Re: install trouble: stuck at "select tasks"

[Joey Hess]

Lawrence H. Robins wrote:
> I am (trying to be) a new Debian user.  I have the 2.2r0 CD set
> and got through most of the installation without a problem, but
> near the end of the install, after installing the base system,
> booting it, creating a root account and a user account, I
> accidentally exited the "select tasks" program before making most
> of the selections that I wanted, and now I can't figure out how
> to restart this program.

Run "tasksel".

> >From the install manual, section 7.24 "Select and Install Profiles":
> >The system will now ask you if you want to use the pre-rolled
> >software configurations offered by Debian.  This is the purpose of
> >the dselect program, described below.  But this can be a long task
> >with around 3950 packages available in Debian!
> >So you have the ability to choose tasks or profiles instead.  A task
> >is a work you will do with the machine such as "Perl programming" or
> >"HTML authoring" or "Chinese word processing".  You can choose several
> >tasks.
> >..[paragraph skipped]
> >Soon, you will enter into dselect.  If you selected tasks or profiles,
> >remember to skip the "Select" step of dselect, since the selections
> >have already been made.

This documentation seems thoroughly out of date, debian 2.1-era.

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Re: Problem updating to woody from stable

[Kevin C. Smith]

Try installing perl-5.6 before upgrade.

apt-get update
apt-get install perl-5.6
apt-get dist-upgrade

If I'm remembering correctly that worked for me.

Kevin

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:57:40AM -0800, Vaibhav Goel wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I recently tried apt-get upgrading my stable distribution to woody.  I
> did a standard
> 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade'.  Below are the contents of my
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> and the error message I am getting.  I think its a problem with the perl
> distribution in woody
> but I am not sure how to fix it.  Any ideas would be very much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --- /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
> deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
> 
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
> deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
> contrib non-free
> 
> 
>  error messages
> 
> 
> (Reading database ... 35067 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace util-linux 2.10f-5.1 (using
> .../util-linux_2.10p-1.0_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement util-linux ...
> 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/util-linux_2.10p-1.0_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
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/util-linux_2.10p-1.0_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
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Staroffice can't print to deskjet 840C

[Rogelio E. Castillo Haro]

Hi,
I use CUPS and I configure my Deskjet 840C. I print perfectly from any
application, but from staroffice I can't print to it.

Why? Someone has any idea about it?

Is because Staroffice need to print to a postscript printer...and a
Deskjet is not a Postscript printer

Rogelio

Re: Bug#69197: inadequate backup instructions

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 11:06:12PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There's a bug filed against the doc-debian package, including the Debian
> FAQ, about not having good backup instructions for users (admins). See
> http://bugs.debian.org/69197 for details.
> 
> Can someone please suggest an answer to such a question so I can include it
> in the FAQ? `apt-cache search backup' doesn't quite cut it :)
>

See my post on debianhelp.org from a day or two ago.

font *fixed* not found.

[Chris Niekel]

Hi,

I recently did un upgrade to X 4.0.1, and now my Xserver doesn't want to
start any more. It first complained about font 'fixed' not being available,
and after I editted XF86Config to have more FontPath lines, it now
complains with:
Could not load fontset '-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'.
Fallback to '*fixed*' failed.

Anyone knows how to solve this? Is there any documentation I should have
been reading? apt-get dist-upgrade didn't tell me about this, nor sent it
mail.

Thanks,
Chris Niekel

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Re: KDE2 installation

[Ethan Benson]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:25:44AM -0500, Seung-woo Nam wrote:
> I downloaded all deb files for kde2 from kde2 mirror ftp server. However, 
> when I tried to install packages, I got whole bunch of dependency errors. Can 
> I just put the ftp path in /etc/apt/sources.list file and apt-get would take 
> care of the rest?
> 
> Seung-woo Nam

yes, downloading .debs is not the right way to manage a debian system
add:

deb http://kde.tdyc.com stable kde2

to /etc/apt/sources.list and run:

apt-get update
apt-get install task-kde

that should pull in pretty much everything. 

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Re: simple network card setup (netgear 10/100 tulip) - solved

[Jeff Davis]

Thanks to all who replied! My network is working fine right now. appearenty 
none of
the drivers on the cd will work with a FA311 (I could be wrong, but i tried to 
find
one), so I compiled a new one from http://www.scyld.com/network/index.html, 
called
natsemi (National Semiconductor)

I was very happy after working at it for a long time. I set Debain up on 
another box
(pIII board w/ built in intel NIC, etherexpress pro 100) with no major 
problems. I
like the package management in Debian a lot (this is the first time I have used
Debian), but I will have to look into some more of its features.

This, of course, was a very short version of what I went through. I had to 
install
the kernel headers package and put its include directory as a "-I" parameter to 
the
gcc compile command for the driver module. I also had to do the same thing for
pci-scan module (at same website).

I hope someone else may find this useful as well.

Thanks again,
Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis wrote:

> I have been reading docs all day but I cannot figure this one out. Note
> that I am used to Redhat/Mandrake, and I don't know as much as I would
> like to about Debian.
>
> I have a Netgear 10/100 card. I am sure it works, and I have used the
> same type of card with other distros. In it's "linux.txt" it describes
> an object file called "tulip.o", which I assume to be the same as in the
> Debian distro (I am using 2.2). I tried first to do "modprobe tulip" and
> I get an error from insmod (I think modprobe is just a higher-level
> version of insmod, but I am not sure of this. I tried both) like "device
> or resource busy" and then something about how I might try changing the
> parameters.
>
> I have no /dev/eth* devices at all in my system. When I try to load the
> tulip module during the initial install I get the same insmod error (but
> before it asks for parameters).
>
> I recorded the CDs, so I am not sure of their integrity. I tried copying
> files, etc, but it won't be easy to get the good CDs (I think the
> downloaded ISOs should be correct) until I have network access.
>
> I half expected Debian to see the card immediately and to work
> automatically. I was somewhat surprised to see no eth devices, and more
> surprised when I couldn't just load the module to use it.
>
> I added a few modules during the setup, including ip_masq modules and
> more notably "traffic shaper". Could these be conflicting? I tried
> removing them and inserting the other, but no effect.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I like Debian so far, but
> I haven't seen much :)
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
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Re: Staroffice can't print to deskjet 840C

[Sven Hoexter]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:19:23AM -0600, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote:
> Hi,
> I use CUPS and I configure my Deskjet 840C. I print perfectly from any
> application, but from staroffice I can't print to it.
> 
> Why? Someone has any idea about it?
> 
> Is because Staroffice need to print to a postscript printer...and a
> Deskjet is not a Postscript printer
Think you've to setup with StarOffice Printer Setup a Generic Printer
with lps as queue.

Cu,
Sven

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Re: HELP! - LILO (SCSI)

[Jeff Davis]

I have had this problem before as well. I do not know what causes it, although
it usually happens after some kind of hardware issue.

Reinstall LILO and it should work fine. I am not extremely familiar with this
process, but there are good man pages (man lilo and man lilo.conf). Here are
some ideas I have:

If it is possible, repeat the way it is installed during Debian setup (I am new
to Debian, but I think that just dpkg -i [lilo pakage here] will work). Do
configuration options for it and it should ask you the basic questions.

The first time I solved this problem by using the "upgrade" feature on a redhat
cd, and didn't upgrade anything, but it reinstalled lilo I guess.

If that won't work, try /sbin/lilo (what the manpages are about). Back up the
configuration file, and do -t and -v with lilo a few times to get a feel for
what is going on. This will keep the changes from being committed.

By the way, you will need to boot in order to do all of this, a boot floppy will
work nicely, or use another computer if you have to. No way around finding
something bootable (unfortunately).

I have not had this problem in a while. I assumed that the newer versions of
lilo are rid of this. What version are you running?

Sorry, but I couldn't do as much research on this one, since I am not
knowledgable enough to mess with my boot sector when it is working already. If
you ever find out the cause, I would really like to know. One time this happened
to someone who I had just convinced to set up a linux box (in place of windows)
and he hasn't trusted linux much since then I don't think :(

I hope this helps,
Jeff Davis

Andrew McRobert wrote:

> hi all
>
> I tried adding a ULTRA SCSI hard disk to the server (on the separate ULTRA
> SCSI channel on the controller), and while the system correctly identifies
> all of the attached SCSI devices (including the two other HDDs), it gives
> me this message when I connect the ULTRA SCSI drive:
>
> can't locate boot device
>
> If I disconnect it, ie. take my system back to exactly the way it was
> before, LILO stops at "LI"???!?!?!?
>
> Does anybody have any idea why this is happening??
>
> thanks a lot
> Andrew
>
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Re: Resolve.conf

[Monte Milanuk]

Well, just a guess, but I might check your /etc/inetd.conf, and your
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files.  Might be something awry there.

Monte


James Preece wrote:

> OK I have got that back in now Thanks.
>
> I can not seem to get remote access to my box, seems like no telnet, no ping
> answers.
>
> access from the box is fine.
>
> any ideas please anyone ??
>
> Cheers
>


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Re: Staroffice can't print to deskjet 840C

[Daniel de los Reyes]

On Sáb 25 Nov 2000 07:19, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote:
> Hi,
> I use CUPS and I configure my Deskjet 840C. I print perfectly from any
> application, but from staroffice I can't print to it.
>
> Why? Someone has any idea about it?
>
> Is because Staroffice need to print to a postscript printer...and a
> Deskjet is not a Postscript printer

No!!
Staroffice can print to non-postcript printers.
I couldn't print on my epson stylus 1520 on a SO 5.2. What I did is to 
replace SO's ppd file with the one I was using with CUPS and everything works 
fine since then 
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Re: eth0 problem

[Leen Besselink]

> 
> The card is a Netgear with a Tulip Digital 21040 chip which is what we have
> in the Redhat and SuSe servers and they do not behave this way.

Do they all have the same kernel (read: driver) version ? Maybe Suse/RH
use a newer driver ? Because I can remember tulip drivers having problems
with this now and then.

dump package list to file?

[Brian Lavender]

I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current
potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same
packages? How do I do this?

brian
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Analog to digital converters for Linux

[Samuel Tardieu]

I'm looking for a PCI card with several analog input channels. This card
must work with Linux, as I plan to use it in an embedded system.

If anyone has an URL describing such a card, I'd be happy to receive it
by *private* mail.

Thanks in advance.

  Sam

Re: startx problem - one step closer

[Jaume Teixi]

Dave Bacon wrote:

> Thanks to Jaume for the very helpful reply.
>
> After following the suggestion listed below I am now able to bring up a 
> graphical display,
> but it is only an "x"(mouse cursor) on top of a coarse gray back ground.  I 
> am not sure,
> but I think I still may need to specify which Window Manager to use.  Am I on 
> the right
> track?  If so, how do I tell X which window manager to bring up by default.

Hi,
just edit your .xsession  file ;-)
or the global one located at /etc/X11/Xsession
or either apt-get intall --reinstall _your_favorite_window_manager

have luck!
jaume.

X

[Johan Ur Riise]

My X will not start neither with xdm nor startx.
Here is the output from 
X -probeonly 2>x
I have not configured X again after this weeks upgrades,
should I?

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way.  Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)

XFree86 Version 4.0.1e / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 6 November 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF] 
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 25 11:54:30 2000
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
Parse warning on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
Ignoring obsolete keyword "LeftAlt".
Parse error on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
"Meta" is not a valid keyword in this section.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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Re: eth0 problem

[Philipp Schulte]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:58:12PM +1100, Daniel Knights wrote: 

> >Do the servers all have the same type of network-cards? I have a 3Com
> >3c900 Combo and it seems this card doesn't react anymore after some
> >time. An ifdown+ifup brings it back again.
> >Phil
> >
> Hi Phil
> 
> The card is a Netgear with a Tulip Digital 21040 chip which is what we have
> in the Redhat and SuSe servers and they do not behave this way.

Like Leen already wrote: I assume you have different tulip-versions
then. I once had an Asix-card (worked with old_tulip) and it was not
reachable unless this card initiated a connection (like ping). Donald
Becker wrote me that a newer driver will fix this problem but it never
did.
Phil

hosts for rdate?

[Bruno Boettcher]

hello,
i am searching for some hosts for time updating of my hosts
where can i find the listings of hosts offering this service?
i am in France BTW, so any host network-near Strasbourg would be fine...

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Script that partially completes mirror from CDs

[Antonio Rodriguez]

Hello all. Does any one has a script that would 
1. Look into the debian site, get instructions about
   directory structure (packages).
2. Look into CDs -binaries- loaded in /cdrom, or /whatever.
3. Upon finding a match, will retrieve it from CD and put it in 
   the partial local mirror in the right place.

This would greatly reduce the amount of traffic, since many people run
partial mirrors, and some times for some reason these get wiped off.
I myself need one, but the truth is that I am not sure how to write
such a script. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Antonio.

XFree86 + NV_GLX

[Daniel Wagner]

Hello,

I've a TNT2-Ultra graphicscard and it works fine with the standard nv driver of
the xfree 4 package, but is there a package where the accelerated driver is
included (that means, mesalibs, xfree-driver, kernel-module)?

thanks for any advice,
Daniel Wagner

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Re: dump package list to file?

[Leen Besselink]

> I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current
> potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same
> packages? How do I do this?

dpkg --get-selections > file

Re: Analog to digital converters for Linux

[Matthias Müller]

A german company offers a lot PCI-cards with differnet functionalaty.

http://www.kolter.de/home_engl.htm

good luck
Matthias

* Samuel Tardieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001125 12:41]:
> I'm looking for a PCI card with several analog input channels. This card
> must work with Linux, as I plan to use it in an embedded system.
> 
> If anyone has an URL describing such a card, I'd be happy to receive it
> by *private* mail.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
>   Sam
> 
> 
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dns help

[Sebastiaan]

Hello,
I am trying to setup a dns server but I am having some trouble. I have
registered a domain name sacred-key.org and linked it to my dns server,
which has a domain name from my provider, called jon.planet.nl.
I have installed bind and set up the scripts, but until now I have not
been succeeded in succesfully configuring these. I have attached both
scripts.

My problem is that changes are not made succesfully, locally on the domain
name server changes behave strange and on various hosts I get various
results. Someone told me that this had something to do with the revision
file. 
When I do a nslookup on my dns:
$ nslookup
Default Server: ipd.planet.nl   //hmm, my provider seems to have different
names for my computer
Address: 213.10.33.89   // this ip is pointed to by jon.planet.nl,
ipd.planet.nl and ought to be sacred-key.org

> sacred-key.org
(see above)
*** ipd.planet.nl can't find sacred-key.org: No response from server

while doing the same thing from another server, it correctly responds:
Non-authoritive answer:
Name:sacred-key.org
Address: 213.10.33.89

while both hangs when looking up ftp.sacred-key.org

When I set q=any:

> sacred-key.org
Non-authoritative answer:
sacred-key.org  nameserver = ns.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org
sacred-key.org  preference = 10, mail exchanger = 
mail.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org

Authorative answers can be found from:
sacred-key.org  nameserver = ns.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org

very odd behaviour. I tried several things, but I seem to do things wrong.
Everytime I update my configuration for a new try, I give a new serial
number. One other thing you should know: I am behind a vpn, so my outside
ip is 213.10.33.89 while my ppp0 is connected at 10.161.67.65 (this number
showed up when I was trying thins).

Does someone has any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks very much in advance!
Sebastiaan

files:
I have this in my /etc/bind/named.conf (among other things):
zone "sacred-key.org" {
file "/etc/bind/db.sacred-key";
};

zone "33.10.213.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.sacred-key-rev";
};



; BIND data file for sacred-key.org

$TTL86400
@   IN  SOA ns.sacred-key.org.  root.sacred-key.org. (
2000112401  ; volgnummer
300 ; Refresh
60  ; Retry
360 ; Expire
86400   )   ; Default TTL
IN  NS  ns
89  IN  PTR sacred-key.org

; BIND data file for sacred-key.org

$TTL86400
@   IN  SOA ns.sacred-key.org.  root.sacred-key.org. (
2000112401  ; volgnummer
300 ; Refresh
60  ; Retry
360 ; Expire
86400   )   ; Default TTL
IN  NS  ns
IN  MX  10  mail.sacred-key.org
IN  A   213.10.33.89
www IN  NS  202.67.129.130
mailIN  A   213.10.33.89
ns  IN  A   213.10.33.89
ftp IN  CNAME   mail.sacred-key.org

Re: dump package list to file?

[Phillip Deackes]

> I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current
> potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same
> packages? How do I do this?
> 

Easy. Just do 'dpkg -l > filename'

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Re: dns help

[sena]

On 25/11/2000 at 14:31 +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> sacred-key.org  nameserver = ns.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org
^^^
> sacred-key.org  preference = 10, mx = mail.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org
   ^^^
> sacred-key.orgnameserver = ns.sacred-key.org.sacred-key.org
  ^^^

Your problem is here:

> ; BIND data file for sacred-key.org
> 
> $TTL  86400
> @ IN  SOA ns.sacred-key.org.  root.sacred-key.org. (
>   2000112401  ; volgnummer
>   300 ; Refresh
>   60  ; Retry
>   360 ; Expire
>   86400   )   ; Default TTL
>   IN  NS  ns
> 89IN  PTR sacred-key.org
^^
Try putting a dot (.) after that:
sacred-key.org.

The same here:

> ; BIND data file for sacred-key.org
> 
> $TTL  86400
> @ IN  SOA ns.sacred-key.org.  root.sacred-key.org. (
>   2000112401  ; volgnummer
>   300 ; Refresh
>   60  ; Retry
>   360 ; Expire
>   86400   )   ; Default TTL
>   IN  NS  ns
>   IN  MX  10  mail.sacred-key.org
   ^dot here
>   IN  A   213.10.33.89
> www   IN  NS  202.67.129.130
> mail  IN  A   213.10.33.89
> nsIN  A   213.10.33.89
> ftp   IN  CNAME   mail.sacred-key.org
   ^dot here

Regards, sena...

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Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:58:40AM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> My X will not start neither with xdm nor startx.
Someone told me I have to run dexter, which says:

dexter: unknown X server (X) detected!

I do have an xserver and /etc/X11/X is a link to 
/usr/bin/X11/XFree86
X -version says:
XFree86 Version 4.0.1e / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 6 November 2000

more ideas anyone?

cron "unusual event"

[Debian Ghost]

Hey Guys,
I was wondering what may be causing my logcheck to report every time a
cron session is opened / closed via root. The weird thing is that root has
no user crontab file. Would this be talking about /etc/crontab and
cron.daily / monthly ? I'm not sure what else it could be.

Give the Ghost some love!

Any advice appriciated.

D. Ghost

Unusual System Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Nov 24 22:02:01 ghost PAM_unix[12478]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:05:01 ghost PAM_unix[12507]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:05:02 ghost PAM_unix[12507]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:08:01 ghost PAM_unix[12513]: (cron) session opened for user mail
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:08:01 ghost PAM_unix[12513]: (cron) session closed for user mail
Nov 24 22:10:01 ghost PAM_unix[12519]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:10:02 ghost PAM_unix[12519]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:15:01 ghost PAM_unix[12522]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:15:01 ghost PAM_unix[12522]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:20:01 ghost PAM_unix[12525]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:20:02 ghost PAM_unix[12525]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:25:01 ghost PAM_unix[12531]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:25:01 ghost PAM_unix[12531]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:30:01 ghost PAM_unix[12534]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:30:02 ghost PAM_unix[12534]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:35:01 ghost PAM_unix[12537]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:35:02 ghost PAM_unix[12537]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:38:01 ghost PAM_unix[12543]: (cron) session opened for user mail
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:38:01 ghost PAM_unix[12543]: (cron) session closed for user mail
Nov 24 22:40:01 ghost PAM_unix[12546]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:40:01 ghost PAM_unix[12546]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:45:01 ghost PAM_unix[12552]: (cron) session opened for user root
by
(uid=0)
Nov 24 22:45:02 ghost PAM_unix[12552]: (cron) session closed for user root
Nov 24 22:50:01 ghost PAM_unix[12556]: (cron) session opened for user root
by

Re: Staroffice can't print to deskjet 840C

[Rogelio E. Castillo Haro]

Daniel de los Reyes wrote:

> On Sáb 25 Nov 2000 07:19, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I use CUPS and I configure my Deskjet 840C. I print perfectly from any
> > application, but from staroffice I can't print to it.
> >
> > Why? Someone has any idea about it?
> >
> > Is because Staroffice need to print to a postscript printer...and a
> > Deskjet is not a Postscript printer
>
> No!!
> Staroffice can print to non-postcript printers.
> I couldn't print on my epson stylus 1520 on a SO 5.2. What I did is to
> replace SO's ppd file with the one I was using with CUPS and everything works
> fine since then
> --
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> Valencia Spain
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Thanks Daniel,
I can print now to my Deskjet color printer! Terrific!

Live free or die like compaq says :)

TIA

Re: startx problem -> $??P?+@(

[Shaul Karl]

> Dave Bacon wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just upgraded quite a few packages with dselect.  And now when I
> > run "startx" I receive the following error messages.  Can you help?
> >
> > 
> >
> > var: allowed_users, value: rootonly
> > var: nice_value, value: .
> > /etc/X11/X is not executable
> 
> ls -l /etc/X11/X
> and look at the file that X is linked to, then:
> find / -name _file_
> ln -s path_to_file /etc/X11/X
> 
> have luck !
> jaume.
> 


Doesn't that creates a file with a strange name in the dir from which startx 
was run?


> 
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Re: Ok heres my problem

[Moritz Schulte]

"Jason Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It looks like the vfat partition type is not supported by the kernel your
> running.  Are you using modules??  If so, try loading it before you try and
> mount the partition.

You could also cat /proc/filesystems to see which filesystems
(drivers) can be used.

moritz
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Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 03:13:14PM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:58:40AM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> > My X will not start neither with xdm nor startx.
> Someone told me I have to run dexter, which says:
>
> dexter: unknown X server (X) detected!

I did a XFree86 -configure and it created /root/XF86Config.
I moved this file to /etc/X11/XF86config-4, and now
xdm starts, but with too high resolution and miserable
colors.


-- 
Johan Ur Riise
90 15 77 78

Re: Bug#69197: inadequate backup instructions

[Josip Rodin]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 10:28:12PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > There's a bug filed against the doc-debian package, including the Debian
> > FAQ, about not having good backup instructions for users (admins). See
> > http://bugs.debian.org/69197 for details.
> > 
> > Can someone please suggest an answer to such a question so I can include it
> > in the FAQ? `apt-cache search backup' doesn't quite cut it :)
> 
> See my post on debianhelp.org from a day or two ago.

I've searched... there seems to be some nice info there, but I'd appreciate
if you (or someone else) would phrase it in a way suitable for the FAQ.
I'm too drowsy from traveling right now :)

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Re: dns help

[Sebastiaan]

> 
> Your problem is here:
> 
> > 89  IN  PTR sacred-key.org
> ^^
>   Try putting a dot (.) after that:
> 

THANK YOU!!! I have all forgotten the warnings about the dots. Now I will
never forget it again. 

But there is only one other thing that still does not work:

www  IN NS  202.67.129.130  ; ns1.3man.com

I tried this line, but it does not do what I want. I want every query to
www.sacred-key.org be handled by that nameserver, but when I do a 
ping www.sacred-key.org, that host still does not exists.

Do you have to use some trick here?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan

Re: good sound cards?

[urbanyon]

what NIC do you have that works?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Kevin Krafthefer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am adding sound to my debian machine and have had bad luck so far*.
> Could those of you fine list subscribers that have had a positive,
> enriching experience with installing and using your sound card on your
> GNU/Linux machine please send me the name of your sound card. Also, if
> you don't mind, please let me know roughly what it cost you.
> 
> Thanks,
> Krafty
> 
> * I purchased a card (au8810 chipset) based information I found on the
> LinuxHardwareDatabase only to find that the card required a PnPBios; my
> bios (for the asus A7V) detects the sound card while in PnP mode but not
> my NIC (which is only detected in non-PnP mode). So I am returning the
> sound card and keeping the NIC. Plus, Aureal went out of business
> recently. Go figure.
> 
> 
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Re: Long finle names on a CD-ROM not visible

[urbanyon]

have you tried mounting it with vfat support?  sorry i don't have the
command right now (newbie, me), but i'll look through my notes and send it
along (assuming somebody doesn't get to it before i do!).

On 24 Nov 2000, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> All of a sudden when I mount a CD-ROM the long filenames show
> messed-up, like:
> 
> -r-xr-xr-x1 root root  664 Jan 19  1999 aqf83a~1.m3u
> dr-xr-xr-x1 root root 2048 Jan 19  1999 aquari~1.aro/
> 
> I am sure that I used to see normal file names on the same CD-ROM
> previously.  Any idea what went wrong all of a sudden?
> 
> ,[ /etc/fstab ]
> | /dev/cdrom  /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,ro,user,noauto  0  0
> `
> 
> Many thanks,
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin
> Don't read everything you believe.
> 
> 
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Re: Long finle names on a CD-ROM not visible

[Arcady Genkin]

urbanyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> have you tried mounting it with vfat support?  sorry i don't have the
> command right now (newbie, me), but i'll look through my notes and send it
> along (assuming somebody doesn't get to it before i do!).

The problem was with the Joliet support.  I had it compiled as a
module, and somehow it went missing.  After I recompiled the modules,
all is good.

Thanks to everyone who answered!
-- 
Arcady Genkin
Don't read everything you believe.

Re: X

[John Bagdanoff]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:58:40AM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> My X will not start neither with xdm nor startx.
> Here is the output from 
> X -probeonly 2>x
> I have not configured X again after this weeks upgrades,
> should I?
> 
> This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
> way.  Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
> please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
> (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.0.1e / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
> Release Date: 6 November 2000
>   If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>   newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>   reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF] 
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 25 11:54:30 2000
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> Parse warning on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
>   Ignoring obsolete keyword "LeftAlt".
> Parse error on line 168 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
>   "Meta" is not a valid keyword in this section.
> (EE) Problem parsing the config file
> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 


See if you have xserver-xfree86 installed.

If not, then:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86

Then run dexter

just another newbie
john
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Sound config

[Gian Piero Ascenso]

Hi,

I've got a YAMAHA YMF715 sound chip on my mother board
and I used to drive it with OPL3 SAx2 when I used Corel
Linux. Now I'm using Debian 2.2 but I can't find the
sndconfig tool I had in Corel. Apt-get couldn't fetch 
package sndconfig.

I've looked into the mail-list archive and in Feb 2000 
I found a message from Yannick Jentsin which should work
fine, but it's a bit criptic for me. I don't know where
to start from and what to do next.

Is there anyone that can tell me what I should do,
step by step? I've only the soundcore module compiled
in the kernel. Where could I find opl3, opl3sa2?

Thanks in advance.

--Gian Piero

Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 08:38:13AM -0800, John Bagdanoff wrote:
> 
> See if you have xserver-xfree86 installed.
I have now, but I had to install it manually
> 
> If not, then:
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> 
> Then run dexter

dexter will not run,
dexter: unknown X server (X) detected!
but I ran 
XFree86 -configure
and it made a config file for me. Managed to set the 
defaultcolordepth in the file, resolution is next to go.

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Re: Converting to SCSI. HELP!!!

[Andrew Hagen]

If you decide to go SCSI, get 2 SCSI cards: 1 for your SCSI hard drives,
and 1 for other SCSI devices like CD-ROM drives, tape drives, etcetera.
It would also be advisable to replace any IDE device you have with a SCSI,
USB, or firewire device if possible.

There are plenty of good SCSI host adapters (expansion cards) out there. As for 
devices, IMHO hard drives from IBM are the best. Plextor makes some of 
the best SCSI CD-ROM drives available. Another important consideration is 
SCSI cabling. You should not skimp on the cables or you will regret it
later. There are many good brands of SCSI cables out there. I personally
like Granite Digital, . 

There are good reasons why SCSI is more expensive than IDE. It's faster 
and more reliable. SCSI has more of a "prestige" perception than IDE. Thus,
better design and engineering decisions go into SCSI than into IDE. 

The SCSI FAQ is kind of old, but still informative. It's at 
.

Whatever you decide to do, good luck,

Andrew Hagen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound config

[Ray Percival]

Do this and be very carefull.
Take a look at your /etc/apt/sources.list add a line for unstable. Do a apt-get 
update then do a apt-get install sndconfig. Then do not wait do not pass go do 
not collect $200 comment out the unstable line from your sources. Then do a 
apt-get update and press on. Yes there are some problems with doing it this way 
and yes apt might complain at you in the future but with the 1 or 2 packages I 
really need (pdq and xpdq) that I have done this with I have not broken 
anything. Maybe others can tell you bad stories but it works for me.

-- Original Message --
From: Gian Piero Ascenso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:39:45 +0100

>Hi,
>
>I've got a YAMAHA YMF715 sound chip on my mother board
>and I used to drive it with OPL3 SAx2 when I used Corel
>Linux. Now I'm using Debian 2.2 but I can't find the
>sndconfig tool I had in Corel. Apt-get couldn't fetch 
>package sndconfig.
>
>I've looked into the mail-list archive and in Feb 2000 
>I found a message from Yannick Jentsin which should work
>fine, but it's a bit criptic for me. I don't know where
>to start from and what to do next.
>
>Is there anyone that can tell me what I should do,
>step by step? I've only the soundcore module compiled
>in the kernel. Where could I find opl3, opl3sa2?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>   --Gian Piero
>
>
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New ricochet works fine

[Aaron Brashears]

I asked this question a while ago, and I've seen it appear twice
since.  So, to set answer that question, it works fine with my debian
woody installation.  First, with my particular laptop, I had to enable
the serial port in the bios. I intend to eventually apply the usb back
port, but I have too much unbacked up work on this computer at the
moment to risk killing it.  Next, I ran pppconfig and set it up to
dial  - the given number of 333 didn't work when I tried it once.
Next, I ran pon and waited for the connection.  At that point,
everything seemed to work fine.

My only complaint is that the latency is really bad. As I'm typing
this report I regularly get 10 to 20 characters ahead of the
echo. Also, I have yet to see speeds even coming close to 128kbit.

Hope this helps anyone that was considering using a ricochet with
linux.

Re: X

[John Bagdanoff]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 05:48:26PM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 08:38:13AM -0800, John Bagdanoff wrote:
> > 
> > See if you have xserver-xfree86 installed.
> I have now, but I had to install it manually
Why manually?  You don't use apt-get?  If you are using apt-get
install, what's the output?
> > 
> > If not, then:
> > apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> > 
> > Then run dexter
> 
> dexter will not run,
> dexter: unknown X server (X) detected!
> but I ran 
> XFree86 -configure
> and it made a config file for me. Managed to set the 
> defaultcolordepth in the file, resolution is next to go.
If it's not /etc/X/XF86Config-4 then you're not there yet.

I think you have some packages missing.  How about:
xutils

just another newbie
john


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strange dns problem on login to isp

[Peter O. Fedichev]

Hello,

I have installed Debian linux both on my laptop and the desktop. I am
using the both of the computers to login to  my university Computer
Center which serves as an isp for its employees. I am using one and the
same external modem and have the following problem:

I am using wvdial and if I use it on my laptop without the pcmcia
network card inserted I have Internet working fine.

In the same time if the network card is inside or I am using my desktop,

pppd starts up but the dns server does not work. If I use plain IP
addresses, then the connection (ftp, telnet etc) works fine.

do any of you have a key?

thanks in advance

Re: cron "unusual event"

[brian moore]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 09:22:09AM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> I was wondering what may be causing my logcheck to report every time a
> cron session is opened / closed via root. The weird thing is that root has
> no user crontab file. Would this be talking about /etc/crontab and
> cron.daily / monthly ? I'm not sure what else it could be.

It's from cron.hourly as well, but, yes.

cron uses pam, pam logs.

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Re: hosts for rdate?

[tjm]

Look here:


http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html



Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> 
> hello,
> i am searching for some hosts for time updating of my hosts
> where can i find the listings of hosts offering this service?
> i am in France BTW, so any host network-near Strasbourg would be fine...
> 
> --
> ciao bboett






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Re: hosts for rdate?

[Rolf Schillinger]

that is one thing. The other is that every nfs server can be used too.
bis bald, Rolf

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, tjm wrote:

> Look here:
> 
> 
>   http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html
> 
> 
> 
> Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> > 
> > hello,
> > i am searching for some hosts for time updating of my hosts
> > where can i find the listings of hosts offering this service?
> > i am in France BTW, so any host network-near Strasbourg would be fine...
> > 
> > --
> > ciao bboett
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> 
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Re: strange dns problem on login to isp

[Pollywog]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:54:06 +0100, Peter O. Fedichev said:

> 
>  Hello,
>  
>  I have installed Debian linux both on my laptop and the desktop. I am
>  using the both of the computers to login to  my university Computer
>  Center which serves as an isp for its employees. I am using one and the
>  same external modem and have the following problem:
>  
>  I am using wvdial and if I use it on my laptop without the pcmcia
>  network card inserted I have Internet working fine.
>  
>  In the same time if the network card is inside or I am using my desktop,
>  
>  pppd starts up but the dns server does not work. If I use plain IP
>  addresses, then the connection (ftp, telnet etc) works fine.

Do you have numeric IP addresses for your DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf
?
If they are textual, it won't work.

--
Andrew

Perl's default include path

[Neil Booth]

I get these messages trying to install recent versions of debconf:

monkey:/usr/src/gcc/build# dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.5.22_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 36741 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace debconf 0.5.25 (using .../debconf_0.5.22_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debconf ...
Setting up debconf (0.5.22) ...
Can't locate lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 21.

I have 5.6 installed as the default, but as you can see it's still looking
in the 5.005 directory for stuff.

How do I change the @INC default path to the correct one?

Neil.

Installing pcf fonts

[Jeff Hornsberger]

Hi, I'm trying to install the snap font of blackbox fame for use with gnome and 
sawfish. The file is snap.pcf. I don't know that much about fonts, but I've 
tried putting the file in each of /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, 
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc. After putting it in each dir 
I did a mkfontdir and then restarted xfs and X. I have as yet been unable to 
get the "snap" font to show up in my gnome font selector. All the pcf files 
seem to be gzipped so I've also tried the above after gzipping snap.pcf, but 
still no
luck. Any thoughts? -Jeff

Re: lprng and magicfilter problem

[J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 15:24:07 +0100, Daniel Reuter wrote:
> lprng runs the inputfilters by default on the host on which the job is
> issued, and NOT on the server with the printer attached. That means the
> host has to do the work of rendering anything, the server lprng just
> forwards the job directly to the printer. 
> Up to now I havn't found out how to change this (I'm sure there is a way),

Add "lpr_bounce" to the princap entry for the printer on the server host.

HTH,
Ray
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the blocks  live in but it'll be a sight more vivid.  
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan  

Re: docbook-utils

[J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:19:59 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
>   At the installation section, they mention a docbook-utils rpm
> package which contains some shell scripts and perl utilities, such as:
> docbook2html, docbook2ps, docbook2pdf, etc.

>   Does somebody know where to find this utilities as .deb
> packages?

I'm not sure we have them packaged, but sgmltools(1) from the sgmltools-2
package provides similar functionality.

HTH,
Ray
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Re: font *fixed* not found.

[J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 09:12:08 +0100, Chris Niekel wrote:
> I recently did un upgrade to X 4.0.1, and now my Xserver doesn't want to
> start any more. It first complained about font 'fixed' not being available,

This is often caused by having a fontserver specified which isn't
available/running.

HTH,
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Where is the sqrt() function in glibc? What is libm?

[Viktor Rosenfeld]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to learn C using the K&R book.  I wrote the following code to
test something they are mentioning in chapter 2.7, but I can't compile
it.

#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char argv[])
{
int i = 4;
printf("Int: %f, Double: %f\n", sqrt(i), sqrt((double) i));
return 0;
}

This is the output I get by gcc:

18:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Projekte/c/2 $ gcc -o test test.c
/tmp/ccc01936: In function `main':
/tmp/ccc01936(.text+0x17): undefined reference to `sqrt'
/tmp/ccc01936(.text+0x2e): undefined reference to `sqrt'
18:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Projekte/c/2 $ 

When I looked into /usr/include/math.h there was no definition of
sqrt().  Instead there were some constants defined such as:

#define M_2_SQRTPI  1.12837916709551257390  /* 2/sqrt(pi)
*/

I looked into /usr/doc/libc6-dev/changelog.gz and there is the entry:

1997-03-04 19:14  Andreas Schwab 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/__math.h: Update feature tests.
(fabs): Remove defininition, it is a gcc builtin.
(sqrt, __sqrt): Remove definition, they have wrappers in libm.

But I can't find any libm in dselect.  This is still on a slink machine,
I haven't come around to upgrading to potato yet.

Anybody who can help me, getting sqrt() to work?  Or is my code
incorrect?

TIA,
Viktor
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Re: Where is the sqrt() function in glibc? What is libm?

[J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 18:36:56 +0100, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> This is the output I get by gcc:
> 
>   18:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Projekte/c/2 $ gcc -o test test.c
>   /tmp/ccc01936: In function `main':
>   /tmp/ccc01936(.text+0x17): undefined reference to `sqrt'
>   /tmp/ccc01936(.text+0x2e): undefined reference to `sqrt'
>   18:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Projekte/c/2 $ 

Add "-lm" to that line.

> When I looked into /usr/include/math.h there was no definition of
> sqrt().

 is the proper file to include for sqrt(). Internally, it includes
other header files, including the one that has the sqrt() prototype, but
as a user of the C library, you should not care about that.

> But I can't find any libm in dselect.

The library defining the math functions, libm, is a part of the libc6
package.

> Anybody who can help me, getting sqrt() to work?  Or is my code incorrect?

Your code looks fine, but your command line doesn't. Including the header
defining a prototype for a function is a different thing from linking your
object files against the library implementing that function. This
distinction is often hidden in other environments.

HTH,
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Re: Where is the sqrt() function in glibc? What is libm?

[Davide Libenzi]

On Saturday 25 November 2000 04:36, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
>
> Anybody who can help me, getting sqrt() to work?  Or is my code
> incorrect?


$ gcc -o test test.c -lm



- Davide

Re: getting XFree (potato!!) to work with geforce 2 MX (<- !!)

[Daniel Borgmann]

On Thursday 23 November 2000 13:38, Manuel Reiter wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> > well, thanks.. the problem is how to get X running with potato?
> > i don't want to tell my father to install woody.
> > i guess he will compile xfree 4 on his own if there is no other solution.
> > maybe this will break a lot of things (dependencies) so i don't have a
> > good fealing about this.. :(
>
> You could go to
>
>   http://www.edlug.ed.ac.uk/Mirrors/Debian/dists/potato/cpbotha
>
> where you will find .deb packages of XFree86 4.0.1 compiled for potato. I
> burned everything from dists downward (if I remeber correctly) on a CD and
> used it with apt-cdrom. Worked like a charm and got me X running on my
> Geforce 2 GTS card. If you want the fancy GeForce 2 Graphics, you will
> probably have to get Nvidia's drivers from their website.

thanx, but i can't burn any cdrom.
i tried to download some of them and then install them using dpkg.
the result was a desaster. there are serveral dependency problems i can't 
solve, cause i can't find the needed packages on this server.
any ideas? maybe a neat entry to sources.list i could use to get the files 
automatically?? (i don't care if it would take some hours of downloading).
I just want to get a WORKING xfree server on potato with a geforce 2 MX(! 
it's different from a real geforce 2) card. it can't be that hard, i tested 
this environment with svgalib using the vesa drivers. and it worked!
why is there no vesa compatible driver for xfree?? it would solve all my 
problems and i guess a lot more!
any ideas? please... this is so poor.. he's got a state of the art 3d 
graphics board and now he shouldn;t be able to render a simple primitive SVGA 
screen, cause the card is too NEW??
i don't care about fancy 3d graphics i don't even care about fancy 2d 
graphics, all i want is a working display with 1024*768 pixel and 16 bit 
colors. even my old S3 inboard card was able to do that!
this is starting to make me sick...

any ideas, how i could get those packages to work?
the main problem was, that xserver-common depends on xfree86 common, but on 
the server is no xfree86-common and xlibs conflicts with xlibg6 but if i 
remove xlibg6, almost the whole system wants to be removed! argh...

samba or NFS mount

[Debian Ghost]

Hey Guys,
I was wondering what would be better to use in this situation.
I want to basically be able to have read access to a particular LAN device
on which the files are on a NT server and the client(s) that I want to be
able to read files (mostly spreadsheets *.xls) that change daily. So I
guess the question I have is would samba be better to use or some other
nfs protocal? 

Thank you kindly,

Sir D. Ghost

libgtk1.2-dev uninstallable

[mcclosk]

This is a potato system kept up to date with the most recent additions
to proposed-updates, and security.

In an effort to solve a problem I have with Sawmill menus, I tried to
install the package libgtk1.2-dev, but got the response below:

--
root# apt-get install libgtk1.2-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgtk1.2-dev: Depends: libgtk1.2 (= 1.2.7-1) but 1.2.8-1 is to be
  installed 
E: Sorry, broken packages
root#
--
I have the most recent version of libgtk1.2:

--
root# apt-get install libgtk1.2
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, libgtk1.2 is already the newest version
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
--

This is my sources.list:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
deb http://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main  

Jim McCloskey

Re: more than one .sty file in a tex document!?

[Manegold]

In what order did you load the packages?

Maybe g-brief overwrites your settings, if it's loades after fancyhdr.

Thorsten

On 24-Nov-2000 Manuel Hendel wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 08:42:05AM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:42:05 -0800
>> From: "Eric G . Miller" 
>> To: Debian-User-Mailinglist 
>> Cc: Manuel Hendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: more than one .sty file in a tex document!?
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 10:40:46AM +0100, Manuel Hendel wrote:
>> > Actually I want to use the class g-breif, but I need the functions
>> > for
>> > the footer from the letter class or is there any package which I can
>> > add to my .tex file together with g-brief to get the footers?
>> 
>> Have you tried \usepackage{fancyhdr}? It gives you pretty good control
>> over headers and footers.
>> 
> Now I've tried the "fancyhdr". I use the documentclass "g-brief", the
> "rechnung" and the "fancyhdr" package. I did a "latex file.tex", I
> didn't get any errors, but if I do a "xdvi file.dvi" I don't see
> anything of the thigs I've done with \cfoot{}. I can't see any
> problems. Can anyone give me a hint?
> 
> Thanks,
> Manuel
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Re: font *fixed* not found.

[Rogerio Brito]

On Nov 25 2000, Chris Niekel wrote:
> Anyone knows how to solve this? Is there any documentation I should have
> been reading? apt-get dist-upgrade didn't tell me about this, nor sent it
> mail.

apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base

did the trick for me.


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Re: KDE2 installation

[Rogerio Brito]

On Nov 24 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> yes, downloading .debs is not the right way to manage a debian
> system

Indeed, that's not the easiest/best way.

But now that he has already downloaded a bunch of files, he
can save some effort (especially if he is using a modem) and
just move them to /var/cache/apt/archives and do what you
said.

Now, apt-get will only get the missing files (if there are
any) and proceed to the installation.


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qt's, what to keep, what to virtually vaporize

[Jaye Inabnit ke6sls]

   Hello,

I'm trying to pin down some weird bugs from kde2 and a post from the
debian-kde list prompted me to look at my own system. it really boils
down to the qt libs I currently have installed and I would welcome
advice:

ii  libqt1g1.45-1.1   Shared Library used by applications linked w
rc  libqt1g-dev1.45-1.1   Environment for QT GUI development.
ii  libqt2 2.0.2-1.1  Qt GUI Library (runtime version).
rc  libqt2-dev 2.0.2-1.1  Qt GUI library (development version).
ii  libqt2.2   2.2.2-0.potato Qt GUI Library (runtime version).
ii  libqt2.2-dev   2.2.2-0.potato Qt GUI development headers, static libraries
ii  qt1g-doc   1.45-1.1   Comprehensive docs (html), examples, and tut
ii  qt2.2-doc  2.2.2-0.potato Tutorial and reference documentation and 

as you can see, I have some older qt's here. I will remove the test packages
I built after I clear up the qt's here and see if things perk up a bit.

question: should I remove all the older qt's leaving only the 2.2 doc, runtime
and dev?

Thank you
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Solved! Re: Where is the sqrt() function in glibc? What is libm?

[Viktor Rosenfeld]

Passing -lm to gcc helped.  Thanks to everybody who quickly helped me
out.

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Re: samba or NFS mount

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

Hi,

AFAIK if the files are on an NT server your only option is samba,
although if you really wanted to get weird you could use appletalk
wich both NT and GNU/Linux (via netatalk) can speak

-Jon

Re: docbook-utils

[Jimmy O'Regan]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:19:59 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
> > At the installation section, they mention a docbook-utils rpm
> > package which contains some shell scripts and perl utilities, such as:
> > docbook2html, docbook2ps, docbook2pdf, etc.
> 
> > Does somebody know where to find this utilities as .deb
> > packages?
> 
> I'm not sure we have them packaged, but sgmltools(1) from the sgmltools-2
> package provides similar functionality.
They're in the cygnus-stylesheets package. And they're all named db2x, not
docbook2x, which is probably where the confusion lies.
> 
> HTH,
> Ray
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Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 09:25:12AM -0800, John Bagdanoff wrote:
> > defaultcolordepth in the file, resolution is next to go.
> If it's not /etc/X/XF86Config-4 then you're not there yet.
> 
> I think you have some packages missing.  How about:
> xutils
got that one.

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Re: samba or NFS mount

[Debian Ghost]

Thank you for the reply.
So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good...
Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or would the server
be an application on the NT machine. I went to samba.org/samba to read the
FAQs and I'm still a little confused as to what I do to get started.

Thanks!

D. Ghost

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> AFAIK if the files are on an NT server your only option is samba,
> although if you really wanted to get weird you could use appletalk
> wich both NT and GNU/Linux (via netatalk) can speak
> 
> -Jon
> 

Re: samba or NFS mount

[Stefan Cars]

There is some NFS products for NT

At 16:37 2000-11-25 -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:

Hi,

AFAIK if the files are on an NT server your only option is samba,
although if you really wanted to get weird you could use appletalk
wich both NT and GNU/Linux (via netatalk) can speak

-Jon


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Re: samba or NFS mount

[Stefan Cars]

You do not need to run a samba server to mount filesystems on your Linux 
box from NT via samba



At 17:01 2000-11-25 -0500, Debian Ghost wrote:

Thank you for the reply.
So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good...
Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or would the server
be an application on the NT machine. I went to samba.org/samba to read the
FAQs and I'm still a little confused as to what I do to get started.



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Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

got the resolutions sorted out with the addition the Modes-line
in XF86Config-4:

SubSection "Display"
 Depth 24
 Modes  "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection

Now I have to specify the correct keyboard (norwegian)

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Re: X

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:20:56PM +0100, Johan Ur Riise wrote:
> got the resolutions sorted out with the addition the Modes-line
> in XF86Config-4:
> 
> SubSection "Display"
>  Depth 24
>  Modes  "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> EndSubSection
> 
> Now I have to specify the correct keyboard (norwegian)

Done with option line in section

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout""no"   

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Re: samba or NFS mount

[Dave Sherohman]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 05:01:29PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote:
> Thank you for the reply.
> So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good...
> Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or would the server
> be an application on the NT machine. I went to samba.org/samba to read the
> FAQs and I'm still a little confused as to what I do to get started.

A samba server allows you to export directories from a non-Windows box such
that they look like shared Windows directories.

- Since NT already has the capability to share directories in the way that
Windows does it, there's no need to run a samba server on it.

- Since the Linux box will only be mounting samba shares, not exporting them,
it doesn't need to run a samba server either.  It just needs a samba client,
such as a kernel built with SMB filesystem support.

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Re: Script that partially completes mirror from CDs

[Karl Hammar]

  Have you tried copydir from the mirrodir package?

Regards,
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Subject: Script that partially completes mirror from CDs
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:41:05 -0500

> Hello all. Does any one has a script that would 
> 1. Look into the debian site, get instructions about
>directory structure (packages).
> 2. Look into CDs -binaries- loaded in /cdrom, or /whatever.
> 3. Upon finding a match, will retrieve it from CD and put it in 
>the partial local mirror in the right place.
> 
> This would greatly reduce the amount of traffic, since many people run
> partial mirrors, and some times for some reason these get wiped off.
> I myself need one, but the truth is that I am not sure how to write
> such a script. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Antonio.
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Kernel 2.4-test11 not recognizing IDE-cdrom

[maarten]

Hi all,

Somehow 2.4test11 doesn't recognize my cdrom.
Strange, but that is how it appears to me. It's a 52x Creative Labs cdrom.
When I mount it, I get no errors, but when accessing the drive, there's nothing 
there. But it really truly is mounted!

I re-compiled the kernel four times now, and it still won't recognize my cd. I 
even copied my working test10 .config file to the test11 directory and compiled 
test11 using that, but I still can not access my cdrom.

And that weird?

Does anyone have a clue what it could be? Somehow I doubt that this is a bug in 
the kernel, but since the exact configuration (i.e. the .config file) works 
under test10 . I don't know anymore...

Cheers,

Maarten

Meaning of parport message on bootup

[Dan Griswold]

Hi all,

I was hoping somebody could translate the following bootup message for
me:

parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven
operation.

What would I do with 'procfs'? Could the fact that I don't have
'interrupt-driven operation' enabled be the cause of my print-spooling
problems?

Thanks in advance,

Dan

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GPG signing with Spruce

[Jared Johnson]

Hullo,

It seems that Spruce is not willing to GPG sign an email, despite its settings
which think that it is doing so.  I'm using spruce 0.7.4 from woody.  I have
spruce set up to store my passphrase, and always sign.  I'm really not sure if
i'm doing something wrong, or if there's some bug in Spruce that can hopefully
be worked around.  Anyone got a clue?

Thanks..

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Trouble compiling kernel with latest Woody

[Thomas J. Hamman]

Since dist-upgrading to the most recent Woody packages, I have been
unable to compile a kernel.  Both the 2.2.17 kernels and 2.4.0test10
kernels abort with the same error.

I can't think of anything else that could be the problem, outside of the
recent dist-upgrade, because I have already compiled both of these
kernels repeatedly with no trouble.  I was just reconfiguring the 2.2.17
kernel a bit to add in the kernel's sound drivers (as opposed to the
alsa drivers I've been using with 2.2).

Here is the error:

gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o
scripts/split-include scripts/split-include.c
In file included from /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25,
 from /usr/include/errno.h:36,
 from scripts/split-include.c:26:
/usr/include/linux/errno.h:4: asm/errno.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [scripts/split-include] Error 1
  

Does anyone know what the problem is?

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Re: Using PuTTY with an SSH Server

[Damian Menscher]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, S.Salman Ahmed wrote:

> I am using the latest (stable) release of PuTTY on Win2000 Professional
> to connect to a Debian server running OpenSSH. I have also installed
> Hummingbird Exceed 6.2 on the Win2000 machine.
> 
> It seems that PuTTY doesn't support X forwarding. So how do I go about
> displaying X clients on my Win2000 desktop which has a working X server
> (Exceed) ?
> 
> I tried setting $DISPLAY to :0.0 while connected to my Debian server,
> but that didn't work ?

:0.0 refers to the Debian server, not to your win2k machine.  Instead,
set $DISPLAY to win2k.machine.name:0

Keep in mind that these connections do NOT got through ssh, so anything
you send through them can be sniffed!  Therefore, don't open an xterm
and su or ssh into another machine if you do things this way!

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Re: Analog to digital converters for Linux

[Shao Zhang]

Hi,

You should be able to find your card on this website:
http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi/

Shao.

Matthias M?ller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A german company offers a lot PCI-cards with differnet functionalaty.
> 
> http://www.kolter.de/home_engl.htm
> 
> good luck
> Matthias
> 
> * Samuel Tardieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001125 12:41]:
> > I'm looking for a PCI card with several analog input channels. This card
> > must work with Linux, as I plan to use it in an embedded system.
> > 
> > If anyone has an URL describing such a card, I'd be happy to receive it
> > by *private* mail.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> >   Sam
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Re: Trouble compiling kernel -- solved

[Thomas J. Hamman]

Thanks to a swift response, my problem was solved--apparently I just
needed to symlink /usr/include/asm to /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386

Though I wonder what made me suddenly need the symlink, if I didn't have
it before, or what made me lose it if I did have it before.  (I notice I
did already have an asm-i386 symlink pointing to the right place, just
not an asm link.)

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Tom
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-Albert Einstein

mkboot

[Andrew McRobert]

hi all

Can anyone tell me a reliable way to make a boot disk? I've tried the
mkboot util, and I have to say it's pretty average - it hasn't
successfully booted a disk, only get's to:

"LILO boot:
Loading linux"

and dies ... I'm pretty sure there's a way to make a boot disk with dd,
but can't remember how. The machine I'm trying to boot uses a 2.2.14
kernel and mounts the second SCSI drive as the root partition ...

cheers
Andrew

Re: starting gnome from kde

[Andrew Dwight Dixon]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 09:22:54AM -0500, Andrew Dwight Dixon wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I'm an old-school fvwm fan but I recently decided to try gnome and kde
> > because I told my sister I'd help her install Linux and she'll
> > definitely want to use one or the other.  Anyway, to make a long story
> > short, I'm using kdm right now and I'd like to be able to start gnome
> > from it as well.
> >
> > Any pointers/leads on how to do this?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Andy
> >
> >
> Although I'm not sure why you'd want to,
> just pop open a command prompt (Alt-F2 in KDE2) and issue
> $ gnome-session

Sorry, I wasn't verry clear in my question.  I was trying to figure out how
to start gnome from kdm.  My intention is to be able to start one or the
other when I log in.

later,
Andy

>
>
> When I tested this, the gnome panel covered the kde one, but
> you can hide move it. Also, all of the gnome desktop icons appear
> as apps in kde's tasklist.


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Re: Perl's default include path

[Robert A. Jacobs]

* Neil Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [251100 21:42]:
> I get these messages trying to install recent versions of debconf:
> 
> monkey:/usr/src/gcc/build# dpkg -i
> /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.5.22_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 36741 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace debconf 0.5.25 (using .../debconf_0.5.22_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement debconf ...
> Setting up debconf (0.5.22) ...
> Can't locate lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
> /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
> /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 21.
> 
> I have 5.6 installed as the default, but as you can see it's still looking
> in the 5.005 directory for stuff.
> 
> How do I change the @INC default path to the correct one?

I'm not sure how this is done...but have you searched the debian-user archives
yet?  There was a discussion within the past month or two about EXACTLY this
same problem...almost with the same Subject: line.  

I'm sure you'll find the solution there.


rob.jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Help with setxkbmap

[Pedro I. Sanchez]

Hello,

I am running Debian 2.2 (stable) plus some helix-gnome stuff. I want to 
use setxkbmap to switch the keyboard mapping but always get the 
following error:


# setxkbmap  
Couldn't interpret _XKB_RULES_NAMES property


What does this mean? Any ideas on how to fix it?

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usb port question

[Dale Morris]

I'm using a handspring visor, which I have set up using a serial docking
cradle. I've also got a usb cradle and I would like to try and configure
my system to use it. My serial port cradle is /dev/ttyS0 which is
symlinked to /dev/Pilot. What are the standard tty names for USB? I'm
using a fairly new biostar mainboard with an athalon chip.

thanks
dale
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Weird Error

[Joseph Anthony]

I just installed Debian 2.2 and compiled the 2.2.17 kernel on a 3.2 gig
Quantum Fireball EX. The drive is a slave on the primary IDE cable and
both drives are jumpered correctly. I did bad block scans when
initializing all partitions and nothing bad came up. This is the error:

Starting deferred execution scheduler: atdhdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
hdb: irq timeout: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
}
hdb: irq timeout: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success

Can anyone tell me what I can do to fix this?

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via82c686a sound - 2.2.18 => 2.4.0-p11

[Brian McGroarty]

using the prebuilt 2.2.18 kernel package, sound on a Via 82c686a
chipset sounds fine. Previous to 2.2.18, I was using ALSA - I removed
it when 2.2.18 added PCI 82c686 support.

With 2.4.0-pre8 through 11 the sound has clicks and pops.

Can anyone suggest how to go about finding the problem without
involving ALSA? I'm not sure where to begin to look on this one.

Re: dump package list to file?

[Eric G . Miller]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:44:29PM +, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> > I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current
> > potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same
> > packages? How do I do this?
> > 
> 
> Easy. Just do 'dpkg -l > filename'

No, I don't think that's what the person wants (that'll give them a
list of *all* Debian packages and it's output will be truncated to
boot).

$ dpkg --get-selections >> filename

And later on the other machine...

$ dpkg --set-selections < filename

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