /usr/bin/X11R6/Xaccel/ and /usr/lib/X11R6/Xaccel exist (from the installation) - make sure that the symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/X points to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xaccel (you may have to reset this periodically as new XFree packages are installed and overwrite it). -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
debian install
Richard McNally writes: Debian, I bought debian thinking it was a purist Open Source product. However, I got it home and can't get beyond installing the base system. The product hangs and gives a message likea problem occurred when installing Base System... Any suggestions? I bought O'Reilly's learning Debinan with the cd in back; same thing there as on the debian boxed product, advertised btw as the last linux os you will ever need to buy O yeah? Nothing on support, nothing in the books, nothing on FAX. Do you guys support this product at all? You guys, being precisely whom? O'Reilly? Volunteers? Other users? Without meaning to be rude, this comes close to qualifying as a RTFM question, meaning that the information you need is either a) in the documentation, or b)obvious from the context of what you are trying to do. However, on the off chance that it is neither, I suggest that you post EXACTLY what the problem is, when it occurs, and what the error message says EXACTLY, so the other people can understand your situation. Since NO ONE is paid to support this software (it is, after all, Open Source, as you noted), we all do it because we like each other. Be nice, and we will like you, too, and try to help. -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
Re: Best way to start eth0 without address
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong writes: Robb == Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For what it's worth, I sometimes use ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 up and it seems to work. I guess the questions is in what file did you put it. I could comment out the line below in interfaces and put ifconfig ... in /etc/init.d/networking, but I'm looking to see if there is a more cleaner way... Thanks though. /etc/init.d/network Alternatively, if what you are trying to do is launch pppoe, you could put it in adsl-start or some such script. -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
Best way to start eth0 without address
For what it's worth, I sometimes use ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 up and it seems to work. Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong writes: Hey everyone. I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best way to start up eth0 without a network address assigned to it? I need this, so that pppoe will work correctly. Currently, I have the following in /etc/networks/interfaces: iface eth0 inet static address 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 But on boot up, it complains like so SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address There is no problem, since this does what I want, but I was wondering whether there is a cleaner way to do this. Thanks Marshal -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
free zip utility, anyone?
Hans Ekbrand writes: I have unsuccessfully searched some file archives for a free zip utility that would let me extract pkzip files. Is there such a thing, or is the zip algorithm patented or something? Doesn't unzip work? Description: De-archiver for .zip files InfoZIP's unzip program, packaged for Debian GNU/Linux. With the exception of multi-volume archives (ie, .ZIP files that are split across several disks using PKZIP's / option), this can handle any file produced either by PKZIP, or the corresponding InfoZIP zip program. -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
apt-get upgrade: config fails
This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be sure to reply to that address. New to Debian and having a funny problem. Recently performed a dist-upgrade from slink to potato with no problem. Lots of packages were held back. However, when I performed a straight upgrade thereafter, many new packages were downloaded (inc'g auctex and cvs), but when the config phase started, both auctex and cvs threw up a graphics mode config dialog that would not accept any keypresses: I had to ctl-C back to the prompt, aborting all further configs. What gives? Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive
apt-get upgrade - config: dead keyboard??
From a slink system, recently ran apt-get dist-upgrade, which went fine, then ran apt-get -d upgrade to get the held-back packages. Finally, ran apt-get upgrade to install/config them. They unpacked fine, but when they went to install, auctex and cvs each launched a graphical config screen -- but with the keyboard dead. The only option was to ctl-C out of apt-get entirely. Anyone seen this, or guess a reason? -- Robb Aley Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helical Design Myron A. Minskoff, Inc. ACM
