Unmounting remote filesystems when halting the system
I suffer from the problem of sometimes having Linux stall when trying to unmount remote file servers (Samba) when I halt my system. It stalls because the other machine/s have been turned off. Is there anyway of cancelling/getting past this? Thanks, Brandt Dusthimer
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 crashes hard
Brad wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 08:10:23PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: > > > > I've got an s3 virge card, viewsonic monitor. Come the upgrade to > > XF 4.0 I've got to re-create the XF86Config file -- no biggy, I ran > > xf86config to get a base version, and tweaked it to fit. > > Same here: S3 Virge/DX, different monitor though. xf86config worked > fine, except that it generated XF86Config while the server searches > first for XF86Config-4 (as installed by the packages), so i had to copy > it over. > > The file, with some comments stripped, is attached. Yes!!! I *finally* have XF4 running 1280x1024 at 16 bit color! It was your attached config that got me there! Thank you!!! Backstory: I recently made the plunge to XF4. Under 3.3.6 I had my 4 meg S3 Virge/DX running at that resolution and depth just fine. When I went up to XF4 I was getting terrible redraw static. XF4 wasn't uasable until I backed down all the way to 1024x768 at 8 bit color. But when Brad's message came through, I found the key in his attached config file. It was: > Section "Device" > Identifier "S3 ViRGE/DX" > Driver "s3virge" > #VideoRam2048 > #Option "xaa_benchmark" > Option "fifo_moderate" > Option "pci_burst" > Option "pci_retry" > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > EndSection The three Option lines that are uncommented were the key. I uncommented them in my config file, restarted X, and lo and behold I have 1280x1024 at 16 bit color running just like it used to! So if anyone else is battling static on the screen during redraw, you might check for these lines. I can't guarantee that it'll work, but it worked here. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E| for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom. pgpZPXzmGWhcD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: w3m wouldn't load http://localhost
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:58:45PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: > >Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have apache installed and lynx, netscape and mozilla do not have a > >>problem to load http://localhost. > >> > >>However, links and w3m fails. Links' error message is: "Host not found" > >>and w3m's: "Can't load http://localhost";. > >> > >>Does this have something to do with apache's configuration? > > > >Does http://localhost/ work? Leaving off the trailing slash only works > >because of a collection of ugly hacks, and URLs shouldn't be stated that > >way. > > That said, http://localhost does work here on both links and w3m (this > is a woody system). What are the settings for ServerName and > UseCanonicalName in your httpd.conf? No, http://localhost/ does also not work. In the mean time I got links to work (removing a proxy specification in its configuration) but removing all w3m configuration did not help. httpd.conf: ServerName localhost UseCanonicalName on Johann. -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336 / 023 55 11 568 "Let all that you do be done in love." 1 Corinthians 16:14
Re: HELIX and potato
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:47:56AM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote: > I don't know if this is the preferred way to get Helix Gnome > installed, but I typed this at the command prompt and it worked... > > lynx -source http://go-gnome.org | sh we have been through this before, don't EVER run anything like that. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpqPowHm9hTk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: HELIX and potato
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:57:12AM +1300, plutoplanet wrote: > I guess so, but is it any more a security risk than running a binary > from helixcode? yes -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpkjLrRX3r1k.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: i am hacked atm.. what's better thing to do?
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 21:17:21 CST, Phil Brutsche writes: >> The syslog is probably the best place to find how he got into your >> system. But it might have been tampered with. If you think it's a >> fairly recent attack, look around your directories a bit with an `ls >> -lart` to show all recently-changed entries. Script kiddie tools are >> easily found this way, though better hackers can hide their tracks. > >Especially since they can just do a "rm -rf /var/log" - yes I've seen that >happen. That´s why it´s almost always a good idea to not only keep your logs locally, but to also log to another machine, preferrably on another platform administered by someone (trusted) else. That way the attacker would have to gain access to a second machine, most script kiddies will find that too challenging... If you look around some time, you´ll probably find somebody, so you can backup each others logs. I do that with a friend of mine, I´m with Debian/Intel, the other machine Solaris/Sun. just a thought, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
Re: Duplex on etherpro-100?
"Eric N. Valor" wrote: > > I've got an Intel 82559-based NIC (Etherpro-100). I'm wondering how I can > (or if I can) configure the NIC to be full-duplex instead of autoconfigured. > > Any help would be appreciated. > -- > Eric N. Valor > Webmeister/Inetservices > Lutris Technologies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - This Space Intentionally Left Blank - > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Take a look at these pages for information on modifying the driver operation. http://www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html and also at http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html These tell how to force the NIC into full duplex mode. The first is common to several drivers and the second more specific to the Intel NIC. The source code for the driver also gives a few hints but I found these two pages to be of more help. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DSL & Firewall
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:08:57PM -0600, Chewie wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 07:13:25PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > My "Mom & Pop" phone company had an insert in my latest phone bill > > that indicated they would be providing DSL service in the very near > > future. A friend of mine suggested that if I get the DSL service > > that I should set up a firewall to protect myself. > > You have a good friend! ;-) > I too will in a near future get access to a DSL service. Excuse my ignorance, but is a firewall really necessary if I only got one computer? In the firewall HOWTO one can read that "A firewall in computers is a device that protects a private network from the public part (the internet as a whole)." Does that imply that a firewall is used to protect a private network rather than a single workstation? Hans Ekbrand.
Re: SCIOSFLAGS: Resource busy
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:26:40PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > Trying to get my DSL working, but I can't get my network card to work. If I > say `ifconfig eth0 up`, then it gives me the error: > > SCIOSFLAGS: Resource busy > > What does this mean, and how do I fix it? > > Thanks, > Cameron Matheson I had the same problem when trying to install Potato using DHCP. The install CD was using Kernel 2.2.17pre6, I think. I thought it could be the kernel but it was NIC, a Realtek 8139, which by the way died. After replacing my NIC My Motherboard, ASUS CU4VX-M, wouldn't detect it in the Bios. To make a long story short, I think it has something to do with the kernel or modules? Sorry for not being more help, -- -jack
Re: dpkg 1.7.0 warning
dpkg-preconfigure is looking for /usr/sbin/perl. I created a symlink there to the new perl. I'm not sure if this is the proper thing to do but it worked for me. Ben On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:21:04 Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:30:06AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > It seems I made a `slight' mistake in dpkg 1.7.0 which broke > > update-alternatives. Combined with a perl upgrade that can have some > > nasty effects. I fixed this in dpkg 1.7.1, and I strongly advise > > everyone to immediately upgrade to that version if you have 1.7.0 > > installed. > > > > You can grab it from http://incoming.debian.org/ as soon as I'm > finished > > uploading it (10 minutes from now hopefully). > > > > Wichert. > Please see bug #76418 from today as well, it is against dpkg. > > I followed this advice and upgraded to 1.7.1 just a few minutes ago, > however > I am still receiving this error below. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code > (127) > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt > > The packages that are not fully installed are: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > Conf perl-5.6 (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf perl-5.6-suid (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf developers-reference (2.8.1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf gnuplot (3.7.1p1-4 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable, > Debian:unstable, Debian:2819/testing) > Conf perl-5.6-debug (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > Conf perl-5.6-thread (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > I understand from another thread you think it may be a broken perl? > If so do you recommend I purge perl 5.6 to get things 'working' again? > Thanks for your help. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: DSL & Firewall
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:37:56PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
>
> I too will in a near future get access to a DSL service. Excuse my
> ignorance, but is a firewall really necessary if I only got one
> computer? In the firewall HOWTO one can read that
Well, I'll say this. I'm on a dial-up and I've been scanned and even had
the aforementioned rpc.statd buffer overflow attack tried on me. So,
I'd say it's worth it. If you don't run too many services, then
configuring it isn't too bad.
> "A firewall in computers is a device that protects a private network
> from the public part (the internet as a whole)."
>
> Does that imply that a firewall is used to protect a private network
> rather than a single workstation?
Think of your single workstation as a mini private network ;)
--
#! /bin/sh
# ppp-address: What's my Internet Address for ppp0 ?
/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 2> /dev/null | grep 'inet addr:' | sed \
's=.*inet
addr\:\([0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\).*=\1='
Re: dpkg 1.7.0 warning
Make that /usr/bin/perl On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 22:30:49 Ben Monnahan wrote: > dpkg-preconfigure is looking for /usr/sbin/perl. I created a symlink > there > to the new perl. I'm not sure if this is the proper thing to do but it > worked for me. > > Ben > > > On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:21:04 Gordon Sadler wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:30:06AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > It seems I made a `slight' mistake in dpkg 1.7.0 which broke > > > update-alternatives. Combined with a perl upgrade that can have some > > > nasty effects. I fixed this in dpkg 1.7.1, and I strongly advise > > > everyone to immediately upgrade to that version if you have 1.7.0 > > > installed. > > > > > > You can grab it from http://incoming.debian.org/ as soon as I'm > > finished > > > uploading it (10 minutes from now hopefully). > > > > > > Wichert. > > Please see bug #76418 from today as well, it is against dpkg. > > > > I followed this advice and upgraded to 1.7.1 just a few minutes ago, > > however > > I am still receiving this error below. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code > > (127) > > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt > > > > The packages that are not fully installed are: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > > Conf perl-5.6 (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > Conf perl-5.6-suid (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > Conf developers-reference (2.8.1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > Conf gnuplot (3.7.1p1-4 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable, > > Debian:unstable, Debian:2819/testing) > > Conf perl-5.6-debug (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > Conf perl-5.6-thread (5.6.0-1 Debian:unstable, Debian:unstable) > > > > I understand from another thread you think it may be a broken perl? > > If so do you recommend I purge perl 5.6 to get things 'working' again? > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Screenblanking of console
Ok I'm at a loss, I know this was discussed some time ago on the list. But cgi.debian.org and lists.debian.org are so damm slow tonight, I can't search for an answer. Question is, How do I stop the screen from blanking in console mode. Peter.
Some Newbie Questions
Just to fill you in on my situation. The other day, I had a friend set up one of my computers with Debian. He set it up as my firewall/router, since its main function is just that. I'm mostly a Hardware person, I could probably build a computer blind folded and I'm only familiar with the many M$ WinXXX systems. Aside from logging in on my Linux box, I don't know what to do with it and I would like to learn. So, here are my Questions: 1. I'm not going to beg for all the newbie commands I should know, so I'm just going to ask for a URL that will set me in the right direction. Could someone please point me to one? 2. I've read about 200 different emails from this now, (my inbox is buldging) and everyone is always recommending to keep everything updated, especially security stuff (it is my firewall after all.) My problem is that I haven't the slightest clue as how to go about that. 3. I have an Intel MoBo that has the Intel 810 (video) chipset on it, and currently my friend is unable to get X windows or what ever the GUI is called to work with it. I fund information at the Intel website, but I don't have the first idea of what to do with that information... Could someone perhaps break it down newbie style or point me in the direction to where information may be found? 3. I just came into ownership of an old Mac PPC 6200cd. How hard would such a system be to install Linux on that, and does Debian have a MAC version of Linux? Just some quick links is all I'm asking for, that I may study up on these things and learn. If you want to type in newbie instructions for the firewall update info and perhaps the video drivers, I would hold you in the highest esteem. Thanks in advance Don Conley
HELP:woody problems: no sessions after gdm/corrupted xmodmap??
hello! made an dist-upgrade yesterday, and now typing in the login at gdm, the login is accepted, but returns immediately to gdm, all keys i was used to get through alt-sequences are away... real strange BTW i am starting x from startx-script... and i had to do an ldconfig to get the xterm working any hint? -- ciao bboett == [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett http://erm1.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett === the total amount of intelligence on earth is constant. human population is growing
Re: Q: CD Rom permissions from root??
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:59:31PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > I just tried loading Words from root and got a no permission error. Now I'm > using the same fstab, whith slight modifications , I was using in Mandrake, > so I assume Deban handles things differently. Or is it teh /dev/hdb or > /dev/cdrom link, or /mnt/cdrom directory itself?? It is probably the "exec" option in /etc/fstab Phil
Vim's background colour
I am an emacs user trying out vim. On the console the font highlighting looks good. But on X11 I get a white background an then it looks ugly and I can not read most of the syntax highlighting. I have the following in my .vimrc """ Colour support and syntax highlighting """ if $COLORTERM == "rxvt" set term=rxvt endif if &term == "rxvt" set t_Co=8 set ttyfast endif " Colours suitable for a dark background, which is what my Linux console, " xterms and rxvts are configured to have. set background=dark syntax on " How can I get readable syntax highlighting in both cases? Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336 / 023 55 11 568 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." John 11:25
Re: audio in
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:54:30PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: > Is there a program that will capture audio in? I want to record some sound > bytes. Well, I can use my audio-in without any additional software. I have a Soundlbaster 1024 and use it with Alsa. If I set the "Capture"-Volume to high in the alsamixer I can use the Mic just fine. Phil
machine compromise??? port 3086 open on 2.2
Hi, I was just running nmap on my Debian 2.2 box and noticed the following output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/freedman]# nmap -sT osprey Starting nmap V. 2.12 by Fyodor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], www.insecure.org/nmap/) Interesting ports on osprey (192.168.0.1): PortState Protocol Service 22 opentcpssh 25 opentcpsmtp 53 opentcpdomain 3086opentcpsj3 Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0 seconds The sj3 service on port 3086 flicked into existence on this one scan but was never in existence before or after. I didn't even know what it was! A Google search showed it to be Kanji Character output service, or something similar. I never explicitly installed or configured this, and have a relatively plain-vanilla machine. Is this cause for concern? Does it suggest my machine was compromised? What should I investigate further? Suggestions appreciated and gratefully received. Thanks so much, Daniel
Re: exmh(exim) problem
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:40:44PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
>
> I am having problems getting Exmh to enter the correct sender
> in my header. It keeps putting [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In exim.conf I wrote a rewrite script
>
> ^(root|postmailer|mailer-daemon)@* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ffr
>
> but it did not work. Is there something wrong with the rewrite script?
>
> What should I do so write exim and/or Exmh correctly exhibits my email
> address?
>
This works for me:
In /etc/exim.conf:
##
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
##
# There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.
# This is an example of a useful rewriting rule---it looks up the real
# address of all local users in a file
[EMAIL PROTECTED]${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
{$value}fail} bcfrF
# End of Exim configuration
# file
and in your situation the file /etc/email-addresses must contain:
lance [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marcelo.
--
__
__ _
Marcelo Ramos | \/ __|
Debian 2.2 GNU/Linux 2.2.17| |_//
Linux registered user #118109 |\
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |_|\/|_|\_\
Firma la peticion de drivers para Linux en :
http://www.libranet.com/petition.spanish.html
HELP:woody:lost X completely: no default font 'fixed'.....
just made an update just in case the problem solved from itself... its getting worse.. the server stops with: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' just above i have the mesg: Warning: 'fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"). unfortunately i do not seem to have the program mkfontdir ... in wich package should it be? houps yeah apt-cache search is your friend. found it in package xutils. shouldn't this package be installed by default? it solved also my previous problem with the xmodmap. I think that's a bug and a missing dependence somewhere... -- ciao bboett == [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett http://erm1.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett === the total amount of intelligence on earth is constant. human population is growing
Re: How to install woody
>Pardon me for being dense, folks, but due to some advice that I
>received from this list I decided to try Woody out. Now: where are
>the install floppy images. I tried
>ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/disks-i386
>and a couple of the mirror sites just to check, and well, came up
>dry. So back to my original point: Am I being dense, or how do you
>install woody? Do ya have to do an upgrade from potato?
You poor guy. :}
You can just change the directory you've got apt pointed to.
{}Rick
Réf. : Re: Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI
I have found 2 drivers for my Sound Card at the indicated adresses ( one proposed by the manufacturer and one more advanced version proposed at source -forge ). Unfortunatly compilation fails on Debian 2.2 for the two drivers. Source-forge indicates that its version has been validated on red-hat and Mandrake, there is no indication for debian. Andy Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/11/2000 16:49:35 Pour :debian-user@lists.debian.org cc : (ccc : Yves Pocchiola/ALCATEL-SPACE) Objet : Re: Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI There are those who would have you believe that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Dear community, > > I' ve a Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI (with a DELL > computer). The Turtle Beach device drivers proposed by Debian 2.2 are for other > types of cards and don't work. Chipset is Aureal AU8820 and AC'97 Codec > according the documentation. > Perhaps someone can shed some light on what device driver to actually use. > Montegos are based on the Aureal Vortex chipset. There used to be a driver page at http://linux.aureal.com, but it seems to be down. Try http://www.vortexofsound.com. You could have a problem with it being a Dell card, as Dell (other companies do too, I'm not picking on Dell here) sometimes uses not-quite-standard versions of retail components. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES
Re: Vim's background colour
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:19:16AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> I am an emacs user trying out vim. On the console the font
> highlighting looks good.
>
> But on X11 I get a white background an then it looks ugly and I can
> not read most of the syntax highlighting.
>
> I have the following in my .vimrc
> """ Colour support and syntax highlighting """
> if $COLORTERM == "rxvt"
> set term=rxvt
> endif
> if &term == "rxvt"
> set t_Co=8
> set ttyfast
> endif
>
> " Colours suitable for a dark background, which is what my Linux console,
> " xterms and rxvts are configured to have.
> set background=dark
> syntax on
Hmm, I have this in my .vimrc ...
set background=dark
...
" We know xterm-debian is a color terminal
if &term =~ "xterm-debian" || &term =~ "xterm-xfree86"
set t_Co=16
set t_Sf=ESC[3%dm
set t_Sb=ESC[4%dm
endif
if has("syntax")
syntax on
endif
...
So, I'd guess the '==' needs to be '=~'.
--
#! /bin/sh
# ppp-address: What's my Internet Address for ppp0 ?
/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 2> /dev/null | grep 'inet addr:' | sed \
's=.*inet
addr\:\([0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\).*=\1='
[Fwd: Re: I messed up Xfree86]
? you do know about virtual desktop,viewport settings etc right ? I currently run at 1280*1024 but with a desktop viewport of 800x600 ( on 17" monitor ) just upgraded to V5 and had a go at 1600*whatsit?, but it gives me more desktop space to scroll around then i know what to do with. and i just CTRL - ALT or to zoom in or out. Unfortunately thats all the V5 appears good for at the moment ,the 3d drivers appear to suck, but im sure they will improve, this is linux after all , and debian to top it off - cant lose :). Original Message Subject: Re: I messed up Xfree86 Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:27:10 +1300 Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 04 Nov 2000 20:33:23 -0800 From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Claudette Woodgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "Corey Popelier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Claudette Woodgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Corey, > > Where shall I send the case of beers and the strippers? I finally have my > Xfree86 4.0.1 up and running, at 1280x1024x16bpp. Thank You ! OK I've never understood what's so great about high resolutions. The higher the resolution, the smaller the stuff on your screen, the closer to the screen you sit, the more you squint to see stuff, the sooner you go blind. Also, the screen flickers more, so you go blind *and* crazy faster than otherwise. Then again, it looks cool and impresses your friends. "Ooh, 2048x1536. I can barely see your login window. Nice!" -chris (1024x768 4ever) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: w3m wouldn't load http://localhost
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:58:45PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: > > >Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I have apache installed and lynx, netscape and mozilla do not have a > > >>problem to load http://localhost. > > >> > > >>However, links and w3m fails. Links' error message is: "Host not found" > > >>and w3m's: "Can't load http://localhost";. > > >> > > >>Does this have something to do with apache's configuration? > > > > > >Does http://localhost/ work? Leaving off the trailing slash only works > > >because of a collection of ugly hacks, and URLs shouldn't be stated that > > >way. > > > > That said, http://localhost does work here on both links and w3m (this > > is a woody system). What are the settings for ServerName and > > UseCanonicalName in your httpd.conf? > > No, http://localhost/ does also not work. In the mean time I got > links to work (removing a proxy specification in its configuration) > but removing all w3m configuration did not help. > > httpd.conf: > > ServerName localhost > UseCanonicalName on > > Johann. Can you 'ping localhost' successfully? Else look at /etc/network/interfaces, the loopback interface must be active (uncommented). -- Andre
subnets & 2 NICS in a mashine
Would someone kindly help me in understanding why I cannot configure two ethernet cards using the same subnet but different IP's on one mashine? In this case I would like to setup a linux server for a smb-win32 and a nfs-nfs connection (in all 3 mashines) Any short comment is appreciated Robert
setting line breaks higher
Which file is responseble for breaking lines in the bash(xterm)? I have looked for a sample.bashrc or anything simular (some distributions provide a sample file for a variaty of programs where you only have to remove the comments), but I cannot find anything simular on my deb2.2. Afterall - which app infuences the line breaks - the bash, xterm or a setting in a X11 file? (this installation uses 3.3.6) Robert
Re: Some Newbie Questions
> 1. I'm not going to beg for all the newbie commands I should know, so I'm > just going to ask for a URL that will set me in the right direction. Could > someone please point me to one? i started on the dos2linux howto about 5 years ago. it's a good place to start. > 2. I've read about 200 different emails from this now, (my inbox is > buldging) and everyone is always recommending to keep everything updated, > especially security stuff (it is my firewall after all.) My problem is that > I haven't the slightest clue as how to go about that. it's not imperitive. debian is half locked down by default. until you become competent in linux, chances are you won't stand to lose much. probably the biggest start, though: as root, edit /etc/inittab, and put a # at the start of every line that doesn't already have one. you can then uncomment the services you want as you go. this file controls stuff like telnet, ftp etc. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpTqtwAbFdTG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Vim's background colour
> I am an emacs user trying out vim. On the console the font > highlighting looks good. > > But on X11 I get a white background an then it looks ugly and I can > not read most of the syntax highlighting. am i right in assuming it opens another window, too? if so, that setting can be configured by running something like vim -r (for reverse colours) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpVbddPLsOT8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: machine compromise??? port 3086 open on 2.2
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/freedman]# nmap -sT osprey > > Starting nmap V. 2.12 by Fyodor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], www.insecure.org/nmap/) > Interesting ports on osprey (192.168.0.1): > PortState Protocol Service > 22 opentcpssh > 25 opentcpsmtp > 53 opentcpdomain > 3086opentcpsj3 ports > 1024 are automatically allocated by a program for any tcp connection. since 3086 wasn't in use, some program bound to it. it doesn't mean it was actually using the sj3 protocol. this could have been a domain lookup. telnet. even you viewing a webpage. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpCrwI2XASx8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Screenblanking of console
> Ok I'm at a loss, I know this was discussed some time ago on the list. > But cgi.debian.org and lists.debian.org are so damm slow tonight, I > can't search for an answer. Question is, How do I stop the screen from > blanking in console mode. man setterm -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpZjlOlyKt7L.pgp Description: PGP signature
Keyboard problems with xfree86 4.0.1
Hi, A few weeks ago I upgraded to woody, and have been updating things since then. Recently, my xfree86 v3.3.6-11 (Mach64) server was thrown out and replaced with xfree86 v4.0.1, which I think is good. But now I have a problem with my keyboard. I've been trying to configure things both manually, and using xf86config, as xf86cfg does not work yet. The problem is mainly with the 'Alt Gr' key: previously I used 'Alt Gr'+2 to get @ and 'Alt Gr'+4 to get $, and so on with all the number keys. This no longer works. Also the norwegian letters 'æøå' does not work in the terminals, but works ok in netscape. This is my keyboard configuration from my v3.3.6-11, in which the above worked perfectly: Section "Keyboard" Protocol"Standard" AutoRepeat 500 30 LeftAlt Meta RightAltMeta ScrollLock Compose RightCtlControl XkbKeycodes "xfree86" XkbTypes"default" XkbCompat "default" XkbSymbols "us(pc101)" XkbGeometry "pc" XkbRules"xfree86" XkbModel"pc104" XkbLayout "no" XkbVariant "nodeadkeys" EndSection My current keyboard configuration with v4.0.1, in which the above does not work: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "no" Option "XkbVariant""nodeadkeys" Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" Option "RightAlt" "Meta" Option "ScrollLock""Compose" Option "RightCtl" "Control" EndSection Some log information: XFree86 Version 4.0.1d / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 27 October 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 7 10:07:17 2000 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Graphics Device" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "no" (**) XKB: layout: "no" (**) Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" (**) XKB: variant: "nodeadkeys" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks! Cheers, -- PhD student http://www.item.ntnu.no/~meling/ Hein Melingmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Telematics, N-7491 Trondheim +47 7395 0393 (home) +47 7355 0269 (work)
execution of shell scripts from cdrom
Dear community, I wanted to execute a shell script from /cdrom and it fails with the following message: bash: ./scriptname: Permission denied. The script is executable and is run as root, so should work. Copying the script to ~ works but i really need to run it from /cdrom. Does this have anything to do with ro mounting of the cdrom (removing it from fstab did not help as the write protection is recognized and it is still mounted ro). What's the problem here ? Thanks. ---Danny LathouwersInterfaculty Reactor InstituteDelft University of TechnologyMekelweg 15, 2629 JB DelftThe Netherlands Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Tel: +31 15 2781192Fax: +31 15 2786422
OT: How to burn Linuxcare BBC ?
hi everybody, i downloaded iso image of BBC from Linuxcare. I tried to burn file lnx-gold.iso as iso/jolliet image with Cequadrat software. But i doesnt seems to be bootable. thanks Petr
Re: Réf. : Re: Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Vo ice PCI
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:51:43AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have found 2 drivers for my Sound Card at the indicated adresses ( one > proposed by the manufacturer and one more advanced version proposed at source > -forge ). Unfortunatly compilation fails on Debian 2.2 for the two drivers. > Source-forge indicates that its version has been validated on red-hat and > Mandrake, there is no indication for debian. The aureal.sourceforge.net drivers will work under debian. I did have unresolved symbols for a while when trying to load the modules, probably due to a kernel upgrade though. IIRC, your card is an A3D 1 (Vortex 8820 based) and hence when compiling you need to use "make install20". Check the readme for full details, coz I'm going on my memory here. Also to get the driver to load automatically upon reboot I had to add another alias line to /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/modutils/aliases or whatever file updates /etc/modules.conf) - can't remember what it was though, and I'm not at home now. :( hth, Alan.
Réf. : Re: Réf. : Re: Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI
I used make install20 as indicated in the documentation. Alan Sobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/11/2000 10:45:09 Pour :debian-user@lists.debian.org cc : (ccc : Yves Pocchiola/ALCATEL-SPACE) Objet : Re: Réf. : Re: Sound Card: Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:51:43AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have found 2 drivers for my Sound Card at the indicated adresses ( one > proposed by the manufacturer and one more advanced version proposed at source > -forge ). Unfortunatly compilation fails on Debian 2.2 for the two drivers. > Source-forge indicates that its version has been validated on red-hat and > Mandrake, there is no indication for debian. The aureal.sourceforge.net drivers will work under debian. I did have unresolved symbols for a while when trying to load the modules, probably due to a kernel upgrade though. IIRC, your card is an A3D 1 (Vortex 8820 based) and hence when compiling you need to use "make install20". Check the readme for full details, coz I'm going on my memory here. Also to get the driver to load automatically upon reboot I had to add another alias line to /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/modutils/aliases or whatever file updates /etc/modules.conf) - can't remember what it was though, and I'm not at home now. :( hth, Alan. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES
Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling
> > However, if you use make-kpkg to create your kernel package, you > should find the *.deb file in the parent directory to the linux > source. > > Good Luck! Oh my dear - what has happened! I thought the inquiry was very clear, this has nothing to do with package installing! Of course I installed all neccessary src's, how would I've launched make xconfig without doing this first? The kernel compiled without any errors - but which file is the correct one? I'm aware my expressing is not as good as someone who grew up with english as his native language - but is it that bad? As getting no helpful answer I'll append the original inquiry below. hopefully, Robert -oh , did you mix up the question from Matthew with mine? * Just rebuilt my first 2.2.17 kernel, unfortunatly I'm not able to find the kernelimage(!) The readme reports to look at /usr/src/././arch/i386/boot/ but _this_ zImage is a binary only of 25xx bytes! There's one vmlinux at /usr/src/././arch/i386/boot/compressed/ in 0.6MB size - quite contrary to the present kernel at ~1MB of size(!). Would this be the apropiate one ? (all SCSI stuff and IP-tunneling etc is removed) I'm very very pertubed because the 2.0.x kernel I recently compiled was only a bit smaller but enclosed tunnelling, firewalling etc and was found at .../boot/zImage. Additionally the apropiate 2.0.x kernelimage was _not_ a executable, the present 2.2.17 kernel at /boot/ is a executable! Could someone kindly clarify? Actually I'm in great need of help because I had missed to tar the old /lib directory so the present modules are all overwritten.
Re: Upgrading video card: Best of these three?
Well nVidia's drivers and kernel module work great for me. I endorse whatever works for me, regardless of the company :) Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Kristian Rink wrote: > "Jonathan Gift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 03.11.00: > > > I'm upgrading my video card and have read several online breakdowns of the > > assorted cards and linux. I've narrowed it down to three but the real > > requirement is will they work with Debian 2.2 as is and not with either > > special drivers or wait until XF 4.0x. > > > > Voodoo 3 3000 AGP > > Works fine with 2.2, as for what I found until now, since the most packages > needed (glide) already are included in standard stock of potato, and they > work fine with XF3.3.6 > > > Matrox Millenium 5400 32MB > > =G400? If yes, this one should do fine, as well, but You'll have to install > utah-glx drivers (utah-glx.sourceforge.net) to get hardware-based glx > support, but this is easy since the drivers are to be found as .deb files on > the utah-glx site... > > > The Voodoo and ATI cards were listed as generic in XF86Setup. Will that > > cause recognition problems? > > No problems, for what I know, for both cards. Any other experiences, anybody? > :))) > > > Any other sugestions appreciated. I left off the NVIDIA 5or close to it) > > crds because the GeForce2 seem to prefer XF 4.0x. > > Basically, nvidia`s chipsets (at least for TNT2 I tried) also are supported > by XF 3.3.6 and utah-glx... Besides this, after trying out for several times, > I don't at all recommend running nvidia-based cards in XF 4.x for the > following reasons: > > (a) NVIDIAs drivers for those cards (even while being fast) are obviously > still *very* unreliable, which (at least with my TNT2 board) caused several > severe crashes of the x-server (especially while running "gears" or other of > those problems with -root option set, and while trying to switch to the text > console and back to X again). > > (b) besides that, those drivers are binary-only and they seem to have some > problems with certain 2.4.0-testx kernels (don`t know if they fixed by now). > Installation seems to be difficult sometimes due to unresolved conflicts with > installed MESA-version while using those drivers on systems which are not > RedHat-based (because nvidia only are offering .rpm - packages and `generic` > archives as .tar.gz ...). > > (c) nvidia still is not very cooperative in providing the developers of > `open` driver systems with information, that's why utah-glx is still very > much slower than their native drivers because it`s not possible for those to > use DMA on that card. This is why I am tending to ask people to please DO NOT > SUPPORT companies like nvidia and their attempt of bringing proprietary > drivers to Linux... Thank You! > > Regards, > Kristian > > ___ > 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > Of course I installed all neccessary src's, how would I've launched > make xconfig without doing this first? Nobody said otherwise. > The kernel compiled without any errors - but which file is the correct > one? I'm aware my expressing is not as good as someone who grew up > with english as his native language - but is it that bad? As the original answer stated clearly: the generated kernel image can be found (in package kernel-image_2.2.17.revision.deb) in your /usr/src/ directory. Install this package with dpkg -i package (and update your /etc/lilo.conf if necessary) and your new kernel will be installed. > As getting no helpful answer I'll append the original inquiry below. If this is still not what you were looking for as an answer: post in your native language for once. If it's not too exotic, someone will understand it. - -- People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. -- John Kenneth Galbraith -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine iEYEARECAAYFAjoH1bYACgkQjGz8qD1yPRDKUgCcDVOjsf/FebjpYxhwo2YGjLqk GgMAn0jqlklBfgDQ+ogvdgBZ+iXXe/oi =zwRx -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: OT: How to burn Linuxcare BBC ?
> hi everybody, > i downloaded iso image of BBC from Linuxcare. I tried to burn file > lnx-gold.iso as iso/jolliet image with Cequadrat software. But i doesnt seems > to be bootable. then the software is buggy. cdrecord does it fine. the el torrito bootable cd format is standard, so this is an issue with Cequadrat I believe. -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpDZxPFpUShj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [debian-user] GeForce2 w/ XFree86 4.0.1 [ a little new ]
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:11:07AM +0100, R?diger Kuhlmann wrote: > > Okay, are there any .debs for Quake3, or where do I get it? > http://www.quake3arena.com/ Download the Linux demo to /usr/local/src chmod 755 linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh ./linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh Then to run q3demo Jonathan
script help
I need to come up with a bash shell script that deletes all the files in a folder older than N days. I'm not sure how to test for file age so I can't get it done myself, can someone suggest a way? Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA Fax (561) 382-7771 Take a virtual tour of the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai Talk to me in real time with Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Q: Log kept what install and when
+ Jonathan Gift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there a log kept by dpkg/apt-get/dselect of what installed and by date? > Check status file reveals whether something is installed only. Good question. I allways check the /usr/share/doc directory by mtime for infos, what has been new installed/updated. The following line lists the changed directories from the last week (-7 days). There may be other options (using 'ls -c' and some grep commands a.s.o.). But I am interessted in an apt or dpkg option, too. $ find /usr/share/doc -type d -maxdepth 1 -mtime -7 Kai -- :: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~bond/ :: for my pgp-key send a mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: script help
"Chris Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need to come up with a bash shell script that deletes all the files in a
> folder older than N days. I'm not sure how to test for file age so I can't
> get it done myself, can someone suggest a way?
use find(1) with the mtime flag, e.g.
find /tmp -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
will remove all files in /tmp that are more than 30 days old.
--
Mike Quin
Unix Systems Support
Systems and Networks Group, University of Stirling
"Clue. You've either got it, or you work for UUnet" - seen on UKMM
Q: Default bpp resolution 32 in Linux?
Hi, While I realise you can have many different color depths, I remember reading (but am not sure) that 32bpp is the Linux default... assuing the card supports it. I just want to check if that's so and what difference that makes with 24 bit, sice the number of colors is the same? Thaks, Jonathan
Q: Setting the environment display variable??
Hi, Trying to install Words, I got: ./setup Initializings installation. Please wait... Before running this product, you must set your environment DISPLAY variable. Read up in the FAQ and Running Linux and no mention is made of a display variable... It has to be a basic shell configuration item. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan
xsession, bash_profile and xdm
Dear deb-users, I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequently none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are are login shells by default. This means that my bash profile is not read. Q> Is there any way, in .xsessions or otherwise, to load my bash_profile "globally" when logging in from xdm? Thanks Tom
Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling
Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > > > Of course I installed all neccessary src's, how would I've launched > > make xconfig without doing this first? > > Nobody said otherwise. > > > The kernel compiled without any errors - but which file is the correct > > one? I'm aware my expressing is not as good as someone who grew up > > with english as his native language - but is it that bad? > > As the original answer stated clearly: the generated kernel image can be > found (in package kernel-image_2.2.17.revision.deb) in your /usr/src/ > directory. Install this package with dpkg -i package (and update your > /etc/lilo.conf if necessary) and your new kernel will be installed. Ok, I think I got it. Debian seems to provide a combined kernel-compile-install routine with the help of kernel-package. I didn't know that, in fact I would rather keep the old way and not access the help of all these whisles and bells. Additionally, I have the impression that every distribution wants to go 'their way', a reason way I actually stayed away from SuSe, even Redhat seems to have changed their previous path. As I previously stated, the image cannot be found in src/../boot/.. and I would really like to understand why the current 2.2.17 kernel is a exe while my old 2.0.38 kernel is 'simple' binary file? Would someone help without just referring to a tool? Thanks Robert
kernel 2.2 w/ USB
I apologise for simply barging into this mailing list with this sort of request, but I am pushed for time (by my boss, so no surprise there) Tomorrow we get an ADSL line installed. Due to the general cruddiness of UK telecoms, this only comes with a USB connection. This would be fine, except that I don't have access to a USBable kernel on CD and no internet access except for email. I would hugely appreciate it if someone with a fast net connection could contact me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to arrange sending me the latest 2.2 kernel and USB patches. Please don't everyone send a copy as we've only got a modem (I can't go online with it :( ) Many many thanks Matthew King Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd. ps. Why a computer company is so behind in getting a high bandwidth connection I don't know -- Oh dear. I'm using Outlook. WHERE'S MY UNIX?
update with dselect and dpkg fails
Hi! I tryed to update my installed packages with dselect and during the update procedure dpkg reports that i should convert may Berkeley 1.85 database to 2.0, because the two version are not compatible! This massage was displayed during the installation procedure of perl (update from perl 5.004 to 5.005). After that happened it got an error that the package kdelibs3_4%3a2.0-final-3.1_i386.deb could not be configured because of an dependency problem: i should fix the problem and run install again. But i don't know what i should fix!? The rest of the installation and configuration process dpkg displayed a lot of error massages. Ok, i tried to fix the dependency problem, but i found no problem and i started the installation process again: but dpkg reported that the file /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure was not found and "E: write error - write (32 Broken pipe)" was displayed. dpkg instruced me to fix the problem and run install again! I do not know what i should fix! Is there a problem with the package database? Where can i find the database and what should i do with it? Please help me, Bernhard -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: Keyboard problems with xfree86 4.0.1
A little follow-up information. I have still not resolved this problem, but have discovered that I can use the "dk" and "de" layout, and I wouldn't get the error message in the log: Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap Any further assistance would be of enormous help. Thanks! Andre Berger wrote: > Versuch mal > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > EndSection I have tried various combinations now, using only the entries you used in your configuration. I have also tested using the "de" layout, and it actually worked better than "no", except for a number of other keys such as yz... At least the Alt Gr key worked. I checked the log when using "de" and it did not report the following, as it did when using the "no" layout: Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap Do you know what could cause this? And where do I find the keymaps that are usable. Cheers, -- PhD student http://www.item.ntnu.no/~meling/ Hein Melingmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Telematics, N-7491 Trondheim +47 7395 0393 (home) +47 7355 0269 (work)
exmh(exim) problem
I am having problems getting Exmh to enter the correct sender in my header. It keeps putting [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] In exim.conf I wrote a rewrite script ^(root|postmailer|mailer-daemon)@* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ffr but it did not work. Is there something wrong with the rewrite script? What should I do so write exim and/or Exmh correctly exhibits my email address? Lance Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The United States ranks 13th on the Human Freedom Index. Twelve other countries are freer than the United States UNITED NATIONS (1996)
Re: Some Newbie Questions
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:28:06PM +1100, Damien wrote: > > it's not imperitive. debian is half locked down by default. until you become > competent in linux, chances are you won't stand to lose much. simplest thing to do is make sure this line exists in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ potato/updates main contrib and run: apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade regularly, that way you get all security fixes installed. > probably the biggest start, though: > > as root, edit /etc/inittab, and put a # at the start of every line that > doesn't already have one. you can then uncomment the services you want as you > go. this file controls stuff like telnet, ftp etc. ack, i think you mean /etc/inetd.conf not /etc/inittab. don't mess with inittab until you really know what your doing!! -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpHuLkPhlSfI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: w3m wouldn't load http://localhost
:: Andre Berger writes: >> > >>I have apache installed and lynx, netscape and mozilla do not have a >> > >>problem to load http://localhost. >> > >> >> > >>However, links and w3m fails. Links' error message is: "Host not found" >> > >>and w3m's: "Can't load http://localhost";. Exactly the same as here. See a thread some time ago on telnet not finding localhost... We founf no solution to the problem at that time. Try: telnet localhost 80 This is what I get here: telnet: could not resolve localhost/80: Temporary failure in name resolution Ping works, though... Also, try to do tht when you're connected to the Internet. It seems that when I'm connected, everything works (someone else reported the same problem, IIRC). J. -- Jeronimo Pellegrini Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Dear deb-users, > > I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from > xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a > login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequently > none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are are login > shells by default. This means that my bash profile is not read. > > Q> Is there any way, in .xsessions or otherwise, to load my > bash_profile "globally" when logging in from xdm? change the first line of /etc/X11/Xsession from: #!/bin/sh to #! /bin/bash --login you also might want to add: if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then eval env "$(cat /etc/environment)" fi -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpDdIVCLz7PX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Keyboard problems with xfree86 4.0.1
Hi Hein, I am having this very same problem except that I normally use the swedish keyboard layout, which is not working now, so I am very curious about some solution on this. Helgi Oern Hein Meling wrote: > > A little follow-up information. I have still not resolved this problem, > but have discovered that I can use the "dk" and "de" layout, and I > wouldn't get the error message in the log: > > Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap > > Any further assistance would be of enormous help. > > Thanks! > > Andre Berger wrote: > > Versuch mal > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > > Driver "keyboard" > > Option "CoreKeyboard" > > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > > EndSection > > I have tried various combinations now, using only the entries you used > in your configuration. I have also tested using the "de" layout, and it > actually worked better than "no", except for a number of other keys such > as yz... At least the Alt Gr key worked. I checked the log when using > "de" and it did not report the following, as it did when using the "no" > layout: > > Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap > > Do you know what could cause this? And where do I find the keymaps that > are usable. > > Cheers, > -- > PhD student http://www.item.ntnu.no/~meling/ > Hein Melingmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Norwegian University of Science and Technology > Department of Telematics, N-7491 Trondheim > +47 7395 0393 (home) +47 7355 0269 (work) > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- - *** Helgi Örn ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] * SuSE 7.0 * Debian/GNU * ** Caldera eDesktop 2.4** -
Re: execution of shell scripts from cdrom
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:37:02AM +0100, Danny Lathouwers wrote: > Dear community, > > I wanted to execute a shell script from /cdrom and it fails with the > following message: > bash: ./scriptname: Permission denied. > The script is executable and is run as root, so should work. > Copying the script to ~ works but i really need to run it from /cdrom. > Does this have anything to do with ro mounting of the cdrom (removing it from > fstab did not help as the write protection > is recognized and it is still mounted ro). Ah, you're so close:) It has to do with the "noexec" option to mount. This option is propably in disguish. Most likely you'll see a "user" option in /etc/fstab for the cdrom device. This "nouser" option implies "noexec". Override this on the command line with the "-o exec" flag like in: # mount /cdrom -o exec I would advice against adding this "exec" option in the /etc/fstab file as this would seriously compromise security! As is it is only available to root, and needs an explicit action, and that's the way to go. -- groetjes, carel
Unidentified subject!
# bye
Re: machine compromise??? port 3086 open on 2.2
Daniel Freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was just running nmap on my Debian 2.2 box and noticed the following > output: [strange services running?] > The sj3 service on port 3086 flicked into existence on this one scan but > was never in existence before or after. I didn't even know what it was! A > Google search showed it to be Kanji Character output service, or something > similar. I never explicitly installed or configured this, and have a > relatively plain-vanilla machine. Is this cause for concern? Does it > suggest my machine was compromised? What should I investigate further? I've also seen this with Potato's nmap. If i run nmap in a loop and grep my real running services out, it showed me the funniest services running on my system. Try something like this: for i in $(seq 100); do nmap | grep "^[0-9]"; done You can pipe the output through some 'grep -v PATTERN' to filter the PATTERNs (real running services) out. I guess it is a bug in this version, because i couldn't reproduce it with the newest version. moritz -- /* Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://hp9001.fh-bielefeld.de/~moritz/ * PGP-Key available, encrypted Mail is welcome. */
Problem with fbi/convert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I tried to watch a pdf file in console mode using fbi, but that didn't work. I traced it down to a problem with convert, as i tried to convert the pdf file to another format (this is what fbi does too). Output from convert image.pdf image2.pbm: ...lots of garbage... Current allocation mode is local. convert: Unable to open file (/tmp/magicc9df9J) [No such file or directory] convert: Missing an image file name I'm using an up-to-date woody with kernel 2.2.17, write permissions on /tmp seem to be OK Thanks for any help, Frederik - -- If you wait long enough, it will go away... after having done its damage. If it was bad, it will be back. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine iEYEARECAAYFAjoIAb0ACgkQjGz8qD1yPRC4fQCfY3Nw93dglUQqZ4XogtOMitWn RMMAn2TJQTd/laJJjsmmWQkaZAHyJbSR =n4tG -END PGP SIGNATURE-
plpgsql function
Hello!! I'm an Argentine programmer,so please ,excuse me if my english is very poor. I have a lot of questions.I was working whith "Store Procedures",more exactly with plpgsql language. I need to know if it is posible,where can I found a complete reference of this language. One of my problems is : I have an update statement and I need to know how many rows it's command updates..how it is posible??.. Thanks for your help... Osvaldo Lamas Nec Argentina S.A. Product Engineering & Development Department Development & Implementations Division Av. San Martín 5020 (1602) Florida. Pcia. De Buenos Aires. Argentina Phone: 4730-6000 Int.: 6171 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compiled debs are upgraded
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Madness and not what I want. It's not just doing it on my home machine > > (installed from what *might* be a dodgy CD set, I suppose) but from my > > work machine which I installed entirely over the internet. > > interesting, replacing it with the same version. Odd. Same here with gmc -- after an 'apt-get --compile source gmc' another 'apt-get upgrade' will replace my newly compiled package with the same version. Greetings, joachim
RE: DSL & Firewall
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 00:32:29 + (UTC), Pollywog said: > > On 06-Nov-2000 Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > >Why cant I just set my "/etc/hosts.deny" > > file to "ALL: PARANOID", comment out the "telnet" "ftp" and > > "http" lines out of my "/etc/inetd.conf" file? Wouldn't > > that be enough protection for my system? > > > > It is not enough, because most services do not run from inetd and don't use > TCP Wrappers. You do need the firewall. I see all sorts of connection > attempts on my DSL. Many are probably innocent, but I would guess that some > of them are script kiddies. After turning off services including inetd and making sure all other servers like X-server ,font server and sql server were running with '-nolisten tcp' i am able to run 'nmap' so all my 65535 ports are closed. Running an intrusion detection program 'firestarter' shows my cable box is getting all kinds of hits including Netbios from windows boxes . Now i do have ipchains also setup on my stand alone computer but i felt a firewall with NAT(ip masquerading) would isolate me from those cable hits which could be anything. I estimated an old 486 and some NIC's would cost about a $100. But since i didn't want another noisy big box around i got a Netgear gateway-router for only a few dollars more. This little gem has a 4-port 10/100 switch built in for your LAN, acts as DHCP client and server, does NAT and has programmable filters just like ipchains rules. I was able to just plug it in and use it with default filters, as it gets DHCP from the cable modem. Now when i run intrusion detection i have no hits on my internal single box LAN. You can see the review and user opinions at practicallynetworked.com. -- gEEk||dOOd^Deb+iaN&&XFce$aaZZ goes(-_-)
XFree86 4.0.1
Hi, I upgraded XFree86 yesterday to 4.0.1 and had several problems in WindowMaker with the color mapping, ie can't find "black", "white" etc and I'd like to go back to 3.3.6 for awhile until things settle down. I downgraded xserver-common, removed the new xserver for 4.0.1, and reinstalled the 3.3.6 xserver-svga. Next I ran XF86Setup and configured the server. When X started, my cursor is now a big, nasty square. What else do I need to do to get back to a stable XFree86 server? Thanks for the help! Michael Heyes
Re: Compiling kernels
On 6 Nov 2000, David Z. Maze wrote: > Timo Benk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TB> Hi, > TB> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Matthew Sackman wrote: > MS> The problem is that my kernels refuse to install. I have [snip -- non-deb kernel compile sequence -- ] > David M. answers: > It's far easier and cleaner to install the Debian kernel-package > package, untar the kernel source tarball, configure it with your > favorite variant on 'make config', and then run 'make-kpkg > buildpackage' to build Debian source, headers, documentation, and > kernel image packages from the source tree. Installing the image > package will prompt you to run lilo. If you decide you want a > new/different/better kernel, you can just install a different > package. If you decide you don't want the one you've installed, you > can remove it as you would any other Debian package. Having got good answers here to other less-than-knowledgable questions before, I proceed to ask a horribly newbie question: You say that installing the kernel package will "... prompt you to run lilo..." Do I assume correctly: I have to modify /etc/lilo.conf, that is, the installation does not do this for me? (It has been a while since I built a kernel.) --David David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. (I hope this is all of the above.)
Re: cannot find the Kernelimage aft compiling
Hai Robert Wilhelm, I think we have a communication problem here, so let's at both sides try to be more explicit and maybe a little more informative:) On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:18:26PM +0100, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: ... > Ok, I think I got it. Debian seems to provide a combined > kernel-compile-install routine with the help of kernel-package. I No, it is a three step process. 0) get the kernel source and apply all the necessary patches 1a) configure the kernel 1b) and compile the kernel 1c) and build a deb file from it clearing the source tree as a side effect 2a) use dpkg to install the above build deb file wich is stored in the parent directory of the source tree 2b) and use lilo to bring the MBR up to date dpkg is smart enough to propose lilo, so step 2a and 2b feel like one step. Likewise make-kpkg is smart enough to combine 1b and 1c. But you can do all the steps by hand if you feel particularly masochistic that is:) So there is no need to use any debian specific tool, except for the fact that it makes live *so* much more easier. > didn't know that, in fact I would rather keep the old way and not > access the help of all these whisles and bells. Additionally, I have Be our guest, what ever suits you > As I previously stated, the image cannot be found in src/../boot/.. If you are using make-kpkg and subsequently dpkg -i ../some-kernel-package then the kernel image is put in /boot. Most likely you don't have a /src, i.e. a src dir in the / root dir, so src/../boot doesn't exist. Just have a look in /boot. > and I would really like to understand why the current 2.2.17 kernel is > a exe while my old 2.0.38 kernel is 'simple' binary file? Both are executable files, or actually compressed executable files. I know you don't want to talk tools, but... How did you notice that the two differ? Did you use the "file" command? Or less or... -- groetjes, carel
Re: Compiling kernels
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David Teague wrote: > > You say that installing the kernel package will "... prompt you to > run lilo..." Do I assume correctly: I have to modify /etc/lilo.conf, > that is, the installation does not do this for me? (It has been a > while since I built a kernel.) AFAIK, the installation doesn't really do this indeed. In my case, I don't use a symlinked kernel, so I have to manually edit /etc/lilo.conf each time I change from kernel version (eg from 2.2.16 to 2.2.17), but not when I recompile the same kernel version because I was stupid enough to forget to check some break_all_if_you_forget_this checkbox. - -- Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine. -- Christopher Plummer -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine iEYEARECAAYFAjoICW8ACgkQjGz8qD1yPRAngQCgyI5HOseY26UUDfmB1G39MULl QJIAn1K2jeI51ClyUyaamLWkJXbKA0LY =mLvr -END PGP SIGNATURE-
To setup display for NeoMagic 256XL on Sony VAIO PCG-XG29
Hi all, Does anybody know or have done this before, setting up display for Sony VAIO PCG-XG29. Please let me know if so. Thanks and Regards, Uday _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
system.map
hi, How do i generate new System.map file? Do I need this file whenever I generate new kernels and modules? -gnana
Re: Exec CGI
Well there is a slight change in the apache and cgiwrap packages, apache believes that user web is placed in ~/www and cgiwrap reads ~/public_html. The easiest way to fix this was to make apache use ~/public_html instead, because changing cgiwtrap would require a recompile. -- Best Regards / Venlig Hilsen Rasmus Toftdahl Olesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://halfdan.dyndns.org
Where on the disks 2.2 is LyX?
Where on the disks can I find LyX, assuming that they are there? Roy __ Denne eposten er sendt ved hjelp av http://www.Organizer.net - Norges ledende webbaserte kommunikasjonsløsning.
rc.boot
Hi all, I have recently installed debian for the 1st time after using redhat and then SuSe for a few years. I have just installed ssh to my new Debian box and would normally add a line in rc.local for redhat or boot.local for SuSe to start sshd at boot, I presume there is an equally easy way to do this with debian but I am not having much finding it and would appreciate some advice. Thanks Daniel Daniel Knights Mudgee NSW Aust Regards, Daniel ___ Daniel Knights Highway Internet Services ABN: 14 088 130 269 Part of the LiSP Group http://www.lisp.com.au Servicing the Dubbo, Mudgee, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Warren, Wellington and surrounding areas. Enquiries 02 6372 3645 129 Market St, Mudgee 2850
RE: update with dselect and dpkg fails
Without wanting to be patronising, are you aware of apt-get? > -Original Message- > From: Bernhard Aichinger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi! > I tryed to update my installed packages with dselect
Re: dpkg problem
I have experienced similar results when the package archives are incomplete and/or corrupted. Deleting the first .deb and then downloading it again has fixed things, even though the files are exactly the same size etc. In other instances retrying the exactly same command has rectified the "error"! I'm sure someone more experienced may have more info, but that's what I've found. KD On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Joel Dinel wrote: > Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:57:25 +1100 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Joel Dinel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: dpkg problem > > I did an apt-get install task-kde this afternoon. I got a message that > task-kde would not be installed because some other package was not > installable. After hunting down the problem package, I try to install it > : < snip > > And that's it. Pretty, huh? I am not given any further detail on what the > problem is. > > Anybody else ever encountered that ? > > Thanks ! > > -- > > Joel Dinel > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T-Online Software for Linux?
Hi All! Is there a software to access the german T-Online (formerly BTX) under Linux? I know how to use PPP (Internet) via T-Online and Linux, but the official decoder supplied by the Telekom is Windows. It's however needed for doing the telebanking stuff more securely, since it is a closed system not going via the internet. If I could find a software for that, I think I could induce my mother to swich to Linux, since she is not doing much else on her computer besides some correspondence and StarOffice et. al. can take care of that. TIA Thorsten
Re: w3m wouldn't load http://localhost
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:46, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > :: Andre Berger writes: > > >> > >>I have apache installed and lynx, netscape and mozilla do not have a > >> > >>problem to load http://localhost. > >> > >> > >> > >>However, links and w3m fails. Links' error message is: "Host not > >> > >>found" > >> > >>and w3m's: "Can't load http://localhost";. > > Exactly the same as here. > > See a thread some time ago on telnet not finding localhost... We founf > no solution to the problem at that time. > > Try: > > telnet localhost 80 > > This is what I get here: > > telnet: could not resolve localhost/80: Temporary failure in name resolution Sounds like it may be a name resolution problem. Here's my experience: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet localhost 80 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.5 potato.ourmanpann.com potato 192.168.1.1 firewall.ourmanpann.com firewall 192.168.1.2 rescue.ourmanpann.com rescue 192.168.1.3 win95.ourmanpann.comwin95 192.168.1.4 openbsd.ourmanpann.com openbsd And I'm not running bind on this box, FWIW. Luck, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
debian CD's
Hi All, I'm planning on burning a Debian install CD and I noticed that there are two images, binary-1.iso and binary-2.iso. Has the install grown to 2 CD's or is the second optional packages? thanks, Andy _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Newbie sound help
Peter, Many thanks for your help, I think I'm on the right track now. I did notice that on my potato CD's there are some packages called alsa* (Advanced Linux Soound Architecture?). For example, alsa-base, alsaconf, alsautils. From the little I've read, they seem to be backward compatible with OSS. Is this so, and in that case, how does alsa fit in with your excellent instructions? Is alsa ready yet, or is it still very much a 'work-in-progress'? Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > peter, step 1 is to figure out which driver you need. > here are various things you can do to that end: > > a. go to deja.com's power search and do a search on "linux > crystal sound" and see what turns up. > > b. go to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound and do a > grep "Crystal" *. > > c. install the 4Front OSS demo, let it detect your soundcard. >see what it says. your crystal could be a repackaging of >a more known chipset. > > once you figure out the driver, you may or may not need to > recompile the kernel. if your sound card is "crystal.o", > then all you need to do is: > > locate crystal.o > > if it's there, you can modprobe -a /the/crystal.o/path/crystal.o > and place the module name in /etc/modules so it gets loaded at > boot. > > if it's not there, you can either compile the kernel or just > the module itself. > > btw, if you continue to have trouble, do look at 4front's OSS > sound driver. it's commercial, but is very cheap (like 10 or > 20 bucks). they did an _excellent_ job, and are very good > about getting back to you within a few hours after emailing > them a question. they provide a good service and are an > excellent example of how commercial products can exist in an > open source world. i used them for a long time before figuring > out all this stuff on my own. :) > > pete -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller "Linux - the choice of a GNU generation!"
Re: Keyboard problems with xfree86 4.0.1
Hi Helgi, Currently I use the "dk" keyboard layout with some defects. I've had a look at the various files in /usr/lib/X11/xkb, but haven't "really" found anything different between "dk" and "no" versions of any files. So I don't understand why I get the error message in the log. Anyway, I just haven't had the time to look any further at this problem; so if you or anyone else finds a solution to this, I would like to hear about it. Have also sent a message on the xfree newbie list; no reply yet. Cheers, -- PhD student http://www.item.ntnu.no/~meling/ Hein Melingmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Telematics, N-7491 Trondheim +47 7395 0393 (home) +47 7355 0269 (work)
problems downsizing 30GB hd to 4.3GB hd, really BIOS question
Hi This is probablya BIOS question but the Debian community seems to be very knowledgable so I give it a try. (I sent this question to Intel but they have not responded). The problem: Problems downsizing primary master IDE HD from 30.7Gb to 4.3Gb. I have used my AL440LX motherboard with an PII 300MHz for three years with two Fujitsu 4.3 GB as Master and Slave on the primary IDE channel. An Atapi CDROM as master on the second. Have had win95 and later win98 on the first drive, linux on the second. Recently I bought a 30.7 GB IBM drive and replaced the Master drive. Installed win98 second edition and everything worked fine, the whole drive was found, I could boot win98 or Debian GNU/Linux through LILO as before, etc. To use some software installed on the original Fujitsu drive I replaced the new drive with the Fujitsu. Then problems began. The bios did not identify either of the disks on the primary channel. I checked again the master slave settings and moved the small drives one by one as slaves to the secondary channel where both were corectly identified and accessible. Switching cables did not help either. When I moved them back to the primary channel they were not recognized. A complete bios reset (restoring defaults, not updateing) did not help. So I installed the big drive again and viola! Now it worked. The symptom was repeatable. My question is: Whats going on? Have the BIOS overwritten some variable values or what? The IDE devices are recognized by the BIOS (when everything works) as IBM-DTLA-305030-(PM) FUJITSU-MPB3043APU-(PS) FX240S-(SM) Any input welcome, Anders
Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm
Thanks Ethan, I tried to put > #! /bin/bash --login as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? however the following > if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then > eval env "$(cat /etc/environment)" > fi worked in my ~/.xsession. thanks v much. tom
Re: system.map
Gnanasekaran Thoppae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do i generate new System.map file? It gets generated during the Linux build process. > Do I need this file whenever I generate new kernels and modules? It is better to have a correct System.map under /boot for the current Linux. The kernel-package will manage your System.map's automatically... moritz -- /* Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://hp9001.fh-bielefeld.de/~moritz/ * PGP-Key available, encrypted Mail is welcome. */
Re: system.map
%% Gnanasekaran Thoppae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: gt> How do i generate new System.map file? Do I need this file gt> whenever I generate new kernels and modules? The simplest thing to do is to use the kernel-package tool to build yourself a new kernel package, then install it using "dpkg -i". Not only will this put all the right files in all the right places (including System.map), ask you about Lilo, etc. etc., but it makes visible the version of the kernel you're using in your Debian database. It's really very easy to use, too. Highly recommended. # apt-get install kernel-package # cd /usr/share/doc/kernel-package # zcat README.gz | less (or view it directly if you have LESSOPEN set up properly). To actually build a kernel, you just: # cd /usr/src/linux # make config (or xconfig or menuconfig or oldconfig or whatever) # make-kpkg clean # make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image (See the README for info on the epoch value (here, I used "3:")) Now you can install the result like this: # cd /usr/src # dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.17_custom.1.0_i386.deb (if you have module sources to be installed, like ALSA or something, use make-kpkg again with the "modules_image" target instead of "kernel_image", then use dpkg -i to install those as well). -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>HASMAT--HA Software Methods & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist --- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > Thanks Ethan, > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? im not sure that trick works in the ~/.xsession, i don't really see why not, but it could. source ~/.bash_profile should work for sure though. some older versions of bash ignored --login in non-interactive mode, this was fixed back when potato was unstable. > however the following > > > if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then > > eval env "$(cat /etc/environment)" > > fi > > worked in my ~/.xsession. thanks v much. > > tom > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpQpQvvkmC35.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How stable are the XFree86 4 packages?
Date sent: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:54:02 -0500 From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: How stable are the XFree86 4 packages? Send reply to: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:56:11AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Also, now that I have a good, reliable internet connection, I was > > wondering about installing over the internet - just download the > > base system to start with, and the install-floppies, and let > > apt/dselect get the rest over FTP. Are there any documents about > > this, HOWTOs, stuff like that? > > I'm sure there is info in the Users Guide and/or Installation Guide which > unless I'm mistaken are under the Documentation section on www.debian.org. > > It is pretty easy though ... essentially when you do your base install, you > just have to make sure you load the modules for your nic card or simply run > pppconfig (if you're using a modem), and then add the appropriate entries > into apt-get (ftp://ftp.debian.org...etc) and then apt/dselect will simply > pull everything from the net. > Thanks. I never had an internet connection on the machine I use for Debian before, so all this setting up the internet, and apt-get is very new to me... - Richard Taylor: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 16952744 -
Re: debian CD's
Andy, On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm planning on burning a Debian install CD and I noticed that there are two > images, binary-1.iso and binary-2.iso. Has the install grown to 2 CD's or > is the second optional packages? If you are planning to just do a base install and then download any additional packages for your system via apt-get or dselect, then you need only burn a copy of the first .iso file Gord
Email questions
Hi, Is there a way that I can copy the archives of mail I have received using a Windoze client into a linux mail prog? I have no intentions of using the Windows client, which BTW is Pegasus, much anymore, and would not like to loose my old mails. Thanks. - Richard Taylor: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 16952744 -
Re: Vim's background colour
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:19:16AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I am an emacs user trying out vim. On the console the font > highlighting looks good. > > But on X11 I get a white background an then it looks ugly and I can > not read most of the syntax highlighting. > > I have the following in my .vimrc > """ Colour support and syntax highlighting """ > if $COLORTERM == "rxvt" > set term=rxvt > endif > if &term == "rxvt" > set t_Co=8 > set ttyfast > endif > > " Colours suitable for a dark background, which is what my Linux console, > " xterms and rxvts are configured to have. > set background=dark > syntax on > > " > How can I get readable syntax highlighting in both cases? > > Johann Try this in your .vimrc if $COLORTERM == "rxvt" set term=rxvt endif if &term == "rxvt" set t_Co=8 set ttyfast set background=dark endif if &term != "rxvt" set background=light endif This way, you'll get colors suitable for dark background with your rxvt and light background with all other terms. Its not perfect, but it works. HTH, -- rob
Re: ISDN (solved)
Hi all, I figured out what mistake I was making while loading Hisax module. My card is type 18 and I need not do anything except "type=18" entry in modconf when loading HiSax. But I have learnt a lot in the process of finding a solution and that's why I like to be with linux! :) Thanks. -gnana Quoting Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > hi again, > > > > i figured out that my isdn card support is not available > > in the potato's kernel (2.2.17). I have ELSA Microlink ISDN PCI > > internal isdn card and I do not see this card entry in modconf > > hisax module insertion step. > > > > > [02:47:45 /tmp]$ zgrep "ELSA Microlink" > /usr/share/doc/isdnutils/README.HiSax.g > z > ELSA Microlink PCC-16, PCF, PCF-Pro, PCC-8 > [02:47:57 /tmp]$ [...]
Re: [debian-user] GeForce2 w/ XFree86 4.0.1 [ a little new ]
Hi! >--[Andy Bastien]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >--[Rüdiger Kuhlmann] > > I have a GeForce2 MX, but I still don't get 3D running. At first, kdm > > crashes unless there is also an libGL.so.1 pointing to the _old_ libGL.so. > You might have a conflict among your libraries somewhere. Go through > all of the instructions that came with the drivers again and verify > that you've done everything, especially the steps that explain which > libraries you need to remove. Compare dates and file sizes with the > drivers you compiled. I fiddled around with it by hand after it didn't work. This way, 2D, but not 3D, works. If I let libGL.so.1 point to libGL.so.1.0.5.nvidia as well, kdm crashes on startup. Can someone check filesizes with this list? --snip-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib> ll *GL* *glx* ls: *glx*: No such file or directory -rw-r--r--1 root root 519926 Nov 2 18:44 libGL.a.debian lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 21 Nov 6 19:30 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.0.5.nvidia -rwxr-xr-x2 root root 19 Nov 2 18:44 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2.debian -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 184112 Oct 23 22:30 libGL.so.1.0.5.nvidia -rwxr-xr-x2 root root 349804 Nov 2 18:44 libGL.so.1.2.debian lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 13 Nov 5 13:44 libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1.3 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 13 Nov 2 08:39 libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.3 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root78412 Oct 18 15:59 libGLU.so.1.1.030201 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 487348 Nov 2 18:44 libGLU.so.1.3 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 25 Nov 6 19:22 libGLcore.so -> libGLcore.so.1.0.5.nvidia lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 25 Nov 6 19:22 libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.1.0.5.nvidia lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 25 Nov 6 19:22 libGLcore.so.1.0.5 -> libGLcore.so.1.0.5.nvidia -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 1499464 Oct 23 22:30 libGLcore.so.1.0.5.nvidia [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib> cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions> ll *GL* *glx* -rw-r--r--1 root root 1821046 Nov 2 18:44 libGLcore.a.debian -rw-r--r--1 root root 259916 Nov 2 18:44 libglx.a.debian lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 22 Nov 6 19:32 libglx.so -> libglx.so.1.0.5.nvidia lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 22 Nov 6 19:32 libglx.so.1.0.5 -> libglx.so.1.0.5.nvidia -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 450924 Oct 23 22:32 libglx.so.1.0.5.nvidia [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions> --snip-- > > Then, when starting X, the screen is black for ~8 secs with some blue > > flickers, before it switches to the right display mode (you can see an "old" > > image there for a short time). That's strange, but doesn't really hurt. > That's (more or less) normal. Well, the nv driver of X 4.0.1 may flicker, but not those 8 secs nvidia does. > > But when I play anything with eg realplayer, it isn't accelerated - the CPU > > usage goes up endlessly, and it's still slow (I'M just playing the > > realplayer credit intro, so nothing too complicated). > You could also try some OpenGL screensavers, or go to Hmmm. 3D doesn't work. The Morph3D (GL) one crashes, the other two don't show anything. > I don't think you're supposed to get any warnings. You could try > compiling the drivers again and posting the warnings. --snip-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp-res/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5> make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/ rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux NVdriver cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES-I. -I/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/ nv.c /tmp/ccw837do.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccw837do.s:9: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES-I. -I/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/ os-interface.c cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES-I. -I/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/ os-registry.c /tmp/ccMZnreI.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccMZnreI.s:16: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo ld -r -o Module-linux nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel size NVdriver textdata bss dec hex filename 387763 26912 40 414715 653fb NVdriver Please run "make install" as root. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp-res/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5> --snip-- > > > But doesn't seem to hurt anything. quake3 is really quick; looks good > > > so I assume 3d performance is OK
Re: tnt2 vanta and dell 21"
It seems Andy responded to a question by Anders Lennartsson: >There are those who would have you believe that Anders Lennartsson wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm trying to configure X on a PII 300 Mhz dual proc with a Creative >> TNT2 Vanta PCI card and running Woody. snip >> The problem is for instance that if I click on the desktop the menu >> (fvwm menu) comes up with an offset to the right >> and is unstable and has stripes. The system however thinks it is located >> close to the mouse pointer so there is some >> guessing to choose the correct line etc. Bigger windows case even more >> trouble. snip >Does the picture wrap around one side of the display, or is it >correctly centered? Is it 'wiggly'? Does it have banding >(horizontal, vertical or diagonal stripes of varying colors)? Is >there a bright stripe on either side of the display? Is it >rectangular with perpendicular sides, or does it bow in or out on the >sides or appear as a trapezoid or other non-rectangular quadrilateral >(i.e. a 'leaning' rectangle)? In response I can say that: The picture does not wrap around. It is what I would call wiggly and has horizontal banding (each being one or a few pixels wide jumping back and forth sideways) no bright stripe on either side Its regtangular and if only an empty desktop is shown, it looks quite ok. Further, I have since discovered that the file /var/log/xdm.log contains the following lines snip (II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 (II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes: (II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833 (II) NV(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853 (II) NV(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881 (II) NV(0): #3: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 85 vid: 39297 (II) NV(0): #4: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 75 vid: 20393 (II) NV(0): #5: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 85 vid: 22953 snip Where the last section indicates that the 1600x1200 mode is not yet supported. I guess this closes my question.
Re: rc.boot
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Daniel Knights <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have recently installed debian for the 1st time after using redhat and >then SuSe for a few years. I have just installed ssh to my new Debian box >and would normally add a line in rc.local for redhat or boot.local for SuSe >to start sshd at boot, I presume there is an equally easy way to do this >with debian but I am not having much finding it and would appreciate some >advice. apt-get install ssh (iow there is a perfectly fine Debian ssh package) Otherwise read /etc/init.d/README and /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz Mike. -- People get the operating system they deserve.
enlightenment and licq
Hi, When using the dockapp from licq in Enlightenement, E creates a button for it, and there is no way for me to customize it. I just want to get a sticky/transparent flower on my desktop... Alt-click brings up the licq menu, not the E menu unfortunately... anyone know any work around? Shao. -- Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _
Re: smtp error
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 06:20:33PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 06:43:09PM -0700, cls-colo spgs wrote:
> > debs,
> >
> > one of my potatoes has a smtp error:
> >
> > $ fetchmail
> > fetchmail: imap connection to mail.pcisys.net failed: connection refused
> > 25 messages for at mail.pcisys.net (86395 octets).
> > reading message 1 of 25 (3349 octets)..fetchmail: smtp connect t localhost
> > failed
> > fetchmail: smtp transaction error while fetching from mail.pcisys.net
> >
> > ...suggestions?
>
> Obviously you can't deliver mail to yourself. You need to fix your
> local mailserver (sendmail, exim, whatever...). If exim, you need
> 'localhost' in the local_domains = ... part.
>
>
> --
> #! /bin/sh
> # ppp-address: What's my Internet Address for ppp0 ?
> /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 2> /dev/null | grep 'inet addr:' | sed \
> 's=.*inet
> addr\:\([0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\).*=\1='
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
debs,
does anyone see what may be causing my smtp to fail, given my attached
/etc/exim.conf?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
att.
//
Script started on Tue Nov 7 05:38:55 2000
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ae /etc/ cat e /etc/exim.conf
# This is the main exim configuration file.
# It was originally generated by `eximconfig', part of the exim package
# distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator.
# This file originally generated by eximconfig at Fri Nov 3 19:05:18 UTC 2000
# See exim info section for details of the things that can be configured here.
# Please see the manual for a complete list
# of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
# configuration file.
# This file is divided into several parts, all but the last of which are
# terminated by a line containing the word "end". The parts must appear
# in the correct order, and all must be present (even if some of them are
# in fact empty). Blank lines, and lines starting with # are ignored.
##
#MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
##
# Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
# here. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by
# default. See the receiver_unqualified_{hosts,nets} options if you want
# to permit unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is
# not set, the primary_hostname value is used for qualification.
qualify_domain = NETONE
# If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a different
# domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here.
# If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.
# qualify_recipient =
# Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this option
# is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the
# qualify_recipient value is used as the only local domain. If you do not want
# to do any local deliveries, uncomment the following line, but do not supply
# any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is not
# the same as not mentioning it at all. An empty string specifies that there
# are no local domains; not setting it at all causes the default value (the
# setting of qualify_recipient) to be used.
local_domains = localhost:NETONE:qwhew
# Allow mail addressed to our hostname, or to our IP address.
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
# Domains we relay for; that is domains that aren't considered local but we
# accept mail for them.
relay_domains = pcisys.net
# If this is uncommented, we accept and relay mail for all domains we are
# in the DNS as an MX for.
#relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
# No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon-
# separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs under the
# uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the default
# setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were a
# normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias for
# root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
never_users = root
# The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming
# IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
# expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
# remove the setting entirely.
host_lookup = *
# The setting below would, if uncommented, cause Exim to check the syntax of
# all the headers that are supposed to contain email addresses (To:, From:,
# etc). This reduces the level of bounced bounces considerably.
# headers_check_syntax
# Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is being
# maintained as part of the D
info su installazione di Debian
potrei ricevere possibilmente in italiano le isrtuzzioni per l' installazione di debian poichè ho grossi problemi grazie e arrivederci
RE: Q: Default bpp resolution 32 in Linux?
On 07-Nov-2000 Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > While I realise you can have many different color depths, I remember reading > (but am not sure) that 32bpp is the Linux default... assuing the card > supports it. > > I just want to check if that's so and what difference that makes with 24 > bit, sice the number of colors is the same? > 32 bit is really a better 16 bit. In general, 32 is the slowest mode on a video card, although some cards do it better than others. I wish I could fully explain the differences, but I do not know the nuances. my experience 8bpp was the default.
RE: Q: Setting the environment display variable??
On 07-Nov-2000 Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to install Words, I got: > > ./setup > Initializings installation. Please wait... > Before running this product, you must set > your environment DISPLAY variable. > > Read up in the FAQ and Running Linux and no mention is made of a display > variable... It has to be a basic shell configuration item. Any help > appreciated. > in the shell where you are trying to run the setup utility (which should actually be in X): DISPLAY=':0' export DISPLAY
Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should=20 > > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? > > im not sure that trick works in the ~/.xsession, i don't really see > why not, but it could. =20 You need `#! /bin/bash -login' not `#! /bin/bash --login' (see the bash documentation). HTH. Denis
Re: Some Newbie Questions
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:27:16AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, here are my Questions: > > 1. I'm not going to beg for all the newbie commands I should know, so I'm > just going to ask for a URL that will set me in the right direction. Could > someone please point me to one? > Check out http://www.linuxnewbie.org, http://www.linuxstart.com USM Bish
