// in paths
When I type (in bash): % type foo it returns foo is /usr/local/bin//foo with two /'s before `foo'. (I get the same effect with `csh' and `which'.) Has anyone else seen this behavior? Anyone know what's causing it? Or how to fix it? I'm using Debian 2.0 (hamm); kernel version 2.0.34 Thanks. David Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [off topic] A pause in C?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am after a way to generate a pause of 300ns in a C program I am working >on. In general, you cannot guarantee pauses in a multitasking system like Unix or Linux. Pauses can be set in microseconds using usleep(), but not in nanoseconds. And even then that is only the _minimum_ time that call will sleep - if the system decides to run another process at that point your program will only continue until the timeslice of the other process is over, 10 ms later .. >At the moment, I am using a for loop of about 70 iterations.. >works okay, but on a faster system it will die.. (needed to slow down I/O >with an interface card) If you need to do timing that strict, and you're talking to hardware, you shouldn't do it from userspace but write a kernel module instead. Or you could use Linux-RT (Real Time), but the real time programs you have to create for Linux-RT are essentially kernel modules too .. Mike. -- "Did I ever tell you about the illusion of free will?" -- Sheriff Lucas Buck, ultimate BOFH.
Re: Scanners - SCSI card for ARTEC AT12
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, H C Pumphrey wrote: > > Hi debian users and SANE people: [...] > No-one mentions the 3181x / 3151x so I can't tell from this what to do > about my card. If anyone can tell me what to do or point me at the right > documentation, I'd be grateful. [...] If you go to the SANE ftp site (ftp.mostang.com) there's a patch that may make DTC318x cards usable under Linux. If you can't find it, ask on the sane-devel mailing list, someone'll be able to direct you. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Every question has a simple, easy-to-understand wrong answer." -H. L. Mencken
standard ML
Hello, I am a computer science student, and will be using standard ML in the near future for a few projects. I have noticed the ocaml 1.05-2 package at debian.org I have read the description, it seems that it is not exactly the same as SML. Is this true? if so is there a .deb package that would be better for me? ( I want to be able to code programs exactly the same as the rest of the class, make's things a lot easier for me that way) I have a Debian 1.3.1 CD but I could not find a ML package on my CD, am I just missing it? If I have to FTP the file how do I get dselect to install it? many thanks for the help Ken Ryder
Re: [EDI software]
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Greg Vence wrote: > EDI = Electronic Data Interchange. It is a layer in Electronic > Commerce. However, I haven't seen it on Linux, but haven't really > looked either. > > Syed Huq wrote: > > > > Peter, > > > > Did you mean EDA ?? What is EDI ?? There was a discussion on the linux-biz mailing list about this a month or two back. The conclusion was that there really isn't anything much out there... if you have some kind of web-based EDI, it might work, and lots more people are doing that, but until that's more common... (It's linux-biz@lege.com) Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Every question has a simple, easy-to-understand wrong answer." -H. L. Mencken
Where is .deb for enlightenment?
Where could I find the .deb for enlightenment, please? Ftp.enlightenment.org has only got .rpm. And I've not find it in ftp.debian.org. Thanks in advance. zuwi
Re: What causes single user boot? (last stereogram)
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Kent West wrote: > At 09:10 PM 10/6/1998 +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > >On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > >[stereogram .sig] > > >Now that, folks, has class.. Cool Ray :) > > I kept focusing on the row with "O"s in it and never could see anything. > Finally I gave up on that and just looked at the body like I would any > other stereogram. Weigh Kule! Stereograms really aren't that complicated. I made a web page about them at work. I'll copy it and put it up on my web site at home before the end of the week. It'll be at "http://www.tir.com/~sorceror/";. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r eeeeeeeeeeeeeee a a a a a a a a a a a a a t t t t t t t t t t t d d d d d d d d d d d e e e e e e e e e e e e e ppppppppppppppp t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
Re: dot matrix printer
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Justin Maurer wrote: > matrix printer. it is a Panasonic KX-P1624. we have had difficulties in > setting it up (it is a dot matrix printer). please contact me if you can > help (i am not subscribed to the list). it would be nice if there was one > tool or something that would work for all three (i didn't see an > appopriate filter with magicfilterconfig). Are there example settings for an Epson dot matrix? Many dot matrix's are Epson compatible. I haven't spent much time setting up printing on my yet, but text prints fine on my Star NX1000 with out any changes to the setup. If you want to print PostScript try using Ghostscript with the epson DEVICE setting. -- Shawn D'Alimonte - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Under university lab conditions, the laws of nature do not apply-
Re: [off topic] A pause in C?
Quoting Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am after a way to generate a pause of 300ns in a C program I am working > on. At the moment, I am using a for loop of about 70 iterations.. > works okay, but on a faster system it will die.. (needed to slow down I/O > with an interface card) man nanosleep Mike Stone
Re: Will pointing dselect to slink hose hamm system?
When Kent West wrote, I replied: In my experience, this isn't nearly worth the trouble. Were I you, I'd simply use dpkg -i. > > If I go into the Method option of dselect and change my ftp source from > stable to unstable, in order for me to download one package (gnome), will > dselect try to download everything that's got a newer version to what I've > got installed? > > In other words, how do I just get gnome (and its dependents) without > messing up my hamm system and/or what dselect looks for in the future? > > Thanks. > > Kent > > > Kent West, Technology Support > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX > 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 > Amateur Radio: KC5ENO > Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins! > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.
Re: // in paths
When David S. Zelinsky wrote, I replied: I can't help with what causes it, but I can tell you that it's no big deal. /usr/local/bin//foo is equivalent to /usr/local/bin/foo (i.e. the double (or triple or whatever) slashes are the same as one slash). > > When I type (in bash): > >% type foo > > it returns > >foo is /usr/local/bin//foo > > with two /'s before `foo'. (I get the same effect with `csh' and `which'.) > Has anyone else seen this behavior? Anyone know what's causing it? Or how to > fix it? > > I'm using Debian 2.0 (hamm); kernel version 2.0.34 > > Thanks. > > David Zelinsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.
IP Masq
I have IP masq and all dependents. How do I set it up for a PPP Dial up connection?
Re: standard ML
Quoting Kenneth F. Ryder III ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am a computer science student, and will be using standard ML in the near > future for a few projects. I have noticed the ocaml 1.05-2 package at > debian.org I have read the description, it seems that it is not exactly > the same as SML. Is this true? if so is there a .deb package that would be > better for me? ( I want to be able to code programs exactly the same as > the rest of the class, make's things a lot easier for me that way) I have a > Debian 1.3.1 CD but I could not find a ML package on my CD, am I just > missing it? If I have to FTP the file how do I get dselect to install it? There's a new sml-nj package in slink, download ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/sml-nj_110-1.deb and use "dpkg -i sml-nj_110-1.deb" to install it. Mike Stone
Re: lowmem installation trouble
I've had a similar hardware configuration running linux before, but that was Slackware 3.0 (when *it* was considered NEW). I've not tried Debian with only 4M of RAM (and hercules card), but I can tell you that Debian 2.0 liked my 386 with 8M RAM. The Debian installation process, however, does take up a LOT more RAM than slackware or even RedHat does... at least, based on my experience. I'm not sure how much the lowmemrd image really does require now, even though the standard used to be 4M. I hate to steer you away from Debian, but I the only solutions I can suggest is to either upgrade to 8M (a $20 investment) or try another distribution like Slackware. Even if you do get it working with 4M of RAM, your machine will spend more time swapping than it will doing any productive work. If anyone else DOES know how to FORCE debian to work with only 4M of RAM, please forward the solution to me as well. :) Here is what I have on my 386 with 8M (running RedHat 5.0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 6600 6204396 4252236 2168 -/+ buffers/cache: 3800 2800 Swap:30864 5132 25732 - DeJay. p.s. my 486 is running Debian 2.0 ;-) _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_| On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Nathan Hendler wrote: > > I am trying to install Debian on my 386 w/ 4Megs of RAM and hercules > video. Using the lowmem.bin image, here is what happens... > > boot: [I hit Enter.] > Loading lowmemrd.bin ... > > That's as far as she goes. It hangs there, all night. I have to hard > reboot. Using the resc1440.bin image I get... > > SYSLINUX 1.40-2.1 [etc...] > Boot failed > > Using the lowmemrd.bin image I get... > > [beep] > > Nothing at all, no error, and I have to hard reboot. Using the root.bin > image gets me the same result. > > Ok, obviously I don't know a whole lot about what I am doing. Can anyone > help me out? I've installed FreeBSD and Linux before, but always on more > modern systems with CDROMs. > > Thanks, > Nathan Hendler > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
HELP! Frozen e-mail barrage!
I have a "headless" machine here on my network (actually the one which provides the masquerading firewall etc) if I log into it and run "sudo mailq" it lists hoardes of e-mails frozen! The weird thing is that it is not a machine which is used for e-mail transfer! I have tried going into /var/spool/exim/input and issuing rm * this fixes the problem. A few days later...it is doing it all over aggain! They all look very similar here is some output from mailq: 5d 478 0zP5U5-0006Gc-00 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** frozen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... 5m 1.1K 0zQifF-0001LZ-00 <> *** frozen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... 0m 1.1K 0zQifF-0001LZ-00 <> *** frozen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] and some samples: -- 0zP5U5-0006Gc-00-D /bin/sh: runq: command not found root 0 0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 907335781 4 -ident root -received_protocol local -body_linecount 1 -frozen 907724448 -local -manual_thaw XX 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 129P Received: from root by Shit-Box.carpanet with local (Exim 2.02 #1 (Debian)) id 0zP5U5-0006Gc-00; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:43:01 -0400 025* From: root (Cron Daemon) 034F From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) 009* To: mail 018T To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 035 Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> runq 028 X-Cron-Env: 035 X-Cron-Env: 033 X-Cron-Env: 027 X-Cron-Env: 050I Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 037 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:43:01 -0400 (END) - 0zP5nR-0006QB-00-H mail 8 8 <> 907336981 0 -ident mail -received_protocol local -body_linecount 20 -frozen 907724447 -localerror -manual_thaw XX 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 129P Received: from mail by Shit-Box.carpanet with local (Exim 2.02 #1 (Debian)) id 0zP5nR-0006QB-00; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:03:01 -0400 044 X-Failed-Recipients: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 052F From: Mail Delivery System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 018T To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 059 Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender 050I Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 037 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:03:01 -0400 .. 0zP5nR-0006QB-00-D This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to all of its recipients. The following address(es) failed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (generated from [EMAIL PROTECTED]): unrouteable mail domain "carpanet.carpanet" -- This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. -- ...blah blah Has anyone seen this? any idea how I can fix it? -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux" pgpMu96l5Uz1p.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Where is .deb for enlightenment?
Debs of E are in the dists/slink/main/binary-???/X11 directory. It is version .14, .15 is not released yet so no debs exist. On 07-Oct-98 zuwi wrote: > Where could I find the .deb > for enlightenment, please? > Ftp.enlightenment.org has only got .rpm. > And I've not find it in ftp.debian.org. > > Thanks in advance. > > zuwi > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
Re: Problem using vi in telnet session
I often have to manually set my terminal type to 'vt100' every time I log into my linux box from the windoze machine in my office. export TERM=vt100 then all works fine. You might also want to look into using the stty command to rebind certain keys to match what your terminal emulator sends. as in: stty erase ^? where you press the backspace character to get ^? I agree that the telnet app that comes with windoze sucks, but I found it easier to find these workarounds than to install a new telnet client on every windoze machine I visit when I want to telnet to my real machine. Hope this helps. - DeJay. _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_| On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 06 Oct 1998 08:19:09 -0400, Jeff Miller wrote: > > >I recently took a class on Unix and we used Win95 machines to Telnet into > >our server and vi acted "weird." The instructor acknowledged this and said > >that there was nothing we could do. I would suggest using a Windoze X > >Client software in place of Telnet. We use Exceed and it works well. > >There may be something available that is "free" but I don't know. > > Tera Term works quite well in conjunction with Screen. The telnet that > came with Windows is lousy emulation and should not be used except in extreme > cases. > > -- > Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your > ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. > ---+- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: URGENT !!! SYSTEM BROKEN (CONT)
If you can boot to your hard drive from floppy, then do so, log in as root, then try this: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV console then try rebooting from the hard drive. For some strange reason, /dev/console is easily corrupted and then causes a LOT of weird problems like this. - DeJay. _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_| On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Following to my prvious email > I have installed lilo. the system can boot from floppy. > However, when I try to boot from disk the boot starts > but it hangs with the following message > > VFS Mounted root (ext2) filesystem > Unable to open an initial console > > This does not happen with the floppy boot. > Any ideas ? > > George > > --- > George Kapetanios > Churchill College > Cambridge, CB3 0DSE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > U.K. WWW: http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html > --- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Can't drag and drop in Netscape
Blazej Sawionek wrote: > > LUK ShunTim wrote: > > KDE and Netscape 4.5bPR1. > Sorry I don't uderstand what you are trying to do, but 4.5bPR2 is > already available - maybe that can help you? > Blazej, May be I have not made myself very clear. What I would like to do is something like this. After I read a web page in Netscape, I would like to bookmark it. There is a "Location" icon in the Netscape browser window to the left of the URL dialog box and to insert a bookmark of the page in the bookmarks file, you can (or are supposed to) drag it into the bookmark file open in another window. What I see is that there is some animation of the dragging process but no bookmark entry was added to the bookmark file. So I just wonder may be I have missed to install some library to make this drag and drop work. Regards, ST
Acrobat Reader trouble.
Hello. My printing system has been working very well before I tried to print something with Acrobat Reader. My configuration is the following: Debian 2.0 + Ghostscript 5.5 + rhs-printfilters + Epson Stylus 400. The rhs-printfilter was modified to use a uniprint driver instead of stcolor, and I think that this is irrelevant any ways. Until today, I was able to print nicely all kinds of postscript files and plain text, either from command line or directly from applications. However, when I tried to print a short PDF file with Acrobat reader, beginning with the second page things looked strange. The words were frequently misplaced and sometimes 2 words or 2 characters would be printed in a space where only one word would fit. Basically one thing was printed over another one rendering the document unreadable. I tried to print a different file and had the same problem. Then, I converted those two files to gs ( with cat file.pdf | acroread -toPostScript > file.ps )and printed them from GV. It worked. That means that problems is in Acrobat Reader, not in any other component of my printing system. Any one has ideas why that strange thing happened? Is there a way to fix Acrobat Reader? Or may be I messed up something else?
Re: Multi-partitions
Just something to add to this (although Randy is correct): Let's say you have a 1.2GB /dev/hda. Make the partitions something like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 621 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot BeginStart End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 *11 258 506 DOS FAT /dev/hda2 259 259 2641 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 265 265 589 623000 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 589 589 62162496 82 Linux swap and you would have them mounted like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mount /dev/hda1 on /dos type msdos (rw) /dev/hda2 on /boot type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda3 on / type ext2 (rw) Note that the /boot partition shown here as 10M can be as small as 3M, and must be above that 1024 cylinder boundary. This, however, maximizes the space you can have for dos and still allow you to boot into linux without LILO complaining. Note also that you'll have to move your kernel into the /boot directory, modify your /etc/lilo.conf file to reflect that you moved the kernel, and then re-run lilo before attempting to reboot linux. I used a calculator to produce the values show in the table above, so your actuall numbers will vary slightly.. but the principle is the same. ;-) Oh, as far as which one to install first, go for debian. After you install DOS, you'll most likely have to use your debian's boot floppy to kickstart the machine then re-run LILO, as DOS will overwrite the MBR (erasing LILO's boot code). - DeJay. On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Randy Edwards wrote: > DOS is fairly fussy about where it wants its partitions. If I were you, I'd > make a > small DOS partition with DOS (how large is this supposed to be? Beware of the > ~510MB/1024 cylinder BIOS problems), install DOS onto it, and then install > Debian > elsewhere on the hard drive using Linux's fdisk to make your new partitions. > > -- > Regards,| Debian GNU/ __ o http://www.debian.org > . |/ / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ > Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ > http://www.golgotha.net | ...because lockups are for convicts... > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_|
Re: Safe rm available?
On 7 Oct 1998, Tommi Kaariainen wrote: > Some other people may shoot themselves in the foot if they don't learn > that rm is in most Unix/Linux systems a powerful and unforgiving beast that > does its work irreversibly. Thinking that rm is kinder and gentler than it > is may lead to carelessness in deleting files. Er, yes, that is what someone said and what I replied to. They made a blanket statement -- I pointed out that it's a fallacy because this hasn't been my experience. I'm sure it's like that for some people; I was pointing out however that the blanket statement isn't true. What I wrote stands. Kendall
Re: [off topic] A pause in C?
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Michael Stone wrote: > Quoting Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I am after a way to generate a pause of 300ns in a C program I am working > > on. At the moment, I am using a for loop of about 70 iterations.. > > works okay, but on a faster system it will die.. (needed to slow down I/O > > with an interface card) > > man nanosleep > Great! thanks, I found `sleep`, but that one escaped me.. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - CONNECT 300... Connect 300?!?!?! #%^# NO CARRIER - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Re: // in paths
yes, i've seen it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /# cd etc/.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] //# cd etc/.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /# and repeat this ad-nauseum can't explain this, though, as I've only seen this happen with debian! - DeJay. _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_| On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, David S. Zelinsky wrote: > When I type (in bash): > >% type foo > > it returns > >foo is /usr/local/bin//foo > > with two /'s before `foo'. (I get the same effect with `csh' and `which'.) > Has anyone else seen this behavior? Anyone know what's causing it? Or how to > fix it? > > I'm using Debian 2.0 (hamm); kernel version 2.0.34 > > Thanks. > > David Zelinsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: IP Masq
"You have IP-masq"do you mean configured or simply installed? you can run ipmasqconfig , or edit /etc/ipmasq.conf read the how-to or simply do this: ipfwadm -F -p deny ipfwadm -F -a m -S xxx.xxx.xxx.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx the address of your internal class C network address. the 24 becomes 16 for a class b and 8 for class a. www.linux.org , support , mini HOT-TOs has one on ip masquarading Dimitri At 08:12 AM 10/06/1998 -0400, Collin Rose wrote: >I have IP masq and all dependents. How do I set it up for a PPP Dial up >connection? > > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: [off topic] A pause in C?
On 7 Oct 1998, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am after a way to generate a pause of 300ns in a C program I am working > >on. > > In general, you cannot guarantee pauses in a multitasking system > like Unix or Linux. Pauses can be set in microseconds using usleep(), > but not in nanoseconds. And even then that is only the _minimum_ time > that call will sleep - if the system decides to run another process > at that point your program will only continue until the timeslice > of the other process is over, 10 ms later .. A greater pause would not matter, but in the interests of not making a user wait for ever... The pause needs to be greater than 200ns. Mike Stone replied with 'man nanosleep' which is what I am after.. then again, a 10ms wait would probably do.. > >At the moment, I am using a for loop of about 70 iterations.. > >works okay, but on a faster system it will die.. (needed to slow down I/O > >with an interface card) > > If you need to do timing that strict, and you're talking to hardware, > you shouldn't do it from userspace but write a kernel module instead. But of an overkill... the timing does not need to be strict.. but like I said above, just a minimum pause of 200ns. Thanks anyway, but I dont quite feel up to writing a module.. yet. The programs that came with the interface card are for QBASIC, and the amount of time it took the interpreter to execute the port I/O, there was no need for a pause.. but C is incredibly fast *G*, and thus I need a small pausing routine. > Or you could use Linux-RT (Real Time), but the real time programs you > have to create for Linux-RT are essentially kernel modules too .. Nope.. normal C is good enough for me :) Thanks for the reply, nanosleep() or usleep() will do the trick. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - Def: Password: The nonsense word taped to the CRT. - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Plug-and-Pray Question
> You'll need to recompile the kernel regardless; whether you build >sound into the kernel or as a module, you have to recompile to tell the >kernel/module the necessary parameters like the IRQ or DMA channel of >your card. > Also check to see if your card is a PnP type card. If so, you'll need >to setup the 'isapnp' package. Exception: some modern BIOSs can >initialize PnP cards at bootup (this is my case). > Does isapnp work with PCI cards. (I have a PCI Network card that's PnP) Let me geuss... I need the 2.1 Kernel as well... (Recompile the kernel and stuff)
Re: Can't drag and drop in Netscape
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, LUK ShunTim wrote: > Blazej Sawionek wrote: > > > > LUK ShunTim wrote: > > > KDE and Netscape 4.5bPR1. > > Sorry I don't uderstand what you are trying to do, but 4.5bPR2 is > > already available - maybe that can help you? > > > > Blazej, > > May be I have not made myself very clear. > What I would like to do is something like this. After I read a web page > in Netscape, I would like to bookmark it. There is a "Location" icon in > the Netscape browser window to the left of the URL dialog box and to > insert a bookmark of the page in the bookmarks file, you can (or are > supposed to) drag it into the bookmark file open in another window. What > I see is that there is some animation of the dragging process but no > bookmark entry was added to the bookmark file. So I just wonder may be I > have missed to install some library to make this drag and drop work. I drag the 'location' icon to the bookmarks menu to the left. It looks like it shrinks, then it opens the menu, and there is a placement bar that follows the mouse. one click, and the bookmark is dropped at the placement bar position. HTH, Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - WinErr: 007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Re: Where is .deb for enlightenment?
You should use alien to translate .rpm to .deb, or click on documentation in the ER home page, they have all the package. But, be careful, don't downgrade... On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, zuwi wrote: > Where could I find the .deb > for enlightenment, please? > Ftp.enlightenment.org has only got .rpm. > And I've not find it in ftp.debian.org. > > Thanks in advance. > > zuwi > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Plug-and-Pray Question
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Christopher J. Stevenson wrote: > Does isapnp work with PCI cards. (I have a PCI Network card that's PnP) Let Of course isapnp doesn't work with PCI cards, it only works with ISA cards. What you should do is set the irq's of the PCI slots in your bios that will remove 1/2 of the problem, PCI plug'n'try_Again support is in the current stable kernel dist. My PCI network card works fine, infact it work first time when I was guessing exactly what it was (long story). > me > geuss... I need the 2.1 Kernel as well... > (Recompile the kernel and stuff) no, but unless you are using a kernel that has module support for everything under the sun in it(read the default kernel that comes with the Hamm), chances are you will have to recompile your kernel. Nikolai
Re: Will pointing dselect to slink hose hamm system?
> In other words, how do I just get gnome (and its dependents) without > messing up my hamm system and/or what dselect looks for in the future? > Add the new source line in /etc/apt/sources.list, but leave the hamm one > there as well. Even easier -- Gnome has its own Debian site that contains *only* the Gnome packages. Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/debian dists/released/ This will accomplish your immediate goal. In more general terms, though, my approach has been to have a /debian/local directory on my hamm system, and throw any slink packages I want in there. I then have a line in my sources.list like so: deb file:/debian local/ Then, before firing up dselect, I build a Packages file for my local stuff: cd /debian dpkg-scanpackages local /dev/null | gzip >local/Packages.gz Once in dselect, remember to run [U]pdate... Jim Russell Cryptographic Engineer LockStar, Inc.
Re: HELP! Frozen e-mail barrage!
shortly after sending it I found the problem... anyone else seen this: runq is ocasionally run (I think by cron but I can't be sure) but runq i sNOT on the path! The path set is /bin:/usr/bin but NOT /usr/sbin where runq actually is...I sym linked it and this solved it. ANyone else seen this or know why it does it? seems to me I remember doing this once before (a while back) but... this is a fairly new system with fairly new SLINK packages! -Steve BTW I also corrected an MTA error if anything it should hhave been [EMAIL PROTECTED] not carpanet.carpanet (it was qualifing my domain!) On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 09:52:31PM -0400, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > I have a "headless" machine here on my network (actually the one which > provides the masquerading firewall etc) [my own problem snipped]
HP ScanJet Plus + Debian 2.0 (fwd)
Greetings folx. I have an old HP ScanJet Plus connected to my parallel port that I cannot seem to get working with Debian 2.0 no matter what I try. The parallel port has Base I/O address 0x378. I believe that this is /dev/lp0. Someone please confirm / correct this for me. Secondly, I'm running Debian 2.0 "out of the box" (from CheapBytes 4 CD distribution, if it matters). It's an Intel 486/dx4-100, VLB architecture, with the I/O card in an ISA slot. I've killed lpd so as to not conflict with the scanner software, 'saned'. I manually (re-)loaded the lp.o module. I've configured /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/hosts.equiv, along with every other file that I can think of that is mentioned in the saned(1) manpage (but perhaps there's something here that I overlooked or misconfigured). I created a link /dev/scanner -> /dev/lp0 when I run xcam and tell it to use either pnm:0 or pnm:1 (what are these?) it tells me "Failed to start Scanner: Invalid argument" on that device. I've tried specifying /dev/lp0 and /dev/scanner and get the same "invalid parameter" result. It almost sounds like there is a module that needs to be loaded in the kernel and is being overlooked. Can anyone offer some clues here? Thanks in advance for your help. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ / Bedrock \__ | http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dejay | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |_|
beginner, system questions
I have an NEC powermate 468 sx-25i with 4mb ram and 120mb hd, with floppy drive only. I use the internet at the local public library. I have done a bare minimum install of 8 floppies by internet ftp. I have some questions. I have a floppy with several text files on it, How do you list the filenames and file sizes on the floppy disk. How do you copy an individual file from the floppy disk. How do you save an individual file to the floppy disk. I cant seem to find how to do this. The system clock is about two hours incorrect. Logged in as root, I have tried setting the system clock with the date command but the system clock goes back to the old time when I reboot. How do I set the system clock and make it permanent. How do you alter screen and text colors, rather than the standard monochrome.
Re: beginner, system questions
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Aldinga Library wrote: > I have a floppy with several text files on it, > How do you list the filenames and file sizes on the floppy disk. > How do you copy an individual file from the floppy disk. > How do you save an individual file to the floppy disk. > I cant seem to find how to do this. first you need to mount the floppy (I am asuming it is in vfat format) mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy then to get the list of files on it you can cd to it or just use ls cd /floppy;ls or ls /floppy for filenames and sizes just change ls for ls -l to save a file to the disk just cp the file onto the floppy cp file.I.want.on.floppy /floppy Finally, before you remove the floppy from th drive you will need to ensure that you have no sessions use the directory(either activly or with it a their current working directory) then use umount umount /floppy then you can take the floppy from the drive. > The system clock is about two hours incorrect. > Logged in as root, I have tried setting the system clock with the date > command but the system clock goes back to the old time when I reboot. > How do I set the system clock and make it permanent. you need to set the actual system clock in the bios this means that at boot you usually press del during the ram count. > How do you alter screen and text colors, rather than the standard > monochrome. you are probably after ls --color=tty. put this line in your .bashrc file alias ls="ls --color=tty" then either logout and login or just execute the same line at the command line. Nikolai
someone pass me the dunce-cap, please
I sent a message to the list a couple of days ago, in desperation over my not working .xsession file. I forgot that I wasn't subscribed to the list, so I have no idea whether there were any responses or in fact whether my message even appeared. But what I truly deserve the dunce-cap for, is the problem with my .xsession file. I had the first line as #! \bin\sh of course, it should have been #! /bin/sh It's all microsoft's fault, of course. Why couldn't they have got their slashes around the right way? Andrew Tarr "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate"
Re: threads package for libc6
Hi, > pages, the functions may not be thread safe. However I think that if libc6 > in hamm supports POSIX threads, then the library functions in there must be > thread safe. Any ideas on this from you guys? I don't think it is safe to make this assumption on any system. All I can suggest is to make sure that _REENTRANT is defined and that you use the reentrant versions, if available, of a given function. A better place to ask about this issue would be one of the GNU newsgroups since Debian uses pretty much the same glibc2 that most glibc2 Linux distributions use. -Ossama
Re: Re: Scanners - SCSI card for ARTEC AT12
If it's the same card that I got with the Artect AT6, it's a real brain damaged one (read only, can't write). I hooked up a Zip plus drive and could read just fine, but could not write to the Zip Plus drive. When I swapped SCSI cards with a more normal one, everything just worked fine. My suggestion is to go and buy a SCSI-1 or 2 card that is supported and you should be just fine. IMHO. Erik. Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:39:36 +0100 From: "Helge Hafting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: H C Pumphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Scanners - SCSI card for ARTEC AT12 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/06/98 at 12:24 PM, H C Pumphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] >No-one mentions the 3181x / 3151x so I can't tell from this what to do >about my card. If anyone can tell me what to do or point me at the right >documentation, I'd be grateful. If it is neither on the supported nor unsupported list, chances are it is unsupported. Unless it is hardware compatible with something supported. Your manual says nothing about compatibility? You could of course try compiling a kernel supporting every scsi controller linux can use and see if yours is detetected by any of the drivers. >Suggestions for that would be welcome, too - remember I only want the >SCSI card for the scanner. Is the August 1996 SCSI-Howto still useful in >this respect, or is it hopelessly out of date? I ought to be useful. There may be support for some newer cards, but you want something cheap if the scanner is your only use. Think carefully though, scsi is a good interface for disks. Buying a good scsi adapter now let you go for scsi the next time you need more disk space, whenever that may be. Helge Hafting -- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --
Re: Multi-partitions
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/06/98 at 05:22 PM, "Adrian Gudas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Okay, this is a bit of a newbie question. You've been warned... >I haven't installed Linux yet, but I'm going to as soon as my CD's arrive >in the mail. I'm pretty well-versed with the setup procedures (after >having read the installation instructions 100 times while on the john -- >yes, I have no life). >I'm still a bit confused, however, with the way it handles partitions. Am >I supposed to use DOS fdisk to partition and format a DOS partition, and >then run Debian's install, partitioning "sub-partitions" under the >non-DOS partition that I've created earlier? Or will Debian's >installation let me set up a "DOS" partition for me to boot and format >later? >And then, how will I be able to tell what operating system installs into >what partition, and what the MBR will reflect? Help... Using DOS fdisk is a good idea *if* you want to have dos on this machine. If not, use debian's install only. It has its own fdisk variant (cfdisk or fdisk) that will partition for debian. If you want dos on the machine, install dos first. Use dos fdisk and make a dos partition no bigger than what you need for dos, and install dos in that. Partition the rest of the disk using debian install, creating a swap partition and at least one ext2 partition. After installing debian, set up lilo so you can select dos or linux at boot time. Helge Hafting -- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
squid
Hello all, I am having a slight problem. I run a squid proxy on my machine to save me time when I revisit sites, as my dialup connection is also firewalled my squid communicates with my ISP's squid on a parent-child basis. My problem is that my squid will not pass on cgi scripts to it's parent. I looked in the squid.conf file and found the hierarchy_stoplist option, the default is to directly fetch URLs containing 'cgi-bin' or '?' I commented that line out but tcpdump -i ppp0 shows the slippery squid is still trying to send the stuff directly out instead of via the parent proxy, I tries to put an empty hierarchy_stoplist line in but that didn't fix it. I was wondering if anybody had a solution to this damn problem :) Nikolai
running X windows
I still have problem running X windows (Xfree86) on Debian 2.0 as ordinary user. It works fine if I log on as root. I use it on stand alone machine without network card and xdm is not running. The messages I get are : _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ... Socket CreateListener() Failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: Server already running Fatal server error: Canno't establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running. Bostjan
Re: beginner, system questions
> I have a floppy with several text files on it, first you need to mount the floppy: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt (you may need to specify the filesystem, try -t msdos) > How do you list the filenames and file sizes on the floppy disk. ls -s -k /mnt > How do you copy an individual file from the floppy disk. cp file_name /mnt > How do you save an individual file to the floppy disk. cp /mnt/file_name destination > The system clock is about two hours incorrect. > Logged in as root, I have tried setting the system clock with the date > command but the system clock goes back to the old time when I reboot. > How do I set the system clock and make it permanent. Check your bios clock is set correctly NB - if you get debian packages on floppy, you can install them direct from floppy, you don't need to copy them onto your hdd. HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
Font Issues
If I use an application requiring too many fonts eg StarOffice I find that starting another application eg. Lynx has problem finding the right fonts. I can solve this simply by killing X and restarting but is there a better way to restore fonts? (This applies to colors too). /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/
Re: Iomega Ditto Max and LINUX?
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Kent Andersen wrote: > Is there any drivers available for the ditto Max tape drive for linux or > more to the point is there anyway I can make it work under Linux??? Yes, ftape 4.02 can control the ditto Max. I gave up on the ftape- ditto 2Gb combination because of a lot of problems. I am not sure how successful the operation of the Max will be. As far as I know Iomega would not cooperate with the development of ftape. Regards. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." James 1:12
Re: URGENT !!! SYSTEM BROKEN (CONT)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi George On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Following to my prvious email > I have installed lilo. the system can boot from floppy. > However, when I try to boot from disk the boot starts > but it hangs with the following message > > VFS Mounted root (ext2) filesystem > Unable to open an initial console > > This does not happen with the floppy boot. > Any ideas ? Seems to me that something/someone deleted /dev/tty?? To restore it, mount the root partition /somewhere from the rescue disk cd /somewhere/dev and execute ./MAKEDEV tty I hope this helps Once you can boot as usual double check other important devices aren't missing regards, Ulisses - - "Computers are useless. They can only give answers."Pablo Picasso -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: latin1 Comment: PGP public key avaliable at http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver iQB1AwUBNhsd/A/N+5+NQ63pAQGkpQL/Zgl8HjwzVYVc7yQNlfAUijlMTIflnocN sv+ixzuNltl2aJIkP2Y8fFmOYo19RbQdG20vctlrShA3HMK2e0C2Qir+eHWQi9K1 CDt+4IdQQ28/m3/pTm5PP4gSsipSUfgF =IBbN -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: // in paths
> > When I type (in bash): > >% type foo > > it returns > >foo is /usr/local/bin//foo > > with two /'s before `foo'. (I get the same effect with `csh' and `which'.) > Has anyone else seen this behavior? Anyone know what's causing it? Or how to > fix it? > This is what you get if the directory in your path has a trailing slash, so your PATH environment variable has "/usr/local/bin/", instead of just "/usr/local/bin", which is enough. Not much of a big deal, it costs you an extra byte of memory (well strictly speaking, that would be on average only :). Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
request for help
Hi , I've a problem which I hope I could get some help from the experts :- I'm a new Debian user. I'm trying to install the OS into my existing Windows 95 pc with the following configuration :- 133MHZ Pendium 82Mbyte RAM Drive C: 1.2Gbyte (primary ide master) Drive D : 850Mbyte (2ndary ide master) Drive E : CDROM I plan to dedicate whole D: drive for Linux & I'm attempting to run Install.bat from a directory D:\debian which contains all the files needed to install the system. When I run install.bat from Dos prompt, the first Q asked was "enter Kernel image", I responded with Linux.exe; the installation continue until I got the following msg : Kernel panic : can't mount . Am I doing it right ? Should I partition the disk first ? how ? Thks a lot for your help & advise ... b.r., z.s.
Re: moving "/" sda4 --> sdb1
Thanx to everyone, >;0) All sorted, unfortunately i'll have to move it again as the original partition was larger than i remebered . At least ive had practice. My problem was i overlooked duplicate entries of root= in my lilo config :(. Id fixed the first one and neglected to check the rest of the file, oh well learning as a newby goes :) thanx again John Leget wrote: > > greetings, > > I need to move debian from drive 1 to drive 2 ( just deep sixed NT >;0) > ), what are the steps necessary. > > Thus far i have done a copy using mc ( skipping proc of course ), > modified lilo, fstab. > boots ok gets to checking the new "sdb1" then it proceeds to run from > the old partition "sda4", i guess i missed some essentials steps > somewhere. > So thats on hold for now :(, will continue RTFM's etc, any help > appreciated. > The upside is i have worked out how to give doom its "virtual graphics > capable console" so now for some stress relief :). > > Thanx > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Can't drag and drop in Netscape
Michael Beattie wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, LUK ShunTim wrote: > > > May be I have not made myself very clear. > > What I would like to do is something like this. After I read a web page > > in Netscape, I would like to bookmark it. There is a "Location" icon in > > the Netscape browser window to the left of the URL dialog box and to > > insert a bookmark of the page in the bookmarks file, you can (or are > > supposed to) drag it into the bookmark file open in another window. What > > I see is that there is some animation of the dragging process but no > > bookmark entry was added to the bookmark file. So I just wonder may be I > > have missed to install some library to make this drag and drop work. I have the PR2 now and also can't do what you describe. > I drag the 'location' icon to the bookmarks menu to the left. It looks > like it shrinks, then it opens the menu, and there is a placement bar that > follows the mouse. one click, and the bookmark is dropped at the placement > bar position. It seems that dragging the "location" icon to the "bookmarks" menu also doesn't work (4.5PR2). All I can do is simply open the `bookmarks' menu and choose `add bookmark' (Alt-K), or if I want to add a bookmark to a "non-default" folder - choose `file bookmark', and the required folder. I can't see the reason why should I do it in a more complicated way. Blazej
Re: [off topic] A pause in C?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: 07 October 1998 01:42
Subject: [off topic] A pause in C?
>
>I am after a way to generate a pause of 300ns in a C program I am working
>on. At the moment, I am using a for loop of about 70 iterations..
>works okay, but on a faster system it will die.. (needed to slow down I/O
>with an interface card)
>I was looking at the info page for libc (which seems to be broken.. I cant
>go to other nodes from 'info libc') and found the timeval structure. It
>looks like what I want, but I cant work it out.. can someone help?
>
>something like:
>
>void p_300ns()
>{
> struct timeval interval;
>
> // assign interval its members here.. ??
>
> long int start = interval->tv_usec;
>
> do {
>// assign interval its members here again
> } while interval->tv_usec < start + 3;
>
> // have to excuse my memory.. ^^^ what is nano ? micro
> // is one millionth, nano is one something thousandth.. ??
>
Try using sleep() or nsleep() (I am not sure its name is nsleep() or
something similar), or if they don't work another approach would be a loop
with a call to clock() at the beginning and antoher one while checking at
the end of the loop.
Wordperfect 7.0 on Debian 2.0
Hello ! When I start Wordperfect installation I get a message, that it can't start graphical installation so it starts with text installation. I would like to start graphical installation, but I guess that I am missing some libraries. Can anybody tell me which libraries are needed for Wordperfect 7.0 on Debian 2.0. Bostjan
Re: Re(2): Multi-partitions
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Adrian Gudas wrote: > Could you clarify another couple things: > 1. Does fips work with FAT32? I have it, but I've been too scared to use > it. I believe the most recent version does. > 2. How does lilo work? (Any complications I need to know about...?) I won't add much to what has already been written about this, but I will point out that once you have installed debian (perhaps using a boot floppy for the sake of caution) you should find a very informative manual in /usr/doc/lilo which will explain in very clear detail how the boot process works and all the different ways you can set up Lilo, depending on what discs you have, what other OSes are on them etc. I found that a read of this was very enlightening. There is some further information and examples in the LILO Mini-HOWTO. This should also be on your Debian system in the /usr/doc tree; in addition you can get it from a Linux Documentation Project web site. [For some the documentation to appear in your Debian installation you will have to install the relevent packages. For the HOWTOs this is the doc-linux-text package.] All the best Hugh == Hugh C. Pumphrey, Dept. of -| Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-650-5780 Meteorology, Univ. of Edinburgh | Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside U.K EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, Scotland | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==P=l=e=a=s=e==N=o=t=e==t=h=e==N=e=w==F=A=X==N=u=m=b=e=r==
What is the correct way to modify startup scripts?
My debian system is starting various processes which I don't need. I presume I could prevent this by deleting the links in /etc/rc0.d but is this the correct way to do it? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk
Re: What is the correct way to modify startup scripts?
Hello Anthony: There is a file in /usr/sbin call update-rc.d. It permitts the addition and removal of startup files from the respective run-level directories. Peter -Original Message- From: Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 5:30 AM Subject: What is the correct way to modify startup scripts? >My debian system is starting various processes which I don't need. I presume >I could prevent this by deleting the links in /etc/rc0.d but is this the >correct way to do it? > >Anthony > > >-- >Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Iannarelli;Peter FN:Peter Iannarelli ORG:GenX Internet Laboratories TITLE:Engineer TEL;WORK;VOICE:1+ 416-929-1885 TEL;WORK;FAX:1+416-929-1056 ADR;WORK:;Madison;20 Madison Ave.;Toronto;Ontario;;Canada LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Madison=0D=0A20 Madison Ave.=0D=0AToronto, Ontario=0D=0ACanada URL: URL:http://www.genxl.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19981007T094035Z END:VCARD
Re: What is the correct way to modify startup scripts?
Peter Iannarelli wrote: > > Hello Anthony: > > There is a file in /usr/sbin call update-rc.d. It permitts > the addition and removal of startup files from the respective > run-level directories. > > >My debian system is starting various processes which I don't need. I > >presume > >I could prevent this by deleting the links in /etc/rc0.d but is this the > >correct way to do it? > > > >Anthony > > Hello, I don't quite follow and I also have a few things that run at startup from my first install that I included as modules (ppp,scsi,vfat) that still are trying to load even tho I have made my own kernel with them complied in. So I don't need or want to see them trying to load modules that it first used to get my system going that arn't there anymore. How would I clean up the boot process of these old first install modules..that arnt needed anymore and my present kernel handles fine ? Steven Udell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wordperfect 7.0 on Debian 2.0
> When I start Wordperfect installation I get a message, that it can't start > graphical installation Most probably you use X as yourself and install WP as root. You must enable root do display at your DISPLAY e.g.: xhost + (as yourself) Blazej
Re: What is the correct way to modify startup scripts?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven Udell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How would I clean up the boot process of these old first >install modules..that arnt needed anymore and my present >kernel handles fine ? edit /etc/modules Mike. -- "Did I ever tell you about the illusion of free will?" -- Sheriff Lucas Buck, ultimate BOFH.
X Installation
Hi all!!! I just installed Debian 2.0 in a 386 machine, during configuration of packages, I was asked if I wanted to create the XF86Config file, I said 'yes' and after specifying my card, mouse, etc, it tried to switch to graphics mode. All the screen went blank, so I had to reboot. Now, how can I continue the setup (not only X setup) process from the point it stopped (well, I stopped), since X is not configured yet. I am sure I put the correct settings (Oak (Generic) monitor, microsoft mouse, Extender Super VGA 800x600, spanish keyboard layout...), so what happened? Thanks
Is PPP needed for ISDN?
Dear Debs, 1) is PPP support needed for ISDN (which uses, as the documentation says, syncPPP instead)? At the moment, I have PPP as a module in the kernel and I am about to try an ISDN connection. 2) Is VJ compression advisable/irrelevant/dangerous? There are warnings against VJ in some ISDN-related scripts which I found in the WWW: if it is indeed not advisable, what is the purpose for this option in the kernel configuration? Thank you, Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
How can I see which host a user is logged in from?
How can I see which host a user is logged in from? If I use finger, the hostname gets truncated. /Tomas
Re: How can I see which host a user is logged in from?
Quoting Tomas Petersson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > How can I see which host a user is logged in from? > If I use finger, the hostname gets truncated. last -ad | less Mike Stone
Re: Where is fdformat, mkfs.[fat|vfat] ?
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 11:41:18PM +0700, Oleg E.Krivosheev wrote: > the fdformat was/is mentioned in the several > HOWTOs. Is there debian (hamm/slink) package > where i can find it? I believe "fdformat" has been superseded in hamm by "superformat" and "mformat". "locate format" : /usr/bin/mformat /usr/bin/superformat /usr/bin/xdfformat /usr/man/man1/mformat.1.gz /usr/man/man1/superformat.1.gz "whatis superformat mformat" superformat (1) - format floppies TQ mformat (1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk TQ "dpkg -S format" : [ dpkg -S|--search ... find package(s) owning file(s) ] fdutils: /usr/bin/superformat mtools: /usr/bin/mformat Install "fdutils" and "mtools". Try "man superformat" and "man mformat" > Another question, is there mkfs.fat or mkfs.vfat > utility? I've found only mkfs.ext, minix and ext2 I don't know. I found "/var/src/kernel-source-2.0.35/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt" by doing a "locate vfat" on my hamm system. This file has information about vfat including a reference to "http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/vfat.html"; -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Kern Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Debian GNU/Linux
Make Config Does Not Work!
I look forward to hearing from someone who can offer help on making "make config" work. I followed the instructions of http://www.us.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html, "The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ: Debian and the kernel." Installed: gcc, libc6-dev, bin86, binutils, and gawk. Executed: dpkg --install kernel-package_VVV_all.deb Read: "/usr/doc/kernel-package/README Typed:make config which resulted in the following: make:***No rule to make target config! Stop. Typed:make menuconfig, same result as above Typed:make xconfig, same result as above I am trying to setup Debian Linux 2.0.34. I need to add sound and remove the old ftape module. Thank you in advance. Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rawrite2 & NT
Hello, It appears that rawrite2 doesn't work with NT. Is there one that does? I didn't see it going 0-1-0-1-... on side. Is there something I'm missing? I'm not sure if I can find a Win95 box. But would it work there? Thanx -- Greg. -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html Greg VenceKH2EA/4
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
Are you in the root account? Are you in directory /usr/src/linux? Have you installed the source of the linux kernel? Give me more details and we can help you. Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:43:50AM -0500, Brian Armstrong wrote: > I look forward to hearing from someone who can offer help on making > "make config" work. > > I followed the instructions of > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html, "The Debian > GNU/Linux FAQ: Debian and the kernel." > > Installed: gcc, libc6-dev, bin86, binutils, and gawk. > Executed: dpkg --install kernel-package_VVV_all.deb > Read: "/usr/doc/kernel-package/README > Typed:make config which resulted in the following: > > make:***No rule to make target config! Stop. > > Typed:make menuconfig, same result as above > Typed:make xconfig, same result as above > > I am trying to setup Debian Linux 2.0.34. I need to add sound and > remove the old ftape module. > > Thank you in advance. > > Brian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:43:50AM -0500, Brian Armstrong wrote: > Typed:make config which resulted in the following: > > make:***No rule to make target config! Stop. You need to be in the top level directory of the kernel source to run "make config". HTH, Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
> I look forward to hearing from someone who can offer help on making > "make config" work. > > I followed the instructions of > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html, "The Debian > GNU/Linux FAQ: Debian and the kernel." > > Installed: gcc, libc6-dev, bin86, binutils, and gawk. > Executed: dpkg --install kernel-package_VVV_all.deb [..snip..] You also need to install kernel-source*.deb. Pierre Blanchet
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
I appreciate your getting back to me. Yes, I am in the root account. I, am not at my Linux computer, but, I can be in the directory /usr/src/linux. Yes, I installed the source of the linux kernel. Since I am new to Linux, I am not sure what details might be helpful. Brian werewolf.net Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Are you in the root account? > Are you in directory /usr/src/linux? > Have you installed the source of the linux kernel? > Give me more details and we can help you. > Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique > On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:43:50AM -0500, Brian Armstrong wrote: > > I look forward to hearing from someone who can offer help on making > > "make config" work. > > > > I followed the instructions of > > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html, "The Debian > > GNU/Linux FAQ: Debian and the kernel." > > > > Installed: gcc, libc6-dev, bin86, binutils, and gawk. > > Executed: dpkg --install kernel-package_VVV_all.deb > > Read: "/usr/doc/kernel-package/README > > Typed:make config which resulted in the following: > > > > make:***No rule to make target config! Stop. > > > > Typed:make menuconfig, same result as above > > Typed:make xconfig, same result as above > > > > I am trying to setup Debian Linux 2.0.34. I need to add sound and > > remove the old ftape module. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Brian > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
Since a number of people responded to the email with the instruction to You also need to install kernel-source*.deb. I will double check this. I will look for the file and check dselect's selected files. If it doesn't show up, I will load it. Thank you for your help. Brian Werewolf.net Pierre Blanchet wrote: > > I look forward to hearing from someone who can offer help on making > > "make config" work. > > > > I followed the instructions of > > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html, "The Debian > > GNU/Linux FAQ: Debian and the kernel." > > > > Installed: gcc, libc6-dev, bin86, binutils, and gawk. > > Executed: dpkg --install kernel-package_VVV_all.deb > [..snip..] > > You also need to install kernel-source*.deb. > > Pierre Blanchet
Re: Make Config Does Not Work!
Since a number of people responded to the email with the instruction to You also need to install kernel-source*.deb. I will double check this. I will look for the file and check dselect's selected files. If it doesn't show up, I will load it. Thank you for your help. Brian Werewolf.net "J.H.M.Dassen" <"J.H.M.Dassen" wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:43:50AM -0500, Brian Armstrong wrote: > > Typed:make config which resulted in the following: > > > > make:***No rule to make target config! Stop. > > You need to be in the top level directory of the kernel source to run "make > config". > > HTH, > Ray > -- > Obsig: developing a new sig > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
network
Hi, I installed the debian but the network part does not work. I have a 3Com Ethernet XL NIC adaptor (3c905b-tx). Does somebody have experience with this kind of network problem. Thanks. Zheng Wang, Ph. D Department of Statistics and Applied Probability University of California, Santa Barbara E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang
Re: network
Hello Zheng What does the dmesg command say? Did it see the card and load the driver at boot time? If so, what does ifconfig say? Peter -Original Message- From: Zheng Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 9:04 AM Subject: network >Hi, >I installed the debian but the network part does not work. I have a 3Com >Ethernet XL NIC adaptor (3c905b-tx). Does somebody have experience with >this kind of network problem. Thanks. > >Zheng Wang, Ph. D >Department of Statistics and Applied Probability >University of California, Santa Barbara >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: network
> > Hi, > I installed the debian but the network part does not work. I have a 3Com > Ethernet XL NIC adaptor (3c905b-tx). Does somebody have experience with > this kind of network problem. Thanks. > I recently mailed to this list about my problems with exactly the same card. The problem is in the drivers. I finally solved the problem installing the kernel-source from 2.0.35 (from slink), and replacing the file 3c59x.c with the one from ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/3c59x.c. Then you have to compile this kernel withe the 3c59x drivers (not the 3c90x drivers) and it should work. Maybe look up the thread in the debian mailing list archives (http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9810/threads.html, search for "3com905B cyclone not working). HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
Re: Wordperfect 7.0 on Debian 2.0
On 7 Oct 1998, Bostjan JERKO wrote: > Hello ! > > When I start Wordperfect installation I get a message, that it can't > start graphical installation so it starts with text installation. I > would like to start graphical installation, but I guess that I am > missing some libraries. Can anybody tell me which libraries are needed > for Wordperfect 7.0 on Debian 2.0. Here's what I have (personal edition): $ ldd xwp libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 (0x4000b000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x4004d000) libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXpm.so.4 (0x400eb000) libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x400f9000) libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40102000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (0x401c) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (0x401c9000) Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: running X windows
Bostjan JERKO wrote: > > I still have problem running X windows (Xfree86) on Debian 2.0 as ordinary > user. It works fine if I log on as root. > I use it on stand alone machine without network card and xdm is not running. > The messages I get are : > > _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ... Socket CreateListener() Failed > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: Server already running > > Fatal server error: > > Canno't establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > already running. Are you sure an X server isn't already running? What does `ps aux' say? Noel
locked keyboard & messed screen
Hi, I having some troubles to reset keyb and screen of a linux server. I can connect to it via ssh/telnet but can't reset its local login prompt. The keyboard is locked, crtl+alt+func didn't work; the screen is messed with several graphics patterns. The problem started just with a startx by a normal user. I tried to put xdm and it works ok. Even with X running, the virtual consoles doesn't work. When xdm stop things come back to caos. I tried some actions (kill -HUP, MAKEDEV tty1-6) and can't get the login prompt again. What could I do except shutdown the server? Thanks. Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21
Newbie questions
More questions from the guy who thought he had everything figured out. 1. X will not boot. It almost does, but it just exits with the error "mouse: fd: Invalid argument" or something like that. Fine, I'll go and reconfigure. But how? How can I run the X configure program again? (You know, the one that tells you to select your video card etc.) 2. How can I configure LILO to give me the option to boot using my DOS partition (/dev/hda1)? It would be nice for it to give me a menu... Thanks a lot! Adrian
Re: Newbie questions
>More questions from the guy who thought he had everything figured out. > >1. X will not boot. It almost does, but it just exits with the error >"mouse: fd: Invalid argument" or something like that. Fine, I'll go and >reconfigure. But how? How can I run the X configure program again? (You >know, the one that tells you to select your video card etc.) Hi Adrian! try xbase-configure
Re: rawrite2 & NT
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Greg Vence wrote: : Hello, : : It appears that rawrite2 doesn't work with NT. Is there one that does? : I didn't see it going 0-1-0-1-... on side. Is there something I'm : missing? rawrite2 works with NT Workstation 4, SP3 here. It also works fine on Win95. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: Newbie questions
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Adrian Gudas wrote: > More questions from the guy who thought he had everything figured out. > > 1. X will not boot. It almost does, but it just exits with the error > "mouse: fd: Invalid argument" or something like that. Fine, I'll go and > reconfigure. But how? How can I run the X configure program again? (You > know, the one that tells you to select your video card etc.) Personally I use XF86Setup, run it as root. another option is xf86config. All these config things have to be done as root. > 2. How can I configure LILO to give me the option to boot using my DOS > partition (/dev/hda1)? It would be nice for it to give me a menu... To the best of my knowledge LILO does not do menus, if you put an entry like other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda in /etc/lilo.conf then run lilo at the prompt it will allow you to boot dos from the LILO: prompt by typing dos (to get a list of options press the tab key). Nikolai
Re: Emacs keybinding of Ctrl-[
Hi Havoc, > > And there is no way to separate ESC and C-[ ? > > I mean, who uses C-[ to get an ESC?? > > Text terminals do. But there's a way around it - from the Emacs manual's > discussion of keybindings (which you may find interesting, btw): Hm, I couldn't find this in the manual. Maybe that's because I am using Xemacs, not Emacs? >, , , , and started out as names for > certain ASCII control characters, used so often that they have special > keys of their own. Later, users found it convenient to distinguish in > Emacs between these keys and the "same" control characters typed with > the key. Just like me. >If you do not want to distinguish between (for example) and > `C-i', make just one binding, for the ASCII character (octal code > 011). If you do want to distinguish, make one binding for this ASCII > character, and another for the "function key" `tab'. Doesn't that say, that binding C-[ should work? But this line: (define-key global-map [(control \[)] [udiaeresis]) does not have any effect. :-( Maybe I just didn't understand it. > Xmodmap is cryptic. I've had good luck with Xkeycaps, since it's otherwise > impossible to remember the syntax. That's right! In the meantime I managed to turn my capslock key into a "super" key. I could then map like this: (define-key global-map [(super \[)] [udiaeresis]) Unfortunately I can only use that key when in emacs. I can't find how to make use of it in the shell, an xterm etc. Thanks anyway for your help! Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ "How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars." -- Steve Martin
RE: rawrite2 & NT
I've used rawrite2 with NT without problems. I have administrator privileges on the NT box that I'm using though. (Maybe that's important for writing to the floppy drive through DOS under NT? I wouldn't think so, but I don't know.). I also use a DOS program named hd-copy (search for it on the web, I'm pretty sure I found it on http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/oak.html though). It also works under NT and can write raw images to disk. It has more features than rawrite2, is menu based, and can also create raw image files from disk. Tony Richardson On Wednesday, October 07, 1998 9:48 AM, Greg Vence [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > It appears that rawrite2 doesn't work with NT. Is there one that does? > I didn't see it going 0-1-0-1-... on side. Is there something I'm > missing? > > I'm not sure if I can find a Win95 box. But would it work there? > > Thanx -- Greg. > -- > What do you want to spend today? > Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) > http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html > Greg VenceKH2EA/4 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > >
Re(2): Newbie questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > table=/dev/hda > >in /etc/lilo.conf then run lilo at the prompt it will allow you to >boot dos from the LILO: prompt by typing dos (to get a list of options >press the tab key). Hmm Do I have to reinitialize LILO in some way? I did this and rebooted, but it still only gave me one option (Linux).
Re: Re(2): Newbie questions
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Adrian Gudas wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >other=/dev/hda1 > > label=dos > > table=/dev/hda > > > >in /etc/lilo.conf then run lilo at the prompt it will allow you to > >boot dos from the LILO: prompt by typing dos (to get a list of options > >press the tab key). > Hmm Do I have to reinitialize LILO in some way? I did this and > rebooted, but it still only gave me one option (Linux). > Try running /sbin/lilo . That installs your updated lilo.conf. -- jf
Re: Newbie questions
you can use xbase-configure, xf86config, or XF86Setup to reconfig your X. As far as lilo goes you need to add a lilo paragraph for your msdos partition...mine looks something like this. other = /dev/hda1 label = win98 table = /dev/hda then rerun lilo to install the new label. When this is done you can hold the shift key on boot to get lilo to stop and wait for you to do something then type in the label name of the ms-dos partition. Or you can hit tab or something to get a list. Hope this helps On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Adrian Gudas wrote: > More questions from the guy who thought he had everything figured out. > > 1. X will not boot. It almost does, but it just exits with the error > "mouse: fd: Invalid argument" or something like that. Fine, I'll go and > reconfigure. But how? How can I run the X configure program again? (You > know, the one that tells you to select your video card etc.) > > 2. How can I configure LILO to give me the option to boot using my DOS > partition (/dev/hda1)? It would be nice for it to give me a menu... > > Thanks a lot! > Adrian > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
128M memory
I was wondering when you use lilo to manage your boot do you need to add the line append = "mem=128M" to your win95/98 partition for it to use the memory beyond 64k or is this only needed when a linux partition is booted?
Re: Re(2): Newbie questions
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Adrian Gudas wrote: > >in /etc/lilo.conf then run lilo at the prompt it will allow you to > Hmm Do I have to reinitialize LILO in some way? I did this and > rebooted, but it still only gave me one option (Linux). Do that and it reinitializes. this means at a root prompt type lilo and then press return. Nikolai
SVGALib not seeing all of my Video RAM?
Hello all, I was wondering if there is a way to specifically tell SVGALib how much Video RAM your card has, instead of relying on the autodetect. I have 8MB of SGRAM on my card (Diamond Viper V330 PCI, RIVA128), but when I start programs that use SVGALib, quake2 for instance, they only see the first 1024K. I have a Hamm system, with SVGALib 1.3.0. I had a similar problem with X as well, but I was able to tell it how much RAM I had. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve /\ / \ /\ / /\/\ \ /\ Steve Beitzel / /\ /\ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \/ \/ \ http://www.iit.edu/~beitste / /\ \ICQ#: 19510745 \ \/ / \ ___/ \ /___\ / \ \___/ / \ / \/ \ / \/
Re: rawrite2 & NT
>>Hello, It appears that rawrite2 doesn't work with NT. Is there one that does? I didn't see it going 0-1-0-1-... on side. Is there something I'm missing?<< I've used rawrite2 several times to copy Debian Linux on several WindowsNT 4 PC's here at work. I've made about ten copies for friends and co-workers. I just open a DOS window and follow the instructions given in the installation guide. I have had some disks that failed to work after the copy was made, but that is explained in the guide as possibly faulty disks. I still haven't managed to get the rest of Linux installed on the PC at work because of conflicts with the boss, but I plan to get a PC for home and install Debian on it. . .Eventually. >>I'm not sure if I can find a Win95 box. But would it work there?<< I never have, and will never use Win95. After I get proficient with Linux, I will delete WindowsNT from my machine for good. Cheers, John Gay
Gnus doesn't start
Dear all I'm using gnus 5.6.44-1 , and emacs 20.3-1. I have a .newsrc file, which seems to be OK: $ ls -l .newsrc -rw-rw-r-- 1 mcv21mcv21 630 Oct 7 11:06 .newsrc When I run Gnus, I get an error: nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) if I hit y, I get a garbage group, and that's all: *: nndraft:drafts If I hit n, I get the following: Couldn't open server on news trn works fine Any ideas? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
Re: 128M memory
At 10/7/98 10:23 AM -0500, Default Debian Reader wrote: >I was wondering when you use lilo to manage your boot do you need to add >the line append = "mem=128M" to your win95/98 partition for it to use the >memory beyond 64k or is this only needed when a linux partition is booted? That is simply passed to the Liunux kernel for Linux's use only. --Jay
Re: How do I set up my linux computer as a proxy?
Install squid. I don't know whether ther is a Debian package or not (I'm almost sure that Squide 2.0 (I think that it is out only few days) doesn't have a package). Search for it at freshmeat.net. Liran. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Collin Rose wrote: > How do I set up my linux computer as a proxy to serve internet to other > systems on my network? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: someone pass me the dunce-cap, please
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I sent a message to the list a couple of days ago, in desperation over my > not working .xsession file. I forgot that I wasn't subscribed to the list, > so I have no idea whether there were any responses or in fact whether > my message even appeared. But what I truly deserve the dunce-cap for, is > the problem with my .xsession file. I had the first line as > > #! \bin\sh > > of course, it should have been > > #! /bin/sh > > It's all microsoft's fault, of course. Why couldn't they have got their > slashes around the right way? > > Andrew Tarr > Its OK, you are not the only one that makes that mistake every once in a while. I've even caught myself doing the opposite: in a DOS prompt trying to use a forward slash. [sigh] -- Ed C.
Take a look at www.linuxworld.com magazine
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Dselect Location of Files
I am trying to setup Debian Linux 2.0.34. I want to use the deb packages for Netscape and StarOffice. I have the files on a CD from Cheap*Bytes and can download it them from the Debian ftp site. I need to know the following: What directory do I place the deb package file? What directory do I place the tar file? What do I type to execute the deb package and tar file? Are there any other steps I need to do before or after, or will dselect take care of that? Thank you, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Magicfilter setup
Dear all, I have an HP Deskjet 670c printer - what line do I need to give magicfilterconfig (the man pages don't seem to have such helpful information)? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
Re: Gnus doesn't start
"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] | When I run Gnus, I get an error: | nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) | if I hit y, I get a garbage group, and that's all: |*: nndraft:drafts | If I hit n, I get the following: | Couldn't open server on news | | trn works fine | | Any ideas? What's the value of your NNTPSERVER environment variable? What about the value of gnus-default-nntp-server in Emacs after you start gnus? You can add the following to your ~/.gnus file: (setq gnus-default-nntp-server "news") where you'll replace "news" with whatever the name of your NNTP server is. Gary
named-bootconf failure
Greetings, named-bootconf is no longer working on one of my DNS systems. I have two identical systems, both doing DNS with the same software loaded. Last week, the named-bootconf stopped writing the named.conf file on the primary server. The file is empty except for the header, "this file generated by" When run, I noticed that it was not reading the boot.options and boot.zones files. I compared the two systems, and I cannot see a difference between the primary and the secondary. Same perl, same bash, same sh. I even exported the boot.options file to the secondary system and ran named-bootconf and it created the named.conf file. One thing I have noticed is two files have been altered. Both gzip and gunzip were at 0 bytes. Not sure if this has anything to do with it. And input on this matter would be appreciated. Anthony Landreneau Infinity Data Systems Network Engineer
chat--what terminal
This is something I've never understood. How does chat know what terminal to talk to? Does it assume that /dev/modem is a link to the terminal the modem is on? What is the proper way, to, say, send ATZ to a modem on COM 2? -- _ _ | |(_) http://www.iit.edu/~jenseri | _| | | Page me via ICQ at | |___ | | http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19022931 |__/ | or by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__/
Re: named-bootconf failure
Try running bindconfig instead. Peter -Original Message- From: Anthony Landreneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:25 PM Subject: named-bootconf failure >Greetings, > named-bootconf is no longer working on one of my DNS systems. I have two >identical systems, both doing DNS with the same software loaded. > Last week, the named-bootconf stopped writing the named.conf file on the >primary server. The file is empty except for the header, "this file >generated by" When run, I noticed that it was not reading the >boot.options and boot.zones files. I compared the two systems, and I >cannot see a difference between the primary and the secondary. Same perl, >same bash, same sh. I even exported the boot.options file to the secondary >system and ran named-bootconf and it created the named.conf file. > One thing I have noticed is two files have been altered. Both gzip and >gunzip were at 0 bytes. Not sure if this has anything to do with it. And >input on this matter would be appreciated. > >Anthony Landreneau >Infinity Data Systems >Network Engineer > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
