Re: C programming

2000-08-04 Thread John Reinke
Quick answer here - I'll make two assumptions: 1) This is NOT for a programming assignment. ;-) 2) Using the comma within a condition is treated as AND (). That's messier code than I usually create. Making the z = x + y assignment is part of the loop's condition, so it is evaluated at whatever

Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-09 Thread John Reinke
Aaron Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (among other things): ... 3. Remove all packages with the string corel in them. You can get ... 4. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to where the new packages are ... 5. As root type: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade ... Okay, I am about to

Mouse stopped working in X

2000-08-11 Thread John Reinke
I've converted my Corel distribution to Debian potato. Although I had a few problems, most things seem to be fine, except my mouse now longer works in X. It doesn't work with any of the X servers, including within XF86Setup. It used to work before, and settings from before don't work. Here's the

a new beginning internet install

2000-08-11 Thread John Reinke
Ok. I've had way too many problems after going from Corel to potato. I think it would be best to just wipe my hard drive, and start from scratch. (This will give me a chance to make a smaller /, since Corel requires a Gig for the / partition, no matter how much it needs.) I don't have a CD. What

Re: amd athlon

2000-08-11 Thread John Reinke
Actually, it's just the kernel that comes with the 2.1 installation CD or floppy images. Believe me, I just bought the CD, and it wouldn't install on my Athlon system. I'd suggest installing 2.2 (potato). John On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Tal Danzig wrote: I don't think it will work with 2.1 Use

Potato networking

2000-08-12 Thread John Reinke
Well, I've done a complete clean installation of potato from the five floppy images over a cable connection. Thanks for all the help. I'm in the process of recompiling my kernel to enable IP Masq, but I have another problem. I cannot get my computer to use more than one interface at a time with

Potato IP Masq

2000-08-12 Thread John Reinke
Along with setting up my network doing it the Potato Way, I'm not sure where to put the ipchains and /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward commands that I used in /etc/init.d/network for Slink. I didn't see this in the documentation. It looks like the ip_forward can be set in /etc/network/options, but

Re: Potato IP Masq

2000-08-13 Thread John Reinke
- From: John Reinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Along with setting up my network doing it the Potato Way, I'm not sure where to put the ipchains and /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward commands that I used in /etc/init.d/network for Slink. I didn't see this in the documentation. It looks like

retrieving usable kernel source

2000-08-13 Thread John Reinke
I've tried several ways to get the kernel source, but I've been unsuccessful so far. I've tried using apt-get for a few of the kernel-source packages, and also ftping from kernel.org, and every time I untar them (or bzip2), it quits early, saying there are around 300 bytes of garbage at the end.

still unable to get kernel source

2000-08-13 Thread John Reinke
Okay, I've tried getting the kernel sources from different places, decompressing the files in different ways, and finding the files so I can even start to configure a kernel. I've done it before, but I guess all the files were already there for me. Can someone PLEASE just give the step-by-step

Re: still unable to get kernel source

2000-08-13 Thread John Reinke
Well, this is what I was doing, but I still have the same problems, please see below: On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 09:03:21PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: Okay, I've tried getting the kernel sources from different places, decompressing the files

Re: still unable to get kernel source - solved

2000-08-14 Thread John Reinke
My problem: I could never decompress any kernel source file I downloaded without it aborting with errors. My solution: I uninstalled the bzip2 package and then reinstalled it. That fixed the problem, so I'm on to xconfig, which seems to work now... Thanks for the help. John

RE: LILO Kernel Image too big -- make-kpkg

2000-08-14 Thread John Reinke
I've successfully accomplished what I needed, but I ended up doing everything as root. I use xconfig, and that wouldn't work unless I logged into X as root. So: a) How bad is it doing everything as root? b) How/where is this done that files can be created and xconfig run without being root? I've

can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-14 Thread John Reinke
I am not able to ftp from my private network, through IP Masqerading. I now have Debian 2.2, and I had Debian 2.1 before. As far as I can tell, I have set up IP Masq the same way as I did before. Before, I could use ftp clients on any machine in my local network to access anything outside my

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-14 Thread John Reinke
I've got IP Masq compiled into the kernel, but I don't remember a selection for that in the kernel config. What was that? Also, I've tried both passive and non-passive in the clients (both mac and windows). At 19:28 2000/08/14 -0500, you wrote: I am not able to ftp from my private network,

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
I did some research, and the ip_masq_ftp.o module is automatically compiled when CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MOD is selected during kernel config. I already have it selected, and the file is in my modules directory. And like I mentioned previously, I've tried changing the passive settings on the ftp

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
This doesn't seem to help, either. The ftp clients still just sit there, trying to get the list of files... thanks, John The modules should be compiled automatically if you have elected to do Masqing in the kernel config. Just do an insmod and you should be okay: for i in /lib/modules/`uname

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
-S 7200 10 160 I've put another ipchains statement within the /etc/init.d/networking file, but is there a better place to put it with the potato network setup? Thanks for the help, John On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 03:37:30AM -0500, John Reinke wrote So, just to check... if you go # lsmod does

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
or newer as well. John On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Stan Kaufman wrote: John Reinke wrote: Here's what my problem is (for those just joining): I have IP Masqing set up on a potato system, and everything works through it except ftp. The ftp clients on machines on the private network connect to external

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq - IP Masq in kernel

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
-1.90c.html It is a link from this helpful site: http://ipmasq.cjb.net/ Good luck! On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Rick Macdonald wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, John Reinke wrote: I used 2.2.17pre6, and it handled compiling the modules for CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MOD. Also, it sounds like there have been

Re: Quickie Kernel question

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
Nope. You can do this: apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17 That will install a bzipped file in /usr/src which you can unzip with tar Ixvf filename Believe me - been there, done that, SEVERAL times in the last week. john On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tim Jump wrote: My apologies if this is an rtfm

Re: can't ftp through IP Masq

2000-08-15 Thread John Reinke
I only had one ipchains rule to turn it on, and added another to prevent timeout on secondary ftp connections, but I don't really understand it all yet. I might try the script below, though. What do you name it, and where do you put it so it gets read? (Nice footer, BTW.) John On Tue, 15 Aug

setup SoundBlaster AWE64 on potato

2000-08-17 Thread John Reinke
I've started configuring my potato system to use a SoundBlaster AWE64, and it appears the documentation I've found isn't totally up-to-date. I've read the Linux Sound HOWTO and the Sound Blaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO. Are there any other instructions for getting this card set up? The latter of the two

Re: Window Manager

2000-08-17 Thread John Reinke
If I understand you courrectly, to change where the default window manager points, read the make-alternatives man page. the command is something like this: make-alternatives --configure x-window-manager and it will give you a choice to select from, or to make no changes. It works for me on

Re: xdm init level question

2000-08-17 Thread John Reinke
I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to non-X,

CONFIG_KMOD in kernel

2000-08-17 Thread John Reinke
Out of curiosity, should I have CONFIG_KMOD on or off when configuring kernel 2.2.17? I have CONFIG_MODULES=y. Is CONFIG_KMOD the same sort of thing? I guess I've always assumed that if I use modules, I should have a way for the kernel to load them. John

Soundblaster 64AWE problems

2000-08-18 Thread John Reinke
Well, from the suggestions I've gotten from people, it looked easy enough to get going, but I don't believe everything is correct. I've dumped about all the info I could think of below, in the hope that someone notices any problem(s) I may have. Also, what is the best way to test to see if it's

Re: Soundblaster 64AWE problems

2000-08-18 Thread John Reinke
I went ahead and commented out the VERBOSITY and CONFLICT lines from /etc/isapnp.conf. I recompiled my kernel to add MIDI once I was at it, and rebooted. I'm able to play *.au files by catting them to /dev/audio, but that is the only way I can get sound. Whenever I try playing sounds in

using my /dev items

2000-08-19 Thread John Reinke
I've been setting up my sound, and I still don't have everything up and running yet. I've noticed that the sound effects for Enlightenment won't start until esd (Enlightenment sound daemon) is running, and I can only start that as root. Is this because /dev/audio (and therefore esd) is only

Re: using my /dev items - playing CDs

2000-08-20 Thread John Reinke
the same error. Any suggestions are certainly welcome, John Eric G. Miller wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:20:39PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: I've been setting up my sound, and I still don't have everything up and running yet. I've noticed that the sound effects for Enlightenment won't start until

netscape crashes

2000-08-20 Thread John Reinke
Ok, I know that netscape crashes, but it crashes more often for me than it used to. I have a fresh installation of netscape (communicator pkg) 4.73, and it crashes after viewing an average of twenty or thirty pages. It doesn't seem to be a java or javascript page, either. I have noticed that if I

Re: We need a FAQ. Don't you think we need a FAQ?

2000-08-22 Thread John Reinke
As someone who's been *using* Linux for a few years, but still a newbie at setting up and maintaining my own system, it's hard to remember all the millions of sources of information... The first link below might not be as relevant for newbies, but rather for people considering Debian in the first

setting up Apache for CGI

2000-08-25 Thread John Reinke
Perhaps this is slightly off-topic, but this might still come under the newbie category. I am trying to get Apache to allow CGI scripts from user cgi-bin directories. I've looked at the Web HOWTO, and at apache.org for help, but perhaps my question is too easy. Basically, I'm trying to get it

Linux crashes a lot

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
Yep, that's what I said. Linux crashes a lot. It commonly seems to coincide with Netscape crashing, but it almost always takes the whole system with it. I can't Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or change to another console. Occasionally I can telnet into the box and try to kill X, but it never works. I always

Re: Linux crashes a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
never had this happen..never had netscape take down a machine..ever. possible the machine is running out of memory ?? how much ram/swap u got ? nate John Reinke wrote: Yep, that's what I said. Linux crashes a lot. It commonly seems to coincide with Netscape crashing, but it almost always

Re: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is scary. I had a problem similar to this on my old work computer. Netscape would crash all the time, xterms wouldn't start, library errors, compiling errors, ftp checksums incorrect, etc. The system never crashed but was very unreliable.

RE: Linux crashed a lot - more info

2000-09-01 Thread John Reinke
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Larry Elmore wrote: Did you try replacing the power supply? This sounds suspiciously like an almost-good power supply. That is one item that one should _never_ skimp on, but a lot of low-end clones do to save a few bucks. Of course, there's other possible causes. My wife's

Bad memory (was: Linux crashes a lot)

2000-09-02 Thread John Reinke
Well, I ran the memtest86 program on my computer, and it looks like I have some bad memory. My question is: Is it normal (safe) to have one error on a stick of RAM? I've got 96MB - a 64 and a 32. I ran the program with only one RAM card in the computer at a time. The 32 had an error for EVERY

Re: DHCP client setup for @Home

2000-09-06 Thread John Reinke
Read Sven's message below again - dhcpcd - this is not server software. This is what I use for my cable modem connection. It worked for me before I even had a clue what I was doing! It automatically is assigned the DNS servers, etc, so all you need to do is turn it on and it works (even easier

Re: DHCP client setup for @Home

2000-09-07 Thread John Reinke
I used the boot floppies, and it worked with my cable modem. I guess I didn't know it was using pump, it just worked by magic. I went ahead and installed dhcpcd when I was done. BTW, make sure you get root.bin, resc.bin, plus all three driver floppies BEFORE you start the installation and blow

yikes!!!

2000-09-21 Thread John Reinke
I just tried installing a .deb from an old CD, and I used apt-cdrom. Somehow, it must have decided to remove a lot of my applications the next time I ran dselect. I just hit enter and when I looked back, I found out that I had just removed a large percentage of my applications!!! Is there a way

Re: Which netscape version works?

2000-09-21 Thread John Reinke
There is a newer version - 4.75, which seems *slightly* less buggy for me. If you don't already have it, add the security line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and then run: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade and it will install the newer version, as well as any other security fixes you may

Re: Simple NATed home network problem

2002-10-13 Thread John Reinke
On 13 Oct 2002, Birzan George Cristian wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 10:14, John Reinke wrote: Here's what I have in the file: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The first network card

can't boot new kernel - VFS error

2002-09-25 Thread John Reinke
(I'm resending this, since I don't see it in the archives for yesterday.) I've not been successful with any of the solutions to similar problems I've found on the web so far, so hopefully someone here can offer suggestions. I am unable to boot a kernel I compiled on a new woody installation. I