Kernel 2.0.34 -> 2.2.17?

[Erik van der Meulen]

I seem to need to finally upgrade my kernel to 2.2.17. I have been
posponding this as long as possible, not because of the fine Debian
upgrade package, but because of expected networking trouble whilst 
having to part with ipmasq. 
Now it seems I need to take the dive (In comes the first
Win2000 box, so I need to upgrade Samba which does no longer run on 2.0
kernels).

I have a Linux 2.2 (upgraded from 2.1 apart from the kernel) box that 
has a cable modem on eth0 (DHCP) and a LAN on eth1 (192.168.1.1). 
I have miraculously managed to get ipmasqing to work a year or two ago. 
Does anyone have any suggestions to what I have to expect (and do) if 
I download the 2.2.17 source and compile that on this box? Files to 
change, settings to make (docs to read ;-)).

Thanks a great deal!

--
  Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Network config

[李威儒]

> Yes you need to have the module loaded for your network card
> before you can actually use the eth0 interface w/ ifconfig and such.
> Silver

   if I don't have a built-in network driver, how do I configure the driver.



Thanks.


> > >
> > > On Tuesday 14 November 2000 10:49, Knud S鷨ensen wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I am a new debian user.
> > > > I have some problems getting my network to work.
> > > >
> > > > What is the best way to config the network in debian 2.2 ?
> > > >
> > > > It seems that there is a problem finding the eth0 interface.
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody help me ?
> > > >
> > > > Knud
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > there's a file in /etc/network, it's name's 
> interfaces. Look at
> it and his
> > > manual pages, you'll be glad to use ifup and ifdown 
> script and some
> > > anti-flood systems.
> > > bye
> > > --
> >
> > Yep, there is only a loopback interface in the 
> /etc/network/interfaces
> >
> > Why is this am I missing a kernel modul or something ?
> >
> > Knud
> >
> >
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can't send with mutt and exim

[ktb]

I posted earlier but have some more to add.  I'm trying to send mail
with mutt through exim from my debian box through my openbsd box
(firewall NAT).  This is the message I get in the log when I try to
send mail to my self at my isp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).

2000-11-18 00:56:56 13x1vk-IX-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=kent P=local
S=415 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2000-11-18 00:56:56 13x1vk-IX-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unknown
local-part "x.y.f" in domain "home.com"

Thanks,
kent

Re: Kernel 2.0.34 -> 2.2.17?

[Ethan Benson]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 07:22:46AM +0100, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> 
> I have a Linux 2.2 (upgraded from 2.1 apart from the kernel) box that 

i assume you mean `Debian' and not `Linux' Linux is just a kernel,
GNU/Linux is the operating system, Debian is the distribution.  i
assume you now have a Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato) system running on
a 2.0 kernel.  

> has a cable modem on eth0 (DHCP) and a LAN on eth1 (192.168.1.1). 
> I have miraculously managed to get ipmasqing to work a year or two ago. 
> Does anyone have any suggestions to what I have to expect (and do) if 
> I download the 2.2.17 source and compile that on this box? Files to 
> change, settings to make (docs to read ;-)).

Debian 2.2 aka potato is fully ready for a 2.2 kernel, there is really
not much of anything you have to do, as the kernel specific items are
smart enough to detect and adapt to either a 2.0 or 2.2 kernel.  

all you should have to do is download the 2.2.17 tarball from
ftp.kernel.org (use a mirror), untar it into /usr/local/src, run `make
config' (or make menuconfig if you prefer) to configure the kernel as
you need it.  then run:

make-kpkg clean
fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=5:hostname.2.2.0 kernel_image

after which you will have a kernel .deb in /usr/local/src/ which you
can install with dpkg -i.  

make sure you configure lilo to let you boot the old kernel if
something goes wrong.  

you need the kernel-package package installed to use make-kpkg. 

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/


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Re: Netscape 6.0/konqueor

[Stephan Hachinger]

Hello!

Can you please tell me which version your ssl packages are (0.95?) because I
also don't have https support and want to veryfy if it's because of the
firewall which I use for http connections or if it's because of wrong libs.

Thanks in advance,

Stephan Hachinger

- Original Message -
From: "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian help" 
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: Netscape 6.0/konqueor


> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 10:37:13AM -0500, Anderson, Tim   TL33E wrote:
> > On my box konqueror has been a breath of fresh air.. with the exception
of
> > https support, which isn't there.  Anyone know if that's a KDE thing or
is
> > it just not compiled into the packages at kde.tdyc.com?
>
> I don't know about the kde.tdyc.com stuff, but I seem to have
> https support using the woody stuff with the kdelibs3-crypto and
> kdebase-crypto packages installed.
>
> --
> Tom
> "Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come
> through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was
> false."
> -Bertrand Russell
>
>
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Re: what fax software do you suggest?

[Johann Spies]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +, Thomas Halahan wrote:

> Q>  What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is 
> easy to set up for sending PS files, for example.

I have used efax for a few years now and can recommend it.

Johann
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  of yourselves. It is the gift of God; not of works, 
  lest any man should boast."Ephesians 2:8,9 

75dpi font default-haw?

[Tino Ionescu]

Please advise haw can the 75dpi font be set default,
as opposed to 100dpi font. 
 
Thank you 
Florentin



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which kernel option provide char-major-100 modules

[oacl]

 after i recompiled my new kernel,some of my applications tell me that cannt 
find the
module of char-major-100(maybe this name),maybe i erase some options of the 
kernel that 
provide this module,does anyone know which options provide this module?

thanks for u reading my questions! :))
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/dev/dsp and the audio group

[Alessandro Amici]

hi,

I installed potato and now upgraded to 2.2r1 and have a problem with
sound.
permissions of the /dev/dsp* devices are crw-rw and ownership is
root.audio.
this seem to be sane if as a counterpart audio applications were owned
by root.audio and set sgid, but this is not the case!
I checked mpg123 and xmms, they are all not able to write to /dev/dsp*
devices.

changing owner and permissions everything works.

did I mess up something in the installation?
is there a standard way to make all audio apps working properly?

thanks,
alessandro

Re: 75dpi font default-haw?

[sena]

On 18/11/2000 at 01:23 -0800, Tino Ionescu wrote:
> Please advise haw can the 75dpi font be set default,
> as opposed to 100dpi font. 
>  
Start X with "startx -- -dpi 75"...

Regards, sena..

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Re: /dev/dsp and the audio group

[Ethan Benson]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:15:19AM +0100, Alessandro Amici wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I installed potato and now upgraded to 2.2r1 and have a problem with
> sound.
> permissions of the /dev/dsp* devices are crw-rw and ownership is
> root.audio.
> this seem to be sane if as a counterpart audio applications were owned
> by root.audio and set sgid, but this is not the case!
> I checked mpg123 and xmms, they are all not able to write to /dev/dsp*
> devices.

no, the idea behind root.audio 0660 permissions is to restrict access
to the sound hardware only to trusted users, otherwise any bozo with a
shell account can play any sound they want which could be potentially
annoying.  

the proper solution is to add yourself to group audio:

adduser me audio

> changing owner and permissions everything works.

don't do that, add yourself to group audio instead.

> did I mess up something in the installation?

depends what permissions you used.  

> is there a standard way to make all audio apps working properly?

yes, add yourself to group audio

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/


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Re: what fax software do you suggest?

[Andre Berger]

USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> For small time requirements that you envisage, the
> efax program is good enough. It is on the main sub
> dir of Debian. Has an utility called  "efix" which 
> does the job of conversion between fax, text, bit-
> map, greyscale, ps and other formats.
> 
> For heavier workload, most people vouch for mgetty
> + sendfax. Don't have personal  experience on this
> combination. 

Do you know anybody who has? I have a problem with my setup when I
want to send an mgetty-fax as user.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ faxspool 31 newfile.ps 
cannot write to /var/spool/fax/outgoing!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/fax/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Aug 31 20:09 incoming
drwxrwxr-t2 root fax  4096 Oct 28 12:32 outgoing

though andre is a member of group fax. It works only as root.

-- Andre

> I have used "kfax"  (kde) in the past 
> without any problems ... However, for the rare few  
> faxes out of my system "efax" was the final choice 
> for me. Small, efficient, no-frills software which 
> works !!!
> 
> Recommendation: Do an apt-get for efax.
> 
> USM Bish
> 
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +, Thomas Halahan wrote:
> > dear deb-users,
> > 
> > I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem.  I want to send 
> > faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). 
> > 
> > Q>  What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is 
> > easy to set up for sending PS files, for example.
> > 
> > Thanks Tom
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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apt-get upgrade caused Perl trouble

[Jeremiah H. Savage]

Well, I did an apt-get upgrade just like usual on my Woody system, only this 
time something happened to Perl. And as Perl is required to upgrade packages, 
my system is currently in a freeze. It seems I need to put a Glob.pm in a 
directory, but I'm not exactly sure which one. Could someone send me their 
Glob.pm? I did a search for the file on my system and came up empty. Or is 
there something else I need to do? Here's an example of the error I get when 
apt-get upgrade runs. - Jeremiah


Unpacking replacement koffice-libs ...
Can't locate File/Glob.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at 
/usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Can't locate File/Glob.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at 
/usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/koffice-libs_2.0-final-5_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Can't locate File/Glob.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at 
/usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 48.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

xlibs install problem

[Phillip Deackes]

I cannot install the latest xlibs (xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) on my Woody system 
because it complains about /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. I get the following 
error message using apt-get or dpkg:

Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-3 (using xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in 
package groff
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb

If I remove groff, dpkg complains about another package which refers to 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, and so on.

Is there a workaround?

--
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux 2000

Re: SB AWE64 configuration problem

[Willy Lee]

"Willy" == Willy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Regarding the problems I'm having with getting sound to work, I found
a clue.  Now if I only knew what it meant!

This is what syslog says after attempting to modprobe to load the
sound modules:

Nov 18 03:07:16 geldar modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep
Nov 18 03:07:16 geldar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0
Nov 18 03:07:16 geldar modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep
Nov 18 03:07:16 geldar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-6
Nov 18 03:07:28 geldar kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu 
Savolainen 1993-1996
Nov 18 03:07:28 geldar kernel: SB 4.16 detected OK (220)

Does anyone know what the missing modules are and what they do, and
most importantly, how I can provide them to modprobe?

=wl

-- 
Albert ``Willy'' Lee, Emacs user, game programmer
"They call me CRAZY - just because I DARE to DREAM of a RACE of 
SUPERHUMAN MONSTERS!"

Re: xlibs install problem

[Johannes Zellner]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:07:31AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> I cannot install the latest xlibs (xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) on my Woody system 
> because it complains about /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. I get the 
> following error message using apt-get or dpkg:
> 
> Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-3 (using xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
> dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in 
> package groff
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

I had the same problem with a couple of packages.
(And I found no workaround). There seems to be a 
but in one of the dpkg scripts.


-- 
   Johannes

Re: netbase & nfs server

[Johannes Zellner]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:36:59PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 10:33:11PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> > After upgrading netbase, the nfs-server doesn't work any more:
> > Starting NFS servers:Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive; errno 
> > = Connection refused
> > 
> > what's the problem ?
> 
> Portmapper annoyances - if you restart portmapper, you also need to
> restart all programs using the portmapper, this includes at least
> ypbind, ypserv and nfs-server.

no. This is not the problem. The problem is that the
new netbase is somehow broken. With the new netbase,
programs like ifconfig and ping are missing, I don't
know if this is related. I've yet some years of UNIX
experience and I didn't manage to get nfs working with
the new netbase. (maybe I'm just too stupid ?). Anyway:
a friend of mine didn't succeed either, so just a simple
question:

Is someone running netbase > 4 successfully (working
nfs server for example ?)

Meanwhile I downgraded to netbase 3.?

-- 
   Johannes

Re: capt segfaults

[Johannes Zellner]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 02:46:28PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> 
> Sig11's are often diagnostic of memory errors. Look at   

! Folks ! Although I'm new on this list I've yet /some/ knowledge
about what SEGV could mean.

(Thanks for your help anyway, help is always appreciated).

> http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/  It could be a real problem
> in capt, but if it's seemingly random and/or unreproducable, look into the
> possibility that the error is in hardware.  If it's not random and it's
> reproducable, file a bug.

this is the problem: it's random. I don't believe it's a hardware
problem: This computer runs stable for 1+1/2 years now with heavy
load of numerical calculations. There was never a SEGV which could
not be explained by a program error.

-- 
   Johannes

Re: xlibs install problem

[Johannes Zellner]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:20:24PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> but in one of the dpkg scripts.

oops:

^but^bug

-- 
   Johannes

Re: Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

[Colin Watson]

"Joe Emenaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want apt to be able to get to the goodies at:
>  http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou/linux/deb/
>
>What do I put in sources.list?

  deb http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou linux/deb/

... seems to work. (The trailing slash is required if you want to
specify an exact path rather than let apt construct the usual Debian
archive organization. You also need to pick a point at which to divide
the complete URL into URI and distribution - I've more or less
arbitrarily chosen the point between ~terubou and linux to do this.)

-- 
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Package HOWTO. Who ?

[Egbert Bouwman]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:39:54PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> I can probably dredge up quite a lot from my sent-mail folder, with
> things that I've answered frequently. Not sure when I'll have time to
> write it up well. A lot of people obviously don't read the FAQs that are
> already in existence, so it's a bit discouraging ...
> 
> Can we have a bit less FUD about people having a policy not to talk
> about how things work, or about "data hiding", or whatever, please? I'm
> sure it's infuriating to the people who've put in all the work to write
> all the good (and largely unread) documentation out there.
> 
As a provocation it served its purpose. However I admit that I was unfair.
But I stil think that my question for a more in-depth HOWTO is a valid one.

I have reread the man pages of dselect, dpkg and apt-get, plus the
relevant parts of the FAQ. They offer a lot of information, but of a 
rather superficial kind. 'In order to ... , type ...'.
For many of the options described, you do not see what information
is being used, and how it changes your system.

In his many replies to cries for help Colin has given ample proof
that this kind of information is badly needed. It is illustrated
as well by the many 'I suppose ...' etc which you can often read
in the explanations given by intermediate gurus. 

Some people suggest that I should read the developer's or packaging
manuals or even the source. But I am not a developer, and i have 
never succeeded in reaing more than ten lines of someone else's
C code if it goes beyond the 'hello world' level.

My aspiration level is to be an intelligent end-user, but still to 
use more of the possibilities than only 'apt-get install ...',
without the permanent fear of creating chaos.
egbert
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Re: which kernel option provide char-major-100 modules

[Martin Fluch]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>  after i recompiled my new kernel,some of my applications tell me that cannt 
> find the
> module of char-major-100(maybe this name),maybe i erase some options of the 
> kernel that 
> provide this module,does anyone know which options provide this module?
> 
> thanks for u reading my questions! :))

>From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt:

100 charPOTS (analogue telephone) A/B port {2.6}
  0 = /dev/phone0   First telephone port
  1 = /dev/phone1   Second telephone port
...

The names have been reallocated to Telephony For
Linux, major 159.  All use of major 100 should be
considered legacy and deprecated.

This might be a hint in which direction the answer has to be found, but I
don't know more about it.

Martin

-- 
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Re: AC-97 audio and MC-97 modem?

[Andrea Vettorello]

Alson van der Meulen wrote:

> [...]
> > I've an Asus KX133, the on-board audio (VIA VT82C686) works quite well with 
> > ALSA
> > (version 0.59d), if you really want OSS, the current stable kernel (2.2.17) 
> > has only
> > support for 8 bit SB emulation, but there is a new driver in the next 
> > 2.2.18 kernel
> > version with full 16 bit support.
> >
> > On a side note ALSA has a good OSS emulation mode...
> Maybe the Gigabyte GA-7ZX(R) (R means RAID support) mainboard an option for 
> you, kt133 chipset, so duron/tb compatible. the integrated ct5880 chipset 
> should work ok with both the oss and alsa ens1371 driver. it's probably a 
> better card then the 'via vt82c686' chipset, according tomshardare.com's 
> socket a mb test 
> (http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000919/kt133-16.html)
>
> maybe this mb is an optin for you, look for more info at
> http://www.giga-byte.com/products/pro_new2.htm
>

Well, at that time i wasn't looking for a mainboard with integrated audio, my 
idea was to buy a cheap PCI Soundblaster for sound support, but the output of  
the VIA isn't bad (i would say that on my ears seems quite good).

Maybe for the upgrade...


Andrea

Re: exim thru firewall

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:50:17PM -0600, ktb wrote:

> What I'm trying to do is send mail from my debian box (potato) through
> my firewall (openbsd) to my isp.  Could someone give me some pointers on
> how to get this done?

So long as your firewall passes through TCP port 25 there should be no
particular problem with outbound mail - the output of eximconfig should
just work.  Could you perhaps show some logging from Exim (look in
/var/log/exim/mainlog) showing what exactly is failing?

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Re: XEmacs & CPerl: DEL doesn't forward-delete?

[Richard Klinda]

> "Ra" == Ralf G R Bergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  Ra> I'm having a hard time fighting with XEmacs and/or CPerl.

  Ra> For whatever reason the DEL key deletes backwords in XEmacs, but ONLY
  Ra> in CPerl mode.

[...]

Same here. :-(

(Wow, random sig... ;-))

-- 
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   Emacs: it's all fun and games, until somebody tries to edit a file.

Re: capt segfaults

[Jeronimo Pellegrini]

:: Johannes Zellner writes:

>> http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/  It could be a real problem
>> in capt, but if it's seemingly random and/or unreproducable, look into the
>> possibility that the error is in hardware.  If it's not random and it's
>> reproducable, file a bug.

> this is the problem: it's random. I don't believe it's a hardware
> problem: This computer runs stable for 1+1/2 years now with heavy
> load of numerical calculations. There was never a SEGV which could
> not be explained by a program error.

I think there was some such bug filed against capt some time ago
(don't know if it was closed or not).

But capt did segfault randomly here too, I just don't know it that
still happens since I haven't used it for a while...

J.

-- 
Jeronimo Pellegrini
Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil
http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo
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Re: netbase & nfs server

[Tommi Komulainen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:25:42PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> no. This is not the problem. The problem is that the
> new netbase is somehow broken. With the new netbase,
> programs like ifconfig and ping are missing, I don't
> know if this is related.

It was the problem you presented last time. You never mentioned
that ifconfig and ping are missing.

ifconfig is in net-tools and ping is in netkit-ping or iptools-ping 
try installing those packages.

You may also need to install portmap -package as it was separated from
netbase, IIRC. Why nfs(-kernel)-server is not dependant on portmapper, I
don't know, maybe it's worth filing a bug report.


> Is someone running netbase > 4 successfully (working
> nfs server for example ?)

netbase 4.05, portmap 5 and nfs-kernel-server 0.2.1 and works just fine.


-- 
Tommi Komulainen   [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Kernel UPdate

[dude]

Would you know where i can read about updating my kernel to 2.4

?

thanks

Re: Kernel UPdate

[Mario Olimpio de Menezes]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, dude wrote:

> 
> Would you know where i can read about updating my kernel to 2.4

/usr/src/$YOUR_KERNEL_SOURCE/Documentation/Changes, Current Minimal
Requirements section.

[]s,
Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but
IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails"
http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21
   http://www.revistalinux.com.br

Re: Problems with Matrox G400 AGP

[paolo massei]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:42:13PM -0200, Rogerio Theodoro de Brito wrote:
> 
>   I've tried to use both XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.0.1e (Branden's
>   packages from Debian) and after working for 2 or 3 *seconds*,
>   the whole machine hangs *hard*: no desktop switching, no
>   ctrl-alt-fx, no magic sysrq, no life, no nothing. :-(
> 
>   But some strange facts actually happen:
> 
>   1 - when using XFree with a low resolution, 640x480 with 16
>   colors (like when I'm running XF86Setup), everything works
>   ok;
> 
>   2 - the *worst* part: windows works fine even with very, very
>   high resolutions and a considerable amount of time (I
>   don't have games here to test really intensive use of the
>   card).
> 
SNIP-

> (**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Generic VGA"
   ^ 
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Monitor"
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Matrox Millennium G400 16MB"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
> (--) SVGA: detected an SGRAM card
> (--) SVGA: chipset:  mgag400
> (**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
^^
> (**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"

Reading the output of startx, it seems to be a server/memory-affair.
In the first underlined line, you can see that your default Xserver
is the "Generic Vga", while your videocard needs the SVGA server:
you have to re-run "xf86config" program (first you have to control
the installation of the XF86_SVGA server in /usr/X11R6/bin) and here
set XF86_SVGA server as the default.
With the same program you have also to correct the amount of your
videocard (in kb) : the second underlined line shows the amount of 4096k of
videoram while G400 has 16M.
I suggest you "xf86config" program also in XF...3.6 because for XF..4
i's the only configuration tool (if I remember well).

 Ciao
paolo massei (and his rusted English ;))

changing network settings

[Daniel Knights]

Hi,

I am new to debian and to change the network setting  I edited the hosts,
hostname, host.conf, networks and resolve.conf files and restarted the box.
 Is there a one stop shop for this like yast for SuSe or linuxconf for redhat.

Cheers
Daniel

Regards,

Daniel
___
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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: Debian Package HOWTO. Who ?

[John Hasler]

Egbert Bouwman writes:
> As a provocation it served its purpose.

The only purpose served by such provocations is to cause me to consider
ever more seriously quitting Debian.  And to killfile you.

>plonk<
-- 
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin

xfree86 4

[Manuel Hendel]

I've updated to xfree4. Everything is okay, exept the keyboard, this
is in english, I need it in german. Where can I do these changes. I
tried it wiht xf86cfg, but this didn't run proper. Can anyone help me
to get this fixed?

Thanks,
Manuel

Re: bookmarker/PHP/MySQL problem

[Corey Popelier]

Yes you need a line under Dynamic Extensions that says:

extension=mysql.so

Cheers,
 Corey J. Popelier
 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas


On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, John Griffiths wrote:

> >Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function
> >mysql_pconnect() in
> >/var/www/bookmarker/lib/phplib/db_mysql.inc on line 73
> 
> I was going to ask about this very same error message myself, encountered 
> using different code...
> 
> php3, apache, mysql, php3-mysql all apt-get'ed and recently upgraded (ie i 
> did a full apt-get upgrade last night)
> 
> do we need to add a line in php.ini?
> 
> 
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help on linux

[vivek shetty]

I bought a 
Linux CD containing Red Hat Linux 5.2. I like Linux & therefore decided to 
install it. I ran fips & a new partition was created. Then as mentioned in 
the mannual I rebooted the system with the Linux boot disk inside, it started 
the process. But for some reason I had to go out so I aborted it. The next time 
I tried doing it nothing happened, it straight went into windows. I tried this a 
number of times, but still nothing happened. Then I tried rebooting with Windows 
98 Startup disk, still it normally went into windows. What could be the 
problem?

Re: Okay, I give up. What do I put in apt-get's sources.list?

[Corey Popelier]

Erm there *may* be an issue there with the ~ character.
I don't know if its still the case, but you don't use ~, you use %7E to
generate the ~.

So the apt line would be:

deb http://www.sandalwood.net/%7Eterubou linux/deb/


Cheers,
 Corey J. Popelier
 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas


On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Colin Watson wrote:

> "Joe Emenaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I want apt to be able to get to the goodies at:
> >  http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou/linux/deb/
> >
> >What do I put in sources.list?
> 
>   deb http://www.sandalwood.net/~terubou linux/deb/
> 
> ... seems to work. (The trailing slash is required if you want to
> specify an exact path rather than let apt construct the usual Debian
> archive organization. You also need to pick a point at which to divide
> the complete URL into URI and distribution - I've more or less
> arbitrarily chosen the point between ~terubou and linux to do this.)
> 
> -- 
> Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
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> 

Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s)

[Dariush Pietrzak]

> I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco
there is wonderfull perl module for configuring Cisco routers.
besides that you've got all default tools like telnet;),snmp utils like
mrtg etc..

Re: help on linux

[ktb]

> vivek shetty wrote:
> 
> I bought a Linux CD containing Red Hat Linux 5.2. I like Linux &
> therefore decided to install it. I ran fips & a new partition was
> created. Then as mentioned in the mannual I rebooted the system
> with the Linux boot disk inside, it started the process. But for
> some reason I had to go out so I aborted it. The next time I tried
> doing it nothing happened, it straight went into windows. I tried
> this a number of times, but still nothing happened. Then I tried
> rebooting with Windows 98 Startup disk, still it normally went
> into windows. What could be the problem?

This is not the redhat mail list.  You might want to direct your
questions to their list or use their tech support since you paid for
it.  The way you have things set up for the moment you will have to
use the boot disk you made for redhat to boot into redhat.  To boot
off the hard drive you can add a boot manager such as "lilo."  This
will give you the option of booting into redhat or windows.  See
"man lilo" for more details.
hth,
kent

debconf errors

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

Hi,

upgrade of debconf (woody) is choking with:

Setting up debconf (0.5.20) ...
Use of reserved word "our" is deprecated at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.



Global symbol "@ISA" requires explicit package name at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.
syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18, near "our
@ISA"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Gettext.pm line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line
22.
dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):


quick search of debian.org didn't turn up anything, is this know, is
there a fix, should I submit a bug, or am I just missing something?

TIA,
-Jon

exim and mtt probs continue

[John-Mark]

i continue to have problems setting up my email 
configuration. I have run eximconfig but have had trouble working out how 
to  answer some of the questions
I am not sure what is meant by some of the terms 
i.e. what is my visible mail name. To be honest i have used the default settings 
to set up exim i have no idea in most cases whether this is correct. I am 
dialling up to my isp using pon, I can't fine where to set up the isp smtp info 
re sending mail. Fetchmail seems to be ok but where does it write the emails to. 
I have installed mutt but when i run it i get the message that there is no 
/var/spool/mail/jmj directory jmj being my user name. Apparently exim should set 
this up for me/ I am truly at a loss. Mutt is also supposed to make a file 
called .muttrc in my home directory but this does not exist, apparently without 
it i cant specify which MTA i am using. Is there a mutt configuration 
script.  If you have any idea how to proceed. If it would be easier to use 
another MTA i am happy to do so although i hear that exim is the 
best.
thanks for your help
 very confused 
jm

NEWBIE: qpopper

[Sebastiaan]

Hello,
I have a problem with reading mail with qpopper. Reading mail with pine
work fine. I installed this package, but when logging in on the pop3 port, 
qpopper gives some errors:

$ telnet localhost 110
+OK QPOP 
user sebas
pass haha
-ERR System error, can't open temporary file, do you own it?
+OK Pop server at onix.dorpsnet.nl signing off.

I have changed my user protection bits to rwxrwxrwx (just to be sure) and
I own my own mailbox (i.e. sebas is owned by sebas and group is mail). The
maildirectory is set with chmod 1777.

Does anyone know how I can read mail via pop3? 

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan

Re: 75dpi font default-haw?

[Kevin C. Smith]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 10:24:42AM +, sena wrote:
> On 18/11/2000 at 01:23 -0800, Tino Ionescu wrote:
> > Please advise haw can the 75dpi font be set default,
> > as opposed to 100dpi font. 
> >  
> Start X with "startx -- -dpi 75"...

Assuming you are using XFree 4.01 ...

Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (if you use xdm) and/or 
/etc/X11/xinit/Xserverc file adding -dpi 75 at the end of file.

Change the order so that 75dpi fonts come before 100dpi in 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and in /etc/X11/fs/config.

Restart xdm (if you use it)
/etc/init.d/xdm restart


Kevin

Re: netbase & nfs server

[Johannes Zellner]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:14:19PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:25:42PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> > no. This is not the problem. The problem is that the
> > new netbase is somehow broken. With the new netbase,
> > programs like ifconfig and ping are missing, I don't
> > know if this is related.
> 
> It was the problem you presented last time. You never mentioned
> that ifconfig and ping are missing.
> 
> ifconfig is in net-tools and ping is in netkit-ping or iptools-ping 
> try installing those packages.

I've installed netkit-ping, I didn't find iptools-ping and a search
on the debian site for iptools returned nothing. Maybe iputils-ping ?
Ahh. Yes. iputils-ping seems to provide ping.

> 
> You may also need to install portmap -package as it was separated from
> netbase, IIRC. Why nfs(-kernel)-server is not dependant on portmapper, I
> don't know, maybe it's worth filing a bug report.

Ok. portmap was indeed missing. Thanks.

> 
> > Is someone running netbase > 4 successfully (working
> > nfs server for example ?)
> 
> netbase 4.05, portmap 5 and nfs-kernel-server 0.2.1 and works just fine.

dpkg -L 'net-tools' returns:

/.
/usr
/usr/sbin
/usr/share
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/de_DE
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man5
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man5/ethers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/netstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/plipconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/rarp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/route.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/slattach.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/arp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de_DE/man8/ifconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man5
/usr/share/man/man8
/usr/share/man/man8/mii-tool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man5
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man5/ethers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/netstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/plipconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/rarp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/route.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/slattach.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/arp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr_FR/man8/ifconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/netstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/rarp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/route.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/arp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/ifconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/locale
/usr/share/locale/de
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/fr
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/et_EE
/usr/share/locale/et_EE/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/cs
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/net-tools
/usr/share/doc/net-tools/README
/usr/share/doc/net-tools/README.ipv6
/usr/share/doc/net-tools/TODO
/usr/share/doc/net-tools/copyright
/usr/share/doc/net-tools/changelog.Debian.gz
/sbin
/sbin/mii-tool
/bin


maybe this is the problem ?
I see only docs and locale files here. No executables.
Any comments ?


dpkg --list net-tools returns:

ii  net-tools 1.57-1  The NET-3 networking toolkit

-- 
   Johannes

url forward

[Sebastiaan]

Hello,

I am new to domain name servers, so I may ask stupid questions, but I hope
someone can help me. I have just set up a nameserver which works fine. 
Now I want to forward my www to my internet provider, but there is a
slight problem. My page does not have an ip, but is in fact a directory on
the server of my provider. This is my situation:

/etc/bind/db.dorpsnet contains the lines:
local   A   192.168.1.254
www A   194.235.126.184

so when I acces www.dorpsnet.nl (local name) I succesfully reach the
provider's home page. But unfortunately, my homepage is at
194.235.126.184/~sebas

Can you give me a hint or some tips how to manage this? Can this be done
with DNS, or do I have to install another package?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan

screensaver/dpms

[Kevin C. Smith]

I had posted this quetion a week ago and got the response:
man xset
This does not appear to do what I require.

How do I turn off the screensaver and/or dpms by default for all users.
Also wish both to be off while users are logged out to the xdm login screen.
The command xset reverts to defaults when the user logs out, so will not
work. I searched the internet, and through my /etc directory with no solution
yet. For some reason my system sometimes locks when the screen saver starts, 
so it needs to be off. Just don't like the dpms on.

Thanks in advance,

Kevin

Re: NEWBIE: qpopper

[Ethan Benson]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:39:20PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a problem with reading mail with qpopper. Reading mail with pine
> work fine. I installed this package, but when logging in on the pop3 port, 
> qpopper gives some errors:
> 
> $ telnet localhost 110
> +OK QPOP 
> user sebas
> pass haha
> -ERR System error, can't open temporary file, do you own it?
> +OK Pop server at onix.dorpsnet.nl signing off.

what does /var/spool/pop look like, its permissions should be:

drwxrwsr-x2 root mail 4096 Feb 22  2000 /var/spool/pop

also check to see if there is anything bogus in there, qpopper makes a
temporary copy of your mailspool here, i think this is the temp file
its referring to.

> I have changed my user protection bits to rwxrwxrwx (just to be sure) and

change them back, thats evil.

> I own my own mailbox (i.e. sebas is owned by sebas and group is mail). The
> maildirectory is set with chmod 1777.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can read mail via pop3? 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Sebastiaan
> 
> 
> 
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Re: url forward

[Ethan Benson]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:50:10PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am new to domain name servers, so I may ask stupid questions, but I hope
> someone can help me. I have just set up a nameserver which works fine. 
> Now I want to forward my www to my internet provider, but there is a
> slight problem. My page does not have an ip, but is in fact a directory on
> the server of my provider. This is my situation:
> 
> /etc/bind/db.dorpsnet contains the lines:
> local A   192.168.1.254
> www   A   194.235.126.184
> 
> so when I acces www.dorpsnet.nl (local name) I succesfully reach the
> provider's home page. But unfortunately, my homepage is at
> 194.235.126.184/~sebas
> 
> Can you give me a hint or some tips how to manage this? Can this be done
> with DNS, or do I have to install another package?

no, DNS is only responsible for translating domain names into IP
addresses, it knows nothing about web server directories, or even
about web servers period.  

i think what you would do is run apache or some small httpd that
simply redirects to http://194.235.126.184/~sebas

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Re: bookmarker/PHP/MySQL problem

[John S. J. Anderson]

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Corey Popelier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Yes you need a line under Dynamic Extensions that says:

> extension=mysql.so

Actually, I've _got_ that line in /etc/php3/apache/php3.ini.

To re-iterate, bookmarker *was* working; I can only assume that the
apt-get dist-upgrade I did Nov 14 (which installed new php3 and
php3-mysql .debs) broke something.

Actually, I just fell back to the prior .debs (from my
/var/cache/apt/archives/), and the problem goes away. I guess I should
file a bug report against php3-mysql...

john.
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Re: can't send with mutt and exim

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 01:04:25AM -0600, ktb wrote:
> I posted earlier but have some more to add.  I'm trying to send mail
> with mutt through exim from my debian box through my openbsd box
> (firewall NAT).  This is the message I get in the log when I try to
> send mail to my self at my isp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> 
> 2000-11-18 00:56:56 13x1vk-IX-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=kent P=local
> S=415 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2000-11-18 00:56:56 13x1vk-IX-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unknown
> local-part "x.y.f" in domain "home.com"
Did you set the 'visible name' of your system to home.com? does exim
accept mail for the home.com domain? then it probably thinks x.y.z is a
local user on the system, and if it doesn't exist, it will fail to
deliver it, since it thinks your home machine is mail server for
home.com. set your domain name/visible mail name to something else then
home.com, for example x.y.z.local.home.com

BTW: if all your domain thingies are set to something else then home.com,
and your mail server doesn't accept mail for home.com, it's probably
something else :)

-- 
,---.
> Name:   Alson van der Meulen  <
> Personal:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]   <
> School:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]<
`---'
Yes, I chowned all the files to belong to pvcs.  Is that a problem to you?
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not breaking the "sources"

[Tomas Sanchez]

Hi!

I would like to install wxPython htat is available in woody, but not in potato. 
Last time I tried to download something thru dselect I broke my sources file.

My main sources are a 3cd set and this broke last time when I trid to update 
the packages files.

My q is:

How do I get wxPython, and realted, into my box without breaking the packages 
files? Do I have to download all the packages one by one, I think not but how 
else?

This q might completely confused/confusing but I'm a newbie to using dselect 
(and I suppose you'll tell me to use apt, but that tool I never tried)

OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s))

[Robert Waldner]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:08:02 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes:
>> I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco

>there is wonderfull perl module for configuring Cisco routers.
>besides that you've got all default tools like telnet;),snmp utils like
>mrtg etc..

which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, 
 maintaining (+backuping!) their configuration, both locally and in 
 general, upgrading them with the latest security fixes etc pp. a bunch 
 of fleas can´t be _that_ much more work ;-) ...

&rw
-- 
/  Ing. Robert Waldner  | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933  F: x533 \ 
\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |KPNQwest/AT   | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 / 

Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s))

[Dariush Pietrzak]

> which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, 
I wouldn't know.
but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field?

Re: NEWBIE: qpopper

[Sebastiaan]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:39:20PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have a problem with reading mail with qpopper. Reading mail with pine
> > work fine. I installed this package, but when logging in on the pop3 port, 
> > qpopper gives some errors:
> > 
> > $ telnet localhost 110
> > +OK QPOP 
> > user sebas
> > pass haha
> > -ERR System error, can't open temporary file, do you own it?
> > +OK Pop server at onix.dorpsnet.nl signing off.
> 
> what does /var/spool/pop look like, its permissions should be:
> 
> drwxrwsr-x2 root mail 4096 Feb 22  2000 /var/spool/pop
> 
> also check to see if there is anything bogus in there, qpopper makes a
> temporary copy of your mailspool here, i think this is the temp file
> its referring to.

That is the same in my mailbox and the directory is empty.
> 
Thanks,
Sebastiaan

Re: not breaking the "sources"

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 02:02:27PM +0100, Tomas Sanchez wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I would like to install wxPython htat is available in woody, but not in 
> potato. Last time I tried to download something thru dselect I broke my 
> sources file.
> 
> My main sources are a 3cd set and this broke last time when I trid to update 
> the packages files.
> 
> My q is:
> 
> How do I get wxPython, and realted, into my box without breaking the packages 
> files? Do I have to download all the packages one by one, I think not but how 
> else?
> 
> This q might completely confused/confusing but I'm a newbie to using dselect 
> (and I suppose you'll tell me to use apt, but that tool I never tried)
Download the source, the (.orig.tar.gz, .dsc and .diff.gz file of the package) 
by hand or thru apt-get source, unpack with dpkg-source -x package.dsc and 
build (probably ./debian/rules binary iirc, correct me if i am wrong)
this will link it to the correct libc version. you possibly need to do the same 
with some libs it depends on not available in potato (or too old)
> 
> 
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Re: netbase & nfs server

[Tommi Komulainen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:42:10PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote:
> I've installed netkit-ping, I didn't find iptools-ping and a search
> on the debian site for iptools returned nothing. Maybe iputils-ping ?
> Ahh. Yes. iputils-ping seems to provide ping.

oops, my mistake, I was thinking about one thing and typing another...


> dpkg -L 'net-tools' returns:

> /sbin

Here you should've seen the following:

/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/rarp
/sbin/route
/sbin/slattach
/sbin/plipconfig
/sbin/ipmaddr
/sbin/iptunnel

> /sbin/mii-tool
> /bin

and here /bin/netstat


> maybe this is the problem ?
> I see only docs and locale files here. No executables.
> Any comments ?
>
> ii  net-tools 1.57-1  The NET-3 networking toolkit

Sounds like a problem indeed. You have the same version as I do, so my
guess is that your installation or dpkg database is corrupt.
Reinstalling net-tools should help.


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Re: url forward

[Sebastiaan]

Ok, does anyone know an elegant (and fast) method to accomplish this, so
that the original domain name (www.dorpsnet.nl) stays in the url (so that
www.dorpsnet.nl is equivalent to 194.235.126.184/~sebas)?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan


On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:50:10PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am new to domain name servers, so I may ask stupid questions, but I hope
> > someone can help me. I have just set up a nameserver which works fine. 
> > Now I want to forward my www to my internet provider, but there is a
> > slight problem. My page does not have an ip, but is in fact a directory on
> > the server of my provider.

> no, DNS is only responsible for translating domain names into IP
> addresses, it knows nothing about web server directories, or even
> about web servers period.  
> 
> i think what you would do is run apache or some small httpd that
> simply redirects to http://194.235.126.184/~sebas
> 
> -- 
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> 

Re: exim and mtt probs continue

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:01:22PM -, John-Mark wrote:
> i continue to have problems setting up my email configuration. I have run 
> eximconfig but have had trouble working out how to  answer some of the 
> questions
> I am not sure what is meant by some of the terms i.e. what is my visible mail 
> name. To be honest i have used the default settings to set up exim i have no 
> idea in most cases whether this is correct. I am dialling up to my isp using 
> pon, I can't fine where to set up the isp smtp info re sending mail. 
> Fetchmail seems to be ok but where does it write the emails to. I have 
> installed mutt but when i run it i get the message that there is no 
> /var/spool/mail/jmj directory jmj being my user name. Apparently exim should 
> set this up for me/ I am truly at a loss. Mutt is also supposed to make a 
> file called .muttrc in my home directory but this does not exist, apparently 
> without it i cant specify which MTA i am using. Is there a mutt configuration 
> script.  If you have any idea how to proceed. If it would be easier to use 
> another MTA i am happy to do so although i hear that exim is the best.

you don't need to tell your mta to mutt, it's just standard sendmail compatible.
.muttrc is usually not created by mutt, you can do it yourself and put some 
relevant
options in it. system wide config is in /etc/Muttrc for mutt. mutt hasn't 
anything to
do with sending mail, at least not more then composing it and pasing it to exim.
the visible mail name can be set to some subdomain you get mail for, or change 
the
from address in mutt so the visible mail name will not be used by mutt.

man 5 muttrc for more info about .muttrc and /etc/Muttrc (same format, last one 
just
system wide, .muttrc system specific).
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Re: netbase & nfs server

[Johannes Zellner]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:50:28PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
[...]
> Sounds like a problem indeed. You have the same version as I do, so my
> guess is that your installation or dpkg database is corrupt.
> Reinstalling net-tools should help.

yeah. That helped. Thanks!

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   Johannes

Re: Problems with the 3Com 3c905B NIC

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 10:08:22AM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed wrote:
> 
> I got this OEM 3Com 3c905B card and added it to my system (ABIT-BH6,
> Celeron 300A) which already has a generic 10/100 PCI NIC that has thus
> far been working perfectly with [EMAIL PROTECTED] service.
> 
> BTW, the other NIC that works fine is detected by kernel as:
> 
> eth1: Macronix 98715 PMAC rev 37 at 0xe400, 00:80:C6:EE:A2:E3, IRQ 10.
> 
> I compiled in support for the card into the kernel that I am using,
> 2.2.17 from sources with no patches, using the 3c59x.c driver. The card
> is detected fine by the kernel at boot time as follows:
> 
> eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xe800,  00:01:02:ca:90:fb, IRQ 11
>   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, 10baseT interface.
>   Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> 
> (BTW, I forced the card into 10baseT mode using a 3Com dos utility that
> I got from their web site)
> 
> The link led at the back of my cable modem (Terayon Tera Pro) is lit
> green. The 10baseT (link?) led on the 3Com NIC is lit green as well. I
> am using a CAT5-UTP cable with RJ-45 connectors to connect the 3Com NIC
> to the cable modem (same cable with which the Rogers supplied generic
> 10/100 NIC works without any problems).
> 
> When I try and ping any host e.g. www.debian.org, the Send and Receive
> lights on the cable modem blink almost simultaneously every 1
> sec. apart. But there aren't any blinking lights on the back of the
> NIC.
there probably no lights blinking if you send/receive data on your nic,
if there lights blinking on your cable modem, at least transmitting from
your 3c905b. you could try the 3c905 drivers from 3com at:
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux.htm

you could try to run tcpdump -i eth0 (apt-get install tcpdump first, if
not installed yet). this will show all traffic on the network, called sniffing.
if you don't see any traffic, and you can ping from your nic to out
(but no return, while your modem recieves packets) the nic is probably
broken. you could try to use it under windoze, with windoze drivers
using the same cable and modem

> 
> I am at my wits end trying to figure out why this 3Com 3c905B NIX isn't
> working. I have tried the following (not in the same order) to debug/fix
> this problem:
> 
> (1) upgraded the BIOS on my ABIT BH6 motherboard to the latest one
> available
> 
> (2) inserted the 3Com NIC into different PCI slots on the mobo
> 
> (3) took out my SoundBlaster PCI128 sound card from the motherboard,
> then subsequently took out the other generic NIC from my system so that
> the only PCI card in my system was the 3Com NIC
> 
> (4) changed the NIC configuration using a 3Com dos utility from
> the default autosense/autonegotiate to 10Base-T media type
> 
> (5) had a Rogers tech verify that there wasn't any problem with my cable
> modem (which BTW works fine with their supplied generic 10/100 NIC)
> 
> Neither of the above solved the problem. I am using a static IP
> configuration with values set in /etc/network/interfaces.
> 
> I am having the exact same problems with this same NIC in a second
> machine - my brand new PIII machine which also has the same NIC.
> 
> I'd appreciate any information/comments/suggestions in how to fix this
> problem. I am using kernel-2.2.17 with the latest woody packages.
> 
> If I am unable to fix this problem in the next couple of days, I will be
> replacing these 2 NICs with some other 10/100 ones. Any recommendations
> for a good PCI 10/100 NIC that "just works" with the current 2.2.17
> kernels with compiled-in support and without requiring any extra module
> arguments/parameters ? I'll be looking to get 2 of these NICs of the
> same brand and model initially.
i never have problems with mixing multiple nics, different types/makes

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Help getting PS/2 mouse working, please

[Stan Brown]

I'm just installing Debian (Potato) after a long absence from the 
Linux/Debian
community.

The machine I am presently installing it on is a clone, and has a bit 
of wierd
hardware. The mose's PS/2 card for instance is on an add in card, the 
serial
and parallel ports (at least it appears to be from outside).

How can I test and make certain it is working, and get it configured 
corectly
so that it works in console mde, and passes data on through to the X 
server?

dmesg reveals that a PS/2 mouse port is detected at boot time.

Thnaks for the help, and I must say that the Debian install procedure 
seems
_much_ nicer than the last time I used it!

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Charleston SC.
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useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
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Re: installing netscape

[Joachim Trinkwitz]

Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>You can also try to install the
> package communicator-smotif-473 or navigator-smotif-473.
  ^^^ ^^^

Better get -475 instead, which has better encryption and less security
holes.

Greetings,
joachim

Re: Tools available for..

[Joachim Trinkwitz]

Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I am trying to set up a server, and I would like to know about some of
> the tools I should be using for the following tasks:
> 
> Bandwidth monitoring/restriction on a per-user basis
> 
> Traffic (total data transfered per time unit) monitoring/restriction on
> a per-user basis

Have a look at the net-acct package:

$ apt-cache show net-acct
Package: net-acct
Priority: extra
Section: net
Installed-Size: 129
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.71-1
Depends: cron, libc6 (>= 2.1.94)
Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-i386/net/net-acct_0.71-1.deb
Size: 43704
MD5sum: f8ae7b1759d2b78042928af74f225f7f
Description: Usermode IP accounting daemon
 This package logs network traffic. It provides a daemon (nacctd) that
 logs all traffic passing the machine it runs on (similar to what tcpdump
 does).
 .
 Capability is provided to associate traffic to slip/ppp users in case you
 run a slip/ppp server.

> CPU & RAM would also be nice, but I assume linux won't let a user
> totally take over the machine's resources with default options.

man ulimit?

Greetings,
joachim

Re: Dependency problems

[Joachim Trinkwitz]

The latest dpkg upgrade seems to have removed the force-overwrite
feature from apt, which is normally set in the unstable branch, but
removed when it comes to stable.

Add the lines:

   DPkg 
   {
 Options {"--force-overwrite";}
   }

to the file /etc/apt/apt.conf (or create one if it don't exist).

And then file a bug for gnome-print.

Greetings,
joachim

Re: dpkg --getselections, apt, and update-menus

[Joachim Trinkwitz]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes:

> I don't think that's what Sean meant. If, in dselect, you use '-' to
> mark a package for removal - or use 'apt-get remove' - then a package's
> configuration files won't be removed, and some state about the package
> will remain in the system. However, if you use '_' in dselect, or
> 'apt-get --purge remove', then the package's configuration files will be
> removed too, and /var/lib/dpkg/status will forget that it ever existed.

Getting OT: That's not quite correct. The `Package:', `Status:',
`Priority:' and `Section:' entries of a purged package remains
forever, so the status file grows on and on over the years and keeps
even entries of packages which no longer exists.

I wonder if this slows down the installation process and if `purging'
the status file from those purged package entries would help, but I
didn't dare that as yet.

Greetings,
joachim

Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s))

[Robert Waldner]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:18:31 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes:
>> which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, 

>I wouldn't know.
>but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field?

I consider BrokenView to be in the field of BigBuckMoneyBurn-ware ...

If you´re (for whatever reason) already forced to use expensive (and 
much too often crappy) cisco-gear, I´d guess you don´t want to strangle 
yourself further with more&more not-open-source-software.

&rw
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imagemagick is not installable

[Johannes Zellner]

Hi, me again,

If I've installed geomview installing imagemagick fails because:

...
Unpacking imagemagick (from .../imagemagick_5.2.5-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_5.2.5-2_i386.deb 
(--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/animate.1.gz', which is also in 
package geomview
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_5.2.5-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

hmm. What to do now ?

-- 
   Johannes

Re: Problems with the 3Com 3c905B NIC

[Krzys Majewski]

FWIW I've got a working PIII/3c905b/terayon setup. 
My only initial  problem with it was dyslexia: 509 is  not the same as
905! IOW, you need to use the right driver, which in my case means

alias eth0 3c59x

in /etc/modutils/aliases. 

Before that I tried two different  NICs to no avail, which leads me to
believe  NICs may be  inherently flaky. So maybe  try another  one (I
convinced my local h/w vendor to  lend me this one, slightly used, and
I ended up buying it).  

-chris

Re: screensaver/dpms

[Krzys Majewski]

Look in 

/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
/etc/X11/xdm/Xreset
/etc/X11/xdm/Xreset_0

Put something like 

xset -dpms
xset s off

in one or some or all of these files. 

-chris

capt & locale-zh

[Johannes Zellner]

wow!

Trying to updgrade `locale-zh' with capt results in:

[-] Packages that will be deleted   
  
  [+] Req libc6base 2.2-1   3083   8312GNU C 
Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
[-] Packages that will be upgraded
  [+] Opt locale-zhadmin0.9+0.05-5 0.9+0.05-5 6152288Locale 
definition files for Chinese (pre-glibc 2.1.94)

!!!

After thinking a while about it, I guess I can delete `locale-zh'
uncomment the entries in /etc/locale.gen, isn't it ?

-- 
   Johannes

Re: Problems with the 3Com 3c905B NIC

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 09:35:58AM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> FWIW I've got a working PIII/3c905b/terayon setup. 
> My only initial  problem with it was dyslexia: 509 is  not the same as
> 905! IOW, you need to use the right driver, which in my case means
> 
> alias eth0 3c59x
> 
> in /etc/modutils/aliases. 
> 
> Before that I tried two different  NICs to no avail, which leads me to
> believe  NICs may be  inherently flaky. So maybe  try another  one (I
> convinced my local h/w vendor to  lend me this one, slightly used, and
> I ended up buying it).  
5x9 is quite different from 59x indeed :)

but in your mail you wrote you used 59x, not? i don't see any reference to
3c509 there

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Auxiliary screen

[Frodo Baggins]

Hi debianers,
  I put my hands on a old 15" screen and scavenged a old PC to get a
S3 PCI graphic card which can be installed on one of the free PCI
slots of my current potato box. I would like to configure things in
such a way that the new screen is say tty8 so that I can use it to
display some interesting things and even switch to it (mean attach to
it the keyboard) by something like Ctrl+Alt+F8. I do not realy need to
put X on that screen, a simple tty will suffice so I do not think that
I need (and in any case I don't want to) install the XFree 4.0.x
thing. Anyone could help? At least by providing a good documentation
pointer? Thank's a lot people.

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Re: screensaver/dpms

[Kevin C. Smith]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:56:13PM +0100, Daniel Faller wrote:
> On Saturday 18 November 2000 16:50 Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> > I had posted this quetion a week ago and got the response:
> > man xset
> > This does not appear to do what I require.
> >
> > How do I turn off the screensaver and/or dpms by default for all users.
> > Also wish both to be off while users are logged out to the xdm login
> > screen. The command xset reverts to defaults when the user logs out, so
> > will not work. I searched the internet, and through my /etc directory with
> > no solution yet. For some reason my system sometimes locks when the screen
> > saver starts, so it needs to be off. Just don't like the dpms on.
> 
> Put something like: xset -dpms
> 
> in /etc/X11/Xsession

Putting xset -dpms s off in /etc/X11/Xsession does work while the user is
logged in. 

However once the user logs out the xdm login screen appears and settings 
revert back to default. 

If xset is the answer, where to I put it so that xdm will read it when
"NO user is logged in." That is before a user logs in and after user logs out.

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

Re: exim and mtt probs continue

[Timmy Douglas]

"John-Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> i continue to have problems setting up my email configuration. I have run 
> eximconfig but have had trouble working out how to  answer some of the
> questions
> 
> I am not sure what is meant by some of the terms i.e. what is my visible mail 
> name. To be honest i have used the default settings to set up exim i
> have no idea in most cases whether this is correct. I am dialling up to my 
> isp using pon, I can't fine where to set up the isp smtp info re sending
> mail. Fetchmail seems to be ok but where does it write the emails to. I have 
> installed mutt but when i run it i get the message that there is no
> /var/spool/mail/jmj directory jmj being my user name. Apparently exim should 
> set this up for me/ I am truly at a loss. Mutt is also supposed to
> make a file called .muttrc in my home directory but this does not exist, 
> apparently without it i cant specify which MTA i am using. Is there a mutt
> configuration script.  If you have any idea how to proceed. If it would be 
> easier to use another MTA i am happy to do so although i hear that exim
> is the best.

you can get example mutt config files at mutt.org

i've been looking for people to help me test out my
mta, so i would be willing to help you get it set up.
if you have the time, email me and i can send the latest
version to you.

incomplete cookies with PHP

[Greg Strockbine]

Debian potato, Apache 1.3.12, PHP _4.0.3pl1-0potato1.deb

I've tried the PHP mailing lists, archives, knowledge bases, etc.
out of desparation I'm posting here.

when I use session_start ()  I get a cookie or /tmp/sess* file
that only contains the variables' name but no value.  I've rebuilt
PHP about 3 times now.  Checked Netscape for saving cookies,
rewrote the php script a hundred times but can't seem to sovle this
one.

Doing a session_encode() produces this for the script below:

!product1|!product2|

any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
- greg s.

here's the script:




Listing 20.2 Registering variables with a session


The products have been registered.";
?>

global file for exporting variables (not profile)

[Cameron Matheson]

Hey,
 
I need a file that I could export variables such as 
MESA_GLX_FX (ones that do not
depend on the shell), but I don't know of one, 
please, if you know of one, share it
with me.
 
thanks,
Cameron Matheson

Re: exim and mtt probs continue

[Andreas Hetzmannseder]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:01:22PM -, John-Mark wrote:

> [...] what is my visible mail name [...]

The visible name should be the name you gave to your computer.

> I can't fine where to set up the isp smtp info re sending mail.

When exim asks for your smarthost, enter the name for your provider's smtp
server.

> Fetchmail seems to be ok but where does it write the emails to.

Your incoming mail will go to /var/spool/mail/jmj by default.

> I have installed mutt but when i run it i get the message that there is no
> /var/spool/mail/jmj directory jmj being my user name. Apparently exim should
> set this up for me/ I am truly at a loss.

Don't worry, just make sure it already exists.

> Mutt is also supposed to make a file called .muttrc in my home directory but
> this does not exist [...]

You have to do this yourself. There is a /etc/Muttrc which should already work
for you. You may want to copy it into your home directory and rename it as
'.muttrc'.

> If you have any idea how to proceed.

I also have a ppp-dialup-connection to my internet provider. Below are my
answers during /usr/sbin/eximconfig. Replace them with your's where necessary.

- What is the 'visible' name of your system:k-star
- Does this system have any other names?:none
- Are there any domains you want to relay mail for?:none
- Are there any networks of local machines you want to relay mail for?:none
- Would you like to use the RBL?:n
- Which machine will act as the smarthost?:smtp.netway.at
- Which user account should system administrator mail go to?:andy

After you have finished your configuration, you should check your
/etc/exim.conf for your rewriting rule in the section 'REWRITE CONFIGURATION'.
Make sure that it is enabled, i.e. uncommented.

Then you have to enter something like the following into your
/etc/email-addresses:

jmj:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Now you should be able to send and receive mail. If you want to use mutt's
mailboxes you have to configure procmail additionally.

I hope this helps.
By the way: Wrap your lines. Also make question marks when asking questions.
You will certainly be rewarded with better responses. 

Kind regards,
Andreas.

Re: A call for documentation

[Pavel Minev Penev]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:10:27AM +0100, Tomas Sanchez wrote:
> My idea is to write a new sort of documentation. (I did read something about 
> something like this some year(s) ago, but I can't find it in the archives, 
> and I think that the developer "just" wanted to learn xml and later dismissed 
> the whole idea.

Hello, firend. We have not given up! (I assume you have debdoc in mind).
The problem is that I have school now, and rerely some spare time. There is a
lot of work which would take a lot of time.

> And now to my point...
> 
> The idea is to write task-oriented documentation, yes it's like the HOWTO's, 
> butit shall be oriented towards debian and (this is the most important) be 
> written simultanious in three levels. Theese being:
> 
> - Just do it! (what I would like to call the "blackbox")
> - How do _you do it? (the "showcase")
> - How do _I do it? (the "wuru", like in "_w_anna be _guru_")

Well, we have also sections for distributors and contributors (the guru section
is still a section on how to use the software, but it documents also the
specifications, law stuff and the implementation (though not very thoroughly)).

> The information should be both accesible thru a textfile, so that it's 
> allways there even if you mess up your setup (and if you do, you can't use 
> the "blackbox" level, since you'll have to edit the required files your self) 
> But if the system is somewhat functioning the "blackbox" level could be 
> something like pppconfig, the "showcase" could be like pppconfig except that 
> it reports what it does and why, the "wuru" level could be like the HOWTO's 
> but directed to debian.

A nice idea. We are actually developing a kind of our own format which would
be able to store documentation consisting of parts in different formats. It
would also have a mechanism to convert beteen formats (filters-convertors).
As a result it would be able to output documentation in a number of different
formats (as many as we, or the user, defines).

> Now you might wonder, why I don't just implement such a system. And the 
> answer is this. First, I don't know how to do this. Second, I don't know if 
> it can be done. Third, it might require some standardisation, at least for 
> the "blackbox" level. And this might be a question of strong opinions, which 
> I would like to hear. Fourth, I'm not a maintainer, and maybe that doesn't 
> matter, I don't now.

Hey, if you would like to help us, please, tell us something about you, so
that we can see what tasks you could handle. BTW, the other developer of 
debdoc (now contracter to "ddoc") is Erik Winn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

> ps. I'm setting the reply-to to [EMAIL PROTECTED] since that is one of the 
> lists I'm in.

I am no longer a member of debian-user (too much traffic for my little time),
you could only contact me through debian-devel and debian-security
(and of course my official e-mail mox).

-- 
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Pavel Minev Penev

Couple of questions from a recent convert

[JD Kitch]

Does the default install support an SB AWE32 for sound without
recompiling the kernel?  And if so, what do I need to do to get it
working?  I've not had any luck getting it to make any noise. :P

Secondly, can anyone point me to a place I could get the most recent
version of PostgreSQL complied for Potato?  I saw 7.0.2 in Woody,
but don't think I'm ready for that yet, since I enjoy my stability,
and have only been running Debian for a couple of weeks.

TIA,
jdk

Re: Help getting PS/2 mouse working, please

[Moritz Schulte]

"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[PS2 mouse]
> How can I test and make certain it is working, and get it configured
> corectly so that it works in console mde, and passes data on through
> to the X server?

Have you already installed 'GPM'? It should ask you some questions
after it's installation. There you've to specify the "Repeat
type". You can run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig again or edit /etc/gpm.conf
manually. See 'man gpm' for more information on GPM and the repeat
type. Set the repeat type to 'raw' - this seems to work good. Set the
mouse protocol to 'ps2'; some so called "PS2 mice", e.g. the Logitech
Cordless Wheel mouse, needs 'imps2' as protocol.

Got it working in console mode?

Then specifiy /dev/gpmdata as your mouse while the X configuration
(XF86Setup, xf86config).

moritz
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Re: incomplete cookies with PHP

[Andrei Ivanov]

I had a problem like this once: cookies wouldnt set. Session variables
wouldnt get registered. Solution was simple enough: turn off misconfigured
junkbuster (in my case it doesnt let cookies through).
But my script was a little different: 
I had
session_start();
$product1="Hal2000";
session_register("product1");

You might setting the variable value first and then saving it into
session.
Andrei


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Re: dpkg --getselections, apt, and update-menus

[Colin Watson]

Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes:
>> I don't think that's what Sean meant. If, in dselect, you use '-' to
>> mark a package for removal - or use 'apt-get remove' - then a package's
>> configuration files won't be removed, and some state about the package
>> will remain in the system. However, if you use '_' in dselect, or
>> 'apt-get --purge remove', then the package's configuration files will be
>> removed too, and /var/lib/dpkg/status will forget that it ever existed.
>
>Getting OT: That's not quite correct. The `Package:', `Status:',
>`Priority:' and `Section:' entries of a purged package remains
>forever, so the status file grows on and on over the years and keeps
>even entries of packages which no longer exists.

Oops, yes, I must have got confused about that; sorry for the
misinformation. In fact, looking at the source, 'dpkg --get-selections'
simply lists the desired state of all packages except those which are
already in the not-installed state.

>I wonder if this slows down the installation process and if `purging'
>the status file from those purged package entries would help, but I
>didn't dare that as yet.

You could try 'dpkg --forget-old-unavail', which removes entries from
the status file which are not installed and no longer available. On my
system that only reduced the size of the status file by about 30K, but
the last time I ran that command was only a few months ago.

I suspect that reading the status file doesn't actually take all that
long; the most time-consuming part (though I've never profiled it to
find out) is probably reading the lists of files in each package to make
sure they aren't accidentally overwritten. Since each package's file
list is kept in a separate file in /var/lib/dpkg/info, it takes a lot of
system calls to do this, which is slow. Also, /var/lib/dpkg/info is very
large on most systems, and the ext2 filesystem searches through such
directories linearly (hence slowly).

-- 
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Re: global file for exporting variables (not profile)

[Colin Watson]

"Cameron Matheson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need a file that I could export variables such as MESA_GLX_FX (ones
>that do not depend on the shell), but I don't know of one, please, if
>you know of one, share it with me.

Try /etc/environment. This is read by pam_env, which needs to be
configured for the appropriate services in /etc/pam.d, but that's the
default in Debian so you should be OK. See section 6.5 of
/usr/share/doc/libpam-doc/html/pam.html if you have the libpam-doc
package installed.

-- 
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Re: exim and mtt probs continue

[Griffith Feeney]

At 08:13 AM 11/18/00, you wrote:
i continue to have problems setting up my email configuration. I have run
eximconfig but have had trouble working out how to answer some of the
questions I am not sure what is meant by some of the terms i.e. what is my
visible mail name. To be honest i have used the default settings to set up
exim i have no idea in most cases whether this is correct. I am dialling up
to my isp using pon, I can't fine where to set up the isp smtp info re
sending mail.

>>>
Isn't this one of the last questions eximconfig asks you? Think so.
<<<

Fetchmail seems to be ok but where does it write the emails to. I have
installed mutt but when i run it i get the message that there is no
/var/spool/mail/jmj directory jmj being my user name. Apparently exim
should set this up for me/ I am truly at a loss.

>>>
I've just spent several evenings puzzling over an identical or similar
problem. The usual location for mailboxes (which are files, not
directories, as I initially thought) is /var/spool/mail. For reasons I
don't understand, the default Debian 2.2 setup makes this a symbolic (I
think symbolic, not hard) link to /var/mail. You see this from

ls -l /var/spool

which shows

mail -> ../mail

at the end of the line for mail. Mailboxes are thus in /var/mail. To see
them do

ls -l /var/mail

The mailbox for some_user should be named and owned by some_user, the group
should be mail, and the permissions should be -rw-rw. You may have to
create these files using touch, chown, chgrp and chmod to get the ownership
and permissions right. If I remember rightly,

touch some_user
chown new_user new_user
chgrp mail new_user
chmod 660 new_user

will do it.

In my case, I messed up the default configuration and had the same problem
with mutt not seeing my mailbox. Creating the above link and file solved
the problem.
<<<

Mutt is also supposed to make a file called .muttrc in my home directory
but this does not exist, apparently without it i cant specify which MTA i
am using.

>>>
I don't think you need to specify exim in .muttrc. If I understand
correctly, exim appends incoming mail to user's mailboxes in
/var/spool/mail or, in this case, /var/mail. mutt looks for it in
/var/spool/mail, which is linked to /var/mail. What mutt needs to know is
where to look for the mailbox, not what MTA put the mail there.
<<<

Is there a mutt configuration script.  If you have any idea how to proceed.

>>>You probably don't need this to solve your immediate problem. I don't
know of any script, but see the mutt home page for examples of
configuration files. Go to

http://www.mutt.org/

and more specifically

http://www.mutt.org/links.html#config

and perhaps more specifically still the (especially for newbies) link to
Telsa Gwynne's site.
<<<

If it would be easier to use another MTA i am happy to do so although i
hear that exim is the best.

>>>Again, this probably isn't your problem, so suggest sticking with exim
for the present. To investigate problems, look at the main exim log file,

/var/log/exim/mainlog

using more, less, vi, etc. Initially I had the mailbox locking problem
described in Q0201 of the exim FAQ (http://www.exim.org/FAQ.html). After
creating the link and mailbox files described above this problem stopped.
<<<

thanks for your help
 very confused

>>>
Hang in there! I'm trying to set up unix style email with
exim/fetchmail/mutt/procmail after many years of Eudora. It isn't coming
easily, in part because documenation, voluminous as it is, doesn't address
all someone new to this setup needs to know. I'm still puzzling out my own
setup.
<<<

jm

Re: Skipstone [was: Netscape 6.0]

[mcclosk]

|> i heared of skipstone and really really want to try it. but
|> unfortunatly there is only a woody version :( is there any way to get
|> skipstone for a potato system?

I have Skipstone running fine on my potato system, and I really like
it.

I installed Mozilla from Debian (M18-3 in stable), and then I
installed the pre-compiled binary available at the Skipstone web-site
(skipstone-0.6.1-bin) in /usr/local. I've not had any problems so far.

I needed this in .bash_profile:

export MOZILLA_5_HOME=/usr/lib/mozilla

so that skipstone knew where to look for the parts of Mozilla that it
uses.

Jim

Re: url forward

[Colin Watson]

Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am new to domain name servers, so I may ask stupid questions, but I hope
>someone can help me. I have just set up a nameserver which works fine. 
>Now I want to forward my www to my internet provider, but there is a
>slight problem. My page does not have an ip, but is in fact a directory on
>the server of my provider. This is my situation:
>
>/etc/bind/db.dorpsnet contains the lines:
>local  A   192.168.1.254
>wwwA   194.235.126.184
>
>so when I acces www.dorpsnet.nl (local name) I succesfully reach the
>provider's home page. But unfortunately, my homepage is at
>194.235.126.184/~sebas
>
>Can you give me a hint or some tips how to manage this? Can this be done
>with DNS, or do I have to install another package?

You can't do this with DNS alone; your provider needs to run a virtual
host for you. Whenever any HTTP/1.1 client (or HTTP/1.0 client with
Netscape extensions, the two of which combined form the vast majority of
even vaguely recent browsers) sends a request for one of your pages, it
sends the HTTP header "Host: www.dorpsnet.nl". Your provider's web
server then needs to recognize that and send them back pages from the
directory ~sebas.

This should be trivial for a provider who knows anything at all about
web hosting.

-- 
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Re: How to change imwheelrc to scroll with mozilla line by line ?

[Andrea Vettorello]

Damon Muller wrote:

> Quoth Michael Meding,
> > mozilla keeps scrolling a page up or down even after adding a mozilla
> > section in the imwheelrc (exactly like the navigator section) and then
> > changing Page_Up and Page_Down to just Up and Donw respectively.
>
> I have found that the best solution to this is simply turning imwheel
> off. I'm using Helix Gnome and recent mozilla nightlies on potato, and
> pretty much everything (gnome-terminal, Eterms, most apps, etc.) are now
> wheel-aware. After having turned imwheel off, the only thing that no
> longer works for me with the wheel is old (4.x) netscapes.
>
> It's probably not the solution you were after, but it works for me.
>

To use the wheel in Netscape 4.x i've added this .Xdefault in my home dir and
added "xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults" in my .xsession file.

Pressing the SHIFT and CTRL key change the scroll speed, and using ALT you go
back and forth with the page history...

With the included Xdefault you can use the wheel to scroll the output of an
x-term too...


Andrea
<>

Re: Question about shortcuts

[Andrea Vettorello]

Brian Kallinen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had a question about about using shortcuts under Debian (kern
> 2.2) running Gnome desktop under Sawfish.  At the present time, I have
> shortcut icons for my applications in the bottom panel, but I was
> wondering how to setup up a key shortcut for the same applications, e.g.,
> mapping a function key (like F2) to launch an app, say Netscape.
>
>

I don't know if this is the more elegant solution, but you can try binding the 
F12
key in the "Global" context with "Run shell command your_command". In this case 
i
will place this "/usr/bin/gnome-moz-remote --newwin about:" to open a blank 
Navigator
window ...

You can set this with the gnome control center ("Shortcuts") or the Sawfish
configurator ("Bindings").


Andrea

screensaver/dpms solved

[Kevin C. Smith]

Thanks for the help.

Adding xset -dpms s off
in /etc/X11/xdm/ Xsetup and Xreset files worked.


Kevin

Network routes

[Kyle J. Moore]

I have just started using Debian in something other
than a simple network. I'm looking for what file and
syntax I should put entries for static routes. I'm
used to RedHat and things seem to be different in
Debian. Most of the docs I've seen while researching
this refer to putting things in the
/etc/init.d/network script. This doesn't seem like a
good idea as it would get overwritten during an
upgrade and it also doesn't seem to be supported
anymore as the script looks totally different? Do I
put this in /etc/network/interfaces or what? An
example of syntax would also be helpful.

Thanks.

-Kyle

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Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s))

[brian moore]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:18:31 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes:
> >> which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, 
> 
> >I wouldn't know.
> >but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field?
> 
> I consider BrokenView to be in the field of BigBuckMoneyBurn-ware ...

Indeed.  I've yet to meet anyone that has used it and -liked- it.

The most common reason to run OV is "we installed some vendor hardware
and they only let us manage it with OV".

As an example of its brokenness, when I had to run it, I also had to use
'mon' to ensure that OV was actually still running: periodically one
part of OV would core dump and take down the rest of it.  The irony of
using a couple thousand lines of GPL'd Perl to monitor hundreds of
thousands of lines of expensive crapware was amusing, though.

Then there was the day that OpenView refused to honor its own license,
which meant I had to call our evil VAR (HP refused to help, because we
got it as a VAR package) and have -them- call HP...  12 hours later HP
gave us a new license that OV didn't choke on.  Too bad the hardware
that OV was supposed to be controlling was offline for 12 hours.

> If you´re (for whatever reason) already forced to use expensive (and 
> much too often crappy) cisco-gear, I´d guess you don´t want to strangle 
> yourself further with more&more not-open-source-software.

OpenView is what made me as rabid 'give me source or keep it off
my network' as I am.  (And, thanks to the wonders of proprietary
software's inferiority, it even convinced management of the same
thing now -they- ask about source and standards compliance when
talking to sales wonks, and usually even specifically ask "will this
work with Linux?")

Re: Network routes

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:41:10AM -0800, Kyle J. Moore wrote:
> I have just started using Debian in something other
> than a simple network. I'm looking for what file and
> syntax I should put entries for static routes. I'm
> used to RedHat and things seem to be different in
> Debian. Most of the docs I've seen while researching
> this refer to putting things in the
> /etc/init.d/network script. This doesn't seem like a
> good idea as it would get overwritten during an
> upgrade and it also doesn't seem to be supported
> anymore as the script looks totally different? Do I
/etc/init.d/network is the 2.1/slink (old) way,
in potato and up, /etc/network/interfaces is used,
and /etc/init.d/networking that calls ifup/ifdown
and sets up some things like ip spoofing protection,
but i don't recommend to edit it directly, it's nice
(imho) that all routes are reset if you do
ifdown -a; ifup -a.


> put this in /etc/network/interfaces or what? An
> example of syntax would also be helpful.

i usually do it in /etc/network/interfaces like:
 iface eth0 inet static
 address 192.168.1.1
 network 192.168.1.0
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 broadcast 192.168.1.255
 gateway 192.168.1.254
 up route add -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 gw 
192.168.1.250
 down route del -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0

after up/down, just normal commands can be enterd.
i constrol my firewalls this way too, like 

up /root/bin/firewall-eth0 start
down /root/bin/firewall-eth0 stop

man 5 interfaces for more info

it could be a good idea to make a seperate script for
adding/removing the correct routes for an iface,
like i did for firewalling.
it isn't very managable if you have 30 'up' lines
in interfaces.

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Re: Help getting PS/2 mouse working, please

[Stan Brown]

On Sat Nov 18 13:51:07 2000 Moritz Schulte wrote...
>
>"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>[PS2 mouse]
>> How can I test and make certain it is working, and get it configured
>> corectly so that it works in console mde, and passes data on through
>> to the X server?
>
>Have you already installed 'GPM'? It should ask you some questions
>after it's installation. There you've to specify the "Repeat
>type". You can run /usr/sbin/gpmconfig again or edit /etc/gpm.conf
>manually. See 'man gpm' for more information on GPM and the repeat
>type. Set the repeat type to 'raw' - this seems to work good. Set the
>mouse protocol to 'ps2'; some so called "PS2 mice", e.g. the Logitech
>Cordless Wheel mouse, needs 'imps2' as protocol.
>
>Got it working in console mode?
>

Mmm, sorry I was not specific enough on my problems.

The answer is "no it's not working in console mode".


Here is what i have in /etc/gpm.conf

device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repear_type=ms3
type=ps2
append=""

Think I should cahnge the tyep?

I ned to get it working in console mode first, before moving on to X

Thanks for the help

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useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
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Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO --> debian tool(s))

[John Kramer]

> > which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, 
> I wouldn't know.
> but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field?
> 

Openview doesn't manage those boxes specifically.  It's an expensive
SNMP-mib
collector/network-discovery-agent/oh-crap-this-node-went-down-page-someone
-agent.  If you're wanting GUI management of Cisco boxes, look at Cisco
Works.  The best platform you can get for it is Solaris (which is nothing
to sneeze at.)  It is nice to have CW go out and archive the software revs
and keep a database of all that.  I've never used CW for anything more
than an audit trail of changes.  The GUI, like all management GUI's, just
ain't natural for we command-line-folk.

For me, telnet and a tftp daemon do just fine.  Throw in a perl script
or two to scrog configs regularly and parse syslog entries, and add MRTG
on top of that.

my .02.


 --
John B. Kramer  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://24.17.57.58/~yoda/index.html

during make-kpkg I get i386-none not in remapping table

[Michael Meding]

Hi all,

I use potato with dpkg and debhelper from woody. When I try to compile
2.4.0-test11-pre7 after configuring it and doing a make-kpkg I get an
error saying that i386-none is not in remapping table and not found in
arch. So I have to specify --arch=i386. Doing this I get after a while
of compiling a make 1 error saying that i386-linux-gcc could not be
found. Doing an ln -s gcc i386-linux-gcc in /usr/bin I get i386-linux-ld
command not found again with error make 1.


So what is the proper way to do this, respectively, what am I doing
wrong.

Thanks in advance for your help.


With best regards


Michael Meding

Re: Debian Package HOWTO. Who ?

[Jesse Goerz]

Uhh... In my opinion...



>As a provocation it served its purpose. However I admit that I was unfair.
>But I still think that my question for a more in-depth HOWTO is a valid one


>
> Some people suggest that I should read the developer's or packaging
> manuals or even the source. But I am not a developer, and i have
> never succeeded in reading more than ten lines of someone else's
> C code if it goes beyond the 'hello world' level.

Imagine how self-righteous this sounds to a developer of Debian?  You freely 
admit you do not contribute to the Debian project and then raise the standard 
for the product they produce.  If it is so disagreeable a prospect to use 
Debian, then don't use it.  You seem to be intelligent, have a good writing 
style, and insight into the matter, perhaps you should do something about it?

>
> My aspiration level is to be an intelligent end-user, but still to
> use more of the possibilities than only 'apt-get install ...',
> without the permanent fear of creating chaos.
> egbert

You are weird.

Re: xfree 4: "unknown reason for exeption"; clock problems

[Gerhard Kroder]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, John Galt wrote:

> You probably wanted [EMAIL PROTECTED]

no, i intentionally posted to  mailinglist first. But since nobody could
help i'll goto bugs...

Gerhard

XFree86 4.01

[Ian Lee]

I am running Debian 2.2, with kernel 2.4 
test10.
I have downloaded and installed the glibc21 
binaires of 4.0.1, I run XF86Setup and find that there is no Voodoo 3 option in 
the cards list.
 
The XFree86 site days the card is supported but I 
can't find it.
 
Can anyone help?
 
Ian.
 

Re: XFree86 4.01

[Alson van der Meulen]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 08:45:57PM -, Ian Lee wrote:
> I am running Debian 2.2, with kernel 2.4 test10.
> I have downloaded and installed the glibc21 binaires of 4.0.1, I run 
> XF86Setup and find that there is no Voodoo 3 option in the cards list.
> 
> The XFree86 site days the card is supported but I can't find it.
shouldn't you use xf86cfg?
XF86Setup is the xf86 3.3.x version i guess, so that will not list all 4.0.1 
cards and will not write the correct config file, unless it's a specific xf4 
version
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what's this hash prompt on my terminal mean?
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Re: XFree86 4.01

[Michael Meding]

Hi Ian,

what does "X -configure" does on your machine ? That should work, also
you can use a sample config like the ones supplioed by
dri.sourceforge.net on the ressources page.

http://dri.sourceforge.net/resources/XF86Config.voodoo3

Hope that helps.


Greetings


Michael Meding

Re: Couple of questions from a recent convert

[Robert A. Jacobs]

* JD Kitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [181100 14:17]:
> Does the default install support an SB AWE32 for sound without
> recompiling the kernel?  

No the default install does not support SB AWE32.  You need to 
patch the kernel and recompile.  If your SB AWE32 is a pnp card,
you will need to configure it using the isapnp tools.

References:  Sound HOWTO
 Soundblaster AWE HOWTO

These are the instructions I wrote for myself for configuring my own
SB AWE32 sound card.  Ignore the references to the USR modem. :)
Hope they are helpful.

Kernel Configuration Notes:

Make sure the following kernel modules are selected when you "make menuconfig"
Prior to configuring the kernel be sure to patch it with the awe-drv package:

   apt-get install awe-drv
   cd /usr/src/awedrv
   ./install.sh

   Sound
 Sound Card Support
 OSS Sound Modules
 100% Soundblaster Compatibles
 FM Synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) Support
Additional Low-Level Sound Drivers -->
 AWE32 Synth


## 
##   Sound Notes
## 

   Note 1:  The Kernel must be compiled with the appropriate sound modules
selected.  Prior to compiling the kernel, be sure to "patch" it
with the "awedrv" source code.

Following compilation, the following modules should be available
in the "misc" category when executing "modconf":

   adlib_card
   awe_wave
   opl3
   sb
   sound
   soundcore
   soundlow
   uart401

Configuring (i.e. starting) the "sb" module will start "sound", 
"soundcore", "soundlow", and "uart401" (see Step 5). 

Configuring the "adlib_card" module will start "opl3" (see Step 5).
   
   Note 2:  Save yourself a lot of headaches and create (pnpdump) and modify
/etc/isapnp.conf once.  That is, modify it for all your ISA PNP
devices at the same time.  Right now, that means your USR modem, if
it is installed.   

   1. Become Root
   2. mv /etc/isapnp.conf /etc/isapnp.conf.old  (see Note 2)
   3. pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf (see Note 2)
   4. modify /etc/isapnp.conf sound card entries to read (see Note 2):

  #SB AWE64 16-Bit Audio Configuration
  (CONFIGURE CTL00c5/18864389 (LD 0
(INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 7))
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0280))
(IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
(NAME "CTL00c5/18864389[0]{AUDIO  }")
(ACT Y)
  ))

  #SB AWE64 Gameport Configuration
  (CONFIGURE CTL00c5/18864389 (LD 1
(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0200))
(NAME "CTL00c5/18864389[1]{GAME  }")
(ACT Y)
  ))

  #SB AWE64 Wavetable Configuration
  (CONFIGURE CTL00c5/18864389 (LD 2
(IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))
(IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0A20))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0E20))
(NAME "CTL00c5/18864389[2]{WAVETABLE }")
(ACT Y)
  ))
   
   5. Configure the sound modules for use with the kernel:

  a.  modconf
  b.  Configure "awe_wave" from the "misc" category with no parameters.
  c.  Configure "sb" from the "misc" category and provide
  the following parameters:

  io=0x280 irq=9 dma=0 dma16=7 mpu_io=0x300
  
  When "sb" is loaded, it will call "sound", "soundlow", 
  "soundcore" and "uart401"

  d.  select "adlib_card" from the "misc" category and provide
  the following parameters:

  io=0x388

  When "adlib_card" is loaded, it will call "opl3"
  
   6. Add users to the "audio" group

adduser  audio

   7. Reboot


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